God of War Chaotic Evil War, Tempest Portfolio: War, Honor, Battle, Destruction Temples: Temples to Zaris are there to celebrate great warriors who were believed to serve them and are places for people to challenge themselves against other warriors.
Zaris is a consummate warrior, he is known for his total lack of tact and patience. He is a God of War more than of battle, he revels in the glory of a fight and the rush of blood and adrenaline. He is a god of a challenge as well, constantly pushing people to strive. He is destructively opposed to the trappings of civilization and luxury, believing them to make people soft and weak, denying them the chance to improve. He gleefully embraces his role as a god of destruction. In the eyes of Zaris, this destruction isn’t absolutely necessary for the betterment of the world. Civilization coddles and weakens, walls protect weak men, and the weak men must be destroyed so that the strong may flourish.
Zaris abhors all weakness but tolerates it if the weak strive to improve themselves. It doesn’t matter if those abilities are centered around combat, so long as they allow no weakness in it. But even with strength, Zaris calls on all his followers to strive to greater heights and constantly challenge themselves. Complacency is for the weak, artists must always make greater works, scientists must make greater concepts, and warriors must fight greater foes.
Despite his violent impatience, Zaris does restrain himself through concepts of “honor” and encourages his faithful to hold up their own codes of honor in battle and any of their swathes of destruction.
Unlike the other war gods of Orizon, Zaris is not a commander and cares little for soldiers. Zaris is concerned with warriors. He cares not for tactics or bulwarks, he and his followers simply wade into the fray and kill as many foes as they can.