Deity AL Portfolio Domains Favored Weapon
Atlahua (Lord of Battle)
CN Battle, Bloodlust, Valor, Victory, Weaponry
Chaos, Death, Glory, Madness, War Atlatl Camaxtli (Feathered Serpent) CG Education, Hunting, Medicine, Scales
Animals (legless), Good, Healing, Knowledge
Short bow Ehecatl
(God of the Southern Wind)
N Pranks, Seasons, Secrets, Wind
Air, Travel, Trickery, Weather
Bolas Huixtocihuatl
(Goddess of Eagles)
NE Eagles, Flight, Matriarch, Revenge, Wind
Air, Animals (winged), Evil, Liberation, Weather
Fighting fan
Ipalnemohuani (Lord Redeemer)
LG Artistry, Crafts, Medicine, Teaching Good, Healing, Knowledge, Law Tepoztopilli Ixcozauhqui (Yellow Face) N Calendars, Fatherhood, Cats, Meteorites, Sacrifice, Summer
Destruction, Fire, Magic, Rune, Sun
Terbutje
Macuilcalli
(Lord of the Fifth House)
LN Architecture, Burial, Judgment, Roads, Security
Community, Law, Nobility, Protection, Repose Rope dart Tezcayotl (Smoking Mirror)
CE Assassination, Bats, Betrayal, Lying, Secrets, Vanity
Chaos, Charm, Darkness, Evil, Fire (Smoke)
Blunderbuss Totonua
(Goddess of Boiling Clouds)
NG Factories, Hot Springs, Steam Baths, Summer Rain
Artifice, Earth (Metal), Good, Luck, Water
Monk’s spade Xiuhuetli
(Hands of Turquoise)
LE Envy, Farming, Greed, Trade, Wealth
Earth, Evil, Law, Plants, Trickery
Poisoned sand tube
(Religion)
MAZAN PANTHEON
The Mazan Pantheon is the religious and political backbone of the Mazan nation. While a multitude of mezoquan deities and demigods exist, the patron deity of each affiliated city-state of Mazan forms the sanctioned pantheon. Except for some universal conventions, the monuments, dress, culture, and legal precepts of each city is shaped by its patron deity for good or ill. Clergy hold most of the civil offices, a tradition continued by Rausch, but class guilds and local factions also have some influence in government.
The four most populous and powerful city-states in Northern Ullera are Yellow House, Dark Spring, Stone Wheel, and Her Hair Is Mist; therefore, their patron deities, Ixcozauhqui, Macuilcalli, Tezcayotl, and Totonua, respectively, have the greatest number of adherents, influence, and resources throughout Northern Ullera and the Disputed Lands. Because of this, they are the only deities of the Mazan pantheon fully detailed in Westbound, though the rest of the major Mazan pantheon is presented below for reference.
IXCOZAUHQUI
Pronunciation: IS-co-SAW-kwee
Titles: Yellow Face, The Burning Man, Allfather Alignment: Neutral
Domains: Destruction, Fire, Magic, Rune, Sun Favored Weapon: Terbutje
Symbol: Sun and moon
Portfolio: Calendars, Fatherhood, Cats, Meteorites, Sacrifice, Summer
Petitioners: Executioners, hunters, lawmen, parents, wizards
Main Temple: Yellow House Sacred Animal: Spotted jaguar Sacred Colors: Sulfur yellow and gold HISTORY
At first there was nothing; a cold featureless void. After an endless dark time, there came a spontaneous spark that grew the glowing ember of life, and slowly swelled into the incandescent being Ixcozauhqui. He eventually grew unhappy always looking into an empty abyss, and, in his despair, ripped pieces of himself off and hurled them into the void. Bits of hair, fingers, toes, organs, and limbs became the firmament until only a spherical stone skull remained orbited by a pair of eyes: one blazing yellow, the other cold and cat-like. Ixcozauhqui now had many things to look upon but still felt lonely and shed bitter tears. From this pool of salty tears emerged beautiful Huixtocihuatl (Goddess of Eagles). He took her as his wife and fathered a dozen offspring. He commanded his multitude of children to create things, and by their efforts the world gained all that flies, swims, creeps, and crawls.
