The Ziek'ah are generally a very kind people but they are not without their bad actors, such as any species with free will.

Reg'ant is the leader of a notorious blood cult called 'Singer of the Blade'. They keep their cultures fascination with death but take it to another extreme.

They feel the best way to be close with their god of death is to become death itself. They kidnap and have mass ritual sacrifices to their god but they also tend to kill on a whim. Every death is one step closer to godhood.

Reg'ant is the newest of the long line of leaders; no matter how hard Priest tries to silence them, they keep coming back each generation over and over again.

Every member of the cult has a permanently attached alloy blade along their pointer finger. If they decide to leave the cult (which they rarely do alive) removing the finger is the only way to hide the mark.

fantasy isaiah time. this is one of his oldest alt designs (now ftr long hair!) that ive lovingly dubbed his rebel prince of red roses design. defacto usually a prince whos rallying against his deadbeat dad driving their kingdom to ruin. woops!

“What cup am I? Well a fruit cup, duh!”

Exerey, a god of ambition and pretty much the main source of problems in the setting. While technically he is not strictly malevolent, his involnement in mortal business almost universally ends with with catastrophic consequences (up to resetting the whole civilization vack to stone age, which he pulled at least twice).
Both heroes and tyrants seek Exerey's patronage, as he promises immense power to his chosen. However, most of them either meet their dramatic demise in process, or end up bind in forever servitude to the the capricious deity.