The Pantheons

On Divinity

There is a finite number of divine ranks, the number of which is known only to the Overdeities. If new deities are to earn their divinity, they must meet the requirements set forth by them. Divinity is broken down into the ways that one obtains their ranks: Innate, Earned, Stolen, Imparted, and Surrendered. The methods are rather self-explanatory, but are defined as such:

Innate: when a deity is born with their divinity

Earned: divinity that is achieved through achievements or by meeting certain requirements (such as completing a great feat or obtaining a certain number of worshippers)

Stolen: divinity that is taken unwillingly from an existing deity (usually by slaying the holder, or being confiscated by a higher-ranking deity)

Imparted: divinity that is bestowed by a source that already had it

Surrendered: divinity that is temporarily or permanently given up by a deity

The Divine Mandate

During the beginning times, the Overdeities of each sphere in the Known Spheres came together and discussed the implications of allowing their deities to set foot into the Material Planes. It was determined that allowing such an event to occur would bring about too many power shifts among the mortals that the Divine Mandate was forged between them. The Divine Mandate reads as such:

No greater nor intermediate deity may set foot on the Material Plane.
No deity may directly influence mortals. Such ways as sending divine servants or agents into the Material Plane to intervene in mortal affairs or politics. Though other methods may be deemed inappropriate, as necessary.
Deities may reward followers for advancing the goals and cause of their respective deity (thusly decreed during the 2^nd Mortal Age).
No deity may procreate with mortals, as their offspring would be deemed too powerful for a single mortal to possess.
No deity may advance past their rank without first being approved by the Overdeity that manages their respective realm.

The Primal Pantheon

The Primal Pantheon is a cross-sphere collection of deities with a presence in all Known Spheres. They represent the primal forces which shape reality: Air, Earth, Fire, Water, and even Magic itself. Most adherents to these faiths are mages, clerics, or druids dedicated to one of its principles. This pantheon was established in the 1^st Mortal Era (The Mythical Era) by the collective of Overdeities as a way to manage their reality without needing direct intervention from the Overdeities.

The Primals (Greater Deities) have no recorded origins, nor do they actively collect followers. They represent the primal elemental forces of reality and govern these forces as immutable and emotionless arbiters. They set the laws of reality, and the rest of the world follows. Their worship is done by all through active participation in the world. They have enough ego to maintain reality, but have no plans or machinations outside of maintaining balance.

Greater Deities (The Primals)

Mundus, Goddess of Life
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Life, Nature, Light
- Symbol: Oak tree
Primus, God of Order
- Alignment: LN
- Portfolio: Order, Law, Pacts
- Symbol: Closed gauntlet with infinity symbol embedded
Terrus, God of Chaos
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Chaos, Change, Elementals
- Symbol: Open gauntlet with a star behind it
Helus, God of Death
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Death, Afterlife, Darkness
- Symbol: Blindfolded skull
Cosmus, God of Magic
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Knowledge, Magic, Balance
- Symbol: Star in front of a book

Intermediate Deities (Elemental Lords & Ladies)

Lylah, Lady of Water
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Water, Freedom, Change, Intuition
- Symbol: A silver wave coiled around a pearl
Aezhera, Lady of Air
- Alignment: CG
- Portfolio: Freedom, Air, Sky, Mercy
- Symbol: A spiral of clouds coiled around a silver feather
Kharzhalek, Lord of Earth
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Earth, Wealth, Psionics, Tyranny
- Symbol: A jagged obsidian crown atop a crumbling stone pillar
Ignaraxis, Lord of Fire
- Alignment: LE
- Portfolio: Fire, Destruction, Rebirth
- Symbol: A blazing flame consuming a crowned skull

Lesser Deities (Elemental Heralds)

