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Goddess of War, Justice and protector of women.

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Goddess of War, strategy, Justice and protector of women.women.



God of Life, the Sun and Agriculture.

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God of Life, the Sun, Agriculture, and Peace.

He and his followers tend toward pacifism. While many are truly non-violent (and indeed passive), his cult is also known for his
Sun and Agriculture.Style martial art, which can quite effectively turn an opponents efforts against them.




His cult sponsors actors and theatre, as well as providing funeral and memorial services for the public. He has also adopted the Valkries, the second generation of Naia's children; they serve him as messengers and warriors against the undead.



God of thieves, con-artists, gamblers, and similar folk. Emphasis on self-reliance, has sometimes been called "the god of Do It Your F***ing Self".

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God of thieves, subtlety, defiance, and thieves (including con-artists, gamblers, and similar folk. Emphasis folk). Esarion's cult has a heavy emphasis on self-reliance, he has sometimes been called "the god of Do It Your F***ing Self".



Goddess of Love.

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Goddess of Love. Her priests and priestesses are sometimes dismissed as "sacred prostitutes", but in fact provide a variety of counseling services; they are aided in this by their god-given power of empathy.



God of the Wild.

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God of the Wild.Hunters, Explorers, and Pioneers.

His cult in current times is known for misogynist practices, which often place them at odds with Avei's folk.




Vesk is considered seriously annoying by mortals and fellow gods alike... yet the other gods do trust him, and will usually play along with his stories. He is one of the most "activist" gods, with possibly the most personal appearances in the story.



Goddess of Magic.

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Goddess of Magic.Magic and Healing.

Sponsor of the four Collegia of Magic. While she withdrew from all contact for many decades after the Enchanter's Bane debacle, she has recently been persuaded to resume her place.



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[[folder: Naphthene]]
Goddess of the Sea

Naphthene is famously unresponsive, taking no priests and never responding to prayer. However, she is believed to punish ''lack'' of prayer, and definitely punishes abuse of her few shrines.



!!Elder Gods

* TheOldGods:
* JerkassGods:

[[folder: Naiya]]
Elder Goddess of Nature. Creator of the dryads.
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!!Elder Gods

* TheOldGods:
* JerkassGods:

[[folder: Naiya]]
Elder Goddess
Sorash]]
God
of Nature. Creator of the dryads.
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Violence and Conquest

The Ares to Avei's Athena, this god was slain by Arachne Tellwyrn.



[[folder: Scyllith]]
Goddess of cruelty, former ruler of Hell (and creator of the demonic races). Since exiled to the deepest Underworld where she is worshipped by the deeper realms of drow.

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[[folder: Scyllith]]
Goddess
* Nemitoth, God of cruelty, former ruler of Hell (and creator Knowledge
** His temples are libraries.
* Ouvus, God
of the demonic races). Since exiled Sky
** Generally unresponsive
to the deepest Underworld where she is worshipped by the deeper realms mortal efforts.
* Ryneas, God
of drow.Art
** Sponsor of art museums.
* Calomnar, God of Chaos
** Associated with magical Chaos, he has no mortal cult.

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!!Elder Gods

* TheOldGods:
* JerkassGods:

[[folder: Naiya]]
Elder [MotherNature Goddess of Nature].

She is the creator of three generations of [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]], all incredibly powerful: The eldest are the mischievous kitsune, the second generation are the deadly valkries (since adopted by Vidius), and the youngest are the dryads. While she normally pays little attention (or care) to her children, if one of them is somehow killed, she will generally obliterate everyone in the vicinity.

* MotherNature
* OurFairiesAreDifferent
* MamaBear

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Goddess of cruelty, former ruler of Hell (and creator of the demonic races). Since exiled to the deepest Underworld where she is worshipped by the deeper realms of drow.
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[[/folder]]Elder Spider Goddess of the Drow. She was apparently slain in a battle with Scyllith. Arachne Tellwyrn is apparently associated with her in some fashion.
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There are several deceased Elder Gods and Goddesses about whom little is known, aside from their destruction during the Pantheon's rise: Rauzon ("The Prime", god), Infriss (goddess), Druroth (god), Vel Hreyd (god), Heilo (god), Caraistha (goddess), Tarthriss (god), Szyrein (goddess), Meynherem (god)
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Goddess of money, banking and commerce.

