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Virindus, Darklord of the Drowning Deep
Virindus, Darklord of the Drowning Deep
Introduced in the fan-created Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer. Virindus is the god-king of the mysterious undersea city of Xalot (SHAY-lot), condemned to sink for his megalomania and repeated Human Sacrifice in order to become the Top God of his world's pantheon. Just before his old patron Oceanus managed to sink Xalot, however, he was able to complete most of the ascension rituals, so becoming a god... of a sort. Now, he and his many aquatic servants scheme at the bottom of the Nocturnal Sea to conquer the surface, and fulfill the dark destiny he believes is his birthright.- And I Must Scream: His curse. He's a kind of god, but a horrifying one nobody feels any love for, and more importantly he's sealed within his own high temple, unable to truly exercise his power except through soft influence.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: He's a warped merman-shoggoth-thing whose tentacles are the size of men.
- Evil Is Hammy: He actually wrote the Gazetteer entry on the Drowning Deep, and yep, he's quite melodramatic.
- Expy: Of Cthulhu, if Cthulhu was not actually a godlike alien native to an uncaring cosmos but a deluded megalomaniac not half as important as he would like to believe he is. Similarly, Xalot is a combination of R'lyeh and the classical idea of Atlantis (its culture even uses Greek words).
- Lovecraft Lite: Xalot and anything to do with it. He has the thematic, being a giant aquatic pseudo-god who corrupts all he touches in his ruined home... but he's just another darklord when it comes down to it, albeit a powerful one.
- Narcissist: He even capitalizes first person pronouns, so self-important is he.
- Spell My Name With An S: Most people spell Xalot as "Shay-Lot", like how it's pronounced.
- The Virus: Three times a day, he can fashion anything he gets his tentacles on into a perfectly loyal Sea-Tainted minion, including unwilling captives. Given what we see of an "unwilling captive", it's probable the unwilling ones probably would find death a mercy.
