Diirinka

Diirinka was the patron god of the derro (particularly the savants), and twin brother of their forgotten demigod Diinkarazan. Titled the Betrayer, Diirinka was a god of magic and knowledge, as well as cruelty, said to have created the derro by stealing magic and cleverly leaving his sibling to pay the price, teaching the degenerate dwarves the virtues of being deceitful and cruel.

"In a paroxysm of fear, Diirinka stabbed his brother in the back and fled, leaving Diinkarazan's mind to be horribly consumed by the tentacled one, while his body was thrown into the Abyss where yet it lies."

- An excerpt from Sigil and Beyond, a sacred tome for aficionados of the Outer Planes.

Description
Diirinka preferred to appear as a diminutive (around ) tall, stunted creature, a kind of derro-lich hybrid.

Personality
Diirinka was a mean-spirited, hateful, despicable deity. He was a chaotic and treacherous individual (as well as a skilled improviser) with little care for anything and anyone and a willingness to betray them all to accomplish his goals. Notably this apathy extended to himself, perhaps because the ancient betrayal he dealt to his brother still gnawed at his soul.

Powers
Diirinka was a skilled wizard and capable priest capable of drawing spells from whatever school of magic or sphere of divine influence he wanted. Much of the magic that empowered him however was stolen from Ilsensine. His avatar had all the special protections of a lich.

Possessions
Diirinka wore a magical robe of in a state of constant change, always swirling gray, white, and black. He could draw up to five magical strands from it each day and when holding them in his hand could cast difficult to resist versions of slay living, disintegrate, and destruction by touch from white, gray, and black threads respectively. He also carried a +3 dagger of venom and wand of cold and wore a ring of telekinesis and a brooch of shielding.

Realm
Diirinka realm, known as The Hidden Betrayal, was, appropriately enough, hidden away on the 3 layer of Pandemonium, Phlegethon. No one who had seen it ever returned to tell of it, though it was said to be chillingly dark and endlessly dripping with foul water.

Activities
Diirinka only sent avatars for his own benefit, usually either to obtain magic items or to amuse himself with acts of cruelty. If he chose to punish his servants it would either be out of whim or temper, and he never sent them omens (although he sometimes indirectly guided them to magical items or locations, albeit always on a perilous route).

Relationships
Diirinka was the most magical of all the dwarven deities, a notable distinction trait as the pantheon had few cases of arcane or mystic gods (Dugmaren Brightmantle being an exception).

Symbol
Diirinka's symbol was a spiral of gray, black, and white. It had been a swirling spiral since the times of Deep Shanatar.

History
Diirinka was thought to be the son between Moradin and Berronar Truesilver as well as the brother to Abbathor, Clangeddin Silverbeard, Sharindlar, Vergadain, Thard Harr, Gorm Gulthyn, Marthammor Duin, Dugmaren Brightmantle, Laduguer and Diinkarazan. He was Diinkarazan's twin.

He was banished by his father alongside his twin brother, though it wasn't clear for what.

Interestingly, worship of entities called Diirinka and Diinkarazan existed in Old Shanatar.