Editing Stand Still Stay Silent: The RPG (section)

== The Gods ==
Norse (relative order of importance):
* Odin - All-father, god of wisdom, magic, and victory
Odin is the the son of the two ''jætter'' Bestla and Borr and the brother of Vile and Ve. He is hailed as the king of all gods and the father of creation. His domains include seidr, rune magic, wisdom, war, royalty and the art of the skalds. In cooperation with his brothers, he killed the first ''jætte'', Ymer, and created the world from his corpse. Odin also created Man from a treetrunk as part of a competition with Vile and Ve. Before Odin became all-knowing, he sacrificed an eye and hung from the World Tree Yggdrasil for nine days with a spear-wound in his guts. He had then earned the right to drink from Mimirs Well and became keeper of all wisdom in the world. Each day his ravens Hugin and Munin travel the world, and each night they return to tell him what they have seen. Each night, his wolves Gere and Freke travel the world and each day they return to tell him what they have seen. From his tower Lidskjalv, Odin can see anywhere in the world, and he is the owner of the eight-legged horse Sleipner, the Dwarven spear Gungnir and the Dwarven arm-ring Draupnir.
Odin is the husband of Frigg, though Thor is the child of him and Jord. Odins children include Balder, Höder, Hermod, Skjold, Vale and Vidar.
* Freyja - Fertility goddess, goddess of defending the hearth and home. (Civilization)
Freya arrived to Asgard with her brother Frey and her father Njord as a part of the peace treaty between Asgard and Vanaheim. She brought the magical arts of Seidr from the Vanir to the Asir and taught Odin how to perform the rituals. She is a goddess of love, of fertility, of magic, of the female gender and of war. Her aspect of war revolves around protecting the homestead. Her husband is Od, a figure which is rumored to actually be Odin in disguise.
* Freyr - Fertility god, god of planting and prosperity. (Civilization)
Freyr came to Asgard with Freya and Njord and is a Vanir god of fertility, harvest and agriculture. He is the owner of the Dwarven ship Skidbladner, which can sail on land and be folded into a piece of cloth and the hog Gyldenbørste, which can run in the air and on land faster than any horse. He was an extremely important god to the farmers of old, and he was the one you would sacrifice to if you wanted your crop to grow strong.
* Ullr - God of hunting, winter, and games. (Survival)
Not much is known about the archer god Ullr, for he is an extremely old deity, his followers tracing back to before the Iron Age. He is hailed as inventor of the sled, and may have married the jætte Skadi after she left her husband Njord. He is the first son of Sif and the stepson of Thor, seen as both Asir and Vanir according to who you ask. He is sometimes known as the Lord of Winter, and is revered by hunters and survivalists.
* Mímir/Kvasir/Vör - God/dess of Wisdom. (Science)
* Baldr - God of rebirth, beauty, innocence, and peace. (Civilization)
Baldr is known as the most beautiful of all the Asir. He is the favorite son of Odin and Frigg, and his death plays a large role in the prophecy of Ragnarok, where he is killed by a mistletoe arrow by his brother, Høder. He is not only a lantern of beauty, but also of kindness and fairness, and is universally loved by the gods of Asgard, except for the jealous Loki. He is largely a passive god, and not much reverance is paid to him by believers.
* Thor - God of thunder (fire) and battle. (Cleansers)
Thor is the second-most powerful of the male Asir, second only to Odin. He is a warrior-god of strength and raw power, and his job in Asgard as well as Midgard is protecting them from all evil, including the jætter from Udgard, frost giants from Niflheim, fire giants from Muspelheim and other ancient monsters, like the Jormungand and Fenris. Thor wields the mighty dwarven hammer Mjolnir and a pair of iron gloves by the name of Larngreiper that granted him supernatural strength. Thors name was very rarely used in the context of war, and as a warrior-god his domain was single combat rather than the strategy and discipline needed for warfare. He is the son of Odin and Fjörgunn, which might mean that he was pulled directly from the Earth by his father.
* Frigg - Goddess of marriage, motherhood, foresight, and iron. (Civilization)
Frigg is the most powerful of the female Asir, the wife of Odin and the queen of Asgard. Her knowledge of the future is at least as great as that of her husband, but in contrast to him she never tells of what she knows. She is the daughter of Fjörgunn and is often described as the mother of all things.
* Vidarr - God of forests, silence, and revenge. (Cleansers, survival)
Not much is known about Vidarr the Silent, for he keeps to himself in his house in the forest and spends all of his time training for Ragnarok. He is almost as strong as his brother Thor, and he carries a boot which is sewn from all of the leather scraps shoemakers throw away. According to the prophecy of Ragnarok, he is to break the jaw of Fenris with his foot and kill it with a blow from his sword.
* Tyr - God of the sky, discipline, honor and warfare. (Cleansers)
Tyr the One-Armed is an honorable god known for his wisdom in warfare and his bravery. He is the son of the Jætte Hymir, but is fully accepted as a god of Asgard. His right hand was bitten of by the wolf Fenris as the Asir bound it with the magical chain Gleipner.
* Dagr - God of daytime. (Cleansers, civilization)
* Njörðr - God of the sailors, wealth, wind, and fishermen. (Cleansers, survival, civilization)
Njord was brought to Asgard as a part of the peace treaty between the Asir and the Vanir. He is the father of Frey and Freya and the husband of Skadi. Sailors would sacrifice to him for the promise of safe fare, and fishermen for the promise of a bountiful catch. 
* Sif - Goddess of harvest. (Civilization)
Sif is a Vanir brought to Asgard as part of the peace treaty between the two. She is the wife of Thor and is said to have the most beautiful hair in all of Asgard. As most of the other Vanir, she is tied to fertility, harvest and agriculture.


