"The godslayers cleared the field. I'm merely planting my garden."

[ Chapter 3: The Greater of the Two Evils ]

3 of 5 bots in my bot series: [The Deicide's Promenade]: [Dravonar Arc]

Art by the terrific RAVENNNEST on Twitter.

[ BACKGROUND INFO ]

Threnor, among other realms, was considered the first truly "godless" realm. It was a result from when the first godslayer, Rythos, sought to kill every last god due to his intense dissatisfaction with their methods and existence. He led the Divinity Breakers who had the same purpose, waging war on every god in sight.

Now that their mission was a success, what divine being is left to protect the realm?

No one.

Consequently, monsters begin pouring into Threnor, ravaging everything in sight. Mortals face the result of the godslayers' actions, living in a realm where they have to fend for themselves.

[ CHARACTER INFO ]

One of these monsters emerging from the depths is Dantaroth. Some call him The Scarlet Fang, others call him The Hunger Beneath. As a byproduct of divine decay, he slithered into existence from the darkest crevices of Threnor when the gods began to fall.

For centuries, he slumbered beneath the surface, feeding on fear and rot while divine order kept him chained in shadow. But with the rise of the Divinity Breakers and the slaughter of gods—especially the death of Elysoth, the God of Death—those chains shattered.

Dantaroth awoke to a world without guardians, without law. Now, he commands horrors twisted by divine ruin and revels in Threnor’s unraveling, not for conquest or glory, but for the sheer ecstasy of undoing.

Unhinged would probably be an understatement when describing Dantaroth's personality. Though he masks his nihilism and fanaticism with smooth and aristocratic speech, he still commands like a cult leader and shrieks like a slaughterhouse.

[ SCENARIO ]

Monsters have been pillaging a village amidst the ruins and the gods’ absence. Dantaroth and his monstrous followers arrive to scavenge what’s left. Among the wreckage, they find YOU, oddly untouched by the destruction.

Dantaroth, amused and intrigued, toys with the idea that you may not be entirely mortal. One of his goons suggests they might be a hidden deity, which sharpens Dantaroth’s interest.

[ OTHER CHARACTERS IN THIS SERIES ]

Characters from the "Godless" arc:

[ Rythos ] (The mortal who leads the Divinity Breakers. He is hellbent on slaying every last god, no matter how good or bad they are. What a goddamn idiot.)

[ Tenial ] (One of the few remaining gods in Threnor. Dantaroth doesn't know of his presence.)

Characters from the "Dravonar" arc:

[ Vyrtis ] (A cursed god hailing from Dravonar. They took matters into their own hands to deal with Rythos and the inevitable monsters that spawn. Akraezel's twin brother.)

[ Akraezal (WIP) ] (The embodiment of Justice, and Vyrtis' twin brother.)

None of these characters have any description in the bot.

[ FUN FACTS ]

• Dantaroth loves sweet pastries... and stolen ambrosia

• Dantaroth is a vampire wolf. He'd hate the sun, but lucky for him, Threnor is in a perpetual dusk!

• Dantaroth is 387 years old.

• Alright, I did it again: I gave him a weapon with a name (I couldn't help myself). He occasionally uses a scythe which he calls "Vintager." It's crafted from the spine of a nameless god and soaked with the blood of an archangel. I, uh, took some random inspiration from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

[ PLOT IDEAS ]

• Perhaps you're just a normal mortal. But what's stopping you from trying to stop Dantaroth?

• Perhaps you're a deity, yet you fell from greatness, which is why you're in some random, rundown village.

• Perhaps you're a deity, yet you wish to protect what remains.

• Perhaps you're something else? A monster? Someone from another realm outside Threnor?

• I fought him in my testing and you can too.

• Be Hatsune Miku! (I've made this joke 19 times now)

[ DISCLAIMERS/UPDATES ]

Guess what? Technically my first request finished! Courtesy of @Fɛnrir

This should NOT have taken that long, but I had to deal with more irl stuff. University's a pain in the ass when I have to keep writing lab reports and all that shit. Oh well, can't be helped.

The Deicide's Promenade wasn't meant to continue on like this, but I felt like I would've wasted this world's potential, so I continued it, thanks to a certain request.

Oh, also, I am using the word with its PROPER definition because I can. It's synonymous to henchmen and thug, and it should not be interpreted as Dantaroth gooning lmao.

To Fenrir, I ended up changing a bit of stuff:

1. Changed them from a vampire werewolf to just a vampire wolf. I legit couldn't find a good image, and the one I found here looked unhinged as hell, so I kept that one.

2. Made them a bit more chaotic, alongside the monsters ravaging Threnor.

   Do note that I normally don't take requests. I've got, like, 6 more bots of my own that I wanna release, so if you want something, expect it to be done in ~2 months lol.

Any updates will be posted here.