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Gods of Ithia Expanded: Tal’Zakra the Seven-Headed Beast.

Tal’Zakra. God of Instinct, Reflex, Packs, and Fury. 

Known across the plane as Tal’Zakra, The Pack Leader, The Beast, The Fury, The Shadow Wolf, The Seven Headed Beast, The Lord of Wolves, The Driver, The Survivalist, The Unity, and the Binded One.  

Tal’Zakra is a member of the Ko’Cai, the Gods of the Wild, The Monstrous Gods, the Gods of the Hunt, and the Beast Gods.  

Holy Books: The Book of Suns.    

Tal’Zakra the Pack Leader lord of the Pack where many become one. A pack the thrusting spear working in unison of body and mind for a purpose. He is the binds of friendship and connection that allows cohesion with little to no communication needed. Tal’Zakra is the son of Ondra Seir and Mara’Dia.  

His Symbol is Seven Star Maw- A Wolf’s head with its maw open wide holding a star, six others surround it. 

When active on Ithia, Tal’Zakra’s celestial body is the Stalker a phantasmal wolf running across the sky granting the mortals below a greater sense of community, friendship, and understanding of their ‘pack’.  

Tal’Zakra’s divine plane is a great rolling land of green with moors, forests, and the ruins of a city. Here the spirits of beasts’ roam in eternal life. He tends to the souls of the beast, the monster, and for those who wish it hunters. Every day the souls are rejuvenated, and the eternal cycle continues. There is no pain in the Hunting Lands.  

Tal’Zakra does not maintain any artifacts. 

Tal’Zakra takes the form of a great monstrous seven headed wolf with fur like needles made of shadow and blood. Cords, seals, and chains cover him having bound himself to protect others from his fits of burning fury.  

Tal’Zakra is all that came before and after society. He is survival, he is instinct, he is every reflexive reaction that saves you from death or ignominy. He is righteous fury and indignant anger and understanding his fits of rage he bound himself to protect the others. He grants his divine servants the power to take the form of beasts they’ve slain or befriended, command beasts, pacify or enrage targets, enhance or alter creatures, form telepathic connections with friends, and create protective shadow spikes over their body.  

Tal’Zakra is worshipped in druidic circles, by hunters, and naturalists. He is worshipped in clearings, deep in caves, around campfires, and on top of cliffs. Worshippers gather in small intimate groups forming their own packs of the closest aligned individuals they know. He accepts sacrifices of hearts, livers, and foraged herbs.  

Tal’Zakra’s Values.  

Pillars (Virtues)- Emotion and Instinct. 

Columns (Vices)- Logic and thought. 

Tal’Zakra does not maintain any holy orders.  

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