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{{Deity
| image             = [[File:Zura_symbol.png|150px|The demonic rune of Zura]]
| name              = Zura
| titles            = The Vampire Queen,<br>Demon Lord of Cannibalism and Vampires
| adjective         =
| home              = [[Nesh]], the [[Abyss]]
| alignment         = [[Chaotic evil]]
| portfolio         = Blood<br>[[Cannibalism]]<br>[[Vampire]]s
| worshipers        = cannibals, [[drow]], [[Mwangi#Bekyar|Bekyar]], [[vampire]]s
| cleric alignments = {{Alignment grid
| off | off | off
| off | off | on
| off | on  | on
}}
| domains           = Chaos, Death, Evil, Madness
| subdomains        = Blood, Demon, Murder, Undead
| weapon            = [[Rapier]]
| symbol            = Crimson fanged skull rune
| sacred animal     = [[Bat|Vampire bat]]
| sacred colors     = Red
}}

The [[demon lord]] '''Zura''' (pronounced ZOO-rah)<ref>{{Cite book/Campaign Setting|247}}</ref> is also known as the Vampire Queen, and is worshiped by [[cannibal]]s, [[drow]], and of course, [[vampire]]s.<ref name="LoC29">{{Cite book/Lords of Chaos|29}}</ref> Her unholy symbol is a blood-red, fanged skull, embossed with runes.<ref name="Dimp63" />

== History ==

Zura is believed to be the first vampire in all of creation. Supposedly she was an ancient [[Azlanti (human ethnicity)|Azlanti]] queen who possessed a lust for eternal life so great she eventually resorted to feeding on her own kind. Even thousands of years later, people still whisper the legends of her decadent, savage feasts and her baths of warm [[human]] blood. Some scholars even claim that her ascension heralded the beginning of the ancient [[Azlant]] empire's descent into decadence and eventual destruction at the beginning of the [[Age of Darkness]].<ref name="ISWG232">{{Cite book/The Inner Sea World Guide|232}}</ref> Her sinfulness was so great that, on her death by botched suicide, her soul was sent to the [[Abyss]], where she immediately arose as a [[succubus]] vampire. Before [[Earthfall]] she had ascended to demon lord status.<ref name="Dimp63" /><ref>{{Cite book/Lords of Chaos|8, 29}}</ref>

== Home ==

Zura now calls the mountainous [[Abyssal realm]] of [[Nesh]] her home.<ref name="LoC29"/>

== Relationships ==

Maybe Zura worshiped [[Urgathoa]], the Pallid Princess, in life, but as a demon lord, their relationship is mercurial: sometimes they are firm allies and at other times they are at war.<ref name="LoC29"/>

== Appearance ==

She is said to appear as a voluptuous woman, with a dark gothic beauty that is almost impossible to resist. This beautiful form is merely a ruse she uses to seduce her victims; her true form is that of an emaciated woman with [[bat|bat-like]] wings in place of arms, blood-red eyes and hair, large fangs, and taloned feet.<ref name="LoC29"/><ref name="Dimp63">{{Cite book/Descent into Midnight|63}}</ref><ref name="ISWG232"/>

== Cult and worshipers ==
[[File:Vampire_Kyra.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Kyra, as a vampire, worshipping Zura and wielding the demon lord's [[unholy symbol]].]]
Zura's worship is most common wherever blood-thirsty vampires and their thralls can be found. She is most commonly worshiped in the haunted counties of [[Ustalav]] and decadent cities of [[Cheliax]]. Azlanti ruins may attract Azlanti vampires who tend shrines to Zura there.<ref name="LoC29"/><ref name="Dimp63" /> 

In the benighted depths of [[Sekamina]], Zura is worshipped by the [[Drow|drow]] of [[House Rasivrein]], who serve as the slave masters of the decadent drow cities.<ref>{{Cite book/Endless Night|51}}</ref>

Zura is one of the [[Three Feasters]], the deities worshiped by the [[Koboto]] tribe of the [[Sodden Lands]].<ref>{{Cite book/The Inner Sea World Guide|175}}</ref>

In the [[Mwangi Expanse]], Zura is one of the main demons worshipped by the [[Mwangi#Bekyar|Bekyar]] tribes<ref>{{Cite book/Heart of the Jungle|12}}</ref> and the ferocious halflings of the [[Kaava Lands]].<ref>{{Cite book/Heart of the Jungle|14}}</ref> One version of the legend of the mythical lost city of [[Zurakai]] is that it was founded by followers of Zura.<ref>{{Cite book/Heart of the Jungle|57}}</ref> Some [[sabosan]], failing to get spells from their erstwhile demon lord, [[Vyriavaxus]], have turned to Zura.<ref>{{Cite book/Vaults of Madness|87}}</ref>

Cultists of Urgathoa mirror the relationship of their goddess with Zura cultists: sometimes they work together, sometimes cultists of one are sacrificed to the other. Maybe this conflict is due to the similar natures of the goddess' and the demon lord's portfolios.<ref name="LoC29"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Seigneurs Démons]]
[[Category:Demigods]]
[[Category:Chaotic evil deities]]
[[Category:Chaos domain deities]]
[[Category:Death domain deities]]
[[Category:Evil domain deities]]
[[Category:Madness domain deities]]
[[Category:CR 29 creatures]]
[[Category:Abyss/Inhabitants]]
[[Category:Nesh/Inhabitants]]
[[Category:Azlant]]
[[Category:Vampire]]
[[Category:Demon subdomain deities]]
[[Category:Murder subdomain deities]]
[[Category:Undead subdomain deities]]
[[Category:Blood subdomain deities]]