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[Shoutout to @cappadocius for inspiring me to make this a div rather than just a one-shot evil outsider.]

Div, Vaporighu
This grotesquely bloated creature
is vaguely humanoid, with oozing sores covering its body and patchy hair on its
lower half. A foul odor rises from it and it moves with a sloshing, rolling
gait.

All divs
represent the forces of corruption and vaporighus represent the pollution of
the air itself. Vaporighus are wretched stinking beasts that dwell in Abaddon,
feeding on mortals, fiends and petitioners alike. They have little society
except for their love of violence and decay, although their ability to animate
objects allows them to surround themselves with mindless pawns. Vaporighus
typically use these constructs as guardians, but may pit them against one
another in fights to the death for the fun of it.

Despite
their bulk, vaporighus are surprisingly mobile and imbued with the ability of
magical flight. They rarely bother with stealth, and their stench would render
such strategies ineffective at best. Creatures they cannot engage in melee are
bombarded with spells from afar. They especially delight in battling opponents
with heavy armor or elaborate weaponry in order to enjoy the despair their
destruction would cause.

Vaporighus,
like all divs, suffer from a psychological weakness as a side effect of their
creation by Ahriman. Vaporighus cannot stand strong pleasant smells such as
perfume, and target perfumed targets above all others. When on the Material
Plane, they go out of their way to destroy sources of perfumes, such as myrrh
trees and animals with musk, and these can be used as bait to lure out these
foul creatures. A vaporighu is short for a Large creature, standing only 8 feet
tall, but are nearly spherical. They are surprisingly light for their size due
to the foul gasses that permeate their bodies.

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Vaporighus are most common in urban areas of Gladia, especially the fruit orchards and gardens of Munab. They are despised by Aenma’s faith.