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Boggereth

Symbol: The Winding Path, The Dead Tree

 

Old Days: God of Marshes, Mummification, Dreams, Travel

Present Day: God of Sloth, Excess, Corruption, Nightmares, Greed

Boggereth is a god that has been difficult to represent in symbolism by the people and even its worshippers. Its nature, vague and foggy, hideous and protective, difficult to encase in a single concept. Greatly worshipped in some specific areas of the world simply due to the nature of the landscape, be it marshlands, or even other tricky terrains, or due to some specific customs of the people, such as the preservation of the dead, or the great importance given to dreams.

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Followers of Boggereth, more than other gods, typically focus on one of the aspects of this deity: some pray to it for a safe journey, for the way not to be lost in unexplored lands, for luck, that their carts would not break on uneven paths, or for horses and carriage not to end up in dangerous waters or quicksands...or for not to be eaten by the many predators typical of marshland areas, or even worse so - monsters.

To guide these followers, it is said that The Preserver leaves curious things to mark trails that are difficult to find, or guides people by sending curious birds to them...or in the darkest and more dangerous swamps, that some flickering in the murky waters might indicate the road, or that the God would even send will o'wisps, flying lights that would show others the path.

Others pray to the Preserver during funeral rituals and procedures to preserve the body of their loved ones or of important people, to preserve their memories, or to make it so that their souls would be guided towards the life in the next world, and would have more time to adapt to their new condition, while the body still exists. Many of its worshippers also believe that death simply brings someone’s soul to abandon this world in favor of the world of dreams. For them, it is for this reason that dead bodies are to be respected and preserved, since their owners still exist, and may communicate and influence the living in their dreams.

Indeed, the most fervent worshippers of Boggoreth are the ones that turn to this deity for its guidance in the most unstable and tricky lands of dreams.

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These ones often venture to sleep in odd, evocative places, be it the middle of nature, in a graveyard, on a recent battlefield, or even in prison. Sleeping in such or other places is thought to facilitate the induction of certain dreams and experiences that the faithful of Boggoreth try to achieve, especially during their rituals.

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The use of drugs and other methods to achieve a better dream state has always been debated between the followers of this deity, as either a powerful instrument, or as a cheat to avoid, as it may bring to bad dreams.

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In today’s Empire, followers of Boggoreth pay even more attention in their practices, which remain however very subtle, often ‘introspective’, and very difficult to be identified and eradicated by the inquisition

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Authors: Rashan, Maya

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