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Cacodemon

Note! This is a fan contribution. The information may be contradicted by official material.

Description/Common Knowledge

When Urox slew the Devil, Cacodemon was too cunning to be caught and escaped with his children to continue the undoing of the world. In order to feed his children, Cacodemon tricked other more stupid gods into creating copies of his own children. Cacodemon gave these humans to his children as food.

After the Devil died, Cacodemon re-grouped his mighty army and conquered much of Genertela. His rule was a good time for the Ogres.

The trolls aided by Waha eventually railed against Cacodemon and tried to kill him but instead, just banished him to the other side.

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Cacodemon's secret is that of summoning one of his fiends - a primal ogre from the god's war. Devotees of Cacodemon who have learnt the secret of summon fiend are called Talons of Cacodemon other Ogres who are initiates of Cacodemon can recognize a Talon instinctively.

Entry Requirements:	None, all are welcome to follow the Cacodemon's path and spread Chaos and disorder throughout the world. Ogres can worship the cacodemon instinctively and can be considered to be initiates of the cult when they are born. Existing initiates can initiate all other races into the Cacodemon cult.
Physical Abilities:	Create disguise, Impersonate, Intimidate.
Mental Abilities:	Know Cacodemon Myth, Lie, Know Others' Myths (always improvised versus a specific foreign cult, the more esoteric or alien to the Cacodemonist, the harder the test).
Affinities:	Anarchy (Initiate to Cacodemon, Spread dissent, Direct fiend, Eat foe/Worship Cacodemon) The Eat Foe/Worship Cacodemon feat is the means by which the Cacodemon continues to survive with such a small following. When a worshiper of cacodemon eats one of his foes, successful use of this feat sends their soul directly to Cacodemon. Deception (Hide appearance, Hide Chaos Feature, Lie, Conceal Bolt Hole, Steal Affinity D+10) Steal Affinity is used to falsely participate in worship a foreign god. The cacodemon can act as an initiate receiving one use of that god's affinities for each time they are worshipped. The Cacodemon initiates cannot perform the worship themselves; they must infiltrate an organized act of worship. Of course, the feat does not grant knowledge of the correct rituals and myths but other deception feats or improvisations can be used instead.
Secret:	Summon Fiend (D+20) A Fiend of cacodemon is a huge demon in the form of Cacodemon himself, up to 30 feet tall with a thin deformed body and huge claws at the end of wasted arms. Abilities of a particular fiend depend upon the skill and success of the talon that summons the fiend. A fiend is relatively mindless and will try to spread disorder as quickly and widely as possible. The summoning Talon should try to control the fiend to make it carry out his wishes.
	Fiend Notable Abilities: Large (Summoner's skill /2, max 5w2), Resistance to magic (Summoner's skill /2 max 5w2), Resist Control Fiend (Summoner's skill +10), Combat (Summoner's skill /2 max 10w2) Weapons: claws (^ Summoner's skill/5) Level of success on summon fiend may increase (or decrease) the skills and the maximums.
	Summoning a fiend can be enhanced by use of ritual: The ritual is a simple acting out of the myth of Wakboth being slain by the Storm Bull (with a living sacrifice to stand in for the devil) the fiend appears from the corpse of the 'Devil'. The following are all required: Bronze knife shaped like a disorder rune Effigy of cacodemon Blood soaked rag (+1 if the blood of a Talon of Cacodemon) Carving of a harmony Rune (destroyed) One if the following sacrifices is required: Animal sacrifice -10 Sentient Sacrifice +1 Human or troll (not Trollkin) sacrifice +2 Willing human or troll sacrifice +4 Ogre sacrifice +10 Any of the following ritual aids will help (adding bonus as shown): Waha fetish (destroyed) +1 Participant has a chaos feature +1 Takes place at Ogre place of power +3
Worshippers:	Cacodemon's worshippers are mainly ogres but anyone is welcome to spread his anarchy and help the undoing of the world. Only true Ogres may dedicate themselves to Cacodemon.
Manifestations:	Cacodemon is depicted either as a very powerful Ogre or as a huge demonic monster with a withered body and claws instead of hands.
Other Side:	When a worshiper of Cacodemon dies, the Cacodemon consumes his spirit just as the worshiper consumed the bodies of others on the mundane plane.
Holy Places:	There are many holy places for the Cacodemon throughout Glorantha; these are either places where the Cacodemon himself performed some act or, just places where someone else performed an act that the Cacodemon feels sympathy for.
Disadvantages:	In order to maintain their lifestyle and their God, worshipers of cacodemon must live within human society. The Ogres worship Cacodemon by killing and eating human beings. This obviously makes them extremely unpopular. Any Ogre who makes himself known to humans would be instantly put to death by most cultures. This makes meeting other Ogres very difficult and hence the cult is very badly organized. The Cacodemon offers only one type of divine aid. When a talon of Cacodemon dies, he can request that a fiend is sent to consume his soul and continue spreading destruction in his place. This fiend will remain on the mundane plane for several hours after the talon dies. Initiates receive no divine aid. When a worshiper of Cacodemon comes within eight kilometers of a place holy to the Cacodemon he loses all self-control and succumbs to his primal urges to eat humans.
Notes:	A soul that has been eaten by Cacodemon as part of the Worship Cacodemon feat can be rescued and sent to hell by performing a Hero Quest. Thus, in order to resurrect someone who has been eaten by an ogre, two Hero Quests are required - one to rescue the unfortunate victim's soul from Cacodemon and send it to hell, then the normal Hero quest to retrieve the soul from hell.