Religions & Pantheons

The world of Eosis is home to countless different religions and godly pantheons.
Many pantheons on Eosis feature different aspects and names attributed to the same deity. For ease of reference, each deity's "prime" name is its name in Lucine.

Old Lucine Pantheon

Often known as the "old gods" worshipped in the days of the Lucine Empire, this pantheon features 13 primary deities in the family of the Celestial Aeons. In the modern Bridge of Worlds, where the pantheon is most prominent, the cults of many of these gods exist in semi-tolerant parallel with the more widespread Church of Ages, though their temples and shrine are often consigned to rural locales.

Deity	Alignment	Domains	Symbol
Azrael, god of the dead	N	Death, Grave	A wisp of smoke
Camiel, goddess of change and war	CG	Forge, Tempest, War	A sword wreathed in roses
Iophiel, goddess of wisdom	LG	Knowledge, Mind	A perched barn owl
Israfil, god of music and the arts	CG	Peace, Trickery	A brass horn
Kassiel, god of order and the state	LN	Order	A pyramid topped by a crown
Kokabiel, goddess of the stars and prophecy	N	Twilight	A six-pointed shooting star
Kushiel, god of the forge and the rebuilding of Heaven	LN	Forge	A hammer resting among clouds
Lailah, goddess of love	NG	Life, Peace	A nymph carrying a myrtle branch
Netzach, god of time	LN	Knowledge, Order	An ornate sundial
Penemue, goddess of magic	LG	Arcana, Mind	A tablet inscribed with magical runes
Suriyel, god of the moon and dreams	CN	Trickery, Twilight	A luna moth resting upon a crescent moon
Tamiel, goddess of beauty and nature	CG	Beauty, Life, Nature	A monarch butterfly
Uriel, goddess of the sun and the soul	NG	Life, Light, Twilight	A haloed woman holding a golden disk aloft

Seasonals

In addition to the primary collection of gods, a sub-pantheon of four seasonal gods, viewed as the offspring of Tamiel and Chazaqiel, are often worshipped by druids, elven communities, and farmers.

Name	Alignment	Domains	Symbol
Matriel, goddess of spring and new life	CG	Life, Nature, Tempest	A magnolia blossom perching on a raincloud
Zerachiel, god of summer	NG	Beauty, Light, Nature	A burning brazier wreathed by fruiting fig branches
Sauriel, god of autumn and the harvest	CG	Nature, Trickery, Twilight	A smiling jack-o-lantern with a cornucopia to either side
Nuriel, goddess of winter	CN	Grave, Nature, Tempest	A blue-skinned woman in winter clothes, with a snowflake for a face

Church of Ages & Agesi

The Church of Ages is the most widespread and organized institution of the Agesi faith, itself stemming from Old Lucine. The Church's focus of worship is a trio of gods: Uriel, Penemue, and Metatron, the newly begotten god of invention and technology.
While Agesians don't deny the existence of other gods, the Agesi faith assumes these gods to be more passive and disconnected from the mortal world, in contrast to Uriel, Penemue, and Metatron's world-shaking activities. Indeed, the Church and faith derive their names from the idea that each great Age of the world - the Age of Light, the Age of Arcana, and the current Age of Invention - were brought forth by the actions of this trinity of gods.
The Church of Ages is headquartered on a grand flying machine-cathedral, the Lumenica Prima, and lead by a Clericarch and council of cardinal bishops. The current Clericarch is Father Cyphrus II, a Maldrathi Dragonborn.

Esfellosi Pantheon

While the monarchy and dominant nobility of Esfellosia follow the Church of Ages, the majority of the Tsardom's people continue to worship their own old gods. Never fully conquered by the Lucine Empire, the gods of the Bridgefolk are unfamiliar to them, and many communities are wary of this new Church.
The Esfellosi worship a number of godly pairings, all flowing out from Ru, the world-soul who encompasses all of Eosis and presides over the hierarchy of gods.

