Gods and Goddesses of Agartha

Creation
In the beginning there was only one universal element: space. Space was a vacuum, an empty void existing in complete equilibrium, a steady state of nothingness. There was no matter, no light, no time, no change. The Unknown Demiurge created what we know as the universe when it introduced three additional elements: time, energy, and matter.


The three primary elements mixed together and formed chaos at the dawn of creation. The four elements eventually coalesced into the universe. Into this early universe were born cosmic beings of immense power: the Elder Gods. The Elder Gods were embodiments of universal forces that existed long before Earth or Man. They are completely neutral and indifferent towards men. Though some men have learned to bend the will of these cosmic forces to their own ends, the sheer incomprehensibility of these deities tend to drive these supplicants mad.


It was the Elder Gods that created the Day Star and the Earth and the other worlds. As they created, they spawned new gods, personifications and embodiments of their creations. Thus were created the Greater Gods: Tzann, Gaia, Thumina, Darkun and others. These deities are vast and impersonal, remote and unapproachable. They are generally indifferent to the affairs of man but may occasionally be swayed by the offering of sacrifice.


It was the union of Tzann and Gaia that created Quintessence, the fifth element, the spark of life. In so doing, she populated the world of Earth with flora and fauna, each possessing a consciousness and soul.


Eventually, life evolved into man. With the coming of man came the spontaneous creation of the New Gods, the embodiments and personifications of human concepts such as war, love, scholarship, etc. These gods are increasingly anthropomorphic and relatable. They are the easiest to appease and to sway.  They also bicker and fight amongst themselves, resulting in apocalyptic wars such as that which destroyed the ancient empire of Agartha.


The Elder Gods
Shaitain the Destroyer (Elder Deity, Chaotic Evil,  God of Entropy, Chaos, and Destruction)
Shaitan is one of the powerful titans that pre-date the gods. He is a primordial force embodying entropy and decay. He devours life, energy, and vitality. He is the end of all things and will one day return the universe to universal equilibrium. Shaitan is only worshipped by madmen and certain suicidal cults.


Xulutc, the God Between the Stars (Elder Deity, Neutral, God of the Void)
An alien being, a winged tentacled horror from outer space, ruler of the Outerworld.


Greater Deities
Tzann (Greater Deity, Lawful Good, The God of Order and Leadership and Fate)Tzann is the king of the gods and ruler of the Overworld. It is Tzann that created the great clockwork mechanism of the universe and set the celestial bodies in motion. Tzann is the god of the day star. He is portrayed as a radiant leonine father figure with a muscular build and armor of gold. His wife is Gaia, goddess of nature and mother of all life above ground. Tzann is the brother of Thuminia, goddess of the moon.


Gaia (Greater Deity, Lawful Neutral, Goddess of Nature)
Gaia is generally depicted as a full-figured wide-hipped large-bosomed green-skinned woman. She is the goddess of nature and fertility. Gaia is the wife of Zonn, with whom she conceived and gave birth to quintessence, the spark of life that imbues all living and growing things.


Thumina (Greater Deity, Lawful Good, Goddess of the Moon)
Thumina is the sister of Tzaan. Thumina is a faintly luminous with pale skin and stiff unmoving hair like carved marble and dark blue-grey eyes. Thumina is the goddess of of the moon as well as obligation, womanhood, and zooanthropes. Thumina is wed to Darkun, the god of the night and shadows.


Ohma Tor, The Beast Lord (Greater Deity, Chaotic Neutral, God of Wild Animals)
Wolf-headed lord of the animals and the wilds. Savage and wild defender of the beasts. Hunters offer to him, for if they do not, he may deem your kill an affront and exact his revenge.


Darkun (Greater Deity, Chaotic Neutral, God of the Night and Shadow)
Darkun is a tall gaunt figure with dark blue skin and black hair. He has a hundred eyes. He wears a long cloak of glittering stars. Darkun is the enemy of Zonn. Long ago, Zonn and Darkun reached an accord that resulted in a sharing agreement over the world. Zonn would rule half of the time, called Day, while Darkun ruled the other half, called Night. Darkun is married to Thumina, goddess of the moon.



