Grummesh
The Blood-Shot Eye
Grummesh acts as the god of Endings, Death, Vengeance, and the offensive brutal wars. He is symbolized by a single eye, the second lost in a jest by Corellion. The Orc mythos states orcs were robbed of a home by Corellions jest and in turn orcs were commanded to steal back what was robbed of them. Cementing his fame as a war god. However, in the Edren Myth the Platinum Dragon mediated peace with Corellion, the High Elf god ripped out their own eye and gave it as a gift that turned to a gem, which is held at the shrine of Grummesh in Orc State of Riverway, and promised the orcs the land of the Riverway, in return the Orcs would put down the blood feud, and Grummesh would bring death to Edren’s enemies. Corellion, of course, simply grew their eye back, but the pact cemented Grummesh as a brother in the Dios Major.
Grummesh’s symbol is obviously the eye, and his depictions have him as a muscled orc with one eye and a bandage around the other. Some tribes believe him to have always been one eyed, but this belief is not common nor shared with the Edren Church proper.
History
This cult was formed by the First Emperor of Edren during the gifting of Riverway to the Red River Orcs who helped defeat the old River Kings. They would join the empire but enjoy special lands and status.Divine Domains
Death, War, Tempest
Divine Symbols & Sigils
A Single yellow eye. Bones, Blood.
Tenets of Faith
Grummesh started as the chief and only real deity of the native Orc tribes in the region that dominated. It is believed the orcs came from north near chault somehow passing through the great jungles, and thus keeping their gods and blood oaths against elves with them from the old world. It remained an oral religion and does remain still outside the empire, however within it, the Cult of Grummesh is active and legal in Riverway and even beyond for mercenaries and paladins.
Particularly notable is the Avenging Spears, an order of Vengeance Paladins accepting of all races, which has grown in power and notoriety. Bent on avenging those who can not do so themselves and lead by warriors who lost their eyes in combat.
Within this group the first Elf, a Wood Elf actually, to become an Eye of Grummesh, a special sort of magical entity that after losing an eye in battle, earned a position as one of Grummesh’s champions.
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Male
Sexuality
Bisexual
Divine Classification
Diety
Religions
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Ethnicity
Church/Cult
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Eyes
Single Yellow eye, bloodshot with rage.
Hair
Long braided Black
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Ashen Green
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