Gods

Worship

Worship of gods all over the Four Worlds is as varied and unpredictable as its people and cultures. Certain cultures favor certain gods, though often worship is a personal or even private endeavor. Some gods are considered generally good and some generally evil, but even the most incorruptible priest may say a quiet prayer to The High Priestess for guidance when they feel cast out — the cruelest of killers may bask in the light of The Sun and thank her for her warmth.

Temperance

Considered a God of balance and neutrality, Temperance is an ancient god of the Avium. Temperance is genderless and amorphous, and depictions of the god rarely take on a physical form, instead representing it as a halo behind and enlightened figure’s head or an open doorway. Though many in Avium worship a pantheon of gods, Temperance is considered the one canon god of the Avium state. Avium state worship of Temperance tends to fixate on its relationship to truth-seeking and justice. Other prayers to Temperance are prayers to wholeness of mind, complete understanding, and revelation. Recently, worshippers have sought to reconcile the traditions of magic with the explosive rise in technological advancement through the lens of balance offered by Temperance.

Domain: Understanding, Balance, Justice

Favored Weapon: Mace

The Sun

The goddess of music and light, it is said that her song breathed life into the barren world. Every unexpected harmony, every smile from a handsome soldier, every lazy day in a field is a whispered prayer to The Sun. Though some may consider her sunlight harsh or her heat capricious, nobody can deny her beauty. Temples to The Sun are often informal but artfully crafted, and many of the worlds great artists and musicians (and beauties) are, in their own ephemeral way, priests and priestesses to the World’s Star.

Domain: Beauty, Light, Music

Favored Weapon: Scimitar

The Chariot

The Eternal March. Endless. Indefatigable. It is now, as it will always be. Progress. Foresight. Purpose. Always moving forward. Always moving on. There is no past. There are no footprints. There is this step. The next. The next. The next.

Domain: Progress, Technology, Constitution

Favored Weapon: Rifle

High Priestess

The Deformed Daughter! The Pale Light In the Dark! The Mother of Beasts! Daughter of the Sun! Daughter of the Chariot! The Unholy Beauty! We praise you, O Perversion! We Who Slither and Writhe, despised by the world, we love you! We hate you, Dear Priestess! Your touch is decay and life. Your favor is cursed — your beauty revolting! Shun us forever, but never leave our side!

Domain: Monsters, Outcasts, Deformity

Favored Weapon: Chain

The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel teaches us that each life is a but a turn on an axis — a minuscule and insignificant stitch in the great tapestry.