Monday 2 January 2012

Death Gods

The Raven Queen (U) is a 'Nerathi' deity, and not very widely worshipped under that name.  The main Alryan death god is the chaotic-evil Hamarkhis, who hungers for human sacrifices; the Ghinorans and others have Thanatos (E) - although the Nerathi say the Raven Queen defeated Thanatos and took his throne.   Alryans also revere Thoth (U) as the Judge of the Dead - those found wanting are consigned to the maw of Hamarkhis.   Some see the Raven Queen as a kind of vassal or herald of Thoth, ushering the souls of the dead before Him.

The Raven Queen is also associated with the ancient Tharbrian war/death goddess Morrigan.

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