Ialdabaoth
2012-03-29, 02:11 PM
So, world-building. I've got an elemental-themed fantasy world, with a big honkin' Yggdrasil-style world-tree in the middle, an ocean to the North and West (the north sea is partially frozen), and mountains to the East and South (the southern mountains are full of jungles and volcanos).
Here are my deities and mythology:
Ameyu, Bringer of Life and the Mother of us All
Alignment: Any Good
Element: Flame (Fire and Radiant)
Domains: Protection, Hope, Knowledge
Mythology and Origin
Ameyu is the creator god who forged the world from the elemental chaos. She lives within the Palace of the Sun at the pinnacle of heaven, where she holds court with all the Gods but Orochu. It was Ameyu that granted Orochu the mercy of banishment over the justice of annihilation, and the Devouring Serpent has never fogiven her for it. The fifth world, the World of Flame, will belong entirely to her, when the world has been sufficiently purified to withstand the full force of her power and beauty.
Ameyu’s Attendants
Tenshu, Lord of Thunder and the Warlord of the Gods
Alignment: Any Lawful
Element: Wind (Thunder and Lightning)
Domains: Law, War, Strength
Mythology and Origin
Tenshu is Ameyu’s warrior and brother-in-arms. Together, Ameyu and Tenshu waged war against the creatures of the elemental chaos, driving back the roiling infinity to forge a place for the First World. When Orochu betrayed them, it was Tenshu that offered to destroy the beast, and take onto himself the sin of betrayal. Ameyu stayed his hand, and the worlds have been what they are, for good or ill, ever since. The fourth world, the World of Sky, will belong to Tenshu, to rule over in merciless justice until all are purified.
Tenshu’s Attendants
Raisho, Wielder of Lightning, the Instrument of Vengeance
Alignment: Any Neutral
Element: Wind (Lightning and Force)
Domains: War, Strength, Freedom
Yusho, King of Jade and Lord of the Scales
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Element: Earth (Transmutation and Force)
Domains: Law, Wealth, Knowledge
Hataya, Banner-Bearer of Ameyu and Herald of the Dawn
Alignment: Lawful Good
Element: Fire (Radiant and Force)
Domains: Protection, Hope, Strength
Inayu, Mother of the Harvest and the Giver of Gifts
Alignment: Any
Element: Wood (Psychic and Poison)
Domains: Healing, Nature, Love
Mythology and Origin
Inayu is Ameyu’s daughter with Lunshu. Her existence is one of peace, prosperity and joy, tending to the growing things of the world and maintaining the balance between the seasons and the gods. This world is the third world, the World of Wood, and Inayu’s palace within the center of the World Tree guides the course of destiny until Yusho’s measuring stick declares the harvest ready for Lord Tenshu to inspect.
Inayu’s Attendants
Sakaya, Blossom-Daughter and the Maiden of Spring
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Element: Wood (Psychic and Poison)
Domains: Nature, Love, Illusion
Yumiya, Plum-Daughter and the Maiden of Summer
Alignment: Any Non-Neutral
Element: Flame (Psychic and Fire)
Domains: Nature, Time, Love
Inaya, Apple-Daughter and the Maiden of Autumn
Alignment: Any Neutral
Element: Wind (Psychic and Thunder)
Domains: Healing, Nature, Hope
Lunshu, Lord of the Sea and Sky and the Herald of Seasons
Alignment: Chaotic
Element: Water (Acid and Cold)
Domains: Freedom, Time, Travel
Mythology and Origin
Lunshu was a being from the elemental chaos who chose to side with Ameyu rather than fight alongside his hordes of brothers and sisters in the Beginning of the Worlds. In return, he and Orochu were given power over the material of the First World, until Orochu betrayed the gods and wrested control of the Holy Mountain. It was Lunshu who warned the gods of Orochu’s betrayal, and so Lunshu was given governance over the second world, the World of Sea, until his waters could cleanse the earth of Orochu’s taint. When his task was accomplished, he reluctantly receded his waters from the Holy Mountain, and Inaya was allowed to plant the seed of her World Tree at its summit.
