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This appendix provides lists of known deities in Ancerra. These tables contain a deity’s basic disposition on the cosmos, iconography that their worshipers might use, and the [[divine]] icons to which they give you access if you are a [[cleric]] who worships that deity. | This appendix provides lists of known deities in Ancerra. These tables contain a deity’s basic disposition on the cosmos, iconography that their worshipers might use, and the [[divine]] icons to which they give you access if you are a [[cleric]] who worships that deity. | ||
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|''Bravery, Honor, Wisdom'' | |''Bravery, Honor, Wisdom'' | ||
|Weighing scales | |Weighing scales | ||
|Delicately balances pragmatism and | |Delicately balances pragmatism and empathy. She seeks peace and reconciliation, but accepts that this sometimes involves harsh justice. | ||
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|'''Elohiereen''' (ehl-OH-hier-EEN) | |'''Elohiereen''' (ehl-OH-hier-EEN) | ||
|''Cultivation, Knowledge, Nature'' | |''Cultivation, Knowledge, Nature'' | ||
|Winged fish | |Winged fish | ||
|Generally considered the mother of | |Generally considered the mother of mythic beasts, she always seeks to create new and wondrous creatures. Can be impulsive. | ||
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|'''Judesaril''' (joo-DEH-sah-rihl) | |'''Judesaril''' (joo-DEH-sah-rihl) | ||
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|''Bravery, Honor, Light'' | |''Bravery, Honor, Light'' | ||
|Antler | |Antler | ||
|Defender of the weak and speaker for those without a voice. He also follows every celestial law to the letter, even when this misses the law’s intent | |Defender of the weak and speaker for those without a voice. He also follows every celestial law to the letter, even when this misses the law’s intent. | ||
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|'''Niphtaral''' (NIFF-tahr-all) | |'''Niphtaral''' (NIFF-tahr-all) | ||
|''Bravery, Order, Revenge'' | |''Bravery, Order, Revenge'' | ||
|Half-decayed tower | |Half-decayed tower | ||
|Publicly a supporter of law and precedent, he maintains schemes within schemes to cause tradition to crumble. | |Publicly a supporter of law and precedent, he maintains schemes within schemes to cause tradition to crumble.. | ||
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|'''Rasheen''' (ray-SHEEN) | |'''Rasheen''' (ray-SHEEN) | ||
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|''Decay, Hedonism, Serenity'' | |''Decay, Hedonism, Serenity'' | ||
|Fattened boar | |Fattened boar | ||
|Will do anything | |Will do anything to further his own comfort; believes one’s own desires are the only truth. | ||
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|'''Bolloc''' (BOL-ock) | |'''Bolloc''' (BOL-ock) | ||
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|''Death, Order, Wrath'' | |''Death, Order, Wrath'' | ||
|Owl head with bleeding eyes | |Owl head with bleeding eyes | ||
|Power lies in belief. She does whatever it takes to convince others of her own cause and her own capacity to enact it, for this is what truly inspires change | |Power lies in belief. She does whatever it takes to convince others of her own cause and her own capacity to enact it, for this is what truly inspires change. | ||
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|'''Zutonian''' (zoo-TOHN-ee-un) | |'''Zutonian''' (zoo-TOHN-ee-un) | ||
|''Death, Honor, Knowledge'' | |''Death, Honor, Knowledge'' | ||
|Horned helmet over a skull | |Horned helmet over a skull | ||
|Single-minded focus on achieving an objective. He believes that collateral | |Single-minded focus on achieving an objective. He believes that collateral damage is an illusion: if the objective is achieved, that’s all that really matters. | ||
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!Personality, Beliefs, and Tenets | !Personality, Beliefs, and Tenets | ||
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|'''Gezanmorcrux''' (GEZ- | |'''Gezanmorcrux''' (GEZ-ehn-MOHR-crux) | ||
|''Bravery, Death, Wrath'' | |''Bravery, Death, Wrath'' | ||
|Axe with a haft resembling a | |Axe with a haft resembling a giant femur | ||
|A brutish, hulking fiend. He believes that the direct approach is usually the best. | |A brutish, hulking fiend. He believes that the direct approach is usually the best. | ||
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|''Darkness, Knowledge, Revenge'' | |''Darkness, Knowledge, Revenge'' | ||
|Three triangular eyes rimmed in flame | |Three triangular eyes rimmed in flame | ||
| | |A figure who sees all throughout the multiverse. She is unendingly intelligent, and he makes no deal without steep recompense. | ||
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|'''The Six Bishops''' | |'''The Six Bishops''' | ||
|'' | |''Austerity, Decay, Nature'' | ||
| | |Human skull with six eyes | ||
|A group of six death-obsessed entities that are constantly in | |A group of six death-obsessed entities that are constantly in a state of terminal illness. They are replaced by their hopeful apprentices as they die. | ||
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|'''Thaniakoth''' (THAHN-ee-ack-oth) | |'''Thaniakoth''' (THAHN-ee-ack-oth) | ||