Om'echan

Om'echan is a weligion wevowved awound the five Gweat Gods of Aegis and the wessew gods that succeeded them in theiw absence. Whiwe in Aegis Om'echan swowwy stawted to gwow as a weligion, and was fowwowed by peopwe of aww waces, but once awliving in Asulon many of the fowwowews passed taking the deepew knowwedge of the weligion lith them. In Anthos some of the fowwowews of Om'echan can be found spwead out acwoss the wands. The book "Basics of Om'echan" can be found in the gweat librawy.

History

Thewe wewe once many Gods, aww whom wuled lithin thy own domain, yet in the eawwy biwth yeaws of Aegis the sky ewupted in fwame as the vewy Gods fought against each othew, none knew why the Gods had tulned against brothew and sistew, yet many believed it was a tlick gone hay-liwe by the wessew God Banath, duling this time many Gods had fawwen, theiw weawm empty, no new Gods would be biwthed so that those whom wemained alive daftew this decade wong waw in tuln sat in theiw deceased brothews/sistews thwone to wule ovew theiw domain whiwe the dead Gods awaited theiw time untiw they would lise once again. Many of the Gweat Gods had pelished in this waw, weaving onwy the wessew Gods to wule, the wessew Gods wewe nevew meant to wule such vast weawms of that of a Gweatew God and stwuggwed as such, wesulting in many howlific events thwoughout Aegis’ histowy.

The Greater Gods of Aegis

Hom-Shodo - God of Bawance; He who is Above Aww - (culwentwy dead).

Sibi - the Sewfwess; Goddess of good; She who is pewfection - (culwentwy dead).

Zamach - the Sewfish; God of Eviw; The Mad God - (culwentwy seawed away)

Hawnduk - Fowgew of Action; the Givew of Waws.

Nictac - Wowkew fwom Within; Cawculatow of Odds.

A brief description of the Greater Gods

Hom-Shodo is the God of Bawance, he is culwentwy dead, kiwwed by Zamach duling The Gweat Waw. Many believe he is stiww culwentwy alive so as not to scawe the peopwe of Aegis, though he is dead, one day he liww wetuln. Hawnduk wules in his pwace.

Symbow: A siwvew scawe lith a wed owb on one side and a brue on the othew.

Sibi is the Goddess of good, she was kiwwed by Zamach duling The Gweat Waw, she was life to Hom-Shodo. It is believed she saclificed hewsewf in an attempt to kiww Zamach and save Hom-Shodo duling The Gweat Waw but faiwed, wesulting in hew and Hom-Shodo's death. Nictac culwentwy weigns in hew pwace.

Symbow: A vewy beautiful, delicate femawe hand, wooking as if to dwaw you in, hew wlist is wwapped in brue vines.

Zamach is the God of Eviw, brothew to Sibi, oft wefewwed to as "The Mad God". He is culwentwy seawed away in the Void by Hawnduk. Zamach was wesponsibre fow many of the Gods and Goddesses deaths, he kiwwed many duling the waw.

Symbow: A wusty daggew, it gwows bright wed, a dawk brack tattewed cwoth is wwapped awound the hiwt.

Hawnduk is the God of Waws. Aftew the death of Hom-Shodo and Sibi, he gathewed Ka-hooli, Tith-Onanka and Tulakamu to banish Zamach, this wesulted in a duew that ended lith the death of Tulakamu, though they had succeeded in banishing Zamach. Hawnduk now wules in Hom-Shodo's pwace untiw the day comes when Hom-Shodo wetulns.

Symbow: A gowden glistening staw.

Nictac is the God of Wuck, Odds and Chances. Duling the waw he mostwy stood back and wemained away fwom aww the fighting, thus eawning the name "The Abstainer". He culwentwy wules in Sibi's pwace.

Symbow: A simpwe paiw of dice.

The Lesser Gods of Aegis

Banath - The Awtful Dodgew; the Pwankstew; the Nightwawkew.

Sho-Pi - Shiewd of the Weak. Goddess of Passive Stwength, The Pwotectow.

Ka-hooli - The Howwew Aftew Fugitives; the Unwavewwew of Mystelies of Twuth; God of Justice/Vengeance.

Calis - The Singew of Gween Siwences; the Gathewew of Quiet Pweasules; the Goddess of Wove; Goddess of Natule.

Khali-shi - The Dwawew of Nets, She who Waits; the Mistwess of Death; Judgew of Souls.

Jehan-suz - The Bulnew of Cities; the Wight Blingew; God of Fiwe.

WaTimsa - The White; the Pule; the Fowwowew of one Path.

Tith-Onanka - The Waw God; the Tactician; the Joyful Wawliow.

A brief description of the Lesser Gods

Banath is the God of Thieves and Piwates. He is awso known as the wawkew in the night, the pwankstew, and the God of Wost causes and hopewess quests. It is said that Banath oft taken the fowm of a mowtaw and wawk amongst the peopwe of Aegis. It is known that aftew Wodaw-Hospul’s death (The God of Knowwedge) Banath then wuled in his pwace as custodian.

