| Sekolah | |
|---|---|
| Titles | The Great Shark, He Who Hunts |
| Gender | Male |
| Power Level | Lesser Deity |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| Domains | Sahuagin, the Sea, Predation, Blood |
| Holy Symbol | White shark |
| Favored Weapon | Trident |
| Cleric Domains | Nature, Tempest |
Sekolah is the god of the sahuagin — the shark-like predators of the deep ocean — and the divine embodiment of the ocean’s most ruthless truth: that the sea belongs to the strong, and the weak exist only to be consumed. He manifests as an immense, perfect white shark of supernatural size, ancient and utterly without mercy. He does not hate his prey. He simply hunts, because that is the nature of all things beneath the waves.
Sekolah’s theology is brutally simple. Strength is holy. Weakness is an offense. The hunt is sacred. He does not reward cunning for its own sake or loyalty for its own sake — he rewards results. A sahuagin who kills earns his favor. One who fails to kill loses it. He is the clearest expression of the ocean’s indifference to morality.
Followers
Sekolah is worshipped almost exclusively by sahuagin, for whom he is not merely a deity but the defining force of their civilization. His faith shapes every aspect of sahuagin society — their rigid hierarchy based on strength, their culling of the weak, their reverence for sharks as sacred animals, and their relentless predatory raids on surface settlements and underwater communities alike. His clergy are the most powerful warriors in sahuagin society, expected to lead from the front and prove their devotion through blood. Sahuagin who show weakness are not merely shamed — they are considered spiritually forfeit.
Divine Relationships
Sekolah has few meaningful relationships with other deities — the sahuagin are insular, and their god reflects this. He has a cold contempt for Umberlee, whose domain overlaps with his own oceanic territory, viewing her chaos as inferior to his own brutal order. He is entirely opposed to Eilistraee, Selûne, and any deity associated with mercy or redemption. Most other deities simply ignore him as a minor power of limited scope — an attitude the Great Shark does not forgive.