If the will to learn is infinite, then the bounds of knowledge are infinite.

The Pantheon of Aerideia

Seekers of All Knowledge

Aerideia, The Scholar Goddess: Aerideia appears in the form of an elven woman, with a codex in one hand, and a quill in the other, adorned in white robes and golden jewelry, with a magnificent fluffy purple hat, the kind of which scholars in Adra often wear. She is very likely the most intelligent being in all of Adra, and certainly is the most knowledgeable. The ultimate goal of her and her followers is the expansion of knowledge, not simply for themselves, but for the mortals spread across the planes. This means that they must both seek knowledge, and then share knowledge - it is Aerideia's directive to oversee that all the members of her pantheon work towards this goal in concert, to eliminate haughty elitism, while also burning anti-rationalism like a cancer wherever it is found. If knowledge is power, then that would make Aerideia a formidable goddess indeed.

The Plane of Arcadia: Arcadia is a place of utter peace and order. It is the realm of Aerideia's Pantheon, and from it she facilitates the spread of learning across the planes. Her agents seek out information, news, and discoveries from anywhere they can find them, and log them in an ever expanding trove of learning located in the Grand Scriptorium, a highly curated and huge hall of learning and knowledge. There are many other places of learning scattered across the paradisal gardens of Arcadia, including prestigious universities specializing in the strangest of studies, far-removed salons with fascinating folks sharing their stories and experience, and the famous Castle Candlekeep, a private trove of knowledge tended by an order of mortals, the Esoteric Order of the Humble Flame, and their order both serves the needs of the pantheon in Adra Prime, while also being protected by Aerideia's wards while in Arcadia.

 Bibliatyia, the All-Speaker: Bibliatyia is the oldest of the lesser gods of Arcadia, perhaps one who stood at Aerideia's side in the days of creation. She is the goddess of languages, and promotes the use of language as the first and last tool for learning. Perhaps more subtly, but more actively, she promotes the heterogeneity of language, advocating that the more languages one knows, the more ways they may know something - each language gives them a new window onto which knowledge can be seen through.

  Malomen, the Spellseeker: Once a great wizard, and the founder of one of the 7 Great Towers. Now, the God of Arcane Magic and Eldritch Knowledge, Malomen seeks to expand our understanding of arcane spellcasting, and to increase the number of arcane spells available to the wizarding folk of Adra. Malomen's knowledge has been a formidable tool in protecting Arcadia against infiltration and intrusion.

 Oriskar, the Mischief-Maker: Oriskar is something like a child of Aerideia's, and every family has a black sheep. Once the God of Puzzles, he was gradually pushed to seek not to test other's knowledge in order to better them, as was his original mandate, but instead to trick them with his own greater intellect, for the pleasure of it. Aerideia hopes to one day regain her exiled child, but until then, he has been banished from Arcadia, to the halls of his own minor plane of Labyrinthia.

 Saint Gyrka, Patron Saint of Divination

 Saint Dennis, Patron Saint of Natural Philosophy

 Saint Gregarios, Patron Saint of Tutors

 Saint Kamiko, Patron Saint of Tea

 Saint Petarchus, Patron Saint of Parchment and Parchmenters

 Saint Serida, Patron Saint of the Illiterate

 Saint Telo, Patron Saint of Gossip

 Saint Ubar, Patron Saint of Cartography

 Saint Will, Patron Saint of Scribes

Level of Organization: Hierarchical - Clerics of Aerideia report directly to the Tower of Wisdom in Eldios, the absolute center of worship in the faith. From there, local organizations are sanctioned to pursue local research projects, or administer to the populace, usually of larger cities.

The Zanthine Godpact: Aerideia's pantheon is in a godpact with Hagelia's pantheon and the demi-goddess Xerkune.

Friendly Pantheons: Aerideia's pantheon is friendly towards the Pact of Order and the Humble Godpact.

Hostile Pantheons: Aerideia's pantheon is hostile towards the Despised Godpact, Bozuul in particular.

To live alone is to die everyday - to live with love is to live forever.

The Pantheon of Ardonis

Fosterers of True Love

 Ardonis, the Wellspring of Love: Ardonis appears as a beautiful human, possessing both masculine and feminine aspects, wearing long red robes which drape in infinite spirals of complexity under their frame. Flowers, particularly roses seem to grow from Adronis's hair, and it is said that all the air within 100 miles of their presence smells of that which one finds most comforting in this world. It is also said on rare occasions, Ardonis will appear as a young doe, though few confirm this account. Ardonis's pantheon is directed towards the fostering of love in the world - undying, unconditional, unfettered, and beautiful love. This is the love between lovers, or between family, or between life-long companions. Loving is hard, takes time, takes patience, and loving someone truly, and for a long time, is even harder. For Ardonis's part, they are known as the wellspring of love in the world - that which makes loving, even if difficult, still possible - and always possible, even in the darkest of times, or between the worst of foes. Though nobody knows for certain, the clergy of Ardonis maintain that all the anger, and sadness, and regret, and frustration, and annoyance that builds between two who love each other will, when the two let it go, drift towards Ardonis, who possesses it for them, and takes their burdens in their own breast on their behalf. Without Ardonis, people would never be able to let go of their negative emotions, which is what makes love ultimately possible.

