A Beginner's Guide to Aeos

Welcome adventurer! This page serves as a handy introduction to Aeos, its places and people to help you keep track of lore and build new characters.

## Cosmology

Aeos is the name of the plane that mortal beings exist upon, but each plane in this universe is or once was the body of a god. They house their denizens within themselves, and create realities in which they can thrive.

Aeos itself was once the Goddess of Giants and the Sky, who died from unknown causes. It remains a realm, but does not have a single god shaping it. The siblings of the Goddess of Giants took over her charge and found spheres of influence for themselves. They populated their sister's fallen form with all different peoples and plentiful life, and fought to protect her legacy against the new gods that dawned in her wake.

The other planes of existence each come from the other gods, and they are:

* The Faerie - A realm that mirrors Aeos, but if it had been untouched by civilisation and nature had been allowed to run rampant.
* The Nook - Twisting passages that allow quick travel from place to place and a good place to squirrel away belongings, but stalked by unknowable things.
* The Umbral Sea - A vast, dark sea filled with the souls of the lost dead and watched over by an ever changing moon.
* Changemaker's Hall - A longhouse filled with drinks, and the sounds of community.
* Wyrmfyre Library - A labyrinthine library containing all the knowledge of the Cosmos.
* The Hearthforges - A city of stone that is built around a number of large forges. At its heart, the God of Crafts is ever working.
* The Ambrosian Fields - Rolling, open fields of golden wheat as far as the eyes can see. Idyllic in nature, belying the careful order that keeps the realm working.
* The Maelstrom Fracture - A roiling mass of lava, with small pockets of civilisation housed on floating rocks. Bridges stretch between these islands and seem untouched by the falling rocks from above. Waterfalls cascade from nowhere into the fires below and the crack of thunder echoes overhead.
* ~~Redacted~~ - No one remembers the name of the echoing void in which they commune with the God of Secrets. He likes it that way. Fuck off.
* Kingdom of Pathways - A plane that is what you want it to be. Roadways take you to where you need to go, or stretch on if the journey is what you seek.

The universe that houses Aeos and its surrounding planes has no concept of Hell and no fiends.

## The Gods

The Gods were born of Those That Came Before, and are powerful beings that shape the worlds of mortals.

### The Old Gods

#### Aeos

The Goddess of Giants and the Sky has long since died. The Eldest of the Old Gods, she was beloved by her many siblings. Her power was in all things airborne, and the children she populated her realm with grew tall and strong.

The peoples associated with her are Giants, Fir Bolg and Birdfolk. Her children are rarely seen these days, though the skeletons of Giants are found frequently. They are mined from the ground, making strong weapons, structures and armour.

#### Sehanine

The Goddess of Elves and Nature. Sehanine rules over the Faerie, and is the Faerie at the same time. She created her Elves to honour her fallen sister, and set them up at home on Aeos. There, she encouraged them to build communes and gifted these sanctuaries of nature her tears. These Tears of Sehanine are powerful gemstones, aspected for a season of the year, that keep communes healthy and safe. They are often referred to as Hearts of the Commune.

As a Goddess, Sehanine believes in the natural order of things and will often not intervene in the affairs of mortals even if she herself is at risk due to this belief.

The peoples associated with Sehanine are Elves, Fey'ri and Fae. For more information about Elves and Fey'ri, please see Elves.

#### Bronnir Ironhammer

The God of Creation and Dwarves. Bronnir created homes for many of his siblings creations, forging places for them to find shelter on Aeos and teaching them the crafts that have caused civilisation to thrive. He forged the first Dwarves from the stone, and blesses their royal lines once per year on the first day of Snowmoot. He rules over the Hearthforge, and is ever busy with his work. Bronnir can be appealed to by crafting.

The peoples associated with Bronnir are Dwarves, Forgeborn and Constructs. For more information about Dwarves, please see Dwarves.

#### Tentronn

The God of Gnomes and Natural Disasters. Tentronn is a benevolent god, but fond of a bit of destruction. He paves the way for his brother Bronnir to create something anew by laying waste to what came before. He rules over the Maelstrom Fracture, and can often be found gleefully watching rocks fall into the lava.

Peoples associated with Tentronn include Gnomes, Wyrdlings and Elementals of all kinds. For more information on Gnomes, please see Gnomes.

#### Vizictus

The God of Dragons, Magic and Knowledge. Vizictus is said to have a knowledge of all things, which he keeps recorded in the Wyrmfyre Library. He has made many creatures to populate Aeos, the first and most formidable being the nigh immortal Dragons. He made attempts to recreate his initial genius, and eventually managed to create the Dragonkin - mortal folk who walk on two legs, but bear the scales, tails, horns and sometimes wings of their distant cousins. He does not claim ownership of the mishaps that occurred on the way to perfection.