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Goddess of money, banking and commerce. "The greatest sin for Vernisites is hoarding."

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{{Slogan}}: "Justice for all, or for none"






{{Slogan}}: "All systems are corrupt"



{{Slogan}}: "All love is good"



Goddess of Time.

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Goddess God of Time.


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{{Slogan}}: "It must flow"

Goddess of money, banking and commerce.
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A half-hethelax demon whose intelligence is eclipsed by his ability to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong moment.

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A half-hethelax demon half-demon whose intelligence is eclipsed by his ability to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong moment. moment.
---> “You are, indeed, exactly as you were described to me, Gabriel Arquin,” Salyrene finally said. “A good heart, a keen mind, and a tongue that is always one step ahead of both.”
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* TimePolice The Scions of Vemnesthis, who deal with those who tamper with Time. Small localized effects may be tolerated, but anyone who tries to directly view the future, travel through time, or change the past will get a warning. If they ignore the warning, they get drafted into the Scions themselves....

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* TimePolice TimePolice: The Scions of Vemnesthis, who deal with those who tamper with Time. Small localized effects may be tolerated, but anyone who tries to directly view the future, travel through time, or change the past will get a warning. If they ignore the warning, they get drafted into the Scions themselves....
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Goddess of Time.
* TimePolice The Scions of Vemnesthis, who deal with those who tamper with Time. Small localized effects may be tolerated, but anyone who tries to directly view the future, travel through time, or change the past will get a warning. If they ignore the warning, they get drafted into the Scions themselves....
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--> "... Do you just make a point of plunging to your doom every so often because it amuses you to watch doom panic when it sees you coming?”
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* AmbiguousInnocence: Juniper is initially very sheltered (and spoiled), with little understanding of how the world works. She's also superhumanly strong and tough, essentially immortal, and [[(spoiler:initially)]] has an Elder Goddess at her back.
* AnythingThatMoves: Fortunately, she's been taught not to[[ImAHumanitarian eat them afterwards]].

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* AmbiguousInnocence: Juniper is initially very sheltered (and spoiled), with little understanding of how the world works. She's also superhumanly strong and tough, essentially immortal, and [[(spoiler:initially)]] [[spoiler:initially]] has an Elder Goddess at her back.
* AnythingThatMoves: Fortunately, she's been taught not to[[ImAHumanitarian to [[ImAHumanitarian eat them afterwards]].

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Headmistress of Unseen University, a three thousand year old elvish mage who is as irascible as she is talented.

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Headmistress of Unseen University, a three thousand year old elvish mage who is as irascible as she is talented. That said, she knows her own limits:
---> “Legendary power does not connote omnipotence or infallibility,” Tellwyrn said.... “Last person I met who thought it did was a god. I will forever cherish the look on his face when I killed him.”

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God of thieves, con-artists, gamblers, and similar folk. Emphasis on self-reliance, has sometimes been called "the god of Do It Your F***ing Self".



Goddess of cunning and ruler of Hell, having defeated Scyllith. "[[WordOfGod Scyllith and Elilial have a complex relationship, based mostly on Elilial taking all of her stuff.]]"



* MamaBear:



Goddess of Judgement, and patron of the surface-adjacent drow.



Elder Goddess of Nature.

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Elder Goddess of Nature. Creator of the dryads.


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Goddess of cruelty, former ruler of Hell (and creator of the demonic races). Since exiled to the deepest Underworld where she is worshipped by the deeper realms of drow.
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Elven con artist extraordinare. Later [[spoiler:Legionnaire of Avei]]. Mother of [[spoiler:Trissiny]]
* “Principia Locke is selfish, lazy, deceitful, irreverent and gratuitously obstreperous, but there are much, much worse things a person can be. I can’t tell you she’s a good person to know, but she is not the sort of person you as a paladin are likely to be called on to chase down and bring to justice.”
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: she's a paladin - but early on she still tries to kill Gabriel for what amounts to him talking some shit. ([[CharacterDevelopment She gets better, slowly.)

