Nergal

Nergal

(Deity)

Titles

The Slow Death

Realm

Hell

Alignment

Lawful evil

Areas of Concern

Atrocity
Pestilence
War

Edicts

Consume fungus and fermented or germinated foods, mutilate the dead, spread sickness

Anathema

Deliberately smell a benign flower, use soap, burn or cremate the dead

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Death, Evil, Law, War

Subdomains (1E)

Blood, Devil, Murder, Venom

Sanctification (2E)

Must choose unholy

Domains (2E)

Death, decay, plague, undeath
Alternate: Indulgence, swarm

Favored Weapon

Spiked chain

Symbol

Sun rising over battlefield

Sacred Animal

Jackal

Sacred Colors

Black, tan

Source: Inner Sea Gods, pg(s). 326–327 (1E)
Divine Mysteries, pg(s). 210–211, 314–315 (2E)

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This article covers the infernal duke. For the demon lord, see Nurgal.

Nergal is a merciless infernal duke associated with wartime atrocities, riding to battle with poison, plague, and fire to bedevil all soldiers.

History

Nergal was created from the lesser half of the deity Nurgal, which plunged into Hell after Acavna clove him in two and sent both parts tumbling into the Maelstrom. The greater half, which fell into the Outer Rifts, kept the name Nurgal and became a demon lord, for whom Nergal maintains a seething jealousy.

References

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External links

• Nergal (real-world deity) on Wikipedia