| Kajabor | Kargan Tor | Keraun | King of Above | King of Below |
| King Undine | Kolat | Krarsht | Krjalk | Kyger Litor |
Kajabor is the Great Fear, believed to drive people or gods to follow such corruption as Wakboth. For this reason Kajabor is as much an enemy as true evil, though he is utterly impersonal and, some say, as natural as the forces of creation.
In God-Time, Kajabor was slain by Wakboth and went to Hell where he confronted the last of the gods, massed in their final stronghold. Arachne Solara there enmeshed him, wrapped him in her legs and struggled mightily, and at last devoured him alive. The resulting combination of entropy and existence synthesized into the god Time, who rules the cosmos.
In every instance where a wall painting shows Kajabor facing or destroying other gods, his image is always hammered out, leaving a gaping ruin. Thus is he rendered.
She is usually shown as a woman bearing waterskins and riding upon the swallows which fly before the storm.
Carvings depict him as a bearded man haloed with a star. A sun is upon his chest and a cloud upon his abdomen. He wields whatever local tools are used to make sky magics.
He is rendered as a beardless, empty-eyed man with a fury's face upon his chest and a skull upon his abdomen, reaching forward with one skeletal hand.
His portrayals show a wave, sometimes with a face or arms.
Kolat is the father of the Seven Winds: North Wind, South Wind, East Wind, West Wind, plus three secret winds (Higher, Lower, and No-wind) known only to a few living people. He is also called Umbrol, the parent of the Umbroli, fathers of sylphs. Kolat is as important for his place in the genealogy of the gods as for his deeds.
He is shown as a gust of wind, often with a puffy-cheeked blowing face and powerful arms.
Throughout Time, she has never held a surface kingdom. Instead, she tunnels through society as she tunnels through the earth. The cult serves as a clandestine network, a society of assassins, and a secret organization for the power-hungry. Even her own worshipers rarely know what they serve, and most never meet one of the awful tunnel-monsters which dig Krarsht's traps and mazes.
Her temples have statues of a many-tentacled creature, like an octopus with multiple fanged mouths. In some troll rituals a foe is dressed like her for sacrifice, decorated with wire ropes for arms.
He is shown in Zorak Zoran rituals in many forms, but always with a noose about his neck and a metal spike protruding from his chest.
She is usually shown as a mistress troll, accoutered with crude regalia of power. Her statue can be chewed from any kind of rock, and is always the largest statue in any group.
Kargan Tor [KAR-gan TOR]
Yelm pantheons -- Celestial Court god of conflict
As the god of conflict for the Celestial Court Kargan Tor's exact duties are not well understood, since death did not exist at that time. Current myth implies that he deserted his post at the Court and allowed the Devil to enter the Immortal Palace and abuse the Empress Glorantha. A revolt followed which resulted in the destruction of the Spike, whereupon the invading forces of chaos swept across the world.Keraun [kerr-AHN]
Pamalt pantheon -- the Cloud-Bearer, the good wind
Keraun is the goddess of the east wind which blows rain clouds across Pamaltela. She is a friend, servant, or wife of Pamalt.King of Above
Hsunchen pantheon -- Chief Star
This deity is the ruler of the Sky World. He is unreachable by shamans but his spirits, the beings of wind, rain, sunshine, and starlight, can be obtained without difficulty.King of Below
Hsunchen pantheon -- Grasper
This being lives beneath the floating earth and is the counterpart to the King of Above. He rules darkness spirits, the dead, and monsters.King Undine [un-DEEN]
Merman pantheon -- father of water elementals
This is the child of Heler and Triolina, and all undines are descended from him. There are several upper echelons of these creatures who cannot be commanded by mere mortal priests or magicians. One of those is Tidal Wave, another is Ship Beater, a third is Island Gulper. One son of Tidal Wave is called Sog, who is famous for his many stations of worship where the ancient Waertagi used to land. Sog is also parent of the three Father Undines who spawned in turn the nine Giant Undines whose clans are the source of the many different elementals of the Neleomi sea and its many rivers.Kolat [KOE-laht]
Orlanth pantheon -- father of winds
see also UmbrolKrarsht [KRARSHT]
Chaos pantheon -- chaos god of hunger and traps
This creature's true name is still unknown. She is also known as the Waiting Mouth, the Hungry One, and the Devouring Mother. She invaded Glorantha with the Devil and fed on the refuse of the universe. When driven underground, she chewed great holes in the world.Krjalk [kur-JAHLK]
Chaos pantheon -- chaos god of treason
The gods of chaos crawled out from the howling void left behind after the destruction of the spike. Krjalk was one of them. Billions of beings joined his empire of chaos mutants. Merely speaking his name or thinking of him was then enough to transform the speaker or thinker into a chaos horror -- a slave of Krjalk's throngs. Zorak Zoran finally encountered this dire terror and devoured him. Only tiny particles of Krjalk escaped to seed the souls of traitors, parricides, and apostates everywhere.Kyger Litor [KIGH-ger LEE-tor]
Troll pantheon -- mother of trolls
Kyger Litor is the ancestress of all the troll races of the world and is almost universally worshiped by them. When the sun was slain she invaded the surface world with her minions, conquered the land, and bore the brunt of the fighting against chaos. The cult is simple and primitive, often savage or brutal in the eyes of humans, but is satisfying to the equally primal trolls.For more information on Kyger Litor, see the Cult of Kyger Litor.
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