Assyris

**Assyris** is the official national religion of Assyra and the Assyran Empire. It is a polytheistic faith, with a core of major gods and goddesses and hundreds of lesser deities. It is named for the core deities collectively known by the same title.

The Assyran government has been tolerant of other peoples' faiths, allowing the natives of the Empire provinces to follow whatever deities they choose as long as they acknowledge the Assyris as the highest order of divine and more powerful than all other gods.

### The Assyris

At the heart of the Assyris faith are the Assyris, twenty gods and goddesses who are considered the most powerful and most important of the hundreds of others who make up the complex divine hierarchy. The Assyris are also known as the Council Members or Members of Council. The Council is a quarterly meeting of the Assyris at the temple of Dolch Assyris in Carnum, during which it is believed the gods weigh the issues of the world and conduct divine judgement.

COUNCIL MEMBERS | the twenty most important deities in the Assyran faith; the ones who sit the Council Table and decide the fate of humanity and the world

* Tero | king of gods and men; god of sky, storms, the weather, earthquakes, birds, prophecy, mysteries
* Hestra | queen of gods and men; goddess of sky, knowledge, writing, women
* Claea | home and earth, medicinal herbs, childbirth, suffering
* Cerces | abundance, bounty, good fortune, crops and agriculture, famine, drought
* Brontus | senseless brutality of war, horses
* Marinus | philosophy, rhetoric, discourse, oration, defamation, libel, deceit
* Orculus | inevitably of death
* Bracchuis | wine, winemaking, olives, creative inspiration, pottery, crafts, townships
* Decima |ephemeral nature of time, passing of seasons, divine truth, retribution
* Morthis | wilderness, the hunt, primeval justice and tradition, rape
* Cyreus | inevitability of change, gates, roads, entrances, travelers, ships
* Horthos | the winds, ships, unexplained deaths, nameless and forgotten dead
* Adrophus | nobility, wealth, societal order, civilization, literature
* Plestus | animals, loyalty, marital bonds
* Sados | oceans, sailors, piety
* Korthas | mathematics, history
* Tarus | music, the arts, poverty, misfortune
* Keios | tools of war, technology, all lost knowledge/peoples/cities
* Adrax | righteous war, rebellion

Each Assyri is ascribed different spheres, powers, and abilities. Their exact levels of potency in relation to each other are unknown, with the exception of Tero, him being the most powerful being in existence, with more power than all other deities hold together. The Assyris are often worshipped by different people within society. Each has their own forces of dedicated priests, cults, and lesser deities surrounding them.

While several of them have seen a waning in popularity over the eras, and others have increased their own significance based on more current events in history, all of them remain central to the Assyris faith. Acknowledgment of the Council as the leaders of the world is essential to all Assyrans and people in the Empire provinces who desire to continue to practice their own faiths.

### Lesser Gods and Goddesses

* Auxilla - goddess of war and victory
* Axes - god of war, defeat, and mortal vices
* Lystra - goddess of courage and light
* Nimra - goddess of victory in battle, energy, competitive spirit, and vitality
* Remos - god of shepherds and goatherds, beekeeping, and bricklaying
* Porthes - goddess of treaties, the rules of war, and divine protection and justice
* Brothis - god of arrows
* Amulus - god of violent injury
* Morthae - goddess of aftermath and consequences
* Amarra - goddess of wisdom, generals, strategists, and all other high-ranking officials of war
* Aleta - goddess of mountains and stoneworks; founder of Carnum
* Icara - goddess of records, keeper of documents and scrolls
* Epothomentes - god of righteousess
* Xerxes - god of divine truth
* Attra - goddess of divine judgement
* Electra - goddess of lightning and storms
* Vordus - god of darkness, nightfall, and truth
* Carnus - god of creativity and inspiration
* Auspaia - goddess of magic, prophecy, and foresight
* Karos - god of agony and pain
* Era - goddess of sexual love and beauty
* Aeges - god of young love
* Etrix - trickster goddess of dark magic, healing, witchcraft, and prophecy
* Incarna - goddess of fire and rebirth
* Atalius - god of athletes and athletic games
* Discorda - goddess of childbirth, musical instruments, and divine hymns; protector of pregnant women
* Adamenta - goddess of lyric poetry
* Megea - goddess motherly love and protection
* Amona - goddess of harmony and peace
* Avessus - god of autumn
* Strenta - goddess of metalworking, forges, and violence
* Morticia - goddess of massages, omens, divine retribution, and catastrophe
* Romus - god of sculptors
* Electris - god and protector of emperors
* Orthe - goddess of sadness, grief, and insanity

### Other faiths

Within their own faith, Assyrans do not officially acknowledge the existence of foreign deities, although over the eras they have adopted and changed various religious figures from the territories they conquered.