Guis-wa

Guis-wa is known as The Bayer After the Moon, The Red-Jawed Hunter, The Reveler in Forbidden knowledge and The Wanter of All Things.

## Guis-wa

### Favored Animal

Werewolf

DOGMA:
For Guis-Wa only one thing matters: The tireless pursuit of his own wants and desires, and he is the wanter of all things. He is the covetous god of the hunt, of food, and of secrets. Ruled by passion and his desire to act upon them. In his eyes, there is no greater purpose to life then to pursue what drives one to act, to dedicate their life to a desire and a pursued purpose.

### HISTORY:

Role in the War of Chaos: Guis-Wa played no role in the ancient war between the gods of Skyholm, and chose instead to use the oportunity to hunt with impunity across the cosmos while the other gods were distracted with the war, devouring and making off with as much material of physical and intellectual value as he could. For this reason, and the rumors that he actually succeeded in devouring one of his fellow gods during this time, he is generally reviled by participants on both sides of the infamous conflict even to this day.

RELATIONSHIPS:

With The Skyholm Pantheon: Guis-Wa has no true allies, prefering to keep to himself and his own pursuits over injecting himself into the (to him) frivelous machinations of his fellow gods. For his actions during the War of Chaos, and longstanding desire to consume the others, the other gods have seen fit to distance themselves from the wanter of all things, cementing his perminant position as an outlying pariah among the pantheon.

- With The Golarion Pantheon: Much like his opinion on his own fellow gods, Guis-Wa cares little for the quickly spreading influence of the gods of Gollarion, who he views as pests and interlopers upon his world. Many are the worshippers of kindly and vile gods alike who have come to Skyholm and begun to preach their gods' teachings only to be found dead with their throats ripped out for daring to try and convert the wolf god's followers.

APPEARANCE:
Guis-Wa appears as a massive wolf the size of a mountain with pitch black fur, blood red eyes and a jaw perpetually bathed in dripping blood flowing from his maw.

REALM:
Guis-Wa's realm is known as the Huntlands. Although little is known about it, it is presumably a plane of fields & woodlands free of the trappings of civilization & overflowing with animals & great and powerful beasts and creatures.

PROVIDENCE:

Guis-Wa's favor is most often seen in the appearance of a large black wolf at an unlikely location shortly before sudden great leaps foreward in the progress of intellectual pursuits of knowledge, the good health of crops & livestock, or the successful hunting of wild beasts of exceptional strength are made.

His displeasure is often manifested in stockpiles of scrolls and tomes catching fire, food spoiling long before it's normal expiration, wolf packs arriving to terrorize farms, or the sudden disapearance of available animals from a hunter's area.

CHURCH OF Guis-Wa:

- Worshippers: Although often mistaken for a nature god by the casual worshiper or the misinformed, Guis-Wa holds no such connections to the natural world, and is instead a god of greed and avarice, and as one can expect from a god of werewolves, sees a polarizing duality in his worship. Primarily known as the god of lycanthropes, he is as equally worshiped by violent murderers and assassins as he is peaceful foresters and scholars, and all those who hunger for hidden knowledge and buried secrets. A favored god of worship among foresters, scouts, scholars, thugs, cooks, noble daughters, trackers and hunters; the average worshipper of the wanter of all things pays homage to him in recognition for his love of good food, his dominion over animals, wild beasts and livestock alike, and his avid pursuit of knowledge and personnal desires.

As one would expect, Lycanthropy is rampant within his circle of clerics and worshippers, and the most zealous (or evil) of his worshippers seek to actively spread the curse amongst themselves or even to unwilling victims in his name; believing the curse brings them closer to their god.

- Organizations: Guis-Wa holds no officially recognized clergy let alone temples within the city of Skyholm, and instead is worshiped primarily by the extremely high lycanthropic percentage of peopleing living in outlying farming communities just outside the cities walls, where shrines and temples to him exist in abundance within caves and other unholsome locations far and away from the sight of society.

In worship to Guis-Wa, two cults are recognized: The Cult of Forbidden Knowledge, and the Cult of Avarice.

The Cult of Forbidden Knowledge: Primarily populated by his arcane, alchemical, and magically inclined worshippers, as well as those who deal in secret information and it's power within society, the cult of forbidden knowledge is a secretive order dedicated to making new discoveries in the fields of science engineering and magic, but only to their own and the cult's benefit above any altruistic inclinations towards benefiting society and others.

The Cult of Avarice: Perhaps the cult most 'true' to the wolf god's teachings, the cult of Avarice is one of greed unfettered. It's members delight in the aquiring and seeking of material wealth, and all the finer things in life it brings. It's membership is strictly retained by only the most wealthy of the upper class, and many a pirate lord who has made themselves rich beyond measure in their pursuits of wealth at other's expenses. Theft and murder are regular occurances amongst the cult's members, who constantly and actively vie with one another towards their own greater standing and power within it's ranks.