Nekrosyl
The Blighted Lord of Decay · Lord of Decay · The Rotting God · Father of the Dragoblom
Domain
Death, Decay, Corruption, Fungi, Plagues, Undeath
Alignment
Chaotic Evil
Status
Dead
Factions
Sporesworn Cult, The Immortal Seven, The Verdant Circle
Nekrosyl was once a powerful dragon god whose domain was death and the cycle of decay. His relentless thirst for power twisted his purpose into something darker — an active agent of corruption who sought to devour the natural order. When he fell in cosmic battle against Anachron, God of Law and Order, his massive corrupted body crashed into the heart of Asphodel, his divine essence seeping into the soil to create the cursed plague known as the Dragoblom. Though his physical form perished, his malignant consciousness persists within the blight itself, whispering promises of power to those who would embrace corruption. The Sporesworn cult tends his legacy, and his curse has given rise to the Blightbound Dragons — once-noble creatures transformed into grotesque abominations enslaved to the dead god’s will.
Holy Symbol
A withered dragon skull intertwined with fungal tendrils
Worship & Rites
The Sporesworn do not worship in temples. They gather in blighted groves, corrupted cellars, and places where the Dragoblom has taken root. Their central rites include the Spore Communion — where initiates inhale sacred spores to hear Nekrosyl’s whispers, often resulting in permanent mutation. The Feast of Decay is held monthly: participants consume blighted flesh, strengthening their bond to the dead god. The Blighting is a ceremony that creates new Blightbound creatures, performed on captured soldiers or nobles who refuse to submit. The cult believes that by embracing corruption, they transcend mortality — becoming something beyond life and death.
Clergy & Organization
The Sporesworn are led by the Immortal Seven — seven corrupted druids who sacrificed the nymph demi-goddess Sylwynn in the Blessed Grove, binding their souls to her sacred trees through the Dragoblom, gaining eternal life at the cost of their humanity. High Blightcaller Malachai Thornweaver leads the cult, secretly communing with Nekrosyl’s consciousness through the blight. Below the Seven, the cult divides into three branches: the Whisperers (mystics who interpret Nekrosyl’s visions), the Blightwardens (the cult’s military arm), and the Spore Seekers (researchers who create new forms of fungal corruption). Their agents have infiltrated the merchant guilds, noble houses, and even the military of Fort Valiance.
Holy Days
The Withering
Observed when the first frost kills the autumn flowers. The Sporesworn see this as a reminder that all things must decay, and they celebrate with rituals of release and transformation.
Bloom Night
Held on the anniversary of Nekrosyl’s death. The Sporesworn gather in the deepest blight zones and commune with the residual divine essence in the corruption. Some claim to hear the dead god’s whispers.
The Feast of Decay
A monthly celebration of corruption where cultists consume blighted flesh, strengthening their connection to Nekrosyl. The deeper one’s transformation, the more they taste the dead god’s power.
Lore & History
Before the God Wars reached their cataclysmic peak, Nekrosyl brooded in his corrupted lair deep beneath the earth. Once merely the guardian of death’s natural cycle, his relentless thirst for power consumed him, twisting his domain into something darker. He was no longer content with passive decay — Nekrosyl actively spread corruption, driven by hatred for the sterile order upheld by Anachron, the God of Law.
Nekrosyl forged a dark alliance with other chaos-aligned deities: Xurthar, the Lord of Madness, who reveled in the dissolution of minds, and Morgann, the Reaper of Souls, who sought to harvest chaos-born souls. They convened within the Blightchamber and pledged to assault Anachron’s floating sanctuary over the eastern plains of Morgath.
The skies over Morgath grew black with corrupted dragons. The Aarakocra, Anachron’s chosen people, took to the skies in desperate defense. On the ground, the Blightwardens unleashed waves of necrotic energy, turning forests into fields of decay. In the final clash, Anachron wielding the Sword of Celestial Law confronted Nekrosyl directly. Both gods channeled their full divine power — the resulting explosion shattered the skies and killed both deities.
Anachron’s death left his sanctuary floating eternally in the heavens — now called the Floating Isles of Zephyria, where the Aarakocra still maintain their traditions. Nekrosyl’s massive, decayed form crashed into the heart of Asphodel, his divine ichor seeping into the soil. What bloomed from that corruption was the Dragoblom — a parasitic plague of spores and worms that festers within the land, corrupting all it touches. Trees become towers of pulsing fungi. Animals transform into shambling horrors. Mortals who breathe the spores too long find their flesh slowly replaced by flowering blight.
Though Nekrosyl’s body is destroyed, his consciousness lingers within the Dragoblom. The Sporesworn cult, led by the Immortal Seven, works to gather enough corrupted energy to restore him to full power. They have already claimed the village of Thornhaven near Fort Valiance, unleashing the Rootreaver — a corrupted ancient ent — to transform the entire settlement into Dragoblom zombies. The Heart of Nekrosyl, a pulsating artifact containing the last vestige of his divine essence, is believed hidden deep within the Blightchamber.
The Dragoblom is Nekrosyl’s legacy — and his revenge. Even in death, the Lord of Decay continues to consume the world.