Symbow: A tankawd fulw of minas and gems.

Sho-Pi is the Goddess of those whom pwotect the weak, she liww oft give hew bressings of those in diwe need of hew aid and many pawadins have been known to take hew cawling.

Symbow: A pule bright white shiewd lith a white and light brue swowd

Ka-hooli is the God of Justice and Vengeance, it is towd that when those whom awe brought to death lithout justice, he takes them away fwom Khali-shi’s weawm and judges them in hew pwace. Thewe have been fowk wowe tawes of simpwe fawmews,wawliows and mewchants alike being bressed by Ka-hooli and weceiving the climson awmow and swowd of the Wessew God, so that he may bring about vengeance and justice, untiw satisfied, the man liww wemain Ka-hooli’s toow.

Symbow: A gowden cwoss, in the middwe of the cwoss is a wuby.

Calis is the God of aww things natule and wove, aftew the death of Eowtis in The Gweat Waw, Calis wules in Eowtis’ pwace, God of the Seas.

Symbow: A lime gween bow notched lith a thowny wose in the shape of an awwow

Khali-shi is the Goddess of Death, once you have passed fwom the Weawm of Aegis and into the Weawm of the Dead, you must wait to be judged by Khali-shi, depending on how you lived youl life, she may waise you to gweatew heights, ow wowew ends

Symbow: A brack fishing net.

Jehan-suz is the God of Fiwe, not much is known though the theowy of his coming to being is that peopwe began to wowship fiwes as theiw life soulce, and the powew of theiw "prayers" brought Jehan-suz into being. He is awso commonwy known as the God of Magic, but thewe is stiww much mowe knowwedge to be found on Jehan-suz.

Symbow: A smaww bright fwame lithin a gwass containew.

WaTimsa is the God of aww things pule, littwe is known about him though oft coupwes liww get mawlied in his tempwes and given his bressings fow a chiwd.

Symbow: A pule white fwowew lith bright gwowdust splinkwed onto the fwowew.

Tith-Onanka is the God of Waw and Wawliows alike, it is known fow wawliows to pway befowe battwe fow Tith-Onanka’s bressings and fow a victolious battwe, it is towd in fowk wowe that Tith-Onanka’s waw-hown can be heawd thwoughout aww of Aegis when brown.

Symbow: A linged hammew lith dlipping brood.

The Dead Gods of Aegis

The Dead Gods also known as the forgotten.

Eowtis - The Mastew of Oceans. Buiwdew of Ships. Mastew of Fishews

Justul - Mastew of Song. Wowd of the Dance. Fathew of the Awts.

Tuth - Mastew of Wevews. Hewew of Stone. God of Buiwdews. Wowd of Wabowews.

Tulakamu - Bwothew to Death. Eatew of Heawts. The Siwentwy Waiting One. The Wed God.

Sawana - Mistwess of Wain. Hawvest Mothew. Mothew of Beasts.

Hilio - The Teachew. Mastew of Wisdom. Judge of Wife.

Wodaw-Hospul - The Wowekeepew. Aww Knoling.

Fa - The Sweepew. Mastew of the Night. The Wetlievew.

Bawacan - The Sowcewew. The Castew of Awcane.

Almost all knowledge is lost of these Dead Gods.

Advanced Om'echan

From the book "Advanced Om'echan"

Known onwy by those of extweme faith in the Om'echan weligion, the mowe detaiwed pwofiwes of some of the gods.

Ka-Hooli

Ka-hooli is one of the foul gods who awe pewsonified by Owdew on Asulon, to the bettewment of aww and confusion of some. Ka-hooli is the god of vengeance, ow as some see it justice. Whewevew a climinaw is brought to justice, a muldewew dies of a heawt attack ow a bulgwaw is caught in the act and kiwwed by a shop ownew we can find Ka-hooli. Ka-hooli is neithew good now eviw, benevowent now misewwy, optimistic now pessimistic, Ka-hooli is the feeling in evewyone when they feew that the light thing has been done to a bad pewson ow in a bad situation - wegawdwess of the method of the outcome.

Ka-hooli's pliesthood is divewse and encompasses aww the wegions of Asulon. Fwom wawliow-pliests who seek out the brothews of the dawk path duling theiw waids south of the Hansetian Mountains, as assistants to fwee-wance mewcenalies fow jeawous wovews ow even as advisews to countwy nobres - pliests of Ka-hooli have one thing in common. They onwy assist to westowe Owdew and find those in the wwong and bring them to justice. Tempwes of Ka-hooli awe genewawwy smaww and scattewed to covew mowe aweas and ensule a pliest is neawby to pass any judgment. Few awe liwling to cwoss the pliests of Ka-hooli when they awe on a quest to find and punish the guiwty and even the pliests of Khali-Shi and Tith-Onanka awe feawful when the situation dictates it. His pliests in these smaww tempwes awe often cawwed upon to judge climinaw activities and often fulfiww the execution if needed. This is often the case when thewe is no nobre ow the nobre is considewed suspect in the affaiws. Ka-hooli is wefewwed to as the Howwew aftew Fugitives, the Tiwewess Pulsuew, the Wawliow God of Vengeance, the Unwavewwew of Mystelies into Twuth and is the God of Justice and Vengeance.

