The Gods of Sea and Stars
The Gods of Sea and Stars are a pantheon worshipped primarily in the Ascadian Isles and the lands of the Trade Lords. The faith began in ancient Ascadia, supposedly during the earliest centuries after Man's Arrival in Tellandor. It has faded in prominence in modern times, losing ground first to the Great Church and later to the Church of the One, though it has also grown to new lands south and east via the Opening of the Ways.
The Gods themselves are a family (partially by blood and partially by law), oriented around the Lord of Waves and the Herald of Dawn, who together guided the first men to the shores of Ascadia some 8,000 years hence (per the mythos).
The Pantheon
Dev notes follow:
God | Name | Domain | Personality | Relation |
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The Lord of Waves |
|
The good aspects of the ocean |
Harsh, but fair |
Father |
The Stone Queen |
|
Earth, fastness, agriculture, the hearth |
Graceful, dutiful |
Wife of the Lord of Waves, mother of many |
The Lord to Be |
Pollus |
Honor, loyalty, nobility, the arts, philosophy |
Dutiful son, vivacious, creative, kind, strong of spirit |
Son of the Lord of Waves and the Stone Queen |
The Virgin |
Hellas |
Virtue, purity, wisdom, sometimes knowledge and learning |
Stern, chaste, untouchable |
Twin sister to the Lord to Be. Yes, that Hellas. |
The Warrior |
Karthas |
War, battle, strength (will later fall) |
Confident, jealous, eager to fight |
Younger brother of Pollus and Hellas |
The Lover |
|
Love, lust, sex, beauty |
Flirtatious, untamable |
Youngest daughter of the Lord of Waves and the Stone Queen |
The Scholar |
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Study, knowledge, magic, history |
Studious, always in his books |
Third son of the Lord of Waves and the Stone Queen, sent to Foster with her father |
The King in the Earth |
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Death, secret knowledge, wealth |
Gloomy, calculating |
Father of the Stone Queen |
The Queen in the Deep |
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The bad aspects of the ocean |
Wicked, cruel, vindictive |
Foe of the Lord of Waves and his brood |
The Singer in the Sea |
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Music, song, outsiders, Ondine |
Curious, adventuresome |
Bastard daughter of the Lord of Waves and the Queen in the Deep |
The Night Mother |
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The Dark Sun, stars, light in the night, protection from evil |
Mysterious; loving, but independent |
Mother of bastards to the Lord of Waves |
The Herald of the Dawn |
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Guidance, navigation, light in the darkness, lighthouses |
Mercurial, flighty |
Bastard of the Lord of Waves and the Night Mother |
The Dark Lady |
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Shooting stars, aurora, phases of the moon |
Capricious, alluring, full of wanderlust |
Daughter of the Night Mother, bastard of the Lord of Waves |