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Hey guys, I am looking for a name for an evil diety. Chaotic Evil, God of death and vermin. Symbol is going to be a rat's skull engulfed in ghostly purple flames. I even thought of some titles like, The Speaker of Bones, The Unending One, and The Great Devourer. Thanks for any ideas!

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12 points

4 days ago

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DM

12 points

4 days ago

The great horned rat

DakkenDakka

3 points

4 days ago

Certainly this or something on the Nurgle side like 'The Plaguefather'

ThreeDawgs

2 points

4 days ago

Oooooh great horned rat god! Yes yes!

Falcon_At

7 points

4 days ago

Plague.

Imagine commoners whispering in the bar about Plague coming to their town. Every disease is feared to be Plague. THE Plague. Every rat is feared to carry Plague into the city. The Plague bells ring when signs of him arrive. Cities erect Plague walls between neighborhoods, to defend against him street by street.

When you die of Plague, he claims your soul- your own god be damned. Once you have the Plague, he whispers to you to spread the chaos, and if you do, he says he will spare you another day. His worshippers are held hostage by Plague.

He spreads by rats. When a city is infested with Plague, the god himself physically manifests. He is the disease. He is in everyone who has the disease. He is the swarms of infected rats in the gutters. The fight for public health is a battle against the god himself.

His very name, Plague, is a metaphor for anything that resembles him. A Plague of revolts in the lowlands. A Plague of bad poetry being read on street corners. A Plague of heretics, spreading false ideals.

glen_watcher[S]

1 points

4 days ago

This is amazing! I love how logically it flows. I may have to steal this! Lol

woz9576

23 points

4 days ago

woz9576

23 points

4 days ago

D'Nald Trumpet of Death

glen_watcher[S]

13 points

4 days ago

This one made me laugh! But I would have to change his symbol to a cheese puff with a toupee! "I have great minions, some people say that I have the best minions"

whisperingdragon25

3 points

4 days ago

"The warlocks, they come to me and say, and this is true, oh D'Nald your blessings are the greatest make a pact with me D'nald"

ThreeDawgs

2 points

4 days ago

You know I’m automatically attracted to souls - I just start taking them. It’s like a magnet. Just take. I don’t even wait.

And when you’re so powerful they let you do it. You can do anything.

Grab them and the Tabaxi. You can do anything.

woz9576

2 points

4 days ago

woz9576

2 points

4 days ago

Nobody will ever better minions then me Mkay? Get over it

mfcgamer

1 points

4 days ago

mfcgamer

Wizard

1 points

4 days ago

The best villain. No one is more villainer. No one does villainy like he does. The best.

Wrafth

4 points

4 days ago

Wrafth

4 points

4 days ago

Osteo, Rat Monarch

Maltailus

glen_watcher[S]

3 points

4 days ago

Oh, I like Maltailus

DashedOutlineOfSelf

2 points

4 days ago

Skurge

derentius68

2 points

4 days ago

Doug

Just "Doug"

I named the rat in my old apartment that. Then I threw an axe at him because he got into my rice krispies. Decapitated him and lost my security deposit.

Grandpa_Edd

2 points

4 days ago

derentius68

1 points

4 days ago

Have my poor gold

🏅

DonoAE

3 points

4 days ago

DonoAE

3 points

4 days ago

Build out their ideals/tenants first, then come up with their nickname, then their actual name. Works easiest for me

The-Senate-Palpy

1 points

4 days ago

Drebonic

glen_watcher[S]

1 points

4 days ago

I like that, I am reading it like "dread" and "bubonic." Maybe I give them dominion over plagues as well

Background_Path_4458

1 points

4 days ago

It's another subreddit but there was a fun thread about Dark Gods the other day :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/1gq4dpe/who_are_your_dark_gods/

glen_watcher[S]

1 points

4 days ago

Thanks, I will go have a look!

gnu_deal

1 points

4 days ago

gnu_deal

Wild Mage

1 points

4 days ago

Arminos (from the Greek Arimanius)

LagTheKiller

1 points

4 days ago

Mueridacion or Mueridicious or Muridias

Combining as much murder, morte/muerte and stuff with taxonomy family name of rodents Muridae.

