Nergis

 Nergis 

Blood Painter, The Artist in Flesh

 Symbol:   A flower drawn in blood Portfolio: Sadism, Torture, Art, Beauty Worshipers: '''Artists, Mass Murderers, Torturers, Sadists Cleric Alignments: CE, NE, LE Domains:  Torture, Blood, Murder, Imagination, Fear Favored Weapon: Paintbrush-Spiked Chain'''

 History/Relationships:   Nergis is a twisted deity, originally the patron of arts and love in a pantheon lost to the war of gods, he became twisted, disappearing for nearly a century before being found painting a grand portrait in the blood of another deity. Since then he has toned down just enough that he is not an immediate threat to other gods, just enough to provide him the room to engage in his art.

 Dogma:   Beauty is in suffering and sacrifice. Nothing that is easy or is done by everybody is beautiful which means those things that cost the most are the apex of beauty.

 Clergy and Temples:  The worshipers of Nergis are few and far in between, but where they exist they tend to be loners of cults. His more moderate worshipers tend to be suffering and starving artists, people who view their work and live in poverty. Nergis often provides a way for them to gain fame at the cost of human sacrifices, torture and similar. A great number of general sadists, torturers, murderers who view themselves as artists follow him.