Dearuhk

Dark Mistress of Evil, The Shadow Queen, She Who Lies in the Dark (LE)

Since the beginning light has encroached on the dark. For in the beginning there was only darkness. And in that darkness was Dearuhk. Dearuhk conspires to subjugate the entirety of the cosmos to her will, and crush those that resist through any means capable, be it guile, blackmail, or outright force. Among the gods of evil, her power is unrivaled, and the gulf between the dark lady and those under her is far greater than that of Setengar and his court. Dearuhk confides in her own duplicity, and appears to her followers as many things, though often as a dragon or serpent with her hide darker than even the truest of nightmares.

Patron god of Despair, Lies, and Darkness. Her abode is in the Ortus Vitas in the darkest and deepest corner of Nuzalheim. She is not just the sole opposite of Setengar, she is anti-life. Hers is the darkness to which one day all will be consumed again in oblivion. Her followers respect that all that is theirs is fleeting, that eventually the end will come. So one best make what use of what they have now. Think not of the others, for tomorrow may never come. That true power can come only from those who crush others, take, and consume. She is the shadow that darkens every mind with doubt.

Her children and vassals are Illiaster, Isod, Searith, Shof'Uk, and Singsafar.

Hidden Lore: There was a time Dearuhk fought with the Righteous House, in the Dawn War. The First War. Against Altma it was Dearuhks deception that won the war, tricking them into killing Virvius. Creating time. A beginning and more importantly, and end. Allowing even the gods to fear and experience destruction. Though the Kharlia pantheon formed from this victory from that moment on she knew eventually all would return to darkness.