Fengorath

Death, Plague, and Ruin

Origin
Before the Ruin began, the minor god Fenroth forsaw the coming events, and made a bargain with Enki. In exchange for his knowledge, Fenroth agreed to give Enki his magic scepter, which could defeat of any mortal or immortal by making them weary in battle. The knowledge Fenroth asked for was where to find the secret paths to the Realm of the Dead where Enki ruled alone. Agreeing to the bargain, Enki claimed the scepter for his own, and allowed Fenroth to roam freely in his realm.

When the battle between the ancient gods began, Enki took Fenroth's scepter, and weilded it against his enemies. However, Fenroth had deceived him by not instructing him how to wield the scepter's power, and in the battle Enki grew weary, until his was as weak as an old man. In his weakness, Enki was slaughtered during the battle, and he and his army fell to the Enemy.

When Enki had been killed, Fenroth returned to the Land of the Dead, and claimed Enki's throne for himself. He had his servent Gogreth, a vulture, fly to the battle field where Enki had fallen, and had the bird retrieve the scepter for himself. As he claimed himself to be the ruler of Enki's realm, he took a new name, now calling himself Fengorath, ruling over the dead souls sent from The Ruin and enslaving them all with the power of his scepter. He laid waste to the old realm of Enki, making the land there desolate and baren, riddled with drought and cold winds.

Conflict with the Entarion.
While he was still gathering power in his realm, Fenroth stole a bird of Aelona's, and changed the bird into Gogreth, a vulture, to be his servant and herald.

When Fengorath took over the Realm of the Dead, the Entarion saw his realm growing in power, as many mortals died in the time during and after The Ruin. The god Edaril proposed that a guardian should be sent to protect the mortals, so Fengorath could not touch them with his scepter, and have them die of disease or old age. They sent for Orius, the Keeper of Stars, and had him to look after the mortals during the night. In order to prove his worthiness of joining the Entarion, Orius was sent to kill the vulture Gogreth, which he struck down with his silver arrow at the feet of the hero Hinron.

To this day, Fengorath has been an enemy to all the Entarion Gods. He is constantly at war with them, and seeks to destroy all of the living realms and consume them into his own domain.

Worshippers of Fengorath
The typical worshippers of the Dark Elves, who once long ago turned to Fengorath as their deity. They serve him willingly, often emphasizing his domains of Death and Ruin into their culture. The Dark Elves also worship Caelith, the queen-spider, a servant of Fengorath.

Other worshippers include some orcs, necromancers, and others who are wicked enough to join his legions of evil.