Vecthan

Vecthan is the malevolent god of corruption, treachery, madness, freedom and the moon. He is often depicted as a large, monstrous wolf. His worship is banned in most lawful nations despite him being one of the Pacters.

Vecthan's role in various cultures
Along with Nyghta, Vecthan is one of the most hated and persecuted known deities. Few westerners know much anything of Vecthan but his followers' constant fighting with the followers of Ymdras, but he is strongly present in northerner oral tradition. There each of the tribes has a slightly differing notion of Vecthan, but to each he is considered a malevolent being.

Northerners of the totem tribe call him the Moonhowler and say that Vecthan is a mockery of Minatal's beautiful creations and may take a horrendous form of any animal. He came into being when malevolent spirits who envied Minatal congregated together and became one.

According to the forefather tribe Vecthan was an unnaturally large wolf, so greedy and hungry that it tried to devour Minatal. She was saved by Phyronis, whose flames burned Vecthan and chased him away into the darkest edges of the north, from which he has ever since stalked everything living. He is referred to as 'the Black Wolf'.

Frostwatcher tribe knows Vecthan as a false god that spawned from a great darkness outside the world. He is called 'the False Shepherd' because he leads the careless astray from their flock to consume their souls.