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The Juzian Pantheon

The Juzian Pantheon
Formed after the Fall of Erebus, The Juzian Pantheon is the Pantheon of the Church of Harvol, the most widely established Religion in Juzia.

The Ascendancy
Harvol Juz
Class:Daimon
Description: Crushed in the first landing on Juzia, he did not die. Instead, thanks to the First Juzia Fruit, given to him by Fate, he was transformed into an Erebian Ghost, and from there, was quickly given a body. His realm of Sanctuary is a Beautiful Castle, from where he watches over Juzia.

Fate
Class: Daimon
Original Name: Akimara Vellis
Realm(Leave blank, if Pre-Daedalus):Purgatory
Description: Fate, despite being a Demiurge God, is given the ability to see The Branching Path of time by the God Yahwui. Her Followers often receive visions of the Future. As a Demiurge God, she is still more unpredictable, and less reliant on having followers at all. She is considered a Benevolent entity, and one of the Ascendancy, a group of Mortals who achieved a next level of existence.

Mephisto
Class: Daimon
Original Name: Raneran Narivo
Realm: The Infernal Palace
Description: Mephisto doesn't have Followers. He is the Head of the Infernals, being the only one with true Free Will. He uses the souls of the Dead to increase his powers, making terrible deals with mortals. The Juzian Dread, a race of Juzians that live below the forests are caught in his snare. Most are decent people, but there are pirates and slavers in the monster-ridden underforests of Juzia. The legend goes, The Dread King gave his peoples' souls to Mephisto, in exchange for Peace. Ever since, the Dreads have been a Soul Farm for the Evil Infernal God, who consumes their very essence when they die, to greedily feed his own power. Despite being in the Ascendancy, he is not technically considered a Good God, but he sometimes aids Erebians and Juzians, usually for his own benefit.

The Protectors
The Protectors are the Patron Deities of Juzia. They are the most powerful Gnosis Gods in Juzian Religion.

Avantir Juz, God of Lost Children
Class:Primal Emanation
Sphere:The New Juzian Way
Realm: The Background Noise of Juzia
Description: The Leader of the Juzian Pantheon's Gnosis Gods, Avantir Juz is a reflection of the Juzian People. He is a God of Juzian Culture, and the Defender of the New Way. Worship of Harvol is considered Worship of Avantir, much to the dismay of Harvol.

Harbinger
Class:Carnal Emanation
Sphere: Wrath
Realm: The Kennels
Description: The God who Crushed the Puppeteer, This God is Chained by Avantir Juz. Originally, it was created by Harvol Juz channeling the will of the Erebian Exiles before they became the Juzians. It later Defended the Juzians against Felix and Nixa.

Yahwui
Class:Absolute
Sphere: Time
Realm:The Branching Maze
Description: Yahwui is almost a synonym for the word Time in the Erebian Dialect. However, Time is often perceived to have it's own personality. The Goddess Fate Taps into this power supposedly. He is in the Juzian Pantheon, and Erebian Pantheon, but has very little consequence on the mortal world, as he is simply part of the way we see it. He both dwells within and is the Branching Maze. All of time occurs in tandem in this realm. It is inconceivable to living mortal souls.

Demi-Gods of Juzia
These Gods are not Actually in the Pantheon. However, they are known Gods that play an important role in Juzia, Therefore are given Honor to the Side of the main Pantheon.

Moran
Class:Carnal Emanation
Sphere:Secrets and Revenge
Realm: Crimson Twilight
Description: Little is known about Moran, though she favors Thieves and Assassins. An Entire Clan of Erebus was devoted to her, and included many star systems, producing the Nightstalker Order, the most powerful Assassins in the Erebus Galaxy. A Few Nightstalkers survive among the Juzians, as Harvol welcomed all. Sometimes, her traits are needed to keep order, as such, she is generally considered a benevolent entity, despite her followers' preference toward killing their enemies from behind. She is part of the Erebian Pantheon, but is considered off to the side of the Juzian Pantheon, due the decimation of the Nightstalker Order in the Fall of Erebus. A Legend States that she Stole the First Juzia Seed from Felix, and planted it in the Mortal Plane for some unknown reason.

Nitra
Class: Pansophical
Realm: Sanctuary
Description: Nitra is the Immortal Firstborn Daughter of Mephisto, the eternal child. She is the Ward of Harvol Juz, and lives at his Sanctuary, after Harvol killed her Father's body.

Juzian Hawks
Class: Transcendental-Pansophical
Realm:Sanctuary
Description: The Juzian Hawks are a strange bird that began appearing in the Juzian Forest soon after Harvol's ascension. The Church of Harvol declared them Juzia's First Protected species, making Juzian Hawk Hunting illegal. The Juzian Hawks are utterly unique to Juzia. They are capable of uncanny things, appearing in places they shouldn't be, and many things deemed myth by most, such as Shapeshifting, Making objects appear at random, and higher thought possibly even.

Elari, the Fallen Goddess
Class:DEAD GOD(Transcendental)
Realm:
Description: Elari, despite her death, is still included in the Juzian Pantheon. She did die a God, after all.