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: she's a paladin - but early on she still tries to kill Gabriel for what amounts to him talking some shit. ([[CharacterDevelopment She gets better, slowly.slowly]].)



Head enforcer. Wears a different style of clothing everyday. Has a large role in teaching the apprendices.

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Head enforcer. Wears a different style of clothing everyday. Has a large role in teaching the apprendices.apprentices.



* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: The "hero" part is a stretch, but Shook has very firm opinions about women.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: The "hero" part is a stretch, but PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Shook has very firm firm, and hostile, opinions about women.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: she's a paladin - but she still tries to kill Gabriel for what amounts to him talking some shit.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: she's a paladin - but early on she still tries to kill Gabriel for what amounts to him talking some shit. ([[CharacterDevelopment She gets better, slowly.)



* CoolSword: A mithril rapier. In this universe mithril is essentially made of anti-magic, so it's impervious to any kind of magical attack and incredibly valuable.

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* CoolSword: A mithril rapier. In this universe mithril is essentially made of anti-magic, so it's impervious to any kind of magical attack attack, penetrates magical invulnerability, and is just incredibly useful and valuable.



* SuperToughness: Dryads can be as strong and sturdy as trees when they want to.

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* SuperToughness: Dryads can be as strong and sturdy as trees a ''large'' tree when they want to.



A pixie who can use both fae magic (naturally) and arcane magic (not at all natural in any sense of the word).

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A pixie who can use both fae magic (naturally) and arcane magic (not at all natural in any sense of the word).natural, and downright weird for a fairy).



* AnIcePerson: SHE IS An ice pixie, afterall.

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* AnIcePerson: SHE IS An She is an ice pixie, afterall.after all.



A cleric of Themynra who acts as the voice of reason for literally everyone else in her year.

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A drow cleric of Themynra who acts as the voice of reason for literally everyone else in her year.



* LipStickLesbian: well-dressed and well put together, and also together with Teal.

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* LipStickLesbian: well-dressed Well-dressed and well put together, and also together with Teal. (Granted, "orientation" in this world is basically a human concern.)



* TheAce: The only known person to have ''killed a god''. She’s been designated a force of nature by the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning that she can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout the series characters reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.

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* TheAce: The only known currently-living person to have ''killed killed a god''.god. She’s been designated a force of nature by the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning that she can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout the series characters series, characters' reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.terrified. Including freshly-summoned demons.



* SinkorSwimMentor: She has a tendency of throwing her students into difficult situations of all stripes and just leaving them there while she goes off to do her own thing. She however chooses situations that fit their abilities.

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* SinkorSwimMentor: SinkOrSwimMentor: She has a tendency of throwing her students into difficult situations of all stripes and just leaving them there while she goes off to do her own thing. She however chooses situations that fit their abilities.



BunnyEarsLawyer: As immature he might acts, he is an excellent alchemist, given that he brewed an anti-death potion (aka an impossibility)

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: As immature he might acts, he is an excellent alchemist, given that he brewed an anti-death potion (aka an impossibility)



* ObfuscatingInsanity: Acts completely insane for practically no discernible reason, but Tellwyrn implies that it’s to deal with the prejudice he faces as a half-elf.

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* ObfuscatingInsanity: Acts completely insane for practically no discernible reason, but Tellwyrn implies that it’s it was originally to deal with the prejudice he faces as a half-elf.

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A dryad. She is very naive and unaware of the finer workings of the world and has absolutely no sexual inhibitions.

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A dryad. She is initially very naive and unaware of the finer workings of the world and has absolutely no sexual inhibitions. inhibitions... and few other inhibitions. She's also a "class eight threat" by Imperial protocol, for good reason.



