| Saliligor | Sea Eagle | Selarn | Seseine | Seven Mothers |
| Shavaya | Sikkanos | Sir Sea | Slor | Storm Bull |
| Styx | Subere |
Saliligor is shown as a dolphin with a pair of human legs.
Selarn himself is shown as a tiny man gripping a large colorful cylinder.
She is illustrated as a beautiful man or woman, seductively dressed and posed.
The spirits of the original secret council which restored the Red Goddess to the world receive popular worship throughout the Lunar Empire. Their worshipers feed the poor and proselytize among them for initiates. Along with potato bread and soup, they reveal stories which compare the downtrodden with the Red Goddess, who had her own humble beginnings in a poorhouse tended by the six wise folk who guided her to godhead. The various subcults of this religion act in concert to familiarize outsiders with the stories of the Red Goddess. Just as the original mothers taught the Goddess, so do these holy folk teach people about her. Individuals are initiated into the cult of the Red Goddess and can enter any of the subcults.
Images of the seven mothers are described separately in each individual entry. A popular image set into pottery shows the whole group sitting in a crescent shaped boat.
Tapestries depict him as an oriental man of middle years, bald but with a long moustache. He wears a yellow robe trimmed in red. Formal portraits show him with his left foot upon a dragon which vomits forth a river of silver water, and with his right foot upon an open lotus flower.
In Pamaltelan combat rituals each spring one warrior dresses in this god's fashion -- red ragged furs crusted with blood, carrying poison darts and leather bags full of poison wind.
Slor is depicted by worshipers in the form of their favored, most important, or ancestral plant.
He is shown as a burly warrior with a bull (or other herd beast's) head, or as a gigantic version of the favored hoofed animal.
Her troll-image is that of a flat stone with a depression in the center. A face with tiny ears is carved into both surfaces of the stone.
Her womanly image is usually carved in coal and wrapped with three leaden bands.
Sea Eagle
Hsunchen pantheon -- help from the east
see the First Four CompanionsSelarn [sehl-ARN]
Yelm pantheon -- thief god of Afadjann
The thieves of Afadjann, an important Fonritian kingdom, maintain traditions founded during the Great Darkness. Their secret society abides by ironbound rules, ruthlessly enforces the order's laws, and encourages a calculated hostility against whatever authorities currently rule Afadjann.Seseine [seh-SAY-nay]
Chaos pantheon -- goddess of temptation
An intense desire for some object, emotion, or state of being can lead a person to use evil or corrupt means. Such vile, overwhelming passion is incited by Seseine, who rules demons of desire, incubi, and similarly horrible creatures.Seven Mothers
Lunar pantheon -- the re-creators of the Red Goddess
See Danfive Xaron, Deezola, Irrippi Ontor, Jakaleel the Witch, Teelo Norri, Yanafal TarnilsFor more information on the Seven Mothers, see the Cult of the Seven Mothers.
Shavaya [shah-VEE-ah]
Eastern pantheon -- the Emperor of Splendor
Shavaya is the first human ruler of Kralorela -- he was preceded by philosophical entities or universal deities. He ordained the Kralori way for the rest of eternity. He is regarded as the ideal ruler, both by his own people and by some cultures which exist outside his lands.Sikkanos [SIK-ahn-ohs]
Pamalt pantheon -- the bad wind, the dust storm
Sikkanos is the enemy of mankind; the deadly breath of the Nargan Desert.
He sends flaming monsters or poison winds from the desert's heart.Sir Sea
Yelm pantheons -- -Celestial Court god of elemental water
Sir Sea was the second of the primal elements born to the universe. Within him lay all of the potential and possibility of the universe without darkness. He created many children, even giving birth to some of them himself, without having a wife. Among them are the minor seas and rivers of the land. He is the source of all water.Slor [SLOR]
Elf pantheon -- god of the marshes and red elves
Slor is the ancestor of all ferns and related plants, and of red elves. He is of mutable gender.Storm Bull
Orlanth and Praxian pantheons -- berserker god, chaos-killer
Storm Bull is a god of untamed animal power and passion -- too unruly to be welcome in many pantheons. His wild and intense fury could best even chaos, and so this berserk deity led the war of the Greater Darkness. He fought the Devil to a standstill and trapped him under a mountain of adamant. Thus he is grudgingly tolerated in many barbaric regions.For more information on the Storm Bull, see the Cult of
the Storm Bull.
Styx [STIKS]
Merman and Troll pantheons -- goddess of oaths and black waters
The Styx is the Last Drop of Darkness, and gave birth to Zaramaka, the first true water. She is the main river of the underworld, though some texts call her a pool or a well rather than a river. A few legends even mention a great Black Sea of Hell where listless waves wash upon a lifeless gray shore. She is also known as the Garrotte of the Gods, for she can cause even immortals to choke and suffer if they swear upon her name and break their word. She is aided by several families of Furies. Mortals usually shun swearing by Styx, pledging their word instead by other oath guardians.Subere [soo-BEER-ee]
Troll pantheon -- goddess of the dark deep within
She is the goddess of the Inner Dark and is also believed to be the wife of Dehore. The lords of the Seven Hells all worship her. She is also called the mother of Death, for that power was made or found within her cavernous being before it was brought into the surface world.Next Letter