Council of the Exalted

In the world of Breach, the relationship between the mortal races and their gods are complex and mysterious. Each race has one or more unique deities that they worship, and each god may have several names, titles, and unique rites and rituals of worship depending on where in the world their followers reside. Across the pantheons, many gods share overlapping domains, roles, and spheres of influence, making the study of divinity and religion as a whole difficult at best.   This diversity has given rise to a radical theory: that godly beings are created by the mortals that honor them, and exist as a kind of communal repository for the faith of a people. For some cultures, this manifests as an energy source that can be called upon by some to cast spells and work magic. The arcane and scientific communities of Breach see this theory as fact, while most religious institutions understandably declare the idea to be heretical.   This belief is not entirely without merit, but it is not completely true either. Indeed, a large enough group of people with a unifying belief can manifest a god, or at least trancend a mortal to a godlike figure in the minds and hearts of their people. Such beings wax and wane in their power and influence based on the number of worshippers they have to their name. If a god of this nature loses enough followers, they may be forgotten, lost to the shifting sands of time.   But there is another type of deity, one that has existed since the formation of the world; these divinities are truly eternal - immortal - and they do not need the worship of mortals to endure. Some of them are worshipped by mortals throughout the world to this day, while others may have been banished or sealed away, while while still others have been completely forgotten.   There are 12 of these true gods, a family unit known collectivelly as the Council of the Exalted.

Deity	Titles	Symbol	Domains
Pelor, the god of the sun and the harvest	The Dawnfather, the Light Bearer	The sun rising above the horizon	Light, Life, Nature
Den'Gond, the god of technology and advancement	The Artificer, the Forgemaster	A gear in the center of an anvil	Forge, Light
Mardek, the god of magic and the arcane	The Archmage, the Spellweaver	A cupped hand holding blue flames	Arcana, Knowledge
Sehanine, the goddess of the night	The Moonweaver	A crescent moon turned upwards	Trickery, Twilight, Peace
Ioun, the goddess of knowledge and foresight	The Oracle, the Painted Lady	An eye set within a triangle	Knowledge, Trickery
Niyu, the goddess of law and order	The Judge, the Lawbringer, the Warden	A set of scales, hanging in balance	Order, Grave, War
R'achne, the goddess of death	The Death Maiden, the Raven Queen	A raven in full flight	Death, Grave
Sirena, the goddess of the oceans, seas, and rivers	The Fathoms, the Leviathan, the Tides	An upright bident with pronged edges	Tempest, Nature, Ocean
Ja'ho, the god of life	The Eagle King	An eagle carrying a blooming flower	Life, Peace, Grave
Selgeir, the god of the earth, forests, and plains	The Hunter, the Nomad, the Shepherd	A leaping stag	Nature, Life, Trickery
Calaros, the god of war, and of storms and maladies	The Calamity, the Harbinger, the Warmongers	A fractured lightning bolt	War, Death, Tempest
Vesta, goddess of humanity and mortality	The Caretaker, the Mother, the Beginning	A golden flame in a hearth	Life, Peace, Forge