#Anfilain

[lord-kallig]

The Anfa’bif Pantheon

Prime: The Primordial Beasts

The Anfa’bif is the polytheistic pantheon of the Feraftas faiths and has come far beyond the malefic inspiration from the twisted Warp. Many of the additional aspects have come from associations in local myths and legends which had survived since the Imperial Occupations. Other elements have been imported with external populations which have enrolled into the Unbound Empire, such as Beastmen bringing the Great Horned One.

While some groups believe that the deities have a hand in the creation of reality as is perceived, the Everchosen’s Word refers to them being born alongside life and civilisation with them evolving as life has. 

The gods themselves are divided into three primary castes, based on their power and prominence. 

The deities and their castes are as follows;

Primordia Beastii 

At the very core of the faith itself, the Primordia Beastii are the twin deities which represent the polarising nature of reality. From their radical differences, they have been locked in an eternal conflict which was from before and will last long after Time itself. 

The Chimera

Aspects of Creation and Order rolled in together, the giant beast manipulates the reality around it with the ultimate will to exert control over all existence itself. Within a wider effect, The Chimera’s effects are what drives life towards patterns and rules, coexistence and logic. 

Dictating creation, it is no wonder that its form is ever changing, moving to befit the changing desires of the deity.

The Jackal

The God of Anarchy and Destruction appears much more simplistic at initial examination. The Jackal appears to be focused on the simple counteraction to any Chimerica action but takes many more unexpected avenues in their actions without being able to cause any permanent effects unto its foe. The ultimate will of the Jackalian lord is the drive reality back to a state even before its own existence. 

Where the Chimera’s influence grants order to existence, the Jackal’s is one of freedom and personality but also the breaking of the principles of domination from its fundamental bond with reality. 

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Beastia Majoris

The Beastia Majoris are those which have spawned from the aspects of life. While sometimes emotional in nature, these aspects are considered universal truths and are a fusion of the Order and Chaos at the root of reality. 

The Beastia Majoris, in their order of relative ages, are as follows;

Helgin, The Hound 

Said to be the First Born of the Gods, The Great Hound came from the mixed blood of the Primordials. 

Having been birthed from the turmoil of reality, the Helgin has become the Patron for the aspects of conflict in existence. Struggles to survive, Conflicts between individuals, groups and ideas. 

Brog, The Toad 

With the first known lull in the Timeless War, The Toad formed as a being of rest and healing. While outwardly appearing sedentary, Brog found and kindled familial bonds between itself and its parents, despite their wills for one another. Kinship was found further with other beings of the aether and the reflected imprint from mortal life.  

When their lull broke down again, Brog was only saved from destruction by the Helgin with who which the strongest bond was formed. 

Rân, The Crow 

As reality bend and broke under the Jackal’s new actions, power seeped ever more into the world of the mortals. The Crow was the byproduct from these rifts in reality and as aetheric energies permeating the mortal planes increased.

Threads of fate began to from from the Chimera and to prevent these being used by the Mantle of Domination they were stolen by Rân. Preventing their use by any other being at large, it wove an eldritch web of destiny which could never be seen in its entirety. 

Using this connection, the Crow feeds power of the aether into being and objects which would soon become magic in its forms. 

Eyr, The Eagle 

More dispersed than others, the Eagle is one of the youngest known deities of major power and is the hybridisation of the intentions multiple 

The aspects of perfection came from the mortal reflections within the Aether. A grand civilization grew tall and brought with it the Chimeric desire to perfect their will unto their domain. 

Pleasure became a more prominent aspect from the rise in minor civilisations. As they didn’t have as grandiose intentions, their own happiness became more important and they imprinted this wish. 

Where the Toad is joy in existence, the Eagle is joy in action.

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Deus Minoris 

The Deus Majoris are those which are tied to the more subtle aspects of reality. These can tie with the aspects of grander deities, leading to some belief of them being children of the more powerful entities. 

Anfilain, The Great Horned Goddess

Anfilain is the prime Goddess of the Wild and Nature at its more elemental core. She embodies all within life from the adaptation to new habitats, the nurturing of young to grant further life, to the preatory hunt of prey. 

Some take her aspects to imply that she was the being to have ultimately seeded life as is understood, where others just see her as a personification of the existence of life. 

Uniquely for the pantheon, her patrons are not those of specific trades or traditions but more how they are intune with their personal, natural origins. Her origins within beastmen dominated societies have lead to a perception of their natural patronage. 

Maresh Raiu, The Mortarch Warden 

Maresh Raiu is the Guardian of Mortality and Death. Being not the bringer of one’s death, Maresh is considered a primarily benevolent entity as being taken beyond the world of the living is to accompany a greater life, beyond what they achieved. 

Being the guide of souls, his power also allows those granted to power to return souls to the living world, as seen with the Damnatorus. 

Raiu is the most humanoid of the whole pantheon, discounting the Avatars, with a human appearance with the addition of two skeletal arms which pair with his standard limbs. 

Interpretations see him as both the antagonist to or the lover of Anfilain from their contrasting aspects of the perpetuation of life and the inevitable death. 

The Aurum Imperius

A splinter from the Chimera, the Imperius embodies the aspects of Order and Control. When granted total dominion, the Aurum attempts to become a force of domination. 

When tied to another force, It becomes a symbol of order and enforcement of said order. This has led to the minor deity being an enforcer over the other deities. This has reached down to the worship of It as a symbol of Law and Order. 

Within the pantheon, Aurum Imperius has undergone the most evolution. Originally a symbol of tyrannical domination, the gradual influence of Imperial populations has seen It evolve into a power for Order without bias and emotion. 

Zhaar, The Crafter

This bull headed deity is the deity of craftsmanship, production in all forms and to a smaller extent the Arts. While socially isolated within the pantheon, his lessons are granted to all that listen and ‘Moments’ can fall those who worship him. These often result in masterpieces of various crafts, but can be socially destructive if mishandled. 

Within the Legends of the Everchosen, Zhaar is the craftsmen of their arms and armour in their divine purpose. It is currently unknown when Kallig will be granted these boons. 

Ddrana, The Eastern Dragon

Instead of being native to the Aetheric Planes, the Dragon was once a mortal who ascended to being a deific power. Using unknown catalysts, she has become a mistress embodying the aspect of Greed within all forms. Love and social power is as valued to her as material goods.

Despite once having a mortal form, she is now seen in a serpentine draconic form with a tri split tail and secondary maw over her stomach. This mouth is said to have been used to consume the power from others, specialically the Anfilain.

(Pronunciation Note; ‘Dd’ is pronounced as a ‘Th’)

There are other even more minor deities but these are often limited to a single population group. Some examples can be the Thirteen Queens for the Nimah Clan and the Vaemos within Hive Victoria.

[lord-kallig]

❀ : What is your muse’s opinion about flower crowns?

Random Headcanon Meme

Kallig: “They are pleasantly quaint. The delicate weaving of blooming flowers is an impressive adornment, it is just a shame that they have become so strongly linked with Brog and Anfilain.”