Gods of Kranos

## **Before you read**

**As this is a homebrew setting, you are free to ask for the creation of or come up with new Gods if none of the pre-established ones below suit your character.** This means that if you feel like your paladin's or cleric's oath/domain suit none of these Gods, you can ask the DM to design a God that is more closely aligned with your character's ideals, or you can come up with ideas yourself and cooperate with the DM to incorporate said deity into the setting. Such deities will eventually be included on this page.

## **General**

Kranos is home to a variety of different peoples with a vast range of different Gods to worship. Only some people are aware that some of these Gods once walked Kranos before departing the material realm for good, and almost no one knows why they did so. All Gods remain powerful and influential when it comes to matters of the material plane, however, and they play an important part in more than a few societies. There are plenty of powerful and widely worshipped Gods that never walked Kranos' material plane, some "good", some "morally grey" and some "evil".

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## The Kranosi Pantheon

### Anoana

Anoana the Earthmother is the Goddess of earth, nature, life, protection, rebirth and destiny. She is the sole recognised Goddess of all Xholorians, who otherwise only worship spirits, and is among the oldest gods in Kranos. She always dwelt in Xholoria, preferring to leave the other Gods to their squabbles abroad. She is the protector of the land and is a close ally of Xera, but also a bitter enemy of Urdrod and Szinnizar. Ziuna is said to be her daughter grown from her own tears, and she supposedly let Ziuna seed and settle D'eni Tila after the War of the Firstborne. Anoana is sometimes called "The First God" by highly controversial scholars who claim that all other Gods are not native to Kranos, and some go as far as saying that Anoana *is* Kranos. Her symbol is an ornate wooden shield with a planetary globe in the centre, with two spears crossed behind the shield.

### **Asun**

Asun the Mountainlord is the ancestor God (direct creator) of all Dwarves, and he is a God of innovation, architecture, civilization and economic prosperity. He once lived in the Dawi Mountains, where he eventually created the Dwarves before abandoning the material plane. He taught his beloved Dawi children everything he could before he departed, however, and the Dawi Empire stands strong to this day because of it. He is worshipped primarily amongst Dwarves, but he is also one of two primary deities of the Firsan Provinces, and he is worshipped to the same degree as Kord is in Synghgarth. Prithans also worship Asun, but to a much lesser extent. His symbol is that of a lone mountain with a city built into its side.

### **Daudri**

Daudri the Cold One is a God of death and magic that once wandered Avaria before crossing the seas and settling down in what would become the Black City in Northern Varnia. Daudri is, in a way, the ancestor God of the Drow, as they were the one who changed these Elves to better suit their subterranean lifestyle, but they did not directly create them and are thus not really regarded as such. They are, however, still worshipped by the Drow and the Khivan Empire as their primary deity and by all other folks of Kranos as the God of Death. Daudri's name is usually invoked at funerals, and the deity has taken up the mantle of "Protector of Souls" in an act of empathy for the mortals that worshipped them. Followers of Daudri are often inspired to do whatever they can to combat undeath to protect the souls of the dead. Their symbol is that of two ravens grasping the Daudrmal, a Kranosi symbol of the cycle of life and death, between them.

### **Enottáe**

Enottáe is commonly known as the Moon Goddess, Mother Moon or otherwise to those who worship her, and she is a powerful God of the night, the moons, nature, magic, hunters, mothers, rejuvenation and more. She and her brother, Faendor, were the first Gods to walk Kranos. She has many aspects, most of which are merciful and outright pacifistic, but to invoke her wrath is unwise, for no one can hide from the wrath of the moon and stars combined for long once Enottáe chooses a champion to exact her vengeance and wrath upon someone. Enottáe is only worshipped in Varnia and primarily by the night elves of the Stellar Forest, but many regular Varnians around the continent include her in the prayers and do their best to honour the Moon Goddess in everything they do. She planted the Stellar Forest as well as its crown jewel, Veroldrassil, and is the ancestor God of the Night Elves. Her symbol is that of a crescent moon in a star-filled night sky.

