Llod

Llod

(Deity)

Areas of Concern

Avarice
Hoarding
Back-handed deals

Source: Divine Mysteries, pg(s). 27–28

Llod was a forgotten deity and brother of Abadar who helped create the First Vault, but betrayed his sibling to steal some of creation's greatest treasures. In retribution, Abadar erased all records of Llod from mortal history until Llod himself and everything he had ever created simultaneously ceased to exist.

History

Abadar was once one of two gods of commerce. The other was his brother, Llod, a forgotten god of avarice, hoarding, and unfair deals. Although almost all records claim Abadar as the only builder, the First Vault was in reality constructed by both of them.

During the Age of Creation, Abadar was among the original gods who battled the Rough Beast who sought to destroy Golarion. According to the Windsong Testaments, after Gorum and Torag forged the shell of the Dead Vault, Abadar provided the perfect key and lock for Rovagug's prison, a key so cunningly made that only Asmodeus could turn it. During the battle and containment of Rovagug, Abadar made the mistake of trusting his brother with protecting the First Vault. Abadar returned to find the earliest wonders of mortal creation missing from the vault. The theft became known as the Heist Primeval.

Enraged and embarrassed by his brother's treachery, Abadar implanted in mortals the belief that Llod was never real. This initiated the strange disappearance of Llod, a slow dissolution or unraveling that ended in his total unmaking. This also removed everything Llod was closely associated with, including essential keystones in Abadaran temples, some currency used by mortals, and the lock on the First Vault. The flow of commerce was disrupted, Abadaran temples physically collapsed, and the First Vault was left unsecured. Abadar spent decades dealing with the fallout, taking on the domains of Llod in the process. Llod's legacy therefore became an inseparable part of trade and commerce.

The truth of Llod was only recently uncovered through the research of the nosoi Yivali. The stolen items of the Heist Primeval were never recovered, including the perfect spell, the perfect death, and the perfect plague.