Pantheon/Yersinia

Yersinia is one of the twelve deities of the Arthurian pantheon, and the deviless of plagues and necromancy. She is often seen as mildly sadistic, thriving off the suffering of Her followers; however, this is not because She is inherently malicious, but because She sees nonviolent suffering as Her gift to the world. While She is commonly referred to with feminine pronouns, Yersinia is generally considered to be a genderless entity. Her god counterpart is Nephyos.

Avatars
Yersinia is most commonly depicted as a tall, emaciated and partially rotted humanoid with gray skin, talonlike hands and feet, and a ratlike tail. These depictions typically show Her extremities as being partially black, with a black substance coming from Her eyes and mouth. She often is also shown as having a piece of string draped around Her neck, the remains of a pendant of some form.

Other common depictions of Yersinia include a ghoul, a wyrm, a rat or similar pest, and an undead creature made of various body parts sewn together.

Aspects
Yersinia represents disease and nonviolent suffering at Her core. In fact, Arthurians believe that She is the source of all illness, from harmless to deadly. However, those that follow Her consider the plagues She causes to be a blessing, with the suffering they cause being far better than the alternative of war and violence. To a follower of Yersinia, once one dies, there is no need to give their corpse respect; in fact, Her most devout consider funerary rituals to be indistinguishable from necrophilia (the only form of desecration that She disapproves of). Consequently, it should come as no surprise that Yersinia is seen as the mother of necromancy, with many of Her followers taking up the dark art.

Deity Interactions
Nothing is known about how this deity interacts with other deities yet.

Known Followers

 * Necromancers

Trivia

 * Yersinia draws inspiration from Bertoxxulous, the god of disease in the MMORPG Everquest.
 * Yersinia's name is taken from Yersinia pestis, the bacterium most well-known for causing the bubonic plague.