Nameless Night God



NAMELESS NIGHT GOD The Time-Forgotten Night God of Shadizar  "Gather robed ones, ye keepers of flame and faith, the hour is come ’round once more wherein we make sacrifice to the dark one whom we worship. O Night God, thou whom we do serve, yet ne’er have seen, accept thee now this unworthy gift, this soiled and sinful offering, this human Hecatomb. Take her hence, from this vale of sorrow, to the unending bliss of thine eternal shadow, thy heavenly abode. Come! Come now!"-Roy Thomas, Devil-Wings Over Shadizar

Pantheon

 * Zamorian Pantheon

Regions of Worship

 * Zamora

Divine Relationships

 * Assumed Mitra
 * Any god/goddess represented by light or the sun

Representation
Known to take the form of a giant bat.

Gender representation: male

Symbolism

 * Bats
 * Flames
 * Darkness

Spheres of Power

 * Darkness

Rituals & Beliefs
The time-forgotten Night God of Shadizar which takes flight from sunless caverns once per month. He is an enemy of the light as well as an embodiment of evil spirits. A hybrid creature, for a bat is a strange mixture of mouse and bird, the Night God is a transformative agent, either by supernatural or spiritual means. His religion further adds to this transformative image by imagining the Night God to be a devourer of the sun. The heavenly abode of the night god is an unending bliss of eternal shadow. His doctrine is about community and familial affection because bats hang together in closely bunched groups. His votaries tend to seek superlative health, hard-earned wealth, deserved longevity and an easy death, all of which are seen as ways to escape the vale of sorrow of secular existence. This Night God is also called the Dark One.

This religion is one of the most feared sects in sin-wracked Shadizar.

The Priesthood
Grim priests and foul sorcerers are abundant in Zamora, all practicing diabolisms such as murderous rites of human sacrifice, wicked acts of soothsaying and foul divination through ghostly contact with spirits and demons. Many Zamorian priests are eligible to marry into noble families, thus raising their own rank considerably. For specific information on a deity's priesthood, see the god themselves.

Night God's priests are drug addicted philosophers in red robes and cowls and a female priestess who dominates over all. The red adorned priests are known as Keepers of Flame and Faith. They have never seen their god, for he comes in cover of darkness to steal his sacrifices. Since bats can navigate in darkness, they are deemed to be symbols of vigilance.

Implementation IC & In-Game
Vanilla Jhebbal Sag religion as placeholder.

More Information

 * Shadizar: The City of Wickedness (Conan RPG Book)
 * Faith and Fervour (Conan RPG Book)