There are two groups of gods in Sol'iria - the original pantheon, and the myriad minor deities. The original pantheon is comprised of twelve major gods and goddesses and is unchanging, no matter the number of followers that they happen to have. They are truly immortal, tied to the lifeforce of the planet itself. They have permanent physical forms and, if receiving enough prayers, can perform reality warping magic with mere thoughts. The minor deities are a very different story however. While they too have physical form, minor deities are created and destroyed on a whim, just as people find new things to believe in - or forget about them. Where the major gods embody love, war, night and other such things, the minor gods are everything from gods of the fields and running water to goddesses of the creatures that fly in the sky. Like the original pantheon, the minor deities can use magic fueled by their believers, however, most of these gods and goddesses lack the prayer to perform anything more than small miracles - things that most mortals could easily confuse for common magic.

Among those who are knowledgeable on the matter - and there are very few indeed - it is generally thought that a god can ascend to the major pantheon if they have enough followers and thus, energy to sustain them. While this is a good theory, it doesn't explain how the original twelve came to be, such as they are.

/*Major Pantheon

• 1
• Catherine
• Kael
• 4
• Eliil
• Elitu
• 7
• Aodhine
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12

*/