Thurifuge, the Master of Stagnation and Lord of Disease, is a Maeljin Incarna of Lethargg, the Urge Wyrm of Apathy.
Overview[]
- The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
- — Robert Maynard Hutchins, Great Books
Thurifuge is the Maeljin of Apathy, and is responsible for plagues, stagnation and procrastination. His talons are firmly clenched in the news media and through that organ he promotes isolationism and spreads desair. He is also in charge of water pollution and the like. When Saddam Hussein caused an environmental disaster by dumping crude oil into the seas of the Persian Gulf, Thurifuge summoned many Banes and bathed in the unholy muck, glorying in the kiss of the foul water.
In the Umbra he transports through a materialized pool of slime.
History[]
Werner Herzog, one of the first filmmakers to bring his film crews into Kuwait after the Gulf War, is rumored to have destroyed a reel of film containing footage of the Master of Stagnation and his Bane retinue frolicking just off the Gulf coast. Thurifuge is a creature devoted to plagues and water pollution, and enjoys moderately good relations with Lady Yul. He is pledged both to Lethargg and to the Eater-of-Souls itself, and has worked hard to maintain the Eater-of-Souls' agenda since its passing from Gaia.
The current incarnation of Thurifuge is said to have been, in mortal life, a chief surgeon in the Nazi death camps who continued his ghastly work in South America after World War II. His hideous war crimes were motivated not by loyalty, not by cruelty, not by hate — but simply by a lack of spirit. Now the Lord of Disease has much with which to busy himself, and he pursues his agendas of desensitization, isolation and procrastination with ironically good (if morbid) cheer. His spirit form is that of a tall, lean man with the striated skin of a corpse and an oily grin. He invariably appears from a fetid pool of slime that mysteriously seeps into the area before his arrival.[1]
Trivia[]
- The current incarnation of Thurifuge is heavily hinted to be Josef Mengele, as he shares many details that closely align to his history.
References[]
- ↑ WTA: Book of the Wyrm Second Edition, p. 33
- WTA: Book of the Wyrm First Edition, p. 98
- WTA: Book of the Wyrm Second Edition, p. 33, 39
- WTA/cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre: Book of the Wyrm, p. 33
- WTA: The Last Battle, p. 325-326