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Name: The Averyn
Pronunciation: Ah-vare-in

Background: It is said that the Old Gods were the First, those who existed before time began. They gave birth to the gods and goddesses who took on corporeal form to create and to bring life. The Old Gods, jealous of their offsprings’ creations, sought to corrupt what their children had made. This led to the Downfall, the great battle between gods, and with the defeat of the Old Gods came the birth of the twins, Life/Earth and Death. Life was the epitome of Creation, the Artist who represented all her mother the Moon envisioned for the corporeal world they’d created with its endless skies. Death came as a result of the destruction of the Old Gods. As their blood dripped upon Moon’s skin, their taint became a part of her and her son, and so Death came to represent the End that precluded the Beginning.

There are some whispers, untold stories that none know the truth of, that say not all of the Old Gods perished in the war. Some say the Old Gods became the Undying Ones, the creatures of magic and mystery that inhabit Paradiastole to this day. Others say the Undying Ones are merely pawns of the Old Gods, their servants even after they've vanished from all realms of gods and Creation.

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Name: Kohriander
Pronunciation: Ko-ree-and-er
Known As: Father of Creation
Most Common Form: Lion
Mark: Golden Sun
Gifts: Powers of Fire, Increased Strength
Rare Gifts: 
Played by: Flameh

Family: Mate to the Moon, Brother-in-law to the Star, Father to the Sea, the Earth, and Death

Background: The Moon goddess’ mate, and head of the pantheon. He led the gods’ revolt against the Averyn, the Old Gods, who sired him and the other gods and goddesses of the original pantheon.

The Sun god’s gifts are among the most powerful, and are generally regarded with fear. The Sun god gifts his followers with powers of fire and amazing strength.

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Name: Mrithun
Pronunciation: Mm-rith-oon
Known As: The Shadow, The Devourer
Most Common Form: Raven
Mark: Black feather
Gifts: Silent Movements, Invisibility through shadows, Increased Accuracy
Rare Gifts: Longer Life, Everlasting Life
Played by: Vera

Family: Son of the Sun and Moon. Younger brother to the Sea and twin to the Earth. Still in love with Love, with whom he sired the goddess Mercy. Father of Chaos

Background: It is said that Death fashioned after the likeness of his twin’s creation creatures that ate those he claimed, that consumed flesh touched by death. The Sun, Death’s father, refused to breathe life into these twisted creatures, but Death’s mother, the Moon, was sympathetic to her son and breathed life into her son’s false creations. These creations often act in helping him perform his duties. One of his duties include ferrying souls to the God or Goddess that each soul longed to be with most.

Death does not often give gifts to mortals, and he has few truly dedicated followers. The gifts that he does give include complete silence in their movements and the ability to disappear in the shadows/darkness. A very rare gift that he gives is also extended life or even everlasting life though for these gifts to be given, a worshipper must have proved himself or herself worthy.

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Name: Athvres
Pronunciation: Ah-th-v-rez
Known As: The Rainbringer
Most Common Form: Crowned Eagle
Mark: Blue or silver lightning bolt
Gifts: Healing, Power of Storms, Power of Lightning, Great speed
Rare Gifts:
Played by: Flameh  

Family: Former mate to the Stars

Background: At one time, the mate of the Stars. The Storm God was once god of the sky, but after the Old Gods tore his lover into pieces, he convinced his friend, the Sun, to wage war against their tyrant sires. To keep the Star’s remains close to him, the Storm god spread her remains across his skies, and in the dark of night her spirit would shine along with those of her followers to bring light alongside her sister, the Moon.

The Storm god’s gifts have two distinct natures. Some of his gifts are nurturing, gifts that give the power to grow and heal, but many more gifts from the Storm are gifts of power and violence, which reflect his tormented nature. Some who receive his gifts can call up storms or lightning.

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Name: Roharim
Pronunciation: Row-hahr-eem
Known As: The Crafter, The Metalworker, The Genius
Most Common Form: Mandrill
Mark: Silver or black swords
Gifts: Inspiration
Rare Gifts: Metal-bending
Played by: Lion

Family: Brother to the God of Construction and Wisdom

Background: The Smithing god fashioned metal and precious gems and helped Earth and brother form land through the Sea. Though he did not craft the many animals that Earth so tenderly fashioned, he gifted them with ingenuity and invention.

The Smithing god’s gifts are often those of genius and skill. They are subtle, none too flashy, but not to be disregarded. Many animals value the blessing of the Smith god, for his gifts are those of creativity and wonder. Very few animals are gifted with an altogether rarer gift, the Smithing god’s own power to manipulate and shape the harsh, hard elements of metal and gemstone to their will.

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Name: Cahrohaan
Pronunciation: Caw-row-hawn
Known As: The Builder, The Thinker, The Wise, Patron of Cities
Most Common Form: Great Horned Owl
Mark: Scroll and Hammer
Gifts: Ingenuity
Rare Gifts: Telekinesis/earth-bending 
Played by: Lion

Family: Brother to the God of Smithing

Background: Where Cahrohaan’s brother crafted metal, Cahrohaan shaped stone. The Builder is known as a god of Logic and Reason, and some regard him more as the god of Wisdom than of Construction. Still, he is known to have given his Blessed the tools to create their great cities, and he is often regarded as the Patron God of Cities for his efforts.

Cahrohaan’s gifts are like his brother’s, more gifts of the mind than anything else. He gifts creatures with ingenuity and inspiration. Sometimes, he bestows rare gifts of power over his own element, stone, to those he especially favors.

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Name: Lestria
Pronunication: Less-tree-ah
Known As: The Mother of Creation
Most Common Form: White Wolf
Mark: White Full Moon
Gifts: Enhanced Senses, Increased Danger Sense, Fortune Telling
Rare Gifts: Enhanced Reflexes, Far-reaching senses
Played by: Vera

Family: Mate to the Sun. Sister to the Stars. Mother to the Sea, the Earth, and Death

Background: The Moon goddess is worshipped as the mother of creation. The Moon’s gifts are often more subtle than her mate’s, and altogether rarer. It takes a great deal to impress the Moon, but her gifts are often worth the trouble of earning her favor. She gifts her followers with unique abilities, the ability to sense danger and to foretell the future, or senses that stretch far.

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Name: Esera
Pronunciation: Eh-sey-raw
Known As: Seeker of Truth
Most Common Form: Non-Corporeal Form
Mark: Six-pointed Star
Gifts: Visions of the future or past
Rare Gifts: The Sight
Played by: Lion

Family: Sister to the Moon. Former mate to the Storm.

Background: It is said that she defied the Old Gods for manipulating and enslaving mortals, and for this crime her body was torn into pieces. Her lover scattered her remains across the sky, and the light of her truth has since blazed brightly through even the darkest night.

Though her body was destroyed, the Star goddess’ spirit lives on. She has very little power, so she does not bless her followers as others gods or goddesses might, but she does speak to her followers through her remains and allows their spirits to join her as Stars in death. She sends visions of the future and past to her followers in an effort to spread her Truth. Some of her Blessed are given the Sight, or the ability to see omens and futures of those around them, but this is a very rare gift, as the Star Goddess does not have a great deal of power with which to bless her followers.

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Name: Sharysaan
Pronunciation: Shaw-ree-sawn
Known As:
Most Common Form: Sea Turtle
Mark: Water Droplet
Gifts: Healing, Enhanced Charisma, Lesser Water Control
Rare Gifts: Powerful Water Control, Underwater Breathing
Played by: Vera

Family: Daughter to the Sun and Moon. Older sister to the Earth and Death.

Background: The first born to the Sun and the Moon, the Sea has always felt entitled. She was the first to be on Paradiastole and the first to start creating her own creations. When her siblings, Earth/Life and Death, were born she was excited. Until their mother started to show favor to the twins. Annoyed that she was now forced to share her creations with both, the Sea started fighting back, stopping Earth from growing and trying to stop Death from taking her creations. Their mother and father got angry at the sibling rivalry and demanded order. The Moon started only allowing her eldest daughter to push so far while the Sun used his heat to calm her.

Over the years, the Sea now knows that fighting is useless to a point and has since focused on her creations. Though she still has tendrils (rivers) and spots (lakes) clawed into her sister and spy creations that are both Earth and Sea.

The Sea’s gifts are much like Storm's, nurturing or violent. She can give very powerful healing gifts or gifts of charisma. Her harsher gifts can include abilities of water control.

