Angazhan

Angazhan

(Deity)

Titles

The Ravener King
The Ravenous King
Demon Lord of Apes and Jungles
Demon Lord of Beasts

Adjective

Angazhani

Realm

Ahvoth-Kor, Outer Rifts

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Areas of Concern

Apes
Jungles
Tyrants

Worshipers

Charau-ka, Mwangi cults, angazhanis, jungle warlords

Edicts

Commit acts of brutal violence, test yourself against nature, make animals more dangerous

Anathema

Cower from fights, allow yourself to be resurrected instead of reincarnated

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Animal, Chaos, Evil, Plant

Subdomains (1E)

Decay, Demon, Fur, Growth

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (2E)

Destruction, might, nature, tyranny

Favored Weapon

Spear or fist

Symbol

Demonic ape face

Sacred Animal

Ape

Sacred Colors

Black, red

Images of Angazhan

Source: Book of the Damned, pg(s). 18–19 (1E)
The Mwangi Expanse, pg(s). 133 (2E)

Angazhan (pronounced ANG-uh-zan) rules over the Abyssal realm of Ahvoth-Kor and is the demon lord of savage strength and destruction.

Appearance

A common depiction of Angazhan.

Angazhan resembles an enormous, muscular red-furred ape with six long fingers on each hand, capable of complex manipulation or tearing a humanoid limb from limb. Angazhan's ape-like demonic visage is completed by his fanged maw, twisted horns, and tiny bloodshot eyes that grant him a unique appearance amongst his simian followers.

Angazhan prefers to bite, crush, impale, or sting his opponents with his fangs, fists, horns, or long reptilian tail, respectively. Those slain by him personally are sometimes cursed to return to life again and again as a Gorilla King bound to his service.

Home

Angazhan's Abyssal realm of Ahvoth-Kor is a seemingly endless jungle that runs along both sides of a long rift. The two jungles meet 10,000 miles down at the rift's base, where Angazhan's black stone ziggurat palace stands atop yet more rifts leading deeper into the trackless Outer Rifts.

Servants

In Ahvoth-Kor, Angazhan is served by thousands of powerful nalfeshnees, though few of the fiercely independent demons care to admit that Angazhan is their lord and master.

Angazhan is served by his created baregara minions in Ahvoth-Kor as well as in jungles of the Universe important to him, such as those in the Mwangi Expanse.

Cult and worshipers

Cults dedicated to the Ravener King on Golarion are concentrated in the Mwangi Expanse, where he is venerated by both the Mwangi Bekyar tribe and the simian charau-ka who feast on humans like livestock.

The Expanse was also home to Angazhan's most favored mortal servant, Ruthazek the Gorilla King, who led the Spawn of Angazhan from his seat of power in the city of Usaro until his death in 4710 AR.

It is not clear why the Mwangi Expanse has drawn the demon lord's attention for so long, but Ruthazek was merely the latest of a long line of Gorilla Kings who ruled Usaro dating back to before humans began to dominate the continent of Garund. Each successive Gorilla King has been a brutal mortal reincarnated into the form of an awakened dire gorilla by one of Angazhan's totems after the death of their predecessor.

Among the fallout of such chaos, Matanji and Kallijae raiders collaborated to steal the Altar of Angazhan, which prevented a successor from ascending to the title of Gorilla King.

Obedience

Certain devotees of the Ravener King gain special powers by ingesting jungle hallucinogens, chanting, and beating a complex rhythm on drums made of human skin and bones.

References

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