Anterrel

Lord Anterrel is a slumbering minor deity, and a child of Morgull and Tenebris. Known as the Slumbering Sin, only his Bearers know his name and dare to speak it. He is a god of war and conquest, and his followers are often bloodthirsty and pugilistic.

## Biography

### **Birth of Anterrel (6R-221)**

Morgull appeared before Tenebris in the form of a beautiful aasimar man, and the two slept together. This allowed Morgull to draw upon the essence of Tenebris to birth Anterrel, who was then whisked away to the Marsh of Thorns.

### **Cult of Anterrel (6R-225)**

After being brought to the Lawless Lands, Morgull abandoned Anterrel in the furthest reaches of southern Selmar. Anterrel began to build a group of followers in the Marsh of Thorns, attempting to spread his influence through bloodshed and conquest. Soon, the entire southern half of Selmar had been proliferated by the Sinful Legion.

### **War of Thorns (6R-861)**

The people of Selmar were increasingly threatened by the presence of Anterrel and the Sinful Legion in their lands. When the Sinful Legion desecrated the Temple of Tides in the holy city of Moonrest, the Sovereignty of Selmar declared war on the Sinful Legion. The War of Thorns lasted thirty years, and largely destroyed the Marsh of Thorns in the process. Near the end of the war, the Sovereign called upon the aid of the Sanj Ahari, which turned the tide against Anterrel's forces.

### **Bearers of Anterrel (6R-892)**

Anterrel saw his followers being decimated by the Selmari, and called together the 100 leaders of the Sinful Legion. Rather than face death at the hands of the Sanj Ahari, Anterrel chose to split his essence among his most loyal followers. These followers became the original Bearers of Anterrel, and each bore a piece of their Lord's Shadow within them. If one Bearer killed another, they would steal the essence of Anterrel from within the defeated foe, strengthening the victor. Many of these Bearers were slain by the Selmari at the end of the War of Thorns, causing the Selmari to become unwitting Bearers themselves. The Shadow of Anterrel corrupts its Bearer to crave violence and destruction, and to seek out other Bearers to defeat them in combat. A Bearer of Anterrel can only be killed in combat, and cannot die of natural causes, and thus many who have successfully resisted their murderous impulses have lived long lives in isolation. If one Bearer were to collect all 100 fragments of Anterrel, they would become the vessel for their resurrected Lord.

### **Yemnis and the Ruby of Ruin (7R-82)**

King Rhalthazar Rhubazeth of Yemnis executed a very powerful Bearer of Anterrel by his own hand, unaware of their affiliation with the Slumbering Sin. This made King Rhubazeth a Bearer himself, but he sought to reject this power. He attempted to sever Anterrel's Shadow from himself, and implant it into a sacred magical ruby. This created the Ruby of Ruin, which the Triton King sealed away deep within his vaults. Unbeknownst to the King, the Ruby's magic amplified the powers of Anterrel and began to influence his advisors and court. Eventually, this created schisms that were too deep to mend, and the Kingdom of the Tritons tore itself apart in a civil war known as the Yemnan Ruin. The Ruby of Ruin was lost to the depths, until a treasure hunter named Kleever Petrik discovered it near the end of the Seventh Reign.

### **Servant of Many (8R-241)**

Maukha Kivi, a Garnian Bearer of Anterrel, built a Warforged designed with the goal of killing other Bearers in order for Kivi to become more powerful. She named this Warforged Servant of Many, since he was built to usher in an age of Anterrel's return, which she believed would revitalize Garn. SOM killed Maukha Kivi in order to become a Bearer himself, and then began to hunt down other Garnian Bearers. He began to act as an emissary of the fictional House Anterrel, in order to draw out other Bearers of the Slumbering Sin.

### **Anterrel Expedition (8R-322)**

After the Opening, Servant of Many began to bolster support and gather adventurers to join him on a grand expedition into the Lawless Lands. He hoped to find the last few remaining Bearers in this new world, and ultimately become the new vessel for Lord Anterrel. Garrick Zenwhyl was brought as a part of this Expedition, in order to impersonate the fictional nobleman named after Lord Anterrel.

## Personality

Lord Anterrel is an extremely powerful deity, and has powers of emotional manipulation over mortals. He uses these powers to lead those with weak wills towards deadly confrontations, often with his Bearers. Though weakened through his fragmentation, the will of Anterrel still persists, and he still has a limited capacity to interact with his Bearers and worshippers. Anterrel has a very harsh and abrasive personality, and does not tolerate weakness.