Tharos - The End That Waits

God of Corruption • Mutation • Forbidden Knowledge • Transgression

Who is Tharos

Tharos is not the god who kills—he is the god who finishes. He is the last breath, the stillness after the final note, the moment when even grief has nothing left to say.

> Where Elyon brings healing and stillness to preserve, Tharos brings silence to release.

He is revered by archivists, gravekeepers, executioners, and weary wanderers—anyone who knows all things must end. Some call him a judge; others say he is not cruel enough for that—only inevitable. When the world fractures, words fail, or light dims, Tharos is already waiting.

Domains & Spheres of Influence

> Tharos draws the final line—no crossing back.

Silence — Absolute hush: no words, no resistance, no delay.

Death — The sacred closing of all things, neither evil nor escape.

Limits — The last moment, the furthest reach, the point you cannot cross.

Stillness — The hush before collapse, not peace but preparation.

Divine Symbol

> A black ring severed by a descending line—life cut clean.

The Ring — Wholeness, life, continuity.

The Cut — The irreversible end.

The Line/Fang — Tharos himself—falling slowly, always cutting.

Etched into headstones, carved onto bone, stitched into death-cult robes, or inked on the tongue as a final reminder.

Glyphs of Tharos

His glyphs bring silence, drain magic, mark the dying, and weaken the living. Feared more than adored.

Tier 1

Mutae — “The Wordless Step”

Visual: A tight spiral from lips sealed forever.

Effect: Absolute silence around the bearer—no voice, no spells requiring sound.

Use: Stillborn Blades, Cloistered Monks of the Final Tongue.

Doctrine: “Words are wounds. In silence, the soul scabs over.”

Nullum — “The Void Mark”

Visual: Black core orbited by a white ring, ringed in thorns.

Effect: Nullifies passive magic in 5 ft radius—illusions, auras, wards fade.

Use: Deathwardens, Quietwalkers; taboo vs. healing glyphs.

Doctrine: “To touch the world before the first word—there, Tharos breathes.”

Root of Rot — “What Grows Must Decay”

Visual: Spiraling glyph melting into corruption.

Effect: Accelerates organic decay—flesh, wood, bone rot swiftly.

Use: Breaking flesh barriers, spoiling weapons, returning bodies to soil.

Risks: Glyph “hungers” and may spread decay to bearer.

Tier 2

Gelum Mortis — “Cold of Death”

Visual: Fractured snowflake over a skull.

Effect: Aura of chill slows movement, thought, and spellcasting within 5 m.

Use: Mortark Keepers, Duskbound Judges.

Doctrine: “When the warmth fades, the truth remains.”

Terminus — “Edge of the Thread”

Visual: A fraying horizontal line worn by vertical streaks.

Effect: Gradually weakens wards, blessings, and auras over time.

Use: Paired with Nullum or Gelum Mortis for merciless inevitability.

Doctrine: “Not sudden. Not loud. Just… inevitable.”

Tier 3

Oculum Mortis — “The Eye of Death”

Visual: Unblinking eye with a line trailing into skeletal form.

Effect: Perceives nearness of death—living, spirits, or dying ideals.

Use: Battlefield divination, mortuary rites, cult seers.

Doctrine: “It doesn’t blink. It waits.”

Worship & Rituals

Silent Shrines: Underground or ruined, unmarked and wordless.

Stillwakes: Funerals held in complete silence.

The Final Hour: Vigil and fast before death.

Ashthreading: Wrapping ash around arms to mark life’s limits.

Followers wear grey or black and keep a fragment of what they’ve ended—a torn vow or half-burned page.

Role in the Facture War

Tharos did not charge the front. He moved among the fallen, closing eyes.

- Silent Strike: When forbidden resurrection threatened the cycle, he ended it instantly—no plague, no flame, just silence.

- Aftermath: Hundreds of thousands perished; millions were spared a cursed return.

- Message: None—only a carved line through the ritual site: “Enough.”

Sacred Sites

The Black Step: A windless cliff from which the fallen vanish rather than fall.

The Silent Archive: Ruined library where blank pages write themselves in black ink.

The Severed Bell: Broken bell that never rings—yet people hear it in dreams.

Where Are They Now?

In the Last Breath: Where words end and light fades.

In Final Moments: The hush after the scream.

Always Waiting: Not asleep, not rising—simply there at every conclusion.