NPCs and Deities

= NPCs =

= Deities =

The Pax Pantheon
The Fraternity of the Silver Star safeguards the Quinstellan pantheon and preserves the divine perfection of its deities at the Holy See in Gwyllipelta, the national capital. These beings represent the values and ideals the Pax seeks to infuse in its stewardship and leadership of its peoples, and adherents try to live up to these holy exemplars. Their names lost to time, the divines are known by the following titles and depictions:


 * The Transcendent – A flame-wreathed warrior with a horned helmet and two handaxes.
 * The Chastiser – A broad shouldered elder, robes whipping in a gust of wind.
 * The Angel of Truth – Two children, hand in hand, a single shawl draped over the duo.
 * The Knight-Star – Wearing spiked plate with a sphere engraved in the breastplate, wielding with fearsome armored gauntlets
 * The Protector – Wild haired with an enormous tower shield strapped to the back
 * The Virgin – A starburst of pure light
 * The Arbiter – Ornate robes adorn a faceless figure levitating two orbs
 * The Majestic – A being of stunning beauty wearing a pointed pendant
 * The Martyr - A solemn figure wrapped around a small lute in contemplation
 * The Benevolent – An intense, imposing figure holding a cornucopia and a sturdy staff
 * The Holy Queen – A matriarch gazing upwards with arms raised before a waterfall
 * The Celebrant – A rotund, welcoming figure holding two large casks of ice cold ale

Worship of other deities is permitted within Pax lands, though it does enforce public decency laws on specific types of religious activity (e.g. violence, sacrifice, proselytizing). Private worship is allowed in small gatherings, though followers of other faiths may not establish dedicated public sites of worship.

The Old Gods
The Untamed Peoples and Gnomes share the Old Gods. In contrast to the Quinstellan pantheon, the Old Gods are associated with beasts and elements of nature. Further, while the Quinstellan pantheon is worshipped as a single faith, many practitioners of the old faith devote themselves to one primary deity while still acknowledging the divinity of the others. Gnomes view these beings similarly to how modern Greek or Egyptian society might view Zeus or Ra, occupying a cultural or mythical space in society.

The Primals of Creation


 * Ima – light, dawn, destruction (Shapeless)
 * Lhera – darkness, dusk, creation (Shapeless)
 * Sel – Reckoning, Magic (can change a physical form)

The Other Primals


 * Bel – Mountain Ram (Flame, the sun)
 * Duma – Bull (Wind)
 * Beb – Frog (Water)
 * Urim – Mountain lion (Earth)
 * Tiallo – Spider (poison, death)
 * Roph – Eagle (the hunt, spirit)
 * Lec – Goat, thunder
 * Cher – The First Kith (cultivation, growth)
 * Than – Fish (ice, the moon)

Familiar faces to some of you – Banaar, Maya, Sahira, and others – are understood more as local legend or folk heroes in places who may know of them. Removed from major pantheons but still held in the hearts of some, there may be some who know more about these heroes. Be wary, as superstition and rumor are the coin of those who traffic in tales of these forgotten figures.