Pantheons

The term pantheon is the name given to an alliance of deities who rule over one realm or more. In ages past, the pantheons were beyond count. Now, however, only a few remain. Centuries of warring amongst one another, with rival pantheons exterminating or subjugating their vanquished foes thinned them. The Angelic Conquest saw a few of the most brutal and violent pantheons destroyed. The greatest devastation wrought upon Creation's pantheons, however, was the Great Maelstrom which followed the Angelic Conquest. Many minor pantheons had been imprisoned across the cosmos in realms they had once ruled, and when the Maelstrom was unleashed, many were annihilated, their essences scattered through time and space.

In the modern Iron Age, only a few pantheons remain. The Edenian conquerors are still a force to be reckoned with, though they are split between Ascendant angels and Fallen. Aside from them, those pantheons that still persist are the Aesir, the Annunaki, the Atua, the Beznadi, the Devas, the Kami, the Kem-Duati, the Orishas, the Olympians, the Shen, the Teteocan, and the Tuatha de Dannan (and one more tbd).

## Edenians

Ynoch, the Lord of Eden, forged the greatest empire in Creation since the Age of Thunder. Midway through the Bronze Age, his Seraphim sons swept across the cosmos at the head of fifteen mighty Angelic Legions, subjugating world after world and bringing every pantheon of capricious, tyrannical gods to heel in the name of their father's Dream. None could stand against Eden, and after a mere millennium, any trace of meaningful resistance had been wiped out, the Angelic Conquest at an end.

Betrayal from within shattered the pantheon, however. Lucifer, the Lightbringer, most noble and beloved of the Seraphim, lead seven of his brothers in rebellion against their father. Seven more remained loyal to Ynoch, and the two sides waged a fratricidal conflict against one another which devastated Creation.

In the modern day, the Ascendant angels who sided with Ynoch rule Creation from Eden, supported tenuously by gods they once helped conquer, while the Fallen seethe and skulk within the Abyss, waiting for another chance at vengeance.

### Members

**Ynoch (NPC)**

**Abaddon (Unplayed)**

**Asmodeus (Unplayed)**

**Azazel (Unplayed)**

**Azrael (Unplayed )**

**Bael (NPC)**

**Gabriel Unplayed )**

**Gadreel (Unplayed)**

**Mephiston (Played by midnight)**

**Metatron (Unplayed)**

**Lucifer (NPC)**

**Michael (Played by Updog)**

**Raphael (Unplayed)**

**Raziel (Played by r3)**

**Samael (Unplayed)**

**Uriel (Played by Balk)**

## Aesir (The Thirteen)

A pantheon established during the Silver Age, the Aesir are a pantheon of fierce and proud warriors. They have long been allied with the Tuatha de Dannan, who they called the Vanir. Lead by the cunning Odin, they are notable for having had the most realms under their dominion survive the Great Maelstrom, thanks to many of the worlds under their control being anchored by the World Tree Yggdrasil.

### Members

**Aegir (Unplayed)**

**Baldur (Unplayed)**

**Bragi (Unplayed)**

**Freya (Unplayed)**

**Freyr (Unplayed)**

**Heimdall (Unplayed)**

**Hel (Unplayed)**

**Idunn (Unplayed)**

**Loki (Unplayed)**

**Magni (Unplayed)**

**Modi (Unplayed)**

**Njord (Unplayed)**

**Odin (Played by Updog)**

**Ran (Unplayed)**

**Sif (Unplayed)**

**Sigyn (Unplayed)**

**Skadi (Unplayed)**

**Thor (Played by Jacob)**

**Tyr (Played by Balk)**

**Ullr (Unplayed)**

**Vidar (Unplayed)**

## Annunaki (The Thirteen)

One of the most ancient pantheons, the Annunaki were founded at the dawn of the Golden Age, by the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, following the deposition of their father Ouranos. Oceanus and Tethys took on the names Abzu and Tiamat, producing a clutch of thousands of children, who they ruled for millennia before being usurped and murdered by them.

Later, the Annunaki were the first pantheon to fall in the Angelic Conquest. They survived into the Iron Age and the present day, if only barely. A once mighty pantheon who claimed to be the first beings to receive worship from humanity, they now barely cling to their existence.

