Jover

The Last of the gods that arrived to breath life into Ba-Rhad's new world

Titles- The Piper, The Hidden, The Bull headed, The Hypocrite, The Jackal

Symbol- A smiling mask

Domains- Trickery, Life, Boredom, War

Personality- Jover is chaos dressed as charm. The last god to enter Ba-Rhad's newly forged world, he arrived uninvited and unannounced. Some say he disguised himself as a different god to slip past the gates. Others say he had always been there, simply hiding in plain sight, waiting for the others to finish their work so he could reshape it.

He is impulsive, volatile, and fiercely clever. Jover is a divine contradiction. He speaks of freedom yet meddles constantly, rails against control yet imposes his own vision of joy and chaos. He delights in transformation, in breaking the bonds of expectation, and in watching the great towers of structure crumble under the weight of laughter and rebellion.

But beneath his antics is an edge. Jover does not just disrupt for the sake of fun. He does so because he believes the world is unjust. His laughter cuts deep because it reveals truth. His joy can be cruel. He offers no blueprint, only a challenge: why should things remain the way they are?

He is the god of change, not mercy though. And those who follow him should never expect consistency.

Clergy-While a few sanctioned temples exist, most of Jover’s worship is underground or quietly tolerated. His followers include:

The Jover Witnesses , a clerical group known for disruptive sermons, spontaneous festivals, and recruiting openly from the lowest classes.

Wandering mask-priests, who appear during moments of unrest to stir up revolution, joy, or both.

Serfs, heretics, and hedge wizards, many of whom see Jover not just as a god, but as a liberator and protector.

It is said that Jover listens most keenly to the prayers of those who have nothing left to lose. Many of the The Serf-Pipeline’s most influential members are rumored to worship him in secret, seeing him as a divine ally in their struggle to subvert the order of the Oligarchy.

There are few formal temples to Jover. Those that exist often double as taverns, theaters, or revolutionary planning halls. Rituals are unstructured, emotional, and often spontaneous. A priest of Jover is just as likely to incite a crowd to laughter as to riot. His symbols are worn as charms or carved into hidden places such as doorways, sewer stones or or hidden in alleyways.

Public worship of Jover is seen as suspect. His name is not outlawed, but it is discouraged, especially in courts and councils. Noble Houses may tolerate his followers, but only so long as they remain entertaining. The moment they become threatening, they are hunted.

Legacy- Jover is beloved in myth and feared in practice. Children tell stories of the Laughing God who plays tricks on tyrants. Bards invoke him before performances. Rebels paint his mask on walls before uprisings. But he is also blamed for calamity with earthquakes, rebellions, failed crops all being pinned on him. If Ba-Rhad is the foundation, Jover is the tremor beneath it. His name has become a cultural shorthand for unexpected disaster. "It’s so Jover" is a common phrase when something ridiculous or unpredictable happens. And while most nobles roll their eyes at it, many wonder if the god himself is always listening, smiling just behind the veil. There are whispered prophecies among his followers that Jover will one day unseat one of the other gods, not through war, but by outlasting them. These heresies claim that change itself is eternal, and that all other gods must eventually yield to Jover’s will. Some radical Witnesses even say that Jover does not want to rule, but to undo the very concept of rulership, letting all mortals choose their own fate without divine interference. These beliefs are dangerous. To follow them too openly is to be branded a heretic or worse. And yet, in the darkest corners of the Oligarchy, beneath torchlight and laughter, his name is still spoken with hope.