Mephistopheleans
Class: Transcendental
Realm:
Description: Though not true Gods, the Mephistopheleans are Children of the God Mephisto to Mortal Mothers. They are granted everlasting life by their Father, unless they meet their demise violently, They are also granted a powerful teleportation power, an inborn energy beam ability, effectively ensuring they can never be disarmed, a shield power, Bursts of Super-strength which can tire them out if overused, a Cloaking ability, and the ability to sense Auras, though these need to be discovered through training. Unlike the Dread, Mephistopheleans have Birthright. Should they die, Mephisto would save their soul, and Claiming their Right allows use of their Special Powers, likely an act of arrogance on the part of Mephisto, wanting his Children to proclaim themselves to all. They have All Black fur like the Dread, aside from a single White Marking somewhere on their body, like a Witches Mark. Just as he did the first Mephistophelean, Nitra. The only thing Mephisto cares about are his Children.

Shades of Mephisto
Class:Transcendental/Pansophical
Realm:The Infernal Palace
Description: Similar to Juzian Banshees, the Shades of Mephisto are part of Mephisto's Soul Garden, surrounding the Infernal Palace. They are slowly being consumed by a Juzia Plant genetically altered to steal the life of its' inhabitant and feed it directly to Mephisto. He has control of them, but most of the Programming runs on automatic. It does what it is told, and leaves. They are the Final Fate of all Dread, Before the Renegotiation.

Oracles
Class: Pansophical
Realm:Purgatory
Description:The Oracles are the Souls of Dreads, and other Juzians, who decide to Follow the Cult of the Branching Maze, after the Renegotiation of the Accords. It has extremely strict rules to adhere to. They have access to the Branching Maze, with all of time laid out before them. The Catch? They can Never Leave back into the Mortal realm without being Anchored and Controlled by Fate. The Only place to go freely from Purgatory is to the Realm of Necrose, and their final end.

The Dread King
Class:Transcendent
Realm:The Underforest
Description: The Dread King renews the Dread Accords to begin his Reign. With it, he is granted Eternal Youth, but only by slaying one of his own subjects yearly. Though he will get Old without the slaying, he will not die. Instead, he will, on the Fourth Night after the Refused Slaying, find himself in a murder-crazed frenzy, able to understand, see, and hear everything, but unable to stop himself from killing everything he meets for one whole night, shielded from harm by the very souls of those he offered to the Infernal he serves. This ensures Mephisto has an ever-replenishing power source, as the Accords also makes his subjects Promised to Mephisto. The Souls are kept as Ghosts in the Infernal Palace Gardens until devoured.

Juzian Devils

Mephisto
Class: Daimon
Realm: The Infernal Palace
Description: Mephisto doesn't have Followers. He is the Head of the Infernals, being the only one with true Free Will. He uses the souls of the Dead to increase his powers, making terrible deals with mortals. The Juzian Dread, a race of Juzians that live below the forests are caught in his snare. Most are decent people, but there are pirates and slavers in the monster-ridden underforests of Juzia. The legend goes, The Dread King gave his peoples' souls to Mephisto, in exchange for Peace. Ever since, the Dreads have been a Soul Farm for the Evil Infernal God, who consumes their very essence when they die, to greedily feed his own power.

Lucifus
Class: Carnal Emanation
Sphere:Rage, Hate and War
Realm: Hel
Description: The Clan Santoro were a highly dangerous and Volatile region of space. Often, members of Clan Santoro in Civilized space would be seen wearing the Bones of murdered Primitive species in their sector. Before the Treaty of Six Clans, Santoro often attacked planets, Sacrificing their inhabitants to the God Lucifus. With the realization that they were overpowered, with even the followers of Moran against them, they stuck to sacrificing the primitives to their God. In the Juzian Pantheon, Lucifus is classified as an Infernal Deity, And isn't in the Pantheon of the Juzians as much as considered a Devil figure to both Juzian and Erebian Pantheons, Religious Freedoms prevent persecution of his followers, however.

The Puppeteer
Class: Daimon
Realm: The Broken Cage
Description: A Previously only barely mentioned God, This being single-handedly Destroyed the Galaxy of Erebus, then was killed by Harbinger.

The Broken Gods Of Erebus
The Entire Galaxy of Erebus is considered a land of Broken Gods. It's a no-fly Zone, with Harvol's Hawks manning stations to warn people not to enter the Galaxy under risk of death.

The Disgraced
These Gods of Erebus Betrayed Harvol Juz during the Birth of Juzia.
Felix
Class: Primal Emanation
Sphere: Archaic Knowledge/Atheism
Realm:The Sphere of The Faded Dream
Description: Felix shows up as a Massive planet sized Dragon, in most depictions. However, summoning Felix is a tricky thing: Only those who DO NOT BELIEVE in him can summon him in their hours of need. Most simply describe it as a voice of inspiration. He is the head of the Juzian and Erebian Pantheons, and Dwells in an Abstract Realm known as the Sphere of Faded Dreams, where they say he slumbers eternally. The Outside of the Sphere is supposedly the place the first Juzia Trees grew, and the realm is enveloped by Purgatory.

Nixa
Class: Primal Emanation
Sphere:Ferality and Love
Description: Appears as an Enthralling Erebian Maiden in Depictions, she is a very powerful Erebian Deity, with most Clans' Courtship rituals revolving around her. Naturally, as the Erebians do not mate for life, her sphere of 'love' is an extremely poly-amorous version, unlike most Gods associated with the subject. She is also associated with Wild Abandon, and Spontaneity. She Convinced Moran to Steal the Juzia Seed.

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