### **Epistos**

Epistos the Spannerlord is a God of science, invention, innovation, progress and curiosity. He is the ancestor God of the Gnomes, making him the primarily worshipped god of the Cillashi Kingdom in the Varnian Empire. Much like Mirithna, Epistos is a quite commonly worshipped God as worship of him is said to make the path to great power much easier - after all, technology has been the stepping stone to power across all Kranos for quite some time now. He was responsible for the creation of the living constructs that roam Kranos today, including the Warforged. His symbol is that of a triangular diagram contained within an arcane circle, which is a design only his most devoted understand how to interpret. When correctly interpreted and built into a pendant, this mechanical symbol of worship becomes device capable of temporarily shielding its wielder.

### **Faendor**

Faendor the Emberheart is the brother of Enottáe, the ancestor God of the dragons, and a God of balance, chaos, destruction, healing, freedom and wild magic. As a deity of both balance and chaos, he is worshipped extensively across the world by many different peoples. He is particularly beloved among the Na'tari and those Xholorians who worship Gods rather than spirits. He is naturally also the primary deity of the Dragons, regardless of which dragonflight they hail from. Faendor is romantically involved with Ziuna and has a son, Kord, with her. Faendor's symbol is that of a roaring great wyrm surrounded by four different landscapes: one of fiery destruction, one of the barren aftermath, one of slow regrowth and one of full-grown nature in all its splendour.

### **Isa**

Isa, also known as "The Everwinter" or "Lady Hoarfrost", is a Goddess of winter, survival, determination, conquest and will. Worship of Isa is particularly common in the Firsan Provinces, Bornea, Synghgarth, and the Scandes, where she is a deity of the Scandic Pentarchy, as well as Deni T'ila, where she is revered as an important deity of nature's balance. Worshippers of Isa are found everywhere, and it is not uncommon for wanderers, hunters and farmers to wear her symbol as she is viewed as the Goddess who makes it possible to live through the harshest of conditions and times. As a patron of conquest and life, she drives her followers to endure the worst of conditions and emerge triumphant, meaning that most people who strive to improve worship her in one way or another. Her symbol is a solitary arcane hoarfrost crystal ice flake.

### **Kord**

Kord the Stormlord is a God of thunder, storms, glory and honourable warfare. Despite being a powerful deity, worship of Kord is not widespread and is focused in the Northern Varnian province of the Scandes as well as in Na'tari lands and Synghgarth. Na'tari and Synghgarthics worship Kord due to his compatibility with their culture, while people of the Scandes have always worshipped the Stormlord thanks to his earthly descendants ruling the Kingdom from the capital, Stormheim, which was Kord's own home on the material plane while he still walked Kranos. Furthermore, Kord is the only deity other than Faendor worshipped by the dragonflights, as he is Faendor's son. Kord's mother is Ziuna the Dreamweaver. His symbol is that of a shield with four lightning builds stretching out from its centre.

### **Lenador**

Lenador the Schemer is a God of trickery, scheming, change, trade, wealth and music. He is the primary deity of Prithus as well as the Under-Empire, but followers of this trickster God are found wherever significant amounts of money can be found, as well as wherever there are happy people reveling in the joys of life. He is also often worshipped by generals hoping to outsmart rather than outwit their opponents, which makes him a natural rival of Tyr, thus making his worship less prominent in Varnia. His symbol is that of a phoenix with outstretched wings, which carry a harp between them.

### **Mirithna**

Mirithna the Golden-Eyed is a Goddess of forgiveness, protection, redemption and, to some worshippers, hills. Firsan religion claims that she settled Firsan lands when the world was still young, making her the primary deity of Firsan lands alongside Asun, whom Firsans claim to be the husband of Mirithna. While the Firsans are correct about the two Gods' marital status, virtually everyone else, aside from the Dawi, disagrees. Mirithna is generally one of the most commonly worshipped Gods in the world, and many temples have at the very least an alcove dedicated to her. Her symbol is that of a single golden-eye in the darkness.

### **Pelor**

Pelor "the Lord of Day" is the God of the sun, agriculture, fertility, nobility and summer. He is worshipped all over the world, particularly by farmers, but is the prime deity of the Denthiran Empire and all of its nobility, as well as the primary deity of Bornea. As the Tatrian Continent enjoys a great degree of sun and since the Denthiran heartlands were originally where Pelor resided before he abandoned the material plane, this is hardly surprising. His symbol is that of the sun on an ornate circular piece of mosaic glass.

