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Monday, December 5, 2011

Nawr the All-Consuming


Symbol: Stylized image of a rat-king, as if the animals are dancing in a circle.

Alignment: Chaotic

Ravenous Nawr is one of the group of petty deities know as the vermin gods.  It is not so much worshipped as placated.  Every harvest, offerings of grain are arrayed around small statues or carvings of rats where real rodents can consume them.

If this ritual is not observed, there is chance that rats will gather and in the twist and tumult of rodent bodies, a rat-king will form and instantiate the godling.  The composite deity wil summon up a swarms of rats and swirl through the community that has offended it, chewing, biting, and possibly consuming everything in its path.

The visitation always occurs at night and is of variable duration, but always ends by sunrise.
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16 comments:

  1. The Angry LurkerDecember 5, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Skaven on the rampage....very nice.

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  2. Gothridge ManorDecember 5, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    Most excellent. Simple and very effective. My kind of mythology.

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  3. Lee LawrenceDecember 5, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    Nice. Well nice in a creepy rodent swarm way. Where did you get the picture?

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  4. Justin S. DavisDecember 5, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    Two comments:

    1) Awesome.

    2) "Instantiate The Godling" is the new nickname for my sweet, sweet lovin' power move. The Ladies thank you!

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  5. Sean RobsonDecember 5, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    This is timely; I'm looking to introduce a rat-god to my campaign and I'm taken with the idea of a swarm-summoning composite deity. Tough to kill a godling whose body is a rat swarm. The imagery that this evokes is creepy as hell; I love it!

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  6. JamesDecember 5, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    I like it! :)

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  7. Amanda HeitlerDecember 5, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Like muchly. A simple but very nasty monster.

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  8. TreyDecember 5, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    Thanks guys.

    @Justin - Heh. You could also title your bands first album that.

    @Lee - It's actually the wikipedia pic for the "rat-king" entry, I believe.

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  9. satyreDecember 5, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    Chilling stuff. Hard to believe that the rats we see are those pushed to the edge of their territory. Brrr.

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  10. Chris C.December 5, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    Ugghh! Gives me the shivers.

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  11. Jason kielbasaDecember 5, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    Fortean phenomenon as the act of minor deities is a good way to go.

    The frog gods, as well, will rain their minions out of the sky if not satiated periodically, as I am sure you are also aware.

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  12. TreyDecember 5, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    Thanks guys.

    @Jason - Indeed. I had rumors of frogfalls, but of course, living eye witnesses are sometimes hard to come by.

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  13. garrisonjamesDecember 6, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    Nice. This makes me think of Murnau's Nosferatu, in a good way, or at least from a DM's perspective...

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  14. TreyDecember 6, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Heh. You're right. Or Herzog's Nosferatu, for that matter.

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  15. garrisonjamesDecember 7, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Herzog's version is pretty spiffy as well. I was just writing up some stuff that lines-up with Nosferatu, so I went with the first one.

    So do some of the Urban Druids blackmail small communities with threats of calling forth Nawr, or do others make a few hard-earned coins putting down swarms and manifestations of the vermin gods? (like the Exterminators?)

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  16. TreyDecember 7, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Nice adventure seed, indeed. :)

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