Followers of Io

The **Followers of Io** is the unofficial name of those who reside in the Shattered Desert or town of Bazaar and worship the Moon Goddess Io. The group seems to go back centuries, possibly even eons, as dolls of what appear to be Luna can be seen in the Realm prior to the moon shattering, as seen in Io's teaser trailer, with the shattering occurring centuries ago revealed here, and Io watching the Realm for eons stated in the same trailer, as well as here.

Followers of Io largely appear to have lived in the same part of the Realm for centuries, living peacefully despite the wars that once ravaged the north of the Realm; peacefully guarding the fragments of their goddess that had fallen to the Realm, as well as appointing their own martial order to protect the seal which held chaos at bay; peacefully that is, until the town of Bazaar became the victim of yet another battle between the Magistrate and Resistance.

Despite this conflict and the threat of Yagorath, the people did not lose faith, and banded together to assist in fighting the beast. Most of the followers, that is, aside from the sole survivor of the martial order that had been tasked with defending the Darkness' seal.

## Known Members

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 Vora (former)

## Gallery

* The assumed symbol of the Followers of Io

## Trivia

* Alongside the Ska'drin, the Followers of Io didn't help the rest of the Realm fight off the Goblin Scourges , likely due to the scourges only affecting the north of the Realm.
	+ It is unknown if the Followers of Io also receive discrimination because of this as the ska'drins do.
	+ What appears to be a ska'drin mother and child can be seen on Bazaar in Octavia's card Entrenched, though despite this, the ska'drin and Followers of Io don't have a super explicit connection.
* Io's current appearance is what her followers originally envisioned her looking like.
* Aside from Vora, no other champions have any current or past affiliation with the Followers or their faith. However, the developer in question does admit they have a bit of a blind spot for champion lore following Vatu, so it is possible some of the later characters could have a connection.
* Although only female members of Vora's martial order were shown / represented in her trailer, it's implied male warriors existed as well.
* Moonlike symbols have appeared in all current snow-themed maps, with symbols appearing near the spawn rooms on both sides of Ice Mines, atop various doors and structures in Snowfall Junction, and a possible portrayal of an eclipse on the old version of Frozen Guard. It is unknown what, if any, connection these maps have to the Followers of Io.

**Directions**Anti-Abyss  •  Anti-Darkness  •  Nature Protectors  •  Neutral
**Groups** Bomb Kingdom  •  Deepwerks  •  Eternal Pyre  •  **Followers of Io**  •  House Aico  •  House Arturos  •  Outer Tribunal  •  Paladins (Former)  •  Red River Orcs  •  Sentinels  •  Shadow Tribunal  •  Summer Court  •  Tau-Kor Monastery  •  Thousand Hands Guild  •  Warders  •  Unknown Groups
**Noteworthy Items / Forces**Crystals  •  Magic  •  Souls  •  Warder's Key  •  Warder's Relic
**Notable Positions**Abyssal Lord  •  Border Lord  •  Grand Magister  •  Pyre Lord
**The Realm**Abyss  •  Aico Tundra  •  Crosswind Hold  •  The Eight Oceans  •  Enchanted Forest  •  Greenwood  •  Lunar Coast  •  Seris (Village)  •  Temple Isles  •  Trade Row  •  Warder's Watch
**Races**Abyssal Creature  •  Animal  •  Construct  •  Darkness  •  Dragon  •  Deities  •  Dwarf  •  Elemental  •  Elf  •  Faerie  •  Goblin  •  Human  •  Leipori  •  Orc  •  Pyre Creature  •  Ska'drin  •  Spirit  •  Stagalla  •  Tigron  •  Transformed  •  Undead  •  Vulpin  •  Wyrin
**Complete Timeline**Complete Timeline  •  Paladins Chronicles
**Story Arcs**Crystal Arc  •  Darkness Arc  •  Ska'drin Arc
**Time Periods**The Ancient Age  •  The Age of the Paladins  •  The Golden Age  •  The Age of Resistance  •  The Lost Future
**Notable Events**Dragon Scourge  •  Goblin Scourges  •  Golden Age  •  Crystal War  •  Koga's Revenge  •  Destruction of Seris  •  Battle of Ascension Peak  •  Warders Return  •  The Fight of the Shattered Desert  •  Shattered Goddess' Return  •  The Summoning of Raum  •  The Darkness Released  •  Shift of Power
**Other**NPCs  •  Updated Bios  •  Alternate Realities  •  Canon Skins  •  Statues  •  Legends  •  Misconceptions  •  Retcons  •  Character Feats  •  Alpha Lore

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:ToTR\_Shattered Desert.png
2. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
3. ↑ File:Skadrinhatred.PNG
4. ↑ File:Skadrin and Io Followers.png
5. ↑ "We're the devs at Evil Mojo who made Io! Ask us anything about the newest Support Champion!" on Reddit
6. ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
7. ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
8. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter