Religion

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Religion in Karchan is mostly based on three camps: Good, Evil, and Neutral. To read the full story of creation, including how Karn and Zhanos came to be the representatives of Good and Evil in Karchan, see Creation.

Mielikki - Daughter of Karn, Queen of the Forests

Pela - Daughter of Karn, Celestial of the Afterlife. - Popular in: Ammerville, Elusen, Frosthaven, Pendulis, The Spirit Realm.

Greater Gods

These gods are usually the children or creations of Primordials. Some of them rose to power on their own through roleplay and experience. Greater gods are capable of creating new (lesser) gods, though it takes a large portion of their power to do so. Greater gods are able to cull souls of the recently departed into their service.

Baymeth - Goddess of Grief, Pity, Mourning, and Sorrow. - Popular in: Khneo.

Bytor - God of Valor - Popular in: Ammerville.

Cinash - God of Fire - Popular in: Haavi.

Cyrion - God of the Hunt - Popular in: Dunholm.

Erasmas - God of Love

Kel - God of Fate

Marawen - Goddess of Nature

Mordygan - God of War

Qonna - Goddess of Time - Popular in: Gyllene, Haavi, Mahtohs.

Rhianneth - Charitable Goddess of the Oceans - Popular in: Crocodile Cove, Elusen, Khneo, Rajan.

Nais - Goddess of Truth.

Victoria - Goddess of Justice - Popular in: Khneo, Rajan.

Lesser Gods

Lesser gods are powerful beings of divinity that typically represent a single aspect of beneficial or helpful spheres. They cannot create godly beings, though they are able to cull souls from the recently deceased into their service.

Isodien - Goddess of Healing

Mudith - Goddess of Seasons - Popular in: Frosthaven, Gyllene.

Pirate - God of Cats, Creation of Qonna

Shara - Goddess of Rivers, Streams and Waterfalls - Popular in: Sharana'ar, Styxx Gorge.

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Evil

Evil gods are those created by Zhanos, or appointed as such by their nefarious and wicked beliefs, practices, and aspects.

The Thauranko

The original three creations of Zhanos. Each one was given a Book of Evil. The creations of Zhanos are incapable of creating anything living. Instead, they must twist what is already alive to their purposes. They are able to control once-living things and animate them, making them Undead. They are able to ascend their warped creations to the ranks of gods, as well as cull the souls of the wicked into their service.

Dagorii - Son of Zhanos, Lord of Battle (deceased; special circumstances following)

Osnodon - Son of Zhanos, Lord of Death and Destruction

Kulanin - Son of Zhanos, Lord of Shapes

Greater Gods

Greater gods are able to warp reality and twist life and living things into grotesque creatures of destruction. The greater gods are able to feed their power into these creations and create Lesser Gods. Greater gods are able to cull souls that worship them into service.

Gvaudoin - Goddess of Predation and Scorned Love.

Havara - Goddess of Lunacy.

Hestia - Goddess of Greed - Popular in: Elusen.

Met'halius - God of Blood

Tyvarliek - God of Evil - Popular in: Styxx Gorge, Rajan.

Yasec - God of Corruption - Popular in: Crocodile Cove, Tiassale.

Lesser Gods

Lesser gods are unable to create gods themselves, though they are able to recruit souls into their service.

Chrisenth - Goddess of Nightmares

Elaphe - Goddess of Transformation

Moreth - God of Finality

Nightshade - God of Terror

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Neutral

No one knows precisely how neutral gods came into being. Some pivoted from being good or evil by their actions and behaviors, taking up a new alignment with time. Others are a complete mystery.

Greater Gods

Neutral gods are able to fashion new gods from elements that already exist. They are able to make new races and living beings, though those races often have unsettling, strange and unusual qualities.

Almahvius - God of Lust - Popular in: Mahtohs

Viola - Goddess of Music

Lesser Gods

Lesser gods are unable to make godly beings on their own, though they are able to recruit souls of the deceased into their service.

