Itix

> *“Order is unnatural. Nothing is permanent, and those who fight against that fundamental law will perish like the fools they are, crushed under my heel.”*
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**Itix** is the **Elder God** of **Chaos, Anarchy, and Destruction**. His followers believe Him to be the primal embodiment of the world's natural state, and see destruction and change as sacred gifts sent to free them from their oppressors. He presides over His Domains within the Elemental Chaos, sundering the laws of order and reality from within the Grand Maelstrom.

Sundered shards of space and time shield Itix from perception, the raw power of His existence so tumultuous that reality itself shatters in His wake. His voice is said to be booming and overwhelming, His words only understandable by the most devout of His faithful. Others say His voice is hateful and measured, as if His constant destruction of reality is a conscious and carefully executed act of spite.

Itix's form is that of a swirling mass of raging storm clouds; a body so wild and immeasurable that not even the Gods fully understand His true shape. The only constants of His being are the three points of intense magic that glow like beacons through the whirlwind that is His body: one in the center and two at the top, in supposed imitation of a heart and eyes. Those who attempt to comprehend His existence are inevitably driven to madness, for none can comprehend chaos incarnate.

## Itix's Influence

Itix holds dominion over the raw forces of chaos, and everything associated with it. To many this bears a negative connotation, as it is by order's grace that life may exist. To His followers, anarchy is an escape; their salvation from a world of order that has either shunned or failed them. Those who worship Him seek to save others from the iron-handed rule of order, viewing it as an evil forced upon mortals without their consent.

Itix is further associated with destruction, the penultimate result of the pursuit of His domains. His followers include anarchists, revolutionaries, outlaws, and plain madmen in seek of purpose, understanding, or simple camaraderie. In the Outer Plane of Limbo he is ironically viewed as a supreme ruler, for it is by His grace — or perhaps lack of notice — that life may take root there.

Before space and time there was nothing. An infinite and empty expanse where nothing but darkness took root. It is from the subconscious whims and yearnings of this vast emptiness that reality first formed. The first beings made from this sudden eruption would come to be known as the Fatum Sect, with Itix being its most problematic member. While the rest of the Fatum Sect set about the organization of the scattered concepts of nascent reality, He began His work in unraveling their progress. Physics, Time, and even Fate Herself hold no sway over the uncontrollable being that is Itix. He exists outside of their reprimand; an opposite and equal. Any attempts to manipulate or control Him result in the fundamental disassembly of everything structured and comprehensible.

Itix acts towards aims only he truly knows — if He has aims at all. He uses His power to systematically destroy everything he encounters, rendering reality down into its base components; a destruction so absolute that even the Gods fear Him. His influence is so overwhelming that not even the Divine Gate can contain Him, with chaos seeping into the Outer Planes and warping their existence. Despite this constant disintegration, Itix's work is never ending, for He is outnumbered in His efforts and severely hampered by the Divine Authority of Yndol.

Because of the sheer power He commands and the pervasiveness of His Domains, Itix is universally considered a major god, regardless of the often negative connotations His name carries. He is almost universally feared, most of all by the denizens of the Planes of Law, for His influence is akin to poison in these Realms.

### Itix's Goals

Itix is a being unlike any of His siblings. Where they seek to build, control, and manipulate, He seeks to rend and destroy. It is not known what — if any — reasoning is behind this destructive personality. Some believe it be a result of a divine feud between Himself and Irum, eldest of His siblings. Others claim it is caused by the corruption of the Far Realm, which scrambled His consciousness during His creation. Few even claim the Harbinger to be a simple contrarian who derives pleasure from the continued opposition of everything structured and concrete. Regardless of the motivations behind His actions, Itix is the Harbinger of Chaos, a being whose presence defies sense and whose actions are utterly unpredictable. His one and only concern is with the sowing of dissent and discord. He is as far from involved or concerned with mortal affairs as one can be. Nothing else matters to Him but His continued war against Irum's influence.

Despite His constant conflict with the Elder Pantheon, Itix is a steadfast enemy of the Elder Evils. His hatred of them manages to overrule any prior engagement he may be locked in. To Him, they are vile personifications of corruption and failure, whose presence is utterly intolerable. Any aberration that enters the Elemental Chaos finds itself swiftly disassembled on a molecular level.

