Kyuss - The Worm that Walks

God of Worms, Vermin and Death

Kyuss (kee-OOS) According to legend Kyuss was an extremely powerful tabaxi and a charismatic prophet in Tzen'ca who led his cult out of that city after persecution from the mainstream followers of Qotal. Kyuss and his followers founded the religious city of Kyssca in Valdyr. His cultists discovered ancient metal plates that foretold the future and confirmed every prophecy that Kyuss had ever made. Kyuss was personally visited by his god, Zyphus, who gave him a gift of a single green worm and tutored the man in the ways of necromancy. He began experimenting on the undead, creating such horrors as the Kyuss worm, the spawn of Kyuss and the avolakia. At this time, he gained the services of the red dragon, Dragotha, who he transformed into a dracolich to serve as his general of his undead host. He created a cult around the dogma of life being only temporary, the afterlife a lie, and undeath being the one true path to immortality. While his cultists grew ever more devoted by the apparent truth of his visions, Kyuss tried to fulfill the greatest of his prophecies. He sacrificed powerful magic items and built a massive citadel, the Spire of Long Shadows. At the top of the Spire, he created a monolith through which he channeled the terror, adulation and souls of his entire cult and achieved divinity. However, an alliance of couatls, beastfolk, and druids trapped him in the monolith, which prevented him from ascending to true godhood and relegated him to a historical footnote within a Obsidian Obelisk. The three races made a pact, creating the empire we know as Valdyr today, but whispers tell of Kyuss release, and the destruction of Valdyr is soon to come.

Divine Domains

Death
Grave
Madness
Undeath

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Symbol
a skull erupting with writhing green worms
Favored Weapon
a Club.

Tenets of Faith

• Destroy those who'd deter you from your holy work till nothing by the marrow is left.
• Relish in the graves of those you find, it is within we find the warriors of our dark lord.
• Harm not the critters of the earth, they are the eyes and ears of the elder one.

Divine Goals & Aspirations

Church Boon

+1 Constitution

Lip Service

+1 Survival

Social

Contacts & Relations

Cultists
Doomsayers
Vermin
Necromancers

Religious Views

Portfolio

Vermin
Necromancy(Shared)
Death(Shared)
Madness(Shared)

Divine Classification

Deity

Religions

• Acasian

Alignment

Lawful Evil

Honorary & Occupational Titles

The First Divinity Born, The End of Valdyr, The First Elder Evil, Bonemaster, the Wormgod, the Herald of the Age of Worms