Traces of Gro-goroth

The Old God of human sacrifices, but this is what is left of the being that was the Old God Gro-Goroth. He is the final boss fought to reach Ending B.

Lore
Gro-goroth represents the pure idea of destruction and death and all that encompasses it - chaos, anarchy, sacrifice, and war. Desctruction is seen as a part of the natural order and death is necesarry to pave way for newness and growth, as is described in Studies of Gro-goroth. He comes from the green hue, just like the goddess Sylvian and other god-like beings (Lady of Moon). He gifted blood magic to mankind and all spells that are associated with him (Hurting, Black Orb...) are used offensively.

He is the God of human sacrifices and wishes for blood to be spilt in his name. The player gains alignment with the god by sacrificing teammates in the ritual circles or taking part in the Wolfmasks cult, where its participants maim each other and feast upon their own flesh in honor of Gro-Goroth.

He grants his followers and disciples incredible power but also corrupts them - the Black Witch and Yellow Mages are incredibly powerful beings, but also fragile in body. The Black Witch is described by the New Gods as a "slave to Gro-goroth". Gro-Goroth is a curious god, more so than many of the older gods. To the point that he may walk amongst humans, hiding underneath skins of humans, so as to prevent humans dying from fear of gazing upon his true, glorious, and purest of forms.

Since then when humankind took over Ma'habre, the Old God has started to fade away, disgusted by the selfishness, narrowmindedness, and ambition of mankind as they have no understanding of the purity and beauty of the ideas he represents within humans...

Even if they did try to understand him and his ideals... they will not be able to comprehend it. How can they comprehend an idea that is so... pure and differed and interpreted differently within every individual?

His symbol is the cutting of the two rings, seen on the tails part of the coin flip.

In Fear and Hunger: Termina, he and Sylvian are revealed to have mated together and he sired a son called Vinushna, the God of Nature.



Location
Gro-goroth be found within the Altar of Darkness, deep inside the body of the God of the Depths, and only if the player doesn't have the Little Girl in his party.

Strategy
As a representation of one of the Old Gods - the literal god of destruction - and the final boss for ending B, he is extremely powerful, has a high amount of HP and possesses several heavily attacks.

He attacks with his claws, which deal relatively low damage. His spells are much more dangerous - his attack "Burning gaze" damages the entire party, and his other unique attack called "Whispers of Gro-goroth" will make a random party member passively take more damage and will begin a timer that will kill the party member once it reaches zero after a few rounds.

Another source of Gro-goroth's DPS are his five eyeballs, which will squirt molten fire upon a random party member, causing damage and the burn effect if left unchecked.

The fight can be cheesed by using poison as it deals 1000 damage each round and makes the fight laughably simple.

If the player has Nas'Hrah in the party while beginning the fight, Nas'Hrah will spurt a short dialogue about destroying the old god, after which, Gro-goroth will instantly kill Nas'Hrah.