Lunshu’s Attendants
Tsukiya, Goddess of the Moon and Lover of Umiya
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Element: Water (Cold and Radiant)
Domains: Time, Illusion, Love
Umiya, Goddess of the Tide and Lover of Tsukiya
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Element: Water (Acid and Thunder)
Domains: Freedom, Travel, Love
Orochu, Lord of the Earth and the Serpent at the Heart of the World
Alignment: Evil
Element: Earth (Transmutation and Necrotic)
Domains: Death, Pain, Illusion
Mythology and Origin
Like Lunshu, Orochu was a being from the elemental chaos. A being of treachery and deceit, Orochu was instrumental in formulating the strategies that allowed Ameyu and Tenshu to achieve victory against the primordial titans. In return, he demanded lordship over half of their creation. They reluctantly agreed, and so he raised the Holy Mountain over the highest peaks of the earth, and placed his palace at its summit.
When he became dissatisfied with sharing rule, Orochu chose to betray the gods and wage war with them, using their own Creation against them - certain that the gods loved their world and its inhabitants far too much to destroy them. Lunshu warned Inaya of their treachery, and Ameyu and Tenshu fought Orochu for ten centuries in the catacombs beneath the Holy Mountain.
Just when Tenshu was ready to land the killing blow, Orochu reminded him that they had sworn an oath never to lift arms against each other, and never to spill each other’s blood. Orochu noted that he was technically not inviolation of this oath himself, as it was the beings of the First World, not Orochu directly, who had defied and assaulted the gods.
Tenshu, furious, was ready to forsake all that he was to bring Orochu to justice - but Ameyu stayed his hand. Instead, they imprisoned him beneath the earth, and gave his domain to his brother Lunshu; and so the Second World was born.
But Orochu’s cunning and treachery are unboundable, and so even within his prison he whispered through the roots of the earth, into the mind of the spring goddess Sakaya. And so she came into his domain and feasted with him, enamoured of his hospitality and his dark charm, and was won over to his ways. Inaya, distraught over losing her daughter, took her to Ameya to cleanse her of Orochu’s taint, but any who have eaten the food of the dead can never be cured. And so, for nine months of the year, Sakaya belongs to Inaya, wholesome and pure and sweet; and for three months of the year, she is the prisoner and slave of Orochu beneath the earth.
Orochu’s Attendants
Sakaya, Blossom-Daughter and the Lover of Orochu
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Element: Wood (Psychic and Poison)
Domains: Nature, Love, Illusion
Yomicho, Lord of Death and Gatekeeper of Judgement
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Element: Earth (Necrotic and Transmutation)
Domains: Death, Pain, Law
Juucho, Patron of the Arts and Teacher of Poets
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Element: Earth (Necrotic and Transmutation)
Domains: Pain, Wealth, Knowledge
Here are my deities and mythology:
Ameyu, Bringer of Life and the Mother of us All
Alignment: Any Good
Element: Flame (Fire and Radiant)
Domains: Protection, Hope, Knowledge
Mythology and Origin
Ameyu is the creator god who forged the world from the elemental chaos. She lives within the Palace of the Sun at the pinnacle of heaven, where she holds court with all the Gods but Orochu. It was Ameyu that granted Orochu the mercy of banishment over the justice of annihilation, and the Devouring Serpent has never fogiven her for it. The fifth world, the World of Flame, will belong entirely to her, when the world has been sufficiently purified to withstand the full force of her power and beauty.
Ameyu’s Attendants
Tenshu, Lord of Thunder and the Warlord of the Gods
Alignment: Any Lawful
Element: Wind (Thunder and Lightning)
Domains: Law, War, Strength
Mythology and Origin
Tenshu is Ameyu’s warrior and brother-in-arms. Together, Ameyu and Tenshu waged war against the creatures of the elemental chaos, driving back the roiling infinity to forge a place for the First World. When Orochu betrayed them, it was Tenshu that offered to destroy the beast, and take onto himself the sin of betrayal. Ameyu stayed his hand, and the worlds have been what they are, for good or ill, ever since. The fourth world, the World of Sky, will belong to Tenshu, to rule over in merciless justice until all are purified.
Tenshu’s Attendants
Raisho, Wielder of Lightning, the Instrument of Vengeance
Alignment: Any Neutral
Element: Wind (Lightning and Force)
Domains: War, Strength, Freedom
Yusho, King of Jade and Lord of the Scales
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Element: Earth (Transmutation and Force)
Domains: Law, Wealth, Knowledge
Hataya, Banner-Bearer of Ameyu and Herald of the Dawn
Alignment: Lawful Good
Element: Fire (Radiant and Force)
Domains: Protection, Hope, Strength
Inayu, Mother of the Harvest and the Giver of Gifts
Alignment: Any
Element: Wood (Psychic and Poison)
Domains: Healing, Nature, Love
Mythology and Origin
Inayu is Ameyu’s daughter with Lunshu. Her existence is one of peace, prosperity and joy, tending to the growing things of the world and maintaining the balance between the seasons and the gods. This world is the third world, the World of Wood, and Inayu’s palace within the center of the World Tree guides the course of destiny until Yusho’s measuring stick declares the harvest ready for Lord Tenshu to inspect.