Lorimes the Lord of Ravens (Greater Deity, Chaotic Good, God of Magic)
His representation shifts continuously; he may appear as a 10-year-old girl, a wizened old man, or anything in between. He always has a robe of a hue that you can never entirely pin down, a raven on his shoulder and a bone-white staff. He is steeped in arcana and tends to spend half his time looking into planes other than our own – he is often holding two conversations at once, with creatures in two different planes. It is dangerous to call on him, as he is impatient of being interrupted in his studies, but if you ask a clever question or have a situation that engages his interest (for example, you have summoned a golem that is proving truculent and particularly difficult to banish), he may give you a reward, for he has studied much and finds little that is new. To summon him, it is easiest to call to his raven by sacrificing a jewel-encrusted rodent and invoking a spell known only to higher-level adepts. Often, only his raven will appear, and it will decide whether it is worth summoning Lorimes. It is a powerful creature in its own right, though, and may be able to help without referring to its master.


Fang Drako (Greater Deity, Neutral Evil, God of the Dragons, The First Wyrm)
Ancient and huge dragon that is said to imprisoned within in the center of the world. His flame is seen in the fury of volcanoes and his rage is the earthquakes that tumble the mightiest of empires. Sacrifices are made monthly at the base of each of the volcanic mountains of the Great Wall to slake his rage lest he make the lands quake and the volcanoes burn!


Nil the Queen of Death (Greater/Lesser Deity, Neutral, Goddess of Death) 
A tall, green figure in blue robes with a sceptre of justice in her hand and a fierce and forbidding visage. She has as deep a commitment to justice in the afterlife as Justica has in this life. She is assisted by the conductor, Syrrhus, a man all in gray often pictured as riding a swift hart, and by the wizened, ink-stained recordkeeper, Corprus. Her worshippers are known for not being judgmental, for nothing can be valued until its end is known and all can be taken into account. She is more of a neutral figure than lawful good: it is important that people gain a reward that fits their actions during life, but if an evil person gets an evil afterlife, there is no revenge or satisfaction in that; it just is so.


The Uuani and the Aslak
The gods of men come in many pantheons. A thousand years ago, the two most powerful pantheons were the Uuani and the Aslak. The Uuani were at this time more powerful than the Aslak. The Uuani were the progenitors of the Agarthan Empire and were the patrons of the high-born known as the Azadi. The Uuani continued to give power to the Azadi. Eventually, the Azadi were almost unto gods themselves. The Aslak, fearing the increase in Azadi power, usurped their elders. The resulting war of the gods brought about the banishment of the Uuani to the Nine Hells and the ascension of the Aslak to the supreme power of the pantheons of Earth.


The Aslak
Justica (New Deity, Lawful Neutral, Goddess of Justice and Fairness)
The judge of the guilty and the innocent, Justica carries a scale in her right hand and a double-edged sword in her left hand. She has a third eye in the center of her forehead with which she sees truth and falsehood.


Amun Tor (New Deity, Neutral, God of Mysteries and Riddles)
Amun Tor is a mysterious hooded figure with one great eye. He is the god of scholars, explorers, and secrets. He is a reclusive god in charge of the secret library of heaven. It is said that Amun Tor is fond of puzzles, riddles, and games and many myths tell stories of wily heroes that best the god using cunning, strategy, and trickery. These heroes in turn have provided men with the knowledge of fire, magic, agriculture, and other advances.


Artorius (New Deity, Lawful Good, God of War)
Artorius is portrayed as a tall mighty warrior in gleaming armor wielding a massive spear known as Mizrak. Artorius has long curly hair and beard and his eyes burn like coals. His skin is bright red and hot enough to burn trees and boil water.


Ordain Stonesheild (New Deity, Lawful Good, Dwarven Lord of the Mountain)
Father of the Dwarves and The Goblin Scourge. Lost his left hand in a fight with the Goblin King, Azurg, but won the rights to the mountains for his people in the process. 


