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==The Gods with a Thousand Faces== | ==The Gods with a Thousand Faces== | ||
− | We have decided to have a unique pantheon of gods for the setting. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19221430#post19221430] ) Some powerful fiends also feature in religious stories. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19228900#post19228900] ) Some gods are purely local or racial, but many regional pantheons are in fact understood to be the same gods with many different names. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19238379#post19238379] ) The gods are all variably depicted as male, female, both or neither. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19367909#post19367909 | + | We have decided to have a unique pantheon of gods for the setting. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19221430#post19221430] ) Some powerful fiends also feature in religious stories. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19228900#post19228900] ) Some gods are purely local or racial, but many regional pantheons are in fact understood to be the same gods with many different names. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19238379#post19238379] ) The gods are all variably depicted as male, female, both or neither. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19367909#post19367909]) Worship of the gods, both collectively and individually, is the main form of religious expression, but oracles, religious self-defence groups, and abstract philosophies are also widespread in the starting region. (Decision: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19342866#post19342866]) |
==The Possessors of Power== | ==The Possessors of Power== | ||
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* The '''Death God''', elder sibling of the other gods, known as '''Endprazad, Haltita-Reng, Shepireth,''' or '''Ungbepe'''. The Death God is a peaceable deity, who let their younger sibling claim the chiefdom, safe in the knowledge that all things come to death in the end. ''Portfolio'': Death, ends, peace, the soil. | * The '''Death God''', elder sibling of the other gods, known as '''Endprazad, Haltita-Reng, Shepireth,''' or '''Ungbepe'''. The Death God is a peaceable deity, who let their younger sibling claim the chiefdom, safe in the knowledge that all things come to death in the end. ''Portfolio'': Death, ends, peace, the soil. | ||
* The '''Healer''', who is known as '''Avatzakad, Shehipet, Fulvik, Avatbrak,''' or '''Vizeveltipes'''. The Healer is also seen as a protective figure, and is second only to the Lover in legends of the gods secretly walking the earth. ''Portfolio'': Healing, children, defence. | * The '''Healer''', who is known as '''Avatzakad, Shehipet, Fulvik, Avatbrak,''' or '''Vizeveltipes'''. The Healer is also seen as a protective figure, and is second only to the Lover in legends of the gods secretly walking the earth. ''Portfolio'': Healing, children, defence. | ||
− | * The '''Lover''', known as '''Lorno, Melazekto, Shebideth,''' or | + | * The '''Lover''', known as '''Lorno, Melazekto, Shebideth,''' or ''Utzad'''. The Lover is a lusty god, seen as both romantic and sexual in nature. The Lover is often said to wander the earth in disguise; some even claim the Lover is ''always'' at large somewhere. ''Portfolio'': Love, poetry, sex, conviviality. |
* The '''Wisdom God''', known as '''Denopes, Mratgatad, Sherenowos,''' or '''Zaghallir'''. The Wisdom God is seen as responsible for legitimising arcane magic use by mortals, and is revered for knowledge and patience. ''Portfolio'': Wisdom, knowledge, time. | * The '''Wisdom God''', known as '''Denopes, Mratgatad, Sherenowos,''' or '''Zaghallir'''. The Wisdom God is seen as responsible for legitimising arcane magic use by mortals, and is revered for knowledge and patience. ''Portfolio'': Wisdom, knowledge, time. | ||
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* The '''Elder Dragon God''', called '''Kugbazel, Shesipev,''' or '''Urimaibepe'''. The Elder Dragon God was the first god, and parent of the others. Legend tells that the Chief God overthrew their parent after the Elder God tried to keep the warm-blooded races on the darkened side of the world while dragons enjoyed the fruits of the light side. The Elder Dragon still waits, somewhere outside the world of mortals, licking its wounds and hoping for revenge. ''Portfolio'': Dragons, power, revenge, parenthood. | * The '''Elder Dragon God''', called '''Kugbazel, Shesipev,''' or '''Urimaibepe'''. The Elder Dragon God was the first god, and parent of the others. Legend tells that the Chief God overthrew their parent after the Elder God tried to keep the warm-blooded races on the darkened side of the world while dragons enjoyed the fruits of the light side. The Elder Dragon still waits, somewhere outside the world of mortals, licking its wounds and hoping for revenge. ''Portfolio'': Dragons, power, revenge, parenthood. | ||