Deity	Alignment	Domains	Symbol	Lucine Equivalent
Bori, god of craftsmanship and workers	LG	Forge, Knowledge	An anvil, sometimes with a hammer striking it	Kushiel or Turiel
Danila, goddess of love and new life	NG	Beauty, Life, Peace	A bushel of daffodils held together by a gold ribbon	Lailah
Dmaz, god of war and rightful rule	LN	Order, War	An eagle carrying an axe and scepter in its talons	Kassiel or Akrasiel
Mokshi, goddess of the harvest and distilling	CG	Beauty, Life, Trickery	A sickle with a sprig of grain tied around the handle	Tamiel or Sauriel
Mourna, goddess of evil magic and winter	CE	Arcana, Death, Tempest	A snowflake dripping with black ink	Whurkhym; possibly Mab
Ru, goddess of the world-soul	N	Grave, Life, Nature	An intricate eight-pointed star	None; possibly Uriel
Selav, god of the open sea and trade	CG	Nature, Peace, Tempest	A conch shell	Ananiel
Tetmar, god of violence and monsters	NE	Blood, Trickery, War	A distorted, toothy maw	None; possibly Abhocrex
Valav, goddess of good magic and summer	LG	Arcana, Light, Mind	A blossoming sunflower	Penemue or Zerachiel
Vezda, goddess of the sky and springtime	CN	Nature, Life, Tempest	A crown of wildflowers	Chazaqiel or Matriel
Yngav, god of the hunt and earthly health	CN	Nature, Trickery, Twilight	A saiga antelope skull	Ygravone
Yuna, goddess of death	LN	Death, Grave	A veiled woman bearing a torch or lamp	Azrael

Arcadjani (Karstlander) Faith

The peoples of the Karstlands in western Slederon, human and tiefling, follow a faith with a more planar and philosophical focus than a godly one. Internally known as the Pash Mishi, the Path to Peace, it provides a set of guiding truths and spiritual practices aimed at allowing the soul to reach Pax, the plane of Peace. The Pash Mishi was first taught by Valrai Pasos, an Arcadjani human woman living under the Oni Empire, and later codified by Eda Pasos and syncretized with early Karstlandic spoken mythology.
As a result of the syncretism, a mixed pantheon of inherent and ascendant divine powers exists in modern Karstlandic lore, collectively known as Shihyō. These beings are acknowledged not so much as figures of worship, but as diverse guides of the Path which may be infinite in number, ranging from true deities to animistic spirits and mythic ancestors. Pash Mishi, at its core, posits that a living, breathing cosmos is constantly working to guide mortalkind to Pax. Malevolent powers, such as the oni, are typically viewed as being creatures of unresolved spiritual imbalance and impurity, as opposed to innately evil - but they are still dangerous.
Other major groups of spirits include:

• Ashar, spirits of warfare and combat
• Taiya, spirits of light and protection
• Lorrai, animal spirits

Deity	Alignment	Domains	Symbol	Lucine Equivalent
Ashar Kao, goddess of honor and warfare	NG	Grave, War	Roses woven around a sword	Camiel
Eda Pasos, the Wise Guide	LG	Knowledge, Peace		None
Inheon Uranaishi, god of foresight	LG	Order, Twilight		None; possibly Kassiel or Iophiel
Lorra, goddess of animals and agriculture	CN	Life, Nature		Tamiel
Musi Lorra, goddess of the sky and the Auriledi	CN	Nature, Tempest		Chazaqiel
Nerkhal Kaihō-sha, god of liberty	CG	Forge, Trickery, War		None
Oeh, goddess of the ocean	CN	Nature		Ananiel
Onaki Kaigen, the abyss	NE	Death, Tempest, War		Dagon
Pasos, god of peace	N	Peace		None
Shiam Ashar*, goddess of wrath and the oni	LE	Blood, Trickery, War	An oni face/mask	None
Taiya-sōl, goddess of dawn	NG	Light, Order		Solar Uriel
Kaigenochi, father of the world	N	Forge		None; possibly Uriel
Kaigenoha, mother of the world	N	Life		Creator Uriel
Valrai Pasos, the First Guide	TN	Arcana, Peace		None
Yamanokoi, god of the mountains	LN	Forge, Grave, Nature		Turiel

*Believed to be absent from the pantheon.

Auriledi Pantheon

The Auriledi of southwestern Slederon and the lower Karstlands follow a unique syncretic pantheon, primarily consisting of both Tamiel-born gods adopted from elves and fey, and various minor gods of air and weather. Their ancestral progenitor, the Air Demiurge N'yog-Sothep, is known to them as the Nameless Mist, and treated as a tempter and deceiver. The modern Auriledi do not think of it as their true creator, but a thief and trickster of their original souls from the Light Before Time. It was the Mist's lieutenant and prize child, Weaver of All Clouds, who first understood this deception, and petitioned the Queen of Colors for the redemption of her people.

