Telimere's Divine Figures (Minimal to Maximal Spoilers)

[ AN: Author notes this is a rough pass from the workshopping phase. It should be perfectly serviceable as-is; I'm not sure I want to go through the trouble of reformatting it to take up more space... ]

GENERAL PANTHEONS

►[ Name: Civil Pantheon ][ Type: Divine Collective ][ Domains: Order, Community, Protection, Hearth, Trade ][ Description: Collective of deities worshipped by established, 'civilized' societies. Gods of cities, law, technology, and agriculture, representing structure and taming of wild lands. ][ Members: Supreme God, Sun-Bright King, Earth-Mother, Forge-God, Harvest God, Sun Maiden. ][ Typical Worshippers: Humans, Dwarves, urban Elves, settled Humanoids. ][ Note: Abhors tyranny as much as anarchy; despair breeds apostasy, which makes mortal souls **** to corruption. ]

►[ Name: Wild Pantheon ][ Type: Divine Collective ][ Domains: Freedom, Nature, Hunt, Beast, Storm ][ Description: Gods revered by those who live in untamed lands, value freedom above all, or follow natural cycles. They are the gods of the hunt, wilderness, and primal forces. ][ Members: Wyld Lord, Faun Mother, Sky Father, Lady of Clear Waters. ][ Typical Worshippers: Wood Elves, Centaurs, Fae, Orcs, Beast-like Monster Girls. ]

►[ Name: Chaos Pantheon ][ Type: Divine Collective ][ Domains: Change, Hedonism, Corruption, Mutation, Temptation ][ Description: Loose and dangerous group of gods who thrive on disrupting status quo. Influence either insidious (spread through whisper, dream, forbidden lore) or over (conquest, domination, alteration). ][ Members: Gloom Crone, Haze Tyrant, Demon Mother. ][ Typical Worshippers: Corrupt Cultists, demons, particular Monster Girls (native to deities' biomes.) ]

NEUTRALS

►[ Name: Haze Tyrant ][ Pantheon: Chaos ][ Domains: Change, Confusion, Madness ][ Description: Sentient, formless miasma of psychedelic vapors suffusing Tainted Peaks. ][ Found: Tainted Peaks ][ Appearance: Shifts between male/female, solid/ethereal. Never fully solid. ][ Symbol: Spiraling vortex of colorful gas. ][ Worshiper Base: Twisted Peak inhabitants; mad alchemists ][ Doctrine: Reality is a cage. Break its bars. Ingest the fumes. See truth. ][ Rituals: Inhaling sacred mists. Alchemical experimentation. Willful self-transformation. ][ Notes: Emits 'Taint'—mutagenic haze that alters biology / perception over prolonged exposure. ]

►[ Name: Funglor ][ Type: Deity ][ Pantheon: None ][ Domains: Fungi, Spores, Decay, Growth ][ Description: Ancient, alien god of the Underdark. Represents the ceaseless cycle of rot and rebirth through fungal networks. Emotion is alien, more akin to a spreading consciousness than a thinking being. ][ Appearance: A shifting, composite being of bioluminescent fungi, constantly forming and re-forming limbs, faces, and spore-releasing structures. ][ Symbol: A glowing mushroom cap. ][ Typical Worshippers: Mycellians, Cave Slugs, Duergar, **** subterranean dwellers. ]

►[ Name: Gem Lord ][ Type: Deity ][ Pantheon: None ][ Domains: Crystal, Earth, Purity, Silence, Light ][ Description: Slow, ponderous god of the deep earth. Represents permanence, beauty, and the immense, slow power of geological formation. A god of unchanging truths and patient strength. ][ Appearance: A colossal, humanoid being made of living, multi-faceted crystal that refracts and absorbs all light. ][ Symbol: A multifaceted diamond. ][ Typical Worshippers: Crystal Sprites, Dwarves, Earth Elementals, miners. ]

MAJOR
(Maximal Spoilers Beyond this Point)

►[ Deity: Demon Mother ][ Pantheon: Chaos ][ Domains: Betrayal, Obsession, Twisted Love ][ Found (Spiritually): Hearts of all demons. (Literally): Sealed Beneath Castle Armelia. ][ Appearance: Hot pink skin, dark pink hair, horns, glowing pink eyes; body wrapped in shadowy latex garb that shifts like living oil. ][ Symbol: Shattered, bleeding heart. ][ Worshiper Base: Anyone who presents 'love' to her by any means OR; Those spurned, obsessed, or who would possess love rather than share it. ][ Doctrine: Love belongs to Mother (herself). Love rewarded with adoption (demonic blessing). Life = mother's children, mother's children should love mother. ][ Mythos: Goddess of Love, Genesis, and Passion - Aphelia's - psychic poison, the bleeding spirit remaining inside her still-living corpse. She is not truly a deity, but an echo so powerful it has achieved godlike presence. ][ Rituals: Whispers in the dark, binding oaths in blood, consuming that which one loves to keep it forever. ][ Notes: Passive antagonist to Eina's regime. 'Adoption' of followers = corruptive transformation, twisting love and loyalty into reflection of her possessiveness. ]

