Septmet, King of the Sky

Head god of the Thyroe Pantheon. He is called the lord of misery for his Wife left him for the depths of the underworld, the rain are the tears and the clouds are him trying to blot out the joy of the world. But ultimately he is kind fair god, but one of excess. He is large intimidating man with a face that can be both stern and kind with eyes that have a blue as deep as the sky itself.

## Personality

Septmet was once a god of purest joy and the sky was always clear and blue. But his wife Hersped, queen of the low-world was the cause of his misery. His rancorous parties and joyous nature was too much for her and ultimately she left him, returning to the land of death. Struck with a deepest grief and pain, the sky no longer remained blue. The grey clouds being his misery and loneliness, the rain his tears and the thunder and lighting his rage. But Hersped is a mercurial deity and would return to Septmet for irregular intervals leading to the uncertainty of the weather.

Despite this Septmet is a kind and caring god, giving his followers many boons for their fealty, using his sadness to water their crops, containing his tears and rage when he can. But he has a very strict set of rules that he sets for his followers, should they break them his extreme kindness turns to brutal cruelty. He shall punish them with tempests, squalls and hurricanes until he feels they have repented. His rules are simple. Do not kill your fellow tribesmen, Do not harm your family and do not take from the innocent. But other than that he give's quite the bit of leeway, being a lover of battle and fisticuffs, being the patron of tavern brawls, show fights and skirmishes.

He cares deeply for his children, partially because they are a connection to his wife Hersped, but also because they help him during times of despair. Specifically Shenunsi, the lady of the sun, her kindness and laughter is one of the few things that keep him from weeping while Hersped is gone

## Divine realm

Septmet is the ruler of the five-layered high-world, seated on his thrown of clouds in his fortress of frozen sky. Once the fortress was formed from the tears of laughter he shed and the bubbly clouds of his laughter, but now it is large formed from his tears of sorrow and lightning of his wrath. It exists deep in the heavenly forest and sits on first layer of high-world, Tropodom, from hear he lords over the mid-world, but is largely unaware of the four higher levels of his kingdom.

## Activities

Septmet weeps often, his misery and tears causing storm after storm, ultimately leading to the impotent rage of his tempest, where he hurls lightning down at the earth trying to hit Hersped or one of her sisters.

When he is not consumed by his emotions he is seeing to his court of birds, the various kings within it bringing him news from around the world. The king of crows keeps him informed on the movements of Hersped and the other gods of low-world, the king of starlings tells him of the forests, the king of cormorants, the rivers and the king of gulls, the oceans. The king of eagles, the king of buzzards and the king of falcons keep him informed on the behaviour of men and whether or not they have broken his rules or done something to bring forth his favour.

Sometimes he meets with his daughter Shenunsi and together they dance and drink and make merry, causing the days when the sky is clear and blue and the sun shines bright.

## Relationships

* Hersped: Septmet and Hersped have a very complicated relationship. On one hand they love each other deeply but on the other, Hersped can barely stand him for more than a few days, she finds his party-loving nature far too much to handle and quickly returns to the quiet of her deathly roads, leaving the sky god alone and miserable.
* Shenunsi: the most beloved of his children, she is always kind and genial with him, desperate to push his misery and grief away. Whenever they meet they often party and make merry, there even comes times when the two get so drunk and riotous that she does not leave the sky for months, refusing to dip down, beneath the horizon and cease the party.
* Ionshemon: the twin brother of shenunsi, he and his father have a strained relationship, rarely even conversing with the other. This is because Ionshemon favours his mother Hersped over Septmet, regularly concealing her movements from Septmet, as such the night is often filled with storms and clouds due the two arguing. However there are many nights where Ionshemon hides from his father and the sky remains clear
* Twillferna & Kulls Donbane: Septmet utterly despises the sisters of his wife, seeing them as cruel and evil. It is often believed that thunder strikes are Septmet trying to attack the pair as they walk the planes of mid-world