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Over time, those ancient empires fragmented into smaller kingdoms who brought unique aspects of worship with them, breaking the World Serpent into smaller deities, forgetting the original World Serpent and depriving it of power to the point that it no longer grants spells or answers prayers. | Over time, those ancient empires fragmented into smaller kingdoms who brought unique aspects of worship with them, breaking the World Serpent into smaller deities, forgetting the original World Serpent and depriving it of power to the point that it no longer grants spells or answers prayers. | ||
Merrshaulk was the aspect of the World Serpent who took the portfolio of actual snakes | Merrshaulk was the aspect of the World Serpent who took the portfolio of actual snakes and is worshipped by the Yuan-ti. Furthermore, Merrshaulk is a particularly nasty Deity who demanded constant sacrifice, preferably willing Yuan-ti, but content to accept unwilling prisoners from other races if provided in bulk. | ||
===Sseth=== | ===Sseth=== | ||
In the [[Forgotten Realms]], Merrshaulk has been replaced by Sseth, the Slitherer Supreme.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. | |||
===Set=== | ===Set=== | ||
Revision as of 03:23, 11 October 2016
| Great Mother | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil | |
| Divine Rank | Intermediate God | |
| Pantheon | Yuan-ti | |
| Portfolio | Beasts, Predators, Somnolence | |
| Domains | Animal, Chaos, Charm, Destruction, Fate, Plant, Scalykind, War | |
| Home Plane | Smargard, 74th layer of the Abyss. | |
| Worshippers | Yuan-ti, Hunters | |
| Favoured Weapon | Longsword | |
Merrshaulk is one of the main deities of the Yuan-ti species in the core D&D setting, but in the Forgotten Realms setting, Merrshaulk is just one in a line of snake deities since they tend to fall asleep and get replaced.
History
In the beginning, there was just one deific overbeing: the World Serpent, (called "Mok'Slyk" in the Greyhawk setting) which for D&D is practically the Ouroboros, a creature of incalculable and eternal power on a scale similar to the Lady of Pain or Ao and was worshipped by the progenitor races.
Over time, those ancient empires fragmented into smaller kingdoms who brought unique aspects of worship with them, breaking the World Serpent into smaller deities, forgetting the original World Serpent and depriving it of power to the point that it no longer grants spells or answers prayers.
Merrshaulk was the aspect of the World Serpent who took the portfolio of actual snakes and is worshipped by the Yuan-ti. Furthermore, Merrshaulk is a particularly nasty Deity who demanded constant sacrifice, preferably willing Yuan-ti, but content to accept unwilling prisoners from other races if provided in bulk.
Sseth
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.