Quthok (4e Deity)
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Neutral Evil
Domains: Fear (Tyranny in the Old World)
Quthok is, in actuality, said to have been foreign, like a parasite within the Unity's body. When the Unity died, it was expelled and joined the first creations of the world. It is said Quthok devoured another deity to assume their position in the new world. Quthok is the only deity from the time of creation by the Aeons, making it the oldest of any pantheon. Some believe Quthok is actually an eldrazi-like being that seeks to eat everything. While it is one of the Four Deeds, it is viewed as an outsider to the realm, and it owes allegiance to no one. Quthok's worshipers revere his power which forces either subservience or avoidance due to its immense body. The Gorge was said to have destroyed a portion of its stolen body, revealing the horrid thing it truly is. While its power has waned as a result of the cataclysm, its new grotesque form strikes such fear it can kill.
Quthok's tenets are accordingly primal, and advocate for a very animalistic kind of competition to survive and, most of all, eat:
- Devour, eat, feast. All can be food to grow.
- Grow, age, conquer.
- Spawn, proliferate, propagate.
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Quthok's original form is usually depicted as a small germ-like creature. Without scale, it is impossible to say how big it was within the Unity or compared to other gods. Its exact origins are also a mystery, as no one knows how it ended up in the Unity. Quthok was able to devour another god, and Aeon, during the Eden Period, meaning it may have been rather large and formidable despite having an amorphous form. In general, there is no gender associated with Quthok due to its ambiguous form and alien nature.
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In its stolen form, Quthok has the uncanny appearance of a humanoid, but with eldritch influences evident. Sometimes it is seen with three to six eyes, or having an extra appendage like a tentacle, or even blisters like tadpole eggs on its body.
These changes are exacerbated as a result of the wounds dealt to Quthok by the Gorge, which tore off part of its disguise, exposing the true horror beneath the skin. Most depictions of this show Quthok's true self as a meaty creature amassed of organs, tentacles and carnage. Others show it to be true darkness with a multitude of eyes and a single, gaping maw.
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Quthok is commonly associated with aberrant creatures, hailing as foreign itself. It is also said that it created oozes after himself.
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In the overall Old World pantheon, Quthok is considered one of the Four Deeds, alongside Oortz, Espera and Cahafel.
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