74 Additional Gods

Compiled by Telgar ------

Foreword

This collection of Gods comes from many sources. It does include canon gods that are found outside their normal Pantheon listings in the Hero Book. Such Gods have page references for more information. Only members of canon-established Pantheons are listed here. For sub-Pantheons and Fan-Written Pantheons, I suggest checking out those documents directly, or the Expanded Quick Reference PDF.

Grammar and spelling have been checked and the entries standardizes to a single format. Aside from that, the only changes have been removing references to non-canon material.

Thanks to all the authors for writing all these great Gods and putting them out there for us to use! Credits are in the back. Some authors were not listed, and go unknown. Delling is the one who set into motion the events The Aesir leading to the Fate-bound doom of the Aesir, which he now works frantically to undo. Beowulf For more information, see Scion: Ragnarök p. 109.

The warrior hero who defeated Grendel, Grendel’s Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Mother and a dragon while becoming a great king in Manipulation, Epic Perception, Epic Intelligence, his spare time. Epic Stamina, Epic Wits, Fertility, Health, Illusion, For more information, see Scion: Ragnarök p. 75. Jotunblut, Magic, Mystery, Sun, War Abilities: Art, Fortitude, Integrity, Investigation, Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Stamina, Occult, Presence Guardian, Jotunblut, War Abilities: Athletics, Brawl, Fortitude, Melee, Survival, Hodur Thrown AKA: Hod, Hother, Hoth

Bragi Hodur is Baldur’s blind half brother who, according to legend, was tricked by Loki into killing Baldur The Aesir God of Poetry, Eloquence and while he was impervious to all but the “insignificant” Performance, he is happily married to the Vanir mistletoe. This angered Odin who sired Vali to Goddess Idun, who grows the Apples of Eternal kill Hodur the next day. The death of Baldur was Youth. prophesied to be the first of a series of events that For more information, see Scion: Ragnarök p. 69. will precede Ragnarok wherein most of the current pantheon is fated to be slain. This myth is still just a Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Perception, prophesy presently, however, as the events leading Epic Wits, Jotunblut, Magic up to Ragnarok will occur closer toward the end Abilities: Art, Awareness, Brawl, Empathy, Integrity, of the Aesir’s existence. Hodr is also prophesied to Presence return as a deity in the post-Ragnarok pantheon. Currently, Hodur stands as the Norse god of Forseti darkness. Little else is known of Hodur except that he is blind and that few of the Aesir respect him for his perceived betrayal of his brother, the likable As the God of Peace, Compromise and Just Resolu- Baldur. He is on rare occasion referred to as “Hodr tions, Forseti stands out among the warlike Aesir. of Battle” perhaps suggesting aptitude in combat For more information, see Scion: Ragnarök p. 70. despite the debilitating lack of sight. Some consider his moniker as “Hodr of Battle” to suggest that Hodur Associated Powers: Epic Manipulation, Epic himself represents the blindness of war among the Intelligence, Jotunblut, Justice, Mystery Aesir, how it sweeps over and strikes down guilty Abilities: Academics, Empathy, Integrity, and innocent (particularly his brother Baldur) alike. Investigation, Politics, Presence Still, his presence stirs uneasy feelings among the other Aesir and various other just deities. Delling Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Dexterity, The All-Father of the Vanir, though since the Epic Perception, Darkness, Jotunblut, and War absorption of his Pantheon into the Aesir, Delling Abilities: Athletics, Awareness, Melee, Presence, has stepped back from politics and kept to himself. Survival, and Thrown Only in recent times has he come into active circles Rivals: Baldur, Frigg, Odin, Anubis, Shango, Xipe again as he is approached by some of the other Totec, and Zeus Vanir who question if the time has come to separate themselves from the doomed Aesir before Ragnarok. He is the husband of Night and the father of Day. Idun who meet her recall a woman of determination and patience, misty eyed, with a sharp wit, slow to anger Goddess of Youth, Fertility and Longevity, she is the but easy to placate. Vanir who grows and guards the Apples of Eternal When Skadi sires a scion, it’s usualy with handsome Youth. Her husband is Bragi, one of the Aesir. or strong men. Her children tend to be the outdoorsy For more information, see Scion: Ragnarök p. 71. kind, with a love for hunting and an appreciation for the cold, with her enjoyment for pretty baubles. Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Stamina, She takes care to arm them the best she can, but for Jotunblut, Fertility, Health the most part they’re left to their own devices. They Abilities: Animal Ken, Empathy, Fortitude, Presence, function well in groups, but work best alone. Like Science, Survival Skadi, they’re capable warriors, but are not easily roused to fighting. Njord Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Stamina, Epic Intelligence, Frost, Psychopomp, and Jotunblut Vanir God of the Ocean, tamer of fire, father of Freyr Abilities: Athletics, Survival, Marksmanship, Brawl, and Freya. Oldest of the Vanir and one of their most Awareness, and Melee revered leaders. He lead the Vanir in their war against Rivals: Uller, Loki, Artemis, Tsuki-Yomi, and Horus the Asgard, after which he stepped aside as ruler. For more information, see Scion: Ragnarök p. 72. Uller Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Epic Stamina, Epic Strength, Fertility, Fire, Jotunblut, Sky, War, The son of Sif is the God of Archery, Hunting and Water Skiing. He acts as Odin’s lieutenant when the All- Abilities: Awareness, Brawl, Command, Control, Forti- Father is away from Asgard. tude, Politics For more information, see Scion: Ragnarök p. 74.

Associated Powers: Epic Dexterity, Epic Perception, Skadi Epic Stamina, Frost, Jotunblut, Justice AKA: Skade, Skadhi, Skathi Abilities: Animal Ken, Athletics, Marksmanship, Melee, Stealth, Survival Skadi is the Jotun-born Goddess of hunting, winter and the cold, wife of the sea god Njord. She came to Asgard to avenge her father’s death, but agreed to Wayland marry Njord as compensation, seeing nobility in him AKA: Volund and they divide the year between their homes. An The Scion of an unknown God, Wayland is a avid hunter with a sharp tongue, and gray eyes, she’s craftsman without equal. He has influenced or most at home in the wilderness, skiing effortlessly fathered some of the most important inventors in through the mountains for her quarry. Despite her history. He was imprisoned by an ancient Finnish sometimes blunt personality she has a weakness for king who wanted Wayland to build magical artifacts beautiful things, evidenced by her crush on Baldur. for him. With the help of one of his brothers, Wayland Despite her proficiency as a warrior, she will never be was able to build himself wings and escape from his goaded into combat. She doesn’t openly love or hate prison after impregnating his captor’s daughter. the other gods, but neither does she love her giant- For more information, see Scion: God p. 262. kin or the Titans. In modern days, Skadi has taken on a number of Associated Powers: Epic Intelligence, Earth, Fire, roles. She prefers cold places and has been an Jotunblut Olypmic level skier, a mountain climber, wise martial Abilities: Academics, Art, Control, Craft, Occult, arts instructor, an arctic biologist and even an Inuit Science woman who is somehow in the right place at the right time to do some good for someone. Those Amaterasu considers her personal duty. The Amatsukami In the World, Benzaiten favors roles that allow her to exhibit her skill with art and science, as well Benten as her unbridled energy and thirst for life. She’s AKA: Benzei, Benzaiten, Lakshmi taken on roles such a beautiful Noh actress, an adorable and energetic manga writer or even an One of the Seven Fortunes, Benten is a goddess old scientist with a twinkle in her eye that few can associated with Beauty , Grace, Love Wisdom and the resist. She has also taken on roles such as political Arts (particularly Dance and Music), as well as Luck. activist and school teacher, allowing her to speak She is also a sea goddess with strong associations out for the underpriveledged and shepherd her with water and the ocean. people into something greater. Benten most often appears as a demure woman Scions of Benzaiten are generally blessed with of indeterminate age, often young, but not girlish, unnatural luck. They always seem to survive, even but full of life and wisdom. Her grace is flawless, under the worst of odds. Intelligent, energetic and often she will have a musical instrument at people, her children often go the extra mile and hand to enhance her lilting voice. Benten is used to work harder than anyone else simply because getting what she wants and is always surrounded they enjoy the work or feel