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Lore
Deities of Imarel - by T.A. Saunders ©2013 v1.0
| Classification | Ethos | Sphere of Influence | Home Plane |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit of Imarel, Infernal | Chaotic | Murder in all Forms | Xos, The Frozen Dark |
| Symbol | Animal | Servant | |
| A wide-bladed knife, dangling from a chain | None | Skeletal Crows | |
Little is known of the man, Dhonshuka before being recognized as one of Imarel's most notorious serial killers. Having gone to such great lengths to conceal it, that the truth of his past is only known to Meklah, Dhonshuka may not even be his real name. The word, in Albadosian loosely means elation, a sort of rapturous joy. He would paint it, over and over again in his victim's blood, amid the horrific state he would leave their bodies. Split down the middle, from throat to pelvis, and then again at each arm, 
then each leg, with bones removed at the limbs, it was believed that his killings were ritualistic in nature to be so specific. Some scholars have postulated Dhonshuka was demonologist driven mad by whatever fiend he sold his soul to and his murders were a means to appease that infernal power. Others argue that he was simply driven for a unnatural lust for killing and had no deeper motive.
Whatever the case, it would not be until he amassed to less than 780 murders across two nations (Albadosia and Taijun), including the slaughter of an entire Albadosian fishing village, that he would finally be stopped. Strangely, his death didn't come from the hands of any particular law enforcement body, but rather from eating poisonous berries, he discovered while camping in the wilderness outside of the city of Leiliu. Hikoto berries, known for their toxicity can be mistaken for blackberries, if one is not wise to their very broad, forked leaves. Dhonshuka, slayer of 780 people, was not.
Dhonshuka's ascension as the present Spirit of Murder is believed to have happened around the same time the Windsong Republic was being formed, half a world away. Appearing as an unusually tall (he was seven feet, two inches in life), and emaciated Albadosian male when he chooses to reveal himself to his worshipers, Dhonshuka is a brutal, uncaring god. While no organized temples to his religion exist, those who worship him have only a lust of killing in common. His priests tend to dress in drab, brown robes with the blood of their first kill stained upon them, and carry large, wide-bladed knives on chains, somewhere on their person, usually around the right forearm.