* AmbiguousInnocence: Juniper is very sheltered and has little understanding of how the world works, but she's still, y'know, a dryad...
* AnythingThatMoves:
* PlantPerson:

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* AmbiguousInnocence: Juniper is initially very sheltered and has (and spoiled), with little understanding of how the world works, but works. She's also superhumanly strong and tough, essentially immortal, and [[(spoiler:initially)]] has an Elder Goddess at her back.
* AnythingThatMoves: Fortunately,
she's still, y'know, been taught not to[[ImAHumanitarian eat them afterwards]].
** “Now that he knows I can give him really great sex or yank out his spine with one hand, he pretty much falls over himself to do whatever I ask.”
* CharacterDevelopment: Learns empathy, guilt, and responsibility over time.
* PlantPerson: She is
a dryad...
* AnythingThatMoves:
* PlantPerson:
spirit of nature, indeed a demigoddess.



* ThePowerOfLove: how she survived an ordeal that killed six other girls and six other archdemons.

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* ThePowerOfLove: how she they survived an ordeal that killed six other girls and six other archdemons.the archdemons sent to possess them.

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* ImmuneToDrugs/ImmuneToMindControl: Naphthene's curse to "always drink but never be drunk" also seems to apply to other mind-altering stuff such as glittershrooms and bespelled food.

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* ImmuneToDrugs/ImmuneToMindControl: ImmuneToDrugs / ImmuneToMindControl: Naphthene's curse to "always drink but never be drunk" also seems to apply to other mind-altering stuff such as glittershrooms and bespelled food.









The martial arts professor.
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[[folder: Ravana Madouri]]

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[[folder: Ravana Madouri]]Natchua d’zun Dalmiss]]
A rebellious drow with a mohawk.
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[[folder:Iris Domingue]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Explicitly compared to their equivalent of a nuke.

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[[folder:Iris Domingue]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Explicitly compared to their equivalent of a nuke.
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!The Thieves' Guild

[[folder: Bishop Antonio Darling/Sweet]]
The Bishop of the cult of Eserion, and former High Priest of the Thieves' Guild.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: While it's a given from early on that Sweet has the capacity to be incredibly ruthless and manipulative, he still seems like a genuinely good person. Fast forward to him brutally torturing a man in cold blood - a Black Wreath spy, and a member of a cult diametrically opposed to his own, but it's nonetheless an absolutely shocking scene.
* ManipulativeBastard: Not to people he cares about, but still...

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!The Thieves' Guild

[[folder: Bishop Antonio Darling/Sweet]]
The Bishop of the cult of Eserion, and former High Priest of the Thieves' Guild.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: While it's a given from early on that Sweet has the capacity to be incredibly ruthless and manipulative, he still seems like a genuinely good person. Fast forward to him brutally torturing a man in cold blood - a Black Wreath spy, and a member of a cult diametrically opposed to his own, but it's nonetheless an absolutely shocking scene.
* ManipulativeBastard: Not to people he cares about, but still...
Ravana Madouri]]



[[folder: Tricks]]
Current Boss of the Guild. He is very good at disguise and has strong organizational skills.
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[[folder: Tricks]]
Current Boss
[[folder:Iris Domingue]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Explicitly compared to their equivalent
of the Guild. He is very good at disguise and has strong organizational skills.
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[[folder: Style]]
Head enforcer. Wears a different style of clothing everyday.
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!Universal Church

[[folder: Style]]
Head enforcer. Wears a different style of clothing everyday.
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Archpope Justinian]]



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[[folder: Bishop Andro Varanus]]
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See his entry in the Thieves' Guild section.
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!!The Thieves' Guild

[[folder: Bishop Antonio Darling/Sweet]]
The Bishop of the cult of Eserion, and former High Priest of the Thieves' Guild.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: While it's a given from early on that Sweet has the capacity to be incredibly ruthless and manipulative, he still seems like a genuinely good person. Fast forward to him brutally torturing a man in cold blood - a Black Wreath spy, and a member of a cult diametrically opposed to his own, but it's nonetheless an absolutely shocking scene.
* ManipulativeBastard: Not to people he cares about, but still...

