Turm

Turm, the God of Ruin is the son of the Skyfather, brother of Modir and father to Rutt and Tuon. 
He was able to, through the power of the Black Flower, send Modir into an eternal slumber. He later created Rutt (who subsequently created the Great Plague) to eliminate the races of Giants that the Four Daughters of Modir had helped prosper. 
Turm and his name are both used as symbols evil betrayal and jealousy across the regions of Modir. Cults and other such groups that worship the God of Ruin and his creations are not completely unheard of, however.Turm, The God of Ruin on WorldAnvil: "Turm's name is used as a symbol of treachery, jealousy and evil across the Earth, but cults worshiping him and his children have risen over the years." (archived link) 
== Biography ==
Most versions of the creation myth describe Turm as jealous of his father's apparent favouritism towards Modir, leading Turm to despise his sister. After trying to gain his father's attention and approval time and time again without success, Turm came to believe that, if he were to get rid of Modir, his father would finally notice him. 
Around 121000 BHD, Turm persuaded his sister into planting a seed within herself, as his own skin was far too barren and lifeless to bore life, and that if it were to bloom, a "new age" would begin. In an act of kindness, Modir agreed to grow the flower, but was betrayed by Turm; the flower she had planted within herself was a monstrous thing, an evil creation that formed Tuon, the Queen of the Pit. The writhing roots of the Black Flower dug into Modir and sent her into a deep slumber. Following this, Turm was imprisoned by the Skyfather in the Great Depths. 
Years upon years after his betrayal, Turm learned of the Giants' existence. In yet another act of jealousy, this time angered at the fact that others had the happiness he could not, the God of Ruin, while still imprisoned, created a son named Rutt, and sent him to destroy all life on Modir, bringing with him the curse of the First Great Plague.
In 1300 AHD the descendants of the giants, weakened by the Great Plague, rose and prospered. Ten years later, however, in 1310 AHD, Rutt brought the Second Great Plague upon the civilisations of the mortal races. The second plague lasted for ten years. In 1370 AHD, the mortal races of the Earth had unified and were prepared to fight back against another onslaught.
Turm, for undisclosed reasons, eventually merged his soul with that of his sister. The combination of Life and Ruin, however, created Chaos. Devouress, the Queen of Chaos, created new creatures, the Dark Elves, Direwolves and Dark Serpents; twisted versions of Modir's fauna. These creatures were unleashed upon the land to spread Chaos.
== Personality and traits ==
Turm is a gaunt figure with grey, dry and cracked skin that, unlike his sister, is completely unable to foster life. He has a large hole in the centre of his chest and empty, blackened eyes surrounded by cracks.
The stories of the world's creation and the birth of the Great Plague both tell of Turm's rampant feelings of jealousy and envy, that he would kill someone for taking the spotlight away from him and would go to great lengths if it meant his enemies would as unhappy as he is. He is a god with rampant feelings of envy and destructive tendency.
== Behind the scenes ==
* It seems that originally, based on information from the World Anvil, the Black Flower was to kill Modir rather than send her into a slumber. The in-universe belief that Modir remained alive would be far more uncommon.Modir, The Earth Mother on WorldAnvil: "There are alternate stories of the Earth Mother never dying, debating that she was in fact still alive." (archived link) This could mean that Modir being alive was meant to 
== Notes and references ==
Category:Canon characters
Category:Deities
Category:Major Gods
Category:Dark Gods