Baathuul

Baathuul is the widely feared Bloodied One, Lord of Murder, and He Who Lies In Shadows and is the deity of murder, violence, ritualistic sacrifice, torturers, and self-inflicted agony.

"I do not choose the path of right or wrong, Layana, I choose the path that let's me shed the most blood."
-Baathuul

Description

He takes the form of a 30-foot humanoid with 4 arms. It wears a helmet in the shape of a pyramid with curved, thick horns that sprout from the side. He's adorned in intricate gold-plated armor laid with raged cloaks. Chains attached to cuffs hang from its wrists, and many blades pierce through his flesh.

Personality

Baathuul only lived to hunt and kill, the presence of the living instilling in him an overpowering desire for death and destruction. He was at all times a cruel, violent, and hateful being, though his behavior could vary from cold and calculating ruthlessness to a savage thirst for blood.

Symbols

Baathaal has two distinct symbols depending on his followers. Those who delve into murder, violence, and ritualistic sacrifice use the symbol of a broken skull with chains wrapped around it. However, his followers who indulge in torture and self-inflicted pain and agony use the symbol of a whip with thorns.

Background

Baathuul was not of the original Diathan Pantheon that first arrived in Avada. He was created from the darkest minds of the mortals who desired to murder and slaughter their kin. No one knows when he first appeared in the Diathan Pantheon, but not much was known about it till the Diathan War. It was the first deity to side with Theonvara in overtaking Avada, and Bathhuul was right by Theonvara and Lathrea when they killed Lannalra.

After The Severance, many of his followers and cults went underground to secret societies. Baring the symbol in any typical city would cause immediate arrest. However, some corrupt pillars of power will secretly recruit Baathuul followers for interrogations.

Worshipers

Baathuul has many churches under various names, however, they can be divided into which title they worship. 

Bloodied One

Those that follow under Baathuul's title of Bloodied One, follow under his ideations of torture and self-inflicted pain and agony. Bringing pain and suffering was the aim of these worshippers, either through physical torture or sometimes more subtly and psychologically. Beauty, intelligence, and acting were useful attributes, but the ability to fully understand someone was the best skill these followers could acquire, as knowing someone fully could help inflict maximum pain, one way or another.

Lord of Murder

The clergy of the Lord of Murder in Avada were a disorderly underground network of local orders, with the urban and rural branches maintaining distant relations from one another. Collectively, they believed that murder was both a duty to their god and a game for their enjoyment. Each cleric of Baathuul was expected to perform at least one murder every tenday, in the darkest moment in the dead of night. Many of their temples were built underground, usually in deep parts of the Underdark, especially after The Severance. 

He Who Lies In Shadows

Those that follow under He Who Lies In Shadows usually keep their worship to themselves. Many are renowned assassins, and a few belong to assassins' guilds.