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[[folder: Tricks]]
Current Boss of the Guild. He is very good at disguise and has strong organizational skills.
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[[folder: Style]]
Head enforcer. Wears a different style of clothing everyday. Has a large role in teaching the apprendices.
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[[folder: Principia Locke]]
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An enforcer with anger issues and misogynist views.
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!!Sisterhood of Avei

[[folder: High Commander Rouvad]]
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[[folder: Abbess Narnasia Darnassy]]
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!!Brethren of Vidius

[[folder: Lady Gwaefaer]]
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[[folder: Val Tarvadegh]]
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[[folder: Lorelin Reich]]
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!!Huntsmen of Shaath

[[folder: Grandmaster Veisroi]]
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[[folder: Brother Ingvar]]
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[[folder: Tholi]]
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!Black Wreath

[[folder: Embras Mogul]]
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[[folder: Bradshaw]]
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[[folder: Vanessa]]
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!!Pantheon

[[folder: Avei]]
Goddess of War, Justice and protector of women.
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[[folder: Omnu]]
God of Life, the Sun and Agriculture.
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[[folder: Vidius]]
God of Death, Duality and Masks.
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[[folder: Eserion]]
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[[folder: Izara]]
Goddess of Love.
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[[folder: Shaath]]
God of the Wild.
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[[folder: Vesk]]
God of Bards.
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[[folder: Salyrene]]
Goddess of Magic.
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!!Other/Non-Pantheon

[[folder: Elilial]]
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[[folder: Themynra]]
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[[folder: Khar]]
God of the Orcs. Died with his people by the Enchanter's Bane. [[spoiler:Not that gods die that easily...]]
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!!Elder Gods

* TheOldGods:
* JerkassGods:

[[folder: Naiya]]
Elder Goddess of Nature.
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[[folder: Scyllith]]
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* StraightGay

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* TheSnarkKnight

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* TheSnarkKnight
OpenMouthInsertFoot: He doesn't have much of a filter, which lead to several of these situations.
* SuperToughness: Due his hethelax ancentry. He's immune to any non-magical attack and survived an atmospheric reentry.
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* ImmuneToDrugs: One of her ancestors was cursed so that his descendants would "always drink but never be drunk". It takes some seriously powerful (and infernal or likely arcane) stuff to affect her.

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* ImmuneToDrugs: ImmuneToDrugs/ImmuneToMindControl: Naphthene's curse to "always drink but never be drunk" also seems to apply to other mind-altering stuff such as glittershrooms and bespelled food.
* NeverGetsDrunk:
One of her ancestors was cursed so that his descendants would "always drink but never be drunk". It takes some seriously powerful (and infernal or likely arcane) stuff to affect her.drunk".




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* SirSwearsALot: Like most Punaji, she swears like a sailor.



* AnythingThatMoves

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A closet lesbian who is possessed by a demon.

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A closet poorly-closeted lesbian who is possessed by a demon. Vadrieny. A bard in training.



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* SharingABody:
* SymbioticPossession:



[[folder: Fross]]
A pixie who can use both fae magic (naturally) and academic magic (not at all natural in any sense of the word).

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A pixie who can use both fae magic (naturally) and academic magic (not at all natural in any sense
Vadrieny]]
An archdemon, one
of the word). seven daughters of Elilial. She and her sisters were involved of a sabotaged DemonicPossession of which only she survived (barely).




* ThePowerOfLove: How she survived an ordeal that killed six other girls and her sisters.
* IdentityAmnesia:
* LossofIdentity:
* SharingABody:
* SymbioticPossession:

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[[folder: Fross]]
A pixie who can use both fae magic (naturally) and arcane magic (not at all natural in any sense of the word).
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* OurFairiesAreDifferent:
* WingedHumanoid:



* TheStoic: As typical from Narisian drow.