The Plane of Utopian: Utopian is a massive floating pleasure palace, in a pink-hued realm of gentle clouds. In Utopian, Ardonis's domain, there are gardens and bathhouses, lounges and theaters, there are bedrooms and dining halls, and every luxury afforded to the world of Kith and Eldar alike. Utopian serves not only as Ardonis's realm, but also as the premier honeymoon and romantic destination for the planewalkers of Adra. The air one breathes here gives one a feeling of bliss; the water one drinks here makes on feel a-flutter with warmth towards those they love. Here also exists a large register of all couples ever married by a Cleric of Ardonis in the Hall of Bonds, as well as the headquarters of the Charm Hunters, and a great Bardic College dedicated to the poetry and songs of love, called the Ardonic College.

 Belthomen, the Poet God: It is the belief of Belthomen and his followers that many things cannot possibly be communicated directly - it requires the aid of poets and songwriters in order to tell the truth, in order to put the emotions one feels into a form that someone else can understand, if not in their mind, then in their heart. Belthomen will sometimes, it is said, give divine inspiration to the minds of the hapless lovesick strangers across Adra, from time to time.

 Felwir, the Ringmaker: The power of symbols are known and embraced by Felwir and the ringmakers who follow him. Felwir is a kind of patron god of not only the forging of mundane and magical rings, but more importantly, a patron god of matrimony, and of the fostering of meaning in rings - not only wedding rings, but in others too, rings that symbolize a promise, a friendship, or family. Even when we die, our rings carry on our meaning far beyond us.

 Tiphania, the Charm-Breaker: Tiphania acts as the militant arm of the otherwise rather pacifistic pantheon of Ardonis. She, and her order of Charm Hunters, dedicate their existence to the preserving of true and genuine love and affection, through the seeking and destruction of magical charms, either spells, magical artifacts, the powers of strange creatures, or even particularly insidious mundane methods. Don't be caught bringing a love potion near Tiphania.

 Saint Alice, Patron Saint of Love Letters

 Saint Carlos, Patron Saint of Roses

 Saint Dorgala, Patron Saint of Parents

 Saint Eshog, Patron Saint of Polygamy

 Saint Gertrude, Patron Saint of Protection

 Saint Michelle, Patron Saint of Step-Family

 Saint Nyla, Patron Saint of Romance

 Saint Razzmatazz, Patron Saint of Pets

 Saint Shelby, Patron Saint of Midwifery

 Saint Vichenze, Patron Saint of Wine

Level of Organization: Loosely Organized - Followers of Ardonis have no overarching religious leadership, with individual churches listening to one another for counsel and advice, but with every Head Priest acting as the final arbiter of church matters within their temple.

The Humble Godpact: Ardonis's pantheon is in a godpact with Yeshaya's pantheon and the demi-god Eoulous.

Friendly Pantheons: Ardonis's Pantheon is friendly towards the Defender Godpact, Ariendale in particular, and the Pact of Order.

Hostile Pantheons: Ardonis's pantheon is hostile towards the Pact of Mortality and the Pact of Domination.

A Shepherd for the weary, a sword for the wicked.

The Pantheon of Ariendale

Protectors of the Downtrodden

 Ariendale, The Lady of the Forsaken: Ariendale appears as a winged knight, with shining silver platemail draped by a pink cloak, with her long brown hair in a tight bun. She is known best as carrying wreath of wheat in one hand, and her shining red sword, the First Avenger in her other hand. She is known also to take a much more humble form, of an older motherly figure, wearing a simple linen tunic. Ariendale's pantheon is dedicated to the crusade of the lowly, a fight against poverty and despair, against despotism and discrimination, against cruelty and violence. Ariendale believes that the needs of the downtrodden and forsaken need something to look to, and someone to look out for them, because the world is often systemically built against them. Ariendale leads her followers to attend to the poor and outcast, and to take justice to their persecutors, and when their time is done, shelters them from the storm in the afterlife - indeed, Ariendale is said to offer more souls salvation in her realm of Elysium than any other Greater God in Adra. Ariendale's crusade in Adra Prime has lead her to disagreements with Borondor, who believes that she should, as he does, keep her focus squarely where the greatest battle lies - in the Outter Planes. Ariendale does lead efforts against demonic and diabolic forces in Adra, but always as a way to ultimately help those who need her help.