The age of the Fatum gods is known only to Medon, for He is the only one who can be bothered with keeping track. Itix is believed to be one of the younger deities in the sect, just ahead of His sister Iranos. Despite His position, Itix cares little for respect, whether it is demanded of or offered to Him. He cares not for the actions of His peers, viewing divine politics as a useless distraction from His efforts. When He does get involved, it is usually as a result of some unintended consequence His actions have wrought.

### Divine Relationships

Itix despises interacting with other gods, a feeling that is often reciprocated. Few Domains are compatible with His, resulting in most interactions with the Harbinger devolving into an incredibly violent and often short-lived conflict. It is because of this that no God seeks to interfere in the Elemental Chaos. Despite His isolation, Itix does have clear rivals.

His hatred of Irum is an established fact, the two being on opposite ends of the alignment spectrum. This rivalry is thought to be the primary fuel for conflicts throughout the Outer Planes. These planes are acutely sensitive to alignment, and the eternal shoving match between these two Gods results in the warping and shifting of the nature of these planes. The Blood War is the most renowned of these conflicts, fueled by the fundamental incompatibility of Baator and the Abyss.

Pydea holds no love for the Harbinger either, His influence often working against Her efforts in the Prime Material. While Itix does not care about mortal followers, His Domains manage to attract a sizable following, and confrontations between their respective faiths are frequent and violent.

In the Anathema Sect, Torvar despises Itix. The Iron-Handed God yearns for dominion over every corner of the Many Realms, a fact rendered nigh impossible by the corruption the Harbinger sows through His actions.

## Worshipping Itix

Itix's worship is rarely structured and often spontaneous. Cults devoted to Itix tend to exercise their beliefs through riots over prayer and scripture. Some followers and champions of Itix travel the Many Realms, sowing dissent among civilization and instigating acts of vandalism and destruction. A rare few seek to further embrace the ways of anarchy by travelling to the Elemental Chaos, believing their God will protect them. More often than not He doesn't.

Rituals honoring Itix are almost nonexistent, as His faith is that of madness and anarchy. Most often festivals are held to appease the Harbinger, rather than thank or honor Him. The Zirumvalai Festival in Dorai is one such celebration, where massive bonfires are lit and people perform elaborate dances in vain attempts to appease Itix. Beyond the fearful reverence of civilization, some of the more rugged and isolated peoples of the world include Him in celebrations revering the Fatum.

## Myths of Itix

Itix appears in many stories, few of them positive. The rare few of His faithful who bother to research and record stories of their god share them readily, despite the repercussions they often face.

***Mistress of Madness.*** According to legend, the Anathema God Atraxia was once a sane and compassionate being. Her downfall began upon Her visit to the Elemental Chaos, where She came face to face with the Harbinger. Isolated from reality and incapable of doing anything within the domain, She was driven mad by the God of Chaos. It is said Her propensity for torture and suffering was derived from Her experiences in the Chaos, where Her being was repeatedly sundered and reformed before Her eventual escape.

***The Rending.*** During the War in Heaven, the Anathema Sect waged a bloody war against their siblings and peers in the Elder Pantheon. A few abstained from the conflict, their duties either too broad or too involved for them to bother with choosing sides. Itix was one of these gods. Both Syndarr and Torvar appealed to Him, seeking to use His propensity for raw destruction to annihilate their opposition. The Harbinger was unwilling to entertain them in His home, rendering them both down to their base components before dismissing them back to the Prime Material. With Divine eyes locked to the Heavens, Itix was free to sow discord throughout the Many Realms. The planes burned in a wash of fire and lightning, time shattering and reforming in incomprehensible continuities while the laws of nature were flipped on their head. During the penultimate duel between Erogas and Calidra, Itix's siblings descended from their Celestial Planes to battle their brother. In a conflagration of order and chaos, the Fatum waged their bloody battle. The Harbinger, a being beyond the control of any of their Domains, proved an impossible foe. In the splintering shards of space and time, it was ultimately Yndol — who wielded the Hand of Forbiddance — that managed to strike the Eternal Tempest, banishing Him back to the Elemental Chaos and sealing Him in perpetuity.