## Beznadi (The Thirteen)

Among the most violent and barbaric of the surviving pantheons, the Beznadi arose within the Silver Age, and brought it to an end with a storm of violent conquest under their original leader, Svarog. Their advance finally halted against the might of Olympus, Svarog's son Perun challenged him for rulership of the pantheon, intending to raise his kin out of bloodlust and brutality. However, Perun's reign was plagued by rebellions from the worlds the pantheon had previously conquered, and his dreams of reform were never realized. Now, the Beznadi remain the most quarrelsome of divine families, openly fighting among themselves, and chafing against Perun's attempts to reign them in.

**Belobog (Unplayed)**

**Chernobog (Unplayed)**

**Perun, (Unplayed)**

**Svarog, (Played by Eli)**

**Vodan (Unplayed)**

**Xors Jutrobog** **(Unplayed)**

## Devas (The Thirteen)

Main Article: Devas

Alongside the Kem-Duati, the Devas are one of the oldest remaining pantheons, tracing their origins to the middle of the Golden Age. They were brought forth by Shesha, a benevolent aspect of the Primordial Apophis. They have always been one of the more benevolent pantheons, seeking to defend and instruct the mortals under their care, which sets them apart from many of the capricious and abusive gods common throughout the other pantheons.

**Agni (Unplayed)**

**Brahma (Unplayed)**

**Ganesha (Unplayed)**

**Indra (Unplayed)**

**Kali (Unplayed)**

**Lakshmi (Unplayed)**

**Parvati (Unplayed)**

**Sarasvati (Unplayed)**

**Shiva (Unplayed)**

**Surya (Unplayed)**

**Vishnu (Unplayed)**

**Yama (Unplayed)**

## **Kami (The Thirteen)**

The Amatsukami are the children of Ouranos and Nyx, which Nyx birthed using the last of Ouranos's essence that she had acquired during the Age of Thunder, when she had served as his mistress. Nyx birthed the Amatsukami during the early years of the Silver Age, raising them from with the Netherworld of Yomi, which she had taken as her own.

**Ameterasu (Unplayed)**

**Hachiman (Unplayed)**

**Raiden (Unplayed)**

**Susanoo (Unplayed)**

**Tsuki-Omi (Unplayed)**

## Kem-Duati (The Thirteen)

Main Article: Kem-Duati

The Kem-Duati are amongst the most ancient and autocratic of the godly pantheons. They trace their origins back to the early Golden Age, and can claim to be founded by the Primordial, Ra. The Kem-Duati at the height of their power were among the greatest pantheons in Creation, commanding the mighty Solar Fleet, and waging countless wars against the Primordial Apophis and his chaospawn.

**Anubis (Unplayed)**

**Babi (Unplayed)**

**Bes (Unplayed)**

**Geb (Unplayed)**

**Horus (Unplayed)**

**Hathor/Sekhmet (Played by Celestial)**

**Isis (Unplayed)**

**Neith (Unplayed)**

**Nekhbet (Unplayed)**

**Nephthys (Played by Mechanical Boots)**

**Nut (Unplayed)**

**Osiris (Unplayed)**

**P'tah (Unplayed)**

**Serqet (Unplayed)**

**Set (Played by 935)**

**Sobek (Unplayed)**

**Tawaret (Unplayed)**

**Thoth (Unplayed)**

**Wadjet (Unplayed)**

## Orishas (The Thirteen)

The Orishas trace their origins to the long ended Age of Thunder, being the fourth cluster of children birthed by Ouranos and Gaia. Following their birth, the young Orishas were taken away from their mother and elder siblings by Ouranos, who believed that Gaia had been unfaithful to him, in order to punish her for the supposed infidelity. The Orishas grew up in a realm between the Terrene Realms and the High Tempest, beyond the reach of Gaia, with none but Ouranos (who they called Olodumare) to connect them to the outside world. After their father was castrated and retreated to the High Tempest, the Orishas emerged into wider Creation at the dawn of the Golden Age.

