Listunos

[lis-too-nos]

Basic Information

Name: Listunos
Domain: Greed, Hoarding, Miser
Title: The Covetous One, The Eternal Hoarder
Alignment: Lawful Void
Symbol: A clenched, skeletal hand grasping a pile of gold
Primary Worship Area: Wealthy cities, merchant districts, places where greed and envy are rampant

Appearance: Listunos is depicted as a gaunt, skeletal devil draped in tattered, faded robes that seem to mock the wealth he covets. His skin is a sickly, mottled gray, stretched taut over his bones. His hands are long and bony, with claw-like fingers that clutch greedily at anything within reach. His wings are skeletal and tattered, with little remaining beyond their frame
Height: Tall and gaunt, with a skeletal frame
Weight: Emaciated, giving an impression of frailty despite his vice
Distinguishing Features: His drab and impoverished appearance.

Traits: Greedy, miser, insatiable
Strengths: Can incite and amplify feelings of greed in others, causing them to covet and hoard obsessively
Weaknesses: His own insatiable greed makes him vulnerable to manipulation through promises of wealth and power
Goals and Motivations: To amass power beyond any of the other deities, and wealth beyond imaging.

Allies:
Rivals/Enemies: Zilev
Attitude towards Mortals: Sees mortals as tools to be manipulated through their desires and greed, driving them to hoard and covet, ultimately turning their hoarded wealth into his own.

Creation Myth: Listunos’s origin is a tale of twisted desire and ambition. According to one legend, he was the son of Cazium and first king of the dwarves. Driven by an insatiable desire for more wealth and power, he made a pact with the Vice Zilev, offering his soul in exchange for eternal riches. However, the pact twisted him into a skeletal, ghastly figure, cursed to eternally crave what he could never truly possess. His insatiable greed and envy transformed him into the Vice of Greed. Before he was banished to the realm of Void, he vowed to return and claim his throne in Kair’Croi.
Major Cults and Religious Practices: Cults dedicated to Listunos are often found in wealthy cities and merchant districts, where greed and envy run rampant. These cults engage in rituals designed to invoke and amplify greed, using dark incantations and ceremonies of hoarding to honor their god. Followers are encouraged to amass wealth and power by any means necessary, often leading to cutthroat competition and betrayal.
Rituals:
Clergy and Temples: Temples to Listunos are often hidden in plain sight, disguised as wealthy estates or merchant guilds. His priests, are adept at spreading feelings of greed and envy among their followers. They guide their followers in embracing their desires and using them as a source of power.

Major Plot Points in World History:
Artifacts: The Coin of Covetousness, a coin that grants the bearer immense wealth but causes an insatiable desire for more; The Hoarder’s Ring, a ring that amplifies the wearer’s greed and envy, driving them to amass and hoard.

”Greed is Goooood.”