The Worldwound began its encroachment with strange demonic beasts haunting the barrows and tombs of the Northmounds. This shift manifested itself in the northern reaches of Sarkoris, their mystics and witches seeing a time of chaos and a thinning of the borders between realities. When Aroden died it caused a very slight planar shift that knocked the whole of Golarion from its normal metaphysical alignment and slightly towards the fearful abyssal plane. ![]() Before the Age of Lost Omens the Worldwound was a powerful yet barbaric Kellid nation called Sarkoris. For thousands of years this was viewed as just another obscure myth but with the Aroden's death and the following events it took on a new significance. There are ancient myths of Aroden vanquishing a demonic cult dedicated to Deskari the so called Usher of the Apocalypse, driving his cultists from the land into the Lake of Mists and Veils. The earliest hints of this demonic disaster can be found in truly ancient scriptures that detail the times before Aroden's ascension to godhood when he walked Golarion as a man. The Worldwound is another nation (if such a word can be used to describe this tumorous intrusion on reality) created in the tumultuous chaos following the death of Aroden. Despite not being the most powerful demon, the most respected creature in the Worldwound is the demonic archmage Vahedifar Ayeshalmoutey, as she has studied the worldwound since before its formation when it was merely a demonic taint, and it is believed that she may have had a hand in creating the Worldwound, as she was certainly one of the first demons to enter Golarion through it. The most powerful demon is the balor Khorramzadeh, who rules Iz, followed by the marilith Zuhra Aponavicius, who conquered the crusader city of Drezen. While there is no official government, certain demon rulers hold more power than others. ![]() Whether they rule through sheer force as is favoured by the more powerful demons like balors or mariliths, or through subtle manipulation favoured by succubi and glabrezus, each realm is its own hell and each is equally hostile to mortal life. The country is split into many, many petty fiefdoms, each ruled by a demonic master. They are united by one common purpose: to cause as much misery and destruction on the material plane as possible. Unsurprisingly, considering the inherently chaotic nature of demons, the Worldwound has no government and is instead a loose coalition of demonic tyrants, with the strength to rule their weaker demonic kin.
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