Inayu’s Attendants
Sakaya, Blossom-Daughter and the Maiden of Spring
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Element: Wood (Psychic and Poison)
Domains: Nature, Love, Illusion
Yumiya, Plum-Daughter and the Maiden of Summer
Alignment: Any Non-Neutral
Element: Flame (Psychic and Fire)
Domains: Nature, Time, Love
Inaya, Apple-Daughter and the Maiden of Autumn
Alignment: Any Neutral
Element: Wind (Psychic and Thunder)
Domains: Healing, Nature, Hope
Lunshu, Lord of the Sea and Sky and the Herald of Seasons
Alignment: Chaotic
Element: Water (Acid and Cold)
Domains: Freedom, Time, Travel
Mythology and Origin
Lunshu was a being from the elemental chaos who chose to side with Ameyu rather than fight alongside his hordes of brothers and sisters in the Beginning of the Worlds. In return, he and Orochu were given power over the material of the First World, until Orochu betrayed the gods and wrested control of the Holy Mountain. It was Lunshu who warned the gods of Orochu’s betrayal, and so Lunshu was given governance over the second world, the World of Sea, until his waters could cleanse the earth of Orochu’s taint. When his task was accomplished, he reluctantly receded his waters from the Holy Mountain, and Inaya was allowed to plant the seed of her World Tree at its summit.
Lunshu’s Attendants
Tsukiya, Goddess of the Moon and Lover of Umiya
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Element: Water (Cold and Radiant)
Domains: Time, Illusion, Love
Umiya, Goddess of the Tide and Lover of Tsukiya
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Element: Water (Acid and Thunder)
Domains: Freedom, Travel, Love
Orochu, Lord of the Earth and the Serpent at the Heart of the World
Alignment: Evil
Element: Earth (Transmutation and Necrotic)
Domains: Death, Pain, Illusion
Mythology and Origin
Like Lunshu, Orochu was a being from the elemental chaos. A being of treachery and deceit, Orochu was instrumental in formulating the strategies that allowed Ameyu and Tenshu to achieve victory against the primordial titans. In return, he demanded lordship over half of their creation. They reluctantly agreed, and so he raised the Holy Mountain over the highest peaks of the earth, and placed his palace at its summit.
When he became dissatisfied with sharing rule, Orochu chose to betray the gods and wage war with them, using their own Creation against them - certain that the gods loved their world and its inhabitants far too much to destroy them. Lunshu warned Inaya of their treachery, and Ameyu and Tenshu fought Orochu for ten centuries in the catacombs beneath the Holy Mountain.
Just when Tenshu was ready to land the killing blow, Orochu reminded him that they had sworn an oath never to lift arms against each other, and never to spill each other’s blood. Orochu noted that he was technically not inviolation of this oath himself, as it was the beings of the First World, not Orochu directly, who had defied and assaulted the gods.
Tenshu, furious, was ready to forsake all that he was to bring Orochu to justice - but Ameyu stayed his hand. Instead, they imprisoned him beneath the earth, and gave his domain to his brother Lunshu; and so the Second World was born.
But Orochu’s cunning and treachery are unboundable, and so even within his prison he whispered through the roots of the earth, into the mind of the spring goddess Sakaya. And so she came into his domain and feasted with him, enamoured of his hospitality and his dark charm, and was won over to his ways. Inaya, distraught over losing her daughter, took her to Ameya to cleanse her of Orochu’s taint, but any who have eaten the food of the dead can never be cured. And so, for nine months of the year, Sakaya belongs to Inaya, wholesome and pure and sweet; and for three months of the year, she is the prisoner and slave of Orochu beneath the earth.
Orochu’s Attendants
Sakaya, Blossom-Daughter and the Lover of Orochu
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Element: Wood (Psychic and Poison)
Domains: Nature, Love, Illusion
Yomicho, Lord of Death and Gatekeeper of Judgement
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Element: Earth (Necrotic and Transmutation)
Domains: Death, Pain, Law
Juucho, Patron of the Arts and Teacher of Poets
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Element: Earth (Necrotic and Transmutation)
Domains: Pain, Wealth, Knowledge