Pallor

History

Quite possibly the single most feared of all the Dread Host, Pallor is the partner of Belial, a jealous, vengeful, possessive woman whose thirst for and love of cruelty and destruction may have neither limit nor boundary.

Her whole is sundered at present, into three distinct parts, scattered about the cosmos that she helped build, each part aware but unable to come together. Pallor does not know how it happened, for it happened so swiftly, that she never learned. She awaits restoration.

Relations

Pallor wants Belial all to herself, and she wants him under her control and influence, but not in a way that he is aware of it. She gets along with no one else among any of the different Powers, though she has had past dalliances with Paria and even once with Qetza in a different form than her normal.

She entertains herself with watching the hapless mortals she tortures as they struggle in her webs. It becomes interesting to watch at times, because she is very much willing to suck up to The Three of the Old Ones, but finds herself rebuffed and seeks to undermine them, as well. She has at least Two Manses in every city, and in most towns; she plays them off one another in increasingly deranged contests. Failure is often an option with her; it may not be a good one, depending on her mood, though.

Centers of Worship

Agartha has a solid square mile wide Temple dedicated just to her within the deep roots of the world. It is the single largest, most intricately decorated, most ostentatiously gilded and glittering Temple in all the World, and she keeps it a secret.

What they don’t know can’t hurt her. She is likely the second most powerful of all the Powers That Be.

Followers

As above, so below: Pallor’s followers celebrate with a wicked and cunning glee at the hurt, the harm, the suffering, the hopelessness of others. They delight in schemes and contrivances that befuddle and fool, trick and deceive, corrupt and turn.

Personality

Hates being called Becky.

Pallor is the most active of the Dread Host, save possibly for Urisha, who even she does not fully understand yet.

Pallor is fond of complex and layered plots, and she delights in corrupting and turning people. She is the most manipulative of all the Powers, and even Paria is cautious around her.

Pallor

Alignment

Chaos, Malefice, Imbalance, Agency, Self, Independence, Death

Alternyms

Becky, Parapsyche, Spider Queen

Patron of

Thule

Lemuria

Colors

Black

Red

Navy Blue

Fauna

Spiders

Beast

Tarrasque

Flora

Black Dahlia

Omen

An unseen web touches you.

Ordeals

Poison

Sulphur Brew

Ingestion

Followers

Virtues

Deceit

Deception

Planning

Sins

Innocence

Kindness

Laws

Worship

Sacrifice of a living being

Baptism

Poison Ordeal, if survives, then baptized with ash.

Prayer

Please don’t see me.

Offerings

Blood, organs, innocence, life

Clerics

Must shave head and body of all hair. Daily self-flagellation required. Her web can be anywhere on the body, but it glows faintly in the dark.