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Svrakiss

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The Svrakiss were the supernatural enemies of Jaddeth in the doctrine of the Derethi religion,Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content half ghost, and half demon.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

Shu-Dereth

The Svrakiss were the souls of men barred from entrance into heaven for hating Jaddeth in life,Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content and so were condemned to wander Sel, bitterly cursing their fate and preying on the living.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content The Derethi believed that they had the ability to take of the bodies of living men and control their actions.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content When someone who followed Shu-Dereth had bad luck or a difficult time, they believed that the Svrakiss were to blame.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content The Svrakiss were considered to be a representation of absolute evil.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

History

The Svrakiss were initally a Svordish concept that was adopted by the Derethi.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

When Elantris fell, the Derethi claimed that the Elantrians had really been Svrakiss all along, using their evil powers to perform magic to make the weak-minded worship them.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content This was not a belief shared by the Korathi priests.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Hrathen and Dilaf used this excuse to attempt to turn the Arelish against the Elantrians,Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content although Hrathen did not genuinely believe that they Elantrians were Svrakiss.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

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