Editing Merrshaulk (section)

===Sseth===
{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Sseth
|Aliases = The Silibant Death, Slitherer Supreme
|Symbol = A flying snake with bare fangs
|Alignment = Chaotic Evil 
|Divine Rank = Intermediate God
|Pantheon = Yuan-ti, Chultan
|Portfolio = Poison, Secrets, Somnolence 
|Domains = Air, Animal, Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Magic, Planning, Scalykind, Trickery
|Home Plane = '''[[Great Wheel]]/[[World Tree]]:''' ''Smargard'' ([[Abyss]])<br>'''[[World Axis]]:''' ''City of Serpents'' (Towers of Night)
|Worshippers = Yuan-ti, Scalykind 
|Favoured Weapon = Scimitar
}}
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In the [[Forgotten Realms]], Merrshaulk has been replaced by Sseth, the Slitherer Supreme. 

During an early period of Faerun's history, Merrshaulk had grown tired and bored, and started forgetting to answer prayers or grant spells. Quite possibly because the rate of sacrifices offered had slowed to a trickle because younger races were starting to form their own empires and openly fighting back against the Yuan-ti. 

Then one day, a winged Yuan-ti with a talent for giving speeches showed up and declared that he was the avatar of Merrshaulk reborn and that the Yuan-ti should start worshipping him instead. So when faced with the fact that this new guy would grant their spells and sleepy old Merrshaulk would not, the choice was clear.

Sseth was also probably a better deity politically compared to his predecessor, and was considerably more active during his tenure as the lord of snakes. While the new guy still demanded a constant flow of sacrifices; where the old religion was very primal and focussed on survival and animalistic hunger, Sseth by contrast was a god of secrets and intrigue. His rewards would be whispers of knowledge to grant advantage and further ambition. Sseth also taught his followers the magical rituals for transforming their human slaves into lesser Yuan-Ti called ''Histachii'' (or Broodguards). Sseth also quietly consumed the patron deity of the human city-state of Hlondeth: '''Varae''' and began answering prayers in their name. Though initially this was kept secret, Yuan-Ti cultists infiltrated the city and eventually took over it, spreading the faith of Varae ''(as Sseth)'' as far south as Calimshan.

However, some Yuan-ti disliked the new direction the church went in, finding it too decadent and indulgent and choose to continue worshipping Merrshaulk anyway, even though he doesn't actually answer prayers. 
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