Ta+Rak+Ra

=Ta Rak Ra =



//"The entity known as Ta Rak Ra has been placed on the Grandline of Tales by the Sages as the second oldest of the gods, only appearing in stories some time after the rise of the Eye of Terror. The origin of the Revenant is unknown, but it is clear that he favors the Bunburans and despises the Empire, obsessed with the destruction of Asch Ment and all that he stands for. He is a master of warfare and thus hands down his teachings to the Bunburans, demanding their whole society be driven in a concerted war effort to one day bring ruin to the glorious Empire. To date he has ordered three such campaigns against the Empire, all ending in failure as the Ram is sent running back into his mountains for shelter from the might of the Lion. His interest in the Bunburans is unclear, but amongst his faithful are others who do not champion the ongoing lust for subjugation over the Empire; there are those who choose to worship Ta Rak Ra merely for his connection to nature, those who haunt the woods and ravines of the lands waiting for the moment to pounce upon an innocent Imperial citizen for some dark ritual or another."// ~High Priest Alden of the Order of the Proud Fang, Sermon on the Divine

Ta Rak Ra is most often portrayed as a stony-skinned giant with horns of a ram and burning in green or red flames while surrounded by dreadful vines, a hateful glare in his eyes as he holds any of his favored weapons of destruction--the sickle, the scythe, and the warsledge.

Ta Rak Ra is the Lawful Evil, ram-horned god of earth, nature, darkness, subjugation, war, supremacy, and ruthlessness. His worshipers are Lawful Evil, Lawful Neutral, Neutral Evil, and True Neutral. His domains are as follows (those marked with an asterisk (*) require the worshiper to be of the same alignment as the god):
 * Destruction
 * Earth
 * Evil
 * Law
 * Plant
 * War
 * Darkness*
 * Tyranny*

Orders within the fold of Ta Rak Ra are champions of one or more of the aspects that he embodies. They are the ones who see the divine beauty in primordial nature, the fall of man, and refusal to be defeated.
 * Shamanic Coven of Druids
 * The Druids are ascetics amongst the worshipers of Ta Rak Ra who eschew civilization in favor of developing a more intimate relationship with their deity in the natural world, paying tribute and sacrifices during the sacred time before the dawn and tasked by the god with protecting certain areas of the wild. The Druids seek a closer connection to the Revenant by studying what is, from their perspective, the most important aspect of his interests--that of nature. To them, since nature is older than warfare, it must follow that Ta Rak Ra once stood only for nature, and so they delve deeply as they can into this theory, engaging in ancient practices of worship taught to the Bunburans by the Ram himself, hoping to divine a greater understanding of their god.
 * Primal Shamans
 * A joint order between both Ta Rak Ra and Vo Q'fimby, the Primal Shamans are spiritualists who abide by the nature-oriented teachings of either or both gods to the exclusion of all else, relying on their instincts for survival while living in the most untamed lands in Armeya. They are capable of calling upon the aid of the ancient and powerful spirits of nature to overcome their struggles and pay such entities their utmost respect. These spirits are enigmatic indeed, but many believe them to be particularly old and powerful elemental beings whose influence spreads far and wide across Armeya.