The Major Deities

Residing in the outer planes, the major deities, like their predecessors the Keepers, rule certain aspects of the world. They are often worshiped by the peoples of Avern, and they often interact through Avatars. Unlike the Keepers, who rarely manifest on the Avernese plane, they will often appear in one form or another to their followers.

The major deities of Avern, along with the minor ones, are like a large family. They fight, argue, and yet they still support one another. They maintain the balance in the world. For everything good, there is something evil, for everything beautiful, there is something ugly.

The major deities wield broader power than their minor siblings. There is no movement between the two categories, no matter how many worshippers or how popular a deity becomes or how unpopular one might also become. The major deities strive to work on controlling the wilder elements among the minor deities and offer guidance and advice to them as well. With their broader scope of powers and influence, they usually appeal to a larger group of people.

Keeper

Foci

Known as

Symbol

Weapon
Iconic Weapon

Followers

Aren (Male)

Paladins
Cities
Codes
Crusades

The Paladin Father
The Patron

Longsword
Virtue's Kiss

Paladins

Thrakas (Male)

Barbarians
Destruction

The Destroyer

Greataxe
Destruction's Hand

Destroyers

Pherome (Male)

The Wilds
Hunters

The Great Hunter

Spear
Heartseeker

Hunters
Rangers

Telema (Female)

War
Slavery

The Slaver
The Matron of War

Chain Whip
Slave's Embrace

Slavers
Soldiers
Warriors

Briasha (Female)

Mercy
Healing
Angels

Great Angel
Lady of Hope

Light Mace
Mercy's Touch

Healers
Holy Warriors

Crean (Female)

Disease
Pestilence
Demons

Great Demon
Lady of Despair

Scourge
Despairfires

Plaguebearers
Demon Callers

Volmn (Neutral)

Government
Cities
Judgement

Lawgiver
Lawmaker
Great Judge

Heavy Mace
Lawmaker

Justice Bringers
Judges

Erikreas (Neutral)

Chaos
Chance
Gambling

Chaos Bringer
The Smiling Lady
Great Gambler

Morningstar
Chaoswhisper

Freedom Makers
Gamblers
Free Spirits

The Primary deities were the second born at the dawn of creation. These deities were born with a balancing opposite. The order of their birth is presented in the chart, born in pairs with their equal and opposite. The neutral and evil nature of the deities determines their place of residence, either the upper or lower planes. Those that are neutral in nature take up their residence in the planes of law and chaos, to either side of the physical, but neither upper nor lower.

The people who follow each of the primary deities tend to align with each other. They group in fellowship, and in worst case it leads to fanatic tendencies among them. Some groups have subgroups and occasionally there are groups that worship groups of more than one god/dess as a group. These groups are looked upon several different ways. Single god/dess worshippers sometimes call these blasphemers, feeling that worshipping more than one god/dess is tantamount to being a traitor to all the gods. Those that worship multiple gods feel that the single god/dess worshippers are missing out on a world they cannot even understand. They often refer to them as single or closed minded and much too narrow in focus. There are pantheists, those that worship the entire pantheon, and are often disliked by the multitheists and monotheists alike because they are not choosing a path at all. They also feel that those that worship the secondary or auxiliary deities are too narrow in focus, because of the specificity of the foci of the secondary deities.