The Plane of Elysium: Elysium is the home of Ariendale, and the herald of doom for evil, a single layered plane, though one that seems to accommodate its size . In many ways, it resembles the Prime Material Plane, though only those places and things of Adra that are harmonious and good. At its center is Mount Elis, where all the Shepherds of good convene and discuss their plans for the world, the summit of which is where Ariendale herself looks upon the rest of Elysium. Surrounding Mount Elis is a wide valley which contains many villages and blessed vales. Elysium is a home to those who have no home, and can provide safety to all who pass through its gates. Across the blessed forests are the training grounds of Aren's Wrath, where soldiers of good train for their battle with evil. Finally, at the last edges of the plane beyond the training grounds are the gentle coasts that surround Elysium, where the Safe Harbor lies, and where Wyrran can be found guiding folks safely to their new home.

 Ashara, the Goddess of Fellowship: While the followers of Ariendale will do everything they can to make the world a better place, they can't be everywhere all the time. Ashara, and her disciples, advocate for the formation of, fostering of, and strengthening of fellowship in communities. This might not mean specific friendships between individuals, but instead the spirit of communal friendship with those who live a common life with you, and who have the same struggles as you.

 Charitas, the Goddess of Charity: Charitas, and the influential clerics of Charitas's wing of the pantheon, see it as their mission to move resources from where it isn't needed, to where it is. Charitas is prayed to and addressed by both poor and rich alike - the poor to receive help when they are on hard times, the rich to have a way to wash their sins away. While the meek shall always have a place in Elysium, some of the wealthy who did their best to help their fellow man might also as well.

Lorridas, the Questing God: The oldest of the lesser gods of the pantheon, at least according to legend, and believed to be the right hand of the goddess, Lorridas is the god of quests, pilgrimages, and minor crusades. He calls upon his followers, and for all adventurers to go into the wide world and find those in need - to do the work day to day that might rid the world of evil, one community at a time.

Wyrran, the Shepherd of Havens: Wyrran is who folks turn to when they need shelter from the storm and refuge from their persecution. The Shepherd of Havens seeks to provide the world with places of safety for the downtrodden, ultimately responsible for leading lost souls to Elysium at the end of their lives. The followers of Wyrran build hospitals instead of temples (or temples that serve as hospitals) to provide places of refuge to all comers in Adra.

 Saint Andrei, Patron Saint of Sex Work

 Saint Baenar, Patron Saint of Immigrants

 Saint Beltor, Patron Saint of Ribbons

 Saint Mary Ann, Patron Saint of Orphans

 Saint Ordock, Patron Saint of Revolution

 Saint Peter, Patron Saint of Beggars

 Saint Samson, Patron Saint of Old Soldiers

 Saint Silas, Patron Saint of the Deaf

 Saint Skortar, Patron Saint of Socks

 Saint Vengor, Patron Saint of Well-Water

 Saint Wilco, Patron Saint of Pagans

Level of Organization: Highly Organized - The faith is divided into five huge districts of worship across Adra, led by five Great Shepherds: Aegyr, Unserdame, Longpost, Eldios, and Seiduvall. These leaders are looked to for guidance by the lesser clergy in their district, and when important issues of the faith are at hand, the five lock into conclave to decide.

The Defender Godpact: Ariendale's pantheon is in a godpact with Gökotta's pantheon and the demi-god Alas.

Friendly Pantheons: Ariendale's pantheon is friendly towards the Humble Godpact.

Hostile Pantheons: Ariendale's pantheon is hostile towards the Pact of Domination, the Despised Godpact, and the Pact of Mortality, Sorthal in particular.

Turn back the darkness, bring in the dawn!

The Pantheon of Borondor

Bringers of the Dawn

Borondor, the Lord of Light: Borondor appears as a bear of a man, with prominently displayed chest hair peaking out of a bright-white toga wrapping around him, with golden leg bracers and a golden helm. He is usually depicted as carrying a shield in one hand and a torch in the other, bearing a crown of golden olive leaves at the base of his helm. Alternatively, he is sometimes depicted as a giant phoenix. He is the bearer of light in this world, and to his followers, it is light both literal and figurative which he brings to the world - it is his pantheon that brings the morning dawn and the moral dawn - the erasure of evil and the victory of the good. This battle is fought most intensely in the hearts of all Kith - if one's spirit is strong, then no evil can corrupt them. It is also fought, more physically, in the massive battles which Borondor leads in the outer planes, defending his own realm, and attempting to beat back forces both demonic and diabolic in nature. 

