Gods

Faith creates gods. Before the written text, tribes held too many gods to mention. A single tree in a forest could be three different gods to three different tribes, and with no written text there was no structure to these beliefs.

Gods do not write books of linen, and all faith comes from mortals.

## The Gods of Starsong

The Ascended

* Abydos
* Blind Gambler Imrios
* The Betrayed King
* Khetashe the Wanderer
* Lady Velka
* Nahr Alva
* Skaen
* Talanas the Healer
* Vaer Qua In
* Veznan

The Primordial

* Eshua the Loom-Mother
* Cyuli of the Lakes
* The Flayed God
* Gevrauche
* The Mercy of the Stars
* Ryffid
* Zamanthras

The Outsiders

* Asmodeus, the Broken God
* Mistress Silf, Mother of Shadow
* The Stranger
* Tiamat
* Ummon the Forgotten
* Witchgod Quelanaa
* Yslach

## The Dwarvish Pantheon

### Glominmag

* Dwarf-God of endurance, willpower and retribution.
* A rather distant father, he demands hard work in exchange for protection within the halls of the next world.
* Has three sons; the Ancestor Gods of all Dwarves.
* Symbol is a hammer with a shining crack within.
* Dwarves live for what some consider an annoyingly long time. Couple this aspect with the fact that they're stubborn, then they're inspired by Glominmag to keep record of the grudges that befall them.

### Taldane

* One of the sons of Glominmag who is known as the god of skilled craftsmen.
* Father of artisans, inspiring the masterwork craftsmenship from all dwarves.
* Often associated with unnatural magics, that which is made by hand.
* His blessings either arrive in the form of artistic inspiration or utterly insane ramblings that typically damage the psyche of the artist.
* This god keeps no temples, but guilds and forges bear his mark.

### Gundrim

* One of the sons of Glominmag, known as a destructive and aggressive force.
* Father of all warriors, inspiring the determination that fuels all dwarves.
* The faithful of his order believe he inhabits every blade and shield forged.
* His priesthood can be recognised from their heavy armour, forsaking every other material that is not made of metal.
* This god keeps no temples, as his place of prayer is the arsenal and battlefield.

### Vorruld

* The mysterious last son Vorruld was removed from all dwarvish annals of history.

## The Gods of Aerrune

### Freyth, Builder of the Wheel

* God of life, death and doors.
* Saviour of the people of the Greylands in Aerrune, whose mighty visage protected them from the beasts in the great hinterlands.
* Believed to be the father of the Skol, fathered by he and Keonei.
* His Wheel is a symbol and an icon both; an icon of the device to which all men and beasts fall, mountains crumble, rivers made dry and all things made new again.

### Keonei the Ice-Maiden, the Dragon's Daughter

* Goddess of frost and winter as well as solitude and stillness.
* To some she is more civilized and recognised as the god of love, loss and sorrow.
* Daughter of a great ice dragon, mother of Durin and the first of the Skol.
* Believed to be the manifestation of erosion and collapse, as her existence may unravel all things towards the inevitable cold death of the world.
* Has a complicated relationship with Freyth, as they both represent death. Those who follow Keonei see resurrection as punishment, not a blessing.

### Stormbringer Durin, the Warhawk

* God of the five winds, tempest and storms. Often associated with birds of prey.
* Worshipped by many Cragsmen too, as to bring them good fortune on dangerous voyages
* Symbol is a shield with lightning before it.
* Fabled dragon-hunter.

## The Gods of Boletaria

### Devara, the Author of All Things, the One

* Mother of the Gods who carved Boletaria out of the Void, whose light spilled forth and created her seven children
* Devara was killed by some forsaken God, that which lurked in the Void
* Devara's death made way for her ultimate sacrifice, for to give a thing life one must sacrifice a measure of one's own
* The Grave of Devara is a mountain in Djaal that many make pilgrimage to.

### Melestria, the Firstborn of Music

* Firstborn daughter of Devara, she wandered the land of Boletaria bringing light and song.
* The places she first visited and rested became the foundations of the nations across Boletaria.
* The melodies she created are still sung today, woven into spellcraft

### Ishernos, of Things that Grow

* Creator of the lesser beasts of Boletaria

### Kurokto, of Things Made

* Creator of the dunes, mountains and jungles of Boletaria
* Possibly the most respected of the Gods, for one that knows how to lay the foundations of the land knows how to take them apart

### Daeon, of Fire and Forge

* Creator of the Profane Flame, immortalized as the God-King of Karneria
* Used the Flame to craft the Godforge

### Gallia, of Hunt and Conquest

* Creator of the predatory animals of Boletaria, to maintain the balance that Ishernos had created

### Ikonos, of Knowledge and Riddles

* Nobody knows much of Ikonos, for he made no land, created no life and made no great works
* Or perhaps he hid them from his kin
* He explored all of Boletaria and even beyond, learning all he could before disappearing

### Zotesh, of the Fringes

* Represents the unknown, a god who lives on the edge of the world

## The Gods of the Islands

### Arxigal the Seer

* God of visions and good fortune.
* Brother to Gilbael.
* Their symbol is a gull.

### Gilbael the Fool

* God of alcohol and revelry.
* Brother to Arxigal.
* Their symbol is a bull.

### Soaanil

* God of beauty, love and things that occur in the night following.
* Also known by many as the god of vanity also.
* Their symbol is a lioness.

### Zuokol

* God of mental and physical mastery, whose followers strive to achieve self-perfection.
* Their symbol is a butterfly, one wing being of blue and the other being green.