Pantheon: Neogi Deities

Pantheon: Neogi Deities

This post describes neogi deities from the Ecology of the Neogi article. The neogi race is quite important in my setting, and the neogi are more religious than usual, so this is a necessary post, even though it is a bit lacking in substance.

Ka’jk’zxi

Greater deity (dead)

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Symbol: a neogi’s head

Home plane: Prime Material Plane

Portfolio: neogi, creation, void

Domain (-30%): knowledge spells, creation spells

Worshipers: neogi

Neogi legend claims the universe was created by a being named Ka’jik’zxi. This deity constructed the planes and the planets. Finally, it created five more deities, each like itself only weaker. The five, named Thrig'ki, P'kk, T’zen’kil, Kr'tx and Kil'lix, each represent one of the desirable aspects of the neogi race.

These deities squabbled over their areas of control until Ka’jik’zxi grew tired of their bickering and punished them. Furious, the five hatched a plot to kill Ka’jik’zxi. Concocting a fatal brew with the “foulest ingredients” (including friendship, mercy, and compassion) they poisoned their Creator. Ka’jik’zxi swelled up to a huge size, and the young deities hid, fearful of Ka’jik’zxi’s wrath.

Suddenly, Ka’jik’zxi burst, spilling its entrails across the cosmos. Some landed in the Outer Planes—the parts containing mercy and compassion became the gods of good. Some of Ka’jik’zxi landed in the Lower Planes and became the evil gods. Ka’jik’zxi’s brain landed on a forgotten planet. After much searching, the neogi deities found the brain. There they were amazed to discover life—the first neogi had been “born.”

The deities taught the neogi of the multiverse and their destiny to conquer. The neogi built ships and left their homeworld—referred to in legends as Ka'jk'z. They have never returned, but the neogi know their mission: to conquer all the multiverse.

Dogma: The Creator was dead long before the mortals started worshiping deities, so he has no dogma for his followers.

Thrig’ki

Lesser deity

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Symbol: snake on spider legs

Home plane: Abyss

Portfolio: neogi, «love»

Domain (-30%): mind control spells, poison spells

Worshipers: neogi

Although the deity of “love,” Thrig is better translated as jealousy or hatred. To neogi, jealousy and love are the same. Thrig’ki appears as a neogi with writhing snakes for hair and twelve spidery legs.

            Dogma: Take what you think you deserve, and you deserve a lot.

P’kk

Lesser deity

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Symbol: a metallic spider

Home plane: Baator

Portfolio: neogi, fear, tyranny

Domain (-40%): mind control spells

Worshipers: neogi

P’kk is the favorite deity of captains and neogi in positions of power who enjoy bullying and manipulating their lessers. P’kk is seen as an umber hulk with the head of a neogi.

            Dogma: Others are made to be your slaves. Show strength and power both physically (direct or via proxy) and mentally.

T’zen’kil

Lesser deity

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Symbol: spiked shackles

Home plane: Abyss

Portfolio: neogi, pain, suffering, torture

Domain (-30%): mind control spells, spells that inflict pain, malign body control spells

Worshipers: neogi

The name of T’zen’kil is invoked by neogi torturers and those in charge of the slave pens. Worshippers are tattooed with grotesque black symbols of pain. T’zen’kil looks like a black neogi with a whip for a tongue.

            Dogma: Slaves deserve suffering and torture for any disobedience and wrongdoings. Try to make death slow and painful.

Kr’tx

Lesser deity

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Symbol: a burning neogi head

Home plane: Hades

Portfolio: neogi, war, brutality, strength

Domain (-30%): spells that improve physical characteristics, fire spells, protection spells

Worshipers: neogi, umber hulks

Kr'tx is the neogi deity favoured by umber hulk slaves, who delight in brutality and wanton destruction. The favor of Kr'tx is always demanded before a major battle. Kr'tx is seen as a red neogi with continually burning claws and hair.

            Dogma: Any problem can be solved by a proper application of force. The strong one is always above the weak one.

Kil’lix

Lesser deity

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Symbol: a black silhouette of a neogi

Home plane: Abyss

Portfolio: neogi, death, murder, poison

Domain (-20%): illusion spells, darkness spells, poison spells, stealth spells

Worshipers: neogi

Kil'lix is a lesser god of the Neogi Pantheon, the patron of murderers and assassins in the neogi world, and is seen as the darkest of shadows. Its horrid laugh is high-pitched and whining, yet also deep and booming, and is said to be heard by those who are about to die. Kil'lix dwells in the Abyss, which the neogi know as Karish.

            Dogma: Power and wealth is above everything and only the weak forego the chance to grab more for themselves.