Tell me about the gods...

[Xuc Xac]

Spoiler: Family Portrait

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It's time for another "Build a Setting" forum thread. In this thread, we will define a pantheon of 7 gods based on this picture. When you post, tell us the name of one of the gods (if they haven't all been named already), one interest or focus of one of the named gods (please don't just list D&D cleric domains), and one interesting anecdote, quirk, habit, legend, item, or ritual associated with one of the named gods. Feel free to tie them to another god when you mention a legend about them.

For reference, the top row from left to right are gods 1, 2, 3, 4. The middle row are 5 (left) and 6 (right). God 7 is the fellow with all the eyeballs and digits at the bottom of the picture. For a starting point: God #1 is named Rho Ac.


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For my own post:

God #6 is named Mi Ghos.
Mi Ghos is the god responsible for forgetfulness and memory.
Rho Ac is a very grumpy god because it had a fight with Mi Ghos long ago and now Mi Ghos refuses to sweep away Rho Ac's dreams in the morning. Poor Rho Ac remembers every pointless fancy, every bit of surreal nonsense, and every nightmare it has ever had in vivid detail and now its mind is cluttered with useless and frightful garbage. Because of this Rho Ac bears an everlasting grudge against Mi Ghos, who has already forgotten what they fought about (and seen to it that nobody else can remember either).

[Eldan]

God number 7 is Kha Sec.
Kha Sec's focus is difficult to pin down, because he is often referred to as the unfocused or distracted god. He is generally seen as well-meaning and the most likely to help mortals, but his help often doesn't solve the actual problem or accidentally makes it worse and while this greatly saddens Kha Sec, he often moves on to the next problem before cleaning up his mess. Calling on him is sure to make your life interesting, if not necessarily better and as such,

Interesting trivia aside: I want to hang something up on where the gods are looking and how. That is for me their view towards their worshippers.
1 looks down angrily. 2 seems to stare ahead angrily, not down at mortals. 3 is looking down, stern but maybe a bit amused? 4 has her eyes closed, so do 5 and 6. I'd call the expressions in order restful, serene and haughty but amused. 7 looks down, mostly, with concern.

[Wizard_Lizard]

God #1 is Candlebeak. They are the hawk-dragon god of wisdom and knowledge. Once, when the world was dark, in the time before the stars, there were many of their kind. Now they are the only one left. They come in the darkness and bestow divine inspiration unto their devoted. They are generally reclusive, however, spending most of their time observing the generally unobserved, among the highest mountains and darkest forest, and deepest oceans, where life only grazes the world in small unknown ways. They are the watcher, the seer, and the thinker. Their gargantuan wings flashing across the darkness of the blackest night. they observe the falling sparrow and the dying sprout. Candlebeak is the great observer of the cosmos.

[GrayDeath]

God Nr. 2 is Montorakh, the God of hard Work, hard earned Wisdom, Memory, old Age and Grumpiness (in truth, Learnedness, but all others say its Grumpiness^^).

He was already an old Man when he became a God, and cannot ever get rid of his long beard, plate and Wrinkles, or the fact he knows everything better than anyone else.
He is however usually to abrasive, grumpy or both to get others to follow his usually very well reasoned advice.
So in recent centuries he decided to bother less and less.
He looks angry and concentrated because the last guy he gave advice to is in a pickle and about to lose his kungdom.
THat means, since all Gods must itneract with the World SOMEHOW he willb e forced to give advice to some other mortal shmuck....to promptly be ignored when it counts.

[Trask]

Goddess #4 is Shan-sho-shum. She is the sleeper on the mountain whose yawns and shifting and restless leg shake the lands. When her dreams are pleasant, the sky is clear and bright, but when they are scary, dark clouds float from her and cover the sky.

One must never pray or make sacrifices to Shan-sho-shum like with the other gods, because the prayer will fly up to her face and beat its wings against it and her sleep will be troubled. But also if Shan-sho-shum awakens and sees that her offering cup is empty, she will be very angry with man and cause create misfortune for him. It is a predicament indeed.