Gods

Gods are entities of great power that are worshipped and/or feared across many religions. Due to a greater pact to maintain balance and avoid a divine war, the Gods are forbidden from directly interfering with matters on the mortal Material Plane.

Greater Deities, Old and New Greater Gods

The term Old Greater Gods, also known as Architects, is used to refer to precursor beings that were believed to have existed before and after the Great Spark. Those who willed the Great Spark into igniting the creation of the Planes of Existence before sacrificing themselves to defeat Tiamat. The term New Greater Gods refers to gods or beings who were willed into existence during or right after the Great Spark or were once mortal creatures that ascended to godhood. All existing Gods are "New Greater Gods" but are simply referred to as "the Gods". Normally a distinction is only made when one says "to the Old Gods and the New," in very select, old prayers. In terms of power, both eras are equally powerfully and the time at which they existed is the only difference in common lore.

The Architects and their current-day domains were/are: Lucen (Knowledge), Feros (Wealth and Fortune), Therun (Fury, Life, and Conflict), Shiala (Justice and Judgement), Justinia (Blessings, War, and Balance)

List of New Greater Gods

Light Domain

Name	Portfolio	Symbol
Pelor	Life, Hope	Radiating golden sun
Amaunator	Law	Golden sun on top of a sceptre
Lathander	Dawn, Renewal	Road traveling into a sunrise
Helm	Watchfulness, Protection, Justice	Staring eye on upright left gauntlet
Corellon	Art, Magic	Quarter moon
Hera	Marriage, Intrigue, Trickery	Fan of peacock feathers
Apollo	Light, Music, Healing	Lyre

Death Domain

Name	Portfolio	Symbol
Nyx	Darkness, Shadows	Three moons with a crooked, white-eyed figure at the center moon
Erebus	Void, Chaos	A collapsing starry portal with two eyes
Zehir	Serpents, Poison	Snake slithering through a cracked skull
Kelemvor	Death, Judgement	Skeletal arms holding up a balance scale
Raven Queen	Sorrow, Memories, Death	Crying raven's head facing left
Shar	Loss, Secrets, Forgetfulness	Black disk with a purple border
Vecna	Evil secrets	Hand with eye in the palm
Hades	Isolation, Memories, Death	Black Ram
Thanatos	Deliverance, Death	Fan of peacock feathers
Jergal	Knowledge, Death	A skull biting a scroll

Also referred to as the Dark Pact within the greater divine pantheon. Gods of Death and Darkness of varying alignments working together to keep the balance between death, memories, and souls working cohesively. This pact ensures no single aspect of darkness or death overpowers the other, risking total collapse of the wider cosmic scale and the death of all Gods. Much like the balance between Life and Death, or Light and Darkness, death has its own balance that must be maintained. Souls may sometimes find themselves on a journey through what's called the "Dark Descent", which begins with their (hopefully) swift passage through Tarturus, judgement in the Crystal Spire, then either eternal damnation in the Nine Hells or Underworld, or a peaceful, warm afterlife bathed in light.

Giant Pantheon, The Ordning

Name	Portfolio	Symbol
Annam All-Father	Magic, Fertility, Philosophy	Two hands pointing down with wrists together
Othea	Motherhood, Giants	Blizzard inside of an orb sitting on a scepter
Stronmaus	Sun, Sky, Seas, Weather	An open hand with water and sunlight pouring from it
Hiatea	Childbirth, Nature, Hunting	Spear wreathed in flames
Grolantor	Combat	Wooden club
Memnor	Pride, Control	A laughing Giant face with a serpent's tongue
Iallanis	Love, Forgiveness, Beauty, Mercy	Garland of flowers
Surtr	Fire, Protection	Flaming sword
Thrym	Frost, War	A white double-bladed greataxe
Diancastra	Trickery, Mischief, Information	A circle of hands all grasping each other's wrist

