Underworld Deities
Underworld Deities are those deities that once ruled over the myriad afterlives and underworlds that make up the Realm of Shyish. Shyish is a vast reality centered on innumerable underworlds and afterlives, each varying wildly from their peers. These underworlds were formed by the beliefs of all the cultures and civilizations of the Mortal Realms, each of these had a god that governed them. [2a]
But that was before the coming of Nagash. When the Great Necromancer first coalesced into the Mortal Realms, he set his eyes on all of these afterlives and the very gods that ruled them, considering them all to be his to use and consume at his leisure. Where once there were countless gods of the underworlds and death, now Nagash reigns supreme and he seeks to make himself sole ruler of all of Shyish. [1][2a]
Notable
- Brine-God: The former ruler of the Khaphtar Sea, the Sea of Suicides.[1a]
- First Shadow: A deity driven back by Sigmar and Nagash.[5b]
- Gazul: The Lord of Underearth and a former member of the Duardin Pantheon. [5a]
- Lauchon the Soulseeker: An ancient god of death destroyed by Nagash.[8a]
- Lord of Dust: A god slain by Sigmar and Nagash.[5b]
- Mother Night: A goddess imprisoned by Sigmar and Nagash.[5b]
- Ouboroth the Time-Swallower: A once mighty god-serpent who's demise was orchestrated by Sekhar. Now all that remains of it is a familiar to the one who planned their demise.[9]
- Prince of Cats: The former ruler of the Latchkey Isle, the Thieves' Paradise.[7a]
- Vultza: The Goddess of Plenty of Stygxx.[1b]
- Vannah: The former god of the Forgotten Dead.[6a]
- Xereus: The God of Ending worshipped by a race of wicked men.[4a]
Sources
- 1: Age of Sigmar: Core Book (2nd Edition)
- 2: Soulbound Core Rulebook
- 3: Soul Wars (novel)
- 4: Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Malign Sorcery
- 4a: Purple Sun of Shyish, pg. 20-21
- 5: Hallowed Knights: Black Pyramid
- 6: Malign Portents (anthology)
- 6a: The Forgotten Dead
- 7: Thieves' Paradise (novella)
- 7a: Chapter Five
- 8: Forbidden Power
- 8a: Spells of Entropy, pg. 27
- 9: The Fang of Nulahmia – Meet Neferata’s Chief Lieutenant