The Celestial Trinity

Tezcal, The Father of Beasts
 Nuhra, The Guiding Mother

### Kotahl, The Coiled Serpent

Depicted as a massive serpentine eel-like creature with a translucent body and a pair of brightly coloured wings, the coiled serpent is revered by many of the lizardfolk in Chultan as many believe that it was the serpent that guided them towards taking their freedom.

Kotahl’s domain is over the desire for freedom and unity, and his followers embody this desire in their everyday life. Many of his mortal followers hail from Chultan, where the lizardfolk and tortles revere him as their chief deity. However, due to his desire for freedom, many of his followers also tend to travel the world, in order to end the shackles of oppression, rarely settling down. Kotahl and his followers have a ferocious rivalry with the Endless Weaver and the Serpent Empress, due to both those deities encouraging the subjugation of others, as well as their history with the inhabitants of Chultan. They also hold a deep resentment for the devils of Infernus, seeing the enslavement of souls to be an unforgivable desecration of a spirit’s purity.

His rivalry with the Serpent Empress culminated in a divine battle between the two deities during the Chultani Uprising. While the inhabitants of Chultan waged war against their serpent overlords, Kotahl battled Naganar in the heavens and successfully cast her down. In an ironic twist of fate, the Coiled Serpent deemed it fitting that she should be imprisoned in a prison plane, where she still resides to this day.

Kotahl claims rulership over the layer of Amoria, the topmost layer of Elysium, which is described as being a vast range of mountains where a warm breeze can be felt throughout carrying along with it the radiant leaves of the Golden Tree. This layer is home to various celestial beings, from herds of Ki-rin carried along the constant breeze to flocks of different Couatl, led by Quetzalcouatls. The mountains are said to contain settlements where various azata accompany the radiant souls of those who followed Kotahl’s tenets in life and earned eternal freedom in his realm.

### Tezcal, The Father of Beasts

Depictions of Tezcal are few and vary wildly between different cultures; many ursine tribes depict him as a massive elemental bear whose body is made entirely out of ice. The ratfolk within the Vermathis Republic worship a being known as the Verminlord, who many believe to perhaps be one of Tezcal’s avatars. However, like the rest of the Celestial Trinity, the truth remains a mystery.

Tezcal is a wild and unpredictable deity and is specifically concerned with the preservation of nature and its balance. His followers value natural beauty and the fierce savagery found in the animal world. While his more devout servants tend to either be clerics or druids, the latter are the most predominant, due to his narrow-minded view on nature and balance. Tezcal and his servants hold a deep resentment towards those that would upset the natural balance, specifically the demons of the dread abyss due to their desire for wanton destruction.

Tezcal claims rulership over the layer of Arboria, which is described as possessing a variety of different climates and environments, all of which are populated by various animalistic celestial beings. In this layer, nature is allowed to thrive in its entirety without any outside interference.

### Nuhra, The Guiding Mother

Depicted as a gargantuan humanoid female whose body is made of pure starlight and possessing a crystalline face. The guiding mother is said to be the oldest and most powerful of the Celestial Trinity, who is predominantly worshipped by many seafaring cultures throughout Penastria.

Due to her being a greater deity, Nuhra’s influence spreads into various domains, however she is most closely associated with the desire for peace amongst different beings. She is said to hold a deep understanding on the tapestry of fate and is one of the only two known deities who can clearly see the tapestry as opposed to merely catching glimpses of it, the other being the Undying King. Her worshippers are a varied lot, with organized clergies dedicated to the Guiding Mother, appearing throughout the known world. She is also worshipped by many druids who interpret the constellations created by the Guiding Mother, in order to catch glimpses of future events. Her servants are also highly prized as navigators aboard many seafaring vessels, due to their ability to recognize these constellations and guide ships safely towards their destinations.

During the Age of Myth, Nuhra battled the Demon Lord Dagon during the latter's attempted invasion of the Penastrian oceans, and successfully repelled the demon lord's forces and cast him back into the Dread Abyss.

Nuhra claims rulership over the layer of Oceania which is the largest layer of Elysium. This layer is made up of a great ocean that is said to glisten with starlight, dotted with various islands and archipelagos. The ocean is home to various aquatic celestials and is said to house massive underwater cities where the souls of her reborn followers dwell in peaceful bliss for all eternity.