The Gods

Supreme deities and lesser gods of Dheghom, their manifestations, sanctums, and associated cultures.

Supreme Deities

Most cultures recognize a primary deity for their particular pantheon. However, a given pantheon is not necessarily interrelated, nor do the deities within a pantheon necessarily separate their provinces or domains as one might expect. As a result, it is not uncommon for some cultures to have multiple war or life deities in addition to several deities that preside over water, land, or sky. The origins of Dheghom and the plethora of deific beings permits a unique and diverse cast of gods to preside over a region.

An Banrigh / An Bandia (The Queen / The Goddess)

Status. Absent.
Summary. An Banrigh is the Daoine Sí deity of peace and life, who ruled their people directly before vanishing sometime during the Blood Age.
Physical Manifestation. She has not been seen in generations, but is described in ancient texts as a woman whose form was that of a feminine tree and whose hair was a cascade of living flora.
Sanctum. Ard-Suí, the high throne room within the city of Killan.
Associated Culture. The Daoine Sí of Brynnalyn.
Priesthood & Rites. Her worship is fractured. The Maors of An Dáil perform the ancient, formal rituals before her empty throne. The followers of An Fáidh practice newer rites based on the Seer's visions, often involving acts of extreme sacrifice intended to compel her return.
Known Symbols. The Lus an Airgid (Silver Tear blossom).
Known Behavior. Absent.

Bryshteya: She of the Shifting Waters

Status. Active.
Summary. Bryshteya is the Marcian deity of the Morye Tyshi Sea, associated with storms and the mysteries of the deep. She is believed to have once swallowed the moon to hide it from invading fleets, and her breath is said to form the fog banks that shroud the coasts.
Physical Manifestation. She appears as a massive leviathan with deep blue-green scales.
Sanctum. The Morye Tyshi Sea.
Associated Culture. The Marcians of Kavesk, particularly sailors and fisherfolk.
Priesthood & Rites. Marcian priests inscribe ancient runes on driftwood and send it adrift during storms to communicate with the deity. The primary sacred site is Brystholm, where sailors and fisherfolk cast polished stones into the sea as offerings to seek safe passage. As Marcian coastal territories face increased conflict, her worship has become a focal point for unity.
Known Symbols. A wave cresting into the shape of an eye.
Known Behavior. Rarely seen except during storms.

Chaturmukha: The Four-Faced One

Status. Active.
Summary. Chaturmukha is the Askaran deity of law and order. He presides over the justice that the Askarans believe was first written in the stars.
Physical Manifestation. He appears as a four-faced giant composed of black marble.
Sanctum. Jarah Peak, a mountain in the Charan range.
Associated Culture. The tribes of Askara.
Priesthood & Rites. The priests of the Vidhimandir, his largest temple, oversee his rites. This temple is in the city of Jarah and contains a large, rotating bronze idol with mirrors.
Known Symbols. A cube depicting an eye on four of its sides.
Known Behavior. His presence allows the city of Jarah to function as neutral ground for diplomacy among the tribes.

Coedryn: The Great Elk of Draenwydd

Status. Active.
Summary. Coedryn is the Ellyllon deity of nature and knowledge.
Physical Manifestation. He appears as a great elk with bark-like hide and antlers twisted with thorns.
Sanctum. Draenwydd, a forest of massive trees at the heart of Tytherin.
Associated Culture. The Ellyllon of Tytherin. Among them, The Tavs oversee the rites of the gods, and for Coedryn, Porthbwyd guide Tav young hunters through their first hunt.
Priesthood & Rites. The Derwriad are the faction that tends to the gods. Tavs within this order act as priests and guardians who maintain sacred sites, oversee offerings, and pass down oral histories.
Known Symbols. A thorned antler circled by roots.
Known Behavior. He is rarely seen directly, but his silhouette is sometimes glimpsed moving between the giant trees at dawn or dusk.

Urkhaz I was Urkhaz, the unbroken, the shield that held the line. I was a great pangolin, armored in scales like stone, a creature made for battle. My body strong, my claws sharp, my spirit fierce. The Zwerge fought beside me, their hammers raised high, and I stood with them. We battled, we bled, we fell. They died, and I…I failed them. A wound, deep and searing, tore through my body, and I could feel the life seeping from me. My limbs grew weak, my vision blurred. I saw the Zwerge falling around me, but I did not rise. I had failed them. I failed myself. I turned away from the battle, from the pain, from everything. I chose to die. The Binding But my sister, Khazraya, would not let me rest. Khazraya, the badger with eyes like molten stone, whose strength was only matched by her love for me. She could not bear to see me gone. My death, my silence, it would have been too much for her heart to endure. So, she bound me. Against my will, she forced me to rise. I did not want to return. I wanted to stay where I had fallen, where my shame was my only companion. But Khazraya, desperate, bound me in undeath. I was no longer Urkhaz. I was not whole. My body, a patchwork of broken flesh and crude restorations, was stitched together by the Stone Voices. I could move, but I could not speak. I could only feel the weight of my sorrow. The Burden The Zwerge kneel before me, believing my return to be a sign. They raise their dead in my name, invoking my presence. They offer sacrifices, cut their flesh, and call upon me, thinking I bring them back. But they do not see the truth. It is Khazraya who raises them, not I. Her power sustains the dead, not mine. And I, broken, silent, am but a ghost among them. I wish to speak. I wish to tell them of the emptiness inside me, the endless sorrow that drags at my very soul. But I cannot. I cannot. I watch her, my sister, her power growing, yet I feel her breaking. She, too, is shifting, becoming something not quite herself. The weight of what she has done is wearing her down. She does not see it, but I do. I wish I could stop her. But I am not whole. I am not alive. I am only the echo of what was.

Gialar: The Great Vulture

Status. Active.
Summary. Gialar is the Kapre deity symbolizing the cycle of life and death. He is believed to be the Great Vulture who gathers what is left from the fallen, ensuring that what is taken feeds new life and what remains feeds eternity.
Physical Manifestation. He appears as a great vulture that soars over his province.
Sanctum. Kallunga, a city carved into the sandstone cliffs of Gialar.
Associated Culture. The Kapre.
Priesthood & Rites. The Kapre priesthood makes offerings of relics and sacred artifacts connected to the cycle of life and death. Their rituals emphasize respect for balance and renewal.
Known Symbols. The Eye of Gialar. This is a composite symbol formed from the images of a sun, a crescent moon, and a serpent.
Known Behavior. He is known to soar in the skies above his province.

