Editing Garyx

{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Garyx
|Symbol = [[File:Garyx Symbol.jpg|150px]]
|Aliases = The All-Destroyer, Cleanser of Worlds, Firelord
|Alignment = Chaotic Evil
|Divine Rank = Lesser Deity
|Pantheon = Draconic
|Portfolio = Fire, Destruction, Renewal
|Domains = Chaos, Destruction, Dragon, Evil, Fire, Renewal
|Home Plane = [[Pandemonium]]
|Worshippers = Dragons, Sorcerers, Warlords, Druids
|Favoured Weapon = Sickle, claw
}}
'''Garyx''' is the [[Dragon]] God of Devastation in [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. This insane deity, resembling an enormous [[Chromatic Dragon|Red Dragon]], symbolizes the sheer power and destructive force of dragonkind, and especially the devastation it can create when unleashed with wanton urge.

Garyx's followers are either power-hungry, insane, or some combination of the two; they worship him by lashing out at the world around them, devastating the countryside and sowing ruin wherever they please. The most unusual aspect of his worship is the small [[druid]] order, who revere Garyx as a cleansing force, sweeping aside the old to provide room for new life to flourish as nature rejuvenates itself.

These are the only worshippers of Garyx to have a particularly complicated style of worship; on winter solstice they celebrate All-Consuming Night, maintaining a large bonfire and fueling it with flammable items donated by Garyx's worshippers. At the spring equinox, they visit the site of this worship to undergon the Sanctification of Renewal; sifting the ashes for useful remains that can be taken for reuse and nurturing seedlings that took root around the site.

Other worshippers of Garyx simply follow his example; waging war, picking fights, or otherwise destroying things on a whim. Garyx cares little for the doings of his faithful; so long as they make the occasional prayer to him (typically a simple benison such as "grant me the power to destroy", spoken whilst lighting a fire) and carve his symbol near the site of their lates devastation, then that is enough.

Garyx is served by a mixture of Chaotic-aligned, fiery dragonblood creatures of all kinds, as well as fire [[elemental]]s.
 
He apparently has an intelligent side as in Giant legend, [[Annam]] challenged him to a game of "Wah-ree" (basically chess for giants) to determine who would win the 1000-year war between giants and dragons. They both played so well that they tied, so the war ended in a truce.

[[File:Wah-ree.png|300px|thumb|right|Annam playing a board game with [[Garyx]].]]
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