Aphoroth: Servant of Extinction, guardian of the dead. Not as impatient as his master, and a lot more caring. Also manifests as a life sized Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton with huge bone wings. Frequently sighted at the scenes of large-scale fatalities, such as wars or natural disasters.
Ashtoreth: Technically not a god. One of the few known Devils to amass a worshiper base large enough to become its own nation. Depicted as a supremely feminine horned Keshanti, hung like an ogre, and terminally aroused.
Belkwyneth Stormcrow: Greater Dragon of Time, the Oncoming Storm, Lapin's Mentor. Not dead. An inveterate meddler in the spirit of first series Doctor Who. Does not take assistants through time, but always knows a little too much about what is going on. Normally garbed in a fashionable long-coat and floppy hat that is just a bit out of fashion.
Black Sphinx: The Black Quartz Sphinx, Adjudicator of Oaths. Swearing by him is much like swearing by the river Styx, except oath-breaking leads to a much more direct form of Divine Intervention, of the Permanent sort. Before the Slumbering, he served as an impartial referee between the major gods, especially Law and Justice.
Blood-God, The: A moderately benign and active minor god with severe hemophilia. Patron of butchers and surgeons, he is fairly generous with his blessings: “Blood for the Blood-God” is the number one preventative measure against wound infection worldwide. Things only go downhill when you get a cult of his followers who share his proclivities.
Caspian: Sea-foam god of the meeting of Land and Sea, patron of fishermen.
Censer: Goddess of the Rising Plume, Servant of Fire. Censer is oddly the least volatile of her master's servants, and somehow ended up in charge. Her relationship with Ifrit only
seems casual to the outsider.
Chien: The god of third choices and thinking outside of the box. Servant of Absurdity. Appears as a Wolven child who makes an unlikely suggestion, then vanishes once the discussion gets moving again.
Children of Rage: While some sects may refuse to acknowledge the existence of the moons of Rage, the second-generation gods they represent are verifiable entities with evidence-based mythologies. It is said that when their repective moon is hidden behind the fourth planet, they acting among mortals, usually at some monumental scale.
Ancient Grievances: The second furthest out moon, and just kind of Grey. A.G. is the patron of blood feuds, family rivalries, and multi-generational conflicts. His mother was a
Greater Dragon, one whose death is detailed in
The Epic of Law, Order, and Chaos. A.G. appears as a wizened and cantankerous elderly man.
Bright Fury: Symbolizes sudden, fast-burning anger, and symbolized by the innermost, brightest moon. B.F. appears as a young, highly temperamental woman.
Inne: The fourth, seemingly quiet moon. Inne represents self-directed rage, and promotes either self-destructive behavior, or that sudden calamitous lashing out at everything that pushed you just that little bit too far.
Repentance: If you are an adept-class Farseer mage, or own a very expensive enchanted telescope, you will notice that rage has a dim, blue-white sixth moon. Repentance's mother is Mercy (some of those Divine Era parties got wild), and he spends a lot of time cleaning up his siblings' messes.
Riotous Clamor: The largest, middle moon, R.C. appears as a huge hairless man covered in tribal tattoos, and delights in inflaming the masses, usually in tight quarters. His mother may have been a demon: that lore was lost in the Degenerate Era.
Simmering Resentment: The second moon, prone to occasionally becoming MUCH BRIGHTER (probably volcanic). S.R. is the mother of that festering anger one sits upon, until that day when you decide to visit an orphanage with a scroll of Meteor Shower.
Dagger, The: “
The Dagger” is the minor deity of murder. She revels in the thrill and ecstasy of murder and loves impulsive killings as much as planned masterful executions. Technically works for Night. (credit: @vetozomer.bsky.social)
Demeraed: Servitor of Vines and Groves, liaison to Feiere and her opposite number under Golden Sheaf. Likes mortal festivals, but gets a bit mean when defending her master's honor. Carries a staff made from blooming fruit tree wood.
Eimos and Obos: Twin servants of the Hunting god, manifest as tiger-sized eight-legged panthers. Unlike their master, they are articulate, perhaps too much so. They teamed up with Trickery a lot back in the Divine Era, and have a complicated relationship with Lapin.
Feiere: The messenger of Eudemonia. She has many forms, and frequently tries to get mortals to make the world a much more fun place.
Flayed One, The: The Flayed One hasn't personally manifested in centuries, but his cult keeps popping up, and requiring vigorous suppression. Their hobbies include torturing sacrifices to death, then using the souls of their victims to empower further rites to call forth their master. None of the tales about the Flayed One are fit for children or polite company.
Fugate: The god of Order, in a Confucian sense. Also the god of schedules, calendars, and clockwork. Subordinate to Spring.
Grace: Another greater Dragon that fell during the Degenerate Era. Patroness of gosspimongers, mistress of eavesdropping. “Grace as my witness” is a popular saying, and sometimes, she actually is.