Supreme Deities
Culture	Deity	Physical Province	Common Symbol
Aos Sí	Morríon	Mona Rua	A serpent coiled around a blooming water lily
Askara	Chaturmukha	Jarah Peak	A cube with four sides depicting an eye
Avenarian	Ysgleirio	Copa'r Cawr	A black cloud
Bethunian	The God King*	The Kyrie	Golden Helm
Cyclopian	Orophylax	Ori Balarika Mountains	A jagged tooth that appears as a mountain peak when inverted.
Daoine Sí	An Banrigh / An Bandia	Ard-Suí, Killan Throne	The Lus an Airgid (Silver Tear blossom)
Dwergar (Kazaki)	Wuduwāsa	Grimholt Wood	A broken branch
Dwergar (Korathi)	Grimram	Grimhold	Ram’s head with iron horns
Ellyllon	Coedryn	Draenwydd	A thorned antler circled by roots
Fomorian	Sruth-Tarbh	Abhainn Corc	A crescent-shaped tusk
Ibunese	-	-	-
Kapre	Gialar	Kallunga	The Eye of Gialar (overlaid sun, moon, and ouroboros)
Lutin	Papa Fango	The Gran Marè	A half-submerged jaw
Marcia	Bryshteya	Morye Tyshi Sea	A wave cresting into the shape of an eye
Ogre	Rochaut	Brisclat	Twin Horns
Oni	Hotaru-no-kōgō	Komorebi
Powrie	Mowes Kas*	Itzalburu Basoa Wood	A heart pierced by an arrow
Tengu	Shizuko*	Shikomori Wood	A birch leaf
Tonttu	Veden Emo	Woldwater River	The willow leaf
Zwerge	Khazraya	Fallowcrypt	A fractured stone wheel
* Tatarigami

Grimram: The Iron-Horned Ram

Status. Active.
Summary. Grimram is the Dwergar deity of crafting and order. He is believed to have shaped the first Dwergar halls by breaking open the mountains, and wild mountain rams are believed to act as his eyes.
Physical Manifestation. He appears as a colossal mountain ram with horns of polished iron and a hide of coarse stone streaked with metallic veins.
Sanctum. Grimhold, a spiraling mountain pass in the Brotin Halm Fells, composed of ironstones.
Associated Culture. The Dwergar, primarily miners and smiths with shrines in the six forges of Korath and larger temples in Alms, The Toll, and Temple Heights.
Priesthood & Rites. Dwergar smiths and priests observe the flow of slag to divine Grimram's will from the patterns. Miners leave offerings of small, carved rams at new mineral veins. His name is invoked more often as the Gaospod crisis increases.
Known Symbols. Small carvings of rams used as talismans and offerings.
Known Behavior. He is seen wandering his sanctum, the spiraling mountain pass of Grimhold.

Hotaru-no-kōgō: The Gilded Empress

Status. Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. The empress-goddess of the Oni, once revered as the living embodiment of perfection. An assassination attempt by the Shugo failed, wounding her and triggering her transformation into a Tatarigami.
Physical Manifestation. Originally a being of immaculate ivory. She is now a figure of obsidian held together by veins of molten gold.
Sanctum. Komorebi (The Sunlit Grove), now a fortified temple-city and the Morito capital.
Associated Culture. The Morito of Kimara.
Priesthood & Rites. Her worship is the foundation of the Morito faction, a militarized monastic state that venerates her transformed state as a unique form of broken beauty and seeks to protect her and all other deities.
Known Symbols. A fractured ivory mask veined with gold.
Known Behavior. He is seen wandering his sanctum, the spiraling mountain pass of Grimhold.

Khazraya: The Maker and Mender

Status. Active.
Summary. Khazraya is the Zwerge deity of labor and endurance. She presides over the forges and the rites of binding that allow the dwindling Zwerge of Steinlund to persist through undeath.
Physical Manifestation. She appears as an immense badger. Her fur is scarred, and her eyes glow like molten stone.
Sanctum. Her sanctum is Urkhaskraal, the great necropolis deep beneath the mountains of Steinlund. It serves as both a city for the living and the dead.
Known Symbols. A fractured stone wheel.
Associated Culture. The Zwerge of Steinlund. Their faith is one of silent toil rather than overt worship.
Priesthood & Rites. The Stone Voices are priests who oversee the rites of binding. In these rites, performed in Khazraya's name, the dead are returned to their labor. This practice is central to the Zwerge's survival and identity.
Known Behavior. Khazraya's primary interaction with the Zwerge is the enactment of the rite of binding. The strain of this ongoing duty is beginning to show; some among the Stone Voices whisper that the forge-fires in Urkhaskraal now burn lower and that the rites seem to take more from her than they once did.

Morríon: The Bog-Mother

Status. Active.
Summary. Morríg is the Aos Sí deity of cyclical life, decay, and rebirth. Her sanctum, the great bog of Mona Rua, is seen by the Aos Sí as the heart of their land and the source of all life.
Physical Manifestation. She appears as a massive, serpentine creature with the upper torso of a woman. Her lower body is a long, powerful serpent's tail the color of dark, wet earth, and her skin is covered in iridescent, scale-like patterns.
Sanctum. The Mona Rua, a vast tropical bog in the heart of Ryhoreiral.
Known Symbols. A serpent coiled around a blooming water lily.
Associated Culture. The Aos Sí.
Priesthood & Rites. Lacking a formal priesthood, the most respected elders of the kin-groups are considered her spiritual conduits. Rites involve the ceremonial burial of offerings in the bog entrusting them to the goddess's cycle of preservation and decay.
Known Behavior. She is a reclusive and silent deity. The Aos Sí believe her silence is not one of absence, but of profound, ancient contemplation, and they do not seek to disturb it with frivolous prayers.

Mowes Kas: The Swan Maiden

Status. Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Mowes Kas is a Tatarigami who was originally an Ibunese goddess known as Itxaro. In her swan form, she was shot through the heart with an arrow during the Blood Age. After fleeing north, she was discovered in her humanoid form by the Powrie, who gave her sanctuary. Her divine anger from this unhealed wound now manifests as a corrupting madness that infects her followers and drives their holy war.
Physical Manifestation. She appears as a beautiful woman with large, white swan wings. An ancient arrow remains permanently embedded in her chest. The wound around it is packed and bound by her followers but never heals.
Sanctum. A lost lake in Ibunor's Itzalburu Basoa Wood.
Known Symbols. A heart pierced by an arrow.
Associated Culture. The Powrie clans of Keld.
Priesthood & Rites. The Medhygyon continuously tend to the goddess's wound and convey her spoken will. Her powerful emotions emanate from her as a madness that infects her followers.
Known Behavior. She is an articulate deity who expresses both a fierce, protective love for the Powrie who saved her and a burning hatred for the outside world that wounded her. She is not a prisoner, but her wound tethers her to her followers, whose rage she directs as a weapon.

