Epistos

General
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.

History
Epistos is a second-generation God who emerged exactly 20 years after Tyr. He and Tyr shared a bond of friendship long before either of them had arrived on Kranos, and as such Epistos settled as close to Tyr as he could without violating his own geographical preferences. As such, he settled the area of what would eventually become Varn-Cillash, the capital of the future Cillashi Kingdom of Gnomes. Epistos fought in the War of the Firstborn and was responsible for several crucial victories against the extraplanar threat. It wasn't long after the war's conclusion when Epistos began creating the Gnomes, but it wouldn't be until Pelor and Lenador meddled with and sped up the development of humanoids on Tatria that Epistos would form a pact with Kord and Tyr to do the same on Varnia. Epistos' Gnomes would grow to become the most overall inventive species in the world, and they benefitted greatly from the assistance of their ever-present ancestor god. Alas, Epistos would eventually disappear just like his fellow Gods, and left no explanation as to why.

Worship
A follower of Epistos will usually tell you that worshipping the Spannerlord isn't something you actively pursue. They will tell you that it is rather something you just do by inventing something, thinking innovatively, pursuing scientific research, etc.. This does not mean Epistos does not have places of worship. Indeed, he has subterranean temples filled with gold-plated gadgets. These temples typically look like grand workshops of some sort of divine design. Here, you can present offerings to Epistos. However, unlike with other Gods, you are not expected to leave the offering at the altar. Offerings to Epistos are really more like submitting a project of yours for appraisal and evaluation, with Epistos being your creative supervisor. Upon the completion of the offering ritual, the particularly devout will often find their work either slightly corrected or improved, or simply engraved with the symbol of Epistos as a sign of approval by their divine and innovative patron.