Gods and Religions of Arcanthea
Gods in Arcanthea are real, active, and have opinions about mortal affairs. Some of them even participate directly in society, which creates interesting theological complications when your deity shows up to criticize your life choices personally.
Solaris — God of Dawn
Lord of Birth and Renewal
Most widely worshiped deity across Arcanthea, depicted as towering figure wreathed in golden light. Promises new beginnings to anyone who prays, delivers sunrise regardless of personal faith. I respect the consistency if nothing else.
📜 Divine Profile
- Domains: Dawn, birth, renewal, hope, new beginnings
- Symbol: Towering figure wreathed in golden light
- Secret Order: Order of the Sacred Dawn (vampire hunters)
Solaris worship emphasizes fresh starts and redemption, appealing theology for anyone who’s made mistakes they want to leave behind. The Church of Solaris have hospitals, orphanages, and dawn prayer services that are surprisingly well-attended given the early hour.
Bahamut — Guardian Spirit
Lord of Sky and Dragons
High Elf patron deity, typically depicted as colossal dragon with silver-white scales. Multiple airship crews report sightings that are never confirmed but always believed. Whether actual god or ancient dragon matters less than the faith invested.
📜 Divine Profile
- Domains: Sky, protection, nobility, dragons, justice
- Symbol: Colossal dragon with silver-white scales
- Major Followers: High Elves of the Celestine Isles
- Sacred Sites: Sky temples on the highest islands
Fyrie’s melody turns reverent and complex when we discuss Bahamut—she knows something I don’t
High Elf theology centers on Bahamut as protector and judge. He represents the ideals they aspire to: nobility, wisdom, and power used in service of justice. Whether he approves of their isolation and superiority complexes remains theologically contested.
Celinestria — The Dark Maiden
Goddess of the Cosmos
Dark Elf goddess of cosmos, beauty, song, dance, freedom, moonlight, swordwork, and hunting. Worshiped by Dark Elves who rejected Asloth’s cruelty. Depicted as ethereally beautiful maiden with ankle-length silver hair and obsidian skin gleaming like starlight.
📜 Divine Profile
- Domains: Cosmos, beauty, song, dance, freedom, moonlight, swordwork, hunting
- Symbol: Crescent moon and dancing figure
- Sacred Art: Bladesong martial tradition
Here’s what confuses me: every time I practice Bladesong, every time Fyrie and I achieve perfect harmony, I feel like I’m performing prayer to someone I’ve never met but somehow know. Celinestria’s domains—swordwork, freedom, dance—describe everything I am when I’m most myself.
Asloth — Demon Queen of Spiders
Mistress of Lies and Trickery
I’m going to be blunt about this because someone needs to be. Asloth is the Mistress of Lies and Trickery, most influential Dark Elf goddess, and an active participant in Vathren society who appears as beautiful Dark Elf woman merging into massive spider body.
She actively promotes and encourages slavery. This isn’t theological interpretation or cultural misunderstanding—Asloth directly supports the systematic enslavement and oppression that makes Dark Elf society function.
Beautiful and terrifying? Yes. Influential and powerful? Absolutely. Worth respecting or worshiping? Not while she champions the moral abomination that is slavery.
Fyrie goes discordant when discussing Asloth: we agree on this completely
📜 Divine Profile
- Domains: Spiders, lies, trickery, manipulation, matriarchy
- Major Followers: Ruling classes of Umbraqueth
- Influence: Dominant Dark Elf religion, actively participates in mortal affairs
Asloth’s worship involves elaborate hierarchies, deadly politics, and the constant threat of divine displeasure. Her priestesses hold enormous power within Dark Elf society.
T’Seraa — Lost Goddess of Luck
Lady of Fortune
Disappeared centuries ago, possibly murdered by jealous Asloth according to rumor. Depicted with flowing blonde-platinum hair and heterochromatic eyes—silver and gold like coin faces. Prophecies whisper of her reincarnation into mortal flesh.
📜 Divine Profile
- Domains: Luck, fortune, chance, gambling, destiny
- Symbol: Two-faced coin (silver and gold)
- Status: Missing/presumed dead
- Prophecy: Will be reborn into mortal form
The desperate still pray to her empty shrines. Luck, it seems, abandoned even its own goddess.
Gamblers, merchants, and anyone facing uncertain odds still invoke T’Seraa despite her absence. Whether their prayers reach anything remains unknown.
Xytheris — The Shattered Whisper
Goddess of Entropy
Goddess of Entropy, Forgotten Memories, Chaotic Decay, Unraveling Truths. Depicted as fractured silhouette dissolving into moths and ash—never whole, always breaking. Neither cruel nor kind, she governs slow death of stars, rusting of empires, quiet rot beneath polished surfaces.
📜 Divine Profile
- Domains: Entropy, forgotten memories, chaotic decay, unraveling truths
- Symbol: Fracturing silhouette dissolving into moths
- Major Followers: Philosophers, those seeking hidden truths
- Twisted Followers: The Blighted Chorus (assassin cult)
I understand her appeal to people seeking truth beneath comfortable lies. What I don’t understand is how the Blighted Chorus twisted her philosophy into justification for systematic murder.
Fyrie plays fragmenting melodies when we discuss Xytheris: beauty dissolving into discord
The Philosophical Appeal
Xytheris represents uncomfortable truths: nothing lasts forever, memories fade, empires crumble. For some, this brings peace, acceptance of impermanence. For others, it becomes nihilistic justification for hastening decay.
The difference between healthy Xytheris worship and the Blighted Chorus is the difference between acknowledging death and becoming its instrument. One accepts entropy as natural; the other weaponizes it.