it needs to be done. by the finest things in life, but will never be forceful, And all they achieve is usually accompanied with she is above all things subtle and respectful, even an artistic flair that few can match. to her enemies. Similarly she gains great pleasure from pleasing others , but not so much as to be Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic sycophantic, or gauche. Benten has been a geisha, Intelligence, Guardian, Magic, Sound, Tsuki-yomi, and dancer, and a musician, and even at times is the Water wife of a Zaibatsu CEO or Politician. She teaches the Common Abilities: Academics, Art, Empathy, way of the Silken Glove rather than an Iron Fist. Occult, Presence, Science Rivals: Amaterasu, Raiden; Isis, Hermes, Loki, Associated powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma, Quetzalcoatl, Tlazolteotl, Erzulie, Legba Epic Manipulation, Magic, Tsuko-Gami, and Water Abilities: Art, Awareness, Craft, Presence,Empathy, Himiko and Politics Rivals: Aphrodite, Amaterasu, Persephone, A powerful shaman who once ruled over the Tlazolteotl, Frigg, and Raiden Yamataikoku people, Himiko is a wise politican and has ruled more than one empire. Under the Benzaiten name Jingu she became Empress and presided AKA: Biancaitian, Bensaiten over the conquest of Korea and Manchuria. Her son, Hachiman, also ascended to divinity after his mortal Like Marishiten, Benzaiten was not born into the death. In the modern world she rules empires of Amatsukami. Originally a Scion of Sarasvati of finance and business. the Devas, Benzaiten left her parent pantheon so For more information, see Scion: God p. 266. that she might make her own mark on the World without being stuck in the shadow of her mother. Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Charisma, Eventually, she would come to the Amatsukami Epic Appearance, Mystery, Sun, Tsukumo-Gami and offer her knowledge and luck to Amaterasu. Abilities: Command, Integrity, Investigation, Though hesitant to accept her, Amaterasu finally Marksmanship, Politics, Presence relented and welcomed her to the Amatsukami. Since then, however, she has considered the Kishimo-jin young transplanted god to be a threat to her AKA: Kangimo, Karitei, Kariteimo, Kishibojin, Koyasu Kishibojin position of leadership of the Japanese people as Benzaiten claimed to be the protector of both Kishimo-jin was originally a Hindu demon who had Japan and the Japanese people, something hundreds of children and loved and doted on all of them. However, in order to keep them fed, she would Konohana Sakuya-hime kidnap and sacrifice the children of mortals. This behavior continued for ages until Buddha showed Konohana Sakuya-hime, commonly known as her the suffering she was causing by abducting the Konohana, is the blossom-princess and symbol of youngest of her children and hiding him. After she delicate earthly life, and is the Goddess of Mount had searched the universe and not found her child, Fuji. She is the daughter of the mountain god she went to Buddha for help and he asked her to Ohoyamatsumi. She is often considered an avatar compare her suffering for the loss of one child of of Japanese life, especially since her symbol is the hundreds to the suffering of other mothers for the sakura, or cherry blossom. loss of their only child. Realizing the magnitude of She is the wife of Ninigi. She met the god on the what she had done, Kishimo-jin repented and has seashore and they fell in love; Ninigi asked Oho- since acted as the protector of children. She has also Yama for her hand in marriage. Oho-Yama proposed since acquired reputation for easing the pain of labor his older daughter, Iha-Naga, instead, but Ninigi had and for blessing a woman with a child in the first his heart set on Konohana. Oho-Yama reluctantly place. Kishimojin, known as Haritei in India, was one agreed and Ninigi and Konohana married. Because of the Goddesses involved in an exchange program Niniji refused Iha-Naga, the rock-princess, human similar to Bast. Only she chose to remain with the lives are said to be short and fleeting, like the sakura Japanese as a Buddhist goddess rather than return blossoms, instead of enduring and longlasting, like to the Hindu and back to being overshadowed by stones. Kali. In modern times, Kishimo-jin’s face, lovely in Konohana more often than not manifests as female, friendship and terrifying in wrath, graces the fertility but has taken male form in the past. In any case, she clinics to help young couples conceive. In the legal has assumed the role of maiko, geisha, musician