Ashmedai
The Father of Vanity
The Father of Vanity originated as a doppelganger slave, named Markus, under the high elves of Hyl’doras and committed to a life of manipulation and assassination. He was directed and abused to execute several horrendous tasks for his degenerate and ambitious masters over the two centuries of his mortal life. At every moment, Markus had wanted more and desired all of what his masters had and more. At the end of the Great Holy War, he had slain his masters by pitting each one against another. He had then been approached by the spawn of Empusa to become one of their own and accepted his extended lifespan by transforming into a vampire. Unbeknownst to his new bloodied kin, he had already committed his soul and life to achieve the goals of the one who gave him the power to overthrow his slave masters, Adrammelech. Over the course of five hundred years, he sowed the seeds of dissonance and vanity in those who would beckon his ear. When his new vampire-kin had discovered his apostasy, it had been far too late as Markus had completed his scheme to begin the Apocalypse and the unchaining of Adrammelech. This allowed Markus to descend into the vacant Throne of Pride in Sheol and become and become an Archon with a new name, Ashmedai.
Category Archons of Sheol
Edicts keep your true identity secret, sacrifice anyone necessary, take every advantage in a fight, work from the shadows
Anathema allow your true identity to be connected to your dark dealings, share a secret freely, show mercy
Areas of Concern pride, murder, poison, secrets
Follower Alignments LE, NE, CE
Devotee Benefits
Divine Ability Dexterity or Charisma Divine Font harm Divine Skill Deception Favored Weapon Dagger Domains darkness, freedom, trickery, secrecy Alternate Domains glyph, pain, wealth, death Cleric Spells 1st: illusory disguise, 2nd: invisibility, 4th: phantasmal killerDivine Intercession
Ashmedai’s favor and displeasure are subtle, yet powerful. Source Gods & Magic pg. 37 2.0 Minor Boon: Ashmedai protects your secrets and lies. Once, when you roll a failure at a Deception check to tell a Lie, you get a critical success instead. Ashmedai typically chooses to grant this boon to protect an extremely consequential lie. Moderate Boon: Your poisons are everlasting. If your Strike with a poisoned weapon critically fails, or succeeds but fails to deal slashing or piercing damage, the poison is not spent. The poison is still spent once successfully applied to a creature. Major Boon: You become a living secret. You are immune to divination effects and attempts to magically alter your memory, unless you choose to be affected or those effects come from a deity, artifact, or similarly powerful source. You also can never be tricked or forced by mundane means into uttering a secret you wish to keep. Minor Curse: Ashmedai allows thieves to get the better of you. Whenever you Earn Income, you earn money as if the task were 2 levels lower due to theft, loss, or bad fortune. Moderate Curse: Poisons are quick to debilitate you. When you roll a failure at a Fortitude save against a poison, you get a critical failure instead. Major Curse: Ashmedai steals away your memories. Once each day when you awake from rest, roll 1d4. On a 1, you forget the events of the previous day forever. On a 2, you temporarily experience complete retrograde amnesia for that day, unable to recall information from the past, including who you are. On a 3, you temporarily forget a single important subject for that day (Ashmedai tends to intentionally chooses a memory to cause distress, such as making you forget your spouse on your anniversary). On a 4, you temporarily remember false memories on a single important subject for that day, blended seamlessly into your true memories.Herald:
Ördög, a shapeshifting crucidaemon that resembles a demonic satyr prowling in the darknessRealm:
Malebolge, a realm in Sheol that is a winding funnel-shaped cavern filled with traps, deceit, and subterfuge from the demons dwelling within it. It is a realm filled with assassins obsessed with upholding their own reputation no matter the cost.Divine Symbols & Sigils
The alchemical symbol for mercury
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