Eligos

[daemoniumexmachina]

ELIGOS

KING OF TREASON

King of the Infernal Realms, Eligos earned his title and his throne presiding across the Plane of Hell hundreds of years ago during the last dispute for demonic monarchy. As with each succession, Eligos' father was tasked with choosing his heir between his trio of offspring based upon who he believed was best suited to reign. After centuries of dispute and bombastic displays of infernal power, the former king chose Therius, the Prince of Red Fields, to inherit his throne. Eligos, of course, was unconcerned. He took the opportunity to submit one final act of cruelty and chaos within his dominion and betrayed his brother by murdering him and usurping the throne.

By the modern age, Eligos has ruled over the Infernal Realms for centuries in his own right, having produced three heirs of his own from which to choose. They follow the tradition of their unholy ancestors and demonstrate their power and malice for their father, laying each sin at the feet of King Eligos for his consideration. He is believed to be harsh, difficult to impress, and harder to read, leaving his three sons with no idea of where in his favor they stand.

As King of Treason, Eligos rules over the sins of betrayal and hubris. Usurped titles, blackmail, mutiny, and oaths broken in the name of greed, imbalances of power or resources, murdered friends and infidelity all fall under the domain of Eligos. He tends also to favor those who have avenged themselves of such acts. Violence, after all, is best when it begets more violence. His symbols are few, most often represented by abstract things such as cracks in foundations, severed ties, and daggers in backs. However, red gems such as rubies and garnets also can be used to represent him. His sigil is a red sunburst, particularly when worn on the chest. He is most powerful during the transition from Spring to Summer.

✦ RETURN ✦

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[lastofthefirst]

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"It's pointless to ask for a forfeit if either of us fail. Your kingdom is the breach of contract, and I've never had any honor to lose. But do understand: I live for my revenge on those who betrayed me before I was ever born."

"I accept."

[daemoniumexmachina]

At the implication of a threat, Eligos laughs softly, briefly. Such ferocity! He extends a spindly hand, red veined and with fingers like spiderwebs. For a moment it looks as though he intends to shake her hand but the fingers instead wrench open her chest panel. The king of demons places a palm over her frozen core, and on its surface forms a sticky, red, pounding heart, affixed to her with tendrils of what look like tendon or spiderweb.

"May your vengeful heart prove its mettle, Daughter of Hate."

[lastofthefirst]

"I suppose we'll see, king of the wretched." Oh that feels...strange, but she's in it now. She's in it now and she's hoping, gambling, that her nature as the test bed has also been translated, that whatever strange force remade her into a thing of magic and mayhem either couldn't rid her of her Faustian might or deliberately preserved it. Eligos has given her a gift, but that's the thing with being a Revenant: the devil always gives you more than he intended, and gets nothing extra in return.

The pact is sealed, as it ever is, before the altar of someone Vika does not respect but who is willing, in their arrogance, to treat with her.

"...If there's nothing else, I have work to do. Clock's ticking."

[daemoniumexmachina]

He laughs again.

"And so are you. Good luck."

And with that, the King takes his leave, receeding back into the night.