Hidden Mysteries

In the mist-shrouded marshes and labyrinthine waterways of the western wetlands, the Hidden Mysteries reign as enigmatic divinities, their influence as pervasive and elusive as the fog that clings to the peat-rich earth. These deities are the unseen puppeteers of fate, their whims shaping destinies from the shadows, yet they demand to be courted through riddles, trials, and acts of desperate ingenuity. Capricious and mercurial, they embody the wetlands’ ever-shifting nature—where stagnant pools birth sudden floods, and mirages dissolve into treacherous bogs. Their manifestations defy mortal comprehension: storms with whispering voices, trees that bleed sap like molten silver, and tides that dance to discordant melodies. To worship them is to embrace chaos, for their blessings are as unpredictable as their wrath, and their true forms flicker at the edge of vision, half-seen and half-dreamt. The Hidden Mysteries are not gods to be revered but forces to be bargained with—a pantheon of paradox, as vital and perilous as the wetlands themselves.

Aerventus, the Whispering Gale

A capricious deity manifesting as a cyclone of whispers, Aerventus alters paths and alliances with every gust. Mortals pray to them for swift journeys, but their aid often comes with riddles or unintended consequences. As they shift between breeze and hurricane, their laughter echoes in wayward and fevered minds. As the wind blows, sweeping through the curves of the land and around the obstacles in its way, so does Aerventus's mood and mind flow invisibly through the wetlands.

Domains
Air, Travel, Freedom, Trickery, Delirium

Fortumaris, the Tides of Fortune

A mercurial goddess appearing as a shimmering whirlpool, her tides dictate luck and change. She drowns the greedy and crowns the daring. Her shores brim with treasures and shipwrecks.

Domains
Water, Luck, Change, Indulgence

Fulminarion, Thunder's Kiss

A storm incarnate, her voice shatters complacency. Followers channel her fury in war, but her fire consumes the unworthy. She incites revolutions and wars through divine inspiration and though her followers burn brightly they often burn to ash. Fulminarion doesn't end with the clouds, she's both the fury of the storm and the burning passion of the sun.

Domains
Lightning, Might, Zeal, Sun, Passion

Ignicaed, the Forge of Change

A molten entity veiled in smoke, Ignicaed fuels invention and ruin in equal measure. His followers are driven to build empires or burn them down, never certain if their works are blessings or tests. Ignicaed is as volatile as the bottle of alcohol that symbolizes him, and just as likely to push those who indulge in him to brilliance or idiocy.

Domains
Fire, Metal, Creation, Destruction, Ambition

Lunatene, the Dark Veil

A silent watcher with a multitude of eclipse-like eyes, hoarding forbidden truths in their starless cloak. They send nightmares into mortal minds and devour unworthy souls who come succumb to them. Their followers trade sanity for glimpses of the unseen.

Domains
Darkness, Moon, Nightmares, Secrecy, Soul

Somnifex, the Unborn Dreamer

A deity of growth and tangled threads, Somnifex spins destinies as she sleeps. Her healing often leaves scars, and her prophecies are double-edged. As the weaver of fate, her dreams spell out the past, present, and future. She reveals the truth of mortal hearts and unites families through their shared trials.

Domains
Dreams, Fate, Introspection, Family, Healing

Terroputris, the Deepest Bog

A chimeric deity of rot and rebirth, Terroputris's body is a tangle of roots, fungi, and festering flesh. He governs the cycle of growth and decay and his "gifts" can guarantee abundant harvests or mutate crops and warp marsh life into monstrous hybrids. Farmers whisper prayers to gain his blessing and avert his blight.

Domains
Earth, Decay, Abomination, Nature, Wood

Tyranniquies, the Glittering King

A faceless sovereign draped in golden chains who hoards wealth and demands absolute loyalty. He offers prosperity in exchange for subservience, and his laws bind his followers to silent loyalty. Those who value safety over freedom find themselves welcome in his arms.

Domains
Tyranny, Repose, Protection, Wealth

Vaculuminis, the Starless Void

A cold, skeletal figure cloaked in cosmic dust, Vaculuminis offers power over life and death—for a price. Their magic unravels minds as easily as it bends reality. Stars dim in their presence.

Domains
Void, Undeath, Knowledge, Magic, Star

Vermipestis, the Plaguebearer

A writhing mass of locusts and weeping wounds who offers solace to the sorrowful and sorrow to the joyful. Her "cleansing" plagues test mortals, leaving survivors hollow-eyed and haunted.

Domains
Plague, Pain, Swarm, Death, Sorrow