Qoth_the_Devout

With this, it became Qoth's duty to memorize all of the current standing rituals, and devise new ones. This lead the snake to combine arts of arcane, spiritual, and alchemy into various mediums to accomplish this goal. The first thing he devised was to restore the souls of those embraced with his ornate bandages, his servants gaining free will, though their minds wiped completely anew. This lead others to see the benevolence of the serpent, as his mummies sang praise for their ruler, having built a positive reputation with them, others slowly began to filter in to hear his sermons, praise the gods and goddesses, and feel the same devotion to serve that the mummies did. With time, all who followed his religion would become mummified, so that they may serve in the eternity that Qoth was granted by the gods. For as long as he remained benevolent to his subjects, he would live to rule them.

Within this peace though, occurred war. Those jealous of the eternity gifted to the devoted. Though he could survive, he was not immune to death. He was still quite susceptible to the steel of a dagger. His army of undead refused to waver or falter, fighting and rising until the last of them had been felled... They would reanimate with the serpent's magic, but not in time to prevent them from storming the throne room.

Qoth was massacred in front of his subjects, once again presenting his soul to the gods. They shook their head, saying that his duty had not been fulfilled. To ensure his continued service, they bound his soul to his scepter... With the next day, Qoth's scepter rebuilt him a body to fit his soul, and thus, he was able to coordinate his legions of faithful, and regenerated followers to retake their temple, sending a message to those who would threaten to besiege it again.

Those who partook in the invasion became mediums for new rituals, eternally tortured and punished for their sins, eternity to atone for their sins