Yiv, Demon Lord of Treachery
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Domains: Chaos, Charm, Evil, Trickery
Symbol: A scribe’s quill dripping blood
Garb: A faceless mask and dark robe for secret rituals
Favored Weapon: Dagger
Form of Worship and Holidays: Writing the names of cities, families, or nations that the cult wishes to corrupt and burning them in a bonfire while intoning prayers and sacrifices.
Typical Worshippers: Evil jarls and members of a Thing, lawyers, merchants
Honor is the cornerstone of Northlander society, the foundations upon which such a loosely governed populace can maintain the bonds of civilization. To be accused of being an oath-breaker is one of the worst insults in the Northlands and is openly considered an invitation to a violent meeting between the hazel posts. With a culture so intent on keeping to one’s word and maintaining at least an honorable façade, if not an honorable heart, it would seem that Yiv the Treacherous would have a hard time infiltrating the Northlands. In truth he has, and far more insidiously than anyone would expect. Though few will hear of his whispered urges to lie and deceive, there are always those for whom mind’s-worth holds no value, the rights of ringgivers and receivers have no meaning, and even the laws of hospitality are naught but words on the wind. To these men and women Yiv speaks, though even then his words are subtle and evasive. Yiv thrives on the presence of laws that can be bent and twisted but not broken, using the strengths of civilization against itself to bring about the ruin of humanity. In the North, the very nature of the law and government is such that there are only a few written laws that can be obeyed in word only; it is this vague nature of tradition that protects itself from the machinations of Yiv the Treacherous and prevents his corruption from spreading farther than it has. It is in Storstrøm Vale that Yiv is the most powerful, for that longsettled region has the most codified laws in all the Northlands. Likewise, his followers can be found in Hrolfland where the people seek to emulate the Southlanders by writing great books of law. Far off in snowy Estenfird, Yiv is the weakest, for there is not even a ruler of that wild and untamed land to corrupt, much less a catalog of laws to pervert. The other lands see little of Yiv, save where the local Thing or jarl is active in codifying laws. The greatest treacheries of Yiv are those that break the bonds of the family, turning sons against fathers and brother against brother. Here the demon-god has seen little success, as with most of his infiltrations into the Northlands. When he does have success, it is a great coup for him, and his cults celebrate the victory all over the world. Currently, the few cults of Yiv that are active are actually campaigning to codify the laws and give more power to the Things and jarls. In this manner, they hope to turn vague tradition into exacting words that can be reinterpreted to destroy and ravage, all in the name of the “law.”
Domains: Chaos, Charm, Evil, Trickery
Symbol: A scribe’s quill dripping blood
Garb: A faceless mask and dark robe for secret rituals
Favored Weapon: Dagger
Form of Worship and Holidays: Writing the names of cities, families, or nations that the cult wishes to corrupt and burning them in a bonfire while intoning prayers and sacrifices.
Typical Worshippers: Evil jarls and members of a Thing, lawyers, merchants
Honor is the cornerstone of Northlander society, the foundations upon which such a loosely governed populace can maintain the bonds of civilization. To be accused of being an oath-breaker is one of the worst insults in the Northlands and is openly considered an invitation to a violent meeting between the hazel posts. With a culture so intent on keeping to one’s word and maintaining at least an honorable façade, if not an honorable heart, it would seem that Yiv the Treacherous would have a hard time infiltrating the Northlands. In truth he has, and far more insidiously than anyone would expect. Though few will hear of his whispered urges to lie and deceive, there are always those for whom mind’s-worth holds no value, the rights of ringgivers and receivers have no meaning, and even the laws of hospitality are naught but words on the wind. To these men and women Yiv speaks, though even then his words are subtle and evasive. Yiv thrives on the presence of laws that can be bent and twisted but not broken, using the strengths of civilization against itself to bring about the ruin of humanity. In the North, the very nature of the law and government is such that there are only a few written laws that can be obeyed in word only; it is this vague nature of tradition that protects itself from the machinations of Yiv the Treacherous and prevents his corruption from spreading farther than it has. It is in Storstrøm Vale that Yiv is the most powerful, for that longsettled region has the most codified laws in all the Northlands. Likewise, his followers can be found in Hrolfland where the people seek to emulate the Southlanders by writing great books of law. Far off in snowy Estenfird, Yiv is the weakest, for there is not even a ruler of that wild and untamed land to corrupt, much less a catalog of laws to pervert. The other lands see little of Yiv, save where the local Thing or jarl is active in codifying laws. The greatest treacheries of Yiv are those that break the bonds of the family, turning sons against fathers and brother against brother. Here the demon-god has seen little success, as with most of his infiltrations into the Northlands. When he does have success, it is a great coup for him, and his cults celebrate the victory all over the world. Currently, the few cults of Yiv that are active are actually campaigning to codify the laws and give more power to the Things and jarls. In this manner, they hope to turn vague tradition into exacting words that can be reinterpreted to destroy and ravage, all in the name of the “law.”
Divine Classification
Demon Lord
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