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Grimalkin: Quite possibly the very first non-Jewelborn goddess, and patron of Cats. Child of the gods of Hunting and Mischief, she did fall prey to the Slumbering, but got up again around the beginning of the Imperial Era.
Horace: The wrathful, troublesome son af the Nurturing Earth Mother. He clearly spent too much time with Justice, he’s best considered the god of Environmental Extremism.
Kami: catch-all term for powerful elemental place-spirits who have been revered by mortals to achieve semi-divine status. Mostly a Yamato phenomenon.
Lapin: God of Rulebreaking with Panache, Epic Criminality, Good Trouble, and a patron of Adventurers. Formed entirely from mortal enjoyment of heroic tales involving the likes of Robin Hood, Alladin, Master Li, Lupin III, Maui, and so forth. Night adopted him as her son, and he's Eudemonia's favorite nephew. Very much an active power in modern Lostros. A frequent foil for the servants of Repudiation.
Lodoss: One of the Greater Dragons that died during the Degenerate Era. His spirit has stuck around largely due to his insatiable pyromania (and -phillia). Invoked to terrorize the masses, patron of fireworks masters.
Lord of Excrement: Largely invoked in cussing and cursing. “Lord of Excrement, what is that smell?” “May the Lord of Excrement take you to the depths!” Physical manifestations are largely tentacles and eye-stalks emerging from your cesspit.
Oh God: The god of undesired pain, patron of herbalists. (Thank you Master Prachett). While he can directly relieve you of your ailments, he prefers to operate through his priesthood, who maintain a tradition of medicinal herbalism.
Perih Vashai: The first
Pumakin matriarch. The myths around her describe her tribe's arduous overland journey from the east. One of the patrons of Overcoming Adversity.
Po: Emperor of the
Uruk Mandarinate circa 1000
IE. After nearly 300 years, the population still reveres him.
Rat King: At some point in the very early Imperial Era, the shamanistic
Great Rat Spirit got upgraded to a
Mari Lwyd-like festival personage, wher you symbolically deny Him entrance to your home to prevent rodent infestations. The rest of the year, he behaves as you'd expect.
Raven Queen: A legendary figure of great power and mystique during the Degenerate Era. It is said she could steal and bequeath memories through her corvid minions. There are yearly, seemingly random resurgences on the telling of her legends.
Shralindra: Responsible for the waxing and waning of the White Moon. A convenient intermediary for all the Slumbering fertility/lunar/motherhood divinities. It is said that on the night of the New Moon, she dallies with a mortal man, and twenty-seven days later she presents them with their freshly weaned child. These children usually lead interesting lives, but not as exciting as Chaos' children were wont to live.
Silvanoelle: Guardian Water spirit of the Ninth Watchweyr. Currently slumbering.
Shango: A subordinate of the Storm goddess, Shango originally was the “Artisan of the Dawn and Sunset Skies”, but now has been saddled with being his mistresses' primary point of contact. He would really like to get back to his art full time.
Sompek: One of the Greater Dragons that died during the Degenerate Era. His spirit has stuck around because he wants to discuss his case directly with Judgement. Called upon as an intermediary with Storm, and the patron of the Storm Dragon mage school.
Star-hart: Servant of Dream. Best known for waking mortals up right before something tries to assault them in their sleep.
Stone Father: The first dwarf, crafted by the Maker god. Legend says that together they forged the parents of all the rest of the dwarven peoples.
Talon-Father: Revered in the
Empire of the Fang, purportedly created by the God of Predators. Offerings are made to keep wildlife and monsters from wiping out civilization.
Theian: God of the Eclipse, agent of Rebirth . Theian is the child of the Sun god , one of the Moon affiliated goddesses, and honestly finds this whole gender thing too complicated to bother with. They are known for their love of smiting things, and extreme bi-polar disorder. Theian works for Mercy, and has a “notice me sempai” relationship with her (and her major servants). Their primary goal is to get all the ensouled undead back on the reincarnation cycle. Generall appears as a somewhat spiky angelic being, with a medieval-style eclipse halo.
Unknown Gods, The: According to a variety of Mind mages, “Babies are born worshiping Unknown Gods”. Being babies, this sense of devotion is usually redirected first to their mothers, and eventually to the pantheon. Most believed this was some sort of prank or collective delusion, until the Devil Prince Caernog was released inside the royal nursery of Kajia a bit over a century ago. As it turned out, the infant second princess was the Divine Champion of these Unkown Gods, and Caernog was erased in a blaze of Divine Radiance. (The princess later joined the priesthood of the Jewel, and lived an exciting life). Unfortunately, newborns lack language or proper visualization skills, so no real details of their gods have been revealed.
Vulcanagon: Major elemental spirit occupying the largest and most active volcano on the southern continent. A total diva, the Empire of the Fang reveres him out of self defense.
Whinsk: Servitor of Retemed, liaison to Feiere and his opposite number under Vines & Groves. Likes mortal festivals, not known for either his sobriety or frugality in providing blessings to resolve problems.