### **The Archivist**

The Archivist, also known as the Librarian or the God of Candles, is an eldritch entity of knowledge, scholars, adventure, magic and everything occult. The Archivist is technically the only "God" that has ever experienced dying as they were killed by Daudri when Daudri came to the Archivist's island, but as a God the Archivist could never truly die and thus resurfaced in a plane of their own making known as the Hall of Secrets. This is a plane that supposedly can only be reached through the plethora of secrets contained in the the Black Library, where the Archivist is said to sometimes return to tend to his ancient collection. The Archivist is no longer worshipped in its old material plane homeland, but is the unofficial primary deity of the most advanced mages of the Khivan Empire to whom knowledge is power, and power is all. His symbol is the Malgorann, a Kranosi symbol of forbidden knowledge.

### **Szinnizzar**

Szinnizzar is a God of the sea, domination and snakes. He is the primary deity of the De'via tribe in Xholoria and remains a popular deity among Yuan-Ti and Merrow Varnians from Nimaas, Ka'zani Xholorians, and citizens of the Under-Empire. Some consider Szinnizzar entirely evil and would likely classify him as an ally of demons and the lords of the hells, but Szinnizzar's nature is as tempestuous and ever-changing as the sea he is bound to. It is true that he is responsible for the creation of many a monster and natural disaster that has caused untold harm to those who live on land, but he has always been kind to the creatures and citizens of the sea whom he considers his children. His symbol is that of giant Kraken in the deep ocean.

### **Tyr**

Tyr is the one-handed God of law, justice, honour and strategic warfare. It is said he lost his hand trying to resolve a dispute between two other deities. While he is considered a less important deity in most parts of the world, he is the primary God of the Varnian Empire and every Argent Emperor is coronated as his 'rightful heir'. Grand temples are dedicated to him all around the North-Eastern continent, and the empire's administrative efficiency and economic prosperity are often claimed to be a direct result of adhering to Tyr's teachings. His symbol is the rune Teiwaz, the rune of Tyr, surrounded by two interlocked Forsetwyrms, which are said to be dragons who abandoned Faendor for Tyr and changed form to reflect their singular pursuit of justice in the world.

### **Ziuna**

Ziuna the Dreamweaver, known as the Earthmother to Na'tari and Nivans or the Queen of the Shadow-Wood to the citizens of D'eni Tila, is a Goddess of dreams, hope, forests, spring and love. She is the primary deity of the Wood Elves of D'eni Tila, but she is also widely worshipped across the rest of the world, particularly in Bornea and Niva. She is often depicted as an enormous forest dragon in D'eni Tila, but the rest of Kranos tends to depict her as a tattooed panther. She resides in the Dreamwood, where Wood Elven mages and druids often venture to meditate, safely removed from the material world. Her symbol is the giant tree of life in a lush forest, and it is the striking image of the actual tree found at the very centre of D'eni Tila.

### **Xera**

Xera, also known as "The Sentinel", is the Goddess of balance, civilisation, order, peace and protection. She is worshipped by all Kranosi, but is unique in that she has a pan-Kranosi order, the Sentinels, dedicated to her. Xera and her dedicated servants protect the material realm from any threats from the Hells, the Abyss, the Feywild or otherwise, and it was Xera who dealt the final blow to the extraplanar threat and thus ended the War of the Firstborne. Xera is usually depicted as a large muscular woman in heavy armor with a longsword in one hand and a dove sitting upon the index finger of her other hand, but her symbol is the Seal of the Ancients, a symbol of unknown origins that adorned the shield Xera wielded and lost during the War of the Firstborne.

## **The Dark Gods**

The Dark Gods, also referred to as 'The Fallen', are deities who were considered by other gods to have 'fallen' from their original purpose and were thus shunned by both the gods and their mortal followers for quite some time. However, the Dark Gods are not entirely evil and more morally grey, really. There are aspects of them that many would find abhorrent, but they also have aspects that most people respect. As such, Dark God worship is not outlawed anywhere, but those who worship tend to do so in secret anyway.

