Temple of Light (Pantheon)

Main Article: Byrne

The All-Father who holds dominion over all of the heavens and the stars it contains. He is the ruler of the gods and it is through his name that the nobles of Dakar rule the peasantry. He is the father over all and like a father he often gives advise and direction to those who seek his guidance. To those who challenge him, his anger has not end.

Main Article: Mara

The wife of Byrne, she holds dominion over the home, hearth, and healing. She is a great beauty among the gods and Karash was courting as well when she became Byrne's wife. Above all others her clerics are welcomed even during times of war. Her neutrality is well known and her clerics often serve as mediators during a war.

Main Article: Karash

The Sea Lord holds dominion over all of the seas in the world and the creatures contained within. He lost both Mara's hand and rule over the gods at the same time, which at times leaves him deeply brooding. Still he is known for not only his great mirth, but also for his keen mind. He is a skilled strategist who organized not only the defense against the devils when they attacked Lom, but the attack by Vayne that drove them back.

Main Article: Taur

Chosen by Mir to hold dominion over the judgement of all of her children, Taur is a solemn god. Rarely seen outside of Zwielicht, Taur prefers the company of his own angels to that of other gods. He is the only one of the gods that can freely travel from Himmelreich to Ulag and not be challenged by either god or devil.

Main Article: Vayne

The god of battle not only posses great power, but a true gusto for the pleasures of life. He is not some brooding watchmen that guards the entrance to Himmelreich, but instead a jovial god whose skill in battle is unmatched by any god or devil. Those mortals who live upon the field of battle seek to prove their own skill in battle in the hopes that when they pass from this world they will be sent to the Great Hall where Vayne feasts. It is the warriors that live within this Great Hall who will stand with him on that final day when the Himmel Gate is attacked by a host of devils.

Main Article: Aesir

Main Article: Cinoas

Main Article: Cyni, Tyrin

Main Article: Gemen

Main Article: Lom

Main Article: Lylidas

During the red plague the devastated the Kainanite tribe, Sister Alyes worked out of a small monastery nearby. She opened the doors to the victims, healing their wounds, offering them comfort, and providing last rites over the bodies of the heathens. However the plague was very deadly and just as its evil had passed, Sister Alyes died from its touch. Those that lived in the monastery saw a ghostly visage of Sister Alyes rise up from the graveyard the next morning before disappearing into the morning fog.

Saint Lyrel was a rather short man with white-blonde hair and grass green eyes. He was a pious worshipper of Taur and would heal the pain of the living when the dead had passed beyond. He know serves as the guide for the dead spirits so that they will not linger upon miranda, but pass into the Twilight Realm and be judged.

Khilur was a powerful dwarven warrior who's silver crescent axe was swung countless times in the name of Vayne. However, it was his piety and deep humility that most legends speak about the most. Khilur favors those who take the war to their opponents rather that wait for them to attack. A true warrior is not foolish, but brave and willing to take the risks necessary to garner victory.

A tall human female with fine blonde hair and steel gray eyes. Her favored weapon is two slightly curved scimitars, which she wields to deadly effect. Before become a daemon, she ravaged the Irillian countryside for over thirty years, personally killing thousands of people. She was well known for her mindless berserk rages where she would strike down anyone she could reach. Eventually she was captured and burned at the stake, but not before being rescued by Urash, Demon Prince of Blood. She now carried the ebony blade God-Slayer and its crimson companion Nightmare.

Thunder is a huge black raven with lightning for eyes, thunder for wings, and claws that can rip through the best dwarven steel. She serves both the four winds and the Cloudmaster. She is often seen flying before the largest storms, warning those that can hear of the coming disaster — it is never a good sign when she appears, she always brings a change for the worst.

Believed to be the only magician that successfully uncovered the secret of the magi without any divine intervention. Even copies of his tomes are highly sought after by any magician worthy of the title master. Now he serves as a guide and teacher to those magicians the seek to master magic for the sake of knowledge and not in the accumulation of power, which he personally despises.

Completely covered by robes of the darkest black, Darsche would travel the world as a humble beggar telling peoples fortunes for a few pennies. That his fortunes always came true was because he was gifted with the sight. Although his body was racked by pain and twisted by the fates — his mind was sharp and his eyes were clear. He no serves the gods in the same fashion, reading the events of time that will occur.

Often called the Harbinger of Destruction, Zon was an simple farmer from the northlands that was possessed by a war spirit. This combination of mortal, earth-spirit, and devil has created something that is not quite a daemon, but not a devil either. He is the scourge of cultures and societies, enjoying little more than raising an army of killers and rampaging through the streets until they are dead. He has supported many circles of magicians in the creation of powerful artifacts and spells designed to kill.

Believed to the favored assassin of Death, a powerful entity from the Shadow Realms. Thargon has given his blessing to many assassins that ply the trade of death; however he has also been known to take it away, usually with severe consequences. His support is very fickle and favors those that never ask for his assistance, but prefer to work their craft without help. He is known to be a master of disguise and is credited with killing both Saint Edwine and Saint Kienessa.

Valoris was born during a consummation between demon and mortal in a defiled graveyard. A being of no substance and only the shape of a solid cloaked figure always just in the distance of the fog. His insubstantial nature provides Valoris will all manner of abilities as holy ground and surfaces are no hindrance to him. He can protect those who ask his assistance from prying eyes and nosy clerics — all in the name of his service to the underworld.

A beastman that considers himself lord over all true lyncanthropes and other creatures of the moon. He cannot be reasoned with and he cannot be stopped, his raw primal power is an unquenchable thirst to ravage and destroy. He has been known to grant his favored with raw power, animal instincts, and complete bloodlust.

Having become more than simply a fire elemental; this once powerful fire spirit has become more upon entering miranda. It is now almost more human than element; although it still retains is outer shape. It can be reasoned with and bargained for its support. There are quite a few people that have build shrines to Tor, which he finds confusing but their supplications enjoyable. Those that anger him will find he is very quick to turn the fiery breath of a dragon upon them.

Saint Muer is often linked with Master Dinas, Patron of Magicians, as magicians are typically on many quests for hidden knowledge. Saint Meur also favors bards, minstrels, writers, and the thousands of scribes and artists that copy books. It is often quite common for people looking for some insight to offer a prayer or rub a icon of Saint Muer because he has given thoughtful reflections to many people during a time of crisis.

Whisp is more of a constant sense of being than any physical shape. Doing the bidding of the powerful Lord of Shadows, Whisp delivers both punishment and praise to those that honor the lord.

During his life he was a smith of unparalleled skill whose work was said to best even some of the dwarves of legend. Even hundreds of years after his death, even word that his most minor of creations has been unearthed sends people into a frenzy. Now he looks after those who work the forge and shape the metal. He whispers inspiration into their ears and lends his strength to their efforts; however, he is also a very demanding taskmaster — requiring that the smith not stop till finished. By striking the twin hammers mark upon his work, a smith is saying he was inspired by Saint Kenan.