* DeathSeeker: She went into the Deep Wild to die, she however didn't have it in her to just lie down and quit and gave a fair fight. It didn't work. she met Professor Yornhaldt. She snaps out of it when he gives her the idea to found the university. HERE
--> '''Arachne''': “I went there to die. There aren’t many places that offer me that prospect. [...] The Wild, though, that’s Naiya’s territory. The old bitch might up and do anything at all. I guess, though… In the end, the Wild must have grown tired of chewing on me without ever managing to digest. I don’t have it in me to just lie down and quit. I always gave it what I thought was a fair fight. Apparently I don’t have it in me to lose, either. So…here I am, again.”

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* DeathSeeker: She went into the Deep Wild to die, she however didn't have it in her to just lie down and quit and gave a fair fight. It didn't work. she met Professor Yornhaldt. She snaps out of it when he Yornhaldt gives her the idea to found the university. HERE
--> '''Arachne''': “I went
university.
* SinkorSwimMentor: She has a tendency of throwing her students into difficult situations of all stripes and just leaving them
there while she goes off to die. There aren’t many places do her own thing. She however chooses situations that offer me that prospect. [...] The Wild, though, that’s Naiya’s territory. The old bitch might up and do anything at all. I guess, though… In the end, the Wild must have grown tired of chewing on me without ever managing to digest. I don’t have it in me to just lie down and quit. I always gave it what I thought was a fair fight. Apparently I don’t have it in me to lose, either. So…here I am, again.”fit their abilities.


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* TheSpock: Shaeine is diplomatic, logical and self-controlled almost to a fault as a result of Narisian culture, which treats the sharing of emotions as something of great intimacy.

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* ActualPacifist




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* FantasticRacism: A large part of his backstory and personality are explained by his being a demonblood, distrusted as a default.
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Some of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters of "TheGodsAreBastards".

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!!The Freshmen

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!!Unseen University TeachersTeachers and Staff



* DeathSeeker: She went into the Deep Wild to die, she however didn't have it in her to just lie down and quit and gave a fair fight. It didn't work. she met Professor Yornhaldt. She snaps out of it when he gives her the idea to found the university. HERE
--> '''Arachne''': “I went there to die. There aren’t many places that offer me that prospect. [...] The Wild, though, that’s Naiya’s territory. The old bitch might up and do anything at all. I guess, though… In the end, the Wild must have grown tired of chewing on me without ever managing to digest. I don’t have it in me to just lie down and quit. I always gave it what I thought was a fair fight. Apparently I don’t have it in me to lose, either. So…here I am, again.”



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[[folder: Ravanna Madouris]]Alaric Yornhaldt]]



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Current Boss of the Guild. He is very good at disguise and has strong organizational skills.
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Head enforcer. Wears a different style of clothing everyday.
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* ImmuneToDrugs: One of her ancestors was cursed so that his descendants would "always drink but never be drunk". It takes some seriously powerful (and infernal or likely arcane) stuff to affect her.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: she's a paladin - but she still tries to kill Gabriel for what amounts to him talking some shit.
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!!Unseen University Teachers

[[folder: Arachne Tellwyrn]]
Headmistress of Unseen University, a three thousand year old elvish mage who is as irascible as she is talented.

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!!Unseen University Teachers

[[folder: Arachne Tellwyrn]]
Headmistress of Unseen University, a three thousand year old elvish mage
Teal Falconer]]
A closet lesbian
who is as irascible as she is talented.possessed by a demon.



* TheAce: The only known person to have ''killed a god''. She’s been designated a force of nature by the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning that she can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout the series characters reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.
* RetiredBadass: Officially, anyway, though no longer being an adventurer hasn’t stopped Tellwyrn from kicking ass at every available opportunity.

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* TheAce: The only known person to have ''killed a god''. She’s been designated a force of nature by the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning ThePowerOfLove: how she survived an ordeal that she killed six other girls and six other archdemons.