### **Svaerda**

Svaerda, also known as the Blood-God or the Sovereign of Slaughter, is a Dark God of war, bloodletting, combat, honesty, honour and murder. Like most of the Dark Gods, she is mostly considered evil as her followers tend to be cold-blooded killers. However, she is also the most honourable Dark God and has been known to condemn those of her followers who dare turn to deceit to achieve their goals. Svaerda is all about head-on confrontation, honour, reveling in combat and bloodshed, and growing stronger. Despite her love for bloodshed, the primary reason why she is known as the 'Blood-God' is that she unleashed "The Curse of Blood" on Kranos, making oaths sworn by blood literally impossible to break unless the blood-sworn in question seek death. Na'tari and Synghgarthics revere Svaerda for this and worship her openly, refusing to label her as evil. The Na'tari even go as far as calling themselves her children. Her symbol, the Bloodmark, appears on anyone's palm when they swear blood oaths, and can be seen to the right of this paragraph.

### **Urdrod**

Urdrod, also known as the Bear God or the Earth's Fury, is a Dark God of fire, volcanoes, natural selection, spring and bears. Urdrod's place among the Dark Gods is a matter of debate. On one hand, some of Urdrod's work tears the very world asunder, for when he is angered, the earth splits and magma spews. On the other hand, it is his roar that signals the end of winter and the beginning of spring across Kranos and melts snow and ice alike in most, but not the coldest, lands. As Dark Gods go, Urdrod worship is the most commonly accepted. In fact, peoples like the Scandics and the Firsans worship him as one of their prime deities, much to the dismay of their neighbours. However, many are wary of his worshippers, for it is said that they favour only the strong. Urdrod's symbol is a bear pawprint drawn in ancient arcane script, and is often used by travelling scholars to warn others of potential cataclysmic events in certain regions on maps or of possible lethal encounters with Urdrod's children at cave entrances.

### **Vitharr**

Vitharr, also known as the Silent God or the Avenger, is a Dark God of vengeance, memory, silence, darkness, autumn, and wolves. Vitharr is considered a Dark God because his only involvement in the War of the Firstborne was to avenge the death of his father, a God now long-forgotten, by obliterating an entire circle of the Hells and then maiming Tyr, almost killing Mirithna and temporarily banishing Asun for their involvement in the accidental killing of two of his children, the celestial giant wolves Jagthir and Freika. Had Vitharr not exacted his vengeance when he did, the War could have gone very differently, though no one can agree on how. His followers claim his actions brought much needed balance, humility and ultimately strength and wisdom to the Gods he humbled, while those who actively oppose worship of him claim all he did was do more harm to the world. Whatever the case, Vitharr remains a popular patron God of assassins, scholars and warriors alike, for he represents the silent coming of the consequences of one's actions, regardless of their underlying intentions. To worship Vitharr is to worship the power of inevitability. It is he who heralds the coming of autumn, the season where all must reap what they have sown, both literally and figuratively. His symbol is that of a vengeful and wrathful wolf, usually worn as a tattoo or patch by his followers.

## **Other Divine Entities**

### **The Wanderer**

The Wanderer is an enigmatic divine being that crosses Kranos' skies every few decades. At first, most thought it was simply a comet, until its passing caused magical fluctuations, extreme tectonic plate movement, volcanic activity, a sudden rise in the populations of a variety of rare creatures such as Krakens, and more. There is a cult dedicated to worship of The Wanderer called the Everwalking, but they are rarely welcome among the civilised peoples of Kranos due to their affinity for chaos. What the Wanderer is, only Enottáe, Faendor and the eldest of the night elves and the dragons know. All the rest of the world knows is that chaos follows when the Wanderer crosses the sky.

### **The Spirits**

The spirits are a collective of supernatural elemental and natural sprites, extraplanar beings, spirits and more that are worshipped extensively by the tribespeople of Xholoria. The spirits are often also confounded with Xholorian's own ancestors, sometimes resulting in dead Xholorians' souls never actually passing on, but instead melding into the so-called 'spiritworld', a semi-extra-planar realm that overlaps with the physical world. As this religion is really more of a lifestyle than an organized faith, it has no unique symbol and worship is almost always done differently depending on the particular region you might find yourself in.