Founding Divinities

Those whose sprang to being at the world’s creation.

Rinia

The Lady of Sunlight. The Lightbringer and the Dawn Maiden. Rinia is the goddess of the Sun and all of the boons that the sun brings. She holds dominion over nature, particularly plant life. All that grows under the sun is her domain, and she is also a popular goddess of Agriculture, as the lady of the blessed harvest worshipped by farmers and botanists the world over. She’s typically depicted as a tall woman with long, radiant blonde hair, and skin of sunkissed bronze.

She instills within her followers the drive to embrace light – honesty and clarity, and to chase away darkness – ignorance, corruption, and evil. She also encourages her followers to preserve nature, and to nurture and celebrate life.

Qhaotl

The Solace in Shadow, Goddess of Shadows and Blood. Particularly popular in underground areas, or dimly lit forest who get little sun. Qhaotl is the patron goddess of those who find comfort in the dark, and the goddess of unity, bonds, inner strength and sacrifice. She is both a nurturer and a destroyer, a healer and a harbinger of doom. She is often depicted as a tall, hooded figured cloaked in darkness, with occasional strands of start white hair peeking through.

Her priesthood and following serve as both healers and warriors, protectors of the weak, and avengers of the oppressed. They are told to respect the balance between life and death, and light and darkness; to recognize the power of sacrifice as a means of achieving greater good and maintaining balance; and to aid those who are lost in the darkness, whether they are souls seeking passage to the afterlife or mortals struggling with inner turmoil.

Myrvaen

Weavewyrm, the Great Weaver, the Lady of the Loom, is the dragon goddess of magic, weaving, and the maintenance of the weave. She is said to fly above, through, and under the weave that suffuses the multiverse and untangle knots and repair tears. She also works to prevent such things from occurring, and is a patron to those who weave or practice magic.  She’s depicted as a violet dragon with strands of the weave wrapped around her at all times. Her symbol is a clawed draconic hand holding strands of the weave. Potential domains include Arcana and Knowledge.   One of her main teachings is patience, and the merits of time spent in steady work.   She’s said to have agents separate from her clerics who travel to prevent the misuse of magic.

Prime Deities

The core of the pantheon and those most universally worshipped by the people of Andulara

Zorulla

The Moonlit Mistress, Zorulla is the goddess of the Moon, Tides, and Cycles. She is the cold chill of autumn and the warm breath of spring. Zorulla governs the passing of the seasons alongside the shifting phases of the moon, and it is said her own personality shifts in accordance with those phases. She is also the patron goddess of goodly shapechangers, including lycanthropes. She is depicted as a woman with pure white skin and shimmering silver hair. Her eyes will either by bright and glowing like moonlight, or dark pits depending on her everchanging mood.

Her priesthood and clergy speak of change. To always expect it and to be adaptable. To change one’s life, one has to be willing to change themselves. Along with that, they celebrate and spread joy for the many cycles of the world.

Agnya

The innovator and master of the forge. Agnya is the goddess of advancement, creation, and innovation. She is the great muse that inspires all who seek to drive forward, with a great forge said to be heated by the primal magic of the world itself.  She is depicted as a woman with grey skin, hair tried in a singular long flowing braid of coal black at the top, and fiery orange at the end, shifting like a flickering flame. She is also depicted with a molten hot hammer.

She is commonly worshipped by scholars, craftsman and engineers. They seek to pursue knowledge and foster creativity, all in an effort to build for the future and continuously strive to improve one’s craft.

Revian

The Scholar in Twilight and the Seeker of the Knowledge, Revian in the god of knowledge and secrets. A mysterious figure, often depicted with both masculine and feminine features, hooded and shrouded to hide themselves. Revian seeks to know all things, and over the millennia has acquired a vast amount of knowledge and built up a base of followers that will do the same. Whether they have to slip in both darkness and light, or walk the border between the two, the investigators and knowledge seekers of Revian will do whatever it takes to discern truth from lies and find buried secrets. 

Enothys

The lord the Sea. Enothys is the god of fate and the seas. Fate flows like an unceasing river, and Enothys is one of few who can see, travel along, and divert the river as he pleases. People pray to him for guidance and aid navigating through turbulent waters, and to give signs and omens to help determine their fate. He is the patron god of fortune tellers and diviners all throughout Andulara. Typically, he is depicted as a man with flowing hair with shifting hues of blue and green.

His followers are typically sailors, pirates, people who live next to the ocean and those who seek to divine fate in various waters.

Kyzelia

 The battle maiden and the shepherd of forlorn souls.Kyzelia is the goddess of war and those who die in battle. She brings peace to those who die from unbidden violence, and brings endless battle to warmongers and who craved glorious deaths. In rites of divine conquest, she leads a special sect of angels – Valkyries, into battle. She also sends them out to collect the souls of the fallen who have proven their worth on the field of battle. She is depicted as a woman with black hair, wearing red armor, with massive black wings to keep her aloft.

Kyzelia is followed primarily by soldiers and those at war, but is also the patron goddess of mercenaries and assassins.

Xaldir

The Solemn Jester and the Merry Undertaker, Xaldir oversees the transition between life and death. He is also particularly known for forestalling and preventing the deaths of those he thought to be too early, even going so far as to offer them deals while their souls are passing through to the afterlife. His clergy seek to prevent the deaths of those who are destined to do great things in the world, and use their influence to subvert and ruin the plans of baleful undead who refuse their final rest. Xaldir is depicted in a myriad of ways, but most often appears as a dark-haired individual, with or without a harlequin’s mask that he either wears or carries.

Other Deities

Ulona

The Great Pioneer, the Winged Explorer, the Lady of the Wilds, Ulona is a goddess of Nature, Unknown and Unexplored, as well as the goddess of Pioneers and Courage. She represents nature untouched by civilizations, as well as civilizations at the edge of that nature, and more recently, civilizations that have been reclaimed by nature.  She came about with the land and with the birth of civilization. She is often depicted as a tall woman with birdlike wings alight with glimmering feathers.