Monday, May 24, 2010

Kahalla, God of the Undead

Kahalla is the dark God everyone on Martapa, including the other Gods, love to hate. He is a power hunger individual, trying to take over the world for his own and rid of the other Gods. So the other Gods banished him to what is termed the Void. This is like a prison for Gods for they can not truly die, but neither is he truly alive and able to connect with his followers. This doesn't stop the Black Wizards of Shaniko and other wizards from worshiping him. Kahalla thrived on chaos, the more chaos on the mortal plane the happier he was. Before the War of the Gods he stole Lokar's ability to rule over Death Magic and twisted it to his whim. Unlike the other Gods he never, truly agreed to the Balance and thus why his eventual banishment. He has no known avatar, but likes to appear as a great-horned minotaur, which the minotaurs don't take kindly to. (Minotaurs are honor abiding mercenaries and thus do not follow Kahalla, so no one is really sure why he takes this form.)

Some generic mechanics for the roleplayer are as follows: His Mages bare a skull with a sword through the top as their symbol and they wear black robes lined with blood red.

Alignment (if your system calls for this) would be chaotic evil. He thrived on chaos before his banishment.

His Mages use small, ceremonial daggers as weapons, the better to draw blood for incantations. His followers include wizards, ogres, and imps. The biggest organization to follow him is the Black Wizards of Shaniko, who still seek to free him from his prison in the Void.

His Mages are to spread chaos and create undead. Places of worship for Kahalla (even though their prayers are not answered) are filled with undead of all sorts.

His interactions with the other Gods are not many. Most everyone, even the dark Gods, fight against him, though his biggest foe is Targon and Lokar. His son, Furere, minor God of Storms, supported him before the War of the Gods, but he will not actively seek to help Kahalla if there isn't a clear advantage to him. Even if he only comes back to the Mortal Plane to kill Targon, then he would be satisfied.
Tomorrow: Catiana, Lady of Neutrality.

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