Rapheith

**Rapheith**, also known as **Scor**, is a powerful devil, banished to an unknown plane of existence, who leads the Cult of Scor.

## Biography

Rapheith is a millennia-old devil whose origins are shrouded in mystery, even to his followers. He is thought to have at some point roamed the Material Plane, though the multitudes of disinformation deliberately spread throughout myths and legends concerning him invites some doubt to this as well. Despite this, Rapheith is believed to have amassed a great deal many followers on the Material Plane and beyond, who operate under sworn secrecy. Many involved in the Cult of Scor, for example, are unaware of Rapheith's true history and intentions and may even believe they worship a different deity altogether.

What is known is that Rapheith governs almost entirely through delegation, often relying so heavily on an elaborate chain of delegates that few are even aware of whose intentions they serve. The multitudes of intermediaries he communicates through historically served to protect Rapheith, though this failed to help him during his attempts to usurp the powers of the orcish pantheon.

Rapheith, known to have stolen power from many other lesser deities and magical beings, was uncharacteristically cocky and underestimated the orc gods. Though he succeeded in drawing power from Shargaas (god of darkness and night, stealth, thieves and the undead), the orc deities joined together to oppose him and succeeded in banishing him to an undisclosed plane of existence, one he could not escape from. Followers of Rapheith have since searched for their leader, with many coming to the conclusion he is trapped within a personal dimension of some kind that cannot be accessed through any known means. Rapheith's followers were vilified and hunted after his banishment and the remaining followers formed the Cult of Scor, using the alias to disguise their true allegiance.

## Personality

Rapheith is known to be patient, tenacious and cunning. He is incredibly intelligent and known to counter any plans or schemes with multiple back-up scenarios. His legends commonly revolve around themes of outwitting his opponents or tricking them by using their own power against them.

An expert strategist, his followers believe his methodical planning can take generations to come into effect. All lore surrounding Rapheith agrees he is a master manipulator, able to expertly play politics to achieve his mysterious goals.

Rapheith's failed campaign against the orcish pantheon is the only record of his being outwitted, though followers of the devil claimed the orc gods' combined brute strength is what overpowered him and that they likely had other magical aid. The Cult of Scor believe he plots his revenge and ultimately seeks to return to the Material Plane.

## Abilities

Rapheith's full abilities are unknown and heavily disputed in lore surrounding him. Due to disinformation spread to disguise himself, the full extent of Rapheith's abilities, as with his known history, cannot be confirmed.

However, he is most commonly agreed to have strong divination skills, with a particular talent for retrocognition. This is in line with his cunning and strategic qualities. He is also agreed to have powerful persuasion abilities and many accounts of his exploits detail him coaxing his enemies into performing suicide. There is some debate over how much of this talent is magical and how much stems purely from his intellect. His mastery of manipulation often saw infighting spark between his enemies and his stories tell of how he would separate powerful opposers from their allies, or even cause them to destroy each other, with suggestion spells often implied to be in effect.

He is commonly depicted in lore as having a vampiric touch, draining the life of his victims and empowering himself with their energy. Despite many recorded depictions of this ability, he is never described as vampiric in nature, nor requiring this sustenance or subsisting off of it alone.

He is known to toy with his opponents to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and enjoys testing them through a battle of wits as opposed to traditional combat. This has seen some iterations of lore that depict him using telepathic abilities to enter a shared mindscape in order to battle enemies who largely rely on their physical skills. Battles of this kind never go in the opponent's favour, as they lack the fortitude of mind and soul that empowers their psionic form, allowing Rapheith to effectively outmanoeuvre and overpower them, even though he would not stand a chance against their physical bodies. There are also multiple accounts of Rapheith inducing hallucinations that trap an opponent within their worst memories.

Beyond his own talents, Rapheith is known to have amassed power by usurping and stealing it from other beings. The extent of this is unknown, but it is likely he possesses many magical talents acquired from others both through his information-gathering abilities and direct theft of power. He is sometimes described as having some control over flame and often stated to have dominion over darkness (most likely acquired from Shargaas).

## Equipment

* **Cenothean Staff:** A staff stolen from Loviatar that induces searing pain in the mind of those that fall prey to its effect.
* **Crown of Illusion:** Rapheith is often depicted with this wreath in art and it supposedly allows him to misdirect even the most powerful and insightful enemies, though he is not known to use it as often as other tricks in his arsenal.
* **Ball of Introspect:** A crystal ball with powerful divination properties, it is said that Rapheith's Ball of Introspect allowed him to successfully scry for any being he thought of without any aid and without the target ever knowing, as well as even allowing him to peer into another's soul.
* **Mark of Scor:** The Mark of Scor is a brand administered by the Cult of Scor that mirrors Rapheith's own unique scar and acts as a vessel that allows the branded to call upon Rapheith's stolen power. The Cult believe those marked will one day act as a gateway to allow Rapheith to return from his extradimensional prison.

## Relationships

	+ Eire the Holdfast - Devotee
	+ Étienne - Mark Bearer
	+ Loviatar - Theft Victim
	+ Shargaas - Power Source

## Trivia

* Though he never went by the name Scor himself, as it was only conceived after his banishment, there are many who now only know Rapheith by that name.