[[folder: Fross]]
A pixie who
can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.use both fae magic (naturally) and academic magic (not at all natural in any sense of the word).
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout CloudCuckoolander: by virtue of not having been raised in the series characters reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.
* RetiredBadass: Officially, anyway, though no longer being an adventurer hasn’t stopped Tellwyrn from kicking ass at every available opportunity.
human world.



[[folder: Shaeine]]
A cleric of Themynra who acts as the voice of reason for literally everyone else in her year.
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* LipStickLesbian: well-dressed and well put together, and also together with Teal.



[[folder: Admestus Rafe]]
A half-elf and professor of Botany and Alchemy.
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* BecomingTheMask: Exactly why he started acting completely insane is still up in the air, but at this point it's pretty much a fact that he at least started acting crazy, but exactly how sane he is now is up for debate.
* CloudCuckoolander: Is under the impression that faculty rivalries are an integral part of university life, and so to get around the fact that no other teacher will start one with him, creates one with ''himself''.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Acts completely insane for practically no discernible reason, but Tellwyrn implies that it’s to deal with the prejudice he faces as a half-elf.



!!The Thieves' Guild

[[folder: Bishop Antonio Darling/Sweet]]
The Bishop of the cult of Eserion, and former High Priest of the Thieves' Guild.

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[[folder: Bishop Antonio Darling/Sweet]]
The Bishop
Arachne Tellwyrn]]
Headmistress
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* TheAce: The only known person to have ''killed a god''. She’s been designated a force of nature by the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning that she can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout the series characters reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.
* RetiredBadass: Officially, anyway, though no longer being an adventurer hasn’t stopped Tellwyrn from kicking ass at every available opportunity.

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[[folder: Admestus Rafe]]
A half-elf and professor of Botany and Alchemy.
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* BecomingTheMask: Exactly why he started acting completely insane is still up in the air, but at this point it's pretty much a fact that he at least started acting crazy, but exactly how sane he is now is up for debate.
* CloudCuckoolander: Is under the impression that faculty rivalries are an integral part of university life, and so to get around the fact that no other teacher will start one with him, creates one with ''himself''.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Acts completely insane for practically no discernible reason, but Tellwyrn implies that it’s to deal with the prejudice he faces as a half-elf.

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!!The Thieves' Guild

[[folder: Bishop Antonio Darling/Sweet]]
The Bishop of the cult of Eserion, and former High Priest of the Thieves' Guild.
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* ButtMonkey

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ButtMonkey: He's starting to tone it down, as with CharacterDevelopment he grows into someone a lot less likely to say something ridiculous or dumb, but it's still there.



!!Unseen University Teachers

[[folder: Arachne Tellwyrn]]
Headmistress of Unseen University, a three thousand year old elvish mage who is as irascible as she is talented.

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[[folder: Arachne Tellwyrn]]
Headmistress
Zaruda Carmelita Xingyu Sameera Meredith Punaji]]
A princess
of Unseen University, the Punaji nation, a three thousand year old elvish mage who is culture of pirates. Outspoken and prone to very colourful language; uses 'fucking' as irascible as she is talented. punctuation. Often clashes with Trissiny due to their opposing world views.



* TheAce: The only known person to have ''killed a god''. She’s been designated a force of nature by the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning that she can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout the series characters reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.
* RetiredBadass: Officially, anyway, though no longer being an adventurer hasn’t stopped Tellwyrn from kicking ass at every available opportunity.

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* TheAce: The only known person CoolSword: A mithril rapier. In this universe mithril is essentially made of anti-magic, so it's impervious to have ''killed a god''. She’s been designated a force any kind of nature by magical attack and incredibly valuable.
* DeadpanSnarker: She is absolutely, gloriously full of snark, mostly directed at Gabe.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Portrays herself as a slightly uncouth, rough-and-ready pirate, but as Trissiny later remarks she is incredibly intelligent and very good at reading people, and sets
the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning that she can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout
grading curve for their first term at the series characters reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.
* RetiredBadass: Officially, anyway, though no longer being an adventurer hasn’t stopped Tellwyrn from kicking ass at every available opportunity.
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[[folder: Admestus Rafe]]
A half-elf and professor of Botany and Alchemy.

