Necoho the Doubter
Description
The doubter and deceiver, Necoho is a bizarre patron for the disciples of Chaos for he is the God of Unbelief. In what is perhaps the greatest proof that nothing can escape the claws of Chaos, once, long ago, Necoho's power waxed unseen by the doctrine of the Imperial Truth, which denied the gods and thus strengthened Necoho. Around the birthplace of humanity and the nexus of his power, he gathered unseen and unknown, which suited one such as him just fine. It is said that Necoho's time of ascendancy was soon at hand before the Horus Heresy, and that the Four's corruption of the Corpse-Emperor's sons was not to deny him, but their own destruction and the hands of Necoho.
Domains
Atheism, Agnosticism, Paradox, Doubt, Distrust, Sarcasm, Iconoclasm, Irony.
Avatar
Necoho, when he appears, does so in the guise of a short, slightly plump old human man, with a permanent expression of ironic amusement etched upon his face. Any who look upon the avatar of Necoho are struck with the absolute certainty of faithlessness in all things, from gods to love and even their own existence.
Greater Daemons
Absences are Not-Daemons, Uncreations, voids in the fabric of space and warp alike. Massless shifting holes of nothing, the form of an Absence is defined only by the reality surrounding them. Most often, an Absence's not-shape is identical to that of whatever living thing they have turned their attention to. They will meet with their counterpart and consume them, leaving only the endless emptiness behind as they take on the guise of another's form, and continue until all who stand against Necoho are returned to nonexistence. Among daemons, Absences are unique in that their connection to the psychic effect is reversed. A pariah, no matter how strong, only encourages them, while psykers of power can disrupt their nothing by calling up large amounts of warp energy.
Lesser Daemons
Un-Angels of Necoho are workers of inequity, destroyers of belief wherever they can find it. Appearing much like divine servants of the Emperor, Un-Angels are all flawed in one way or another that betrays their true nature. One may carry an aura of darkness instead of light, another's immaculate skin will break out into pits of writhing teeth and tongues, and so on. While suited to destroy mortals like all Daemons, Un-Angels summoned into the Materium usually focus more on demonstrating the powerlessness of the gods and the ultimate truth of Necoho. Some may come before a mortal in need, allowing them to believe the Emperor has answered their prayers, only to tell them that they have been forsaken and that their god died a mortal man thousands of years ago. Ironically, this is followed by covertly assisting the mortal to survive whatever fate has befallen them, but in such a way that they lose all hope that it was anything but chance or their own ability. Alive, but free from faith, the seeds of Necoho are planted.
Cults
The cults of Necoho are, as one might expect, strange things. They commit to no rituals and carry no creed beyond doubt. This doubt can take many forms beyond the doubt of gods, and so to do the cults. A popular solipsistic philosophy may be of Necoho, as may anti-corruption groups who doubt in the purity of their government. Some may, well informed by Un-Angels, attempt a false revival of the Imperial Truth or similar lines of thought in Necoho's name. Necoho cults may also take the form of a terminally cynical inner circle to a larger organization, those whom have become so addled with the doubt brought on by experience that they continue to work only from the most utter pragmatism. Even groups such as the Ecclesiarchy are not immune to this, but no matter what form a Necoho cult takes, it eventually makes its way to the same ultimate conclusion; There is no god, and his name is Necoho.
Mark
Though some among Necoho's followers claim he has a holy symbol, they also claim that it was that of the First God, long into the primordial past of the galaxy. When Necoho was born from the very first faithful prayer gone unanswered, he struck down the First God and destroyed his symbol, telling the would-be worshiper to go forth and destroy all which worshiped and would worship. This was the first and the last command ever given by Necoho to his "faithful". Despite this, some others claim that that the Mark of Necoho does exist, and that it grants the holder the power to see the lies within any truth, no matter how apparent.
Up next, another somewhat familiar face, though deprived of his many, many original children.
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