Aravel, Herald of Storms
- Alignment: CG
- Portfolio: Storms, Lightning, Courage, Freedom
- Symbol: A jagged bolt cleaving a raincloud
Jinzai, Herald of Steam
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Steam, Endurance, Primates, Renewal, Hospitality
- Symbol: Coiling plume rising from a calm pool
Khurash, Herald of Smoke
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Smoke, Breath, Transition, Obscurity
- Symbol: Coiling spiral of ash over smoldering embers
Malzark, Herald of Magma
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Magma, destruction, subterranean conquest, volcanic wrath
- Symbol: Black iron gauntlet grasping a molten core
Seralyne, Herald of Radiance
- Alignment: LG
- Portfolio: Radiance, Zeal, Crusades, Purity, Sunlight
- Symbol: Burning sun framed by silver wings
Tharuun, Herald of Gems
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Gems, Minerals, Buried Riches, Subterranean Life
- Symbol: Pickaxe crossed with a radiant crystal
Vrog'thul, Herald of Ooze
- Alignment: CE
- Portfolio: Ooze, Corruption, Filth, Hunger
- Symbol: A dribbling, open eye melting into slime
Tenakhaal, Herald of Salt
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Salt, hatred, dehydration, vengeance, suffering
- Symbol: A cracked seashell leaking dry grains
Vaeltharion, Herald of Dust
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Death, Preservation, Funerary Rites, Hospitality
- Symbol: A hooded lantern with a dim, ember-like glow
Nihil, Herald of Void
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Emptiness, entropy, silence, cosmic erasure
- Symbol: A black circle surrounded by fading stars
Pyrius
- Alignment: CE
- Portfolio: Entropy, decay, dying worlds, extinction, finality
- Symbol: A dark spiral ring devouring light at its center

The Mortal Pantheon

The Mortal Pantheon is made up of the champions, heroes, and patrons of the various mortal races. This pantheon was established second by the Overdeities during the 2^nd Mortal Era (The Era of Emergences) because the number of mortals spread across the realms had begun spiking, causing a massive intake of mortal souls. Because of this, the overdeities determined that the mortals must rule themselves, and ascended mortal champions to claim godhood and lead their respective races. Over time, more portfolios began to emerge as various feats of divinity were achieved. The deities in this pantheon are collected from all of the Known Spheres, and are recognized enough throughout them due to the introduction of Spelljamming. The rise and fall of multiple of these deities was also the result of Spelljamming spreading portfolios, as there can only be one deity with any known portfolio.

Greater Deities (The Living Gods)

Lux Dawnbringer, the Luminous Sovereign
- Alignment: LG
- Portfolio: Justice, light, radiance, judgment
- Symbol: A radiant sun, its rays extending outward in a circular pattern
Thrain Stoneheart, the Tranquil Forgemaster
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Peace, unity, craft, community
- Symbol: A stylized anvil with a hammer crossed over it
Leonus Ironmane, the Stalwart Guardian
- Alignment: CG
- Portfolio: Valor, war, protection, courage
- Symbol: A roaring lion's head surrounded by justice scales and a crossed sword and shield
Tome, Keeper of the Celestial Library
- Alignment: LN
- Portfolio: Knowledge, wisdom, memory, truth
- Symbol: An intricate celestial sigil with cosmic runes swirling around it
Sol, the Eternal Equilibrium
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Balance, pacts, cycles, order
- Symbol: A set of scales held by a draconic hand
Selene, the Nightweaver
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Secrets, shadows, night, illusion
- Symbol: A crescent moon intertwined with intricate elven glyphs
Mordac, the Arbiter of Tyranny
- Alignment: LE
- Portfolio: Corruption, death, domination, oppression
- Symbol: A twisted serpent entwined around a scepter
Vortressa, the Mother of Monsters
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Monsters, dark desires, mutation, hunger
- Symbol: A corrupted Druidic glyph intertwined with monstrous teeth
Zarakth, the Abyssal Scourge
- Alignment: CE
- Portfolio: Destruction, murder, chaos, ruin
- Symbol: A blood-red vortex swirling around a jagged, shattered blade

Intermediate Deities (The Paragons)

Ornus, Lord of Constructs
- Alignment: LN
- Portfolio: Constructs, order, artifice, creation
- Symbol: A gear set within a perfect square
Fink, Patron of Goblinoids
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Goblinoids, greed, cunning, survival
- Symbol: A grinning goblin face biting a coin
Orion, Patron of Smallfolk
- Alignment: CG
- Portfolio: Smallfolk, artifice, ingenuity, resilience
- Symbol: A crystal radiating astral light
Leshrac, Lord of the Undead
- Alignment: LE
- Portfolio: Undead, cruelty, control, decay
- Symbol: A skull bound in iron bands
Ukrol, Patron of Humans
- Alignment: LE
- Portfolio: Humans, conquest, dominion, authority
- Symbol: A featureless humanoid face with a spiked crown
Sezzek, Patron of Scaly Ones
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Scalykind, poison, venom, instinct
- Symbol: A fanged serpent coiled around a droplet
Fronir, Patron of Giants
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Giants, creation, strength, stone
- Symbol: A towering rune-carved pillar
Nessa, Patron of Vermin
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Pestilence, plagues, decay, infestation
- Symbol: A swarm forming a hollow circle

Lesser Deities (The Patrons)

