Prince Touha

**Prince Touha** (his entry here) is an older son of Pokhot, and is an infernal member of the Bogolenya Deer Pantheon.

## Appearance

Touha is a divine Deer-Draconequus with a red pelt and dark red markings on his body and face. Much like his divine mother and mortal father, he is incredibly handsome, making his presence extremely irresistible even without using magic. But like Pokhot, he has often appeared as a tall and handsome Deer stag, with his appearance changing based on the personal preferences of who is seeing him at the moment.

Because of his heritage, Touha has chimeric traits revolving around animals that are associated with lust, passion, and desire - he has the curling horns of a Ram, the wings of a Purple Starling, the tail feathers of a Rooster, the right front leg of a Tiger, and the left hind leg of a Weasel. Like his maternal aunt, Phykti, he has the eyes and fangs of a viper, symbolizing how simple pursuits can be corrupted into unfettered lust.

In terms of attire, Touha usually wears a white and gold masquerade mask to hide his true face, with his divine regalia consisting of luxurious purple clothing and golden jewelry in the style of Bitalian nobles and royalty. This symbolically represents how nobles and royalty are often monstrous, lustful, and sadistic hedonists behind their refined public facades. In battle, he wears a full set of purple divine armor with golden elements.

## Relationships

### Unnamed Father

As a fawn, Touha had a great relationship with his mortal father, who, despite his depraved hedonism, genuinely loved him back. Touha's father was a skilled violinist and taught his son how to play it when he was very young, and his musical talent became apparent as he was able to charm audiences with his skill. However, his father wasn't very faithful to his lover, Pokhot, as he would often cheat on her with other lovers and keep harems for himself. Although Touha's inherent evil nature came from Pokhot, his lustful behavior was influenced by his father.

Unfortunately, as they grew older, Touha's father became increasingly wicked and abusive. He resented both Pokhot and Touha for inexplicably remaining youthfully immortal while he, as a mortal, only aged and grew feeble over time. His hedonism grew increasingly depraved, leaving behind a string of brokenhearted lovers, and eventually he grew afraid of not being able to play the violin or partake in his lusts anymore, which motivated him to search for ways to give himself eternal youth and power. Touha's love for his father was so great that he was blind to his father's wickedness, and refused to believe Pokhot when she explained her true divine nature and why she allowed Touha's father to become depraved. It wasn't until Pokhot showed Touha evidence of his father making deals with demons by sacrificing his ex-lovers that Touha acknowledged that his father must be stopped.

During the 'Calling of the Terrors' sanction that destroyed Touha's home kingdom, he battled his demon-empowered father, and despite his father trying to emotionally manipulate him into sparing him, Touha refused to relent and killed him, damning his father to eternal torment for his sins. However, this left Touha extremely traumatized and unable to do anything without being reminded of his mortal father. Overwhelmed by grief, he became listless and apathetic, and later isolated himself in his room so he can create illusionary fantasy worlds where his father redeemed himself and became a truly loving parent, with only his demonic servants being permitted to see him.

This concerned Touha's family so much that Pokhot stormed his bedroom to intervene for her son's own good despite pleas from his servants not to, and Touha attacking his mother in a rage just to protect his fantasies. Only when Touha was restrained by his older and younger siblings did Pokhot destroy his illusionary worlds once and for all.

While initially angry over losing his fantasies over the ideal father he could've had, learning that he nearly went down the same path self-destructive indulgence as his father did sent him into a depression. Because his cousin, Mentálne, wasn't born yet, it took the support from both his noble and infernal family for Touha to recover from his issues. What finally and truly made Touha let go of his fantasies and desires were the goddess Grief, who helped him come to terms with his grief over killing/damning his abusive father, and being taken by Pokhot to visit his father's damned shade in her hell-fief, which led to Touha bearing the brunt of his father's emotional abuse as his father cursed him for having the youthful vitality and immortality he craved. This convinced Touha that his father never loved him, so he moved on and never went back.

### Prince Stoltur Skjöldur

As half-brothers, Touha presumably has a close relationship with Stoltur.

