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=== Mind Pantheon ===
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| Azuth || Knowledge || Left hand, wreathed in flame, pointing skyward || Lesser
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| Vulnagoni || Pain, Pleasure || A heart wrapped and squeezed by barbed wire || Lesser
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| Primus || Order || A gear || Greater
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| Beshabe || Misfortune, Bad Luck || Black Antlers || Greater
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=== Elvish Pantheon ===
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=== Celestial Empire Pantheon, the Nine Immortals ===
=== Eldritch Entities ===
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| Ai Ch'ing || Love, Marriage || Blooming pink and blue tulip
| Santa Claus || Unknown || Unknown
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| Chan Cheng || Bravery, Combat, War || Horned mask over a setting sun
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| Ch'en Hsiang || Literature, Music, Poetry || Singing canary on a feathered pen
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| Chih Shih || History, Lore, Tradition || Three-eyed humanoid pressing gloved hands to temples
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| Fa Kuan || Justice || Rays of light piercing outward through blindfolds on a face
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| Hsing Yong || Fortune, Prosperity || Open palms offering rice and wheat
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| Kwan Ying || Compassion, Joy, Mercy || Winged celestial cascading orbs
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| Nung Chiang || Agriculture, Fertility || Twirling ribbon covered celestial pointing upwards
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| Shu Chia || Artificers, Art || Half-finished jade block of a crowned head
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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 Forgotten Pantheon ===
This is a pantheon that the Redeemers recently learned about, a majority of the material plane still have no know knowledge of these deities


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.
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| Obliveyon || Creation || None || The Creator Remain Unfused
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| Schehera’lativa || Order || None || Beyond Greater (Shattered)
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| Santa Claus || Unknown || Unknown
| Velgruhayvald || Chaos || None || Beyond Greater (Shattered)
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Revision as of 23:59, 14 June 2023

Gods are entities of great power that are worshipped and/or feared across many religions. Due to a hard codded divine law, the Gods are incapable from directly interfering with certain matters on the Material Plane. 

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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. 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.

Light Domain

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
Pelor Life, Hope Radiating golden sun Greater
Amaterasu Sun Any depiction of a sun Greater
Celestillous The Radiant One Light Any depiction of the stars Greater
Celestian Stars, Knowledge A black circle with seven stars Greater

Death Domain

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
Nyx Darkness, Shadows Three moons with a crooked, white-eyed figure at the center moon Greater
Erebus Void, Chaos A collapsing starry portal with two eyes Greater
Kelemvor Death, Judgement Skeletal arms holding up a balance scale Greater (Retiring)
Raven Queen Sorrow, Memories, Death Crying raven's head facing left Greater
Shar Loss, Secrets, Forgetfulness Black disk with a purple border Greater
Vecna Evil secrets Hand with eye in the palm Greater ("Deceased")
Hades Isolation, Memories, Death Black Ram Lesser
Thanatos Deliverance, Death Fan of peacock feathers Lesser
Jergal Knowledge, Death A skull biting a scroll Greater
Hel Death A scythe Greater
Emptempus Death, planetary destruction Snake jaw Greater

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

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
Orintheos The Star-Father Stars A hand holding two stars together Greater
Thor Thunder A hammer Lesser
Loki Trickery, Deception, Theft A helmet with two horns Lesser
Eriness Amazons A half circle with three blades Greater
Surtr Fire, Protection Flaming sword Lesser
Ygrid Goliath Queen Double sided greatsword Demi

Nature Pantheon

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
Velgahegor Nature A tree with a skull under it Lesser

Mind Pantheon

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
Azuth Knowledge Left hand, wreathed in flame, pointing skyward Lesser
Vulnagoni Pain, Pleasure A heart wrapped and squeezed by barbed wire Lesser
Primus Order A gear Greater
Beshabe Misfortune, Bad Luck Black Antlers Greater

Elvish Pantheon

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
Urvstir Harvest, Violence Circle of thorn covered vines around a skull Lesser
Zygryn Vectress Time A blue butterfly with two red eyes on the wings Greater

Draconic Pantheon

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
Dominious Land An iridescent dragon Greater (Formerly)
Tiamatl Sky Dragon head with five claw marks Lesser
Bahamut Life, War Dragon's head in profile Lesser

Space Domain

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
The Necrolestial Body Unknown none From the void
Orenpheyon Forbidden Secrets True symbol unknown Unknown
Mourneshroud Moon, truth symbol unknown Greater
Emptempus Death, planetary destruction Snake jaw Greater

Eldritch Entities

Name Portfolio Symbol
Santa Claus Unknown Unknown

The Forgotten Pantheon

This is a pantheon that the Redeemers recently learned about, a majority of the material plane still have no know knowledge of these deities

Name Portfolio Symbol Status
Obliveyon Creation None The Creator Remain Unfused
Schehera’lativa Order None Beyond Greater (Shattered)
Velgruhayvald Chaos None Beyond Greater (Shattered)
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