![[Obox-ob.png]] **The Prince of Vermin, The Primal Chaos, Former Prince of Demons** **Alignment**: Chaotic Evil --- ### Overview **Obox-ob** is an ancient **obyrith** demon lord of vermin, poison, and decay. He appears as a monstrous centipede-like horror with chitinous plates, countless legs, and multiple scorpion-like tails tipped with venomous stingers. His presence erodes sanity and fills creatures with instinctive terror. Obox-ob predates most demon lords of the Abyss. In the earliest ages, he held the title **Prince of Demons** before it was taken from him during the rise of the tanar’ri. He harbours a deep hatred for the tanar’ri and seeks to destroy them and reclaim his former status. --- ### Domain and Influence Obox-ob rules the **663rd layer of the Abyss**, known as **Zionyn**. This layer is overrun with pestilent swarms, enormous arthropods, toxic resin seas, and hive-cities constructed by ekolids in his honour. His original realm was known as the **Blood Shallows**, but he was driven from it and now resides deep within Zionyn. On the Material Plane, his influence manifests through vermin outbreaks, infestations, and cults that venerate insects, decay, and pestilence. --- ### Symbols and Icons ![[Obox-obSymbol.png|200]] Obox-ob’s emblem is described as a scorpion hanging from its tail threaded through the eye sockets of a jawless human skull, symbolising death, pestilence, and vermin. --- ### Worship and Tributes Obox-ob is worshipped by: - **Ekolids**, insect-like humanoids who build hive cities in his honour - Cults devoted to vermin, decay, and pestilence - Individuals who revere infestation and filth as sacred These cults often dwell in ruins, deserts, or places heavily infested with vermin. --- ### Clergy and Cults Obox-ob’s cults are fragmented and lack formal hierarchy. His followers live among vermin, spread infestation, and construct shrines celebrating decay and swarming life. --- ### Powers and Abilities Obox-ob’s powers reflect his association with primal chaos and vermin: - His presence erodes sanity and causes terror - He can implant raw chaos matter that consumes body and soul - He can summon pestilent swarms and enormous arthropods - He can transform objects into insectoid creatures - His venom can drive victims insane and transform them into giant fiendish scorpions unless powerful magic intervenes --- ### Treatment of the Faithful Followers of Obox-ob gain tolerance for filth, poison, and infestation, and seek to spread vermin and chaos in his name. --- ### Myths and Legends Obox-ob was one of the first obyriths to rise from the primeval chaos of the Abyss. He once ruled as Prince of Demons until the **Queen of Chaos** destroyed many of his aspects and granted the title to **Miska the Wolf-Spider**. Some of Obox-ob’s aspects survived and hid within Zionyn, where he remains a shadow of his former supremacy. He is said to have once sought to infest the Astral Sea with obyriths and eradicate tanar’ri rule. --- ### Encounters with Obox-ob Signs of Obox-ob’s influence include: - Massive vermin swarms and infestations - Regions dominated by insects and arthropods - Cultists living in filth and decay devoted to vermin He is known to hate **Demogorgon**, who now holds the title he once possessed. --- ### Conclusion Obox-ob is the Prince of Vermin, an ancient obyrith demon lord whose power predates the tanar’ri. Once the Prince of Demons, he now rules Zionyn, spreads infestation and chaos, and plots vengeance against those who usurped his throne.