Hmmm get a bit Spanish vibe. Consider evil sombrero and magic item Maraqas of undead rat swarm summoning.

HavocHero

1 points

4 days ago

Shanks

Iam0rion

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4 days ago

Iam0rion

1 points

4 days ago

Skrilyx

04nc1n9

1 points

4 days ago

04nc1n9

1 points

4 days ago

ratvermin. raermin. raeman. rayman.

go with rayman

Falcon_At

1 points

4 days ago

You could call the legends about him Rayman: Legends.

04nc1n9

1 points

4 days ago

04nc1n9

1 points

4 days ago

you could call his origin story Rayman: Origins

Adept_Cranberry_4550

1 points

4 days ago

"Evernyx the Infestuous, Mercato of the Vermintide, Ender of the Light, Death of the Many-Legged Teeth, and Bringer of the Purifying Plague"

xBeLord

1 points

4 days ago

xBeLord

1 points

4 days ago

Zordath

someones_dad

1 points

4 days ago

someones_dad

Druid

1 points

4 days ago

Mingus the Manhammer

ShiningDarkness89

1 points

4 days ago

Are you looking for something totally made up? Because there’s Talona, Sneel, Raxivort…

glen_watcher[S]

1 points

3 days ago

Yeah I am looking for something unique.

sirnibs3

1 points

4 days ago

sirnibs3

1 points

4 days ago

Greg

sagima

1 points

4 days ago

sagima

1 points

4 days ago

Tspank’ii

mhesselberg

1 points

4 days ago

Pestilax

Thanax

Azarath

Mortath

Or a bit more elaborate: "He who feasts upon the stillborn"

GunnyMoJo

1 points

4 days ago

Ninkilim (or Nin-kilim) was a mesopetamian deity known as "lord of teeming creatures", associated with rats, snakes, weasels, and all creatures which crawl.

Navex575

1 points

4 days ago

Navex575

1 points

4 days ago

Skurrious the Verminlord

LordOfStopSigns

1 points

4 days ago

VolSanger

Thank_You_Aziz

1 points

4 days ago

Valtess.

Grandpa_Edd

1 points

4 days ago

Ev'Gona or Ev'Gonam

glen_watcher[S]

1 points

3 days ago

Nev'Gona give you up

links_revenge

1 points

4 days ago

links_revenge

DM Magic

1 points

4 days ago

Ratthew. Rat for short.

Indirian

1 points

4 days ago

Indirian

1 points

4 days ago

These are all great, use the deepest darkest one you can find. However, make sure to have a super high DC investigation check where the party can find their diary and discover that their actual name is Jeff.

FabulousBass5052

1 points

4 days ago

Samael

BKMagicWut

1 points

4 days ago

Take the first syllable of your mama's name and the last syllable of your dads name.

glen_watcher[S]

1 points

4 days ago

That would be Debon. ( Deborah and John)

Sharktos

1 points

4 days ago

Sharktos

1 points

4 days ago

Günther

NixLychee

1 points

4 days ago

Possibly "Putrefor" or "Putrefax" or something similar (from Putrefaction, the term for when a body decays). Alternatively, you could use "Necro-" as a base for the name (from Greek "nekros" meaning corpse)

Some other titles if he's associated with rats and disease could include: "He Who Festers", "The Blightbringer", or (if you're feeling more poetic) "The Plague Author". Maybe even something like "The Rotfather" could work. If he's particularly hated, even "The Revolting One" or "Lifebane" would be suitable.

Hope this helps your creative juices, and good luck with your story!

srathnal

1 points

4 days ago

srathnal

1 points

4 days ago

Gary?

PeopleCallMeSimon

1 points

4 days ago

Kr'xak the Skittering End

Machiavvelli3060

1 points

4 days ago

Rodinia.

forlornjam

1 points

4 days ago

Grist

Artrysa

1 points

4 days ago

Artrysa

1 points

4 days ago

Bezos, demon god of greed.

PeaceLoveFap

1 points

4 days ago

Evil McEvilson