Syncretic religion of Desnagug

[Pope Uncommon the Dainty]

I reminded myself today that the Tower of Slant Shadows had a strange syncretic religion pop up around it a few Golarion-decades ago - cultists of Desna and of Rovagug who originally named together simply to protect the Star Tower from a group of demodands (shaggy and tarry, iirc). One interesting dimension which probably has a slight (but prolly no more than) influence on their religious understanding is that both are opposed to Zonny K but are now defending his works or one of them, at least... So there is a TINY chance that he might end up being worshiped by the cult as well? Mostly, I imagine it would just be Desna and Rovagug.

Complicating the question is that James Jacobs has said that they wouldn't be doing anything with demodands in 2e XD

Wondering if anyone has any ideas about what that syncretism might look like and how it has evolved in the time gap between 1e and 2e (both from a world building POV and mechanically as a 2e pantheon)?

[Virellius]

Demodands have always been weird to me; they feel so tertiary and like... we don't need another fiend that starts with dem/daem in my opinion.
I'd love if they took the mechanics from them and made them maybe new kinds of demons or something.

Regardless, I have never heard of this Desnagug cult and I will now be obsessed with the implications. Much wilder than the canon Asmodeus x Abadar, if you ask me.

[Eeveegirl1206]

Pope Uncommon the Dainty wrote:

I reminded myself today that the Tower of Slant Shadows had a strange syncretic religion pop up around it a few Golarion-decades ago - cultists of Desna and of Rovagug who originally named together simply to protect the Star Tower from a group of demodands (shaggy and tarry, iirc). One interesting dimension which probably has a slight (but prolly no more than) influence on their religious understanding is that both are opposed to Zonny K but are now defending his works or one of them, at least... So there is a TINY chance that he might end up being worshiped by the cult as well? Mostly, I imagine it would just be Desna and Rovagug.

Complicating the question is that James Jacobs has said that they wouldn't be doing anything with demodands in 2e XD

Wondering if anyone has any ideas about what that syncretism might look like and how it has evolved in the time gap between 1e and 2e (both from a world building POV and mechanically as a 2e pantheon)?

That seems like something Ghulahunder would set up to spite his rival.

[Souls At War]

Pope Uncommon the Dainty wrote:

I reminded myself today that the Tower of Slant Shadows had a strange syncretic religion pop up around it a few Golarion-decades ago - cultists of Desna and of Rovagug who originally named together simply to protect the Star Tower from a group of demodands (shaggy and tarry, iirc). One interesting dimension which probably has a slight (but prolly no more than) influence on their religious understanding is that both are opposed to Zonny K but are now defending his works or one of them, at least... So there is a TINY chance that he might end up being worshiped by the cult as well? Mostly, I imagine it would just be Desna and Rovagug.

Complicating the question is that James Jacobs has said that they wouldn't be doing anything with demodands in 2e XD

Wondering if anyone has any ideas about what that syncretism might look like and how it has evolved in the time gap between 1e and 2e (both from a world building POV and mechanically as a 2e pantheon)?

I don't see Rovagug being interested in protecting the Star Towers, especially since he gain from them being destroyed.

[Pope Uncommon the Dainty]

Souls At War wrote:

I don't see Rovagug being interested in protecting the Star Towers, especially since he gain from them being destroyed.

The demodands are't trying to destroy the tower, but to siphon off its power to their thanatotic titan to makem super powerful. I imagine that might include siphoning off some of Rovagug's, but I'm not sure.