Ilxendren

Ilxendren was the patron deity of the ixzan. This lesser power was primarily worshiped by ixzan, and potentially ixitxachitl. They believed that Ilxendren was their creator, and so ixzan were known as "spawn of Ilxendren".

"With Ilxendren's help, your bites may cripple even a dragon."

- Yzil, priest of Ilxendren.

Description
Ilxendren appeared as a huge vampiric manta ray with a wingspan. The Demonray's eyes were bright red and its tail was long, blue-tipped and barbed.

Personality
Ilxendren was supremely arrogant and scornful god towards almost all species not his own, demanding its creations to terrorize all marine creatures nearby and actively encouraging them to display wanton cruelty, caprice, and arrogance themselves. The one exception to this rule was aboleth, which he both feared and admired. Though it might help its patron race, little stopped it from wreaking havoc on them purely for the fun of it.

Powers
Ilxendren's avatar was a capable combatant able to move swiftly underwater and maneuver (albeit slowly) on land. His bite irresistibly sapped the energy from his victims and the spines on his tail were deadly on their own even ignoring their poison. It was completely immune to non-magical weapons and resistant to magical but blunt weapons, as well as illusions and water or earth spells, though it was vulnerable to fire magic.

Ilxendren's avatar could cast all spells that its priests could, in addition to casting abjuration, transmutation, evocation, and necromancy spells as a wizard would. It possessed several spell-like abilities it could cast once per day each, with a minute needed in-between casts, and each as an incredibly powerful caster; cone of cold, ice storm, wall of ice, and enervation. Once per day he could summon a powerful water elemental to do his bidding for an hour.

Ilxendren had the ability, referred to as his "Greatest Blessing" by his followers, to transform its worshipers into greater vampires.

Divine Realm
Ilxendren dwelt in a vast, malodorous lake somewhere in the depths of the Abyss.

Activities
Ilxendren sometimes dispatched his avatar to assist a capable group of priests and vampiric or mutant followers against a new and sizable population of other races, and more rarely appeared and attacked his own communities, either as a punishment for lacking aggression or because such an act was capriciously cruel in and of itself.

Relationships
Despite despising most other species, Ilxendren was allied with a couple of other deities, such as Kiaransalee, drow goddess of revenge and undeath. He and Blibdoolpoolp, the kuo-toa goddess were on relatively good terms, enough so that their respective patron races often lived together.

Much more common were Ilxendren's enemies, including most of the Dark Seldarine, incluing Lolth, Selvetarm, Vhaeraun, Ghaunadaur and Eilistraee, the duergar gods Laduguer and Deep Duerra, and the elven god of revenge Shevarash.

Worshipers
In order to become a worshiper of Ilxendren, one had to be moderately wise and of chaotic evil alignment. They were able to turn undead. Its worshipers tended to be very cruel and were only sated by bloodlust.

Malydren, the Corralline City, was dedicated to the worship of Ilxendren.

History
Following the Great Flood, the Revelation of the Demonray occurred. This century-long religious war was between the ixzan themselves, and its purpose was deciding which power to venerate. Initially, ixzan worshiped powers such as Dagon, Panzuriel, and Demogorgon. However, after the wars, Ilxendren had firmly established its place as the patron deity of the ixzan.

In 602 DR, the ixzan, Phiaqiv the Lifeleech and Zekaqux Netherhaunt, were transformed into greater vampires by an avatar of Ilxendren.