* The '''Chief of Fiends''', called '''Balmeverni, Furgend, Horrib,''' or '''Ligen'''. The Chief Fiend was fooled by the Trickster into entering a pact by which neither gods nor arch-fiends could directly attack mortals. Since then, it has sought ways to hamper the gods and their worshippers by many subtle means. ''Portfolio'': Lies, usurpers, fiend-summoning. | * The '''Chief of Fiends''', called '''Balmeverni, Furgend, Horrib,''' or '''Ligen'''. The Chief Fiend was fooled by the Trickster into entering a pact by which neither gods nor arch-fiends could directly attack mortals. Since then, it has sought ways to hamper the gods and their worshippers by many subtle means. ''Portfolio'': Lies, usurpers, fiend-summoning. | ||
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==The Old, Old Story== | ==The Old, Old Story== | ||
− | The core myths (Decisions: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19253484#post19253484] [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19323151#post19323151] [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19337669#post19337669 | + | The core myths (Decisions: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19253484#post19253484] [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19323151#post19323151] [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19337669#post19337669]) are: |
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− | : | + | * I: Trickster-god once conned the chief fiend into signing a pact that prevented the evil creature from outright slaughtering or destroying mortals. But they had to sign the pact themselves to do it, which prevents the gods from interfering too directly in mortal lives either. |
+ | * II: A folk-hero stole the blood of the injured elder-dragon god and gave it to mortals to drink, who became sorcerers; chief-god punished folk-hero, but the secret was already out. | ||
+ | * III: A second folk-hero, child to the previous one, planned to steal the Divine Language from the gods; trickster-god was impressed with the folk-hero's plan and assisted in its completion. Because a god had helped, the folk-hero escaped the worst wrath of the other gods. The words that were stolen were enough to bind powerful beings to the first warlock pacts. | ||
+ | * IV: Death-god is chief-god's older sibling, but yielded the chiefdom willingly because all things come to Death anyway. | ||
+ | * V: The warm-blooded humanoid races were originally one race. Elder-dragon-god left them on the dark side of the world, and gave the light and fruitful side to the dragons. The humanoid races realised they had been sold short, and tried to dig right through the world. Elder-god divided them into many different races and cultures to confound them. | ||
+ | * VI: Elder-dragon-god preferred its creations, the dragons, over its own children, the other gods. When elder-dragon-god sundered the humanoid races, Chief-god realised that elder-dragon-god had become a tyrant, deposed elder-dragon-god, and took power. Elder-dragon-god now sleeps uneasily somewhere. (In the human version of this myth, chief-god led death-god and their other siblings to depose elder-dragon-god; in the orc version, chief-god showed their worthiness by having the courage to do it single-handed, and death-god merely helped with the aftermath. Orcs also believe that they were specifically created by chief-god at this point.) | ||
+ | * VII: As punishment for rebellion, trickster-god was tasked to accompany the younger folk-hero (for Myth III) to get wisdom from the end of the earth. Trickster-god faithfully completed this task, using trickery for good, and was thus reconciled to wisdom-god. The wisdom they retrieved gave mortals the understanding necessary to turn the Divine Language into new forms of magic. This is the origin of wizards. | ||
+ | * VIII: Every god has a tendency to wander the Earth in disguise, doing things which fit them; in particular, Love-god periodically assumes an avatar and wanders the world as a romantic hero. | ||
+ | * IX: The wounded priest-ruler owned the sacred artefact of healer-god, but was unable to use it. Another folk-hero handled the device unknowingly, and by this innocence gained the power to cure priest-ruler. This shows the merit of travelling adventurers. | ||
==Words and Pictures== | ==Words and Pictures== | ||
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It is unknown to non-dragonborn whether the dragonborn even worship the same gods as the warm-blooded species. The insect-people have a lifestyle that is mysterious to outsiders: it appears highly ritualised, but no conventional religious observance has ever been noted. (Decisions: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19367909#post19367909]) | It is unknown to non-dragonborn whether the dragonborn even worship the same gods as the warm-blooded species. The insect-people have a lifestyle that is mysterious to outsiders: it appears highly ritualised, but no conventional religious observance has ever been noted. (Decisions: [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?761590-D-amp-D-5e-Let-s-build-a-setting!&p=19367909#post19367909]) | ||
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One player, Mr the Geoff, has done some work developing [[LetsBuild5e:Orc Lore|Orc lore]]. | One player, Mr the Geoff, has done some work developing [[LetsBuild5e:Orc Lore|Orc lore]]. |