The Seven Heavens: The Seven Heavens are a plane with seven spheres (each layers of the plane in their own right) moving in tandem with a minature sun, created by the waves of Borondor's power. Each sphere contains unique features, depending on the distance from the sun, with the farthest sphere being a sort of shady forest world, where creatures roam by the rhythms of the sun, and the closest being a white ball of marble, bleached from the constant heat of divine light. The 4th sphere, Celestia, contains a gleaming glass palace, where celestial beings from across the planes of Adra come to convene and relax, and where Borondor sits resplendent upon his throne. It is said that the sun of the Seven Heavens is so bright that it cuts through to the Prime World, and can be seen on Adra as the brightest star in the night sky, Boron.

  Aetheron, the God of Stars and Starlight: The night is dark, but not without hope. Beyond the light of the moon, which is fickle and varies with the passing of the days, there is the light of the stars. The stars are ancient and mysterious, and their light passes information from places far beyond the shores of the Astral Sea to Adra. While some see the stars as ill omens, or as the signs of foul gods, it is Aetheron that guides the starlight of the heavens to Adra in a harmonious fashion, leaving prophecies for astrologers and guiding sailors alike. Before Aetheron's time, stars were not so nearly comforting.

 Cenestae, the Word and the Voice: The clergy of dawn promote the proselytization towards and conversion of new folk more than most religions. It is Cenestae's domain to create the divine words, which pass from the spirit of Borondor, to the mind of Cenestae, into the hearts of Kith across the world. The followers of Cenestae spread this information, these scriptures, as much as they possibly can. To win the hearts of folk in Adra Prime, is to win the war for the planes.

 Cerestania, the Shield Maiden of Borondor: The Seven Heavens are besieged by the forces of evil just as much as the Abyss or the Nine are besieged by the forces of good. Too prevent the followers of his domain from falling prey to such battles, and to safeguard his domain from corruption, Borondor tasked Cerestania and her Sigil Corps to turn the Seven Heavens into a fortress against darkness. She took up this vigil in the primeval times, when first the demons and devils were cast out of the the Heavens, and in the last 10,000 years, the barriers have not been broken once under her watch.

 Elgana, the Sun Goddess: Elgana is in a way another aspect of Borondor, like another face of the same coin. She is his right hand, with him at the first moments of creation, and with him since. She tends the great fires, that of Boron, the small sun of the Seven Heavens, and the actual sun of the Prime Material Plane. With her flames, she wages an endless war against Tesseriss, the Goddess of Night - each morning a victory, each evening a retreat.

 Kataphraktos, the Winged Crusader: With Borondor's followers on the frontlines of the war against evil in the outer planes, Kataphraktos serves as the general of his armies. He musters the forces of light every campaign season, and leads them on ventures into the hells, or the abyss, or else other lands, like Nightmare or Usgarad. Kataphraktos's followers tend to be some of the fiercest paladins in Adra, and leave evil no quarter.

  Martainus, the Blessed Mage: Magic, as is famous to many, can be classified into light and dark, white and black magic, good and evil. Martainus, in life, promoted the study of and fostering of light magic, and the shirking away from dark magic. Now, as a risen god, he continues to see its study flourishing, and instructs his followers to ensure it as well. On his layer of the Seven Heavens can be found the Brightstone Academy, a prestigious magical school for Clerics and Wizards to study for a single year, as a capstone to their previous studies.

 Saint Danulak, Patron Saint of Candelight

 Saint Evilor, Patron Saint of the Blinded

 Saint Gretta, Patron Saint of the Lost

 Saint Jørvik, Patron Saint of Hotsprings

 Saint Lisa, Patron Saint of Nurses

 Saint Mentasi, Patron Saint of the Desert

 Saint Nashira, Patron Saint of Sweetdreams

 Saint Ottum, Patron Saint of Courage

 Saint Ricardo, Patron Saint of Penance

 Saint Roy, Patron Saint of Campfires

 Saint Shana, the Brightstone Saint

 Saint Welaren, Patron Saint of Stained Glass

Level of Organization: Hierarchical - Parish priests report to the Exarchs, who oversee nations or large regions. The Exarchs, of which there is no fixed number, report to the Exarchus Magnus, who is the absolute head of the faith on the Material Plane. The Exarchus Magnus is seated in Tansahore.

The Pact of Order: Borondor's pantheon is in a godpact with both Sindra's and Melteos's pantheons.

Friendly Pantheons: Borondor's pantheon is friendly towards the Zanthine Godpact, Aerideia in particular.

Hostile Pantheons: Borondor's pantheon is hostile towards the Imperial Pantheon of the Old Ones, the Despised Godpact, Marzedon in particular, and the Pact of Domination, Erethelon in particular.

