`` Ambition destroys its possessor.''

- The Talmud

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Berenash (Lord of Strife, The Tyrant, Emporer of Ruin) 
Neutral Evil Intermediate Power 
Portfolio: Tyranny, Strife, Excess, Revenge 
Symbol: Crown and scepter 
Wor. Alignment: Any Evil 

Berenash is responsible for state the world is in now. He was the 12th emporer of the Sardonian empire, were the emporers were worshipped as divne emissaries. Berenash was not content with belief in his divinity, he wanted true power. Legend says that when mortals believe enough in the truth of something this belief shapes reality. Berenash took steps to obtain two objects, the Scepter and Crown of Her'Namearr two objects said to hold the powers beyond imagination. With these items he turned the adulation of his people into the reverance reserved only for Gods. With this and the artifacts he held, he ascended into the ranks of the divine. The balance of the world was tipped, war ravaged the land, famine swept the fields, and the world knew the meaning of strife. Berenash, using the items he held and his new found divinity, siezed the powers of many of the minor gods of evil adding it to his own. It was not until the attention of both Sekoon, greatest of the gods of evil, and Wotan mightiest of the gods of good, acted to stop his rampage. They stripped him of much of his power and impressed upon him the laws that bind all deities in their actions.

Priests of Berenash "Strife Lords" 
Prime Req.: Wis 10 
Alignment: NE 
Weapons: Any Bludgeoning 
Armor: Any 
Major Spheres: All, Combat, Divination, Elemental, Guardian, Necromantic, Summoning, Thouht, War 
Minor Spheres: Creation, Healing (reversed only), Sun (reversed only) 
Magical Items: As cleric 
Required Proficiencies: None 
Bonus Proficiencies: Blindfighting

(some of the granted abilities below are spells from the Faiths & Avatars accessory, if you do not have access to this book email me at aerellon@yahoo.com and I will be happy to give you a description)