Heqaj

Son of the leviathan of chaos, Mator, and the mortal woman who fell in love with him, Khuura, Heqaj was born on the continent of Miques. He was not always “evil” though he did know of his status as an exusian, he would later find his title as the Patron of Destruction in his later years of life after his mothers death. Also known as Ysir on the continent of Nibar and Hio on Ravera, he is primarily worshiped by those who worship Mator. Heqaj was born in the town of Tyav.

## General Information

### Titles

Patron of DestructionBattle-BringerThe Hateful Demonlord

### Portfolio

destruction, chaos, war, battle, anger, revenge, hate, blood, strength, power

## Worship Information

### Holy Day(s)

Remembrance of the Great FeastSlaughterfest

## Description

As the son of a leviathan, a being of colossal size, Heqaj was always large. When his mother was first giving birth to him he nearly split her in half and would have if it weren’t for the access they had to clerical beings who aided in the birth. Though he is not as large as his father, Heqaj, in his true form, is about 27-30 feet tall with several sets of horns on his head almost forming a set of hair from them, along his back and arms are spiked barbs which jut from his skin at varying angles. His eyes are a pupless black dappled with glimmering gold that glows with divine power. Heqaj is more human looking than his father, but still has elements of his true form that separate him from the common rabble.

On Nibar he commonly appears as a smaller version of his true form with amber skin and black horns, on Ravera he appears more skeletal, almost a spitting image of his father, with his horns and spikes attached to his boney form.

## Personality

Heqaj is playfully brutish, a menacing force, for sure, but also challenging those who follow him in a way as if a skilled fighter might challenge all that he comes across that could come close to his level. He has an affection for warriors and enjoys personally battling them before allowing them into his pool of more “gifted” worshippers, bringing them near-death to show them of their mortality and of the power they could possibly one day achieve if they continued worshiping the Patron of Destruction.

The Battle-Bringer had a particular hate for gnomes, spirits, and most elves as most of them are “Soft-skinned cowards, not a bone of strength or battle in their bodies.” If he is proved wrong by one he often gives them a sort of favoritism as they have gone against the very nature of their race in order to become warriors of true fashion in Heqaj’s eyes.

## Servants

### Quahin

A corrupt deity who was once on the side of “good”, Quahin is a patron to those who desire magical abilities beyond their realm, a being of untapped power and potential. He follows Heqaj as the demon lord had at one point saved the mages life and so he pledged allegiance, seeing that perhaps good and evil was not ever quite as clear-cut as the other exusians made him believe.

## Relationships

### Mator

While the Hateful Demonlord does not outrightly hate his father, he promotes a certain disdain of the Allconsuming to his loyal followers, commending them for continuing to worship his father but enabling them to be prepared for his eventual overthrowing. Heqaj knows, of course, that his father knows of his plan to take over his throne, though he expects the element of semi-suprise could still be used to his advantage as well as the fact his father underestimates him.

### Ona

The Goddess of Oni was somewhat of a mentor to Heqaj when he was first getting a grasp on his new powers, abilities, and responsibilities. As such he views her as a mother of sorts because his own had been slain before he could truely learn anything from her. It of course helped than Ona was one of the kinder of those allied with Mator since she was once part of the pantheon of light that side of her still peers through at times.

## Activities

Because he is free from the bonds that trapped his father, the Hateful Demonlord, has had a prominent hand in many of the battles and go-ons in exusian society. Since he is not cloaked in a power-dampening shield like his father deep beneath the ground, Heqaj has been able to quickly garner a large number of worshippers in about ¼ the time it took it his father over several centuries; though many of his worshippers favor Mator still, seeing him as the stronger, there are a number of his followers which are dedicated to only Heqaj and only make offerings to Mator as a courtesy.

## Divine Realm

Heqaj resides on his fathers personal pocket realm called the Quiet Fields in a small dungeon accessed via a hidden trapdoor somewhere out in the fields. He has tried in vain to gain access to his fathers tower, believing it possibly harbors some kind of knowledge.

His dungeon itself has several rooms, most of them being training rooms designed for varying types of training (air borne, melee, ranged, underwater, etc.)

## Worshippers

Akin to his father, Heqaj’s largest pool of worship is the Devouring Hand as an extension of his father he is also worshiped by the members though to a lesser extent. Though this is the case, the Patron of Destruction has an order of his own, a subsect of the Devouring Hand known as the Vengeful Will. While the Devouring Hand concentrates on the freeing of Mator and gathering what knowledge they can on the capture itself, the Vengeful Will is the “military” of sorts of the organization with almost all of its members being skilled in combat; a number of them are mages dedicated to Quahin who, as a servant of Heqaj, falls into his order and is given respect by those who follow him. Warriors, soldiers, “savage” barbarian tribes, and “evil” spellcasters (as the commander of Quahin).

### Mythology and Beliefs

The most common myth on how Heqaj was pushed onto his path of vengeance and destruction was that his mother, Khuura, was killed by the goddess Illa Everwon in an effort to prevent the Allconsuming and the woman from boring more children of such power who could be corrupted by the leviathan. This, however, was just the thing to push the demon lord over the edge, witnessing the gruesome murder of his mother, Heqaj was pushed into madness and began a vengeful quest of murder and destruction across the land of Miques. He was captured by the exusian Nurbier, embodiment of Nibar, but was contained rather than slain as the god believed that the not yet demon lord could be turned onto their side. Heqaj eventually escaped his imprisonment and was soon called to his fathers side and, with no other family left, Heqaj pledge loyalty to his father in order to break his containment under the continent of Nibar.

His favored animals were Raverian Elephants, extremely aggressive and defensive of their herd and a common cause of death among those who bother them. Though he also favors dogs and, like his father, tooga snakes.

### Dogma

* Show mercy to none as they likely would not show it to you.
* Do not let the death of those you love weaken you, instead use it as fuel for your rage.
* The world is meant to be shattered, let it be easy for my father to consume it.
* There is no good or evil only chaos, those that would say otherwise do so to try and control you.