Madness is merely an understanding of the fundamental truths.

The Pantheon of Bozuul

Fountains of Madness

 Bozuul, the Queen of Madness: Bozuul has no form or shape, but is the sum collection of all the madness in the world - each demented wizard's screaming, each broken child's dead stare, each soldier caught in a blind murderous rampage. It is said that when Bozuul collects her madness in a single space, at least in part, it appears as a horror beyond words, and seems to induce a different experience and dread in every person who witnesses such a form. Bozuul's goals, means, and domain are wholly mysterious to those not gifted with her cursed sight - it is obvious that she spreads madness, sickness, fear, regret, and forget into the world, but it is not clear why. To the clergy of most other pantheons, they will argue that it is simply her nature, that she and her pantheon are corrupted to their core, and that nothing but blind, stupid evil guides them in their acts. However, to the inner clergy and blessed of Bozuul's faithful, there are divine truths that lie beneath the layers of insanity, waiting for those with open minds to unlock.

The Plane of Nightmare: Nightmare is a world of unending terrors. There, thirteen different layers are occupied by some of the most tormented beings in the universe, rivaled only by those placed in the Nine Hells or the Abyss. Each of the thirteen layers of Nightmare plays upon a different sort of madness or trauma, and from them these curses spread across the planes of Adra. Upon the lowest of the layers, lies the mansion of the queen of madness, called the Crown of Lunacy. Her followers say that when Bozuul takes embodied form again, and walks through the doors of the Crown of Lunacy, than the last days of Adra have come. Moving from one layer to another is not voluntary, but instead one is shunted from one to another at random, or seemingly at random. The name Nightmare doesn't come from Bozuul, for she cares not to name her realm; it instead has become the moniker for a place that seems very much like a nightmare, a slightly unreal, and yet utterly tormentous prison from which escape seems impossible.

  He, the Wretched Seer: Appearing as a decrepit old man, the wretched seer was once a mortal, in some long forgotten past. Now, nobody knows or remembers his name, perhaps not even him. He sits near to the most prominent entrance to the top layer of Nightmare, beckoning planar travelers to him with wisdom - and often leaving them trapped in Bozuul's embrace. His followers pursue the understanding of esoteric truths of divining, attempting to see dimensions beyond our own, and the knowledge and horrors contained therein.

Xanatiir, the Beacon of Depravity: Considered the daughter of Bozuul, Xanatiir was the goddess of depravity - once calling upon her followers to perform unholy rituals and desecrations in cemeteries, churches, and monasteries alike. Now, she lies dead, the remnants of her form lying within the third layer of Madness, Taboo. She was destroyed long ago, perhaps during the 1st Era, by a coalition of Celestials from the Upper Planes. Her followers still today make offerings to her, by desecrating all things considered sacrosanct.

 Kabal, the Cannibal Count: On his personal layer of Nightmare, called Crave, the Cannibal Count is ever consuming the flesh of all things in this world. His desire endless, his standards null, he provokes his followers to embrace their worst cravings, those far below even Gowlga's purview, and the chief among these is to taste the flesh of your fellows, Kith if you can, but ideally of your own race, or even your own relatives. His followers swear that such a delicious meat is unrivaled both in its flavor, and the powers it grants - his followers become inevitably twisted into the feared Wendigo.

 Saint Adelard, Patron Saint of Blood-Writings

 Saint Archilus, Patron Saint of Nightmares

 Saint Hasam, Patron Saint of Doubt

 Saint Karthok, Patron Saint of Nail-Biting

 Saint Maggie, Patron Saint of Narcotics

 Saint Shoshana, Patron Saint of Whispers

 Saint Yorgar, Patron Saint of Asylums

Level of Organization: Underground - Despised in most civilized places, clergy of Bozuul can only administer to small sects, occasionally meeting with others, but never in large clerical groups.

The Despised Godpact: Bozuul's pantheon is in a godpact with Marzedon's pantheon and the demi-goddess Mirkatakatar.

Friendly Pantheons: Bozuul's pantheon is friendly towards the Pact of Mortality, Sorthal in particular.

Hostile Pantheons: Bozuul's pantheon is hostile towards the Zanthine Godpact, Aerideia in particular.

Everything is born, everything dies, everything has its season.

