The Valun

## Overview

The Valun are the eight gods that are worshipped on the continent of Fanua. The Valun are not always benevolent, they are prone to fits of anger and other emotions just as humans are. When people desire their guidance or intervention they will pray, fast, and even make animal sacrifices in the honor of the Valun. It was the Valun who rebelled against their siblings the Marun, due in part to the Maruns extreme cruelty and in part because the Valun desired the Marun power. It was the Valun who created the race of angels and who promised the demons their anonymity after the war with the Marun was over.

#### The Valun

* **Junia**
	+ *Goddess of Fertility and Protector of Women*
		- Junia often appears as a motherly figure with staff. She is known for blessing children she believes will be of great significance and for bringing misfortune on men who abuse their wives or children.
			* **The Divine Feminine:** An order devoted to Junia and strictly consisting of only women. They provide birthing assistance and shelters to women of all social classes.
* **Caecia**
	+ *Goddess of War and Patron of Armorers and Blacksmiths*
		- A lean woman clad in bronze armor and wielding a great spear. Blacksmiths and Armorers will give offerings to Caecia before beginning an important project.
			* **Children of The Blade:** A fraternal order of warriors, mercenaries, bounty hunters, and blacksmiths

* **Citrio**
	+ *God of Lies and Mischief*
		- Citrio appears as a small child with messy hair and a dirty appearance. He is mostly harmless in his lies and pranks, but at times he can take things too far and people end up hurt. He is accompanied by his companion and partial protector the great wolf-hound Maxius.
* **Demipho**
	+ *God of Knowledge, known and unknown*
		- Demipho is the patron too which all scholars pray. Demipho usually shows himself as a scholarly man and generally appears in libraries or any place where knowledge is stored.
			* **The Ordained Library:** A group of scholars that travel across the world gathering and recording knowledge to store in The Great Library in the capital city.
* **Isidora**
	+ *Goddess of the Sun, twin sister of Tullia*
		- Isidora is known for her great beauty. Her skin seems to glow with the light of the sun that she brings forth every morning.
			* **The Illuminated Crest:**  An order governed by five high priestesses, they hold rituals during the summer solstice in honor of their deity.

* **Tullia**
	+ *Goddess of the Moon, twin sister of Isidora*
		- Much like her sister, Tullia is known for being exceptionally beautiful. Unlike her sister, Tullia is very pale in appearance. She calls the moon out every night to follow the sun.
			* **The Twilight Crest:**  The sister order too the **Illuminated Crest.** The Twilight Crest holds rituals at full moon in honor of their deity.
* **Alanus**
	+ *God of Water and Patron of Sailors and Shipbuilders*
		- Alanus rarely appears to humans, when he does he will appear as a sea serpent that rises from the oceans. Sailors will make animal sacrifices in hopes of calm seas, this does not always work.
			* **The Brotherhood of The Whale:** An order of sailors and merchants.
* **Antia**
	+ *Goddess of Health and Wellness, Gatekeeper of Death*
		- Antia is the one to whom doctors and healers pray to for aide. Antia is also the one who ensures that the dead find their way into deaths domain. When she is the aspect of health she appears in white robes while acting on deaths behalf she dons black.
			* **The Guides of Antia:**  A group that provides funeral rites and burial services when needed.

#### Intervention and Interaction

The Valun seem to be unconcerned with the plights of mankind. They have been known to intercede when adequate offering is given, but this is extremely rare. They tend to keep themselves removed from the lives of humans, and even the angels rarely see them.

### Personalities

The Valun are vain, incredibly so. In the centuries since their defeat of the Marun, they have distanced themselves from the other races and have an extreme sense of superiority. They are convinced that the Marun will not be able to return and that Botix's prophecy will not come to pass as long as they are around. They have forgotten the limits of their own power and have convinced themselves that they would have been victorious over the Marun even without the aid of demons, angels, and humans.