Mak Thuum Ngatha
| Mak Thuum Ngatha | |
|---|---|
| Names and titles | |
| Title(s): | The Nine-Tongued Worm |
| General information | |
| Portfolio: | Worms, Forbidden Knowledge, Destruction of Barriers |
| Home: | Far Realm |
| Alignment: | Chaotic evil |
| Superior: | none |
| Symbol: | Fan shaped glyph with 9 squiggly lines |
| Rules items | |
| Domains: | Destruction, Knowledge, Madness, Travel |
| Divine rank: | Uncertain |
Mak Thuum Ngatha is the god of Forbidden Knowledge and the Crossing of Planar Boundaries. His unholy symbol is nine squiggly lines arranged in a fan.
Description
[edit | edit source]The Nine-Tongued Worm is a Far Realm entity focused on the Material Plane. It is feared by psurlons, tsochari, and nilshai, but few other beings know of it, including a small number of alienists, cultists, and half-farspawn. Its goals are unknown, but it is hostile to all life. Other similarly powerful and malevolent Far Realm entities also exist, each with their own followers. It was described as an enormous thrashing worm-like thing.
Worshipers
[edit | edit source]Mak Thuum Ngatha is worshipped by the tsochar, nilshai, and psurlons.
Realm
[edit | edit source]Mak Thuum Ngatha resides in the Far Realm.
Myths and Legends
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One of Mak Thuum Ngatha nine tentacles is beneath Hanging Glacier and is worshiped as the "Frost Worm" by a group of cultists led by Tarja Arjotta (Male, Human (Suel) Cleric).[1]
Another tentacle is in a pit beneath Oblestone Keep in Onnwal, where it is kept at bay by wards from the Aerie.[2]
References
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[edit | edit source]- Baker, Richard, James Jacobs, and Steve Winter. Lords of Madness. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005.
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