Empusa

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Empusa is worshiped primarily as Lady Death, patroness of assassins. Spiders figure prominently in the worship of Empusa and there is much enmity between Empusa and Nelestrix because of this. For obvious reasons, Laestrygones, God of Health, is a prominent enemy but her greatest enemy is certainly Sarpedon, God of Guardians.

Empusa's temples are typically hidden affairs, often laden with poisoned traps. Snakes are also significant to Empusa and, along with over-sized spiders, are used regularly as temple guardians. Empusa tends to be a very urban deity, though there are some remote enclaves of worshipers who focus on her interest in arachnids.

Empusa
Goddess of Poison
Descriptive Info
Gender: Female
Avatar: Mereg, Lady Death
Consort(s): None
Allies: Alecto, Goddess of Pain; Britomaris, God of Thievery; Clementia, Goddess of Mercy; Enosigaois, God of Earth; Megarea, Goddess of Jealousy; Mormo, God of Deception; Ruminus, God of Disease; Taltos, God of Water (father); and Tisiphone, Goddess of Vengeance (sister)
Foes: Faunaros, God of Hunting; Furinus, God of Wine; Laestrygones, God of Health; Meliboea, Goddess of Justice; Nelestrix, Goddess of Insects; Sarpedon, God of Guardians; and Virtus, God of Courage.
Spiritual Info
Rank: Major
Nature: Chaotic
Ethos: Malign
Major Influence: Poison
Minor Influence(s): Assassins, Spiders
Spheres: Water, Death, Destruction, Pestilence




Doctrine

No information available on the doctrine of Empusa


Mission

No information available on the mission of Empusa


Geography

No geographic information available on Empusa

History of the Church

No historic information available on Empusa

Organization

No information available on the Organization of the Church of Empusa



Religious Practices

No information available on the religous practices of the Church of Empusa


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