Ravagug

**Ravagug** (pronounced Rav-nah-goo) looks like a bizarre, alien, monstrous, worm-like being, with innumerable limbs, eyes, claws and teeth, he seeks to destroy all creation and the other gods starting with those things that have been crafted and built returning Trayst to rubble and ash. This sort of mindset displeased the other gods and it is believed that they had him imprisoned in a state somewhere deep within Trayst, his increasingly restless stirrings are taken by many to be the cause of volcanic activity and earthquakes.

According to the Windright Visions, Ravagug was born from the fear of the Elder god, or he was the thing that the Elder god ever feared he was the thing chewing and gnawing beyond its perception the darkness in the shadows. After the Elder god created the gods it worried about their fate this worry became fear and that fear grew Ravagug became manifest and vowed to make the elder god's fears a reality to destroy all that it had created.

In the earliest days of creation, Ravagug began with burrowing through the ground and the winding tunnels became known as the Underdark, as mortal life began, Ravagug gnawed his way out of the earth and jumped across the Astral Plane to invade The godly Plane. The war was short but violent, a group of gods lead by Abadar lead the main resistance to him, many gods died in this battle, but their names have been forgotten; certainly the gods who sided with the Rough Beast will never be remembered. Calistria lured Ravagug back to Trayst and distracted him while Torag and Gorum forged a prison and Pharasma imbued it with potent wards against escape. Sarenrae and Pelor then battled with Ravagug and forced him into the cage. The Asmodeus bound him with a key crafted by Abadar that only the Prince of Darkness could turn. From within his Prison Ravagug began releasing his spawn upon Trayst so that they could wreak havock, Ulunat was the first to borrow its way to the surface many of his followers claim that these spawns were sent out with a plan to free Ravagug and that as more of them continue to appear he draws ever closer to release and now his hunger for The godly Plane consumes him.

According to the Tale of the Winking Stars, when the End Times come, Rovagug will be freed by a desperate Asmodeus in the hope that he will consume the other apocalypse. Indeed, Rovagug will devour the rest of creation before consuming himself, leaving nothing but silence.

### Realm

Ravagug devoured his part of the divine plane but his followers maintain that it continues to exist within him and they will be able to join him and live there after they die, but what exactly it will be like is unclear as many sources contradict one another. Others claim that his realm along with anyone or thing that enters him is destroyed.

### Relationships

While Rovagug hates most deities equally, his rage is primarily directed at Sarenrae and Pelor since they were instrumental in keeping him subdued long enough so that he could be contained, he also dislikes Abadar since their values are so opposite. All other deities hate the Devourer as well, and even feuding gods join together to oppose his release, there are questions raised however, when it comes to the Unseen gods especially Asmodeus, though he continues to point out that he was one of the gods who trapped him.

### Providence

Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are said to be the result of the Devourer turning in his sleep, while violent winds are the result of his breath erupting from the dark places of the world, they're taken as cause for great celebration by the worshipers of Ravagug.

### Servants

The horrific Tarrasque is Rovagug's current herald, although prior to its birth, other spawn have served in this capacity. His divine race are the thognorok qlippoth, disgusting sentient symbiotes who long ago feasted upon the Rough Beast's skin, blood, or other bodily fluids and were forever transformed.

Ulunat, A colossal beetle, which is apparently impervious to weapons and spells which used to wander the Endless Expanse until after years of battling with Zilcan it apparently was forced to flee to the Underdark but there are also reports of sighting in the desert. Some of the Carthorkian oracles believe that Ulanat will play a major role in a doomsday event involving a dark comet falling to Trayst.

Kothogaz Attacked Ezida, and in the 300s AR more famously Vudra. Its heart is in 101 pieces.

The Tarrasque, Also known as the Armageddon Engine, this is the most terrible of Ravagug's spawns capable of destroying entire cities simply by passing through let alone if it is trying. Currently it is believed to also be sealed away in a hidden cavern beneath Tanalier.

