Shub-Niggurath

Shub-Niggurath, the Lady of the Woods, is a Lovecraftian Outer God. While she is friendly to her Outer Gods and invaluable to the Outer Gods due to her role as the leader of the Elder Gods, her friendless masks her true nature: That of a woman who is eternally scarred and bloodthirsty, that which is also the Lovecraftian's greatest assassin and deceitfulness rivaled only by Nyarlathotep.
== History ==
One of the Oldest Outer Gods, rivaling Nyarlathotep and Yog-Sothoth in age, Shub-Niggurath was born in Shumath-Ghan in a religious city not much different than typical theocracy. Early on, her parents mysteriously disappeared and she was adopted by those who lived in the church. As a result, she was a devout follower and became a proficient wielder, gaining the ability to excise evil from beings. However, one day she would meet a type of evil she could not excise. Naturally, where there are devout followers, a group of people follow another deity to oppose them. The Cathedral of Ghan informed her of beings that worshipped something called "Daemon Sultan," and that those enthralled by his corruption couldn't even be excised by the best of their priests. Shub-Niggurath decided to take a more methodical approach. She attempted to gather info on this Daemon Sultan, hoping to find a way to purify those corrupted by him...However, that was the problem. No one knew who this Daemon Sultan was, or even how the Occult had gained access to these communing rituals. Shub-Niggurath was losing hope, and recklessly attempted to excise the evil not knowing anything...But the Daemon Sultan appeared before her. The Daemon Sultan told her about how religious indoctrination creates a group of like-minded individuals and that the church and religion she followed only sought to destroy the concept of disagreement in her civilization. The Daemon Sultan explained that the texts of her books dictated the inevitability that life would die and rebirth would soon occur. However, the Daemon Sultan possessed the answer to every problem. However, Shub-Niggurath wouldn't budge. Sighing, the Daemon Sultan asked her if she would've liked to know about her parent's fate. Shub-Niggurath, enthralled, naturally responded yes. The Daemon Sultan revealed the circumstances behind their deaths: they were accused of being demonic beings, and naturally, as they were not, had denied the accusation vehemently. They were swiftly imprisoned and as more "evidence" came out against them, eventually both were put to death. The Ghan Cathedral kept this secret from her as they didn't want her to have any relation to those they believed were "demonic." Shub-Niggurath's reality shattered. The people who raised her were her family's killers, the life she lived was a lie, and she was fostered by the people who had long since betrayed her years ago. Consumed with vengeance, she accepted the Daemon Sultan's proposal and he gave her the power of Enthalpy, a restorative power that allows her to use the energy of living things to restore herself. Since then, Shub-Niggurath leads the Elder Gods and is the assassin for the Outer Gods.