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The following are a vague outline
of the primary gods of the Draconian Empire. The other guilds may have
additional gods, but most of them are
the same from realm to realm, though
they may have different names or faces.
Primary Powers
Halos, Lord of the Heavens
Mirius, Lady of the Earth
Morbius, Lord of the Underworld
These are the three prime gods,
that have existed since the dawn of time. They created this universe, the
other gods, and the creatures within.
They are neither good nor evil,
existing during a time where there was neither good nor evil. If used in
stories at all, use them as legends, never
as actual avatars. They are the
supreme beings that rarely take a hand in the world, and indeed, most unlearned
people don't know of their
existence. However, some people
of the northern barbarian tribes know them as their sole gods.
Secondary Powers
These gods are the ones ordinarily
worshipped by the people. There is usually a temple of each in each city,
and there is a more or less
organized priesthood as well, though
in the Empire of Draconia, the Orders are small compared in scope with
the druids. In the other lands,
Nathos is known to be as strong
as Kala, and there may be unlisted gods known of in other lands.
Mesalae, Lady of the Sea = Naturally
a popular goddess among the seafaring cities of the world, she is known
to be a fickle mistress. The seas
echo her moods, tempestuous when
she is angry, quiet when she is happy. Her colours are blue and silver,
her symbols are the fish and/or the
shell. Her patron city is Drak
Mesalus
Kala, Lady of the Sun = Once a minor
power, Kala was elevated to secondary status when she became the state
religion of the Draconian
Empire. She controls the spheres
of the Sun, daylight, reason, knowledge, and wisdom. Her colours are white
and gold, and her symbol is a
sunburst. Her patron city is Soliath
Tauranik, Lord of Battle = A god
popular only among savages, or among men whose lives are devoted to relieving
others of theirs. He is always
clad in bloodied armour, with a
white sword in one hand, and a black sword in the other, signifying the
random nature of war. His symbol is a
set of two crossed swords, black
and white. His colours are black and white. His patron city is Drak Tauros
Nathos, Lord of Justice = The god
commonly referred to as "The Light", in southern nations, he is a stern
god, always depicted holding a set of
scales. Little is known of him
in the Empire of Draconia, but word of him has spread to the Lakelands,
and a small temple is being erected in the
Coastlands, at the city of Drak
Kalthorne.
Meira, Lady of Harvests = A goddess
worshipped all over the world, in one form or another, she is the goddess
that is born every spring, and
dies every winter. She is the Maiden
come spring time, initiating the birth and renewal of all things. Come
summer she is the Mother, taking care
of her children with a wise hand.
Come fall and winter, she turns into the Crone, when the lands falls asleep.
There is a mystery cult of Meira at
the outskirts of the city of Drak
Kalthorne.
Lesser Powers
These powers are powerful enough
to be gods, but do not have an organized priesthood, nor are they powerful
to challenge any of the
secondary powers.
Nala, Lady of the Moon = The twin
sister of Kala, Nala is the guardian of the power of Sorcery. Though twins,
they never got along very well,
with Kala wishing for her disciples
to know through thought and reason, and Nala not taking disciples for fear
that her knowledge would be
misused. Nala is a secretive goddess,
though not necessarily an evil one. She represents the darker side of knowledge.
Her colours are black
and silver, and her holy symbol
is a plain silver disk, or a silver cresent.
Tilana, Lady of Beauty = A maiden
at the height of her beauty, she represents the ultimate expression of
the human form. She is the mate of
Tauranik, though she loathes him.
Her colours are white and silver
Torath, Lord of Deception = Nobody
knows much about this power, whether he is a lord or a lady. Thieves are
his only worshippers. His
colours are gray, and if he has
a symbol, nobody knows what it is.
Mitaneus, Lord of Travelers = The
patron of wanderers everywhere, he is alternately known as The Guide. There
is no organized priesthood,
but here and there one may find
an abbey of monks by the road, offering sanctuary to travelers in need.
The Grandfather, the Dragongod =
This used to be considered the most powerful of the Secondary powers, but
with the death of the dragon
race at the end of the Second Age,
this deity has ceased to have the power it once had. This being never speaks
to humans, but its existence has
been verified by inscriptions found
in the oldest parts of Dragonspire Keep, and by research done by the Druids
of Kala. It still exists, because
Gods cannot truly die, but is now
so powerless that it probably cannot move, nor speak.
Onaeus
Druid Emeritus
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