MACUILCALLI
Pronunciation: MA-cool-KAH-yee
Titles: Lord of the Fifth House, Soul Reader Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Domains: Community, Law, Nobility, Protection, Repose Favored Weapon: Sap
Symbol: Plum-bob
Portfolio: Architecture, Burial, Judgment, Roads, Security Petitioners: Judges, masons, mourners, rulers, watchmen Main Temple: Dark Spring
Sacred Animal: Tortoise Sacred Colors: Jade and silver HISTORY
At first, men did not know how to live together in harmony. They stole from one another and fought endlessly. They lived out in the open with no protection from predators or weather. They grew sick from fouling their water holes and left the dead to rot on the ground. Macuilcalli took pity on these miserable souls and taught them to be civilized, as opposed to his brother, Tezcayotl, who tutored the
population in treachery. Macuilcalli taught them how to build stone shelters and how to preserve food and water. He picked out the wisest families among them to become the rulers. The rest were given a role and position in society according to their individual merits. Every family was taught the “code of man” and commanded to obey it or suffer in the afterlife. He also described how to properly honor the dead by placing them beneath civic buildings, roads, and monuments to ensure good fortune and prevent restless spirits from passing into the afterlife. By the Mazan calendar, this is the fifth world—the Era of Mankind—and to honor the teachings of Macuicalli he is called the Lord of the Fifth House. He stands guard at the gates of the after-world and judges each soul as they move on to the next life.
TEZCAYOTL
Pronunciation: tess-CAH-yacht
Titles: God of the Smoking Mirror, Secretkeeper Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Domains: Chaos, Charm, Darkness, Evil, Fire (Smoke) Favored Weapon: Blunderbuss
Symbol: A bloodshot eye
Portfolio: Assassination, Bats, Betrayal, Lying, Secrets, Vanity
Petitioners: Assassins, liars, spies, thieves, witches Main Temple: Stone Wheel
Sacred Animal: Ghost bat
Sacred Colors: Obsidian black and ruby red HISTORY
Jealousy ate at Tezcayotl’s heart and turned him against his brother god Macuilcalli. Never as wise or as gifted with the right things to say as his brother, Tezcayotl instead embraced the darkness in his soul by seeking out such places in the land. By forsaking his handsome reputation, and the world at-large, Tezcayotl’s passion came to be symbolized by the bat, a creature hidden in the darkest places of the world where secrets, betrayal and lies, and killing could be fulfilled to their utmost. The “Era of Bats,” a period marked by a spike in these activities, ended long ago, leaving only a few vampiric stragglers behind to feed off mankind. To regain his former prominence, Tezcayotl hatched a scheme to steal mankind away. He disguised himself as a peddler selling inexpensive mirrors. These mirrors were enchanted to enable a shadow duplicate on the other side of the reflection to come across and take the viewer’s place. Ixcozauhqui discovered the treachery and as punishment sealed Tezcayotl in the reflected world as well. His worship has fallen into disfavor in most cities, but petitioners can still reach Tezcayotl by praying at mirrors and can barter for secrets observed by the doppelgangers on the other side of the glass.
TOTONUA
Pronunciation: TOE-TOE-new-ah Titles: Goddess of Boiling Clouds Alignment: Neutral Good
Domains: Artifice, Earth (Metal), Good, Luck, Water Favored Weapon: Monk’s spade
Symbol: Flask of boiling water
Portfolio: Factories, Hot Springs, Steam Baths, Summer Rain Petitioners: Boilermakers, cooks, gamblers, tanners Main Temple: Her Hair is Mist
Sacred Animal: Salamander
Sacred Colors: Copper and cobalt blue HISTORY
During the Era of Bats, the two greatest hindrances to the Secretkeeper and his ilk were the holy gifts of Totonua; summer rains and hot springs. Not as serious minded as some elder gods, Totonua gravitated toward flights of fancy and simple moments of levity and ease. Those who valued boundless dreams and an unfettered spirit tended toward Totonua. With the rise of steam mechanics, and their popular use among those who dreamed big and refused to be tied down by limitation, she gained numerous new devotees and national prominence. Factory owners and assembly line workers make daily offerings in hope of fewer accidents and higher productivity. Steam engines often bear a medallion in her honor in hopes of reducing the chance of malfunctions. Her temples double as casinos and bets are considered a form of offering in both native and foreign games of chance. In addition, her temples offer restorative steam baths and health spas. Many feel the baths are rejuvenating, purge toxins from the body, and many engineers claim to have made breakthrough discoveries while meditating in these sanctified steam rooms.
BRELONISM
Brelon is the creator of all that walks, flies, swims, slithers, or crawls. His majesty is too great for this terrestrial plane and so he speaks through the crystal “Fist of Justice” to his chosen prophet, and empowers his faithful through select archangels that exemplify a mere portion of Brelon’s divine will. These archangels act as the intermediary between mortals and Brelon, buffering the faithful from a raw divine power that the mortal frame could simply not survive, nor control. Each of Brelon’s archangels personify a select portfolio of Brelon’s divine vision for the mortals of Geir, derived from the saintly life lived, and perhaps sacrificed, during their time as a mortal on this earth. The Brelonite faithful join religious chapters established around the patron archangels in order to perpetuate their saintly ideals, the archangel’s portfolio directly influencing the focus and duties of its chapter’s membership.