Dark Six

The **Dark Six** are a pantheon of six gods cast out of the Sovereign Host. While the Sovereign Host represent positive aspects of life, the Dark Six represent aspects that people shun and fear. The Dark Six represent evil, destruction, and other insidious forces of civilization and nature, with the possible exception of the Traveler.

Most worshippers of the Sovereign Host will still offer prayers to the Dark Six, usually in the hopes of avoiding their wrath. A warrior may still offer a prayer to the Mockery to avoid betrayal, and a sailor may offer a prayer to the Devourer before leaving port. In Khorvaire, dedicated worship of the Dark Six is shunned. Those who do are usually devoted to a single god, and are often outcasts or criminals themselves. Droaam is one of the few locations where one can find open worship of the Dark Six.

## The Six

* the Devourer
* The Fury
* The Keeper
* The Mockery
* The Shadow
* The Traveler

## Doctrines

The informal nature of worship of the Dark Six means that there is no formal codified doctrine. However, most followers of the pantheon of the Dark Six share the following beliefs.

* The gods are real and part of the world. The Devourer is in every storm, and the Keeper is present whenever people feel rage.
* The gods are wrathful and powerful beings, and mortals must accept that their place is to honor and obey them.
* Mortals chosen by the Dark Six can escape entering Dolurrh on death, and instead go to a paradise of the god instead. This belief is most common among followers of the Keeper.

## Worshipers

Followers of the Dark Six are known as Vassals, like the followers of the Sovereign Host.

### Sects

* The Cabinet of Faces
* Creation's Muse
* The Sacred Spark
* Schismatics

## Rites

Rites carried out by followers of the Dark Six are often similar to followers of the Sovereign Host, but vary based on which god is being worshipped.

### Holy Days

* Wildnight: This holy day occurs during the night and following morning of the 18Template:Th and 19Template:Th of Sypheros. This holy day is a festival dedicated to the Fury and begins at sundown. This festival allows the vassals of the Dark Six to indulge in violence and sexual desires.
* Long Shadows: This holy day is a three-day long festival to the Shadow occurring from the 26Template:Th to the 28Template:Th of Vult. This holy day is celebrated by taking part in dark magic.

## Symbols

The entire pantheon of the Dark Six is represented by the Hexagram, also known as the Dark Star. Similar to the Octogram of the Sovereign Host, each point on the hexagram represents an individual deity of the Dark Six, but unlike the octogram, each point is a different hue. The symbol of the Devourer is also sometimes used as a symbol for the Dark Six as a whole.

## Myths

The Dark Six were considered to once be named members of the Sovereign Host pantheon, before being cast out and having their names stripped from them in an event known as the Schism. Now the deities only go by their titles.

## RMSS/RMFRP Conversion

Priests of the Dark Six collectively are Clerics with the evil Channeling lists, found in *Of Channeling* pages 62 through 67.

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