Wakboth is the Chaos god of destruction, sometimes styled as the Devil or the Chaos King. Together with the Unholy Trio of Thed, Malia, and Ragnaglar, he leads the Chaos forces that plague the world in the Chaos Age. During the Great Darkness, Wakboth and his armies defeated Orlanth and the Storm Tribe during the Battle of Stormfall.
Lights Going Out[]
Wakboth first appears in Lights Going Out.
Lore[]
About Wakboth, your clan ring has the following to say:
- "Wakboth is the destruction principle clad in otherworldly flesh."
- "Wakboth incarnates destruction."
- "In the southern kingdoms many former Orlanthi now worship Wakboth."
- "No one will willingly choose to follow Wakboth."
- "Wakboth promises power today and destruction tomorrow. His worshipers only hear the first part."
- "Wakboth is not the god of deceit, so he will keep his word. But dealing with the Devil has its own price."
- "Wherever the sky is poisoned, Wakboth can reach down and destroy anyone he wants."
- "Wakboth the Devil of sometimes mistaken for Kajabor, but one is Destruction and the other is Fear."
- "When Tyram was thrown from the sky by its defenders, Wakboth the Devil took over the task of tearing it apart."
- "When Wakboth knocks stars from the sky, the fragments become living remnants of the sun, such as this [Star Captain]."
- "Urox mostly fights Wakboth the Devil, but can also battle Ragnaglar or any other Chaos deity."
- "Orlanth's death lets his ilk run wild."
- "Wakboth nearly slew Vivamort, then saw his dread potential and made him a general of the Chaos army."
- "Wakboth gather's his Undead Army [in Infithan]."
Events[]
Wakboth makes an appearance in the following Lights Going Out events:
- Death of Eurmal
- Eye of Wakboth
- Garbled Tongues: Language Dies
- Wakboth Floods Croplands
- Wakboth Stomps Berenstead
He is also mentioned in numerous other events.
Myths & Rituals[]
He appears in the myths Unholy Trio and Ages of Glorantha.
You may also find him bathing in a river, causing a flood, inside the Gods War. See the event Other Side: Wakboth River Bath. He also appears inside the Dead World, see Dead World: Teghern Confrontation and Dead World: I Fought We Won.
Other Stories[]
Wakboth is an important figure in Gloranthan mythology and so appears in many more stories from that world. To know more, see what the Glorantha wiki says of him here, or here for the King of Dragon Pass wiki.
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