system, she is a prosecutor of child abusers. She (with an affinity for the shamisen and tsugaru- has also been the manager of an orphanage, or as jamisen), a “harajuku girl”, a hostess, and tour guide. a private foster mother. Or as the teacher that every Her scions are typically interested in traditional student accuses of being evil, but who goes to great or exceptional arts that require grace, intricacy, lengths to aid and shelter them. As an immigrant delicacy, beauty and most of all, perfection. goddess herself, Kishimo-jin is also a fervant force in acquiring equal rights for all ethnicities in Japan. Associated powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Appearance, Kishimo-jin’s scions love children like her and most Sun, Fertility and Tsuko-Gami of them take on callings as the defenders of children (Alternate) Associated powers: Epic Stamina, in one form or another. Some can be gruff or scary Epic Charisma, Epic Appearance, Fertility, Health, in form, recalling Kishimo-jin’s previous demonic Tsukumo-Gami tendencies, but for the most part they are cheerful Abilities: Academics, Art, Athletics, Integrity, and energetic people. Kishimo-jin is also a frequent Presence, Stealth adopter of the scions of gods that cannot reach Rivals: Iha-Naga, Durga, Green Tara them, or of those that have fallen in battle. Nor does she concern herself much with ethnicity in choosing Marishiten lovers or adopting scions. Goddess of Light, Mirage and Illusion. She is prayed Associated Powers: Epic Dexterity, Epic Appearance, to for protection in times of war and to hide soldiers Epic Manipulation, Epic Perception, Health, Justice, from their enemies. Guardian, Darkness, and Tsuko-Gami. For more information, see Scion: Companion p. 212 Abilities: Stealth, Craft, Larceny, Medicine, Empathy, and Integrity Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Dexterity, Rivals: Zeus, Hera, Odin, Loki, Aphrodite, Tlazolteotl, Animal (Boar), Darkness, Sun, Tsukumo-Gami Baron Samedi, Erzuli, and Kali Abilities: Awareness, Empathy, Integrity, Larceny, Fortitude, Stealth Masamune wells, and any blessed by her shall be eternally safe to drink. She is also the goddess of mourning, and Born to a swordsmith’s wife and fathered by many find her weeping at the many tragedies in the Hachiman, the man history would know as world. Nakisawame is a Minor Goddess, and hasn’t Masamune took up his stepfather’s trade and made reached her avatar stage yet, but she’s working on it. it an art form. While rarely battling titanspawn When travelling the World, Nakisawame loves to be directly, he forged many of the weapons that close to the water. She most often appears in coastal Amatsukami Scions carried into war. His divine towns or places that have many rivers and wells. father approved, and inducted him into the Whether she’s a doctor treating a water-borne illness, secrets of forging relics. By the time of his death, or a matronly woman collecting water, or perhaps the name “Masamune” had taken on an even she’s a widow, staring out to the sea for a man who greater significance among Scions than it has will never return, water is always present. In her less among mortals. It also earned him a divine seat in joyful moods, she can be found as a funeral singer, Takamagahara, at Hachiman’s left hand, as the god an obituary writer, and maybe even a graveyard of weaponsmithing. warden. In the centuries since his death and quiet apotheosis, Even though she cannot pass on much of her divine Masamune has not been idle. He handles the heritage to her children, Nakisawame often grants creation of the majority of relics that are gifted to her children visitations. She encourages them to Amatsukami Scions, either creating them himself find their own way in the world, and don’t make or overseeing his tennin smiths. Weapons are his her mourn them, for she saw what happened to forte, and while he has great pride in the traditional her father, and doesn’t want to end up like him. Her swords and knives that carry his name, he has children tend to share their mother’s affinity for developed a respect for modern weapons and water, being ship captains, marine biologists, and welcomes them as an opportunity for honing his the occasional funeral singer. skills. Masamune, in the rare times he appears to mortals, Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Appearance, often wears the guise of a Japanese man in late Epic Perception, Tsukumo-Gami middle age and dressed casually, with glasses Abilities: Art, Awareness, Empathy, Integrity