Orophylax: The Imprisoned God

Status. Unknown.
Summary. Orophylax is a Tatarigami and the central deity of the Cyclopian faith in Baleros. Baleran tradition holds that Orophylax is entombed within its sanctum.
Physical Manifestation. He appears as a dragon whose obsidian scales are scarred and broken. Veins of magma are visible in the cracks of its hide.
Sanctum. Grjótvirki with the Ori Balarika mountains.
Associated Culture. The Cyclopians of Baleros. For many, their faith and cultural identity are centered on the multi-millennial war with Korath to liberate their god and its sanctum.
Priesthood & Rites. Worship is highly organized and overseen by a state priesthood intertwined with the military. State rituals emphasize remembrance of the "Great Betrayal," veneration of their imprisoned god, and the pursuit of his freedom. Common acts of devotion include pilgrimages toward the border of the occupied mountains.
Known Symbols. A single, jagged dragon's tooth that appears as a mountain peak when inverted.
Known Behavior. Orophylax has not been seen by Balerans in millennia. The volcanic activity in the Ori Balarika mountains is interpreted by the Balerans as the physical manifestation of its torment and righteous anger at its captors.

Papa Fango: The Heart of the Mire

Status. Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Papa Fango is a Tatarigami, corrupted during the invasion of Acadiana by the Marcians, who wounded him. Historically, he was associated with wisdom and time.
Physical Manifestation. A colossal alligator, its hide caked with mud and overgrown with swamp flora.
Sanctum. The Gran Marè, a swamp now enclosed by a system of dams and channels.
Associated Culture. The Acadians.
Priesthood & Rites. The La Sosyete Mason maintains the sluice gates and dams that keep Papa Fango contained within its swamp.
Known Symbols. A half-submerged jaw.
Known Behavior. Papa Fango rages within its sanctum, hunting anything that comes near.

Rochaut: The Bull of Gane

Status. Active.
Summary. Rochaut is the Ogre deity of war and forgecraft. He is believed to have carved the valleys of Gane with his horns to create paths for the Ogre tribes.
Physical Manifestation. He appears as an enormous bull with jagged horns. His hide appears to be composed of slate with rust colored veins running throughout.
Sanctum. Brisclat, a high plateau in the lands of Gane.
Associated Culture. The Ogre tribes of Gane. While each tribe typically honors a local god, warriors from many tribes invoke Rochaut for strength. Some find practicing their faith difficult under Ibunese rule.
Priesthood & Rites. The Ogres honor their gods through action rather than prayer. Warriors carve Rochaut's symbol into their weapons and call upon his strength through ritual before battle. As conflict between tribes escalates, his worship has become central to Ogre identity.
Known Symbols. Twin Horns. The horns and hides of bulls are also used as symbols of strength and protection.
Known Behavior. It is said that Rochaut is sleeping in his sanctum, waiting to be called to war again.

Shizuko: The Weeping Child

Status. Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Shizuko was corrupted into a Tatarigami when a faction of the Tangaku school, in an attempt to unlock the secrets of its eternal youth, ambushed and dismembered the god.
Physical Manifestation. Shizuko appears as a young, androgynous child with plain features, who moves without sound, leaves no tracks, skin is always dry, regardless of the weather, and eyes are flat, black surfaces. As a result of the Tengu assault, Shizuko has a weeping stump where its hand once was.
Sanctum. The Shikomori Wood.
Associated Culture. The Tengu of Sharasa.
Priesthood & Rites. Shizuko was never worshipped with formal rites, but was the subject of intense, obsessive study by all four of the Ryūha. The Tengu would visit its sanctum to ask it questions and to simply observe the immortal being.
Known Symbols. A birch leaf.
Known Behavior. It can often be found weeping, mutilating the creatures of its sanctum to mirror its own disfigurement.

Sruth-Tarbh: The River-Bull

Status. Active.
Summary. Sruth-Tarbh is a colossal hippopotamus, believed by the Fomorians to have carved the deep riverbeds with its tusks at the dawn of the world.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as an enormous hippopotamus with a hide like scarred, wet stone and prominent, dagger-like tusks.
Sanctum. Abhainn Corc, a deep and murky section of a major river.
Associated Culture. The Fomorian clans of the riverlands.
Priesthood & Rites. The Draíodóir lead rites venerating the deity as the shaper of their lands. Offerings of carved stones and grain are cast into its sanctum as a sign of respect and a plea for the river's continued benevolence.
Known Symbols. A crescent-shaped tusk.
Known Behavior. The deity is largely silent and passive, spending long periods submerged. The Fomorians believe its slow movements are the cause of the river's ever-shifting currents and sandbars.

The God King: Ruler of Bethune

Status. Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. The God King is the absolute ruler of Bethune and a Tatarigami paradoxically associated with life and order. He is revered by his people as a divine protector who rose to power during The Great Plague.
Physical Manifestation. He appears as a larger-than-human figure clad in radiant golden armor, embodying an unsettling and overwhelming presence.
Sanctum. The Kyrie, the ruling district of the city of Bellegrad.
Associated Culture. The people of Bethune, who live under a theocratic monarchy.
Priesthood & Rites. The Divine Council oversees governance and maintains religious doctrine. Worship is expressed through weekly services in grand cathedrals and festivals glorifying his divine interventions.
Known Symbols. A Golden Helm.
Known Behavior. The God King is rarely seen in public, spending his time hidden in the Kyrie.

Veden Emo: Mother of Water

Status. Active.
Summary. Veden Emo is seen as a deity of both consistency and change, believed to represent steadfastness and the ability to adapt to the storms of the world.
Physical Manifestation. She appears has the lower body of an ancient, gnarled willow tree rooted to a riverbank, that forms into the upper torso of a woman. Large limbs form her arms with a cascade of branches forming her hair.
Sanctum. A grove on the banks of the Woldwater River.
Associated Culture. The Tonttu.
Priesthood & Rites. Veden Emo has no formal priesthood. Tonttu tradition involves leaving offerings of carved stones or hand-woven baskets at the river's edge or merely coming to sit in her grove, listening to the song of her leaves in the wind.
Known Symbols. The willow leaf.
Known Behavior. Veden Emo is an active cultivator of her domain, a lush garden of plantlife springing from her grove near the river.

Wuduwāsa: The Wounded Guardian

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. The guardian of Grimholt Wood who was corrupted into a Tatarigami during the Blood Age when it fought alongside the Kazaki Dwergar against the Ogre warbands of Gane.
Physical Manifestation. A colossal, vaguely humanoid figure formed from the living wood, peat, and stone. Its body is scarred and broken, with splintered limbs and a great, weeping fissure in its chest from which a dark, sap-like substance constantly drips.
Sanctum. The Grimholt Wood.
Associated Culture. The Kazaki Dwergar
Priesthood & Rites. The Kazaki make pilgrimages to the edge of Wuduwāsa's sanctum to leave offerings, revering him as a wounded veteran of the Ganic Wars.
Known Symbols. A broken branch.
Known Behavior. It wanders its sanctum, often heard weeping and restless. When roused by the sounds of battle or the encroachment of outsiders, its sorrow turns to a blind, destructive rage, lashing out at any living thing it can find.

