Gods of Kranos

Before you read
As this is a homebrew setting, you are free to ask for the creation of or come up with new Gods if none of the pre-established ones below suit your character. This means that if you feel like your paladin's or cleric's oath/domain suit none of these Gods, you can ask the DM to design a God that is more closely aligned with your character's ideals, or you can come up with ideas yourself and cooperate with the DM to incorporate said deity into the setting. Such deities will eventually be included on this page.

General
Kranos is home to a variety of different peoples with a vast range of different Gods to worship. Only some people are aware that some of these Gods once walked Kranos before departing the material realm for good, and almost no one knows why they did so. All Gods remain powerful and influential when it comes to matters of the material plane, however, and they play an important part in more than a few societies. There are plenty of powerful and widely worshipped Gods that never walked Kranos' material plane, some "good", some "morally grey" and some "evil".

''Please note that I do not claim ownership of any of the following symbols or names as they are the intellectual property of a variety of amazing fantasy universes, artists making related symbols thereof and independent artists. This setting merely uses Gods from a variety of settings, fantasy universes, genuine religious pantheons, games and more including, but not limited to, Blizzard's Warcraft Universe, a variety of Dungeons and Dragons settings and the Asatru faith under fair use terms. Same goes for the images, which were found using a search engine.''

''If you are looking for demons and devils, please look up the abyss and the nine hells as described on the critical role wiki for the general nature of said entities. Please do disregard the lore, however - most things will be different with their Kranos equivalents.''

Asun
Asun the Mountainlord is the ancestor God (direct creator) of all Dwarves, and he is a God of innovation, architecture, civilization and economic prosperity. He once lived in the Dawi Mountains, where he eventually created the Dwarves before abandoning the material plane. He taught his beloved Dawi children everything he could before he departed, however, and the Dawi Empire stands strong to this day because of it. He is worshipped primarily amongst Dwarves, but he is also one of two primary deities of the Firsan Provinces, and he is worshipped to the same degree as Kord is in Synghgarth. Prithans also worship Asun, but to a much lesser extent.

Daudri
Daudri the Cold One is a God of death, darkness and magic that once wandered the Khivan continent before crossing the seas and settling down in what would become the Black City in Northern Varnia. Daudri is, in a way, the ancestor God of the Drow, as they were the one who changed these Elves to better suit their subterranean lifestyle, but they did not directly create them and are thus not really regarded as such. They are, however, still worshipped by the Drow and the Khivan Empire as their primary deity and by all other folks of Kranos as the God of Death. Daudri's name is usually invoked at funerals, and the deity has taken up the mantle of "Protector of Souls" in an act of empathy for the mortals that worshipped them. Followers of Daudri are often inspired to do whatever they can to combat undeath to protect the souls of the dead.

Elune
Elune is commonly known as the Moon Goddess, Mother Moon or otherwise to those who worship her, and she is a powerful God of night, the moon, the Night Elves, nature, magic, hunters, mothers, rejuvenation and more. She and her brother, Faendor, were the first Gods to walk Kranos. She has many aspects, most of which are merciful and outright pacifistic, but to invoke her wrath is unwise, for no one can hide from the wrath of the moon and stars combined for long once Elune chooses a champion to exact her vengeance and wrath upon someone. Elune is only worshipped in Varnia and primarily by the night elves of the Stellar Forest, but many regular Varnians around the continent include her in the prayers and do their best to honour the Moon Goddess in everything they do. She planted the Stellar Forest as well as its crown jewel, Veroldrassil, and is the ancestor God of the Night Elves.

Epistos
Epistos the Spannerlord is a God of science, invention, innovation and progress. He is the ancestor God of the Gnomes, making him the primarily worshipped god of the Cillashi Kingdom in the Varnian Empire. Much like Mirithna, Epistos is a quite commonly worshipped God as worship of him is said to make the path to great power much easier - after all, technology has been the stepping stone to power across all Kranos for quite some time now.

Faendor
Faendor the Emberheart is the brother of Elune, the ancestor God of the dragons, and a God of conquest, destruction, healing, freedom and wild magic. As a deity of total chaos, he is worshipped widely across the world by many different peoples - unlike his sister, whose existence no one outside Varnia even knows about. He is particularly beloved among the Na'tari and those Xholorians who worship Gods rather than spirits. He is naturally also the primary deity of the Dragons, regardless of which dragonflight they hail from. Faendor and Ziuna are also the only Gods to have sired another God together: Kord.

Kord
Kord the Stormlord is a God of storms, battle and warfare. Despite being a powerful deity, worship of Kord is not widespread and is focused in the Northern Varnian province of the Scandes as well as in Na'tari lands and Synghgarth. Na'tari and Synghgarthics worship Kord due to his compatibility with their culture, while people of the Scandes have always worshipped the Stormlord thanks to his earthly descendants ruling the Kingdom from the capital, Stormheim, which was Kord's own home on the material plane while he still walked Kranos. Kord is the only deity other than Faendor worshipped by the dragonflights, too, as he is Faendor's God-Son, making him and his line, the dragons' revered relatives. Kord's mother is Ziuna the Dreamweaver, though practically no one is aware of it.

Lenador
Lenador the Schemer is a God of trickery, scheming, change, trade, wealth and music. He is the primary deity of Prithus as well as the Under-Empire, but followers of this trickster God are found wherever significant amounts of money can be found, as well as wherever there are happy people reveling in the joys of life. He is also often worshipped by generals hoping to outsmart rather than outwit their opponents, which makes him a natural rival of Tyr, thus making his worship less prominent in Varnia.

