Thursday, October 12, 2023

Lord of the Flies!

"Hammurabi is the Lord of the Flies and a demigod serving under the Fly Queen Hmurresh. In appearance he is a gigantic dragonfly with forty-foot wings, gleaming multi-faceted eyes, and great curved mandibles. Hammurabi's colour is emerald-green and his symbol is that of a dragonfly."

 Vade Mecum Infernum by Aughm Lightchaser (p. 44)

Temple of Hammurabi (#13/31, #286/365)

The temple of the Lord of the Flies is a towering edifice of baked clay bricks, overgrown with fungal tendrils and mycnotic loops. Hammurabi is the lieutenant of Hmurresh and constantly embroiled in schemes against other insect gods, such as Ymphos and Khepra Dark-Shell. This extends to the temple's priesthood of Insectoid Monks, who seem to go out of their way to pick fights with rival clerics, though, like true bullies, avoiding scarier threats, including the scarlet-clad adepts of Vurgothrax

Also dwelling within the temple is a resident clan of the Scourge (see "Denizens of the Pit", The Warlock Returns #11), who have converted several nearby dwellings into stables for their Giant Locust steeds. These grasshopper-like insect men double as local muscle for the Cult of Hammurabi, and occasionally ride out on long swarming flights across the Carnelian Desert, accosting caravans and remote oases alike in search of plunder. All of these activities are enthusiastically encouraged by the Dragonfly High Priestess, Macromia  Verdes (scarred, haughty), who exults in the carnage caused by her rather small sect of believers. Long-time Thagwar watchers expect there to be a reckoning soon, with one of the older or larger factions, and that the outcome will likely be unpleasant for both sides. 

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