Kitumu

Kitumu

(Deity)

Titles

Mother of Fireflies
Firefly Goddess

Realm

Pyramid of Kitumu, Mwangi Expanse

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Areas of Concern

Fireflies
Hibernation
Swarms

Worshipers

Kembe

Edicts

Offer sacrifices to Kitumu, feed the hungers of nature with humanoid creatures

Anathema

Step on a firefly, kill those marked by Kitumu

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Animal, Chaos, Evil, War

Subdomains (1E)

Blood, Demon, Fear, Fur

Sanctification (2E)

Must choose unholy

Domains (2E)

Destruciton, indulgence, nightmare, swarm

Favored Weapon

Dagger

Symbol

Four-legged firefly

Sacred Animal

Firefly

Sacred Colors

Black, yellow

Source: Inner Sea Gods, pg(s). 316–317 (1E)
Divine Mysteries Web Supplement, pg(s). 17 (2E)

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Kitumu is the carnivorous Mother of Fireflies, a godling known to the Kembe people of the Mwangi Expanse. She is usually dormant but may be awakened, at which time she demands copious human sacrifice: she is not a forgiving goddess.

History

In 4710 AR, Kitumu demanded the boy Mwonduk as sacrifice to stop the plague of fireflies she sent forth on the Mwangi Expanse. People considered the boy cursed.

Home

Kitumu sleeps in the Pyramid of Kitumu deep in the Mwangi Expanse.

Appearance

Kitumu appears as a blood-red firefly with four wings, two on each side, protected by a beetle-type carapace when not flying. Her wing span measures hundreds of feet and the wings are inscribed with unknown runes. A crimson light surrounds her.

Emissaries

Kitumu may send out a swarm of fireflies that can reduce a tribe to bones in an horrifyingly short time. They can bury beneath armour and get to the fleshy bits with ease. These fireflies are used to show Kitumu's displeasure.

References

Paizo published a chapter of Pathfinder's Journal fiction about Kitumu, "Sacrificial Rights", in the Plague of Light story first printed in Sanctum of the Serpent God.

For additional as-yet unincorporated sources about this subject, see the Meta page.