Vathris

The Transfixed

Vathris
General information
Portfolio:	Anguish, Lost Causes, Revenge
Home:	Prime Material Plane
Alignment:	Lawful Neutral
Gender:	Male
Rules items
Domains:	Destruction, Law, War

Vathris is a hero-deity of anguish, lost causes, and revenge worshiped by some few in the Bright Desert.

Description

He is much diminished from his previous form, with a grisly torso wound that still oozes black bile, wielding the onyx longspear that killed him. His eyes are empty sockets. Where he once stood for the future, now he only obsesses about the past. He can manifest only once or twice a year, and then he dies again, to reemerge a year later. Needless to say, he has no permanent realm.

History

Two thousand years ago, he was a demigod of progress and ingenuity worshiped in the city-state of Itar. He died, along with his nation, in a war with the rival state of Sulm. He returned to life, sort of, about thirty years ago, when thirty-six of his ranking priests enacted a ritual to revive him.

Creative Origins

Vathris originally appeared as "Atarra" in Erik Mona's apocryphal article "Ancient History: Reflections in Silica." [1]

Bibliography

• Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[2]

• Broadhurst, Creighton. "Into the Bright Desert." Dungeon #98. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.

• Broadhurst, Creighton, Paul Looby, and Stuart Kerrigan. "Mysterious Places: The Brightlands." Wizards of the Coast. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2004. Available online:[3]

• Mona, Erik. "Reflections in Silica: Sulm and Itar." Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, unpublished. Available online: [4]