Pantheon

The Prime Material plane in which Avendar resides was created by the Overgods Iandir, Jolinn, and Ashur. They in turn created many deities of Their own to help steward Their new creation; over time, yet more deities came from elsewhere or ascended to godhood from ordinary mortality to preside over various aspects of the Prime. All deities ultimately bow to the will and might of the Overgods, whose power is absolute, though some more resentfully than others.

The gods of Avendar are a diverse group of immortal beings of miraculous and immense power. Each god pursues their own interests, purposes, and plans, and the various lineages each have their own presiding trinity of deities that lay claim to that lineage's destiny and which have heavily shaped their chosen peoples' culture and history. Alongside this focused stewardship, deities freely welcome worshippers from any lineage or culture provided they act in accordance with that deity's values and purpose. Through their following, religious artifice, Great Houses, and individually chosen and sigiled immortal divines, deities may enact their designs and spread their influence upon the world in accordance with the ancient Compact laid down by the Overgods.

Deities rarely manifest bodily in the world, but when they do it is usually in the form most familiar to their chosen lineage, even to those not of it. The exception is the Overgods themselves, who appear in various forms appropriate to the lineage they are manifesting for. Each lineage or culture thus has wildly different ways of perceiving each of the Overgods, down to their species, gender, and general disposition.

Deity	Chosen Lineage	Values	Icons
Iandir	None	Earth, order, law, leadership, honesty, creation	the crown/runil, shaped quartz or diamond
Aeoleri	aelin	Purity, romance, gallantry, refuge, guilt, charm	roses, a silver blade
Alil	aelin	Empathy, liberation, responsibility, spectacle, transformation, reaction	lotuses, butterflies
Serachel	aelin	Corruption, provocation, secrecy, grief, obsession, preservation	forget-me-nots, masks, hedgehogs
Enirra	alatharya	Balance, equality, rebellion, obsession, monotheism, lost causes	an equilateral triangle, an eye
Alajial	caladaran	Peace, healing, diplomacy, mercy, compassion, charity	lilies, flowers in general, bumblebees
Chadraln	caladaran	Knowledge, precognition, revelation, history, diligence, continuity	a leminscate
Jalassa	caladaran	Transcendence, reason, patience, meditation, restraint, penance	a set of scales, a snowflake
Elanthe	chaja	Stories, narratives, inspiration, heritage, drama, the bardic arts	a moth, any musical instrument
Kurion	chaja	Depression, apathy, pessimism, dread, sadism, misery	a spiral
Kyana	chaja	Perseverance, prophecy, defiance, sympathy, suffering, comfort	the stars, a candle
Calaera	ch'taren	Truth, judgement, devotion, command, righteousness, valor
Rystaia	ch'taren	The Weave, freedom, passion, joy, zeal, revelation	the pegasus
Vaialos	ch'taren	Hope, sacrifice, martyrdom, poignancy, memory, insight
Elar	ethron	Nature, symbiosis, renewal, family, druidic magic, growth	a leaf or new shoot
Nariel	ethron	Hunting, anarchism, heroism, mischief, vivacity, disobedience	an arrow with white fletching, a longbow
Lielqan	ethron	Mortality, surrender, fate, rebirth, hard truths, boundaries	the sunset, sharks
Dolgrael	human	War, honor, pride, metalsmithing, victory, defeat	any weapon
Jolinn	human	Water, life, protection, community, purification, healing	a sapphire spear or shield
Lilune	human	The moons, blood, wonder, intensity, illusion, enervation	Lunus and Rhos
Ayaunj	nefortu	Trade, contracts, wealth, cooperation, strategy, discretion	coins of any denomination
Bayyal	nefortu	Fire, wrath, ruin, violence, consumption, malice	a flame
Tzajai	nefortu	Chaos, air, gambling, trickery, luck, change
Arkhural	shuddeni	Ambition, fear, pain, greed, bloodlust, havoc
Ashur	shuddeni	The Void, death, demons, apocalypse, silence, finality	a dragon
Rveyelhi	shuddeni	Tyranny, subjugation, industrialization, efficiency, bureaucracy, attrition	the black staff, interlocked gears
Fenthira	srryn	Swamps, evolution, fertility, shelter, supremacy, gratification
Sitheus	srryn	Undeath, punishment, jealousy, obedience, decay, exile
Sythrak	srryn	Expedience, territoriality, the hearth, xenophobia, loyalty	a claw or bite mark, red scales