Pantheon

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The deities of Avendar are immortal beings of immense power, each with their own interests, purposes, and plans. The various lineages each have their own presiding trinity of gods that lay claim to them and their destiny and have shaped the culture and history of those people. Though the majority of gods are focused on a specific lineage, most gods freely welcome worshippers from other lineages and cultures, embracing them as any other devotee. Through their chosen, deities may enact their designs upon the world in accordance with the ancient Compact laid down by the Overgods.

The Prime Material in which Avendar resides was created by the Overgods Iandir, Jolinn, and Ashur. They in turn created deities of Their own to steward Their new creation, as well as many deities coming from elsewhere to preside over the Prime. All deities ultimately bow to the will and might of the Overgods, though some more resentfully than others.

Impartial Gods

Iandir - Earth, order, law, leadership, honesty, creation

Aelin Gods

Aeoleri - Purity, romance, gallantry, refuge, guilt, charm
Alil - Empathy, liberation, responsibility, spectacle, transformation, reaction
Serachel - The arts, beguilement, corruption, betrayal, nightmares, politics

Alatharya Gods

The Alatharya pantheon is currently under reconstruction.

Arikanja - ???
Enirra - Balance, equality, rebellion, obsession, monotheism, lost causes
Khanval - Militant anti-imperialism

Caladaran Gods

Alajial - Peace, healing, diplomacy, mercy, compassion, charity
Chadraln - Knowledge, precognition, revelation, history, diligence, continuity
Jalassa - Transcendence, reason, patience, meditation, restraint, penance

Chaja Gods

The Chaja pantheon is under construction.

Elanthe - Stories, narratives, inspiration, heritage, drama, the bardic arts
Kurion - Depression, apathy, anxiety, pessimism, dread, inevitability
Kyana - Perseverance, foresight, sympathy, grief, comfort, the stars

Ch'taren Gods

Calaera - Truth, judgement, devotion, command, righteousness, valor
Rystaia - The Weave, freedom, passion, joy, zeal, prophecy
Vaialos - Hope, sacrifice, martyrdom, poignancy, memory, insight

Ethron Gods

Elar - Nature, symbiosis, renewal, family, druidic magic, growth
Nariel - Hunting, anarchism, heroism, mischief, vivacity, disobedience
Lielqan - Mortality, surrender, fate, rebirth, hard truths, boundaries

Human Gods

Dolgrael - War, honor, pride, metalsmithing, victory, defeat
Jolinn - Water, life, protection, unity, purification, healing
Lilune - The moons, blood, wonder, intensity, illusion, enervation

Nefortu Gods

Ayaunj - Trade, contracts, wealth, community, strategy, discretion
Bayyal - Fire, wrath, ruin, violence, consumption, malice
Tzajai - Chaos, air, gambling, trickery, luck, change

Shuddeni Gods

Arkhural - Ambition, fear, pain, greed, bloodlust, havoc
Ashur - The Void, demons, death, apocalypse, silence, finality
Rveyelhi - Tyranny, subjugation, dread, cruelty, bureaucracy, attrition

Srryn Gods

Fenthira - Swamps, evolution, fertility, shelter, supremacy, gratification
Sitheus - Undeath, punishment, jealousy, obedience, decay, exile
Sythrak - Srryn, reptiles, swamps, mires, decay