Deity	Alignment	Domains	Symbol	Lucine Equivalent
The Caller of All Names, goddess of names and the dead	N	Knowledge, Grave	A death's head moth	Azrael
The Chill From Above, god of snow and winter	CN	Death, Tempest	An icicle	Nuriel
The Dancer of the Glean, god of agriculture and autumn	LN	Life, Twilight	A cluster of mushrooms	Sauriel
The Lady in the Stars, goddess of stars and magic	CG	Arcana, Twilight	An Auriledi woman speckled with stars	Kokabiel or Penemue
The Lady of Loving Light, goddess of love and community	NG	Beauty, Peace	A triskele of myrtle branches around a blossom	Lailah
The Mother in the Dawn, goddess of the sun and summer	NG	Twilight, Life, Light	A half-circle sunrise	Uriel or Zerachiel
The Moth on the Moon, god of the moon and cycles	LN	Knowledge, Twilight	A chrysalis hanging from the moon	Suriyel
The Nameless Mist, god of corruption and deceit	NE	Death, Tempest, Trickery	A black cloud with two white eyes	N'yog-Sothep
The Petrichor Woman, goddess of rain, spring, and healing	NG	Nature, Life, Tempest	A raincloud shaped like a hand	Matriel
The Queen of Colors, goddess of art and animals	CG	Beauty, Nature	A butterfly with multicolored wings	Tamiel
The Singer of Storms, goddess of war and great storms	CN	Tempest, War	A sword surrounded by lightning	Camiel
The Weaver of All Clouds, goddess of the sky and weavers	CG	Forge, Nature, Tempest	A loom atop a white cloud	Chazaqiel

Qerric Pantheon

The Qerric Empire of southern Murandoa follows a unique pantheon of serpentine deities, many of them either ancestral Great Serpents of Ubbo-Sathla or gods local to the planes of Atlas and Moira. Some Archons are also present in the pantheon.
Qerric religion focuses heavily on divination, reincarnation, and recursion. Its principle god, Ouroboros, personifies the constant reincarnation of the yuan-ti and the eternal cycle of the world's birth, destruction, and rebirth - unlike most other religions, the Qerric faith suggests that this world is not the first of its kind, and hidden knowledge of previous iterations may be embedded in this world's past (which, in Qerric philosophy, is akin to our future).

Deity	Alignment	Domains	Symbol	Lucine Equivalent
Amphisbaena, god of cunning and symmetry	LN	Order, Trickery	A taijitu-like symbol of two interlocked snake heads.	None
Andrenjinyi, god of music and frenzy	CG	Arcana, Beauty	A rainbow serpent wrapped around a snake-charmer's pipe.	Israfil
Basilisk, god of leadership and statecraft	LN	Forge, Order	A cobra coiled in the shape of an eye, with a crown above it	None; possibly Kassiel
Chthonian, god of earthquakes and vermin	NE	Death, Trickery	A writing worm with a squid-like head	Ubbo-Sathla
Cockatrice, god of savagery and murder	CE	Blood, Trickery, War	A rooster head with a fang-filled beak and snake-like eyes	None; possibly Ygravone
Couatl, goddess of the sun and prophecy	NG	Knowledge, Light, Peace	A muticolored feather, stylized like a peacock's	None
Hydra, goddess of warfare and strategy	LN	Forge, War	A radial icon of nine attached, identical serpents	None
Leviathan, god of the ocean	CN	Nature, Tempest	The gaping maw of a viperfish	Dagon
Medusa, goddess of envy	LE	Trickery	Front profile of a medusa's face	Envicria
Naga, goddess of the moon and magic	CG	Arcana, Mind, Twilight	A cobra wrapped around a scroll	Penemue or Suriyel
Ouroboros, god of death and rebirth	N	Grave, Knowledge, Life	A self-devouring snake in a circular pose	None
Python, god of mundane reptiles and obedience	LN	Nature, Order	The skull of a constrictor snake	None
Salamander, god of fire and the desert	CN	Nature, Light	A curled lizard or newt surrounded by fire	None; possibly Cthugha