Crestlyn Isle Gods And Deities

The various gods, deities and noteworthy powerful beings that influence life on the island and planet.

Gods and Goddesses

Benevolent

• Hentastous
  • The God of Knowledge

• Torrentious
  • The God of the Forge & Life

Torrentious began as all other gods did, a being of great power but with no form or purpose. Each being sought their own purpose, growing busy in their work. Torrentious created his domain and a grand forge within wrought from a powerful essence he found. Torrentious smithed, creating many things though through centuries he became bored with his lifeless creations. He sought to create something with a mind, something he could interact with and had purpose of its own. Torrentious created life. Elves, humans, dwarves, siddh, among other intelligent beings were created from his forge though he had no place for them for his domain was but a massive forge. For this Torrentious went seeking help from the other powerful beings. Kirntle was asked to help his dilemma. Kirntle was more than happy to assist as he had not found purpose yet. Kirntle created the known world and as such found his own purpose in the process. Torrentious placed his creations on the new planet and continued to create more life to entertain him. He taught his creations how to forge, though the creation of life was tied to his forge alone. Soon most other gods became jealous of Torrentious and his ability to create those similar to them. The others attempted to create life and succeeded, but none could match the power the god of life's forge. The forge held a secret that even Torrentious knew little about and without it, sapience could not be bestowed on the creations. The life the other gods created became what are known as animals as well as monsters. One such attempt created drakes, a crude imitation of Torrentious' dragons. Torrentious eventually decided to live with his creations that he cherished so.

• Kirntle
  • The God of Flame & Earth

• Helen
  • The Goddess of Light & Bravery

• Vespia
  • The Goddess of Celebration & Love

• Korhone
  • The God of Fate & Luck

Indifferent

• Shinra
  • The Goddess of Wilderness

• Sindle
  • The Goddess of Order & Sanity

• Gruul
  • The God of War & Government

• Desden
  • The God of Death

Desden, also called father and other iterations of, was one of the last of the great powers to find a purpose. For centuries Desden simply existed, searching for something that calls out to him though he found nothing that interested him. He watched as other gods worked, observing their creations hoping to find inspiration. Desden found what he was looking for after Torrentious became famous for the creation of life. After the creations of Desden expired, they released some sort of essence, the same essence found in the great forge of Torrentious. Desden became fascinated by these masses of essence, which he named "souls". Desden founded the concept of death though held back as he did not want to anger Torrentious. Torrentious was a kind being and saw Desden's fascination with the dead and knew of Desden's lack of purpose. He offered Desden full power over the expired, both corpses and souls. With this Desden found his purpose. He immediately constructed a place to house these souls, similar to the planet but free of the worries of life. Desden grew to love every soul that passed into his domain, treating the souls as if they were his children and he a loving father. He cared not of their actions in life, though he showed disappointment in some he still forgave all. With time the other gods became known to the planet and the concept of worship began to spread. The devout souls at times wished to live in the domain of the deity they worshiped. These souls needed approval of the god or goddess they worshipped to gain access to their domain in death. As the absolute ruler of the dead, Desden could deny souls access to domains of the other gods. Desden only wished the best for his children and as such would rarely prevent those wanting to pass to another domain though most chose to stay with Desden. Only one god has Desden prevented souls access to. This god is known as Girst, the god of slaughter & torture. The souls that passed to Girst were gruesomely tortured, forced to endure great pain and from these souls Girst birthed demons, evil creatures twisted from the acts performed on them. Desden would not allow such horrendous acts to be done on the souls and as such denies all souls from reaching Girst. Tension grew between Girst and Desden, eventually becoming enemies. Though souls were prevented from reaching him, Girst found a way to circumvent Desden's reach. He created a divine contract that once signed by his followers, would give his followers power in exchange for their souls. Before a follower of Girst dies, he rips the very soul from their body and drags it into his domain. Desden became furous at this, as well at other attempts to prevent souls from reaching him such as soulmancy, a form of necromancy that traps a being's soul instead of simply animating a corpse. Lichdom also posed a problem when the living tried to gain immortality. To become a lich one must either trick or bargain with Desden himself after performing various rituals to contact him. Desden is depicted as a large mass of organic material such as bones and flesh from various sapient races.

• Roran
  • The God of Chaos & Madness

Roran delights in the collapse of systems, the disruption of the ordinary, and the subversion of expectations. He took on his role in the pantheon in an attempt to spice up the antics of Torrentious's creations by manipulating strange coincidences from random systems, such as climates, minds, and societies. He is often cursed for freak weather disturbances and prayed to by artists and poets, who worship him as the patron of creativity and spontaneity. Unlike with most gods, the rites and prayers addressed to Roran are passed along (somehow) with only one constant rule: they must never be performed the same way twice. His church is unstructured, not merely out of principle, but as much because of the practical fact that those devout worshipers most worthy of the hypothetical priesthood are too far gone in delusions and hallucinatory voices to function. Only a precious few men and women in all of history have retained their clarity while embracing his madness, and these enlightened mystics have been the epicenters of great upheaval in any age they have appeared in. It is typically only such exceptional individuals who are allowed to enter his schizophrenic domain after death. Most followers of his are sent back to life to continue their work in the mortal world. Perhaps as a final unanticipated jape to anyone who manages to encounter him in person, he keeps his form strangely static: a large humanoid made of a symmetrical patchwork of inorganic materials. His opposite number is Sindle, but they never actually fight due to her respect for the careful balance of the gods' interrelations and his blithe unconcern for her grievances.

Malign

• Feignder
  • The God of Misery & Conflict

• Mael
  • The God of Disease & Decay

• Girst
  • The God of Slaughter & Torture

• Baela
  • The Goddess of Darkness & Secrets