Armadad Bog, is a Lawful Evil Water God of Death. He claims to be
the father of the race of
Viridians who are
the descendants of the god’s interbreeding with merfolk.
Cneninadus the last but one Green Emperor declared this to be untrue
claiming that the Viridians ancestors included more than one god.
For this he earned the hatred of the Mer Shunnans as Armadad Bog's followers
are called and he was slain by
Hautulin Seheitt, the current Emperor,
who was made a God-Priest by Armadad Bog as his reward.
Armadad Bog is believed to reside on the Material Plane some say in grottos beneath the
Imperial Palace. In addition to his influence in Viridistan Armadad Bog
has enslaved the merfolk of the Trident Gulf by holding
the four Amulets of Power, including the Amulet of Khetren, sacred to that people.
Worshipers of all levels must follow the Armadad Law,
which requires daily ritualized flogging with the tail of a fish
symbolizing repentance for not being born a merman or
mermaid as well as the weekly God-feast and the monthly Mer-
Moon Sacrifice — a ritual that is at once beautiful and ghastly
in which three maidens are sacrificed and all worshipers must
drink of their blood - performed by Murielle Eidn, wife of the
Emperor and high priestess of Armadad Bog. Although
the Armadad Law attracts some due to its regiment,
many of his followers are strong-armed into his worship due to
the economic benefits of dealing with his temples, bribery,
deceit, and sanguinary threats. The domains he is associated
with are Death, Evil, Law, and Water. His favored weapons are
the whip, trident, scepter and sword, and assassins, evil monks,
and evil fighters worship him. Worship of Armadad Bog also
includes the Dance of the Orkiss. Some sages claim this is a link
to the demon-god Orcus, though there is no other proof this is the case.