Peoples associated with Vizictus include Dragons, Dragonkin, Lizardfolk and Kobolds.

#### Ulfbargr

The God of Orcs, Art, Change and Community. Ulfbargr sits across many things, and he himself is many things. A largely neutral force, he seeks to disrupt the status quo where it has become problematic and preserve it where it has formed a beneficial community. His communities of Orcs live a nomadic life for the most part, coming together to meet up and exchange stories where and when they see fit. While the form this takes varies from locale to locale, it is always about sharing art and knowledge to benefit the wider Orcish community. He is also the patron god of all forms of Shapeshifters.

Peoples associated with Ulfbargr are Orcs, Shapeshifters and Echoes.

#### Kuningas

The God of Hobgoblins, Travel and Royalty. Kuningas is a noble traveller who is fond of hierarchies and structure. His Hobgoblins often take titles based on the area that their troops or subordinates take up and form warbands or garrisons. He watches over the roads, and offers any travellers who take shelter at his shrines a safe place to sleep.

Peoples associated with Kuningas are Hobgoblins and Felidfolk (of the more lion like origin).

#### Paulus Woodsman

The God of Halflings, Joy and Laughter. Paulus is well known as a trickster god who is protective of his people. He finds joy in pranks, and loving acts of chaos. He rules over the Nook, which can be accessed by halflings in their time of need. They guard this knowledge closely and most halflings won't even speak of the Nook. It is a dangerous place, and so used only when life and limb are already in peril.

Peoples associated with Paulus are Halflings and Felidfolk (especially those who are bit... sneakier).

#### Hakash

The God of Secrets, Hidden Things and Goblins. Honestly, the least is known about Hakash. The God of Goblins keeps to himself, and his secrets are closely guarded. Rumours have sprouted in the last few decades that his catchphrase is "fuck off". These rumours appear to have originated in the Weald, where they were spread by an Elven Bard who for some reason could never find both socks in a pair.

Peoples associated with Hakash are Goblins and ~~redacted.~~

### The New Gods

#### Aramon

The God of Light and Order. If you were to ask Aramon, he is the one true god and all others should be beneath him. Born from the death of the Goddess of Giants, Aramon struggled to find a place in the Cosmos and carved out his own place instead. The Phoebian League follows Aramon strictly, to the detriment of all other faiths. He rules the Ambrosian Fields.

Peoples associated with Aramon are Nephilim and Celestials. He thinks all peoples should be associated with him.

#### Ann-Tyrannis/Sister Nox/???

The youngest Goddess is complicated. Born when Aramon slew the God of Humans to create himself a weapon, he instead created a sister who resents him. As Ann-Tyrannis, she is the Goddess of Freedom, Moonlight and Forbidden Love, while Sister Nox is a Goddess of Darkness and Lost Souls. A third aspect is theorised by religious scholars across Aeos, but is currently unknown. She rules the Umbral Sea.

Peoples associated with her are a subsect of Elves known as the Vae'Nocturnus. The Nocturnals were lured away from Sehanine's embrace to the Sister long ago, and have made a subterranean home for themselves. Of late, there are rumours that some of these Elves have returned from underground to live beneath the moonlight. She is also a patron of the undead, and all those who subvert the natural order.

### Lesser Gods

#### Mirth

Mirth is the God of Friendship, Found Family, and Acrobats. It is an odd portfolio. He is the first Lesser God of the pantheon

Mirth was once just a Fey'ri who lived in the Weald. Through circumstance and dumb luck, he and a group of friends helped saved the Weald from the Faerie merging with the woods. He befriended Queen Mag of the Winter Court and served as her Herald for a number of years, before slowly befriending the other gods.

He is best known for being the person to deliver gifts on Deepwinter.

#### The Shepherd and The Ghost

Not much is known about these two seemingly new Lesser Gods, including whether they are Gods at all. The Shepherd is said to watch over the spirits of Kobolds, guiding them to their homes and keeping them safe if they are lost, while the Ghost smites their enemies and keeps their secrets. Hakash would call them rude, if he was one to give interviews.

They claim to be the twin patron Gods of Kobolds, Wisdom-Without-Smarts, Family and Self-Sufficiency.

## Calendar

Aeos has a calendar that is not unrecognisable to those of us on Earth. There are 11 months to a year, 30 days to each month and 7 days to a week.

#### Days

* Moonday
* Towerday
* Wineday
* Thunderday
* Fireday
* Swordsday
* Sunderingsday

#### Months

* Frostrise
* Deepsnow
* Winterwane
* Raincoming
* Palesun
* Firemoot
* Firewane
* Lowsun
* Redfall
* Fellnight
* Snowmoot

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