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Archives of Nethys

Archives of Nethys

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Stygian Guardian

Source Pathfinder #217: Death Sails a Wine-Dark Sea pg. 86
Places in the afterlife are constantly under threat from those who seek the souls of the deceased for their own uses. Most realms in the Outer Sphere, however, have denizens who are tasked with guarding against such threat. Although psychopomps are best known for this task, even demons greedily protect the souls hoarded in the Outer Rifts. Other pockets of reality, such as Amneros, house great numbers of shades with fewer defenses aside from the ruler of the realm themself.

Members

Eumenid (Creature 6), Keribos (Creature 6)

Sidebar - Additional Lore Other Stygian Guardians

While keribos and eumenids are the most frequently encountered stygian guardians, they’re far from the only ones. Amnerion also created multi-armed giants called thalisons to carry out jobs requiring great strength and serve as protectors of their palace, although these giants spend most of their time melded into the cavern walls. Within Bothrios, horrid half-mantis, half-scorpion creatures called scynoxthis mete out punishments to the wicked.