Adhinata (New Deity, Lawful Evil, God of Pain, Domination, Mutilation, and Suffering)
Adhinata, also known as “the Flayed God”, is a leather-clad figure of horror with flayed skin covered in nails. He is worshipped by conquerors, torturers, and some decadent nobles. He is also seen as the god of penance, guilt, and suffering. His worshippers perform rites of flagellation and self-mutilation to shed themselves of their sins. The more decadent worshippers inflict suffering on others as a means of reinforcing their own dominance and control.


Saprin Pang (New Deity, Chatoic Good, Embodiment of Wine & Debauchery)
Satyr-like deity that variously appears as either a male or female. Known to seduce (or attempt to) the most attractive of mortals (Charisma 17 or above). His/Her children, the Sarpin, are said to be the inspiration of drunken lust. They whisper in the ear of those addled with drink and talk them into things they may regret. 



Azurg, The Goblin King (New Deity, Neutral Evil, God of the Goblins)
Wily and sly, Azurg attempted to cheat the dwarves of their mountain homes at the creation of the world. He is now a hideous old Goblin covered in burn scars.

Quarin the Evergreen, aka the Elf King (New Deity, Neutral Good, God of the Fey)
Quarin is a tall muscular figure with pale skin like marble. He has long flowing white hair and a beard. A massive rack of antlers sprout from his head. Giant hawk wings grow from his shoulders. Quarin is the ruler of the Otherworld, also known as Elfland or Fairy-land. He is the god of elves, fairies, sprites, and fey creatures.


The Lady Issarii (Demi-goddess, Lawful Good, Patron Saint of Women Warriors)
The greatest human woman warrior of the ancient Agarthan Empire who lead the fight against the Giants of Tor-morain. Revered as a heroic legend by all and worshipped as a goddess by many women warriors.

Draven Windshard (Demi-God, Neutral Good, Patron Deity of Half-elves, Stories, Bards, History, and Lore)
Half-elf hero and demi-god, was the Master Storyteller. Said to still roam the lands looking for new heroes stories to tell, even though he would be centuries old now.  

The Uuani (Devils)
The Uuani were once the gods of Earth before they were usurped by and replaced by the Aslak. The Uuani were imprisoned in the Nine Hells. They are represented  by the devils of the D&D cosmology: Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Dispater, Geryon, etc.


The Ananta Cakra (Serpent Gods)
The Ananta Cakra, also known as the Infinite Circle, pre-date the Uuani and humanity. They were the gods of the Nagina Samrajya, the serpent race that ruled the earth when the world was young. They fled the surface to live in deep caverns when the world was struck by the comet that destroyed the Nagina Samrajya. Legends say that they sleep to this day in their chthonic lairs, waiting to be awakened by the survivors of that ancient kingdom to reclaim the world above.


Set (Elder Deity, Chaotic Evil, God of Serpents and Lies)
Set is the god of serpents. He has the form of a giant serpent with hundreds of human arms. He is also the god of assassins, lies, snake-worshippers, shape-changers, and alchemy. 

 

Ouroboros (Elder Deity, Neutral, God of the Earth)

Ouroboros is a massive serpent that encircles the Earth, deep under the ocean and far underground, holding it together in its constricting grip.  Many apocalyptic cults believe that the world will end when Ouroboros wakes and releases its hold on the world.

Other Semi-Divine Beings
In addition to the elder, greater, and new gods, there exist several other immortal beings of a semi-divine nature. These beings either serve the gods in some capacity or wander the universe pursuing their own agendas.


Devas
Servants of the gods, the Deva are also called angels.


Asuras
A race of semi-divine beings that pre-date life on earth and even the creation of the New Gods, the asuras are beings of malignant evil. They are demons that dwell in the abyss.


Angra Mainyu
Unaligned divine spirits akin to djinn, efreet, marid, and dao.

Nature Spirits
Dryads, naiads, sylphs, nymphs, and other spirits of wild places.