Karontor

Karontor was the purely evil patron deity of the twisted fomorians and verbeegs.

Description
Karontor was a misshapen god who, when manifesting as an avatar, appeared to be an tall, uniquely grotesque fomorian, so utterly abhorrent that his presence was reviled by practically all races. He dressed in rotting, reeking furs, and was known to wield a club, but could also take the form of a huge winter wolf.

Personality
In contrast to a giant god like Grolantor, who was often portrayed by most giant races as primarily being stupidly prideful and evil secondarily, Karontor was a deity for whom wickedness took precedent over everything else. He seemed uncaring towards the Prime Material Plane, save for his hatred of giantkind, and he only sent avatars to express his unpredictable outbursts of murderous rage. This hatred, however, was merely a reflection of his own deep-seated feelings of self-loathing, consumed as he was by endless bitterness and miserable introspection.

Powers
Karontor's banishment at the hands of Annam stripped of his own spellcasting abilities, but he could still take the form of a winter wolf if given a minute to do so. In that form he was much faster, and once each day could breathe out a cone of cold.

Possessions
Avatars of Karontor normally carried a humble yet enchanted giantish club, but always had various other magical items on their person. Such items normally included a ring of invisibility, ring of mammal control, brooch of shielding, and efreeti bottle, and he often carried a flask of curses to leave behind for some unlucky entity he encountered.

Realm
Karontor's resided in Carceri, an outer plane that held exiles and traitors and which fostered self-hatred and despair. He dwelt on the third layer, Minethys, a sunless desert (Carceri was illuminated by a dull, reddish glow that filled the sky) of cold, cutting winds that housed those who hoarded what could have benefitted those around them. Within Minethys was Karontor's realm, known as the Rack of Injustice, where sat a mausoleum of beast and giantish bones.

The fomorian petitioners of Karontor occasionally ventured beyond the Rack of Injustice to exact vengeance in his name. Packs of ever-hungry winter wolves lived in the desolate, frozen, windswept plain that surrounded the realm, waiting for Karontor's signal to rage across the miles beyond.

Relationships
His brothers were Grolantor, Stronmaus, Skoraeus, Memnor, Surtr, and Thrym. His sisters were Hiatea, Iallanis, and Diancastra.

The dwarven Father of Battle, Clangeddin Silverbeard, considered Karontor one of his greatest enemies.

Worship
Karontor was known to be worshiped by some fomorians and verbeegs, who felt a kinship towards the twisted and exiled deity. Though the latter did not worship him out of any true faith, but rather out of hopes that he could bring them into the ordning. Even verbeeg priests were likely to abandon him if a better option came to them.

History
Karontor was one of the giant deities fathered by Annam All-Father. Legends say that he was once a great and beautiful being, but his greed and jealousy towards his half-brother Stronmaus caused his physical form to become monstrously twisted and deformed. He lashed out at his siblings, until being exiled into darkness by Annam for his misdeeds. And Karontor would bear a deep seated grudge against his father.

Trivia
Karontor featured in one of the images of Annam's mythical axe, Sky Cleaver, where Iallanis joined his hands with Memnor's.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
 * Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance