The Old Gods
The Old Ways
While the Old Ways are no longer practiced on the mainland, they are still quite alive on the Alastean Islands. All of the festivals are still observed and the Deities are still venerated and asked for protection and guidance. They are not worshiped as the term is generally understood. Most of the Deities are viewed as being like powerful elder siblings or parents who sometimes render assistance to those less powerful than they. They do have tempers, however, and are as likely to smite as they are to help.
The gods are said to prefer locations where oak, ash, and birch trees grow together. A bundle of these three woods is burned when petitioning a god. If petitioning more than one, you would bring one bundle per god or goddess.
The Old Gods
Aellar – Lord of Storms and patron god of seqenn.
Adreinn – mother of all wolflings, goddess associated with the wolfling constellation, patron of wolflings and their homes. Vines are sacred to her, so petitioners should bring a twine of oak, ash, and birch wood bound with fresh vines.
Amasuveya – mother of all dragons, goddess associated with the dragon constellation. Goddess of the month of Fa’durann. Her festival is on the 10th day. The silver fur tree is sacred to her. Those petitioning for her attention should bring a twine of oak, ash, birch, and silver fur bound with white ribbon. She appears as a tiann. Myth has it that it took her three days to bathe her first child.
Amberyl – patron of musicians and artists, a kehua'kmi chume'taly goddess who is associated with the flute constellation. Sometimes called Quickfingers, she is the patron goddess of Ashvetuuna and her festival is on the 8th day. Aspen is her sacred tree, so it must be included in any petition bundle.
Ambyr – patron of poets; typically depicted as a wolfling.
Angheriveshann – patron of the art of prophecy; depicted as a siathi.
Arrack-kemann – patron god of alpunn, disguise, and namesake of the city of Arrack-Ley. Takes the form of an alpunn.
Athrai – patron of medicine and healers, typically depicted as a siathi.
Atraxia – mother of all wyvern. She is the patron goddess of the month of Jan’ell. The 11th day is her festival, though only the Darkriders are known to celebrate it. Rather than offend this powerful god, those who are not one of the Darkriders light a black candle and place it in the window of their house. No one ventures outdoors on this day, as it’s considered bad luck. Hawthorne is her sacred tree. She scorns offerings of oak, ash and birch and prefers a bundle of four good sized sticks of her tree. She most often appears as a golden wyvern.
Bannior – a human god who is the patron of battle. He was killed in a battle against the forces of Atraxia due to a mistake by Khalil.
Belaref – a chume'taly goddess, she is a vukann who guards Ana-Lashann.
Br’ant – god of the month of Olionis, the month of the best fishing. His festival is on the 12th day. Boats and fishing rods made of Birch, his sacred wood, fare the best in this month. He is often depicted as a human fisherman.
Cressida – this goddess is often depicted as a large bird, but has also been shown as a siathi with massive wings. Her month is Aaelis and her festival falls on its 23rd day. Oak is her sacred tree, so petition bundles should contain at least two sticks of its wood.
Deathfire – patron goddess of black magic and ketali
Decann – a male human god associated with traveling.
Demonbreath – a female ranikli, goddess associated with the weather
Eskill – god of the beaver constellation and patron of water dwelling creatures. Contrary to the appearance of his constellation, he most often takes the form of a giant sea horse. He has been known to take on the shape of a beaver when dealing with those petitioning him that are away from the sea. He is one of the few Deities that doesn’t require you to burn your petition bundle. He would prefer it if the wood were floated on a body of water. If the bundle sinks, your petition has been heard.
Esterr – A male human god who is the patron of the Nomads
Feres – see Fiercestorm
Fiercestorm – also known as Feres, she is a rakloli, guardian of Ana-Turann.
Finharenn – god of the month of Oshmanti. He is the patron of the human race. His festival is on the 19th day. Holly is sacred to him.
Fissenn – a male human god who is the patron of herdsmen
Gerelu – a female human who is the guardian of Ana-Leta
Hanyesheba – A female siathi who is the goddess of the wing constellation as well as the month of Espasto. Her festival is on the 17th day. Willow is her sacred wood, so petition bundles must be bound with a supple sprig of willow.
Hushu – a male human who is the god of horses
Ixterinn – male human; god of luck
Keverr – a chume'taly dafaum who is the goddess of the sun. Only chume'taly venerate her as only they believe the sun to be female. The standard chume'taly belief is that they are descended from Keverr, the Sun Lion, and Morkshu, He of All Forms.
Khallil – a mysterious human god, very little is known about him. He is the god of the month of Delvey and of the constellation of the eye. His festival is on the 25th day. Hazel is his sacred tree.
Krillinn – a male human god of the afterlife. He is the patron god of the constellation of the Eagle. His gem is the kehua'kmi’s Eye and his plant is sweet pea.
Lashante – a female tiann who is the patron of light magic and of the city of Ana-Lashann
Morkshu – a male chume'taly noyolu who is the god of the cat constellation
Morshann – god of the month of Ivnayaa and of the sky wheel constellation. His festival is on the 31st day. He is a vaen. His patronage is the whole world, and he is the hardest god to petition as he is very selective as to who’s petitions he’ll accept. Rowan is his sacred tree.
Nightrunner – a female ivenkli who is the patron of death
Orionas – a male chume'taly fruppa'kmi who is the patron of youth
Pyore – a male wolfling who is regarded by the chume'taly to be the guardian of the red moon
Serana – a female human who is the patron goddess of beauty
Sirenn – also called Cynaria, she is a tiann who is the guardian of Ana-Lashann
Speartail – a female mybekli who is the patron of hunting
Star Mane – a male wyndchild who is the patron of wyndchilds. He is the god of the wyndchild constellation and the month of Shan’tu. The 5th day marks his festival. No one really celebrates his day more as the Wyndchilds are more or less indifferent to celebrating it, but it is a special day nonetheless. His sacred wood is Ash.
Stormrunner – a female rakloli who is the patron of flight
Tahklevehann – a male wolfling god who is the patron of shape changing. He is the god of the Wolf’s Head constellation. His gemstone is the pearl and his flower is holly.
Telast – a male siathi who is the god of the sun
Tem’leyshu – a male wolfling who is the patron god of hunters and the hunter constellation. His month of Valeris has the best hunting. His festival on the 3rd day is always celebrated by hunts and feasts. Children celebrate it by archery and spear throwing competitions. Alder is his sacred wood.
Theronn – god of the bear constellation. He is most often depicted as a bear.
Tilulann – a male siathi who is the god of writing. He was the one who gave writing to the siathi against the will of his fellow gods.
Timor – a male siathi who is the god of the sky
Tuarethel – a male solinn who is the patron of language. It is because of him that the dragons are capable of understanding all languages.
Verenmisce – a male vukann who is the patron of the forests. This is why the vukann prefer to live in and around the chume'taly forest.
Vreshtu – a female rakloli whom the chume'taly believe to be guarding Ana-Turann
Xyklenn – a female vaen goddess who is the patron over the lily constellation, plants, and the vaen people. She is the god of the month of Bi-tuvann and the 1st day is her festival. Apple is her sacred wood. She is one of the Deities most receptive to petitions, especially from her people. She is said to be the mother of all vaen in consort with Morshann.
Yenhara – female siathi goddess who is the patron of dreams.
Yishann – a male siathi god who is the patron of nightmares.