Guide to the Immortals

Allies: None stable, sometimes allies with Hel, Idris
and Loki for mutual goals
Enemies: Atruaghin, Rafiel, Ilsundal, Ixion, Ka,
Karaash, Halav, Bartziluth, Djaea
Classic D&D Stats
Followers’ Alignment: Neutral or Chaotic; clerics
must be Chaotic
Favoured weapon: Short sword (allowed all
bludgeoning weapons and the blowgun)
Clerics’ skills and powers: Clerics can Cause Light
Wounds three times to the day (similar to 1 st level clerical
spell of same name), +2 bonus to ST vs. Poison, +2 bonus
to anyone general skill (not free) to choose among the
following: Toxicology, Herbalism, Handling Snakes
Avengers’ skills and powers: Can Create Poison once
a week (similar to the clerical spell of same name), +1
bonus to ST vs. Poison,
D&D 3E Stats
Domains: Entropy, Evil, Trickery, Destruction,
Corruption
Favoured weapon: Short sword
Source: GAZ10, GAZ13, HW, HWR1, HWA1,
WotI, OHP, Dungeon magazine # 20 (as Skorpios)
BACHRAEUS
(Apophis)
Patron of Hatred and Vengeance, Patron of
Medusas and Yuan-ti, Lord of Snakes and Poison
Level, Alignment, Sphere: 19 th (Empyreal), CE,
Entropy
Symbol: A green asp
Portfolio: Vengeance, hatred, betrayal, poison, snakes
and serpentine creatures (medusa and yuan-ti)
Worshipped in: Davania (Jungle Coast and Meghales
Amosses), Hollow World (Milenia, Nithia), Known
World (Ylaruam)
Appearance: Bachraeus is a humanoid with serpents in
place of hair, reptile yellow eyes, and green scales covering his
body. He wears an ancient Nithian tunic and the Pharaoh's
symbols of power (Crook & Flail) tightened in his fists.
History (PROBABLE THEORY): Apophis was the
stepbrother of Chardastes (son of the second wife of
Chardastes's father). He ruled a small Duchy north of the
river Nithia, while his brother had been granted by his
father the richer part of the kingdom on the banks of the
River Nithia. Apophis envied the young monarch's prosperity
and fortune. Devoured by hatred and lust for power, he
conspired to usurp the throne and get rid of Chardastes.
Apophis paid a secret sect of murderers and slavers from an
oriental province in exchange for the kidnapping of his
brother. He did not dare kill his half brother, fearing to
bring upon himself an ancient divine curse. Apophis invited
his brother to his palace to celebrate the anniversary of his
rise to the throne. During the journey, the royal caravan was
attacked by the hired bandits in the northern wildlands.
Thanks to the undead summoned by the attackers' wizards,
the assailants took the royal guard by surprise, and the
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bandits managed to capture Chardastes. After he was sure
that the brother had been carried to a distant land and sold
as slave, Apophis marched on the kingdom's capital carrying
the news of the attack on Chardastes. Armed with this
information, he convinced the nobles and the army to
support his claim to the throne in order to unify the two
territories. Thus he became King of Nithia. Apophis ruled
for five years in constant fear of being discovered and exiled
for his crimes. To prevent this, he rigidly controlled the
nobles and bribed many generals, using his power to
imprison or murder all those who opposed him. Moreover,
listening to his Grand Vizier (a cleric of Thanatos), he
began to create a secret army of undead warriors with the
dual purpose of defending the kingdom from an internal
uprising and declaring war against neighbouring states. He
hoped to gain new lands and destroy potential threats to his
rule. However, one fateful day Chardastes came back to the
palace and demanded to be received by his stepbrother.
When Apophis realized that his position was in danger, he
tried to imprison his half brother and declared the stranger
an impostor sent by the king of a neighbouring nation to
bring chaos in Nithia. Having learned from previous
mistakes, Chardastes proved more clever than the evil
Apophis, and escaped with the aid of his ally, Maat. In the
following months, Apophis ordered a manhunt to find and
jail his stepbrother, but the search was in vain. He also
realized too late that Chardastes brought with him more
trouble than he expected. In a short time, Nithia was
besieged by the armies of its neighbours, who were supported
by the magical troops supplied by the powerful Pflarr, who
was helping Chardastes's rightful claim to his throne.
Apophis mustered all the military might he had and decided
to use his undead troops hoping to exploit the surprise factor.
However, Chardastes had already been informed of this
army and was prepared. In the final battle the troops of
Apophis were scattered, many soldiers deserted and many
conscripts refused to march against the frightening constructs
of the mighty Pflarr. Apophis was besieged in the royal
palace, and had to face Chardastes directly, who humiliated
the usurper in front of all the court and citizens. When he
tried to flee, Pflarr also confronted him, and after killing his
Grand Vizier, he tried to imprison the soul of the vile
monarch. With one last spell, Apophis turned into a snake
and in the ensuing confusion managed to avoid death at the
hands of Pflarr. However, he did not escape Pflarr's curse,
which disfigured him and turned him into a reptilian
humanoid, half man half snake, a perpetual testimony to his
double nature of traitor and worshipper of Thanatos.
Apophis wandered across the Nithian basin asking the gods'
forgiveness for his sins, but every time he was driven away or
hunted down by the human tribes he approached. This
poisoned his mind completely, so he started to pray to the
forces of darkness to give him the strength to survive and to
exact his revenge. Thanatos answered, and after exposing
him to several tests of loyalty, he gave Apophis demonic
powers, turning him into a vengeful creature he renamed
Bachraeus. He then led Bachraeus to the southern continent,
where he subjugated a large Neathar tribe and turned all his