Nethys

Nethys is the god of magic, and is one of the most powerful of all the deities on Gernon.
==History==
Nethys is said to have once been a powerful mage king whose lust for knowledge and magical power pushed him to levels of near omnipotence. Nethys is said to be everywhere at once, knows all things, and takes no sides except for the side of magic. His body is split into the scarred, chaotic, and magic-leaking right, and the calm and orderly left.
==Centers of Worship==
Nethys is an unusual god, and is hard for the common man to understand. Very few non-magic users or non-scholars look to Nethys for support. The only race that has consistently worshipped the god en-masse has been the elves. The two largest shrines to the god were the Black Shrine and the White Shrine. The White Shrine stood in Sephora, near to the Institute for Magical Learning, and the Black Shrine on the Isle of two faces in the center of Lake Valros. Nethys was worshipped most heavily in the Whispering Woods by the North Elves, and early in the settlement of the Silver Tree Forest. Kuroseki also had a large shrine to Nethys, but it was never as popular a pilgramage or worship location.
==After the Scientarian Revolution==
When Alek Tellumnar came to power, many religions were allowed to keep practice as long as magic was banned, but the Church of Nethys could not be allowed. The White Shrine was destroyed in Sephora, as well as many of the minor shrines elsewhere in Gernon. One of the concessions given to the Northern Elves was to allow the Black Shrine to continue standing on the Isle of two faces, but visiting the island is now punishable by death.
Category:Gods