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'''Greater God (Lawful Evil)''' '''Symbol:''' A black whirlpool. '''Portfolio:''' Void, Numbness, Conformity, Absolutes. '''Domains:''' Death, Destruction, Evil, Law, Knowledge + See Below '''Cleric Alignments:''' Any but Good, CN '''Favored Weapon:''' Heavy Mace Shau is the god of the void, unyielding conformity, and emotional detachment. His name sounds like a voice dying in the throat, and His presence drains the very color from His surroundings. His followers are those who detach themselves from life, whether to escape despair or persue obsessions. (Wizards often fall prey to His temptations.) Many of them eventually lose all sense of individuality, give themselves to Shau, and are changed into undead to eternally serve with perfect obedience. Although Shau has few followers compared to Selunai, they are powerful, cunning and merciless. They have no internal quarrels, no fear, and no honor. They twist Selunai's virtues to break their victims emotionally and physically. This fate is so terrible to Selunai's worshippers that insanity is blissful salvation compared to it. ===Proxies & Lords=== Like Selunai, Shau is aided by divine minions who pool their power with his. They are divided into two groups: '''proxies''' are mortals who descended to serve Shau, while '''lords''' are the elemental deities who swore allegiance to Shau after they lost the First War. Both provide extra domains & favored weapons to their venerators. The details about them are not common knowledge. The domains of the elemental lords who serve Shau ''are'' well-known, as are the dangers of traversing such terrain. These domains include: * Frozen Wastes * Deep Ocean * Underdark

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