The Greater @Gods are very interesting in that they seem to be common to all of the known races of @Arcanum. Names and spellings might differ slightly depending upon specie and region, but the general belief in these more powerful beings is practically unchanged between them.
There are only four Greater @Gods, as they seem to embody larger philosophical and religious concepts. They are as follows:
All of the pagan religions had a notion of ultimate good, and the god @Halcyon represented that good in all of them. He is best known as the god of truth, and is the child of Helion, god of light, and the sun. @Halcyon was said to shed light on all that was unknown, all that was petty or evil. @Halcyon is the god of the sky, and astrologers and clairvoyants pray to him, seeking his wisdom in reading the signs and the stars.
Offerings made to @Halcyon were always the @Branch of the Olive Tree, which are most difficult to find in light of the destruction of the Morbihan Forest.
Evil is an integral part in any religion. @Moorindal, the God of Shadow, is represented in one way or another in all of @Arcanum's pagan religions. @Moorindal is the bastard son of the moon and Helion, the God of Light. Patricide is always associated with @Moorindal, as legend tells that once Helion ruled over both the day and the night, but that @Moorindal killed him so that the night could be his and his mother's. So the night became the kingdom of @Moorindal, as did the winter months.
There were many secret cults and religions (@Shadow Cults) that worshipped @Moorindal, but we know little about their practices and perhaps that is for the best. We do know that they used the @Black Diamonds from the Bangellian Deeps as offerings to their dark god. It represented loss of innocence, the triumph of the shadow.
@Kai'tan is the daughter of the moon and the sun, and so is the half-sister to both @Halcyon and @Moorindal. @Kai'tan is a trickster, a cunning goddess who is forever using her skills upon her two more emotional half-brothers, setting them against one another, and laughing when they blame the other for their problems.
Her worshippers have most assuredly included thieves and actors, but @Kai'tan was also the goddess of judges who prayed to her for guidance and discernment in all decisions, seeking her cunning knowledge when dealing with enemies and miscreants. It was said that @Kai'tan knew all things, as well as their value and she was always depicted smiling, because most things are worth nothing at all.
Worshipers of @Kai'tan have always offered to her the @Geode, which represented both the beautiful and the evil in the world.
Of all the @Pagan Gods, the least is know about @Velorien, or the All-Father. References to him are few and far between, but all of the religions speak of a deity who watches over all, and from whom all was created. There are only two known passages that refer to the All-Father by name, and both are from "The Book of the Twelve Powers", written by Mazzerin, the Elven Mystic, almost 3000 years ago. The second will be discussed later. The first says:
"...and the City of Wonders made great offerings to the All-Father, and he blessed them, and gave them power, and they made things never seen before by the eyes of man..."
If there were offerings made to @Velorien, it is unknown what they were, or what was expected of him if the offering was made.