Mirithna
Mirithna the Golden-Eyed is a Goddess of forgiveness, protection, redemption and, to some worshippers, hills. Firsan religion claims that she settled Firsan lands when the world was still young, making her the primary deity of Firsan lands alongside Asun, whom Firsans claim to be the husband of Mirithna. While the Firsans are correct about the two Gods' marital status, virtually everyone else, aside from the Dawi, disagrees. Mirithna is generally one of the most commonly worshipped Gods in the world, and many temples have at the very least an alcove dedicated to her.

Pelor
Pelor "the Lord of Day" is the God of the sun, agriculture, fertility and nobility. He is worshipped all over the world, particularly by farmers, but is the prime deity of the Denthiran Empire and all of its nobility, as well as the primary deity of Bornea. As the Tatrian Continent enjoys a great degree of sun and since the Denthiran heartlands were originally where Pelor resided before he abandoned the material plane, this is hardly surprising.

The Archivist
The Archivist, also known as the Librarian or the God of Candles, is an eldritch entity of knowledge, scholars, adventure, magic and everything occult. The Archivist is technically the only "God" that has ever experienced dying as they were killed by Daudri when Daudri came to the Archivist's island, but as a God the Archivist could never truly die and thus resurfaced in a plane of their own making known as the Hall of Secrets. This is a plane that supposedly can only be reached through the plethora of secrets contained in the the Black Library, where the Archivist is said to sometimes return to tend to his ancient collection. The Archivist is no longer worshipped in its old material plane homeland, but is the unofficial primary deity of the most advanced mages of the Khivan Empire to whom knowledge is power, and power is all.

Szinnizzar
Szinnizzar is a God of the sea, life, domination and snakes. He is the primary deity of the De'via tribe in Xholoria and remains a popular deity among Yuan-Ti and Merrow Varnians from Nimaas, Ka'zani Xholorians, and citizens of the Under-Empire. Some consider Szinnizzar entirely evil and would likely classify him as an ally of demons and the lords of the hells, but Szinnizzar's nature is as tempestuous and ever-changing as the sea he is bound to. It is true that he is responsible for the creation of many a monster and natural disaster that has caused untold harm to those who live on land, but he has always been kind to the creatures and citizens of the sea whom he considers his children.

Tyr
Tyr is the one-handed God of law, justice, honour and strategic doctrine. While he is considered a less important deity in most parts of the world, he is the primary God of the Varnian Empire and every Argent Emperor is coronated as his 'rightful heir'. Grand temples are dedicated to him all around the North-Eastern continent, and the empire's administrative efficiency and economic prosperity are often claimed to be a direct result of adhering to Tyr's teachings.

Ziuna
Ziuna the Dreamweaver, known as the Earthmother to Na'tari and Nivans or the Queen of the Shadow-Wood to the citizens of D'eni Tila, is a Goddess of dreams, hope, forests, spring and love. She is the primary deity of the Wood Elves of D'eni Tila, but she is also widely worshipped across the rest of the world, particularly in Bornea and Niva. She is often depicted as an enormous forest dragon in D'eni Tila, but the rest of Kranos tends to depict her as a tattooed panther. She resides in the Dreamwood, where Wood Elven mages and druids often venture to meditate, safely removed from the material world.

Xera
Xera, also known as "The Sentinel", is the Goddess of balance, order, peace and protection. She is worshipped by all Kranosi, but is unique in that she has a pan-Kranosi order dedicated to her: The Sentinels of Order. Xera and her dedicated servants protect the material realm from any threats from the Hells, the Abyss, the Feywild or otherwise. Xera is usually depicted as a large muscular woman in heavy armor with a longsword in one hand and a dove sitting upon the index finger of her other hand.

Svaerda
Svaerda, also known as the Blood-God or the Sovereign of Slaughter, is a Dark God of war, bloodletting, combat and murder. Like most of the Dark Gods, she is mostly considered evil as her followers tend to be cold-blooded killers. However, she is also the most honourable Dark God and has been known to condemn those of her followers who dare turn to deceit to achieve their goals. Svaerda is all about head-on confrontation, indulging in bloodbaths, and growing stronger.

The Wanderer
The Wanderer is an enigmatic divine being that crosses Kranos' skies every few decades. At first, most thought it was simply a comet, until its passing caused magical fluctuations, extreme tectonic plate movement, volcanic activity, a sudden rise in the populations of a variety of rare creatures such as Krakens, and more. There is a cult dedicated to worship of The Wanderer called the Everwalking, but they are rarely welcome among the civilised peoples of Kranos due to their affinity for chaos. What the Wanderer is, only Elune, Faendor and the eldest of the night elves and the dragons know. All the rest of the world knows is that chaos follows when the Wanderer crosses the sky.

The Spirits
The spirits are a collective of supernatural elemental and natural sprites, extraplanar beings, spirits and more that are worshipped extensively by the tribespeople of Xholoria. The spirits are often also confounded with Xholorian's own ancestors, sometimes resulting in dead Xholorians' souls never actually passing on, but instead melding into the so-called 'spiritworld', a semi-extra-planar realm that overlaps with the physical world. As this religion is really more of a lifestyle than an organized faith, it has no unique symbol and worship is almost always done differently depending on the particular region you might find yourself in.