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Name: Marainen
Pronunciation: Marr-eye-nen
Known As: The Healer, The Artist, The Shaper
Most Common Form: Okapi
Mark: Green Leaf
Gifts: Most Powerful Healing, Plant Growth, Lesser plant Manipulation
Rare Gifts: Resurrecting the dead, Powerful plant manipulation 
Played by: Flameh

Family: Daughter to the Sun and Moon. Younger Sister to the Sea. Twin of Death.

Background: The Earth goddess was born after her sister, the Sea, and she claimed much of her sister’s domain in order to create and to bring life to the mortal realm. Her sister, angry at Earth for claiming part of her mortal plane, lashed out against her sister’s creation, wearing at it and eroding her sister’s shores over many years. Earth allowed her sister to shape her creation without protest. Her concerns were for the life she and her mother the Moon shaped together and into which her father the Sun breathed life and imbued with his fire.

Possessing the power of life and healing, her gifts are ones given to those with compassionate hearts and peaceful goals. She is against violence in any forms, and therefore stands at odds with some of her family. Most of Earth’s gifts are gifts of healing or nurturing, and she will often revoke them if they are used for violent or selfish purposes. Some of her powers include the gift to grow or manipulate plant life, but these are rare gifts that are given only to those she deems worthy.

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Name: Kleis
Pronunciation: Kl-eye-ss
Known As: The Lover
Most Common Form: Swan
Mark: Red Rose
Gifts: Increased persuasion/charisma, empathic gifts.
Rare Gifts: Manipulating the emotions of others
Played by: Lion

Family: Once-time lover of Death. Mother of Mercy.
Background: It is said that Kleis was born from the blood of the slain Averyn.

Kleis’ gifts are rare. She considers sapience and emotion to be gifts enough. To the few souls that entice her interest, she is generous with gifts of persuasion and empathy that can be as dangerous as they are useful.

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Name: Nehrune
Pronuncation: Nay-rune
Known As: The Comforter, the Peacemaker, the Just
Most Common Form:  Blue Morpho butterfly
Mark: A golden and purple eye
Gifts: Empathy, mild forms of telepathy
Rare Gifts: Powerful telepathy
Played by: Lion

Family: Daughter of Love and Death
Background:

The daughter of Love and Death, Mercy is among all the gods and goddesses most concerned with the souls of their creations, with right and wrong, goodness and evil, and the balance between them. Some say her parents’ natures, so opposed, created a goddess obsessed with the balance of those natures.

Mercy’s gifts are often gifts of inner peace and serenity to tormented souls. She has a great deal of concern for the fate of souls, and this means she does not often bestow gifts on individuals. If someone who is just and kind comes along and catches her attention, she may grant them a gift to know the thoughts or feelings of others and judge their natures as few others could.

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Name: Varaanis
Pronunciation: Vaw-raw-nis
Known As: The Trickster, Patron of Thieves 
Most Common Form: Coyote, fox, changes form often
Mark: White spirals of air
Gifts: Luck
Rare Gifts: none
Played by: Flameh

Family: Son of Death and a mortal known as Arys.
Background:

After Varaanis' father, Death, broke off his relationship with the goddess of Love, he had a brief dalliance with a mortal, a doe called Arys, which ended in her death. She died giving birth to Varaanis.

Varaanis is known as a rather mischievous, unreliable deity. He possesses little power, but he does delight in granting good fortune and luck to many mortals, only to twist that good fortune into something terrible. Few animals worship him, though he is often regarded as the Patron of Thieves.

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Name: Sahraia
Pronunciation: Saw=
Known As: The Muse. The Songstress.
Most Common Form: Sparrow
Mark: Music Note
Gifts: Amazing Voices. Graceful Movements. Captivating Storytelling.
Rare Gifts: none
Played by: Vera (may be up for adoption later on)

Family: Daughter of the Sea and one of her many mortal lovers.

Background:

The Song Demigoddess is a very happy little demigoddess. She loves to bring joy to all creation, regardless of which god or goddess each one serves. She enjoys to be in the mortal realm and spends a great deal of her time there. 

Her gifts, though much weaker than the full gods, are given away much more readily. She blesses those who wish to entertain others and bring joy the most. Gifts of amazing voices, graceful movements, and storytelling that captures all those who listen.

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