Ysgleirio: The Storm-Shepherd

Status: Active.
Summary. Ysgleirio [us-GLAY-ree-o] is a giant roc that dwells in the central mountains of Avenar. The Avenarans view it as the harbinger of storms.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as a colossal bird of prey with black, gray, and white feathers and a beak and talons that gleam like polished jet.
Sanctum. Copa'r Cawr [KOH-pa'r KOWR], The Giant’s Summit.
Associated Culture. Avenarians.
Priesthood & Rites. The Ceidwad perform rites at the Fomorian Megaliths at the base of Copa'r Cawr to ask for rain during the dry season and to ask for reprieve during the wet season.
Known Symbols. A black cloud.
Known Behavior. It spends its days circling on the high thermal winds, a distant but ever-present fixture in the Avenarian sky.

Lesser Deities

Most cultures recognize a primary deity for their particular pantheon. However, a given pantheon is not necessarily interrelated, nor do the deities within a pantheon necessarily separate their provinces or domains as one might expect. As a result, it is not uncommon for some cultures to have multiple war or life deities in addition to several deities that preside over water, land, or sky. The origins of Dheghom and the plethora of deific beings permits a unique and diverse cast of gods to preside over a region.

Alainn: The Lady without Shadow

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Alainn was the revered deity of Cathair Lir. She was a fey being of grace and light who was corrupted into a Tatarigami during the magical cataclysm that destroyed the city.
Physical Manifestation. She appears as a tall, unnaturally beautiful woman of a lineage unknown to Dheghom. Though she seems to be a being of flesh and blood who casts no shadow, and her face is always perfectly and evenly lit, regardless of the surrounding light.
Sanctum. Her sanctum was An Grianán (The Sunny Place), a great, sunlit garden at the heart of Cathair Lir.
Associated Culture. The Aos Sí of Cathair Lir (formerly).
Priesthood & Rites. She was not worshipped with formal rites but was a revered presence. The Aos Sí would seek out her sanctum for quiet contemplation, believing her presence inspired serenity and creativity.
Known Symbols. A white ring.
Known Behavior. Her original behavior was passive and benevolent. She would wander her sanctum, a silent and calming figure.

Argant: The Shattered Echo

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Argant was a Griffon god whose followers were annihilated during the Powrie civil war. The trauma of the event shattered his mind, corrupting him into a Tatarigami. He is now trapped in a perpetual, looping re-enactment of his people’s final, bloody moments.
Physical Manifestation. Argant manifests as a massive Griffon.
Sanctum. Wyrkmeer Lake.
Associated Culture. The Gwerin Argant, a loose, desperate band of Powrie outcasts and scavengers.
Priesthood & Rites. The Gwerin Argant do not revere the god but instead practice a form of high-risk scavenging, dodging his violent outbursts, and looting the tangible results of his episodes.
Known Symbols. A griffon's feather.
Known Behavior. Argant is trapped in a constant cycle of re-living his final battle, attacking anyone he perceives as a threat. He will also instinctively hunt and kill local wildlife, leaving the carcasses as offerings for his phantom clan.

Arlothanoth: The Deep Wyrm

Status: Active.
Summary. Arlothanoth is a monolithic force of the deep earth, discovered by a lost clan of Powrie who fled underground during the civil war.
Physical Manifestation. Arlothanoth appears as a massive, ancient Lindworm, whose scales have the color and texture of cooled magma.
Sanctum. The Klyfts.
Associated Culture. The Gwerin Argant, a loose, desperate band of Powrie outcasts and scavengers.
Priesthood & Rites. The Gwerin Arlothanoth, a clan of Powrie who have been physically and culturally altered by centuries of subterranean life.
Known Symbols. A volcano.
Known Behavior. Arlothanoth is a force of nature, like a tectonic plate or a volcanic vent. His body gives off immense geothermal heat, and the rhythmic cycles of his activity are the "days" and "seasons" by which his followers measure their existence.

Bodach na Coille: The Old Man of the Wood

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. This entity was once an ancient guardian of the forest, revered by Daoine Sí, but became lost to the magical blight that covers the island.
Physical Manifestation. Appears as a massive, gnarled treant whose bark is a sickly, peeling yellow, like old parchment. Leafless, its twisted branches weep a black, sticky sap that poisons the ground.
Sanctum. A petrified, blighted forest on Brynnalyn.
Associated Culture. The Daoine Sí of Brynnalyn (formerly).
Priesthood & Rites. Once revered as a spirit of the forest, all formal worship has ceased. Now, he is a figure of terror in local folklore.
Known Symbols. A twisted branch.
Known Behavior. It wanders its sanctum, corrupting the vegetation into manifestations of anger and disgust, hunting any living thing that enters its domain.

Brontotheris: The Broken Thunder

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Once a Fomorian protector-god of the western wilds, Brontotheris is a Tatarigami consumed by grief and failure. It was corrupted after its Fomorian followers were massacred by the invading Avenarans.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as a massive V-horned megacerops whose hide is scarred and broken, resembling fractured stone plates. A constant, low rumble of sorrow emanates from its chest.
Sanctum. The Tir na Gaoth Wilds, a windswept expanse of coastal hills and grasslands.
Associated Culture. The Avenarians and Fomorians (formerly).
Priesthood & Rites. Avenarians attempt to leave offerings and sate the madness of the god through rituals on the edges of its sanctum. It is considered a good omen to have Brontotheris see you but not charge.
Known Symbols. A V-shaped horn.
Known Behavior. It wanders the wilds in a state of unrest. Generally unpredictable, it will sometimes merely be wandering, charge anything that moves, attempt to destroy the land, and even has been known to consume creatures it runs down.

Bwa Tòde: The Tide-Watcher

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. A Tatarigami associated with life and growth. It was corrupted during the Marcian Invasion of Acadiana after it witnessed the massacre of the Lutin and Ogre settlers who had fled to its sanctum for protection.
Physical Manifestation. An immense and ambulatory mangrove tree whose roots act as stilt-like legs.
Sanctum. The mangrove swamps and river deltas of southern Acadiana.
Associated Culture. The Acadians.
Priesthood & Rites. There is no priesthood. The state funds the burning and cutting back the monstrous overgrowth that emanates from the sanctum.
Known Symbols. A gnarled root.
Known Behavior. Reclusive, but known to wander its sanctum, spawning the growth of aggressive and semi-sentient plantlife wherever it passes, which consumes all living things in its path to fuel its expansion.

Charnu: The Unseen

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Charnu was revered among the Ogres of Gane, and its sanctum revered, until the Ibunese came. Their violation of its domain has corrupted it into a Tatarigami.
Physical Manifestation. An emaciated lynx with silver eyes, its limbs too long, its tail severed at the tip.
Sanctum. Bois-Sombre.
Associated Culture. The Chazelles Tribe of the Ogres.
Priesthood & Rites. Oaths are whispered to Charnu before ambushes or acts of deception. The Chazelles tribe avoids disturbing his sanctum, knowing the signs of his presence.
Known Symbols. A silver eye.
Known Behavior. Charnu has become a vicious predator within its domain, slaughtering the loggers that have come to destroy its home.

