- For the Faction, See Chthonians.
The primordial Ch'thon, also known as the Elder, Dying, or Dead, God. He is the figure of worship to the Bloodsworn.
Lore[ | ]
In an age preceding the creation of the mortal planes, an elder god was betrayed by his children; his body torn apart and drained of blood so that they could use its power to breathe life into their own creations. His remains were cast out of creation into a void but, incapable of death, the god lingered on in the darkness, doomed to an eternity of pain and madness; feeling the suffering and death of all mortal things that were given life from his blood. His name forgotten by time, the dying god is known only as Ch'thon; he who dwells below creation. - Dying God
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The Spear of the Heavens is the celestial symbol of power. It is said that the Spear was wielded by Empyrion himself when he smote down the Dying God and shattered the deity into a thousand-thousand pieces. - Spear of the Heavens
Quotes[ | ]
- "I try to console them. I tell them everything will be alright. Their eyes go wide with fear as I find the spot between the ribs and push the blade in. They always cry and it makes me a little sad. they do not yet understand. I watch the blood as it flows down their naked legs and into the large basin I have placed below their suspended form. Ch'thon calls for every drop. To ensure I get it all, I begin by making shallow cuts. First the legs. Then the torso. And lastly the arms. Slowly their struggle rescinds and they accept their fate. At last they find understanding. The blood is not theirs. They are only holding it for another. And now it must be returned. To Ch'thon, to whom it rightly belongs. At last their fear is peeled away and they are happy to give the blood freely. - Devoted Servant of Ch'thon, Bellor Hejnd" - Blood for Ch'thon (Note)
- "Though Chthonian worship was not a new prospect on Cairn, desperate humans made willing allies for the powers of Ch'thon and so an old enemy has returned to haunt us and may well spell doom for us all.Even now as we slaughter one another, the void feeds upon the spilled blood and grows to envelop all of creation." - Anasteria
- The Dead God grows in strength. It threatens the power of Korvaak, and so Korvaak must become the greater. - The Messenger
- The Dead God? - Player
- You know it only as Ch'thon, whose blood courses through your veins, as it does in every living being. But the Dead God yearns to return from the void; it calls to its blood, gathers it. Someday soon, Ch'thon will be reborn. - The Messenger
- Ch'thon needs my blood? - Player
- All blood, all life. Ch'thon's worshippers gather it, give the Dead God the strength to tear through the barrier between worlds. But as Ch'thon grows bolder, so too does Korvaak rally his strength. Cairn shall become the battleground upon which the gods shall settle their conflict. - The Messenger
- Ch'thon needs my blood? - Player
- You know it only as Ch'thon, whose blood courses through your veins, as it does in every living being. But the Dead God yearns to return from the void; it calls to its blood, gathers it. Someday soon, Ch'thon will be reborn. - The Messenger
- The Dead God? - Player
- "Fanatical cabalists swear that a drop of their primordial god's blood is contained within this orb." - Blood Orb of Ch'thon
Related Lore[ | ]
- Blood of Ch'thon
- Blood for Ch'thon (Note)
- Zaria's Journal - Page 2
- Avalline's Note - Page 2
- Avalline's Note - Page 3
- The Call of Blood (Note)
- Loghorrean, the Voice of Ch'thon
- Loyalty Through Blood (Note)
- Missive to the Mourndale Bloodbound
- Dying God (Constellation)
- Wretch (Constellation)
- Spear of the Heavens (Constellation)
Items[ | ]
- Anarchy
- Fang of Ch'thon
- Blood Orb of Ch'thon
- Shar'Zul's Worldeater
- Glyph of Kelphat'Zoth
- Blood Sigil of Ch'thon
- Dark One's Gift Set
- Essence of Ch'thon (Augment)
| Soldier Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blade Arc (Clean Sweep - Laceration) • Blitz (Blindside) • Cadence (Discord - Fighting Form - Deadly Momentum) • Forcewave (Tremor - Rending Force - Internal Trauma) • Overguard • War Cry (Terrify - Break Morale) |
| Passive Skills |
| Decorated Soldier • Fighting Spirit • Markovian's Advantage • Menhir's Will • Military Conditioning • Scars of Battle • Shield Training • Veterancy • Zolhan's Technique |
| Toggle Skills |
| Counter Strike • Field Command (Squad Tactics) • Menhir's Bulwark • Oleron's Rage |
| Demolitionist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blackwater Cocktail (High Potency - Demon Fire - Agonizing Flames) • Canister Bomb (Concussive Bomb - Improved Casing) • Fire Strike (Explosive Strike - Searing Might - Searing Strike - Static Strike - Brimstone) • Flashbang (Searing Light) • Grenado (High Impact - Skyfire Grenado) - Shattering Blast • Mortar Trap (Heavy Ordnance - "The Big One") • Stun Jacks (Quick Jacks - Full Spread) • Thermite Mine (Hellfire Mine) |
| Passive Skills |
