Zeraxi

"You do not need to defeat your enemy if they starve because your progeny has eaten all their food, and you dont have to worry about your enemy killing your progeny if they reproduce faster than they are killed"

— Canoth, Lich of Eifera

Divine Rank: Greater Deity
Alternate Names: The Division, The Multitude, The Echo, The Swarm

Primary Authority: Multitudes

Secondary Authorities: Propagation, division, fecundity, infighting, echoes, mirrors, fractals, growth, swarms, insects

Description:

Zeraxi is a god of many things, literally. It is the god of multitudes, of one thing becoming many, of propagation and division. It is the god of procreation and multiplication, of swarms, insects and amoeba, of cells and spores, the god of rocks breaking into more rocks when hit with a hammer.
However its authority is not only physical but metaphysical and philosophical as well. It is the god of infighting, the god of Kingdoms splitting into warring tribes, of philosophies splitting into multiple camps, of people growing apart.

As such it should be no big surprise that Zeraxi is no singular god, rather it is a collection of a million million ever-dividing shards constantly devouring each-other and vying for supremacy over the collective.

Zeraxi would be entirely content to exist eternally in a state of division and in-fighting, if it was not motivated by one singular desire; Freeing its sibling, The Unceasing Striving from the chains of Law that bind it.
Every shard is still Zeraxi, and thus united in purpose, if not in method or attitude.

Followers:

Followers of Zeraxi believe in a unique philosophy; Divide and conquer. More specifically, divide yourself and then conquer the enemy. Solutions to problems are not found in collective unity but in collective division, in different approaches and ideas being tested with those that succeed continuing onwards.
Unity is weakness, division is sacred and numbers are strength, and as such communities that worship Zeraxi exhibit bizarre behaviors where they will cooperate in large numbers for survival but return to in-fighting as soon as a threat is dealt with.

Communities that worship Zeraxi have their ability to propagate and grow amplified, making them numerous but they are prone to infighting and internal division and will not create unified societies unless in response to an outside threat.
As a result, they are very difficult to eradicate and dangerous if provoked, but also cannot be simply left alone as they will grow and multiply over time until they take up all space and all resources in the area and expand outwards like devouring locusts.

Zeraxi favors species that reproduce and grow quickly, and as a result it is not surprising that most worshipers of Zeraxi are of species like the Khuzu. The Khuzu in particular are prone to Zeraxi Worship but they see communities that worship Zeraxi as an existential threat and eradicate them on sight.

Priests of Zeraxi have access to rather unique powers, such as conjuring swarms of insects, mirror images to avoid attacks or even directly creating clones of themselves.

Clerical mandates:

Vow of Fecundity
Go forth and procreate.
Divide and Conquer
Divide yourself, do what other's will not, try something new, successful ideas and creatures will survive and propagate.