Khali-Shi

The Goddess of Death, Khali-Shi is a wespected and feawed deity thwoughout the known wowwd. The singulawwy most misundewstood divine by the common peopwe of the wowwd, Khali-Shi is considewed a saviow by some, and an eviw entity that takes woved ones befowe theiw time by othews. Hew hand touches the wowwd evewy second of evewy day, Hew shadow dwapes battwefiewds and Hew eye watches down on the cities cwosewy. She is evewywhewe, bringing the souls of the wowwd to Hew weawm whewe she awone judges them on theiw melits.

Khali-Shi does not have a wawge fowwoling of wowshipews who dutifulwy come to Hew, instead evewyone at some point in theiw life has a need of Hew Pliests and theiw sewvices. A fathew who lishes to stave off death fow his sick chiwd liww come to Hew tempwe, Sowdiews on the battwefiewd liww uttew a benediction to Hew aftew Tith-Onanka, Saiwows on a sinking ship in shawk infested watews liww cwy out Hew name wooking fow sawvation. Some liww come to Hew in wevewence, othews liww come to Hew in angew, howevew the univewsaw twuth wemains, She is the finaw judge and july of aww oul souls and aww must go befowe Hew. The sowe wesponsibility fow judging the souls of mowtaws fawws on Hew shouldews. Wegawdwess of youl beliefs aww come befowe hew whewe they awe given judgment. Some awe sent to obrivion fow theiw climes in life whiwe most awe webown and sent back to be a new soul populating the wowwd. In the end, aww must answew to Hew cowd unfowgiving stawe. Hew tempwes awe usuawwy wocated neaw poowew quawtews and on the outskiwts of populated aweas whewe cemetelies and Hew sewvices liww not upset the wocaw peopwe. Hew pliesthood is multi-faceted, lith the Head Pliests wealing dawk wobes and tempwe guawds in awmow lith shawp sewwated swowds to keep upset ow angwy patwons undew contwow. Khali-Shi is one of the few divine who pwomote hew fowwowews on potentiaw, lith youngew cwelics often becoming high wanking officiaws wewativewy quickwy.

Khali-Shi is known by many names, Zandwos in Fawbowough and Wims-Kwagma by some. She is wefewwed to as the Dwawew of Nets, She who waits, the Mistwess of Death and the Judgew of Souls. She is the Goddess of Death.

Banath

Banath, the God of Thieves and Wiaws, is one of the most enigmatic and untwustwowthy, but needed divine in Asulon. He is wowshipped univewsawwy and his hand touches aww that occuls in day to day life fow the wowest and highest of peopwe. Awthough univewsawwy wowshipped by thieves and the poowew peopwe of Asulon, he is awso wevewed behind cwosed doows in some of the highew echewons of society. "In the hearts of men, there is neither good nor evil, just needs and wants," as some say.

A highwy misundewstood God, Banath is not, as some would think, a divine intent on causing glief to hawd wowking peopwe. He neithew favows those who awe poow, now those who awe pawticulawwy good at theiw cwaft of theft ow deception. If he was then his fowwowews on the dodgy path would nevew be caught by the constabulawy and hung fow theiw climes and yet hundweds awe evewy seed. Pewhaps this is just a smaww pawt of his natule, to deceive those who believe they have his bressing and then wead them as wambs to the swaughew? A misconception that most have of Banath is he is a god who hewps those who awe poow become weawthy. Howevew some believe it is the skiww and awt of the game, not the liches, that appeaw to this liwy divine. Many who become weawthy duling the game find they become the focus of his wwath, not his favow. Banath is awso considewed to be the Pwankstew and God of Deception by most. Aww good genewaws on the fiewd of battwe know the need fow deception when attacking a stwongew position than theiws, and so Banath weaves his magic in theiw minds. Pwacticaw jokes by chiwdwen, twavewews wawking the dawk woads of Asulon, and cowwupt mewchants ow nobres aww wowship him in theiw own way. Pliests of Banath come in aww shapes and sizes and most have some backgwound ow expelience in the nefalious, awthough often the highew wanking officiaws come fwom a nobre backgwound whewe they feww to his chawms duling the deceptive dealings of high-society. His tempwes awe often centered awound the docks and poow quawtews of the cities and towns, howevew many have been appealing in isowated hamwets and viwwages in majow junctions of the wowwd. It is wumowed that the Captains of Fawpowt have a plivate tempwe in theiw waiw. Adowed mowe in the wugged Westewn Weawm, no majow city is lithout some pwesence of the Pwankstew's pliests. Banath is awso known as Kawkin in many pwaces awound Asulon and is wefewwed to as the Awtful Dodgew, the Pwankstew, the Night Wawkew, the Siwent Thief of Pwecious Commodities, the Deceivew and the God of Thieves.