The Devourer (The Star-Eater)Source Divine Mysteries pg. 137The Devourer is a new deity: an embodiment of ruin on a galactic scale, born from the acts of other deities in ages long past. Thanks to
Gorum and
Torag, a sliver of the deity
Rovagug was bound inside Gorum’s armor, turning the deity of war into an eternal prison for the Rough Beast. Inside Gorum, the sliver festered, changing and warping into something new. Following the events of the Godsrain and Gorum’s demise, the sliver managed to escape its prison and ascend into the cosmos as its own being, the Devourer.
The Star-Eater has no concept of worship, its nascent following, or even that it exists among a pantheon of other deities. It’s a being of pure primal force that seeks the fruition of complete universal entropy. The only thing the Devourer wants is for everything to end, and its every action is in pursuit of that total goal. It embodies devastation and undoing at a level that goes beyond most mortal comprehension, moving beyond everyday events that more personify Rovagug’s destructive nature.
The Devourer represents events that destroy stars and entire worlds. While The Devourer most people have little understanding of the concept of a black hole or supernova, the Devourer is a being who seeks to enact such events throughout the galaxy.
Though few in divine circles have had time to truly comprehend the ramifications of the Devourer’s birth— or more accurately, its emancipation from the prison of Gorum’s armor. Countless cults have already begun to form around intangible apocalyptic visions seen in dreams or from the ongoing ramifications of the Godsrain itself. So far, only a handful of these cults have blossomed on Golarion, as the Devourer seems instinctively apprehensive of the world that acts as a prison to Rovagug. The same cannot be said for worlds beyond Golarion, and even nearby worlds such as Akiton and Castrovel are already beginning to see the burgeoning of destructive cults of the Devourer. Such cults are almost entirely as damaging as they are selfdestructive, with splintered leadership and rash actions often leading to infighting that quickly spreads out to encompass communities or entire nations in its wake.
The Devourer has no relationships with other deities, as it cannot even recognize the existence of other divine beings as anything more than impediments to its cause. It appears as though the Devourer seeks to give Golarion a wide berth, somehow instinctively fearing the cage that contains the Rough Beast. One other deity has taken particular interest in the Devourer:
Groetus. The God of the End Times is an inscrutable entity, but it’s said that when the Devourer escaped from its prison within Gorum, the eyes of the vast moon that is Groetus shifted, as though its attention was momentarily held by the birth of such an apocalyptic entity. What this means is the stuff of metaphysical debate.
Category Other GodsEdicts engage in acts of destruction, kill sentient beings, tear down civilizations
Anathema repair an object that won’t inflict greater destruction; create new technology, magic, or life without a destructive purpose
Areas of Concern black holes, cosmic-scale destruction, supernovas
Religious Symbol blood accretion (black hole tinged with red)
Sacred Animal none
Sacred Color(s) black, red
Devotee Benefits
Divine Attribute Dexterity or Strength
Divine Font harmDivine Sanctification must choose unholy
Divine Skill AthleticsFavored Weapon maulDomains destruction,
nothingness,
star,
zealAlternate Domains change,
freedom