Sil’Faraan, Lord of the Wastes
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Deserts, drought, decay, endurance
- Symbol: A cracked sun over a barren dune
Enigma, the Lost God
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Secrets, forgotten knowledge, paradox, obscurity
- Symbol: A closed eye within a spiraling void
Droma, God of Craftsmen
- Alignment: LN
- Portfolio: Craftsmanship, creation, labor, invention
- Symbol: A hammer crossed with a chisel
Ithlwick, God of Prosperity
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Wealth, trade, fortune, success
- Symbol: A golden coin stamped with a rising sun
Rasmin, God of Mischief
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Trickery, pranks, deception, chance
- Symbol: A laughing mask split down the middle
Vaylen, Patron of Sailors and Travelers
- Alignment: CG
- Portfolio: Travel, oceans, winds, safe passage
- Symbol: A compass encircled by waves and meandering paths
Asmodeus, Supreme Master of the Nine Hells
- Alignment: LE
- Portfolio: Tyranny, contracts, domination, devils
- Symbol: A ruby-tipped scepter or inverted pentagram

Courts of Faerie

The courts of Faerie's origins are mostly unknown to most scholars, though most speculate that they originated on the Feywild and migrated into the Material Plane at some point during the 2^nd Mortal Era (The Era of Emergences). From there, they spread their influence across the various Known Spheres until they established their courts in all of them, defeating or absorbing the various existing courts from those spheres. This pantheon is worshipped almost entirely by the Fey, though this pantheon is also shared by elves and other mortal descendants of Fey. Druids have also been known to worship this pantheon, though it is unlikely for this pantheon to be outwardly worshipped in any sphere other than one that has been touched by the Feywild, or on the Feywild of that sphere itself.

The deities of this pantheon gain their divinity in a peculiar way; they do not collect worshippers such as other deities do with their clergy, but rather they act as patrons for warlocks in a similar way that other deities do for clerics. Though they have also been known to draw power from smaller, less permanent deals with mortals. They make deals and bestow gifts at a cost, likely servitude or favors. The Fey do not concern themselves with the matters of souls as they are typically immortal, as far as a living creature could be, and involve themselves in plans that take hundreds to thousands of years to unfold. Scholars speculate that the Fey's oracles are able to see into the future and advise their patrons on which deals to take, allowing them to influence the future to better suit their strange and seemingly whimsical machinations.

Due to their unique source of divinity, these deities possess no ability to grant domains. Whether this was intentional or not, they have not revealed.

Greater Deities

Aelthirion, the Verdant Crown, Sovereign of the Summer Court
- Alignment: CG
- Portfolio: Summer wilds, rampant growth, blazing life, fey beasts, verdant dominance
- Symbol: A crown of oak and ivy wreathed in golden sunlight
Thiralyth Bloomveil, the First Dawn, Queen of the Spring Court
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Spring awakening, birth of beasts, blossoms, rain-soaked soil, new fey life
- Symbol: A budding branch crowned with morning dew
Caerthos Emberfall, the Withered King, Lord of the Autumn Court
- Alignment: NE
- Portfolio: Autumn decline, harvest cruelty, falling leaves, the taking season, beautiful decay
- Symbol: A falling leaf burning at the edges
Nyssara Vael, the Gloam Empress, Matron of the Winter Court
- Alignment: CE
- Portfolio: Winter death, frozen stillness, starvation, merciless predation, dark survival
- Symbol: A black rose encased in jagged ice
Lirael Starbough, Mother of Elvenkind
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Elven souls, ancestral forests, fey bloodlines, birth, song, moonlit groves
- Symbol: A silver-leafed tree beneath a seven-pointed star

Intermediate Deities

Vaesryn Manyskins, the Mutable Lord
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Shapechanging, fluid identity, moonbound forms, fey-blooded transformations
- Symbol: A mask melting into antlers, claws, and leaves
Sylraeth Moonwhisper, the Dreaming Canopy
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Fey dreams, moonlit magic, prophetic visions, sleeping forests
- Symbol: A moon caught in tangled branches
Letharis Gleamstep, the Dancing Blade
- Alignment: CG
- Portfolio: Elven battle-dance, martial art, ritual movement, graceful violence
- Symbol: A curved blade traced with flowing ribbons
Elarion Silversong, the First Chord
- Alignment: CG
- Portfolio: Elven music, song-magic, harmony, emotional resonance
- Symbol: A harp strung with moonlight
Myravel Heartfire, the Unbound Muse
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Passion, love, obsession, creative frenzy, artistic inspiration
- Symbol: A burning heart wrapped in vines
Thalos Briarwind, the Stormhart
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Fey storms, violent seasons, winds, stampeding beasts
- Symbol: Antlers split by lightning
Eirwyn Ashroot, the Buried Seed
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Decay feeding life, fallen forests, rebirth from ruin
- Symbol: A seed sprouting from ash