### Princess Hnignun

Touha was among the family members Hnignun secretly enlisted to help her seal herself away. Having been affected by her twin brother Stækka's emotional/mental abuse, Hnignun felt that by sealing herself away, she wouldn't torment mortal Deerkind with her domains of Death, Decay, Poverty, and Sickness anymore. Touha reluctantly helped Hnignun, but his guilt became too much to bear, and he ran to tell Bolezn and Temnobog about what happened. This led to Hnignun being freed and made to seal the error of her ways, leading to her reconciliation with Stækka.

### Pourrir

While Touha would befriend many 'constructively Evil' deities, he would get along with Pourrir the most. This is because they both share the domain of Passion, as well as bearing similar passionate, driven, and lustful/greedy personalities.

## Powers and Abilities

### Tribal/Racial Magics

As a Deer-Draconequus hybrid, Touha possesses innate reality-warping abilities which are enhanced by his domains. In addition, he possesses some degree of Deerkind’s nature and earth-based racial magics. Like all Draconequui, he can create animalistic avatars based on each of his chimeric traits - for example, he can create flocks of Purple Starlings to act as his messengers and spies, or Tigers to serve as his guards and war companions.

### Lust Domain

As a god of Lust, Touha possesses telepathic and empathic powers that allow him to sense and encourage lust in others. He is a natural shapeshifter, and often changes his appearance based on the preferences of those who see him. He can project an aura that causes the affected to be overcome with lust and crave sexual interaction, and he can create magical constructs that induce feelings of arousal with their mere presence. Touha’s domain of Lust also grants him what he calls ‘observation’ spells that allow him to see and hear past walls, which is perfect for spying on enemies unseen.

However, due to being lustful and depraved by nature, Touha uses his observation spells to spy on his family members as they participate in various carnal activities, which involve either the damned shades or each other. In one incident, he used them to spy on Stoltur having consensual missionary sex with his husband, Caerulus, which aroused Touha greatly.

### Passion Domain

As a god of passion, Touha's empathy is enhanced, allowing him to sense and encourage passionate feelings in others. He can project an aura that causes the affected to become worked up and passionate, keeping them motivated. He possesses the ability to use his voice to magically energize people, and rouse them out of their apathy and depression by reminding them of what they enjoyed and/or who they loved. This makes him a good counter to spells that encourage sloth, apathy, and depression, as well as deities who embody such things like his younger brother, Prince Lenost. Touha can also empower himself and others based on how much passion is present in an area, and can cast spells that drain people of their passion or get rid of it entirely, but he only reserves them for the genuinely wicked.

In relation to his domain of Passion, Touha can wield fire magic like his uncle, Yarost, and his great-uncle, Phoenix King Naur. This symbolically represents how lust and passion can support or harm. Like his aforementioned relatives, Touha can control temperatures by increasing/decreasing heat, and project an aura of heat that both ignites flammable material and protects him from water/ice magic. He can also do things like fire-breathing, shooting beams of fire, and throwing fireballs. As of late, Naur has been teaching him the art of pyromancy, which is a form of divination that predicts the future through flame-reading.

### Desire Domain

As a god of Desire, Touha possesses strong reality-warping abilities where he can conjure or create things based on his and other’s desires. This can range from things like objects to food and people. He can also create illusions that provoke desire in people caught in them and stimulate the senses. One of his most powerful abilities involves creating illusionary fantasy worlds that either cater to their deepest, darkest desires, or throws them into nightmarish scenarios where they are victimized by their own desires. Like many of his infernal family, Touha uses this ability to test heroes and punish the wicked, though many foes and armies have been laid low by these illusions.

### Other Skills

Touha is multilingual and is capable of understanding/speaking multiple languages fluently, which stems from him being a god and possessing a divine memory. He is also a skilled manipulator who can charm and tempt mortals into participating in acts of debauchery and hedonism.

Like many members of his infernal family and the Bogolenya Deer Pantheon in general, Touha is a competent fighter, and is a skilled swordstag like Pokhot.

Touha is a skilled violinist, and he has used his music to channel his domain-based spells on a wider scale.

### Weapons/Equipment

Touha possesses a magical sword called ***Vášeň***, whose blade is enchanted so it coats itself with flames that burn as hot as the passions of its wielder(s). The more passionate Touha feels, the hotter and brighter his sword gets. This allows him to slice through enemies and most materials like butter. When not in use, the flames deactivate, turning *Vášeň* back to normal.

## Trivia

* Touha's name translates to "desire" in Czech.
* The name of Touha's sword, *Vášeň*, translates to "passion" in Czech.