Cromag: The Crooked One

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Cromag is an immense gharial, traditionally viewed by the Fomorians as a symbol of patience, however, its proximity to the war on the Avenarian front has corrupted it into a Tatarigami.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as an immense, slender-snouted crocodilian whose hide is covered in moss and rock-like calluses.
Sanctum. Loch Eala, a large lake near the contested Avenarian front.
Associated Culture. The Fomorians of Gizar.
Priesthood & Rites. The Draíodóir are focused on trying to soothe the deity's agitation and contain its corrupted rage, hoping to prevent it from lashing out indiscriminately at Fomorian warbands. They view Cromag's rage as a righteous, if misdirected, response to the defilement of their land.
Known Symbols. A series of five interlocking teeth.
Known Behavior. Once largely motionless, Cromag has become unpredictably aggressive at any creature that enters its loch.

Dansdrew: The Great Hunger

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Dansdrew was a proud Saber-Toothed Cat god of the hunt who was defeated and grievously wounded during the Powrie civil war. The trauma of his defeat corrupted him into a Tatarigami and he is now a starving god driven by a phantom, gnawing emptiness that can never be filled.
Physical Manifestation. Dansdrew appears as a massive, unnaturally gaunt Saber-Toothed Cat. His fur is matted and patchy, his body is scarred, and his eyes burn with a feral, desperate light.
Sanctum. The Nordhavet peninsula.
Associated Culture. The Gwerin Dansdrew, a clan of hunters trapped in a cycle of desperate servitude to their starving god.
Priesthood & Rites. The Gwerin Dansdrew’s rites consist of ritual hunting to provide their god with offerings of fresh meat. This is their primary duty, performed to temporarily quiet his agonizing hunger and prevent him from turning his appetite on them.
Known Symbols. A single, cracked saber-tooth fang.
Known Behavior. Dansdrew is a ravenous predator who will consume anything, including his own followers.

Dharman: The Unseen Hunter

Status: Active.
Summary. Dharman is seen as a god of the hunt whose followers are a society of ambush hunters who seek to emulate his cunning and patience.
Physical Manifestation. Dharman appears as a Gorgonopsid the size of an elephant, with a lean, powerful build and a massive skull armed with saber-like teeth. His dark, patterned hide allows him to blend in with the scree.
Sanctum. Charan Steppe.
Associated Culture. The Giriraj Khanda of Askara.
Priesthood & Rites. The Rishis of the Giriraj perform rites for hunters, trappers, and warriors in the steppe.
Known Symbols. Four crescent moons as a series of fangs.
Known Behavior. Dharman is rarely seen directly, and his presence is usually only known by his tracks or the remains of his prey.

Drochnath: The Buried God

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. A forgotten, dormant Marcian earth spirit who was entombed and corrupted when a new industrial district was built in Kavesk over its sanctum.
Physical Manifestation. An amorphous mass of packed earth, stone, sewage, and industrial waste.
Sanctum. The sewers and under-foundations of Kavesk.
Associated Culture. The Marcians (formerly).
Priesthood & Rites. There is no current priesthood or worship, though ancient humans once revered this spirit during the Age of Bloom.
Known Symbols. None.
Known Behavior. It was dormant, content to sleep away the millenia until the filth of industry infected it. It now rumbles, dislodging the earth, spewing forth amoebic versions of itself.

Dubhán: The Dark One

Status: Active.
Summary. Dubhán is a great panther, said to swallow the sun each evening to bring the night and then vomit it back up each morning.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as a massive black panther with a lean, muscular form. Its fur absorbs the light, making it seem like a patch of mobile darkness.
Sanctum. Gleann Dubh, a deep, jungle-choked valley.
Associated Culture. The Fomorians of Gizar.
Priesthood & Rites. The Draíodóir lead rites of solitude, independence, and hunting. Fomorians coming of age often spend a period of isolation near its sanctum.
Known Symbols. A black claw.
Known Behavior. It is an indifferent and solitary creature. Rarely, it engages with the Fomorians directly, but is said to have protected those within its sanctum.

Fintan: The Old Man of the Mountain

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted). Summary. Fintan is seen as a guardian figure, a symbol of strength and solitude. Physical Manifestation. He appears as a colossal, ape-like creature. His shaggy, grey-and-white fur is often covered in moss and lichen, and his skin has the tough, weathered texture of ancient granite. Sanctum. The Turfhinn Peaks, the mountain range forming the northern border of Ryhoreiral. Associated Culture. The Aos Sí, particularly warriors and scouts. Priesthood & Rites. Warriors seeking his favor will leave offerings of intricately carved wooden totems at the base of the peaks. Elders also make long pilgrimages to the mountains to sit in silent contemplation, hoping for a distant glimpse of him. Known Symbols. A jagged peak. Known Behavior. Fintan is a solitary and reclusive patriarch. Aos Sí legends claim he will only reveal himself to hurl boulders down upon Fomorian warbands that intrude too far into his territory.

Glynfara: The Hidden Storm

Status: Active.
Summary. Glynfara is associated with danger and cunning, called upon when the Ellyllon must deceive or outwit their enemies
Physical Manifestation. A giant black salamander with slick, ash-colored markings and a jagged crest along its back.
Sanctum. Corsddu, the Black Bog.
Associated Culture. The Ellyllon.
Priesthood & Rites. Her rites are whispered in fog and rain, and her name is carved into charms worn by scouts and hunters.
Known Symbols. A coiled salamander beneath storm clouds.
Known Behavior. Glynfara is a reclusive and nocturnal creature, whom the Tav bring offerings to, but rarely see.

Hanasaka no Ikari: The Blooming Fury

Status. Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. Hanasaka no Ikari is the rebirthed Tatarigami of an Oni deity slain by the Shogunate.
Physical Manifestation. A burning tree spirit, its form a conflagration of cherry blossoms that glow like embers.
Sanctum. A grove of scorched cherry trees in the Tokamori Forest.
Associated Culture. The Oni (Formerly).
Priesthood & Rites. No rites observed.
Known Symbols. A cherry blossom wreathed in flame.
Known Behavior. Hanasaka no Ikari is unmoving, bound to her grove, where she spreads flame to the surrounding trees.

Harowald: The Slain Priest

Status. Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. A Tatarigami who was once a Bethunian deity of peace. It was slain while intervening in a massacre, and its spirit now animates the corpse of its high priest.
Physical Manifestation. An elderly man in the simple robes of a traveling scholar. The body does not decay but bears the hidden wounds that killed it.
Sanctum. Abandoned.
Associated Culture. Bethunians (formerly).
Priesthood & Rites. None. He is an unknown entity to the modern Bethunians.
Known Symbols. None.
Known Behavior. He seeks retribution against all mortals, viewing society as a failure. He uses his unassuming form to meticulously engineer social conflicts and accelerate self-destruction.