Elvish Pantheon, the Seldarine

Name	Portfolio	Symbol
Corellon Larethian	Magic, Warfare, Craft	Blue and silver starburst
Aerdrie Faenya	Weather, Wind, Trickery	Bird silhouetted against a cloud
Sehanine Moonbow	Dreams, Death, Travel	Full moon under a moonbow
Hanali Celanil	Love, Beauty, Art	Golden heart
Deep Sashelas	Sea, Knowledge	Diving dolphin
Elebrin Liothiel	Nature, Harvest, Abundance	Acorn embossed on a maple leaf
Erevan Ilesere	Trickery, Mischief	Asymmetrical starburst
Solonor Thelandira	Archery, Hunting, Survival	Silver arrow with green fletching
Tarsellis Meunniduin	Snow, Nature, Wilderness	Mountain with a river
Vandria Gilmadrith	Warm, Justice, Grief	Weeping eye
Araleth Letheranil	Light, Stars	Beam of light
Fenmarel Mestarine	Solitude, Outcasts, Nature	Two peering elven eyes

Celestial Empire Pantheon, the Nine Immortals

Name	Portfolio	Symbol
Ai Ch'ing	Love, Marriage	Blooming pink and blue tulip
Chan Cheng	Bravery, Combat, War	Horned mask over a setting sun
Ch'en Hsiang	Literature, Music, Poetry	Singing canary on a feathered pen
Chih Shih	History, Lore, Tradition	Three-eyed humanoid pressing gloved hands to temples
Fa Kuan	Justice	Rays of light piercing outward through blindfolds on a face
Hsing Yong	Fortune, Prosperity	Open palms offering rice and wheat
Kwan Ying	Compassion, Joy, Mercy	Winged celestial cascading orbs
Nung Chiang	Agriculture, Fertility	Twirling ribbon covered celestial pointing upwards
Shu Chia	Artificers, Art	Half-finished jade block of a crowned head

The old natives of Yros’sidia and their descendants follow one of the two philosophical religions called "The Path of Enlightenment" and "The Way". In the kingdom of Sheng Lao, they predominantly worship a large number of spirits collectively called The Eight Million Gods. The people of Sheng Lao primarily believe in the Celestial Bureaucracy headed by the Celestial Emperor, the heads of what's known as the Celestial Empire, also referred to as the Celestial Heaven or the Empire of Heaven. The Celestial Empire is the dominant pantheon of the continent of Yros'sidia and its natives, especially the empire of Sheng Lao. Every deity who was a part of the Celestial Bureaucracy has a small realm attached to the Spirit World, their in-between plane. The whole realm was known as the Celestial Heaven, or simply Heaven or the Sky. Lying at the Center of All Heaven, the Celestial Empire was governed from the Celestial Palace, where the Celestial Emperor sits upon the Jade Throne.

The Celestial Emperor commanded the Nine Immortals, or the Nine Great Dragons. They stand beside the Jade Throne, always ready to do as the Emperor bade as agents of his divine will and command the Lesser Immortals. They embody an ideal of the Path which are nine core virtues of Artistry, Compassion, Courage, Fidelity, Honor, Karma, Love, Respect for Tradition, and Scholarship. The Lesser Immortals are a collective of Jade Ladies, Rice Spirits, Moon Women, Spirit Warriors, Ladies of Compassion, the Lords of Karma and the Sages. The entitiy known as the Mad Monkey is a demi-deity of mischief who sometimes helps, or hinders, the Celestial Bureaucracy. The Celestial Emperor had appointed each of his Immortals to oversee all the relevant matters, and humans were expected to call/prey to the appropriate Immortal. He had also organized the Celestial Court to handle trivial matters like speaking with humans. No one prayed directly to the Emperor; daring to call directly to him was seen as an act of utter disrespect, one that would be answered with thunder and lightning.

Eldritch Domain, The Mindbent

Name	Portfolio	Symbol
The Eldritch Author	Sloth	none
Nintra	Lust	A petrified glass face with a bloody crack

Lesser Deities

There are some deities that are not officially considered gods, but are still worshiped like gods. These include:

• Lolth
• Mad Monkey
• Malar
• Tiamat