Gods of Asprana

Asprana has a many deities that influence it and are worshipped by the denizens of the world, often regardless of race.

## JOURNEY

Journey is the god of travel and exploration, within your normal plane of existence or otherwise. He is prayed to mostly when people are intending to travel, and he tends to be worshiped by those who make a living out of expeditions. Journey has seen the most evolution in his depictions. He was originally mostly drawn as a horseman, but newer renditions have begun to portray him as a male figure riding a motorcycle.

**Month**: January

**Chosen Weapon**: Staff or Baton

**Domains**: Travel, Void

## ARDOR

Ardor is the god of emotion and passion. He is most often depicted as a young male human, though the amount of clothes he wears varies wildly from artist to artist. Ardor is worshiped by those who hold passion as the highest form of faith.

**Month**: February

**Chosen Weapon**: Whip

**Domains**: Charm, Madness

## TEMPEST

Tempest is the goddess of weather and air. Many pray to her when droughts threaten crops, or rain threatens a big event, but she tends to be worshiped by pilots, sailors, and the elves on the smaller Isles of Elvenkind. Several sects of Monks also worship Tempest, practicing the Unfolding Wind Style. She is most often depicted as a woman in flowing clothes.

**Month**: March

**Chosen Weapon**: Staff or Shirken

**Domains**: Weather, Air

## HAVOC

Havoc is the goddess of luck, chaos, and trickery. She is usually depicted as a human female with fox ears and a tail. She tends to be worshiped by gamblers, rogues, and mischief makers.

**Month**: April

**Chosen Weapon**: Joybuzzer

**Domains**: Luck, Chaos, Trickery

## FLOURISH

Flourish is generally depicted as a male humanoid, though he sometimes has features that make him look as though he is made of plants or animals. He is the god of nature, and he’s most often worshiped by druids, or those with a deep love of the natural world. His followers are sometimes known for protesting the destruction of forests and wildlife habitats, and they are the loudest voices speaking about the dangers of pollution.

**Month**: May

**Chosen Weapon**: Staff

**Domains**: Animal, Plant, Scalykind

## SANCTUARY

Sanctuary is the goddess of protection, honor, and liberation. She is worshiped not only by many national leaders, her clerics also tend to serve, guide, and inspire communities. Sanctuary is often depicted as a human woman, though her image varies between a noble, stern adult and a fearless young girl standing in the face of adversity.

**Month**: June

**Chosen Weapon**: Ranseur

**Domains**: Community, Protection, Glory, Nobility, Liberation

## CASCADE & INCANDESCENCE

Representing the inescapable connection between the Sun and Moon, Incandescence, the goddess of the sun, and Cascade, the god of the moon are the only gods who are worshiped as a pair. They are often depicted as two elves wrapped in a loving embrace, or as a circular intertwining of fire and water.

**Month**: July and August

**Chosen Weapon**: Flaming spear made of ice

**Domains**: Sun, Fire, Darkness, Water

## SAVANT

Savant is the god of knowledge. He is often depicted as a humanoid owl. Students, historians, lawyers, scholars, and wizards tend to worship Savant, praying to him for wisdom and guidance in their studies.

**Month**: September

**Chosen Weapon**: A giant hardcover book

**Domains**: Knowledge, Law, Rune, Magic

## CRUSADE

Crusade is the goddess of strength and war. She is worshiped by soldiers and warriors, and clerics to her are the rulers of the country of the Holy Dominion of Crusade. Bordering countries keep a wary eye on The Dominion, due to the theocracy’s long history of expanding its borders with “divine right” as it’s guiding policy.

**Month**: October

**Chosen Weapon**: Any

**Domains**: War, Strength, Destruction

## INNOVATION

Innovation is a god that represents change and upheaval. His depictions change depending on what region you hail from, but he is most often drawn as a gnome tinkering with some kind of technology. He is also sometimes seen as a dwarf working on feats of engineering. Regardless of the race, there is almost always some explosion in the background of any art featuring Innovation. He is usually worshiped by inventors on the forefront of discovery, but any race that lives or works underground tends to send a prayer to Innovation from time to time.

**Month**: November

**Chosen Weapon**: Wrench or pickaxe

**Domains**: Artifice, Earth, Erosion

## ESSENCE

One of the most controversial of the pantheon, Essence is also known as the god of souls. Often depicted as a faceless, genderless angel, Essence represents the preciousness of life and the inevitability of death. Essence provides their clerics with the power to thwart death for a time - though the means with which the clerics choose to do so can sometimes be unorthodox.

**Month**: December

**Chosen Weapon**: Scythe

**Domains**: Healing, Repose, Ruins, Death