### Members

**Baron Samedi (Unplayed)**

**Damballa (Unplayed)**

**Erzulie (Unplayed)**

**Kalfu (Unplayed)**

**Legba (Unplayed)**

**Ogoun (Unplayed)**

**Shango (Unplayed)**

## Olympians (The Thirteen)

### Members

**Aeolus (Unplayed)**

**Apollo (Played by Reaver)**

**Aphrodite (Unplayed)**

**Athena (Unplayed)**

**Ares (Unplayed)**

**Artemis (Unplayed)**

**Boreas (Unplayed)**

**Demeter (Unplayed)**

**Dionysus (Unplayed)**

**Eros (Unplayed)**

**Eurus (Unplayed)**

**Hades (Unplayed)**

**Hecate (Unplayed)**

**Hephaestus (Unplayed)**

**Hera (Unplayed)**

**Heracles (Unplayed)**

**Hermes (Played by r3)**

**Hestia (Unplayed)**

**Notus (Unplayed)**

**Persephone (Unplayed)**

**Poseidon (Unplayed)**

**Thanatos (Unplayed)**

**Zephyros (Unplayed)**

**Zeus (Played by Balk)**

## Shen (The Thirteen)

Though an ancient pantheon dating back to the Golden Age, the Shen never involved themselves much in the wider affairs of the cosmos. A heavily isolationist and xenophobic group of gods, concerned only with maintaining perfect order over their own domain. Infamously, they were known for maintaining the Great Heavenly Archive, wherein they maintained records of the deeds of every god and mortal within their purview, using them to punish any mortal who deviated even slightly from their mandates. In short, they were oppressive micromanagers.

The Shen were subjugated by the Second and Fifth Angelic Legions, and survived into the Iron Age and to the present. They have faced a great deal of contention over the centuries, but have been largely isolationist. Following the devastation they faced during the Second World War, largely at the hands of the Kami, the Shen have begun working to increase their outside influence over the last few decades.

### Members

**Chang'e (Banished)**

**Fuxi (Banished)**

**Guan Yu (Banished)**

**Guanyin (Banished)**

**Houyi (Banished)**

**Huang Di (Banished)**

**Nezha (Banished)**

**Nüwa (Banished)**

**Shennong(Banished)**

**Sun Wukong (Unplayed)**

**Xiwangmu (Banished)**

**Yanluo (Banished)**

**Zi-Gu (Banished)**

## Teteocan (The Thirteen)

Though the Teteocan pantheon first emerged in the final centuries of the Silver Age, its members are far older. They were once known as the Titans, the eldest children of Ouranos and Gaia, Skyfather and Earthmother. It was they who cast down Ouranos and ended the Age of Thunder, and they ruled the remnants for his empire for much of the Golden Age, lead by Kronos, the Lord of Time.

Their reign did not last, and with their fall at the hands of the Olympians, came the end of the Golden Age and their decadence. Those who fought against Olympus were cast into the Abyss, where they faced millennia of torment at the hands of Tartarus, the Bloodlord. Thousands of years later, their minds twisted by pain and hearts warped by suffering, the Titan's reemerged. More violent. More warlike. More blood-hungry. In the Pit, they had adopted the blood magic of Itztli, and used its dark power to carve out a new domain for themselves as the Bronze Age began.

### Members

**Huitzilopochtli (Unplayed)**

**Miclantecuhtli (Unplayed)**

**Quetzalcoatl**

**Tezcatlipoca**

**Tlaloc**

**Tlazoltéotl**

**Xipe Totec**

## Tuatha De Danann (The Thirteen)

Though several of its founding members were born in the Golden Age, the Tuatha De Dannan did not emerge onto the stage of Creation until the early Silver Age. Known as the Vanir by their longtime allies, the Aesir, the Tuatha are generally loosely aligned together in times of peace, but rally together in times of war around Lugh, their Ard Righ, or High King. They espouse a philosophy of honor and fierce love of life, seeking always to commit deeds worthy of immortal song.

### Members

**Aengus (Unplayed)**

**Brigid (Unplayed)**

**Cernnunos (Unplayed)**

**Dagda (Unplayed)**

**Dian Cecht (Unplayed)**

**Lugh (Unplayed)**

**Mannan Mac Lir (Unplayed)**

**The Morrigan (Unplayed)**

**Nuada (Unplayed)**

**Ogma (Unplayed)**