Core Pantheons of Eä

1. The Old Dominion Pantheon (The Fallen Pantheon)

Structure

• Central deity: Hazlia

• Originally a triad of primordial beings:

  • Hazlia (Pantokrator, god of mankind)

  • Kleon

  • Ninuah

Expansion

• Hazlia created additional gods artificially

• These included:

  • angels (seraphim, cherubim, etc.)

  • saints and heralds

  • minor gods like:

    • Himeros

    • Selene

Fate

• Hazlia becomes corrupted → The Fall

• The pantheon collapses or mutates

• Many divine beings:

  • go mad

  • become undead powers

  • or persist as twisted echoes

Tone

• Highly hierarchical

• Deeply tied to faith = power

• Essentially: engineered religion turned catastrophic

2. The Nord Pantheon (Aesir & Vanir)

This is a mythic pantheon, but heavily implied to have real existence in-universe.

Core Groups

• Aesir → war, conquest

• Vanir → fertility, foresight

These two:

• originally separate

• later unified

• ruled from Yggdrasil

Key Figures

• Odin

• Loki

• Heimdall

Core Myth

• Ragnarök failed to trigger properly

• Loki kills Heimdall → Einherjar never awaken

• Gods are destroyed by Surtr and his forces

Nature of the Pantheon

This is where it gets interesting:

• They may have been:

  • literal gods

  • or godlike beings (possibly linked to Exiles)

• Their power is tied to:

  • fate

  • prophecy

  • and warrior ascension (Einherjar)

Tone

• Mythic, tragic, broken destiny

• Unlike Old Dominion:

  • not engineered

  • but still possibly not truly divine

3. The Post-Fall Human Faiths (Hundred Kingdoms / City States)

After the collapse of the Old Dominion, new belief systems emerge.

The Theist Faith

• Central god: Theos

• Doctrine:

  • Only one true god exists

  • Old Dominion gods were false or corrupted

(This is the dominant religion of the Hundred Kingdoms)

Deist / Aspect Worship

• Individuals worship aspects of divinity

• Not a fixed pantheon

• Highly personal, almost philosophical

City State Beliefs

Less clearly defined:

• retain fragments of Old Dominion worship

• sometimes elevate:

  • heroes

  • constructs

  • or philosophical ideals

4. The Spires / Exile “Non-Pantheon”

The Exiles

• Extremely advanced civilization

• Capable of:

  • creating life

  • shaping biology

  • manipulating reality

They do not worship gods in a traditional sense.

Instead:

• they replace divinity with control

• their “gods” are:

  • science

  • lineage

  • perfection

The Exiles blur the line between creator and god.

5. Weaver Courts (Fragmented Divine Identity)

Since they split from the Exiles:

• They retain:

  • alien biology

  • reality-warping traits

But unlike Spires:

• they embody archetypes:

  • Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

This creates something very close to:

A proto-pantheon of living concepts

Not worshipped as gods universally, but:

• they behave like them

• mortals could easily interpret them as such

6. Other Factions (Non-Pantheon Systems)

Dweghom

• No active pantheon

• Created by dragons (divine beings)

• Religion = ancestry, defiance, survival

W’adrhŭn

• No formal gods

• Spirituality based on:

  • instinct

  • memory

  • creation myth (Exiles)

Sorcerer Kings

• Reject gods entirely

• Seek:

  • control over divinity itself

• Magic replaces worship