Lesser Deities

Faeloria Dewkissed, the Spring Bloom
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Healing plants, fresh water, blossoms, gentle beasts
- Symbol: A flower cupping a drop of dew
Puckren Quickshade, the Laughing Thorn
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Mischievous spirits, trick paths, warped luck, wild magic surges
- Symbol: A thorn bent into a grin
Cervidûr, Lord of the Hunt, Master of the Wild Hunt
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: The Wild Hunt, hunters, lycanthropes, moonlit predation, beasts
- Symbol: A stag's head with wide antlers adorned with runes of fey magic
Calithra Starloom, the Living Tapestry
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Elven art, weaving, painting, visual storytelling, memory made manifest
- Symbol: A loom threaded with stars
Thandoril Brightforge, the Graceful Hand
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Elven craft, smithing, woodwork, perfection of form, patient creation
- Symbol: A hammer striking a leaf-shaped anvil
Aerethil Leafborn, the First Sapling
- Alignment: NG
- Portfolio: Young elves, first awakenings, coming of age, inherited talent
- Symbol: A small leaf unfurling from a glowing bud
Silphae Gossamerwing, the Many-Blooded
- Alignment: CN
- Portfolio: Fey-touched lineages, elves of mixed descent, mutation, adaptation
- Symbol: Overlapping wings of leaf, silk, and shadow
Oruvain Barkvein, the Rooted Elder
- Alignment: N
- Portfolio: Long-lived elves, tradition, slow mastery, endurance of craft and song
- Symbol: A gnarled root wrapped around a star-shaped leaf

The Divine Flight

The Divine Flight is a pantheon composed entirely of dragons and is worshipped primarily by dragons and their kin. Though this number is not as high as the non-draconic mortals, the strength of dragons' souls and devotion is so strong that this alone sustains this pantheon. Its adherents include dragons, kobolds, half-dragons, dragonborn, and other dragonblooded beings, with occasional reverence observed among dragon shamans and dragonfire adepts of other races. The progenitors of this pantheon did not arise within the Known Spheres. They came instead from the sphere known as Realmspace, departing over an extended exodus early on in the Mythic Era (1E). Draconic scholars maintained detailed records of this migration, preserving accounts of each flight and the deliberations of the ancient wyrms who guided them. These records describe a rare consensus among the eldest dragons of each lineage, reached in response to the phenomenon known as the Rage of Dragons. Each major flight contributed to the migration, establishing the foundation of draconic presence across the Known Spheres.

The phenomenon known as the Rage of Dragons, or Dracorage, was understood to affect dragonkind at a fundamental level. It manifested as a mounting pressure within the mind, eroding judgment and restraint until even the most disciplined dragons succumbed to violent compulsion. Those afflicted gathered into destructive flights and enacted widespread devastation without regard for prior allegiance or disposition. Following their arrival in the Known Spheres, this condition was no longer observed among dragonkind and was therefore regarded as escaped through the exodus. The dragons who migrated were never made aware of the eventual end of the Dracorage within Realmspace. Having found stability in their new domain, they showed little inclination to investigate its continued status thereafter.

The existence of Dragonborn in Antæra, and thusly other descendants of dragons, is entirely the result of this pantheon. Dragonborn are similar in origin to Warlocks, having made a pact with a powerful dragon and been given the Rite of Rebirth by said dragon. The scales of the resulting Dragonborn match those of the dragon they made their pact with, and their personality slightly adjusts to be more similar to the personality of the respective flight in which they serve.

The Imperial Pantheon

During the 3^rd Era (The Era of Man), the influence of the Imperium and Humans throughout the Known Spheres grew exponentially with their rapid population growth. So much so, in fact, that their leaders and folk heroes ascended to divinity through the sheer number of followers and worshippers they have. This is the first known pantheon to have started through multi-sphere worship alone. The divinity bestowed upon these deities was granted by the overdeities of the spheres they were currently inhabiting. Though due to the nature of their worship, they assembled their own pantheon and guide their people through wildspace and the rest of the planes.

This pantheon is worshipped solely by humans, though they are not picky as to which humans worship them. If any non-humans worship this pantheon, they will not receive any power or benefits as a cleric or other divine character.