Bjorn - Divine Polar Bear - Popular in: Frosthaven.

Erato - Goddess of the Arts; Muse

Silvaras - God of Dreams and Visions - Popular in: Elusen

Thalia - Muse of Comedy

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Other Divine Beings

Not amongst the rank of gods, but still important to religious factions, beliefs, or history.

Spirits and Avatars

Ancestral Calenwolf Spirits - Notes on Calenwolf religious practices

Apollo and Dogoda - Angels of Love

Dragon Monarchs of Rajan

Emma and Hazard - Creatures of luck, "Fortuna Spirits" created by Rhianneth.

Iandel - Angel of Love

Kashti - Haavian Spirit of Shade

Leliel - Avatar of Almahvius

Narcissus - Avatar of Silvaras

Orvuus - Hound of the Underworld; bonded to Almahvius

Pharoas - Haavian Spirit of Twilight

Romeo - Amatory Spirit - Host of The Love Shack

Ryoko - Spirit of Mischief

Sadira - Nymph of the lake of Sjolen

Sarva - Haavian Spirit of Sun

Weavers - Manipulators of Reality

Zavyr - Cursed Reaper of Osnodon

Descended Gods

Descended gods have lost their powers entirely and are either deceased or living amongst the mortals as mortals themselves. Though they may retain the use of some magic, they are totally incapable of creating new races, new gods, culling souls into service, or resurrecting others.

Caelwyn - God of Justice - Popular in: Ammerville (Descended due to corruption; cleansed and sedated by Victoria)

Krisidion - Foreign God of Oceans (deceased; foiled with a fork)

Neith - Goddess of Childbirth and Hearth - Popular in: Tiassale.

Obsidian - God of Evil

Riwen - Goddess of the Oceans

Verity - Goddess of Truth

Vulcan - God of Magic

Zhanos - God of Evil

Pretenders

Pretenders are entities that formerly were believed to be gods, and were able to gain a following either through illusion, deception, or enchantment. Pretender gods cannot officially be followed, though they are noted here for history and consistency.

Arianrhod - Goddess of the Moon

Glendra - Goddess of Life

Preagord - God of War

Satirical Gods

Satirical gods are those that were made and repeated either in jest or irony. Satirical gods cannot be followed. Though they may be blessed by lady luck toward their chosen aspect (the "god" of hard candy will always be able to pull a hard candy from his inventory), they have no real powers or influence over the Land of Karchan.

Cedri - "Goddess" of Irony

Crustaceo - "God" of Integrity, Curiosity, and Seafood

Elwood - "God" of Tequila

Sakah - The Porcelain Goddess

SkyeFyre - "Goddess" Of Margaritas

Divinities

Divinites are children of Greater or Lesser gods, typically as a result from pairing with a mortal. While they have influence over aspects, their powers are much less than godly, and more akin to a high-ranking mage or sorcerer. Divinities are responsible for making their own pages and adding themselves to this list.

Auric - Son of Almahvius.

Caspiana - Daughter of Shara and Yolaniken.

Dirk - Son of Qonna.

The Carnelian Family - Children of Tyvarliek.

The Guardians - the divine triplet daughters of Victoria.

Divine Factions

Divine factions are the culled souls called into service by gods. Each member of a divine faction may have an aspect or sphere of influence of their own related to their God's. To find out more about each faction, including how to become a member, click their link below.

BKIC - Nightshade

Children of Dagorii - Dagorii (defunct, but rumored to still exist)

Church of Corruption - Yasec

Crimson Paladins of the Dark Castle - Tyvarliek

Cult of Greed - Hestia

Den of Desire - Almahvius

Divine Fury - Victoria

Drong De Bas - Osnodon

Shadow Guard - Gvaudoin

Taure Onna - Marawen

The Haunt - Pela

Shade - Hestia

The Vessels - Atalaya

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Related Pages

Creation
Divinities
Guilds
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