dangling on the end of his nose and the merry Medicine, Science sparkle in his eye of a grease monkey tuning a lovingly-restored sports car.... or of a lovably- Ryujin crackpotted mad scientist. This is an accurate reflection of his personality. He is also something of The Dragon God of the Sea, Ryujin is nominally an otaku, and he draws many of his inspirations for a servant of Susano-o, but in truth the Dragon weapons and devices from the anime he watches. He concerns himself with the ocean depths while the has few Scions, as most of his time is spent working more famous Kami deals mainly with shorelines and on projects, and those he has are much like their sire. the water’s surface. He is a tempermental, angry and violent God. He is said to have once punched Associated powers: Epic Intelligence, Epic Strength, Jellyfish after being tricked, pulverizing the creature’s Earth, Guardian, and Tsukumo-gami skeleton forever. Abilities: Art, Craft, Integrity, Marksmanship, Melee, For more information, see Scion: God p. 143. and Science Rivals: Raiden, Hephaestus, Ptah, and Thoth Associated Powers: Epic Dexterity, Epic Stamina, Epic Strength, Animal (Turtle), Moon, Tsukumo-Gami, Nakisawame Water Abilities: Athletics, Brawl, Fortitude, Occult, Politics, Born from the tears that Izanagi wept over the body Presence of his beloved after she was killed by Kagatsuchi, Nakisawame is sister to the likes of Amaterasu, Susanoo-o, and Tsuki-yomi. She is the patroness of but that plan did not quite work out. Torn between The Atzlanti his Catholic faith and the truth of his origin, Cortés is uninterested in the Overworld and the Gods. Chalchiuhtlicue He skulks in shadows and avoids the spotlight, AKA:Chalciuhtlicue, Chalcihuitlicue, She of Jade Skirts, appearing only occasionally to champion the Acuecucyoticihuati independence and prosperity of Mexico. For more information, see Scion: God p. 264. Chalciuhtlicue is the goddess of the rivers, streams, lakes, child birth, and presides over the baptism Associated Powers: Epic Dexterity, Epic Charisma, of warriors. At one time, she had domain over Earth, Itztli, Sky the fourth world until it was destroyed by a great Abilities: Animal Ken, Brawl, Command, flood, she would learn to use the waters to her Marksmanship, Melee, Politics advantage which is why she is the goddess of water. She is married to Tlaloc and lives with him Xiuhtecuhtli-Huehueteotl in Tlalocan with her child Tecciztecatil. She is often depicted as a woman with a aquamarine colored Xiuhtecuhtli-Huehueteotl is the Turquoise Lord, skirt that seems to flow like water, sometimes there the Lord of Fire, a well-loved god of the hearth. As are children playing in the waters of her skirt. She the fire stolen from Mictlán, Xiuhtechutli is a little is a nice woman but can anger quickly and that bit of the Underworld, brought to the World of the shows when the waters and rains are strong and living in order to sustain life. Xiuhtecuhtli embodies damaging. Sacrifice is made to her by pouring blood duality, contradiction, and mitigated hardship in in the waters of her temple or even the bodies of all his aspects-- he is warmth in the cold, food in deformed or dead children. midst of famine, and a moment of comfort and rest She is often seen dressed in simple clothes to ease fatigue and pain. He is a god of power and and in roles close to the water or children, or a royalty, but also of humility and the lowly. His flames combination of both. She has played the part represent the light of day, but he is also a lord of of a Lifeguard, a swimming coach, a midwife, A the night, keeping watch over mortals during the member of the Coast guard, a Nanny, and once sunless hours. He is sometimes believed to be a she was a marine Biologist. Her Scions tend to be manifestation of the distant god of duality, Ometeotl like there mother, their moods shift like the waters (“two-god”), and his nagual is Xiuhcoatl, the Fire their mother loves, they are often strong and Serpent, which Huitzilopochtli wields in battle as an independent or in total contrast they could very atlatl. well be dependent and childish depending on the As self-contradictory as his aspects, he sometimes mood their mother was in. appears as Xiuhtecuhtli, the strong husband of Chalchiuhtlicue, and a youthful god of kings and Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma, warriors, potential and promise. At other times, Animal (Dolphin), Water, Fertility, Health, Chaos, and he appears as Huehueteotl, the old god, decrepit Itzli. and bent with age. Both as