Zarosh

Zarosh the Scourge is perhaps the most fierce and feared of the Outsiders. A being of great wrath, he desired to smash Vala after seeing the blasphemous works of the giants and the corruption unleashed by Nyx. His fellow gods ultimately decided to spare the world, and Zarosh has been seething ever since. He is the punishing scourge of the gods, the misfortune that strikes from the skies to humble the proud and mighty. He was not always lord of storms. When the Outsiders raised the Needle of Heaven, Rukh, haughty lady of the skies, was outraged that invading gods were breaching a realm she considered solely hers. She and her Windsons gathered up armies of aerial spirits and they went to hurl the Needle down. The Outsiders met Lady Sky in terrible battle, which flashed and thundered above Vala. It was Zarosh who finally broke through the ranks of aerial spirits and confronted Rukh herself, tearing away her power over storms and forcing her and her children to retreat. The Needle was spared, and Ystarte was able to weave wild magic into the Skein, containing and controlling it, muting the terrible aftershocks of the Night Wars. And Zarosh became master of storms, feared even by other gods.  With the stolen power of storms, Zarosh created his firstborn, Hunukt, father of harpies, as well as the cyclopes, lesser spirits of misfortune that visit Zarosh's thunderous wrath upon evildoers. Zarosh, though dedicated to the cause of order, is a frightening deity, more propitiated than truly worshipped. He is depicted as an immense warrior clad in black armor, holding a nine-tailed whip in one hand, and a lightning bolt in the other. His face is concealed by a mask of black iron. According to the myths, Rukh slashed Zarosh’s face as he ripped the power of storms from her, and the Scourge has since hidden the scars behind his featureless mask. The Scourge dwells in a citadel of black iron that floats amid swirling, storming winds. His stormsons set out from Tempest to do their father's grim will, and the masked electi of Zarosh wait to be unleashed on a corrupt and wicked world.
Category:Gods
Category:Outsiders