Il’Surrish (The Wanderer)Source Divine Mysteries pg. 314Resembling nothing so much as the swirling, uncontrolled cacophony of planar potential that is the
Maelstrom itself, Il’surrish the Wanderer is a formless, shapeless
protean lord presiding over the untold infinities of unrealized potentials and possibilities. It celebrates the undefined and undecided, plans that linger unmade, power and discipline relinquished, and wild, unrestrained transformation. The Wanderer defies the pattern of chaotic philosophies championing the extremes of personal liberties and independence, teaching its followers to yield their avidity for control and instead allow the chaos inherent to the multiverse to guide them like a leaf gliding through a stream.
Il’Surrish’s mortal cult attracts artists, martyrs, and transmuters. Its protean clergy in the Maelstrom, known as the Asomatous Clutch, have the same insubstantiality as their patron. These groups rarely erect permanent temples to Il’Surrish, instead performing their rites and ceremonies along river rapids, at wells of anarchic planar energy, and anywhere the Maelstrom touches another plane.
The Wanderer’s followers typically use a swirling, cosmic orb to represent the formless Protean Lord. Though it sometimes manifests as a slithering protean of intense cerulean light, it prefers to possess
demon,
devil, or
archon vessels to puppet and speak through.
Category Monitor Demigods
Edicts Achieve and revel in formlessness, surrender to uncertainty, take risks
Anathema Close off paths of action through slavish adherence to plans and commitments, become ruled by consequence
Areas of Concern Formlessness, loss of control, potential
Religious Symbol Cerulean sphere dotted with stars
Sacred Animal Octopus
Sacred Color(s) Cerulean
Devotee Benefits
Divine Attribute Intelligence or Charisma
Divine Font harm or
healDivine Sanctification none
Divine Skill StealthFavored Weapon claw or
fistDomains change,
creation,
nature,
perfectionAlternate Domains air,
disorientationCleric Spells 1st:
lose the path, 4th:
vapor form, 7th:
possession