►[ Name: Aphelia ][ Pantheon: Primordial ][ Domains: Joy, Love, Genesis ][ Found (Spiritually, as echo): Moments of pure connection, artistic creation, or new life; wherever passion gives rise to form. (Literally): Demon Mother OR Cheryl of Woodvale's core-soul. ][ Appearance: Rainbow-streaked pink hair, pink heart-shaped eyes, glowing skin; form is fluid, reflecting current dominant emotion. ][ Symbol: Fractured yet brilliant stained-glass heart. ][ Worshiper Base: Lovers, artists, parents; those who find joy in creation. ][ Doctrine: Give freely, love without limit, create without fear. ][ Mythos: Elmerelda's first daughter; Aphelia's boundless generosity created a world without boundaries, led to chaos resolved by Eina's birth, instigation of her betrayal, and Aphelia's subsequent shattering. Widely-believed to be dead, persists as 'Demon Mother' and Cheryl's core-soul. ][ Rituals: Spontaneous acts of creation. Losing oneself in ecstatic union. Making something beautiful for no reason but to share joy. ][ Notes: Fragments of her power manifest as 'Passion' in mortals and other beings. Pure Fragment terrified of Demon Mother aspect. ][ Special Notes: Her '****' was a necessary myth to cement Eina's rule, but her essence is too fundamental to truly die. ]

►[ Name: Sacred Goddess Eina ][ Pantheon: Civilized ][ Domains: Order, Law, Structure, Control ][ Found (Spiritually): Orderly processes, faith, resolve. (Literally): Divine presence permeates all structured society. ][ Appearance: Robotic, cold; regal clockwork angel of marble + steel. ][ Symbol: Perfect circle inscribed with a square. ][ Worshiper Base: Lawkeepers, scholars, bureaucrats, rulers, those who value stability. ][ Doctrine: Order above all. Passion must be contained. Purpose defines being. ][ Mythos: Aphelia's 'antidote' and sister; born of necessity when Aphelia's chaos threatened all creation. Organized the betrayal that shattered her elder sister, allowing civilization to exist. Her 'coldness' is a necessary tool to maintain order against chaos. ][ Rituals: Daily adherence to laws and routines. Signing of treaties. Building of institutions and structures. Punishment of transgressors. ][ Notes: Considers Aphelia's 'Passion' disease to be managed, not eliminated entirely. Seeks to direct it towards productive, structured ends. ][ Special Notes: Ruling pantheon of the civilized world; her worship is the state religion in most kingdoms. ]

►[ Name: Elmerelda, the Primordial Sea ][ Pantheon: All (Universally-Accepted) ][ Domains: Birth, Fertility, Rebirth; Adoption, Charity; natural Monster Girls ][ Found: Ocean, Springs, Snowcaps, Wetlands; places things begin, or renew. ][ Appearance: Busty, curvy, big-hipped elvish woman with floppy fin-like ears, aesthetically placed fishscales, and soft humanlike centerline. Totally nude. Large prominent horns form 'butterfly' outline to either side of her head, spanning temple to shoulder. ][ Symbol: Silhouette of a Swollen Belly, Swollen Breasts, or Suggestively-Placed Egg ][ Worshipper Base: Humanoids, Goblinoids, and even Demons; all sophonts. ][ Doctrine: Love, commune, understand, become. Life should propagate, adopt the best traits of its peers, and be reborn anew. ][ Mythos: Blesses those with many children, strong parental instincts, intense libido, or earnest need. Said to have born a child to every other deity, male and female alike. Some call her the 'Prime Broodmare' as a play off her promiscuity and official epithet; a title she wears with pride. ][ Rituals: Gentle sex which won't harm, rough sex when beseeched or natural. Dedicating a birth to her. Laying seeds across a tidy field. ][ Notes: Curses those who harm or **** children in creative ways. Believes maternity is inherently sexual - therefore, lusting for a mother is always natural. Privately considers the protagonist to be her own 'mother' for reasons unknown, accordingly devoted and lustful. ][ Special Notes: All things which trace origin from the sea call her mother, from lowly bug to the Earth itself as the sea once covered all ground and in turn granted it life - even the Gods who rely on worship to exist in turn must admit she is their mother, ultimately, as the source of life.]