The Pantheon of Faetari

Shifters with the Seasons

 Faetari, Mother of Seasons: Faetari has not taken physical form since the elder days, but instead exists as the manifestation of change in Adra and the Feywilds - the changing of the seasons, the movement of the winds and waters, the growth of new life, and the decay of death. To most, her presence is taken for granted, or completely unnoticed - but to the perceptive, or faithful, she can be found in the little things of the world, the vibrations that move life forward. It is believed the most concentrated aspect of her divinity is found in a great tree at the very center of the Feywild. She and her followers, in concert with Gökotta and his, allow life to flourish in Adra, with the Feywild and Faetari's essence acting as an anchor for life to tether itself. Faetari believes that for life to flourish, it must be like the river, always flowing and always in flux. Not only does she induce this flux in the natural world, but she calls upon her followers to channel this flux within themselves, to embrace emotions as they come, to say yes to opportunities as they present themselves, and to run from stagnation whenever possible. Among Faetari's pantheon, the seasons themselves are given great significance, with each representing a series of typical emotions, beliefs, practices, and even theologies in some cases. Faetari maintains a neutral position between these aspects, with her most ardent followers following her example in this regard.

The Feywild: The realm of Faetari and the home of all fey-kind, the Feywild is a mirror of the Material Plane. Throughout, similar features, like mountains, lakes, and rivers can be found, but in every case they are more verdant or have a more extreme climate than their prime world variant. The Feywild is divided geographically into four spheres of influence, the four Seasonal Courts, of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. At the center of it all is the Clerical Grove of the Seasons, where the most dedicated clergy and divine followers of Faetari gather to oversee her providence. There at its center is the Great Fey Tree, which is said to have a concentration of Faetari's divinity. The tree changes with the seasons of Adra, and is the only real way to track time passing in Adra, relative to the Feywild, where its rate is in constant flux - at times, seconds can turn to days, or days to seconds. Because the Feywild lays parallel to the Prime Material Plane, there are many gateways scattered across Adra, some permanent, and some temporary, and they are usually found in places where nature lies undisturbed, allowing the two worlds to press against one another like pliable membranes. 

Naewon, Maiden of the Moons: Naewon can be found walking the Feywild, appearing as a normal, if not somewhat breathtaking Eladrin. Long ago, Faetari tasked her with the shepherding of the Feywild, and she personally oversees the day-to-day affairs of the Clerical Grove of the Seasons. Not only that, but she is said to see both the Feywild and the Mortal Plane from the two moons which dance each day and night above Adra, Belor and Highrot, and with them, she pulls upon the oceans and lakes of Adra, churning the seas, and creating new life and renewal. Adherents of Naewon place great significance upon the phases of the moon, reporting the Full Moon to be the time when the First World is at its most potent, and looking to the moons to guide them in their everyday decisions.

  Aenwyn, Queen of the Spring Court: Aenwyn rules over the Spring Court to the west, ruling from a great longhouse that rests in a large meadow, covered with moss and roots, with slats of colored glass in the roof. She and her followers cherish rebirth and renewal, and the stages of life that come early. They honor children, babies, and parents for these reasons, in particular having a reverence for people who are pregnant. Because the first spring of life is delicate, Aenwyn attempts to broker peace and harmony over war and chaos, valuing change, but always airing on the side of it being gradual, rather than swift, so as to ensure that new life is always protected from being trampled. While never in actual conflict, she and her followers maintain a distance, and even an opposition to the Winter Court. 

Talindra, Queen of the Summer Court: Talindra rules over the Summer Court to the south, ruling from a splendorous glass dome on a tropical island, and often taking trips on a magnificent sailing ship the size of a small castle. She and her followers favor passion and expression, looking to always lean into their emotional impulses - they make vengeful enemies, hilarious dinner guests, inconsolable funeral attendees, and most famously, the most passionate lovers. Their embracing of their conative states over cognitive ones, and their value of going on gut reactions rather than rational contemplation, has given them, and Talindra, a sometimes negative reputation within and without the Feywild as highly unpredictable. While not hostile towards the Autumn fey, Talindra has a bias against them, disliking their seeming complete lack of any and all feelings.

  Siphania, Queen of the Autumn Court:  Siphania rules over the Autumn Court to the east, ruling from a stately manor overlooking a series of dreary moors. She and her followers believe that the passions should be slaves to reason, not the other way around, and often exhibit a stunning lack of any expressions at all. Rather than becoming the change, Siphania preaches that her followers should become witnesses to change - the change is in the seasons, and in the waters, not in you - and by constantly shifting and exploding with emotions, Siphania sees the Summer fey in particular as failing to see the genuinely important change happening all around them. She advises her followers to keep a distance therefore from the Summer court, and anyone who might seem to lack a strong faculty of reason and contemplation.

