| Talos | |
|---|---|
| Titles | The Storm Lord, Destroyer |
| Gender | Male |
| Power Level | Greater Deity |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| Domains | Storms, Destruction, Rebellion, Conflagration |
| Holy Symbol | Three lightning bolts radiating from a point |
| Favored Weapon | Halberd |
| Cleric Domains | Tempest |
Talos is the god of storms, destruction, and the raw power of nature at its most violent. He embodies the tornado, the hurricane, the wildfire — not as forces to be respected and survived, but as expressions of pure destructive power to be celebrated. He is proud, savage, and contemptuous of anything that values order, safety, or construction. To Talos, destruction is not a means to an end — it is the end itself.
He is one of the most feared deities in the pantheon, not for his strategic threat but for his sheer capacity for random, overwhelming violence. Sailors and farmers particularly dread his attention.
Followers
Talos attracts the violent, the nihilistic, the anarchic, and those who live through great storms and emerge with a warped reverence for destructive power. His worship is common among pirates, brigands, and those who have survived disasters and chosen to embrace rather than oppose them. His clergy are loud, aggressive, and terrifying — they see themselves as instruments of divine destruction and actively cause harm in Talos’s name. Many worshippers are not true believers but simply pay tribute out of fear.
Divine Relationships
Talos opposes virtually every deity associated with order, growth, or protection. He clashes most directly with Chauntea, whose crops and communities he destroys, Silvanus, whose forests his fires consume, and Helm, whose protection he seeks to breach. He has a contemptuous relationship with Umberlee — both are destructive nature deities, but Talos views her as limited to the seas while his destruction has no boundaries.