Gods in Darkness
A Glossary of the Deities and Demonlords of Kane's World
In their castle beyond the night,
In the dungeon's evil light,
Gather the Gods while even fades,
And Darkness weaves with many shades...
Demonlords:---the Fallen, angels that rebelled against their Creator. The Demonlords are described as "dark creatures of blighted beauty - demons with leathery wings and beautiful faces". Kane calls them "the physical embodiment of a predatory, trans-dimensional force alien to this world". The inhabit a subterranean area of the Earth known as Hell. (Undertow, Raven's Eyrie, Sing a Last Song of Valdese, At First Just Ghostly)
Dualist Heresy:---the great religious schism that tore the ancient Serranthonian Empire apart. The heresy was a result of the contention that Thoem and Vaul were dual expressions of the same deity. (Sing a Last Song of Valdese, Dark Crusade)
God:---a Modern-day, good-aligned deity that Kane claims to have killed. He is presumably identical to Kane's creator-god. (At First Just Ghostly)
Grey Lord:---the most feared of the Nameless Seven. (Sing a Last Song of Valdese)
Horment:---a god of the northern Lartroxian continent, whose worship has spread as far south as the Thovnosian Empire. (Darkness Weaves)
Inglarn:---the Solar god of the city of Andalar. Inglarn supposedly left a part of his fiery being within the rulers of Andalar. When they die they must be burnt to release the fire of Inglarn in order to be reborn in the Paradise of the Chosen. The worship of Inglarn ended with the destruction of Andalar by Kane. (The Other One)
Lato:---a god worshipped in the Thovnosian Empire. Priestesses administer his rites. Lato is another name for Lord Tloluvin. (Raven's Eyrie, Darkness Weaves)
Ommen:---a Fiery-bright Sun god worshipped in Wollendan and presumably Waldann. This god's power is at its lowest point at night. (Bloodstone)
Onthe:---a good-aligned goddess worshipped in the southern realms of the Earth. (Undertow, Darkness Weaves)
Sataki:---a prehuman God of Darkness and the greatest of the Che'eyl'rhy, a race of alien predators that live in a parallel dimension to the Earth. Sacrifices were made to it through a gateway, the Altar of Ceddi in Ingoldi. (Dark Crusade)
Satan:---a Modern-day alias for Sathonys, the evil-aligned Demonlord. He is described as "a tall, dark man with a widow's peak and neatly trimmed black beard". (At First Just Ghostly)
Sathonys:---the true name of Lord Tloluvin. Sathonys is THE Demonlord, absolute ruler of the Seven Hells. He has various names, such as Lato, Tloluvin, and Satan. (Raven's Eyrie, At First Just Ghostly)
Seven Nameless:---also called "the Seven", a group of Elder proto-gods. Their realm is one of timeless chaos. None of these deities bears a name because to utter their true names will summon the god without the means to control it. Students are sworn to study one of "the Seven" for a space of 49 years. The most feared of "the Seven" is a deity called the Grey Lord. (Lynortis Reprise, Sing a Last Song of Valdese, Reflections for the Winter of My Soul)
Shenan:---an aboriginal Moon-goddess worshipped in the Southern Lands, whose worship eventually made it as far north as the Serranthonian Empire. The female clergy of Shenan practice human sacrifice. (Bloodstone, The Dark Muse)
Temro:---a deity, presumably worshipped on the Lartroxian continent. Nothing is known of this being. (Reflections for the Winter of My Soul)
Thoem:---also known as Thoem the Accursed. He is hard to define. While his priests believe him to be the paramount god of good, there are worshippers who claim that he is a bearded horned man who consorts with demons. His priests believe Thoem to be the One True God who cursed Kane to wander the Earth. Thoem is the main deity that Kane blasphemes when he curses. (Bloodstone, The Dark Muse, Raven's Eyrie, Sing a Last Song of Valdese, Reflections for the Winter of My Soul, Cold Light)
Thro'ellet:---an evil winged Demonlord with seven eyes. (The Dark Muse, Sing a Last Song of Valdese, Reflections for the Winter of My Soul)
Tloluvin:---a tall, thin winged Demonlord, with onyx-taloned hands and red eyes that glow like stars. He is the ruler of the Seven Hells and makes his abode in the lowest part of the Seventh Hell. He was damned three times. Once a year, on the red moon of autumn, Lord Tloluvin and his black hound Serberys are able to hunt the Myceum Mountains for souls to take to Hell. This evil Demonlord is also worshipped as Lato, but his actual name is Sathonys. (Raven's Eyrie, Sing a Last Song of Valdese, Cold Light, Darkness Weaves)
Vaul:---the Warrior-god worshipped by the northern barbarian tribes of the Great Northern Continent. He has a somewhat cold and prosaic nature. (Undertow, The Dark Muse, Raven's Eyrie, Sing a Last Song of Valdese, Reflections for the Winter of My Soul, Dark Crusade)
Volutio:---a Demonlord that controls a pack (of hellhounds?). Nothing else is known about this being. (Darkness Weaves)
Yslsl:---a forgotten prehuman God of Darkness and one of the Che'eyl'rhy, a race of alien predators. Sacrifices were made to it on a black sunburst stone atop the Towers of Yslsl. The demon-wizard made its lair on an interdimensional corridor that linked it to the gateways at these towers. One of the two towers was located in Ingoldi, the other on the opposite side of the world. (Dark Crusade)
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