Xotani also known as the Monarch Worm this massive tunnelling worm looks like it is made up of thousands of smaller worms but actually they're all connect making them more accurately considered tentacles, however if one of these tentacles are damaged they can detach and become their own sentient being. Xotani is feared throughout the Drazia Dynasty and many other dwarven settlements.

Volnagur is a large insect like winged beast that is often seen with

### Worshipers

Ravagug is unpopular even among the Unseen gods but still has some following within Duthgar but does receive some worship by those who believe in the Seen and Unseen gods, elsewhere he has no large-scale, organized church, but is revered still well known and feared across Trayst. Rovagug is certainly respected for his destructive power in Zilcan but they are very weary of him and his servants trying to utilizes them but being very carful not to give them too much freedoms to run wild within their cities

His worshipers are mainly savage monsters or human nihilists, Ropers consider him to be their creator while other creatures that revel in destruction simply claim to worship him as the god the relate to most rather than as an actual devotion. True worshipers glory in destruction for its own sake and dismiss building and creating as a pastime for those too weak to destroy. Some worshipers do so out of nihilistic misery, others out of self-loathing, and yet others through a simple, burning rage towards the universe. All are supposedly dedicated to Ravagug's destructive mission, but often have to restrain themselves to not get in too much trouble, or out of a desire to own things and have a place to live which is considered weak but more devout followers.

Ravagug has a following within Scandar but he is often little more than a figure head to which particularly successful acts of destruction are dedicated to or a name used during celebrations as having been pleased.

### Temples and shrines

Church services are often rather short, brutal and violent, featuring sapient sacrifices, stomping, shouting, and breaking valuables some of which were owned by the worshipers but not always.

Priests wear shaggy coats dyed in strange colours and hideous masks representing monstrosity and dissolution. A priest of Rovagug makes no contribution to normal society; at best, they may be (unreliable) mercenaries. They typically spend their day hunting beings and things to kill and destroy, saving only that which can be utilized in creating greater destruction. The hierarchy is based solely on raw destructive might, and to rise in the hierarchy, another must be thrown down.

Churches to The Beast are outlawed everywhere other than Duthgar, Scandar, The Divided Regions of Bestaria and Zilcan and his worship is actively routed out and suppressed in the Drazia Dynasty. Secret shrines and sacrificial sites may be recognized by the presence of the famous Fanged Maw symbol, or the less common symbol, a claw surrounded by a spiral.

In Scandar and Zilcan the temples of Ravagug are often built in natural caves and other underground locations where possible, with a deep pit in the centre (representing Ravagug's prison) that doubles as a trash pit. These temples also feature a "tame" monster, barely controlled by the priests, which serves as a guardian.

The Field of Destruction is on Holy Street in Old Vashton as well as Beast Pit in Tarcheck are both above ground and are more focused on the Destruction aspect of Ravagugs worship over the desire to release him and come closer to him.

The House of the Beast is a nigh legendary temple of Ravagug, said to have been built by a spirit birthed from the very heart of a volcano, and was the centre of a large cult to the Beast that gained strange and terrible powers in return for their sacrifices. Located deep within the Hatar Mountain in the east of Carthorka, this currently ruined temple is widely avoided because of its dark reputation and the rumours of violent and powerful beasts that seem to be drawn to it.

### Unholy texts

Ravagug has and needs no official unholy text. He makes his desires known to his faithful by pressing his primordial and awesome thoughts directly upon their minds. These thoughts primarily concern the destruction of all that exists, assisting his spawn and servants in there destructive ways and freeing the Rough Beast from his ancient tomb.

### Holidays

There are no holidays common to all congregations, but they do mark the anniversaries of particularly destructive events that the congregation was involved with or orcastrated.

Some of the followers of Ravavgug also celebrate the 31st of Denta as the day heralds much in the way of destruction, while others despise this particular holiday as it is the freeing of a god which is not theirs, it can be a very derisive topic mainly only discussed by scholars who worship all of the Seen and Unseen gods.

Rovagug's favored animals include scorpions, worms, spiders and vermin