Helionax: The Golden Lion

Status: Active.
Summary. A Cyclopian deity of the hunt and open plains, invoked by warriors for strength and ferocity.
Physical Manifestation. A massive lion with a golden coat that shimmers under the sun and eyes that burn like embers.
Sanctum. The Chrysochorion Plains.
Associated Culture. The Cyclopians of Baleros, particularly the semi-nomadic tribes of the southern plains.
Priesthood & Rites. Warriors invoke his name before battle or a great hunt. Rites often involve feats of strength and the ritualistic consumption of a hunt's first kill.
Known Symbols. A lion's head in profile.
Known Behavior. It is seen on the vast, semi-arid grasslands of southern Baleros, hunting. It guides young hunters and offers wisdom to those who seek its guidance.

Henaid: The Mound-Keeper

Status: Active.
Summary. Henaid is a colossal, sloth bear-like deity that the Avenarians revere as a psychopomp. They believe it shepherds the souls of their dead from the ancient Fomorian burial mounds it now guards.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as an enormous, lankier version of a sloth bear with a shaggy, dark coat, a pale snout, and exceptionally long, sickle-like claws.
Sanctum. The Barrow-Downs of Galar, a series of massive, ancient Fomorian burial mounds deep within the Fiodgeal Forest.
Associated Culture. The Avenarians.
Priesthood & Rites. The Ceidwad lead Avenarian funeral rites. The body of a deceased noble or hero is carried in a procession to the edge of the Barrow-Downs in the hopes that Henaid will deem the soul worthy and guide it from the mortal world.
Known Symbols. Three long, parallel claw marks.
Known Behavior. It is a reclusive and nocturnal creature. A rare sighting of Henaid on the night of a funeral procession is considered a sign that the soul has been accepted and has found its final rest.

Kalok: The Stone-Biter

Status: Active.
Summary. Also known as Kalókagto, legends claim Kalok shaped the desert by burning away its forests long ago, leaving only sand and ash to start anew.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as a massive serpent with scales of cracked obsidian, its spine constantly aglow with a fiery light
Sanctum. Tangkalok.
Associated Culture. The Kapre of Gialar.
Priesthood & Rites. The Kapre light fires at night to mimic Kalok’s glow and dance barefoot through embers to prove their devotion.
Known Symbols. A coiled serpent wreathed in flames.
Known Behavior. It slithers beneath the sands of Gialar, causing tremors and spewing bursts of flame when it rises. Sand hardens to glass in its wake, and it is said to rest beneath the desert’s dunes.

Kamenik: The Silent Warden

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. A pre-imperial Marcian deity of stone, oaths, and honored dead who was corrupted during their imperial consolidation wars of the Blood Age.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as a primordial, humanoid giant of the black flint and slate. Its features are indistinct, worn smooth, and covered in soil, moss, and vegetation.
Sanctum. The Krameni Kray.
Associated Culture. Pre-imperial Marcian kingdoms (formerly); the Kapre of Angkan Hangganan.
Priesthood & Rites. None among the Marcians. The Kapre of the Apoy Patag Grasslands bring offerings by day but avoid his domain at night.
Known Symbols. A stone face.
Known Behavior. He is a reclusive guardian whose troll-like spawn hunt any mortals who remain in his territory after sunset.

Kimeru: The Ghost of the Wood

Status: Active.
Summary. Kimeru is associated with hunting and isolation, sought out by the Seimeigaku school of the Tengu who want to study her chimeric form.
Physical Manifestation. The goddess has the body of a great snow leopard, with mottled white and grey fur and similarly colored wings, like those of a snowy owl. Its head and torso are that of an impassive, feminine humanoid.
Sanctum. A forest of colossal trees on the great Sharasan peninsula between the Soma Sagara Sea and the Tatsu Umi Sea.
Associated Culture. The Seimeigaku among the Tengu.
Priesthood & Rites. Kimeru is not worshipped. The Seimeigaku instead attempt to study her, tracking her movements, gathering her shed fur and feathers, and analyzing her from a distance, hoping to understand what allows her perfect chimeric form to exist.
Known Symbols. A half-hidden face.
Known Behavior. Kimeru is a solitary and territorial apex predator of beasts within her sanctum. She is rarely seen, hunting silently from the high branches of her forest. She does not seek interaction with the Tengu and actively avoids mortals.

Lasairian: The Fire Heron

Status: Active.
Summary. Lasairian is one of the few divine survivors on Brynnalyn, though not actively worshipped due to their separation.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as a great heron composed of black volcanic rock and veins of living flame. Its plumage is made of fine, white ash that perpetually smolders and glows with embers.
Sanctum. Loch na Lasrach (Lake of the Flame), a warm, geothermally active lake within the caldera of the island's dormant central volcano.
Associated Culture. In the Bloom Age, it was a symbol of creation, representing the volcanic fire that formed the island. Its followers were primarily artisans who worked with forges and kilns.
Priesthood & Rites. No formal priesthood remains. The deity is now largely forgotten, a myth from a bygone era. However, some within An Cheàird who study the island's geothermal energies are aware of its existence and see its sanctum as a potential source of untainted power.
Known Symbols. A red feather.
Known Behavior. The deity’s presence keeps the caldera and its lake free of the blight, making it one of the last pockets of purity on the island.

Limyè Kole: The Final Harbor

Status: Active.
Summary. Limyè Kole is associated with death and the afterlife in Acadiana. The great swarm is believed to be composed of the souls of all Acadians.
Physical Manifestation. A large, cohesive swarm of phosphorescent marine isopods that holds a shifting, vaguely humanoid shape.
Sanctum. The sea caves of the western coast.
Associated Culture. The Acadians.
Priesthood & Rites. Local priests and priestess committed to Limyè Kole continuously bring the dead out and toss them into the sea near the caves.
Known Symbols. A cluster of lights.
Known Behavior. The swarm is often visible in the twilight and evening near the sea caves, said to silently gather the souls of the newly deceased.

Louvier: The Hunter

Status: Active.
Summary. Louvier is the master of the hunt, a god of long chases, survival, and the unbroken will of the strong.
Physical Manifestation. A towering minotaur-like figure with the head of a stag. Its antlers are chipped and uneven, tangled with vines and old scars. Its body is draped in the furs of the prey it has hunted, and its hooves strike the ground like war drums.
Sanctum. Marchebrut.
Associated Culture. The Ganic Ogres, particularly hunters.
Priesthood & Rites. His followers take blood oaths before great trials, binding themselves to vengeance, survival, or conquest.
Known Symbols. A jagged antler.
Known Behavior. The swarm is often visible in the twilight and evening near the sea caves, said to silently gather the souls of the newly deceased.

