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{{Infobox Deity | {{Infobox Deity | ||
|Name = | |Name = Merrshaulk | ||
|Symbol = | |Symbol = | ||
|Alignment = Chaotic Evil | |Alignment = Chaotic Evil | ||
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===Sseth=== | ===Sseth=== | ||
{{Infobox Deity | |||
|Name = Sseth | |||
|Symbol = | |||
|Alignment = Chaotic Evil | |||
|Divine Rank = Intermediate God | |||
|Pantheon = Yuan-ti | |||
|Portfolio = Beasts, Predators, Somnolence | |||
|Domains = Air, Animal, Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Magic, Planning, Scalykind, Trickery | |||
|Home Plane = Smargard, 74th layer of the [[Abyss]]. | |||
|Worshippers = Yuan-ti, Scalykind | |||
|Favoured Weapon = Scimitar | |||
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In the [[Forgotten Realms]], Merrshaulk has been replaced by Sseth, the Slitherer Supreme. | In the [[Forgotten Realms]], Merrshaulk has been replaced by Sseth, the Slitherer Supreme. | ||
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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. | 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. 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. | |||
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. | |||
===Set=== | ===Set=== | ||
Revision as of 03:32, 11 October 2016
| Merrshaulk | ||
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| 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
| Sseth | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil | |
| Divine Rank | Intermediate God | |
| Pantheon | Yuan-ti | |
| Portfolio | Beasts, Predators, Somnolence | |
| Domains | Air, Animal, Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Magic, Planning, Scalykind, Trickery | |
| Home Plane | Smargard, 74th layer of the Abyss. | |
| Worshippers | Yuan-ti, Scalykind | |
| Favoured Weapon | Scimitar | |
' 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. 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.
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.