Gods
According to legend, the gods used to roam Sturth in physical form, massive avatars that towered over all else -- a constant reminder of their power and influence. However, the great cataclyms that caused the Exodus killed these godly avatars, leaving the gods without form. Today, direct divine intervention is considered absurd, though evidence of the gods' power through their most strict adherents is unmistakable.
Below is a list of the major gods of Sturth and the domains they control:
God | Domain(s) | Symbol | Description |
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The Amalgam | Forge, Nature | Four-fingered hand with an eye in the palm | Single-minded entity of flesh, wood, and metal with one goal: subsume all else into its bulk |
The Boundary | Arcana, Twilight | Circle with a spiral in the center | Keeper of the divide between realities and guide to those who would explore them |
The Ceaseless | War | Bloody arrowhead | Endlessly enraged patron of blood, god to those who make war for war's sake |
The Custodian | Grave | Skull with a shroud draped over it | Defender of the peacefully rested and anathema to necromantic undeath |
The Elusive | Tempest, Trickery | Three swirls spiraling from a central point | Trickster god of illusions, schemes, and wind |
The Hand | Knowledge, Trickery, War | A hand grasping a head from above | Ever-planning lord of fate, whose presence can be felt everywhere to those who believe |
The Hearth | Forge, Peace | Single log on fire | Loving god of simple pleasures, family bonds, and fertility |
The Horizon | Grave, Nature, Twilight | Circle with a horizontal line through it | Keeper of the divide between life and death, light and dark, purity and corruption, and guide to the spaces between |
The Indomitable | Order, War | Shield emblazoned with a footprint | Unwavering strength of the mountains, bravery of all who face certain death, and protector of the innocent |
The Judge | Death, Life, Order | Set of empty silver scales | Grand decider of one's fate after death, whether reborn or broken and made anew |
The Maledict | Death | Split skull, worms pouring forth | Usurper god of undeath, whose very presence taints the practice of justly raising the dead |
The Rhythm | Life, Peace | Three music notes forming a triad | Keeper of music and all that repeats, including the cycles and seasons |
The Scribe | Arcana, Knowledge | Closed tome with crossed quills behind | Mistress of lore in all its forms, from the magical to the mundane |
The Spark | Light, Tempest | Seven-pointed star | Bringer of light and creator of Oa and Ao, twin stars that form the lifelight, encompassing their warmth and their destruction |
The Tide | Nature, Tempest | Bolt of lightning striking a wave | Great baron of the waves, both friend and bitter enemy of all sailors |
The Wellspring | Life, Light | Two figure eights laid perpendicular, forming a cross | Originator of life and happiness, and the knowledge that these things will both come to pass |
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