Malzarak

### Worshipers

Many bestial races living in the Wildlands of Angmar and some remaining red dwarves

### Teachings

"Chain them or give them death"
"Hit where it hurts the most"

### Edicts

Promote and practice brutal slavery, command slaves in battle

### Anathema

Care for your slaves, allow yourself to be captured

### Sacred Colors

Dark red, Dark gray

> "*The chain does not ask, it takes!*"
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Malzarak the Unforgiving, Lord of Slavery, the first demon lord to walk on the lands of Énelya since the First Demon War, is a being of great power. His ambitions lie in slavery and war which he embraced during the Second Demon War. As a chaotic evil demigod associated with slavery, his ways of slavery are less about creating laborers and long-time servants, and more about creating soldiers and short-lived meat shields to act as living weapons in his endless conquest. Those that he defeats are also turned into his slaves and so his tide of destruction continues without rest. Much like his father before him, he fought against all other mortal races but ultimately lost. Not forever destroyed however, his essence was merely sent back to the Realm of Hell, where he now waits for his powers to recover. Then he may come to challenge the people of Énelya once again.

## Relations

> "*More slaves to my torment*"
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Malzarak is told to be one of the strongest among the children of Angmar and rightfully so; his displays of power during the Second Demon War were a sight to behold. More direct in his methods compared to his devil brother Kyil'Zhal, Malzarak fought with physical strength and pure rage. His power has gained the respect of some races he personally enslaved and they continue to pay tribute to him to this day. Others have left his service after the war and despise him. Nevertheless, he will possibly be forever remembered as the greatest son of Angmar.

## Obedience

If you worship Malzarak and have the *Demonic Obedience* feat, you can perform the following daily obedience in order to gain its bonuses.

**Obedience:** You must flagellate yourself or a living humanoid with a chain. If flagellating yourself, you take damage equal to your character level + your Strength modifier at the end of the obedience. If flagellating a living humanoid, they take the damage instead. Regardless of the target of the flagellation, they must suffer at least one point of damage and the obedience fails if the damage is fully negated by damage reduction or some other effect. Performing this obedience takes 20 minutes. You gain a +4 profane bonus on all Fortitude saving throws against effects that cause fatigue or exhaustion, or that damage, drain, or penalize ability scores.

**Boons:**

* **12 HD. Firesoul (Sp):** *Barbed Chains* 3/day, *Stoke the Inner Fire* 2/day, or *Fiendish Wrath* 1/day (The save DCs are Strength-based)
* **16 HD. Feats of Strength (Ex):** You gain a +2 profane bonus to your Strength. In addition, once per day as a swift action, you can quintuple your carrying capacity and gain a +5 profane bonus on all Strength checks and Strength-based skill checks for 1 minute.
* **20 HD. Burning Fury (Sp):** Once per day, you can use Empowered Intensified *Furious Fire Barrage* as a spell-like ability. The save DC is Strength-based.

## Religion traits

* **Reckless Assault:** When you make a charge attack in the surprise round or first round of combat, you gain a +2 trait bonus to your AC for 1 round.
* **Bestial Wrath:** You gain a +2 trait bonus on critical confirmation rolls.

## Cleric alignments

* Neutral Evil
* Chaotic Evil