  Ciliren, Queen of the Winter Court: Ciliren rules over the Winter Court to the north, ruling from a frozen castle high atop a series of craggy glaciers. From her tower at the top of the castle, it is said she can see over the whole of her domain. She and her followers see the true meaning and value of life, in its eventual and inevitable ending, and the stages of life leading directly up to it. They revere the elderly, the sick, and the dying, having an obsession with conversing with those right at the hour of their death. Ciliren calls upon her followers to cherish chaos, and the raw unfettered schism that runs through all things - only with destruction and death, can life eventually come. At times, whether truthfully or falsly, followers of the Winter Court are accuse not only of cherishing death, but of seeding it into the world where it did not before exist. Their negative reputation by the larger world has led to deep paranoia and distrust of others, particularly those from outside the Feywild, and of the Spring Court.

 Saint Atiwa, Patron Saint of the Tides

 Saint Belwog, Patron Saint of Fungi

 Saint Dairnaeth, Patron Saint of Brushfires

 Saint Guiran, Patron Saint of Sea Vents

 Saint Lagi, Patron Saint of Dusk

 Saint Otis, Patron Saint of Beavers

 Saint Quildor, Patron Saint of the Blackwood

 Saint Samuttan, Patron Saint of Dawn

 Saint Ziardni, Patron Saint of Waterfalls

Level of Organization: Disorganized - Clergy of Faetari tend to divide themselves based on their preferred seasonal court - even still, between clergy of the same court, there is much disagreement over their duties and clerical tenets.

The Wild Godpact: Faetari's pantheon is in a godpact with Reckion's pantheon and the demi-god Amarok.

Friendly Pantheons: Faetari's pantheon is friendly towards the Defender Godpact, Gökotta in particular, and the Humble Godpact.

Hostile Pantheons: Faetari's pantheon is hostile towards the Pact of Order.

Let spheres collide, though the heavens fall.

The Pantheon of Hagelia

Devotees to the Dialectic

 Hagelia, Professor of the Dialectic: Hagelia appears as an austere queen, draped in a gown of prismatic color, with hair that is prismatic as well, and shifts with her movements, and with the light falling on her. When in her many-colored visage, she is most often depicted as carrying a bronze chalice in one hand, from which she can view the swirling chaos of Adra, and a set of bronze scales in the other. Alternatively, she is depicted more simply as a humble fox, often in the winter wood. Her pantheon is one of discord and conflict, of beginnings and ends. Her followers preach in her name to accept discord in the world as inherently good - that it brings revelation, and revelation brings the good. Rather than a kind of blind chaos however, Hagelia calls upon her followers to produce and foster the dialectic - that only when two opposing views clash with each other can the greatest things be possible, when through these opposites a synthesis is produced, which shares all of the good and none of the bad from both the thesis and the antithesis. This balancing of the scales is rarely even, but it is always fair, as dictated by reason, and one's end. To foster this dialectic, it is said that when one stands unopposed, Hagelia whispers in the dreams of Kith, providing them with a natural antithesis.

The Plane of Discordia: Discordia is a bubbling cauldron of constant discord and schism. It is not usually a harsh world, but is often a shocking one; one cannot become comfortable with any sort of status quo for long in Discordia. It is here that philosophers, wisemen, and learned folk of every persuasion come to debate for all eternity. Their thoughts, and the passage of their debates, as well as the struggles of all in Discordia comes to manifest in the physical laws, forces of Discordia itself - should a long standing conflict suddenly flow in a different direction, then the rains may themselves flow upwards, or else the rivers turn backwards against their stream. When conflicts finally come to an end, or a synthesis is ultimately reached, it can be heard as a final great thunderclap, or the cooling of a long-dreaded volcano. Hagelia rules from the famous Forum Maximus, where lucky creatures from the multiverse may seek her or one of the denizens of her court for wisdom, or for a stimulating debate, if they dare.

 Ealgahi, the First: Of the two twin gods, Ealgahi is most often associated with foundations in the structure of the Hagelian and the Dialectical. As 'the First,' she, and her followers, take great liberties to forge new vistas of imagination and industry. She is the god of founders, of forgers, of creators, and sometimes is respected as a god of lineage (and therefore heraldry). She is often depicted as a wealthy noblewoman of various ancestries, and calls upon her followers to establish (whether physical prospect or theoretical argument), and then defend.

Iahaleg, the Last: Of the two twin gods, Iahaleg is most often associated with catalysts in the structure of the Hagelian and the Dialectical. As 'the Last,' he, and his followers, challenge the existing authorities and induce them to change, lest the world be stifled by their unmoving stubbornness. He is the god of rebels, of saboteurs, of cleaners and clearers, and is therefore a very unpopular god among the halls of "the great and the good." He is often depicted as a filthy beggar of various ancestries, and calls upon his followers to identify those objects (whether practical or theoretical) that are obstacles to change, and to attack them.

