Morath-Aminee



MORATH-AMINEE The Devourer of Souls "‘Morath-Aminee’, he half-chanted, half-hissed. ‘O Eater of Souls, whose third name is death to hear, death to say, death to know, thy servant Amanar brings these offerings to thy sacrifice.’"-Robert Jordan, Conan the Invincible

Pantheon

 * Zamorian Pantheon

Regions of Worship

 * Zamora

Divine Relationships

 * Followers of Morath-Aminee hate Set

Representation
Morath-Aminee has a large golden head that is not quite serpent or lizard, all surrounded by a dozen tentacles longer than a man. He has a serpentine, golden-scaled body that stretches beyond the reach of eye to see or mind to know. He has a forked tongue, long fangs and his eyes are described as greedy, holding the flames of all the furnaces that ever were.

Gender representation: male

Symbolism

 * Snakes
 * Reptiles
 * Flames

Spheres of Power

 * Revenge

Rituals & Beliefs
A demon lord once bound in a nameless, forgotten cavern beneath Pteion the Accursed for rebelling against Set in the time when gods walked the earth. He was freed by a wizard named Amanar. Since the time of Amanar’s consumption by Morath-Aminee, the demon god recovered from his own wounds and slowly built up his own religion to ensure a steady supply of souls.

His congregation is one built up by those who feel betrayed or imprisoned by circumstances brought about by others. His temples are structures of vengeance and offer his disciples a place to bind those who would bind them, be it figuratively or literally.

Arbiters of Vengeance - When a high priest of Morath-Aminee learns of someone who has been egregiously betrayed they will approach the individual with promises of vengeance, but all things come with a price when it comes to the demon-god. That price is variable, but commonly surrounds the capture of the perceived oppressor so as to sacrifice them to their god. At times, targets of this bargain who accept the high priest's offer are required to give up family or property to be sacrificed or used by the cult.

Indoctrination & Alienation - It is the prerogative of the cult to entrench their members so deeply within the dark traditions of Morath-Aminee that the cult member finds themselves too mired to be able to escape the corruptive clutches of the cult itself. Debaucheries and other sins are offered to new and old members alike to offer relief of the pain of betrayal and it is through these machinations that many new cultists find themselves too deeply woven to find escape. Now, the priesthood knows of their darkest sins and desires and may levy that information against those who seek to leave the cult. The cult also seeks to sever the ties of the new member's past life, offering a new life of strength and vengeance... while creating a dependency upon the cult itself to merely exist.

''Morath-Aminee's current goal in the world is to bind Set as he had been bound and he promises to his priests dominion over man... all for the price of herding humanity to his gaping maw so that he may devour the souls of the world.''

The Priesthood
The priesthood of Morath-Aminee is a dark cult entrenched in sorcery. Many priests are studied in various field of hypnotism, summoning and necromancy. To be an ordained priest of the demon lord, one must read a particular page of the dreaded Book of Typhon, and all of them without question have bargained a demonic pact with Morath-Aminee himself.

Punishment for a disloyal priest is severe and usually consists of being flayed alive or boiled in oil.

Implementation IC & In-Game
Vanilla Set religion as placeholder.

More Information

 * Shadizar: The City of Wickedness (Conan RPG Book)
 * Faith and Fervour (Conan RPG Book)
 * Conan the Invincible (Book, Robert Jordan)
 * The Conan Chronicles (Book, Robert Jordan)