The surviving deities of the godswar.
Aray: The lawful good god of justice.
Domain: War
One of the oldest gods in existence, he ascended at the same time as civilization.
He is the one who gave laws and a sense of justice to the world. He battles the forces of Belo and Arom in the Cosmos, and works to keep another godswar from happening again.
Aray betrothed to Sereneth, the goddess of healing and life and is allies with Nem, god of knowledge.
Arom: The lawful evil god of war and subjugation.
Domain: War
The brother of Aray, Arom seeks but one thing, power. His goal is to be the undisputed ruler of the pantheon. In pursuit of that goal, he has enlisted the service of Belo, the goddess of murder and assassins.
He is powered by strife, and turmoil, and human misery.
He is allied with Mykeheth, the god of death.
Belo: The chaotic evil goddess of murder and madness.
Domain: Death
The unwanted daughter of Mykeheth and Sahran, Belo is as insane as she is murderous. She covets both of her parents domains and places in the pantheon, and she will do anything to usurp them, even to work with her Uncle Arom.
She was the most visible during the godswar, teleporting to random locations and villages, killing hundreds with dagger and spell, and corrupting the ones she thought would be the most humorous. A halfling village; an abbey of Serenethi clergy, she sows chaos in her wake.
Eadros: The neutral god of time and water
Domain: Nature
Nobody knows just how ancient Eadros actually is. Depicted as a whirling mass of tentacles, eyes, waves, and clocks, the deity is uncaring, and cares only about the circle of existence turning. Any deviation from the time stream, and it knows.
It is not above enslaving mortals and hurtling them through time to correct a mistake or transgression.
Sages say Eadros always has been, and always will be, a fixed point in time. Whenever anyone communicates with it (on any plane, at any time), it is the same moment for Eadros.
Mykeheth: The neutral evil god of death
Domain: Death
Twin brother of Sereneth, Mykeheth is death incarnate. He enjoys it, and will often hum or sing to himself while he culls souls. He plots to snuff out the living, and will grant prayers to any cleric who shares his goal. He is the god of necromancers, the god of the undead.
He often visits the material plane in the form of a crow, and sits on or near battlefields, soaking in the power of death.
Narahara: The chaotic neutral goddess of decay and renewal.
Domains: Death and Life and Nature
More Archfey than goddess, she nevertheless grants prayers. Not much is known about Narahara, only that she is neither part of the Summer or Winter Courts of the Fey.
She may just be the most powerful deity in the pantheon, but it seems like she just doesn't care about politics, or anything at all. She is often depicted as a hedonist, drinking, smoking, and having relations with multiple partners as beings die and others come to life behind her.
She is goddess of the cycle of life.
Nem: Lawful Neutral god of Knowledge.
Domain: Knowledge.
The god of libraries, of tomes, of learning, and knowledge. He is the one who introduced reading, writing, even language the moral races. Without him, Aray could never have created the laws and ideals of justice.
He is not afraid where knowledge leads, and finds censorship abhorrent.
Ost: The neutral god of magic.
Domain: Knowledge
Ost was the son of Bahumat, patron god of dragons. He is the keeper of the tapestry that keeps all magic flowing. Without him, magic would unravel, the world would crumble, and crystallize.
He is depicted as a humanoid dragon, and the dragonborn look up to him as their creator. He is not, of course, but he is far too apathetic to correct them.
He grants spells to any cleric of any alignment, granted they can cast arcane spells.
Sahran: The chaotic good goddess of trickery.
Domain: Trickery
The mother of Belo, and the goddess of bards, rogues, and tricksters and good natured liars everywhere. She is ashamed of her birthing of Belo, but more importantly the trickery she pulled to bed Mykeheth, just to prove that she could.
She could.
Since then, she has done everything in her power to thwart the plots of Mykeheth, Arom, and Belo. She is the patron goddess of forest elves and gnomes.
Sereneth: The neutral good goddess of life and light
Domans: Life and Light
The twin sister of Mykeheth, she is bethrothed to Aray. She actively works against Mykeheth and Arom.
She is the one who created the Aasimar race, as she saw that tieflings were entering the world through the wombs of the clergy of Mykeheth and Belo.
She is kind, good natured, and slow to anger, though she burns with the fury of a hundred sons when her temper is lost.
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