***The Prime Elementals.*** Most every scholar knows of the Elder Elementals: being of immense power derived from the raw elemental energies of their native planes. Beyond their scope are elusive and much less understood beings called the Prime Elementals. Raw magic incarnate, these creatures are said to be the closest thing Itix has to Lesser Gods, each commanding absolute control over their respective element. It is believed that when the Harbinger cut His bloody swathe through the Many Realms, the Prime Elementals acted as His lieutenants. So immense was their power that Irum was delayed to the battle against His brother, being forced to undo the destruction caused by the Elementals. It is believed they were ultimately censured like their master, banished to the Elemental Chaos for all eternity.

***A Realm of Madness.*** Limbo is a plane much alike to the Elemental Chaos. Lawless, ever changing, and utterly devoid of sense. It is a realm of drifting fragments of earth and water, perpetually swirling around a structure known as the Spawning Stone. It is said that the battle of The Rending, where Yndol struck down the Harbinger, took place in this plane, the shattered worlds here the remnants of a once expansive layer of reality. The Spawning Stone is believed to be the point where Itix was laid low, the malign magics of His form condensing into an infinitely small point of pure madness that forever solidified Limbo's existence.

## Itix's Champions

**Alignment:** Always chaotic, often neutral

**Suggested Classes:** Rogue, paladin, sorcerer, warlock, wizard

**Suggested Cleric Domains:** Tempest

**Suggested Backgrounds:** Criminal/Spy, Outlander, Pirate

Most worshipers of Itix believe order to be unnatural and that chaos is the natural state of the world. It is the goal of all of Itix's faithful to tear down vestiges of order and civilization in the name of their god.

### Itix's Favor

As a member of the Fatum Sect, Itix as a deity is entirely unbothered by the affairs of mortals. He is a force of nature, a manifestation of reality's propensity for chaos and destruction. When His mortal agents ask Him for aid, He may not react at all, unbothered by their plight or distracted by the fruits of His labor. When He does come to His followers' rescue, the results are devastating, oftentimes resulting in excessive collateral damage. Itix does not require servants, His faithful being comprised of mortals who have become jaded in their lives and revel in the concept of a world without rules. The Itix’s Favor table offers several suggestions for the nature of your connection to the God.

 **6** | You have no idea why Itix shows interest in you.

### Devotion to Itix

Servants of Itix prefer life away from civilization and order. As a follower of Itix, consider the possibilities on the Itix’s Ideals table as alternatives to those suggested for your background.

 **6** | **Rebellion.** The gods of order are false. They deserve no reverance or quarter. (Chaotic)

### Earning and Losing Piety

You increase your piety score to Itix when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

* Sowing discord in a civilized society
* Ignoring the laws of gods and mortals
* Removing rulers and tyrants from power
* Building or restoring a temple to Itix

Your piety score to Itix decreases if you diminish Itix’s influence in the world, contradict His ideals, or make Him look ridiculous or ineffectual through acts such as these:

* Bringing order to a lawless place
* Following the commands of a king or god
* Helping establish rulers and tyrants
* Furthering the aims of the Elder Evils

Itix is not benevolent. He does not care about His followers. He only cares about enacting the destruction of all vestiges of order in the Many Realms. His followers will often act in accordance with this knowledge, knowing that nothing they do matters to their God but the continued destruction of the forces of order.

#### **Itix's Devotee**

*Piety 3+ Itix trait*

As a devotee of Itix, you have proven yourself capable in the spread of discord. You can cast chaos bolt with this trait a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

#### **Itix's Votary**

*Piety 10+ Itix trait*

You can cast chaos warp with this trait. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

#### **Itix's Disciple**

*Piety 25+ Itix trait*

When you deal damage with a weapon or spell, you can roll on the wild magic surge table (as detailed in Player's Handbook). You can use this trait a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

#### **Champion of Chaos**

*Piety 50+ Itix trait*

You can increase your Strength or Charisma score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.