Areshkagal
The Faceless Sphinx - CE female demon lord of greed, magical and mundane portals, and riddles
Description
Areshkagal appears as a faceless female Sphinx with six legs, blue fur, and pale flesh the color of old ashes. Her wings are draconic and her tail is a hissing viper, from whose mouth she whispers her unfair riddles to those she captures. Rumors hold that her actual face is too hideous for even the Abyss to bear, but that for brief moments she can reveal its true appearance to drive viewers insane, strike them dead, or worse.Realm - Blood Clefts
Areshkagal’s realm in the Abyss is a barren region of stony, crimson hills and gulches through which rivers of blood seep. Plants grow here, but they comprise slithering grasses, thorny shrubs, and twisted trees that depend on blood to survive, rather than water—and many of these malevolent plants prefer blood sipped from living flesh rather than from the “groundblood” that suffuses the land. Known as the Blood Clefts, this region abuts Aldinach’s Abyssal realm of the Sea of Whispering Sands, a realm that Areshkagal once called her own. The displaced Demon Lord often sends her armies into the desert to torment those of her half-sister Aldinach in hopes of someday regaining control over her former realm, but to date her forces have been unable to match the power of Aldinach’s troops.Cult
Areshkagal’s followers have a legendary hatred of the cult of Aldinach;
Aldinach (Half Sister)
unknown relationship with the outer god Nyarlathotep
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