The Pantheon

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The Pantheon are the deities worshipped by the majority of races in th

## The History of the Gods

The start of history in the world of Talluv is the Awakening. Gancholad, God of Sleeping and Waking, awoke after the Great Sleep. The history of Talluv before this time is vague. The gods reveal, through dreams and visions, that there was The-God-That-Was. The-God-That-Was, while creating all things, one day was no longer. The worlds were never completed and remain fractured to this day. Therefore, giant masses of land and sea drift among the swilring vortex of winds.

Gancholad began walking through the dreams of the other gods, waking them. He and the other gods began the awakening of the world. They reached out into creation, and found both the powers that were theirs to control and to grant. Moreover, they found in the world, the memories of the Great Sleep and the Awakening, hints and whispers of what came before. As they looked across creation, they sensed that there were not just the gods, but also other beings, asleep throughout the fractured lands. The gods chose races that they would awaken, and spoke to these peoples through prophets, priests, dreams and visions. The first race awoken were the Elder-Children, the Elves. Gancholad himself woke their kings and priests, and the race views themselves as chosen. Other races were chosen later, until these days, when races are still being awoken.

#### The Story

“At the dawn of time, The-God-That-Was began to create. The-God-That-Was created seas in one place, islands in another, animals and creatures along with dwarves and orcs and elves and gnomes and men. The-God-That-Was was ready to set about putting everything in it’s rightful place… But The-God-That-Was was no longer. The worlds were never completed and remain fractured to this day. Giant masses of land and sea drift among the swirling vortex of winds. However, there is a pattern to the lands, an order the God-that-Was set in place before he was no more. The creatures of The-God-that-Was were sleeping, waiting to be awakened in the ancient days. The first to awake was Gancholad, the Sleepless One, the Dreamwalker, the First Awake. Gancholad realized that he (as much as Gancholad was masculine) was a God, a being of immense power and the first to rise from the slumber of the world. Gancholad began walking into the dreams of other gods and goddesses and waking them from their slumbers. Then the Gods began accessing their domains, understanding that they were in charge of different parts of creation. Each of the gods and goddesses woke up their part of creation, putting the sentient races throughout the broken masses of land and sea, and spreading creatures and trees throughout. Even then though, they were not mighty enough to draw together the land and finish the creation; if that was there intent. The gods were not all aligned with creation and order, there are a number who have gravitated to the darker side of the cosmos, toward death, destruction, hatred and darkness.

When the gods spread out the races, each began accessing the land around them and spreading out. The ancient days are long behind us, but the stories of The-God-That-Was, the Living gods and goddesses and our ancestors still reverberate with us, as they are our stories still.”

## The Pantheon

### Gancholad

Gancholad (also called The Sleepless One, The Dreamwalker, the First Awake) is the prime deity of the Pantheon. It was he who awoke first in Creation, and awoke both the other gods, goddesses, and the most powerful race in the world today, the Elves. He is the god of Sleeping and Waking, by extension, Time and Life. To those who follow him he gives power over light and life. The Elves in particular worship Gancholad above all others.

### Austarra

Austarra (also called The Beloved, the Great Dreamer, the Second Awake) is the consort-queen of Gancholad. She was the first dreamer he met, and their love was powerful and the catalyst to wake the other gods and goddesses. Austarra's knowledge is intuitive and vast, and she grants her followers access to her wisdom. She is the goddess of dreams, prophecies and visions.

### Dougal

The Chaotic Ocean, The Magical Wind, The Voiceless Word / God of Magic, Chaos and Change / Domain of Arcana, Trickery, and Tempest / Waker of Orcs, et al, Halflings

### Immolk

The Passage-giver, The Safety Bringer / God of Airstreams, Airships, and the Passage between Airlands / Domains of Tempest, Travel\*\*\*

### Mavon

The Solid Ground, The Unyielding / God of Land, Ground, and Constancy / Domain of Nature / Waker of Humans, Dwarves

### Soween

The Bright Pyre and the Dark Night / Goddess of Death and the Funeral Rite / Domain of Death and Grave

### Yule

God of War / Yule is the god of war, battles, and protection. The Dwarves were plunging into conflict around the year 700 when the race of orcs were awoken near them. This god woke shortly afterward, and became a patron of many dwarven clans, along with all those who make fighting their profession. domain - war, protection, forge