Banished One

The Banished One was a god who'd been banished from the heavenly hierarchy. He seized control of the lands south of Avornis, allowing some parts to be ruled by men, like Ulash, but turning many of the people under his control into thralls.

While he'd been a threat for a long time, he began making himself felt in Avornis in the thirtieth year of the reign of Mergus of Avornis. Not long after Mergus learned that his concubine, Certhia, was pregnant with their son, Lanius, the Banished One appeared in the dream of Captain Grus, commander of a river galley, and cryptically warned Grus that he would fail.