| Blast Shield • Ulzuin's Chosen |
| Toggle Skills |
| Flamed Touched (Temper) • Vindicative Flame (Ulzuin's Wrath) |
| Occultist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blood of Dreeg (Aspect of the Guardian) • Blood Pox (Fevered Rage - Wasting - Black Death) • Curse of Frailty (Vulnerability) • Doom Bolt • Dreeg's Evil Eye (Blood Burst - Focused Gaze - Terrifying Gaze - Vile Eruption) • Sigil of Consumption (Destruction) |
| Toggle Skills |
| Bonds of Bysmiel (Manipulation) • Possession • Solael's Witchfire (Consecrated Blade - Second Rite) |
| Summons |
| Summon Familiar (Mend Flesh - Storm Spirit - Lightning Strike) • Summon Hellhound (Ember Claw - Hellfire - Infernal Breath) |
| Nightblade Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Amarasta's Blade Burst (Lethal Assault) • Blade Barrier • Blade Trap (Devouring Blades) • Phantasmal Blades (Frenetic Throw - Heart Seeker - Nether Edge) • Pneumatic Burst (Breath of Belgothian - Shadow Dance - Elemental Awakening) • Ring of Steel (Ring of Frost - Circle of Slaughter) • Shadow Strike (Nidalla's Justifiable Ends - Nightfall) |
| Passive Skills |
| Anatomy of Murder • Dual Blades (Belgothian's Shears - Hidden Hands - Amarasta's Quick Cut - Whirling Death - Execution) • Merciless Repertoire • Phantasmal Armor |
| Toggle Skills |
| Veil of Shadow (Night's Chill) |
| Summons |
| Blade Spirit |
| Arcanist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Albrecht's Aether Ray (Tainted Power - Disintegration) • Callidor's Tempest (Wrath of Agrivix - Inferno) • Devastation • Maiven's Sphere of Protection (Conversion) • Mirror of Ereoctes • Nullification • Olexra's Flash Freeze (Absolute Zero) • Panetti's Replicating Missile (Distortion - Supercharged - Proliferation) • Trozan's Sky Shard (Frozen Core - Shattered Star) |
| Passive Skills |
| Arcane Will • Fabric of Reality • Inner Focus • Mental Alacrity |
| Toggle Skills |
| Iskandra's Elemental Exchange (Manifestation - Overload - Elemental Balance) • Reckless Power • Star Pact |
| Shaman Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Brute Force (Feral Hunger - Upheaval) • Devouring Swarm • Grasping Vines (Entangling Vines) • Primal Strike (Thunderous Strike - Torrent - Storm Surge) • Savagery (Might of the Bear - Tenacity of the Boar - Storm Touched) |
| Toggle Skills |
| Mogdrogen's Pact (Heart of the Wild - Oak Skin) • Primal Bond • Stormcaller's Pact |
| Summons |
| Conjure Primal Spirit • Storm Totem (Corrupted Storm) • Summon Briarthorn (Ground Slam - Emboldening Presence) • Wendigo Totem (Blood Pact) • Wind Devil (Raging Tempest - Maelstrom) |
| Inquisitor Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Flames of Ignaffar - (Tainted Flame - Intensify - Infernal Purge - Endless Flame) • Horn of Gandarr • Inquisitor Seal - (Null Field - Arcane Empowerment) • Rune of Hagarrad - (Biting Cold - Chillsurge) • Rune of Kalastor - (Ignition) • Storm Box of Elgoloth (Allagast's Arcane Net - Lightning Tether) • Word of Pain (Word of Agony - Death Sentence) • Word of Renewal - (Word of Arms - Vigor - Steel Resolve) |
| Passive Skills |
| Artifact Handling • Bursting Round • Chilling Rounds • Deadly Aim • Ranged Expertise • Storm Spread |
| Toggle Skills |
| Aura of Censure • Aura of Conviction |
| Necromancer Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Bone Harvest (Harvester of Death - Dread - Soul Harvest) • Call of the Grave • Drain Essence (Gravechill - Hungering Reach - Decomposition) • Ill Omen • Mark of Torment • Ravenous Earth (Decay - Foul Eruption) • Reap Spirit • Siphon Souls - (Sear Souls - Blood Boil) |
| Passive Skills |
| Necrotic Edge • Reaping Strike |
| Toggle Skills |
| Harbinger of Souls • Master of Death • Spectral Binding (Spectral Wrath) |
| Summons |
| Raise Skeletons (Undead Legion - Will of the Crypt) • Reap Spirit • Summon Blight Fiend (Unstable Anomaly - Rotting Fumes - Blight Burst) |
| Oathkeeper Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Aegis of Menhir (Avenging Shield - Aegis of Thorns - Reprisal) • Ascension (Clarity of Purpose) • Eye of Reckoning (Soulfire) • Judgment (Crushing Verdict - Heart of Wrath) • Righteous Fervor (Dreeg's Reproach - Consecration - Retribution) • Vire's Might (Volcanic Might - Volcanic Stride - Tectonic Shift) |
| Passive Skills |
| Resilience • Safeguard • Shattering Smash • Smite |
| Toggle Skills |
| Divine Mandate • Path of the Three • Presence of Virtue (Haven - Rebuke) |
| Summons |
| Summon Guardian of Empyrion (Scion of Dreeg - Celestial Presence) |
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| Weapons • Axes • Maces • Swords • Two-handed Melee • Pistols • Two-handed Ranged • Daggers • Scepters • Shields • Off-Hands Armor • Head Armor • Shoulder Armor • Chest Armor • Hand Armor • Leg Armor • Foot Armor Accessories • Amulets • Rings • Medals • Belts Unique Items • Sets • Monster Infrequents Relics • Components • Augments • Blueprints • Recipes • Materials • Consumables |
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