Editing The Elemental Gods (section)

==Annwyn - the Prince of Dust==
Brother Worm is the god of the hidden earth, patron of that which lives in or falls to dust. He is the keeper of Scalgard's dead, those who fell to disease or age, and the vanquished and the slain alike. They all march, visible only to those with eyes to see, from their deathbeds and battlefields to the shore, and from there board black ships to Annwyn's realm to the southwest.

The voyage is not without danger, for all that the passengers are already dead. Mannanan sends his storms swiftly in the wake of Annwyn's ships, to drive them into the depths and claim more souls for his bloody army. Those who safely make the trip, however, find rest among Annwyn's dry halls, at eternal leisure to read the books in his ancient libraries, for Annwyn is also the god of knowledge.

Annwyn appears as a pale and wrinkled man, wrapped in layer upon layer of torn robes, all in shades of gray and covered with the brown dust of time. His hood is pulled low over his face, casting it in deep shadow, and in his hands is a book said to contain within it's pages the writing inscribed in all books across the world. Annwyn's priests are called '''Cerements''' and are usually Devoted Clerics, and their powers do Psychic damage rather than Radiant.

A character knows the following with a successful Religion check:

* '''DC 20''' - ''Corpse On the Run'' - Annwyn's devoted priest Rhygedd is a genealogist and explorer in the Low Countries.  He writes of military exploits and history across the land, but his researches have recently turned up a strange treasure - a large iron crock that, once filled, seems to never empty of food so long as it rests above a cook-fire.  Strange as this power might be, there must yet be more to the crock, for since his find Rhygedd has been pursued by the servants of giants and the clergy of Beira both.  What they want with the crock, and his life, Rhygedd has no intention of finding out.
* '''DC 25''' - ''Calling Home the Weary Sailors'' - Daily in his innermost sanctum, Annwyn practices a ritual of power, the only thing that brings the dead safely to his black ships and from there to his realm.  If he failed to perform this ritual, the dead would remain in Scalgard and who knows what might happen then?  There are some who claim that, though very secret, the ritual is not hard and a very skilled mortal necromancer might master it; a good thing, should Annwyn ever fall, or a terrible temptation to his power.
* '''DC 30''' - ''Dust, Ashes and Forgot'' - The Prince of Dust calls many souls guests in his house. One of these, his name now lost, was (or would have been) a sixth god, his purview the Shadows.  If he knows the name of his slayer(s) and what has become of her, he has whispered it only to Annwyn.  Who now, if anyone, controls his shadows is similarly a mystery.