Barognis

God of Darkness, Shadows, and Secrets. Usually seen as being evil.

Barognis is rare in that he was born a mortal, but ascended to godhood. This happened during the second age, the Age of Corruption. While his history is shrouded in conflicting stories of questionable origin, the basic story goes as follows:

Barognis grew up in the corrupt slums of the second age, always living in the shadow of spellcasters. He was legendary among thieves, however, able to bypass magical defenses and loot powerful artifacts, and he was a dedicated follower of Awfhule. It is said Awfhule was so fond of Barognis, she informed him of a wizard who had discovered the process to transcend to godhood. Cautiously, but with burning ambition, Barognis infiltrated the fortress of H'dranix the Planeswalker and performed the ultimate legerdemain: he put himself in H'dranix's place at the last critical moment of transformation. He did this, of course, by assassinating him as the last syllable was leaving his mouth, and then finishing the incantation himself. It was a gamble, but it paid off. No one knows how the procedure worked, or where the location of H'dranix's fortress is, but Barognis' clerics stand by the story.

Barognis works through subtlety and careful manipulation, a patron of thieves, assassins, spies, and masters of terrible forgotten lore. Barognis might be the most willing deity to work on an individual level, as he prefers constant minor manipulations rather than huge, overarching changes that gain notice.

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