Lowenna: The Hidden Maiden

Status: Active.
Summary. Lowenna is associated with nature, life, and natural cycles. Her followers, the Gwerin Lowenna, are dedicated to protecting her isolation from the outside world.
Physical Manifestation. Lowenna appears as a nymph, a beautiful fey woman whose physical form seems to be woven from the living bog itself, with hair like hanging moss and skin the color of birch bark. Her presence has a tangible, wild effect on her followers.
Sanctum. The Wetterwyld.
Associated Culture. The Gwerin Lowenna, an isolationist clan of Powrie survivalists who inhabit the Wetterwyld.
Priesthood & Rites. The Gwerin Lowenna directly commune and guard their goddess and her sanctum. Their rituals are tied to the natural cycles of the bog, and their primary sacred duty is violently repelling all intruders.
Known Symbols. A woven wreath of bog reeds and pitcher plants.
Known Behavior. Lowenna remains hidden deep within her sanctum, walking among her Gwerin and communing with them directly.

Lymgolok: The Silent Hunter

Status: Active.
Summary. Lymgolok is associated with hunting, and is one of the many gods followed by Powrie who rejected Mowes Kas.
Physical Manifestation. Lymgolok appears as a massive Great Horned Owl, with a wingspan that is said to blot out the moons. His feathers are the color of sea-foam and stone, and his eyes are like pools of dark, still water.
Sanctum. The islands of the Mor Draigwen Sea.
Associated Culture. The Gwerin Lymgolok, a clan of Powrie who have adapted their ancestral nomadic culture into a society of whalers and maritime hunters.
Priesthood & Rites. The Gwerin Lymgolok honor their god by carving his symbol on their harpoons and boats.
Known Symbols. The silhouette of an owl wing.
Known Behavior. Lymgolok is an aloof and silent god. He does not interact directly with his followers but is a constant, watchful presence over their islands. He is most often seen flying silently over the water during the long arctic nights, an omen of a successful hunt to come.

Mortaine: The Keeper of the Dead

Status: Active.
Summary. Mortaine is associated with the dead and guiding the dead to the afterlife..
Physical Manifestation. A gigantic, black catfish with filmy, white eyes.
Sanctum. Ruisseau-Noir.
Associated Culture. The Ganic Ogres.
Priesthood & Rites. Funerary rites involve placing the bodies of the dead into the Ruisseau-Noir, believing that only those who have earned their place will be carried by Mortaine to the afterlife. Those left behind are considered unworthy.
Known Symbols. A black fishhook.
Known Behavior. Rarely seen above the waters, except to consume the dead who are entrusted into its care.

Olkiukko: The Ember Man

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. The Ember Man was formerly known as Olkiukko, a Tonttu guardian spirit of an oak tree that took the form of a polished black stone nestled in the tree’s roots. It became a Tatarigami during the War of the Hundred Kings when the surrounding village, people, and oak tree were burned.
Physical Manifestation. It appears as a scarecrow-shaped figure composed of brittle, white-hot compacted ash that glows from within with a core of cherry-red embers.
Sanctum. Tammenlehto, the village it inhabited as Olkiukko.
Associated Culture. The Tonttu.
Priesthood & Rites. Historically, annual rites involved the entire community building a new straw body for the deity's sacred stone heart to protect the coming harvest. Now, as the Ember Man, it is a figure of terror.
Known Symbols. A black stone.
Known Behavior. The Ember Man is trapped in a compulsive loop, re-enacting the traumatic memory of its community’s death. It is drawn to the light and warmth of travelers' campfires, immolating anyone nearby.

Petrichos: The Toad

Status: Active.
Summary. Petrichos is associated with cycles, renewal, and particularly the wet or rainy seasons on the eastern coast of Baleros.
Physical Manifestation. A colossal toad, with skin the color of wet mud, covered in moss and fungi. His eyes are wide, black pools.
Sanctum. The Ombrochora forests.
Associated Culture. The Cyclopians of Baleros.
Priesthood & Rites. Localized rites associated with annual cycles of drought and rain.
Known Symbols. Profile of toad eyes.
Known Behavior. Active during the rainy seasons and hibernates during the dry season.

Sanbōkō: The Brimstone Hound

Status: Active.
Summary. Sanbōkō is associated with volcanic activity and alchemy. The Tengu rely on him to protect their eggs as they incubate within his sanctum.
Physical Manifestation. The god appears as a massive, three-headed hound with iron-grey fur and eyes that smolder like embers.
Sanctum. A geyser field in a volcanic valley of the Tenkusan Mountains.
Associated Culture. The Tangaku among the Tengu.
Priesthood & Rites. Sanbōkō protects the eggs of the Tengu, watching over them within the valley until they hatch.
Known Symbols. Three interlocking rings.
Known Behavior. Sanbōkō often engages with the Tengu regarding their eggs. He is an active part of their day-to-day interactions.

Sceadugenga: The Shadow of the Fen

Status: Active.
Summary. Sceadugenga is a fen-wyrm associated with wisdom, secrets, and oaths.
Physical Manifestation. A massive, serpentine wyrm covered in smooth, black scales. It moves through the marsh on two powerful forelimbs and has a long, crocodilian head with eyes that glow with a faint, phosphorescent light.
Sanctum. Harrowfen.
Associated Culture. The Kazaki Dwergar.
Priesthood & Rites. Sceadugenga was once visited as a part of blood-oaths and given offerings of precious metals and gems. While, rarely, this is still practiced, the Borg of the Kazaki have largely replaced this rite.
Known Symbols. Serpent as a lemniscate.
Known Behavior. Sceadugenga often resides deep within Harrowfen in its nest of offerings and is not seen unless called upon to oversee an oath.

Scinn-læca: The Light in the Deeps

Status: Unknown.
Summary. Scinn-læca is associated with the unpredictable and unknowable depths of the deep places of the world.
Physical Manifestation. A gigantic, cave salamander with pale, translucent skin that emits a soft, internal phosphorescence.
Sanctum. A subterranean lake beneath Azare Kazak.
Associated Culture. The Kazaki Dwergar.
Priesthood & Rites. Historically, Scinn-læca was regularly visited by miners, explorers, and Dwergar seeking his blessing, but since the schism, this has deteriorated until only the most devoted trek into the depths to seek the deity out.
Known Symbols. Silver light surrounded by shadow.
Known Behavior. Scinn-læca is known to swim throughout its lake, and rest itself on the nearby stones. However, recent behavior has not been seen due to the disconnect with the current generation.

Taranwys: Keeper of Twilight

Status: Active.
Summary. Taranwys is associated with vigilance and hunting when one’s prey least expects it.
Physical Manifestation. A massive hawk owl with pale gray feathers and piercing yellow eyes.
Sanctum. Cragdu.
Associated Culture. The Ellyllon.
Priesthood & Rites. The Tav invoke Taranwys as a part of the defense and watch of the borders, before patrols, and in anticipation of storms.
Known Symbols. An owl’s talon grasping a lightning bolt.
Known Behavior. Tarawys remains aloof, but can be seen flying near its sanctum in the twilight hours. The Derwriad commune with it when it is willing.

