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Deimos is the god of insanity, from which he takes his title, but he is also the god of the dark and primal side of humanity: irrational fear, blind hate, unrestrained passion, basic instinct. The Lower Soul, where most of his favored aspects of humanity reside, falls under the purview of Deimos. Because of his associations and the unsavory types who attract his attention and favor, the Lord if Madness is the easiest of the Dark Lords to label as "evil." He smiles upon the coward, the bully, even the petty thug. His favor is earned by indulging the baser emotions and bringing them to others. Madmen are his most favored mortals; sometimes Deimos will whisper to those touched by insanity in their dreams.
The Lord of Madness rules over the Forgotten Prison of Insanity which contains the Spider, the Shadow, the Rune, the Mourner and the Betrayer. His color is the orange and his symbols are broken mirrors, bloody eyes and burning flames. When he chooses to appear in human form, Deimos takes the guise of an handsome red-haired man with bleeding sockets in place of eyes and broken shards of mirror driven into his flesh.
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