Gaug

God of Decay
Often misunderstood as being an evil or maleficent, Gaug is actually a neutral god. Like his lover, the goddess of birth and renewal, Gaug firmly believes in the balance that is maintained in the world. He acts only in balance with his lover, and will viciously defend the balance if someone tried to throw it out of balance. Necromancers, or those that try to dabble in such things run the risk of bringing down Gaug's ire. It is said that those who defy Gaug and continue to try and learn that lost art all end with a fate that is worse then death. The famous story of Tourmine the Great underlines this. It is said that Tourmine continued to practice Necromancy, despite repercussions from Gaug himself until Gaug finally took death from Tourmine. Legend has it that Tourmine to this day still lives in a state of decay that true death will never ease. Of course no one has seen Tourmine so many refute this story as being a fiction.. a tale mothers tell their children to get them to behave.

Gaug's general manifestation is a man of average height. In fact he is so average that often times unless his attention falls directly on a being he goes unnoticed. Dark hair, olive colored complexion and brilliant blue eyes are his preferred physical appearance. Of course there are times when a more dramatic appearance is necessary but typically he looks just like an average human male.

He has the following of the Vitaen Faction Decadeir. They are balance to the Durata Vitaen and help to keep the natural order of things going when Nature itself does not. While the Durata encourage growth, the Decadeir do the opposite and encourage decay, speeding death to dying organisms. This is necessary or else the forests would choke out all the grasses, the weeds would choke out all of the grain, and the decay would not nourish the new growth,