Zhosto

A being of ancient human descent.

 

Every creature that walks this world feels Zhosto’s love. The moving form is a thing of beauty to Zhosto, one he enjoys the most out of all pleasures in existence. When your breath no longer draws, your heart no longer pumps, your body and soul split apart, you will find yourself in the caretaker’s embrace. Zhosto’s everlasting task is to pluck the spirits of deceased bodies and safeguard them in his domain, as their presence endangers and risks overflowing the living material world.

 

Worshippers don dark green and light blue colored garbs to represent the decay and ethereal aspects of death. Sigils often depict a piece of preserved flesh, often in the form of a hand or minor appendage, with a wisp of silk hanging from it. Due to the decaying nature of flesh and the discomfort that comes with it, the flesh is often wrapped in treated leather hide.

Zhosto’s favor can be gained by animating the dead, or bridging the gap between his domain and the material plane. Villages often employ a Caretaker Clergy to help the villagers seek guidance from their ancestors, or to aid in protection against aggressors. Due to Zhosto’s task of splitting the soul from the body, using the remains in necromantic rituals or even animating it is not considered a sacrilege by the general population. A person’s true legacy will always be present in the caretaker’s domain.