The Pantheon

> *"These are the forces that make up our world. They have no intent. They have no agenda, and they do no tend toward order. They want nothing more than to be what they are. And they don't care."* — Fang Runin, ch. 31, The Burning God.
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The Pantheon is conformed by sixty four deities. They are mainly worshipped in Nikan, but they are also known in the Hinterlands and the isle of Speer. Against common belief, the gods aren't personalities, they are fundamental forces of creation, continuous elements of existence itself, and they cannot escape their nature.

## Major deities

* **The Black Tortoise of the North**. One of the four cardinal deities, also called the Great Tortoise. Granted Dulin the ability to control the earth.
* **The White Tiger of the West.** One of the four cardinal deities.
* **The Blue Serpent of the East.** One of the four cardinal deities, also known as the Dragon of Arlong. A creature gained its powers and lives in the grottos outside of Arlong and chose Nezha to be its shaman.
* **The Vermilion Bird of the South**. The last of the four cardinal deities, also known as the Phoenix. He is worshipped by the Speerly people as well as the Nikara. His only desire is to burn and purify.
* **Nüwa, the Snail Godess**. One of oldest and most powerful gods of the Pantheon, even the Phoenix is afraid of her. This deity granted Su Daji the ability to bewitch and hypnosis similar to a snake. She is said to have crafted the humans from earth; first she crafted the aristocracy from the finest red clay, and then she lost patience and hastly shaped the rest from mud.
* **The Jade Emperor**: possesses a menagerie of magical creatures which can be summoned by Jiang Ziya
* **Erlang Shen:** Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Forces and twin brother to Sanshengmu
* **Sanshengmu:** Twin sister of Erlang Shen, legend says she visited the mortal world in mortal form and took a human hunter as a lover. She is supposedly the first to be imprisoned in the Chuluu Korikh and her son the Lotus Warrior became the first shaman.

## Other Known Deities

* **Talwu, the goddess of Hexagrams**. A chimera like goddess with the power of divination. This Goddess was contacted by Chaghan to cast fortunes over several commanders of the Cike.
* **Chang'e.** The moon goddess. Was pursued by the monkey god. Little is known about this god.
* **The Pig God.** Baji of the Cike is a shaman of the Pig God.
* **The Monkey God.** It's mentioned that his only drive is to cause chaos. Suni of the Cike is a shaman of the Monkey God.
* **Unnamed Darkness Goddess**. An unnamed goddess of darkness granted Tyr, commander of the Cike, the ability of blend with the shadows and go unnoticed.
* **Unnamed Wind Deity**. A wind deity possessed Feylen during the Third Poppy War. This deity only wants chaos.
* **Unnamed River Deity**. Aratsha of the Cike is a shaman of a water deity, allowing him to stay in liquid form, among other abilities.
* **Unnamed Fox Spirit.** Unegen of the Cike is a shaman, allowing him to turn into a fox.
* **Unnamed Medicine Goddess.** Lianhua is a shaman of this deity. She uses her power to heal people.
* **Unnamed Poison Goddess.** Pipaji is a shaman of this goddess. She can poison people she touches as well as through soil and water sources.