Finn (no order):
* Perkele - god of thunder and the sky
Called Ukko or Äijä or Äijö because his true name is an invocation of the highest order. He is the god of the sky, weather, good harvests, and thunder. He is the wielder of ''Ukonvasara'', a hammer he uses to hurl thunderbolts at his enemies. It is possible he is also Thor wearing another guise. Ukonkivi in Lake Inari in the Lapland is sacred to Ukko, a place of power.
* Tapio - god of the forest
Tapio is the husband of Mielikki, the father of Annikki, Tellervo, Nyyrikki, and Tuulikki. He has a beard of lichen and eyebrows of moss and is the guardian of the forest.
* Mielikki - goddess of the forest
Wife to Tapio, Mielikki is a goddess of the forest's bounty, small game, nuts, and berries. She is also a skillful healer and lends her herbal expertise to humans who ask her.
* Nyyrikki - god of hunting
* Tuulikki - goddess of animals
* Vellamo - goddess of the sea, lakes, storms
Wife of Ahti, Vellamo has insured the safe passage of Finns traveling the inner waterways. Perhaps also Vedenemo.
* Väinämöinen - god of chants, songs, music, and lore
Son of Kave, brother to Ilmarinen, Väinämöinen is the divine bard, the teller of tales and the reciter of the poems. He is the hero of the Finnish national epic, the ''Kalevala''. His voice is said to possess a magic of its own. He is the patron of those who adventure in the service of the Finnish people.
* Tursas - god of war
Tursas is the Finnish god of war, the one who lives on the brink, revered and feared, for he also brings havoc to ill-prepared sailors. He may also be the great sea monster Iku-Turso or possibly Tyr. 
* Kuu - moon goddess
* Kave - god of time
Kave keeps count and sets cadence that the other gods may go about their tasks in an orderly manner. He is the elder god, once ruler of the sky. Father to Väinämöinen. Perhaps also Raako.
* Ahti - sort of a sea god, more of a fisherman's god
* Ilmarinen - god of crafts, the great smith
The Eternal Hammerer and forger of the sky's vault. Väinämöinen sends Ilmarinen to Louhi in Pohjola to craft the ''Sampo'' in exchange for Louhi's daughter's hand in marriage. When Ilmarinen finishes the ''Sampo'' Louhi's daughter refuses to leave her native land and Ilmarinen must return home alone. Ilmarinen has several other misadventures in love and may be a very romantic god incapable of expressing himself except through his forge work.
* Äkräs - god of fertility and plants
Has a particular fondness for turnips, beans, peas, cabbage, flax, and hemp. All staples of survival in Finland.
* Pekko - god of beer and crops
* Sampsa Pellervoinen - harvest god
* Tuoni - death itself
* Loviatar - Tuoni's daughter, pestilence
* Vammatar - Tuoni's daughter, pain and misfortune
* Kipu-Tyttö - Tuoni's daughter
* Kivutar - Tuoni's daughter


Not necessarily gods:
* Antero Vipunen - giant with secret knowledge of magic
* Otso - the great bear spirit
* Saunatonttu - the avatar of saunas
* Näkki - spirit of bridges and wells
Spiteful and cruel, he will pull children into the depths if they tempt him by staring into the reflective surface of the water and touching it.
* Surma - a large dog-like beast who guards the gates of Tuonela (the underworld), may be Fenrir
* Ajatar - the evil that lurks in forests
* Akka - sort of Ukko's opposite, maybe his wife?
* Louhi - hostess of the underworld (possibly Loviatar)