Gargatoa

Gargatoa, or The Black God (Other names include: Father Of Ruin, The Void Twin) is a Niarist deity, the twin brother of the religion's namesake, Niara, and son of Celestial Eia. Gargatoa was written to be the counter-balance of his sister, both of them responsible for the cycle of life and mortality. He is most infamous for being the supposed creator of The Afterkind, and the very voice behind every emergence of his creation.

Niarism teaches that Gargatoa was tasked by Celestial Eia to bring death to all living things and be the ferryman that delivered the dead to the afterlife; either The Follow or The Dark After depending on the deceased's life in The Material. This would allow Niara to birth new life and continue the balance. It is said that Gargatoa grew envious of his sister's life-giving abilities and plead with their mother to allow him the same power, though his very nature spawned a nightmare, which he dubbed 'The Toans', who swept across The Material annihilating every living being in their path which resulted in the extinction of the Niaran race.

The Brother-God was henceforth banished to The Dark After, along with his murderous creations.