Mussorg Chernabog

Mussorg Chernabogs, or mountaintop trolls are a species of monster troll found in Welt. Due to their statuesque appearance and ability to turn into sun without ill effects in sunlight, Chernabogs are considered gargoyles.
== Physical Manifestation ==
Chernabog's are very large, often confused with mountaintops during the daytime. A chernabogs body is adorned with leathery wings, reminiscent of bats, and its eyes emit an otherworldly glow. A Chernabog's presence is accompanied by an intense sensation of coldness.
== Abilities ==
Chernabog's possess an array of abilities, largely surpassing both troll and monster magics. 
=== Fire magics ===
Chernabogs have many frightening powers to fight if needed. Their main ability is to control fire, and use it in various ways such as breathing fire or shooting fireballs from its hands. It can also cause the volcano it is in to erupt with tremendous force, flap its wings to create a gale to blow opponents away, and, when in desperate need, summon dancers.
=== Darkness ===
The monster wields control over darkness, able to manipulate shadows and summon infernal forces. Its powers extend to the manipulation of energies, allowing it to unleash devastating bursts of dark energy and channel destructive forces with ease. Chernabog's influence over the minds of mortals is said to be immense, capable of instilling fear and sowing discord. Using the souls collected during walpurgis, Chernabogs can awaken their mountain, summoning fire and demons from its maw.
=== Infernal army ===
A Chernabogs power is demonic, being able to unleash hellish realms and spirits. By stretching out its arms, a chernabog casts a dark shadow from which ghosts, spirits, fallen warriors, and the souls of all who are not buried in sacred ground rise from the grave to join the mountaintop. The ghosts join together to become a single mass, swirling around the Chernabog, who summons fire and demons. As the latter emerge and gather below him, it grabs a number of them and disdainfully throws them into the fires of the Mountain, while the other minions dance on. 
== Interaction with the World ==
Chernabog's interactions with the world are few, as they tend to dwell in the loneliest of mountain peaks. They occasionnally emerge during moments of great upheaval, heralding chaos and upheaval. Its presence is often associated with the occurrence of supernatural phenomena and the awakening of dormant malevolent forces.
=== Walpurgis night ===
The most known of these interactions is the walpurgis night where the chernabog awakens, and enacts rituals to instaure its tyranny. During the ritual creatures gather to worship the monster. Under the spell, they dance furiously in tribute before being thrown into the mountain's fiery pit. The ritual continues until the coming of dawn and the sounds of church bells, which sends the remaining infernal army slinking back into their abodes.
These rituals are often stopped at daybreak, where nearby ringing church bells warn it of the suns rays, and the troll returns to its slubmer as a mountaintop.
=== Harpy mastery ===
As the dancing continues, it becomes more frantic and chaotic. Harpies fly above the demons, occasionally grabbing them and throwing them into the inferno. The celebration culminates in a blinding flash of fire from the inferno, which is believed to be a seeding of saccharomyces demonica into the atmosphere. Usually, this is where the ritual is interrupted by the sound of church bells, which herald the coming of the dawn. The sunlight forces it and its minions to retreat, and the anima and undead return to their resting places. The chernabog then closes its wings, protecting himself from the sunlight and becoming the mountain's peak once more.
=== Deities ===
Chernabogs can see and interact with deities, sometimes offering them hospitality in the form of games.
== Personality ==
Chernabogs typically desires only to amuse and appease themself, and will commit any atrocity needed to do so. They are commonly depicted as ruthless and manipulative monsters feared by all who encounter them, being able to unleash hellish realms and spirits.
=== Dancing ===
The trolls love for dance is its most distinctive trait, with summoned dancers being a staple of walpurgis nights. Chernabogs are known for their curious behavior of tossing handfuls of souls and minions into the volcanoes they perch atop. Despite these fearsome rituals, chernabogs are relatively harmless monsters, It and its minions' actions are not committed in pursuit of any discernible goal other than general tyranny.
=== Bowing ===
To trick its enemies, chernabogs will look as though it is bent over, apparently hurt, then rises triumphantly, causing the volcano to erupt violently.
=== Heartseeking ===
Chernabogs sometimes seek persons with the heart that has the most potential for evil, usually meaning people with potential for magic. This chernabog was a being of magic rather than an organic being. One of these summons was defeated by tricking it into going over the limit of its summons.
=== Bog's grin ===
Chernabogs use flames to create images: elegant dancers, dancing barnyard animals, blue demons. This behavior, known as the Bogs grin, is believed to be a naturally occurring demon summoning.
== Known chernabogs ==
=== The god of the fragile vale ===
A devil-like demigod, rules over the fragile vale, an area thought to be nearby an underworld, and as such acts as a deity between life and death, a sort of Grim Reaper figure.
=== Conjurer of Souls ===
One chernabog was captured into a wizards hat, and can be released from it. The chernabog was a necromancer and a general of demonic forces that masters the power to summon an army of wraiths to do his bidding. Imprisoned inside a grimoire until being freed. Under its command, the Chernabog then proceeded to summon hundreds of wraiths and rallied them as an army to destroy the orc city of Manangalan. Chernabog would later be defeated in battle through combined might of 2 wizards. In the end, it was sealed back inside the grimoire.
Category:Trolls
Category:Monster
Category:Gargoyles