Supay

Born in darkness and shadow, Supay is the God of death and unchallenged ruler of Uku Pacha, the Incan Underworld. Supay rules the realms beneath the earth, including mines and the mineral wealth within. Attendedby a race of hideous servants who bear his name, Supay strikes fear into the hearts of the people of Tawantinsuyu, inspiring them to feats of wailing and supplication to avert his notice. Miners and anyone venturing into deep caves or mines are well aware of the prayers, cajoling, and propitiatory sacrifices necessary to purchase Supay’s inaction.

Supay is a hideous, horned, creature of darkness whose monstrous aspect is rivaled only by the beasts that attend him. He has plenary power over Uku Pacha, guarding the springs and waterways leading to the other Pachas, and torments the living when they disturb anything beneath the earth without his permission. Supay keeps a keen eye on miners and spelunkers who violate his realm but turns a blind eye if they propitiate him with a series of rituals and offerings of food, alcohol, and creature comforts. Supay is not inherently malevolent but is willing to visit any number of horrors upon those who do not show him proper obeisance. His vice-like grip over the spirits of the dead in Uku Pacha is seldom loosed but does not prohibit the prayers and offerings of their family from reaching them. Supay’s manifestations take the form of a wealthy South American mine owner whose face is shrouded in darkness, clad in a black-on-black business suit of superior quality with gold jewelry to match.

Scions of Supay tend to embrace his dark and unforgiving nature. They are comfortable in darkness, often taking jobs involving night or underground work and are fearsome to behold when fighting the Titans and their spawn. They punish recalcitrant miners who defy Supay’s edicts, hunt down escaped spirits, and pioneer better mining techniques that are less likely to disturb Uku Pacha. They are miners, spelunkers, morticians, commodities, traders, tunnel rats, sewer workers, and jewelers.