Emysstrian High Pantheon

## The 6 High Creators:

The world was created by the 6 High Creators:  **Rhein, Uasor, Velos, Cuetza, Khali, and Mnemosyne**.  Nothing is known about the state of the universe before they emerged, or even how they came into being.

Each deity maintains jurisdiction over one of the six **World Elements**.

**Vodr/Water** is under the jurisdiction of **Rhein**.  A being who stirs the ocean currents from the heavens, he is depicted as a tall human man with a trident.

**Pyro/Fire** is under the jurisdiction of **Uasor**.  Brimming with heat energy within her very essence, she is depicted as a female elemental.

**Naturae/Nature** is under the jurisdiction of **Khali**.  Unfolding many times to reveal countless forms of life, she is depicted as a dark-skinned woman with many arms.

**Terros/Earth** is under the jurisdiction of **Velos**.  Molder of earth and father of stone, he is depicted as a dwarven male.

**Aer/Air** is under the jurisdiction of **Cuetza**.  Circling around the globe on an endless journey across the skies, they are depicted as a giant, feathered serpent.

**Mana** is under the jurisdiction of **Mnemosyne**.  Wielder of knowledge whose appearance is said to change upon every glance, she is depicted as female.

## The Upper Gods:

Each of the branch elements has a god associated with them as well, who were either created or chosen by the god of the respective World Element.  The exceptions to this are Soul and Mind, as all Mana elements fall under Mnemosyne.

Vodr (Water) -> Rhein

Ice = Boreas

* Where the word "boreal" is derived from
* Commonly depicted as a giant made from ice and frost
* Daughter is Kiona, goddess of snow

Steam = Spira

* Where the words "spirit" (first imagined to be the dissolution of the soul into a vapor-like form) and "respire" are derived from
* Commonly depicted as a ghostlike entity, although she is largely portrayed as friendly

Pyro (Fire) -> Uasor

Light = Lume

* Where the words "lumen" and "luminous" are derived from
* Commonly depicted as a sentient, white flame

Thunder = Toro

* Commonly depicted as a muscular man with short hair and four arms, each holding a lightning bolt

Naturae (Nature) -> Khali

Death = Mourouh

* Where the words "horror," "mourn," and "morbid" are derived from
* While humans seem to fear him, other species seem to have more of a neutral reverence
* Depicted as this world's grim reaper; is said to be the one that separates souls upon death and casts them to the Underworld or the Higher Planes

Life = Elysia

* Name means life (more specifically, the “state/status of living/being alive” as living creatures were described as “having” the property of elysia) in an older form of Tescaran Elvish -> Elysia -> lyse -> lyfe -> life

* Where the word "Elysium" (the higher plane that good spirits ascend to after their death)
* Commonly depicted as a golden woman in a simple, saintlike white toga

Terros (Earth) -> Velos

Metal = Forng

* Where the word “forge” is derived from (originally used to describe artificial replications of natural heat formations in the ground used to manipulate metal)
* Typically depicted as serious and stern in comparison to his sister;  represents the craftsman aspect of forging

Molten = Firna =

* Where the word “furnace” is derived from (originally used to describe pockets in the Earth where molten energy is naturally in higher amounts, as these were used by early toolmakers)
* Typically depicted as lively and free-spirited in comparison to her brother;  represents the material aspect of forging

* The twin Gods of Forging from the Corinthian Dwarvish Pantheon, they were later incorporated into the broader High Pantheon of Emysstria.

Aer (Air) -> Cuetza

Darkness = Nhull

* This is also where the words “null” and nothing come from since nothingness derives from complete darkness (in the absence of light, otherwise defined as the absence of material since light matter was an ancient representation of tangible reality).
* Depicted as a large, overwhelming figure in Black Knight armor

Storm = Oneiron

* Said to have been a man that saved his people by using his magic to stop an unnatural tornado, killing him in the process.  He ascended to godhood with Cuetza's blessing and is said to be one of the few beings who engages with the Sky Serpent on a regular basis.
* Depicted as a man in robes with elflike features

Mana (Mind) -> Mnemosyne

Soul = Mnemosyne

Magic = Mnemosyne

## The Elder Mythicals:

Although depicted as separate from the High Creators and the Upper Gods, they are still revered as existing at the same level.  These are the Lords of Time, Space, and Aether.’

(Note:  Aether is the general term for matter that does not come from this dimension.)