Crowley

**Crowley** (Kr-ow-ley) is the God of the Undead, Blood, Battle, and Wounds from the Black Pantheon.

## Description

The Eldar are an ancient, ever-living race that have explored the outer planes. Since they do not ever expire naturally, the Eldar are extremely cautious to what purposes they commit themselves. One committed himself to battle and endless conflict. When his masochism grew stale, he sought to make a weapon that could ever change so that he could always have a new challenge. Crowley succeeded. What he made horrified the Eldar, and Crowley was banished to a prison he could not escape from. This did not stop his creation. It festered, it infected, and it brought ruin to a world known as Azengolt, where even now the last stand of life fights back the forces of the Depthar. Crowley did not rage in his imprisonment, but instead he reveled in his creation and knew that one day he would escape and would see new challenges in which to test himself. His patience was finally rewarded when a piece of his old text was recovered and the magic called him from his prison. When he arrived, he saw his summoner slain, and he was unbound. He decided to reward those that fought so well with a few years of reprieve, but even now, the new Lord of Death takes up his mantle and prepares to find satisfaction in his new role in this new world.

## Prominent followers

* Neve from *Heart of Tyre*
* D'ahc from *Broken Bonds*
* Kouki from *Ink and Blood*
* Eli from *Among the Reeds*
* Aisu from *A Storm Approaches*

## History

### Ascension

Crowley ascended somewhere during Phase 1.

Lore was given by /u/spaitken AKA sean in this thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/cadum/comments/p48g2u/crowleys\_assention/

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> The big bad of phase 1 was going to ascend to godhood. This was good in the long term because an equal amount of good and evil deities made sure neither side tried anything stupid, but bad in the short term because Kingvale was a dangerous lunatic trafficking in powers he didn’t fully comprehend.
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> Wondox delivered the message of “good idea, bad candidate” to the witches (which I happened to be associated with) and I happened to be the biggest gun when the time came to take him down. (We didn’t tell anyone until after Kingvale was dead)
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> Since the artifact he was using to ascent was made by Crowley, Crowley got the God nod.
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> And just to note, all my homies that are me hate Crowley.
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> Second note - Lorita ascended within the next 5 years so it was all pointless. (Ascending Crowley I mean but we couldn’t have predicted that would happen) Though Crowley probably would have found his way during the Tyre arc. If you want to have an argument with Wondox be my guest." - /u/spaitken
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### *Among the Reeds*

Following the killing of Block by Machio Manis, Eli begins a ritual to Crowley at the site of a fresh murder and convinces the rest of party to join in, saying it will help. After the ritual is complete, Block’s body begins to turn to dust and flows into Eli’s eye along with all the blood. Crowley then begins to speak to the party, saying a Crimson Ediction has begun, marking the village for slaughter. With every innocent killed, Eli will grow in power.

Following the Blacksilver Bandits to the ruins of a village and battlefield, Eli and Machio gather corpses to make another ritual to Crowley in the hopes it would empower them to take on the bandits and rescue Dik Cok. Due to Eli's limited knowledge, the ritual is improperly summoned, but the ritual combined with the environment being a battlefield was enough to break the veil, turning the nearby bandits into undead and starting an infection event.

### *Ink and Blood*

While unknowingly reading a book by Otikata, Kouki Subeuroko reaches the part where the book mentions his race, the Geckoi, and he is unable to move as he reads the curse of his own race. Jerry immediately slaps the book out of Kouki’s hand, shutting it close, but Kouki is still unable to move. His eyes start to bleed, and inside his mind he feels as if he’s impaled from the back. Fortunately, Kouki serves Crowley, who helps him expel the curse, but inside his mind he’s impaled by more stakes, dealing substantial damage to his physical body. As a result, the boon of Crowley surges through Kouki, which allows him to deal maximum damage as long as he hits a creature.

### *A Storm Approaches*

Egged on by Buroken, Aisu breaks off the hands of one of six peasant statues inside Soma Fortress. From this, a voice speaks to Aisu, telling her to break off the hands of the other statues to be rewarded for her service to Crowley. When Aisu breaks another statue's hands, she is stopped by Buroken. However, she manages to break free and smashes another statue, and one of the Resting Monk statues turns to dust. This action grants Eli inspiration.

## Reference

1. ↑ Taken from the WorldAnvil article
2. ↑ Among the Reeds: Episode 02
3. ↑ Among the Reeds: Episode 04
4. ↑ Ink and Blood: Episode 03
5. ↑ A Storm Approaches: Episode 02