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Paraphim — The Lord of Shadow
Paraphim is the androgynous god of trickery, deception, shadows, and the hidden. Monikers include Lord of Shadow, Master of Thieves, Dealer of Deception, and — among certain adherents — Blade in the Dark. Paraphim’s gender is deliberately and permanently unresolved, and the god has never corrected the one third of followers who use masculine pronouns, the one third who use feminine, or the one third who use something deliberately ambiguous. This is either a theological statement or entirely characteristic of a god of deception. Possibly both.
Paraphim is not evil — deception is a tool, not an alignment — but the proximity to villainy is undeniable. A child hiding a birthday gift and an assassin approaching unseen are both, technically, operating under the same divine canopy. The god’s worship is private by nature, its temples hidden or disguised, its clergy indistinguishable from ordinary people when they choose to be. The most devoted of Paraphim’s followers may be standing next to you right now. They will not confirm this.
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Stephen B. Anthony is the author of Transmigrant, an epic science fiction thriller, available on both Amazon and Audible.