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Chapter Two: The Gods of Aeliode

Chapter Two

The Gods of Aeliode
Religion
Within the Imperiums setting, there are four main pantheons of gods to be found in three of the four dominate
cultures (Avitian Empire/Ceravossian Republic, the
Ostmen, and the Cantreavs of Tir Ydrail). The Triufir and
the Ostmen both have a pantheon dedicated to their lands
while the Avitian Empire encompasses two sets of gods,
those of the Northern Empire and those of the Southern
Empire.
As such, there are three main divisions all of the world’s
religions can be relegated to. We shall call these divisions
the Multi-Planar Religion, the Prime Plane Religion, and
the Natural Religion.

Multi-Planar Religion
Multi-Planar Religion’s defining characteristic is based
upon the essence of the God in the Pantheon. Gods in this
realm exist throughout all planes and are the creators of
existence on the grand scale. These gods forged the world
out of nothing and created all the beings, races, and lands
by their will. These gods are the most foreign to mortals.
Their behavior is beyond the understanding of all save
other gods. They cannot be truly destroyed, though their
avatars may.
A prime example is the goddess Tulhesa. Her slain
body is the foundation upon which all planes of existence
were built. In a sense, she is the entirety of creation in

which the mortal races spend most of their lives within.
Though she is slain, she still exists and exerts her plans
upon all of creation.
Multi-Planar gods also tend to be worshiped by multiple cultures, but not always in the same way. A multiplanar god will manifest to a particular culture in a way
with which the culture can best understand the god’s wishes
and areas of influence. The god tends to have a different
name, their holy sigils will often look slightly different, and
their avatars manifest take on an appearance in line with
that culture.
For example, Paladrus is worshiped in the Southern
Empire and often takes the form of a great silver serpent.
Paladrus in the rest of the Avitian Empire is known as the

Allafar, an aging man who is the father and judge of all
creation. Again this god manifest as Lugh to the Tuatha
as a man in the prime of his like with golden hair and a
great spear. These avatars are particular to those regions
and the god’s influence within that region can be seen in
its worshiper’s treatment of the god. So as the god Palatine
of the Southern empire was imprisoned by the other gods,
his influence is almost nil in regards to the passing of events
there; there are just a handful of clerics who pass his blessings upon the world. But as Allafar of the Avitian Empire is
held above as the most powerful of all the gods, his ability
to guide the destinies of his followers is great; there are
many clerics through which his power manifests.
This multicultural effect is known by none but the
most well informed scholars.

Prime Plane Religion
Religion at the prime plane level mimics Multi-Planar

religion in practice, but its nature is drastically different.
Though still gods of great power, Prime Planar god’s divinity is on a much lesser scale than Multi-Planar gods.
Gods of this tier have power only over the Prime Plane,
though they may travel to other planes, and while they are
still powerful beings while traveling, they do not have the
same ability to shift reality as desired in the way they can
on the Prime Plane. This is a result of the fact that they
did not exist before the creation of the planes as the MultiPlanar gods did. Instead, Prime Planar gods began their
existence during or after the creation of the Prime Plane
and, therefore, their power and fate is intimately tied to it.
Secondly, Prime Plane gods are tied to specific locations. Not only are their powers lessened by travel between
planes, but also within the Prime Plane itself. These gods
have gained worshipers within a particular region and are
therefore omnipotent in that region. If a god wished it,
they could create week-long earthquakes in their home
region without any difficulty. That same god outside their
home region would still have the power to create an earthquake, but the strain of doing so would quickly tire them.
Instead, they tend to send their clerics into foreign lands
to do their work.
The Morrigan is an example of a Prime Plane God. She

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