Character from The Gods are Bastards by D.D. Webb
God of Death, Life, and Duality — the deity of transitions who understands that everything has two sides, including himself, and who chose a half-demon as his paladin because contradictions are his whole point.
Vidius speaks in parables and paradoxes, which makes him either profound or annoying depending on your patience for ambiguity. He's the god of duality — life and death, comedy and tragedy, truth and lies — and he embodies all of it simultaneously. He's the Pantheon member most likely to answer a prayer with a riddle. His choice of Gabriel Arquin as his Hand is a theological statement: a half-demon paladin forces everyone to confront their assumptions about what divine service means. Vidius doesn't make things simple; he makes things interesting, which his Hand would appreciate more if it weren't his life being made interesting. Among the Pantheon, Vidius serves as a mediator and instigator in roughly equal measure. He gets along with Eserion (they share an appreciation for irony) and has a complex relationship with Avei (who finds his ambiguity infuriating).
Manifests as a slim man in black priest's clothing and a broad-brimmed hat, looking like a frontier preacher. Features shift subtly depending on the angle — sometimes young, sometimes ancient, always smiling with an expression that could be kind or knowing or both. His eyes are the only constant: dark, deep, and old.
Also known as: Vidius, God of Death, The Dual God