Iyachtu Xvim

Iyachtu Xvim, also known as Godson, was the half-demonic son of Bane and for a time, the lesser deity of fear, hatred, and tyranny. Iyachtu Xvim was consumed in 1372 DR when his father used his body to re-emerge from death, taking Xvim's portfolios as his own.

Description
Xvim's main avatar was a tall man with glowing green eyes, scaly black and brown skin, and large claws on his hands. He preferred not to wear clothes.

Xvim's avatar wielded the Scimitar of Souls, a powerful scimitar that drained the life from its victims.

When appearing in the Realms, Iyachtu Xvim wrapped his scaled shape in illusions that let everyone see him as a middle-aged human male of average height. His hair and features were dark and attractive, appropriate for the god's vanity.

Personality
Iyachtu was a vain creature who loved death, destruction, and murder, performing these heinous acts with gleeful joy. Before he claimed Bane's portfolio, Xvim's avatar was very much mortal and could be destroyed, making him ready and eager to retreat before meeting demise.

Powers
His savage avatar form had glowing eyes that possessed ''infravision', allowing Xvim to see around him in the darkness. In that form the Godson could enlarge/reduce his body at will by half. Prior and after apotheosis, he had the power to create darkness with the radius of at will, and could plane shift between the Material Plane and his native plane of Acheron. Xvim's abilities to move between planes was poor and the tog often missed his exact destination. The plane shift ability was occasionally triggered by the godling's extreme anger. For this reason, Iyachtu disliked planar travel and avoided it when possible. Merely touching silver would cause him horrible pain.

Magics such as truename, glyphs, or symbols had no effect on Xvim but immediately attracted the god's attention. Any uttering of the god's name attracted his attention as he could hear it across Faerûn. He could also hear next nine words that followed Xvim's name. When his name was spoken, the god knew the voice by heart, as well as the distance and direction of the speaker.

Relationships
Iyachtu did not hold many relationships with other gods, but his relationship with the Legion of the Chimera made him form an affiliation with the church of his father, Bane. At the time, Bane was alive, and Xvim held little divine power.

Worshipers
The Legion of the Chimera was an evil sect that believed in equality and justice for half-breeds, the belief that let them to venerate Iyachtu Xvim, the half-breed godling son of Bane. The Legion was led by Isair and Madae and operated out of ruins of the Severed Hand that stood in the shadow of the Spine of the World. The cultists often left offerings at the base of Xvim's statue in the hope that he would honor the Legion with his avatar form. Isair wielded a replica of Iyactu's Scimitar of Souls, honoring the deity. The cult was active from circa 1306 DR to 1312 DR.

Notable Worshipers

 * Fzoul Chembryl, the Chosen Tyrant of Iyachtu Xvim circa 1370 DR.
 * Teldorn Darkhope of Mintar, the Lord Knight Imperceptor of the Baneson and the leader of the Knights of the Black Gauntlet.
 * Cvaal Daoran: Hatemaster of Xvim and the leader of the Xvimlar crusaders the Brothers of the Black Fist.

History
Iyachtu Xvim was said to have been born from the union of Bane and either a greater demon, a fallen paladin, or another creature of great evil from the lower planes. In his earlier years, he was known to serve his father only begrudgingly as he traveled Faerûn to spread Bane's influence. At some point, he developed the ability to implant a fragment of his soul into nearly any a creature in order to transform it into a Beast of Xvim.

In the, Iyachtu Xvim emerged from a portal above the city of Westgate and backed by a large army of tiefling warriors and demons, seized its throne. Xvim's tyrannical rule was ended in the when he was driven out by Farnath Ilistar, the rightful heir to the throne.

In the, Xvim was tasked by his father to punish the Red Wizards of Thay for their failure to show proper deference to Bane. In the, Iyachtu Xvim was summoned to Caer Callidyrr of the Moonshae Isles via sacrificed performed by the Broken Ring cult that worshiped the godling's father. Xvim's mortal avatar faced a group of adventurers but was defeated and forced to flee, giving the Godson a group of bitter rivals to plot revenge against.

During the Time of Troubles, the then-demigod Xvim was imprisoned within the depths of Zhentil Keep. Shortly after his father's demise and the end of the Time of Troubles, Iyachtu Xvim was able to make contact with several former Banite priests who had fled underground following the events of the Banedeath of the.

After a few years of deliberation, many of the Banites decided to recognize Iyachtu Xvim as the rightful heir to the Lord of Darkness. Tapping into their faith, Xvim began working to free himself from his prison. In Ches of the, with the aid of his new acolytes, Xvim broke free of his prison beneath the ruins of Zhentil Keep and claimed his father's portfolios of hatred, strife, and tyranny, elevating him to the status of a lesser deity.

For little over a decade, Xvim reigned as a minor god. During his existence, Xvim was petty, power-hungry, and ruthless, in some ways like his father. However, he was not nearly as strong, especially in comparison with the other "new" deity in the Faerûnian pantheon, Cyric.

On the Midwinter night of the, the godling was consumed by a blazing green fire, from which emerged Bane, resurrected and restored to his old divine power.. Nearly all former clerics of Xvim (who in turn shifted to his allegiance after the death of his father) re-pledged themselves to the Church of Bane.

By the 15 century DR, most mortals were convinced Xvim was a dead deity and was completely destroyed. However the Chosen of Mystra and the most devoted followers of the Godson knew it not to be true. Iyachtu Xvim manifested himself to the Chosen and the most devote as a ghostly whisper in their dreams and nightmares. Trapped in this incorporeal form, Xvim was craving worship, trying to accumulate followers in desperate anguish and desire to return.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * ''Halls of the High King'