Emneraki Loa

**The Emneraki Loa** (In Dreki: 'Gods of the World') are the deities recognised and worshipped by the ice trolls of Northrend. They are also known as the **Drakkari Loa**, or **the Drakkari pantheon** and they are divided into hierarchical branches. The first, and greater, are the *Zarazashi*, meaning ‘Dwellers of Sky’. These beings are among the oldest, most powerful and most revered of the Loa, counting in their numbers Zar Zaradan Zaur, the twelve-headed wyrm from whose wings the stars were born, and his eight godly children who traversed the universe and fathered trollkind.

The second are the *Nama’kai*, meaning ‘Children of the Earth’. Although strong and no less worthy of worship, these beings are believed to be lesser as they were not Zaradan’s direct creation, rather they were conceived by Ayu’nama, the ancient personification of the earth herself, or her brother Nawida, Lord of the Seas, or were yet born as spirits from the primordial forces of the world.

Thirdly, there are a number of gods who were the fruit of unions between the Zarazashi and Nama’kai, thus recognised by both, but holding mastery over neither. These are known as the *Tua’chak*, of whom the Loa Ofasa is a member.

Despite being known in Zandalar as the 'Faith of the Emneraki' or the 'Emnerak Religion', the ice trolls themselves do not refer to it with that name, instead simply calling it 'Ze Una'kar', meaning 'the Faith'.

## The Known Gods

A recollection of all the known Loa as they are named by the Drakkari are here recounted:

*Zarazashi*:

* Zar Zaradan Zaur
* Godronnogan
* Nakir'zulan
* Tse'rukar
* Negenga
* Surun
* Undala
* Gadesa
* Valemba

*Nama’kai*:

* Ayu’nama
* Nawida
* Mam’toth
* Rhunok
* Har’koa
* Akali
* Kobaras
* Quetz’lun
* Tharon’ja

*Tua’chak*:

* Ofasa
* Mor'thek

## The Known Worlds

In the legends of the ice trolls it is told that from within his cavern Zaradan brought eight worlds into creation, one for each of his eight sons, where they would bring their descendants to rule and prosper for the remainder of all time. The eight worlds of the trolls are thus known as follows:

* Lutendi is the first world for the first son, Godronnogan. Their rulers are known as the bright trolls and their world is made of light and shining gold. No things grow on Lutendi and their days are everlasting.
* Traumur is the second world for the second son, Nakir'zulan. Traumur is a world made only of water, a single ocean encompasses every horizon and their inhabitants are known as the sea trolls, who live beneath the waves and ride upon mighty leviathans.
* Akemar is the third world for the third son, Tse'rukar. It once was a beatiful land of vast fields, but it was shattered by Godronnogan once he stepped foot upon it. Now their dwellers, the earth trolls, craft islands they use as ships to sail to the sundered parts of their broken world.
* Drimmava is the fourth world, once given to the fourth son, Negenga. Drimmava stands highest than all the other worlds, but also furthest from the light of Zaradan. Thus Drimmava is a place of utter darkness and all its people are blind. The shadow trolls rule it, and their black cities cover everything there is.
* Ikvidri is the fifth world, granted to the fifth son, Surun. Unlike all his brothers, Surun rules Ikvidri himself as king and god and father to all its peoples: the fire trolls, who brand their red skins with burning stones and whose speech is wrought in flame.
* Guraval is the sixth world, given to the sixth son, Undala. From Guraval come all the winds in the universe, and their people, the sky trolls, are creators of omens. They speak hidden messages in the gale, but once it arrives to other worlds they might only be heard as distant echoes or whistling air.
* Emnerak is the seventh world for the seventh son, Gadesa. It is the world of the ice trolls, the Dragon's Folk; a cold place of snow and frost, full of great dangers and great wonders. Here the aroda shines brightest, and can be seen most clearly, enlightening the minds of the ice trolls who behold it.
* Ustura is the eighth world, meant to be given to Valemba, the eighth son, but Valemba was lost in shadow as he sought for its place. His sons, the youngest of all trolls, are the iron trolls, and they had to make their own way to Ustura. There they found a stony world rife with caverns and labyrinths of rock. Within it and throughout it they built many forges and quarries, becoming great inventors, melding masonry with magic so that their cities floated high in the air, as they ever awaited the return of their god Valemba.