Yog Shadow

Basic description:

Never born, but crafted from very essence of Yoggum, the god of insanity and corruption. Generally resembles a shadow entity with three glowing eyes. Some say that Yog Shadows were created when Yoggum shed his parts he did not like, others say they were created when Yoggum made one of his many attempts to pierce the veil and invade the physical world. What is known, though, is that it seems as though immoral and depraved Yog Shadows dedicated to the worship of Yoggum ARE Yoggum.

Physiology:

Perhaps the most alien and bizarre of sapient races in Merika, the Yog Shadow perhaps does not even have a physiology at all. They have a consistency that varies, perhaps based on the flavor and choices of the Yog Shadow individually. They come in a range of colors; black, deep dark blue, blood red, and more. They have a shape and texture that also varies; three dimensional shadows, ink, smoke, steam, blood, metallic ferrofluids, clouds of particles, and more. They may have two extra but deformed baby arms to cast dark and sinister spells with. The only thing that is truly constant about them is the third eye. They don't have a vascular or circulatory system to speak of... they don't need to eat, they don't need to drink, they don't need to breathe, and they can't be affected by diseases or poisons.

History:

There were no Yog Shadows before Yoggum. While the true deities that have appeared in Merika have alliances or rivalries with other deities, Yoggum is one of two deities on the fringes of being a deity. Other deities don't want to deal with him unless it is extremely necessary, Yoggum is the god of corruption and perversion. Squicky procedures, mind rape, and more. How Yog Shadows came to be is a mystery though, some say Yoggum seeked to shed off his parts he no longer liked or thought were not evil enough. Others say he, being the most corrupt god of all, sought to pierce the veil that divided the divine from the mundane and Yog Shadows are pieces of him. Of course, both may be true at the same time.

Culture:

Yog Shadows who are evil and lack morals aren't pushed off by Yoggum, he not only welcomes their worship, they seem to speak for him, Yog Shadows who worship Yoggum find this the highest honor they can achieve. These Yog Shadows become the high priests of the Yoggum religion with ease with Iogroth of the Unwaking Nightmare being the supreme avatar for Yoggum in the Rift Region and him and his followers easily going through with a campaign to divide humans and elves. Not all Yog Shadows are evil, but it is hard to find them as they are always prime quarry for an Exterminator regardless of their alignment.