The Coilwalker

Wayward God of Life and Death, Major Deity

First of the dead, he who is master of The Mortal Coil, the one who gifts a vessel a soul at birth, and guides it to its resting place after death. The Coilwalker is the ever neutral god of mortality and is known well by all cultures in Zol.

Depicted as a skeletal being dressed in a black cloak. His bone structure does not match that of any know creature. Seven fingered hands and a skull with three eye sockets and pointed teeth.

The Coilwalker appears to any being who is in the throws of death. Many who have escaped their own passing tell unique tales about conversations they have had with The Coilwalker, who speaks in a chorus of calming voices as if they are an old friend to you. Discussing events of your life as if he was there to witness it.

The mortality runes are typically used to denote The Coilwalker

Thought to be unconcerned with the on goings of the living realms or the contests between gods, The Coilwalker only cares for the guidance of new and old life. He does however, seem to care a great deal about peoples stories from what little is known of him.

The true power of The Coilwalker is not known.

It is not known where The Coilwalker resides. Some believe he spends his free time in Limbo.

While some follow The Coilwalker in cults, or pray to him in hopes their love ones find peace, or avoid damnation. The Coilwalker is not known to pay favor or boons.

Legends tell of The Coilwalker being the first mortal to die after The Watcher spun Zol from the Sea of Monsters. When he found his soul unbound, finding death a bleak dead end, he claimed The Mortal Coil and swore an oath to watch over the ebb and flow of mortal lives.