**Pantheon:** Solare Deities **Alignment:** Lawful Evil **Titles:** The Lord of Carnage, The Tyrant of Battle, Warfather of Flame **Symbol:** Two war axes crossed within a blazing flame **Domains:** Tempest, Grave, Trickery, Death, Forge, War --- ### Lore & Role In the blood-soaked halls of his realm, **Sorgoganis** thrives amidst carnage and strife. He is a deity forged in battle, glorifying war, conquest, and domination. The stronger a warrior, the more they earn his favor. He draws power from the screams of the vanquished and the chaos of war-torn lands, ever hungry for destruction. To Sorgoganis, only strength determines worth. Compassion is weakness. Logic and tactics—not emotion—determine survival. In his vision of reality, a rigid hierarchy must be established where the strong rule and the weak serve or perish. He blesses those who fight with merciless resolve and punishes indecision. Those who rise through battle and conquer their enemies are chosen as his champions—Warlords and High Commanders who enforce his will in both divine and mortal realms. His most feared mortal force is the **Legion of the Blazing Axes**, clad in dark armor etched with his fiery symbol. They march in his name, conquering with brutality and expanding his influence through terror and war. --- ### Tenets of Faith 1. **Dominate through order.** Crush all opposition with ruthless discipline. 2. **Inspire loyalty through fear.** Rule through intimidation, not kindness. 3. **Gain strength through sacrifice.** Pain and blood are sacred offerings. 4. **Achieve victory through annihilation.** Leave no survivors. Obliteration ensures peace through strength. --- ### Divine Goals & Aspirations - Feed upon endless warfare across Solare. - Enforce a brutal hierarchy where the strong rule. - Shape the world through conflict, forging the most powerful warriors. - Suppress weakness, eliminating those unworthy of survival. --- ### Avatar & Appearance Sorgoganis appears as a towering, battle-scarred god with burning eyes, a chiseled physique, and dark warplate wreathed in flame. His twin war axes drip molten heat, and his voice carries the weight of a thousand battlefields. His mere presence strikes fear into mortals and lesser gods alike. --- ### Worship & Influence Worshippers of Sorgoganis include tyrants, conquerors, mercenaries, gladiators, and brutal warlords. His cult is strongest among warrior cultures, especially in regions steeped in conflict. Temples are built like fortresses, with blood-stained arenas at their heart. Sacrifices are made through ritual combat. His clerics are enforcers, his champions tyrants, and his doctrine spreads wherever war tears through civilization. His divine order, the **Legion of the Blazing Axes**, wages holy conquest, claiming dominion for their god. Their commanders burn villages, raze cities, and break empires in Sorgoganis’s name. --- ### Blessing of Sorgoganis (Player Feat) When a player devotes themselves to Sorgoganis, they may receive this divine blessing: **Follower Abilities:** - +3 to attack and damage rolls **Fighter-Only Abilities:** - **Faith Aura of Sorgoganis**: Increase AC to 19 for 5 rounds (1x per long rest) - +2 hit points per level - **Improved Two-Weapon Fighting**: Two-weapon attacks no longer consume a bonus action and apply full ability modifier to off-hand damage - **War Flurry (Level 5+)**: When using two-weapon fighting, you may make **two** attacks with your off-hand weapon instead of one **Cleric-Only Spellcasting Blessing:** Clerics who receive the Blessing of Sorgoganis gain the following spells as bonus spells prepared at all times: - _Inflict Wounds_ - _Bestow Curse_ - _Bane_ - _Hold Person_ - _Continual Flame_ - _Chill Touch_ --- ### Known Conflicts - **[[Angoria]] and [[Perserphina]]:** His brutal ideology opposes their honor and protection-focused war doctrines. - **Any gods of peace or balance:** Sorgoganis sees peace as stagnation. --- ### Common Sayings - "Strength is justice." - "Only ashes remain where the weak once stood." - "War is the sculptor of gods." - "To kneel is to die." --- Sorgoganis is not simply a god of battle—he is the very **force** of war, domination, and violent evolution. His presence in Solare drives conflict ever onward, forging new empires in blood and fire while razing the weak beneath his burning axes.