#cool wips

I love this! (And now I’m really curious about this mysterious possible sixth god...) 

In The Warlord Contracts, those on the continent of Morrah believe in one primary pantheon of gods (though how they choose to worship and which other deities they add to the list varies drastically throughout the continent.) 

The gods of Morrah are all of equal power and ability, but they’re differentiate by each having two, usually opposing components to their being. Some notable examples are Yabet, the deity of power and sacrifice, Algmyth, the deity of ferocity and patience, and Ignuri, the deity of discipline and rest. Most people worship all the gods equally, but some who feel strong ties to a certain god’s components will chose them as their allegiant deity.

now, however, a lot of them live together on on big island, though there are still a lot that live in traditional island communities. This system makes sure there are always enough people to supply the island, even if it is cut off or sth. There is a ceremony for the teenagers in which they choose which slots to fill (vacated by elders) or whether to leave the tribe.

(This is super cool! Here is a myth about Vasha’s allegiant  deity in return:)

"Shortly after the gods united to create humans, we brought about death by our own carelessness. Yabet gave up the bulk of their own power in order to create a place for the dead, an afterlife. That's why they're the deity of both power and sacrifice; they were once the strongest, and yet they gave the most for the humans they loved."

(I can just picture the amount of supernatural scholarly literature written about this, like those ones where the researchers make vague jabs at each other IN the articles. Please accept this paraphrased story about the mythical Vestige Children from Ash From Stars, recounted by a character I’ve never mentioned here a single time because I didn’t know they existed until they waltzed into this scene...)

"I can tell you a third hand account, one passed to me from my very own great-grandfather, about a child of Vestige he met while traveling through Devsei'da, at the edge of the mountains not far north of here. This Vestige child was lovely to everyone who looked upon them, for they were made of something more powerful than avoc. They could use this magic of theirs unlike any Govac, not simply manipulating the world, but transforming reality itself. They turned house cats to leopards, on the dragons they grew feathers, and hills they drew into mountains. And somewhere in those new mountains, they sowed in a great wealth, awaiting someone worthy -- a new child of the Vestige."

(Friends and food do go great together <3 This is so soft and kind compared to Ilya’s spiel, I’m sorry.)