TLG 8016 AWD Fantasy Setting.pdf - Fat Rat Games of Tallahassee

TEFNUT: Hand Maiden of the All Father
ORDER: Val-Eahrakun
PROVINCE: Earth, Travel, Water
ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral
HOLY DAYS: River Fest, the 1 st of Spring
SUPERSTITIONS: Flies and filth
PREFERRED WEAPONS: Kopesh Sword
MISSIONARY: “The Waters of Life run before and after all.”
Tefnut was a greater deity in a pantheon of gods worshiped in the
lands that are now the Kingdom of Kayomar. Those gods vanished
in history, with only Tefnut and Toth living on. Tefnut lords over
the earth and its fresh waters, and she sometimes takes the form of
a sleek water dragon. There is much respect between Tefnut and
Ea-Lor, and they worked in tandem in guiding the forces of good
against Unklar in the Winter Dark Wars.
Tefnut is still worshiped in some Kayomar locales, and also
in regions near fresh waters. She is primarily worshiped in
Brindisium, where the people pay homage to the triumvirate of
Falkenjagger, Tefnut, and Toth. Tefnut’s holy symbol is a circle
with a horizontal line dissecting it. Her clerics prefer bronze or
bronze-colored armors and colorful garb.
TOTH: Master of the Path, Death
ORDER: Val-Eahrakun
PROVINCE: Death, Knowledge, Magic
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
HOLY DAYS: Last Day/First Day 28 th of Arist/1st of Erstdain
SUPERSTITIONS: Riddles
PREFERRED WEAPONS: Kopesh sword, spear
MISSIONARY: He who writes in stone.
Toth is another survivor, with Tefnut, of an ancient pantheon of
gods that fell into decline. He wears three faces. As the overseer
of the dead, he guides the souls of the deceased to their resting
place without favor or disfavor. Toth also knows all things, perhaps
even possessing memory of the birth of the All Father, but he is
possessive of his knowledge and protects it always. Because of this
supreme knowledge, Toth has perfect command of the Language
of Creation and thus, magic. His understanding of the universe,
and therefore his place within it, has resulted in his steadfast
refusal to use the Language of Creation.
Legend holds that the Books of Toth exist in a city on the
edge of time, and any who find them may ask any three
questions they desire which will be truthfully answered. The
consequences of asking questions regarding the foundations
of the universe, however, could be dire for any mortal who
so dares. The origins of the Mammoth Scrolls may lie in the
Books of Toth.
Toth’s worship is typically individualized. Sages, wizards, lammasu
and sphinx, seekers of knowledge, and those involved with the
dead all pay homage to him in some way. Toth is always given
worship by the devotees to the Falkenjagger, for Toth is that god’s
patron. Toth’s holy symbol is a circle within a circle, representing
the two worlds of man and god bound together.
Toth is tall, with three faces. He wears a tall crown upon his brow
and carefully crafted clothes woven of gold and silver. He rides in
a golden chariot pulled by two huge lammasu.
TWIN SISTERS: The Moon, Ea-Raena, Dunareu, Mailahm; The
Sun, Ea-Vette, Haydareu, Mailuhm
ORDER: Val-Eahrakun
PROVINCE: The Sun and Moon, The Hunt (Ea-Raena)
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
HOLY DAYS: Ea-Raena: The Full Moon; Ea-Vette: 20 th of
Trocken
SUPERSTITIONS: Fetters of all sorts
PREFERRED WEAPONS: A bow and arrows for Ea-Raena; A quiver
of javelins for Ea-Vette
MISSIONARY: The light of the well worn path.”
The All-Father forged the Twin Sisters from his soul and their tale is
much involved with the unfolding of the world (see above page 34).
They are powerful deities, though often occupied with their own
matters and not as quick to grant a followers wish or prayer.
The sisters are worshiped by astronomers, sages, soothsayers, and
lovers of the sun and moon. Some of their clerics worship them in
tandem, while others only worship one of the sisters. Their holy
symbols are of course the sun and moon. They are very dear to the
dwarves as they were some of the first of the All Father’s creations on
Aihrde and greeted the dwarves when they first walked the world.
In appearance they are similar to each other, though not true
twins. Ea-Vette is taller, with long, burnt red hair. Her skin is pale
and her countenance not so beautiful. Ea-Raena is gentle and soft
and her hair a light autumn color, though it changes depending
on which view one should take. Her expression is a sleepy one
and she seems always to be drifting in and out of the world she
occupies. Her beauty is found in her innocence.
UNKLAR : The Horned One, The Dark God, Darkness, The Marsh
Lord, God of Night, Lord of the Winter Dark
ORDER: Val-Eahrakun
PROVINCE: Command, Evil, Law, War, Iron, Swamps
ALIGNMENT: Lawful Evil
HOLY DAYS: Winters Night (14 th of Winterdark, Longest night
of the year)
SUPERSTITIONS: Circles
PREFERRED WEAPONS: Utriel the Mace of Judgment, maul,
morningstar
MISSIONARY: “Look in yon mirror and the Lord Darkness.”
The great evil of the horned god, Unklar, and his rule of Aihrde for
a thousand years is well detailed in the Histories. His order of rule
was balanced with evil and cruelty, and his will was unparalleled.
Though banished to the Void he dwells on the edge of all, waiting
for the door to open again.
Unklar’s dark priests roam the world, seeking to summon him
anew to return the Winter Dark to the world. Large gothic
cathedrals to Unklar still tower over the Kingdom of Punj and
the United Kingdoms, for the people there recall the order and
progress of civilization that arose in the Age of Winter Dark. But
in other parts of the world, Unklar’s temples are hidden and his
AFTER WINTER’S DARK 39