## Krilmek – The Goblin God of Flame, Invention, and Chaos-Made Steel ### Overview **Krilmek** is the patron god of **tinkerers, inventors, pyrotechnicians**, and all goblins who believe that the world can—and should—explode into something better. Revered especially within the **Flameforged Assembly** of the **[[Shadowspire Dominion]]**, Krilmek represents unfiltered creativity, mechanical prowess, and the joyful madness of engineering without rules. To his worshipers, Krilmek is less a deity and more an eternal muse of chaos-driven creation. He is said to have forged the first goblin out of scrap and spark. Where others see danger, Krilmek’s faithful see opportunity—for fire, innovation, and profit. --- ## Depiction - **Form:** A soot-covered goblin with oversized welding goggles, a wild grin, and a gear-hammer constantly sparking - **Voice:** Rapid, high-pitched cackling layered over the sound of hissing steam and popping rivets - **Aura:** A scent of burning oil, singed eyebrows, and ozone --- ## Domains - **Primary Domains:** Invention, Fire, Industry, Chaos - **Secondary Domains:** Technology, Destruction, Progress --- ## Worship & Rites Krilmek’s worship takes place in **workshops, foundries, and battlefields**. His temples are often mobile wagons, scrapyard sanctuaries, or underground gear-forges where explosions are seen as signs of progress, not failure. ### Common Practices: - **Boomblessing:** Lighting new inventions on fire to test Krilmek’s favor - **Forge Feasts:** Annual festivals where inventors compete with dangerous machines while drinking volatile alchemical brews - **The Smoke Prayer:** A moment of reverent silence offered when a device fails catastrophically—followed by cheers and repairs --- ## Tenets of Faith 1. **Bigger is better. Louder is best.** 2. **If it doesn’t spark joy, it needs more fire.** 3. **Genius is the last thing you do before everything explodes.** 4. **Never build the same thing twice. That’s boring.** --- ## Clergy and Cult Titles Krilmek’s priests are engineers first, religious figures second. Robes are replaced with aprons and belts filled with tools, wires, and volatile gear. ### Titles: - **Ironhowlers:** Engineers who praise Krilmek with industrial music and grinding gears - **Smeltpriests:** High-ranking inventors who oversee forge-rituals and explosive blessings - **Ashlingers:** Traveling acolytes who carry Krilmek’s faith across the Dominion via fire and gadgets --- ## Influence in the [[Shadowspire Dominion]] Krilmek is the central divine figure of the **Flameforged Assembly**, the industrial faction driving technological advancement in the [[Shadowspire Dominion]]. His influence is seen in the design of war machines, steam cannons, and arcane-mechanical hybrids. He is in direct ideological opposition to **[[Murklak]]** (god of fury) and **Zorvok** (god of subterfuge), with his followers often clashing with traditionalists and shadow cults who view technology as a threat to goblin identity. --- ## Symbols and Relics - **Symbol:** A jagged gear with a flame in its center - **Relic:** **Krilmek’s Whirlerocket** – A mythical device said to launch prayers directly into the heavens... or into someone’s face - **Holy Color:** Brass and Orange - **Tool of Devotion:** The multi-use spanner or igniter-torch --- ## Final Notes Krilmek is the chaotic heart of goblin innovation—a divine spark behind every new invention and every smoldering crater. He is loved, feared, and cursed in equal measure by his followers, who pray with every weld, every bang, and every dangerously glowing rune. > “If it ain’t shaking, screeching, or glowing, it ain’t worth worshiping.”