Category:Religions and Gods

The gods of Unuviel all share the same pantheon. While some gods are particularly fond of particular races, there are no “racial gods” as other settings commonly have. Most people worship the Gods of Algostam in one way or the other, and while many folks have a particular patron deity, most give free worship to any within the pantheon. True “atheism” in the setting is rare, but more than a few people prefer not to worry as much about the individual gods and instead acknowledge broader concepts. Four of these are strong enough to serve as clerical foci: the Light (good alignments), the Shadow (evil alignments), the Steel (lawful alignments) and the Fury (chaotic alignments.) A cleric devotes himself to just one of these foci; whether a chaotic good cleric (for instance) devotes himself to the Light or the Fury is just a matter of personal preference and priority. These four foci all provide access to their corresponding alignment domains, of course. Due to their prevalence and power, the Light, the Shadow, the Steel, and the Fury are collectively known as the Four Sources.

The majority of priests of the gods are, mechanically, Experts or Adepts. Clerics are specially empowered individuals who usually reside outside the church hierarchy. Druids are treated somewhat similarly, though the cult of Viandra is mainly officiated by druids.

Elves only rarely become clerics or paladins; their religious caste is almost entirely made of druidswho worship Viandra. Given the current elvish diaspora, however, elvish clerics are becoming somewhat more common.

The gods of the setting include:
 * Adiom Arral, the Masque, the chaotic neutral god of thieves
 * Ansom, the Sky Father, the lawful good god of the skies and nobility
 * Duos, the Concordant Dissonance, the true neutral god of magic and duality
 * Hiranog, the Mountain mother, the lawful neutral goddess of caverns, mountains, and artifice
 * Isen, the Dark Rider, the lawful evil god of tyranny and conquest
 * Malrian Ikess, the Black Goddess, the neutral evil goddess of death and shadow
 * Nara Lithila, the Tearful, the neutral good goddess of compassion, healing, and repose
 * Tyrael Hammerhand, the chaotic neutral god of battle and glory
 * Viandra, Unuviel Aerthas, the true neutral goddess of the seasons and the Spirit Wood