Sekros

Sekros the Dark is the god of death and darkness. He is the ruler of Hel, the underworld. He is also considered the patron of evil and malice. He is worshiped by a variety of people but only those that are seeking to do harm to others.

Description
Sekros is always portrayed with dark and ashen skin. He is said to incorporate many forms and is faceless in some depictions. Other times he is shown with a muscular body and dark red eyes and bat like wings protruding from his back.

Personality
Sekros is evil incarnate. He is self-absorbed and crafty. He is usually calm and almost charming at times but he often seeks to do harm to mortals and delights in death and destruction. He is very intelligent and wily and deceitful. When enraged he is vicious and merciless. The other deities tolerate his existence because death is a certainty and a necessity but they keep a careful eye on him since he tends to crave more dominion over mortals and deities alike.

Powers & Abilities
Sekros has a myriad of harmful spells that seduce and destroy mortals. Although not the god of fire he can manipulate magical helfire as a weapon. He can drain the life-force from living things and bring death and decay to the mortal world.

Worshipers
Most people do not worship Sekros. They speak of him in hushed undertones. Those that do worship him include necromancers and those that seek to do others and the world harm. The one exception and one group of worshipers that has been building momentum are the poor and disenfranchised. They have begun to turn to Sekros feeling that Amon and the other gods have abandoned them. They show their support of this god by getting a death's head tattoo on their bodies; usually somewhere not immediately noticeable and easily covered up. Although very rare, sometimes a weaponsmith that works with shadowsteel will call upon Sekros for his blessing in making a weapon from this alloy. Temples have been erected in his honor but they are always hidden and he is worshiped in secrecy.

Traditions
There are no open traditions honoring Sekros. Those that do worship him abide by malevolent traditions involving living sacrifices and horrific acts of violence and debauchery.