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Juniper]]
A half-elf dryad. She is very naive and professor unaware of Botany the finer workings of the world and Alchemy.has absolutely no sexual inhibitions.



* CloudCuckoolander: Is under the impression that faculty rivalries are an integral part of university life, and so to get around the fact that no other teacher will start one with him, creates one with ''himself''.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Acts completely insane for practically no discernible reason, but Tellwyrn implies that it’s to deal with the prejudice he faces as a half-elf.

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* CloudCuckoolander: Is under AmbiguousInnocence: Juniper is very sheltered and has little understanding of how the impression that faculty rivalries are an integral part of university life, and so to get around the fact that no other teacher will start one with him, creates one with ''himself''.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Acts completely insane for practically no discernible reason,
world works, but Tellwyrn implies that it’s to deal with the prejudice he faces as she's still, y'know, a half-elf.dryad...

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Headmistress of Unseen University, a three thousand year old elvish mage who is as irascible as she is talented.
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* TheAce: The only known person to have ''killed a god''. She’s been designated a force of nature by the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning that she can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout the series characters reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.
* RetiredBadass: Officially, anyway, though no longer being an adventurer hasn’t stopped Tellwyrn from kicking ass at every available opportunity.

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[[folder: Admestus Rafe]]
A half-elf and professor of Botany and Alchemy.
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* BecomingTheMask: Exactly why he started acting completely insane is still up in the air, but at this point it's pretty much a fact that he at least started acting crazy, but exactly how sane he is now is up for debate.
* CloudCuckoolander: Is under the impression that faculty rivalries are an integral part of university life, and so to get around the fact that no other teacher will start one with him, creates one with ''himself''.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Acts completely insane for practically no discernible reason, but Tellwyrn implies that it’s to deal with the prejudice he faces as a half-elf.

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!!The Thieves' Guild

[[folder: Bishop Antonio Darling/Sweet]]
The Bishop of the cult of Eserion, and former High Priest of the Thieves' Guild.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: While it's a given from early on that Sweet has the capacity to be incredibly ruthless and manipulative, he still seems like a genuinely good person. Fast forward to him brutally torturing a man in cold blood - a Black Wreath spy, and a member of a cult diametrically opposed to his own, but it's nonetheless an absolutely shocking scene.
* ManipulativeBastard: Not to people he cares about, but still...
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Some of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters of "TheGodsAreBastards".

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!!The Freshmen

[[folder: Trissiny Avelea]]
A paladin chosen by Avei, the goddess of war and justice and protector of women. Trissiny is outspoken, athletic, powerful, and a devout feminist.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: With Toby, who’s gay.

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[[folder: Tobias Caine]]
The Hand of Omnu, god of life, the sun and agriculture, a natural and trained peacemaker.
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* StraightGay

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[[folder: Gabriel Arquin]]
A half-hethelax demon whose intelligence is eclipsed by his ability to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong moment.
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* ButtMonkey

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!!Unseen University Teachers

[[folder: Arachne Tellwyrn]]
Headmistress of Unseen University, a three thousand year old elvish mage who is as irascible as she is talented.
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* TheAce: The only known person to have ''killed a god''. She’s been designated a force of nature by the Emperor’s Spymaster, meaning that she can do practically anything she wants to with no legal repercussions.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The prologue introduces her as this; throughout the series characters reactions at hearing her name vary from nervous to downright terrified.
* RetiredBadass: Officially, anyway, though no longer being an adventurer hasn’t stopped Tellwyrn from kicking ass at every available opportunity.

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[[folder: Admestus Rafe]]
A half-elf and professor of Botany and Alchemy.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Is under the impression that faculty rivalries are an integral part of university life, and so to get around the fact that no other teacher will start one with him, creates one with ''himself''.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Acts completely insane for practically no discernible reason, but Tellwyrn implies that it’s to deal with the prejudice he faces as a half-elf.

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