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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InVinoVeritas" data-source="post: 4159691" data-attributes="member: 41485">Here's an answer:[sblock=Not For Krissbeth!]Cobal is the Champion of Ill Fate, Lord of Misfortune. He is also known as Black Jack, or the Fell Sprite. Legend tells of him as a wicked gambler, regularly playing betting games with kings and with gods. Whenever he wins... you lose. Some people say that he plays fair, others say he cheats, but no one doubts his gambling skill or the power of his bets. A pair of black dice with skulls for the 1 position is his symbol.He is not normally worshipped by people, but feared. Most people have a few superstitious rituals to keep the Fell Sprite at bay. Some hang garlic at the window, some place sour milk at the back door, some regularly sweep their home. Many people feel that if the Fell Sprite pays a visit, misfortune follows, so people try to keep him at bay with the rituals. Many people worry if they see a small black imp or strange shadow, for fear that it may be he. Soothsayers and interpreters of omens will try to understand how Cobal feels, and see if he might be coming in a flock of birds or an oddly shaped tuber.There are a few worshippers who seek him out, though. They are the spiteful, the wronged, and the wicked. They wish for some misfortune to befall some rival or enemy, and so pray to him to try to get him to pay them a visit and gamble. Only the most wretched would dare worship him full-time, and they are loathed by society when known. They are banned from most civilized places, but especially at gambling-houses.Cobal's high priest keeps the closest thing the religion has to a temple: a remote cavern deep in the forest called the Ultimate Casino. There, the most unlucky, desperate and destitute can try for one last chance at greatness. For those who have lost everything, the priests at the Ultimate Casino can find one more thing that can be gambled away, up to and including one's soul. The stakes are the highest possible, the odds are terrible.... but some have prevailed and have found treasure, notoriety, luck in love, whatever they gambled for. [/sblock]It's a start, I hope.</blockquote>

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