The Forgotten Pantheon
Gods, spirits, and the cosmic forces that shaped Astrylis
The gods of Astrylis are half-forgotten — lost to time, misinterpreted, or sealed away. No single civilization remembers the full truth.
Every race, faction, and city has its own version. What follows are the fragments that scholars have pieced together from ancient texts and ruins.
The Divine Triad
The Three Pillars — primordial forces that structured reality before magic existed
These beings aren't gods in the traditional sense — they don't interfere directly. Instead, they are principles of existence. Scholars argue about them in old texts, but no temples stand in their names.
The Weaver
Shai'thiel
The Silent One / The Dreaming Hand
Domain: Creation, Order, Fabric of Reality
The silent architect of existence, whose patterns created the Ethereal Web. The Weaver wove the first threads of Astrylis, shaping reality from the formless void. The Weaver's work was meant to be perfect, but balance required its opposite — The Voidborn. Not worshiped directly; instead, scholars argue about its existence in old texts. No temples exist in its name, but rare artifacts whisper of its influence.
The Abyss
Nyxirat
The First Shadow / The Voidborn
Domain: Entropy, Chaos, The Unknown
The force of entropy, chaos, and the unknown. Not exactly evil, but the counterbalance to the Weaver, existing not as destruction but as necessary entropy. It exists beyond reality, consuming lost knowledge, swallowing time itself. Some believe it is not a god but the natural end of all things. Where The Weaver created form, The Voidborn devoured it, ensuring that nothing remained stagnant.
The Keeper
Elyr
The Eternal Witness / The Watcher of the Forgotten
Domain: Memory, Time, Judgment, Balance
The preserver of balance, the only one who remembers everything. The Keeper ensures that nothing is lost forever, even the forgotten gods and civilizations. Said to have sealed away forbidden knowledge, protecting Astrylis from truths that could destroy it. Some see The Keeper as a divine protector, while others see it as a jailer of wisdom.
A Fourth Presence
Vey'Kareth
Sealed for EternityThe One Who Unbinds
An ancient name in old Astrylian meaning “the one who unbinds.” Before magic, before light and shadow, there were not three Pillars — there were four. The fourth was sealed, its name scraped from temples, its memory scattered across contradicting myths.
Some say it was the twin of The Abyss. Others say it was never meant to exist at all — a fracture in creation that gained consciousness. Every civilization in Astrylis has a different version of the story. None of them agree. All of them are afraid.
“Where Vey'Kareth has passed, the Web's threads lie severed and empty — connections unmade at their root.”
The Mortal Pantheon
Divine beings worshiped by mortals — each faintly remembered, each contested
Since Astrylis is a broken world, the gods are only partially remembered — some by elves, some by dwarves, others by hidden cults. Their names shift between languages, and their stories contradict.
Sol'Rathis
The Unyielding Flame
Domain: Sacred Sun, Order, and War
God of the Sacred Sun, Order, and War. Originally a warrior spirit of balance, but his teachings were corrupted by fanatics over time. Legends say he burned away the Shadow That Should Not Have Been. The Sacred Flame Order believes he is the only god, but other races know this is a lie. Their doctrine states that all gods but one are false — only the Light is pure. Heretics are those who worship anything else. They once hunted Merra's people for their connection to shadow magic.
Worshiped by: Solarae, Order of the Sacred Light
Nyxirath
The Moon That Watches / The Moon Sentinel
Domain: Night, Dreams, Lost Magic, and Hidden Knowledge
Goddess of Night, Dreams, and Lost Magic. Worshiped by old Xan'Therran scholars before her name vanished after the Shadewalkers' fall. Some say she weaves forgotten spells into the stars for those wise enough to listen. Her last temple lies in ruin somewhere beneath Mer'Faldhur. A goddess erased from history, now only a whisper in legends.
Worshiped by: Old Xan'Therran scholars, Shadewalkers (historical), Duskborn (as the guardian of lost wisdom)
Astrolorian
The Astral Guardian
Domain: Prophecy, Celestial Power, and the Guiding Stars
God of Prophecy and the Guiding Stars. Elyndor's elves remember him as the last of the celestial protectors. His constellation appears once every thousand years, signaling a great change. The Council of Elders debates whether he was ever real.
Worshiped by: Elyndor's elves, celestial scholars
Q'Thal'Zirun
The Abyssal Whisper
Domain: The Forbidden, Keeper of Secrets, Shadow Magic
Patron of the Forbidden, Keeper of Secrets. No temple exists — only whispered names. A god shrouded in myth, said to have created shadow magic but was sealed away by the gods of light. Merra's magic may have ties to him, or maybe she was meant to seal him away. Some say he is not a god but a memory of the first Shadewalker, trapped in eternity. Perhaps not a god at all, but something older, waiting in the shadows.
Worshiped by: No formal worship — only whispered names. Hidden cults and seekers of forbidden knowledge
The Twin Serpents — Iryos & Nerys
The Serpents of Duality
Domain: Transformation, Chaos, Duality, and Rebirth
Gods of Duality, Chaos, and Rebirth. Iryos is the green serpent covered in spring flowers — the life-giver, embodying cycles of renewal and nourishment. Nerys is the skeletal death-bringer serpent, bringing end and transformation through life. Some factions claim they are one being split into two, while others say they are always at war. Their influence appears in ancient ruins, but no one fully remembers their true purpose.
Worshiped by: Ancient cults, practitioners of transformation magic, those who honor the cycle of life and death
Illari
The Light's Mercy / The Radiant One
Domain: Life, Renewal, The Dawn
A compassionate light, distinct from Sol'Rathis's unyielding flame. The elves see Illari as a being of light and wisdom. Scholars suspect this may be a corrupted version of Sol'Rathis from the old world, reinterpreted through elven tradition into something gentler and more nurturing.
Worshiped by: Elves, Verdani
Auri'Kaan
The Drowned God
Domain: The Deep, Tides, Death Beneath the Waves
Some believe Auri'Kaan is not a god but an ancient being slumbering beneath CoralKeep, whispering to those who dare seek its favor. A feared entity of the deep ocean, associated with the terrifying unknowns beneath the waves.
Worshiped by: Feared by Corallians and sailors
Xhal'Zirith
The Beastfather
Domain: Strength, Wild Instinct, Blood Rituals
It is said that the Beastkin descend from the remnants of an ancient war between mortals and gods. Some claim they were once divine beings themselves, now cursed to walk the world as warriors of the hunt. Xhal'Zirith represents the primal, untamed power of nature.
Worshiped by: Beastkin of Varnoth
The Unwoven
Dark forces born from the corruption of the Ethereal Web
The Unwoven is the umbrella term for everything born from the corruption, fraying, and inversion of the Ethereal Web. It is not simply evil — it is what remains when the light forgets itself.
“Where the Web frays, they gather. Where memory slips, they breathe. The Unwoven are not enemies of light. They are what remains when the light forgets itself.”— The Unwoven Codex
Fragmented terms recovered from ancient texts
The Frayborn
Corrupted life given form where the Web frays.
The Nullweave
A dark mirror plane — limbo for some, home to parasitic entities for others.
The Forskeins
Abandoned threads of fate. Empty prisons, or something worse.
The Severance
The forbidden act of crossing into total disconnection.
7 more fragments remain sealed
The full truth lies within the pages of the saga.
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