Lore

Deities of Imarel - by T.A. Saunders ©2013 v1.0

Xzahol, Spirit of Fear *(pronounced ex-zah-ol) Lore

Xzahol is the only Spirit of Imarel that did not have a mortal life. It is believed that Xzahol, like Uronous, may have existed before this incarnation of the Universe or like Ghozoth may have been something that escaped the Chaotic Void. This Spirit of Imarel does not have a shape or a form or any proper means to calculate its size, depth or shape. It moves as a tremendous, ever-shifting cloud of black mist with flickering, burning crimson light within it. Those enveloped in this fashion are forced to fight their worst fear and defeat it or be driven mad with panic — a form of attack that has even worked upon gods. Xzahol does not have an Avatar in the truest sense, but rather manifests through the coalesced presence of fear in an area, whether it be the imprint of great terror in an area or a present haze of fear amongst a large group of people, such as a city.

Those who worship the Spirit of Fear prey upon the weak and are masters of inducing fear in others. Priests of Fear are especially adept at bringing out the innermost terror in those they face in combat and through more subtle means. Xzahol does not have any known temples, though there are some rumored to exist in Vocor and one thought to have been deep under the city of Sharan, in the buried ruins of the old Shar`Vaire city that had once stood there.