 Saint Alkor, Patron Saint of the Languages

Saint Bedrigol, Patron Saint of Alchemy

Saint Felspar, Patron Saint of the Academy

Saint Haruka, Patron Saint of Weights and Measures

 Saint Lilith, Patron Saint of Natural Disasters

 Saint Rufio, Patron Saint of War

Saint Yukio, Patron Saint of Foxes

Level of Organization: Disorganized - Naturally, consensus among Hagelia's clergy would not only be a futile endeavor, but would itself be against the most basic principles of their faith.

The Zanthine Godpact: Hagelia's pantheon is in a godpact with Aerideia's pantheon and the demi-goddess Xerkune.

Friendly Pantheons: Hagelia's pantheon is friendly towards the Wild Godpact and the Defender Godpact.

Hostile Pantheons: Hagelia's pantheon is hostile towards the Despised Godpact.

Order through Defense, Defense through Strength, Strength through Unity.

The Pantheon of Melteos

Vanguards against Entropy

Melteos, Keeper of the Black Reach: Legend has it that in the primordial age of the world, Melteos was embodied, and walked the trails of the universe along with the other gods. However, at the beginning of the 1st Era of the Common Calendar, he saw some tremendous evil, and formed the towering impenetrable barrier that surrounds Adra, the Black Reach, in response. Rather than forming it from magic or matter, he became it, and exists to this day as the collected disembodiment of the Black Reach. The legends, and even the sermons of priests, seem to disagree over whether Melteos was defending Adra from some unspeakable evil, or defending some unknown paradise from the evils of Adra. To this day, Melteos remains silent on the truth, except with those most devout members of his faith, who are sworn to secrecy by divine mandate. Beyond the mysterious design of his greatest work, Melteos calls upon his followers to be the barriers against destructive forces everywhere it may be found. His adherents teach that entropy and chaos are inherent forces of the universe, and fundamentally, indestructible. While they can never be annihilated, they can be kept at bay, contained, and cordoned off, allowing creation to exist unperturbed on islands of harmony. This practice of cordoning off destruction can take many forms, both practical and theological - from the prevention of disease, to the irrigation of crops, to the building of castles and even literal walls, the followers of Melteos always prioritize the defense of all which they value.

The Rim: Within the Black Reach itself, hidden within its many folds and shimmering layers, is a kind of pocket dimension known simply as the Rim. The Rim is the domain of Melteos, where the key figures of his pantheon reside, and where his devout followers go after their death. There, the devotees of order, should they choose, continue to serve after death, using their own efforts to sustain the Black Reach along with the divine figures of the pantheon, or else acting as arbiters of structure elsewhere when needed. The rim, seeming like a kind of long hall that spans for hundreds of miles and folds back around on itself, is replete with doors, gateways, and portals, and due to the nature of the Black Reach, connects to many dimensions across the whole of creation. Almost all of these gateways however are forbidden, and act simply as windows unto other worlds, never to actually be used, except by the will of Melteos himself.

Henewah, Keeper of Peace: In a world beset by needless and wanton violence, Melteos set forth Henewah as a beacon of peace. Henewah promotes the inherent value of peace, both between nations and individuals. Followers of Henewah are called upon to resolve disputes and seek any and all alternatives to armed conflict. He is often prayed to by community leaders, diplomats, and many who are called to live a monastic lifestyle. At the extreme, his adherents commit to a life of unqualified pacifism, the ultimate life of devotion to peace.

Lehegos, Keeper of Health: Lehegos is considered by most to be the patron goddess of physicians, herbalists, and other practitioners of medicine. She is a goddess of health and wellness, and fulfills the ultimate goals of Melteos's design by focusing on the individual. Especially, Lehegos and her followers focus on preventing disease and illness before it comes, rather than responding to it once it has arrived. This is done through traditional medicinal remedies, but also through good nutrition, reasonable exercise, and mental wellbeing as well.

Saint Arkios, Patron Saint of Locksmiths

Saint Arthur, Patron Saint of Castles

Saint Elba, Patron Saint of Diplomacy

Saint Godfrey, Patron Saint of Stonemasons

Saint Jacinda, Patron Saint of Nutrition

Saint Madira, Patron Saint of Watchmen

Saint Vinchenze, Patron Saint of Quarantines

Level of Organization: Highly Organized - The Reach Priests, those high priests of the faith, work together every 12 years, gathering in conclave to reinterpret the collection of texts that make up Melteos's cannon, and ensure their meaning is preserved as time goes on.

The Pact of Order: Melteos's pantheon is in a godpact with both Borondor's and Sindra's pantheons.

Friendly Pantheons: Melteos's pantheon is friendly towards the Defender Godpact and the Humble Godpact.

Hostile Pantheons: Melteos's pantheon is hostile towards the Despised Godpact and the Pact of Mortality, Sorthal in particular.