Tuulen Kulkija: The Great Mare

Status: Active.
Summary. Tuulen Kulkija is associated with freedom and the untamed wilderness, a mare that wanders the open grasslands of Tuinleas.
Physical Manifestation. She appears as a colossal horse with a shifting coat the color of a stormy sky and a mane and tail that seem to be made of trailing mist.
Sanctum. The open grasslands of Tuinleas.
Associated Culture. The Tonttu.
Priesthood & Rites. Local Tonttu villages whose lands border the grasslands leave offerings of grain and water.
Known Symbols. A stormcloud.
Known Behavior. Tuulen Kulkija is indifferent and is most often seen running across the plains during great storms, a spectacle the Tonttu view with awe.

Urkhaz: The Unbroken

Status: Tatarigami (Corrupted).
Summary. The Zwerge war deity who died defending his people during the Blood Age. His sister deity, Khazraya, bound him into undeath.
Physical Manifestation. As a great pangolin, he was armored in scales like stone. In undeath, his body is a patchwork of broken flesh and crude restorations. He can move but cannot speak.
Sanctum. Urkhaskraal, the great necropolis of Steinlund.
Associated Culture. The Zwerge.
Priesthood & Rites. The Zwerge believe his return is a sign and raise their own dead in his name. However, it is Khazraya's power, not his, that sustains the "Silent Ones."
Known Symbols. A coiled pangolin.
Known Behavior. Urkhaz is immobile and silent within his domain.

Varuna: The Tide-Coil

Status: Active.
Summary. Varuna is seen as an ancient and indifferent god of the deep sea and a force of nature that represents both time and tide.
Physical Manifestation. Varuna appears as a colossal ammonite whose iridescent shell is the size of a warship. His tentacles are rarely seen, and he moves with a slow, cyclical rhythm in the deep trenches beyond the harbor.
Sanctum. The deep waters surrounding the port of Pattana.
Associated Culture. The Shalvarin Khanda of Askara.
Priesthood & Rites. The Rishis of the Shalvarin lead rites of appeasement. The first and most valuable item recovered from any salvaged shipwreck is offered to Varuna by casting it back into the deepest part of the channel.
Known Symbols. A simple, coiled spiral.
Known Behavior. Varuna is a slow, cyclical force of nature. The treacherous, deep-water currents that only Shalvarin pilots can navigate are believed to be caused by his rhythmic breathing. While not malevolent, his immense size and indifference to the surface world mean his movements can crush ancient ruins or drag ships under without intent.

Váttkorr: Servant of the Sea

Status: Active.
Summary. Zabyt'ya is the sister deity of Bryshteya and acts as her protector. She is a reclusive being, primarily known for her acts of providing for her sister.
Physical Manifestation. She appears as an Alkonost, a great bird with the head and bare torso of a woman. Her plumage is multihued, hair is red, and skin is pale.
Sanctum. Deep within the Chornolissia Forest.
Associated Culture. The Marcians of Kavesk.
Priesthood & Rites. Zabyt'ya is seen as a servant deity to another deity, and lauded by the noble classes as an example to the lower classes..
Known Symbols. A turtle shell.
Known Behavior. Zabyt'ya is often seen flying above the Morye Tyshi Sea, carrying gifts of meat and fruit which she drops into the water for Bryshteya.

Zabyt'ya: Servant of the Sea

Status: Active.
Summary. Zabyt'ya is the sister deity of Bryshteya and acts as her protector. She is a reclusive being, primarily known for her acts of providing for her sister.
Physical Manifestation. She appears as an Alkonost, a great bird with the head and bare torso of a woman. Her plumage is multihued, hair is red, and skin is pale.
Sanctum. Deep within the Chornolissia Forest.
Associated Culture. The Marcians of Kavesk.
Priesthood & Rites. Zabyt'ya is seen as a servant deity to another deity, and lauded by the noble classes as an example to the lower classes..
Known Symbols. A feather floating on a wave.
Known Behavior. Zabyt'ya is often seen flying above the Morye Tyshi Sea, carrying gifts of meat and fruit which she drops into the water for Bryshteya.

Lesser Deities
Culture	Deity	Physical Province	Common Symbol
Aos Sí	Alainn*	An Grianán	A white ring
	Fintan*	Turfhinn Peaks	A jagged peak
Askara	Dharman	Charan Steppe	Four crescent moons as a series of fangs
	Varuna	Port of Pattana	A simple, coiled spiral
Avenarian	Brontotheris*	Tir na Gaoth Wilds	A V-shaped horn
	Henaid	Barrow-Downs of Galar	Three long, parallel claw marks
Bethunian	Harowald	Abandoned	None
Cyclopian	Helionax	The Chrysochorion Plains	A lion's head in profile
	Petrichos	The Ombrochora forests	Profile of toad eyes.
Daoine Sí	Bodach na Coille*	Blighted Forest	A twisted branch
	Lasairian	Loch na Lasrach	A red feather
Dwergar	Váttkorr	Glisméri	A turtle shell
Ellyllon	Glynfara	Corsddu	A coiled salamander beneath storm clouds
	Llafain	Gwernfain	A sow’s hoof surrounded by alder leaves
	Taranwys	Cragdu	An owl’s talon grasping a lightning bolt
Fomorian	Cromag	Loch Eala	Five interlocking teeth
	Dubhán	Gleann Dubh	A black claw
Ibunese
Kapre	Kalok	Tangkalok	A coiled serpent wreathed in flames
	Kamenik	The Krameni Kray	A stone face
Lutin	Bwa Tòde	The Mangrove Swamps	A gnarled root
	Limyè Kole	Western Sea Caves	A cluster of lights
Marcia	Drochnath*	Kavask	None
	Zabyt'ya	Chornolissia Forest	A feather floating on a wave
Ogre	Charnu*	Bois-Sombre	A silver eye
Ogre	Louvier	Marchebrut	A jagged antler
Ogre	Mortaine	Ruisseau-Noir	A black fishhook
Oni	Hanasaka no Ikari*	Tokamori Forest	Cherry blossom wreathed in flame
Powrie	Argant*	Wyrkmeer Lake	A griffon’s feather.
	Arlothanoth	The Klyfts	A coiled serpent
	Dansdrew*	Nordhavet Peninsula	A single, cracked saber-tooth fang
	Lowenna	Wetterwyld	A woven wreath of bog reeds and pitcher plants
	Lymgolok	Mor Draigwen Islands	The silhouette of an owl wing
Tengu	Kimeru	Sharasan Peninsula	A half-hidden face
	Sanbōkō	Tenkusan Mountains	Three interlocking rings
Tonttu	Olkiukko	Tammenlehto	A black stone
	Tuulen Kulkija	Grasslands of Tuinleas	A stormcloud
Zwerge	Urkhaz*	Urkhaskraal	A coiled pangolin
* Tatarigami