Dayereth

1. Core Identity

• Name: Dayereth

• Pantheon: The Dark Pantheon

• Titles & Aliases: God of Necromancy and Undead; The Lich-King; The Eternal Shadow; Saraheniel's Brother.

• Gender / Form: Masculine. He manifests as a grand, skeletal figure in dark purple velvet and bone-embroidered robes, floating silently, clutching a skull filled with frozen black fire.

• Alignment: Neutral Evil.

• Status: God in the Pillar of Fate, Imprisoned By Saraheniel & Nis Separately.

• Divine Realm: Almadinat Almaytat Alhaya

2. Domains & Influence

• Primary Domains: Undead and Necromancy.

• Portfolio: Liches, necromancers, intelligent undead, forgotten secrets, and the systematic preservation of consciousness past biological death.

• Cleric Domains (5e): Grave and Life.

3. Symbolism & Depiction

• Holy Symbol: A skeletal hand clutching a dark purple scroll sealed with bone wax.

• Favored Weapon: The Scythe.

• Favored Colors: Dark Purple, Bone White, and Obsidian Black.

• Sacred Animals / Plants: The Bat and Nightshade.

4. Dogma & Worship

• Core Dogma: "Flesh is a temporary cage; the bone is eternal. To seek secrets is to understand the quiet power of the dark. Necromancy is not a sin; it is the ultimate science—the preservation of consciousness past the failing clockwork of biology. Let the dead serve, and let the secrets of the past remain eternal."

• Tenets for Followers:

  • "Keep the secrets of your order buried in the shadows."

  • "Seek lichedom or eternal preservation as the highest goal of intellect."

  • "Control the undead with absolute logic and iron will."

• Sins & Taboos:

  • "To allow yourself or your secrets to be exposed to the light of standard laws."

  • "To break the rules of your necromantic contract."

5. Relationships

• Pillar Alignment: A God in the Pillar of Fate. Because undead are entirely forbidden by the cycle of Life (El) and Death (Ezma), the Pillar of Fate is the only domain that can tolerate intelligent undead. Even Aso, the High Goddess of Fate does not want him in her Pillar, but she has no choice, he was attached to her pillar, and ascended the same moment she did.

• Family: Older brother to Saraheniel (God of Nobility and Arcane Science).

• Predecessor & Trans-World Connections:

  • The 4th World Ascension: Dayereth was originally a vile and powerful Lich in the 4th World. As the older brother of Saraheniel, he betrayed the family in becoming a lich and made himself  the God of Necromancy in the transition to the 5th World, stealing the Undead portfolio lost by Nis.

6. The Church & Clergy

• Name of the Church: The Cabal of the Pale Hand.

• Worshipper Base: Necromancers, liches, conspirators, and tomb-keepers.

• Temple Description: Hidden underground catacombs, silent crypts, and forgotten libraries lit by pale blue necromantic flames.

• Holy Days: The Night of the Cold Blood: Celebrated during any Eclipse, marked by high-level necromantic rituals that can transform the living into intelligent Undead, Vampires are most commonly raised during the ritual.

7. History & Lore

• The Brother's Escape: Born as the eldest son of an ancient elven house in the 4th World, Dayereth was a prodigy of arcane science, while his younger sister, Saraheniel, mastered noble swordsmanship and magical mathematics. Dayereth pursued the adventurers path. Exploring a dungeon he fell into a dangerous trap and concocted a ritual to save his dying self and liberate himself from the trap. The end result of that ritual was his transformation into a Lich. When the 4th World dissolved, Saraheniel insisted that her brother's soul destroyed. She used her influence during her awakening as a god in the first instants of the 5th World, but it was too late. She immediately located the crypt where he was residing in and made  it his prison. Dayereth was unable to ascend, no Pillar of creation would accept him. However, he had stolen, in the moment before Nis' recreation in the 5th world, Necromancy, from him. When Aso Balla became the High God of Fate he became the God of Necromancy and Undead.

• The Destiny Pact: Rather than reporting to Ezma (the High God of Death who views undead as abominations), Dayereth was placed directly into the Pillar of Fate that is run by Aso the High Goddess of Destiny.