Huehueteotl and as Abilities: Empathy, Melee, Presence, Integrity, Xiuhtecuhtli, he receives the same sacrifice: whether Athletics, and Medicine offering blood and hearts, the first mouthful of food Rivals: Hera, Freya, Frigg, Poseidon, Eruzlie, Sobek, at mealtimes, or dozens of small, live animals caught and Susano-o. in advance of his festivals, supplicants offer sacrifice to Xiuhtecuhtli-Huehueteotl by throwing them into Hernán Cortés the fire. As long as a building’s hearthfire is burning, the Turquoise Lord is present within, keeping One of the most conflicted Gods in any Pantheon, watch over the household from deep within the Cortés destroyed the civilization of his divine subterranean turquoise shell where he resides. ancestors in part of a conflict between Quetzalcoatl In the World, Xiuhtecuhtli-Huehueteotl works to (his father) and Tezcatlipoca. The destruction of the counteract dangerous extremes, making undesirable Aztec civilization was supposed to allow a rebirth, situations a little safer or more pleasant. He has been a night cop in a dangerous part of town, a battlefield how to get it. The twin sister of equally-attractive medic on triage duty, and the head chef at the best Xochipilli and former wife of Tlaloc, Xochiquetzal has restaurant in town. His Scions are similarly in nature. discovered (after being stolen from her husband and Whether they’re illicitly spray painting beautiful seduced by the Black Tezcatlipoca) that she’s happier murals over a dusty, dried-up downtown, or running not being tied down. Xochiquetzal always goes hand an after-school program for disadvantaged kids, they in hand with luxury; she loves living the high life, excel at giving people better living conditions. If with all that entails. She is a fierce protector of new those people are more than happy to offer a grateful mothers, and a proponent of the idea that women sacrifice in return, what of it? control the world because they control men. Clouds of butterflies, entranced by her beauty, follow her Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Epic Charisma, wherever she goes. Earth, Fire, Guardian, Itztli In modern times, Xochiquetzal enjoys making Abilities: Art, Awareness, Command, Fortitude, policy indirectly, by influencing people in positions Integrity, Thrown of power. She has been a corporate consultant, a feminist blogger, and an illicit mistress of suggestible Xochipilli politicians. She also likes to enjoy mortal life as a AKA: Xochipili luxury jeweler, a glamorous model, a florist, or a brothel madame. All her mortal guises have youth Xochipilli is the god of Flowers, dance and beauty, and beauty in common, and flowers are always a as well as games. He also has associations with part of her fashion or her surroundings. male ecstasy and eroticism and even entheogenic Like their mother, Scions of Xochiquetzal are usually drugs. Xochipilli is free spirited and carefree and more than willing to leverage both their great rarely taken seriously by his fellows in the Atzlanti, cunning and their great beauty, and are usually well- save for his twin sister Xochiquetzal and the female liked, as well. Some are lepidopterists, avant-garde counterpart in all the same realms. Xochipilli is fashion designers, or political lobbyists, while others also patron of games including the Ball Game of attach themselves to politicians, drug lords, or Wall Aztec fame. While the game may be dedicated to Street magnates, in order to exercise a subtler power. Huitlipoctli or one of the more militant gods for a specific event or purpose, Xochipilli quietly but Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic firmly asserts himself as the Lord of the Game. Manipulation, Animal (Butterfly), Fertility, Itztli Xochipilli often appears in modern times as a Abilities: Art, Craft, Empathy, Fortitude, Politics, handsome young man and is often seen with flowers Presence in his hair. He is quick to laugh, rarely acts seriously, and is often under the influence of entheogens. He Xolotl frowns on materialism and often appears with skin flayed as an example to his followers and Scions. He The dark twin of Quetzalcoatl, Xolotl is the god of has been a landscaper, prostitute, professional sports bad luck, the evening star to his brother’s morning player, botanist, pharmacist, and drug dealer. star. In spite of his negative associations, Xolotl feels a responsibility toward mortals, and does his Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic best to care for them. Together with his brother Perception, Epic Dexterity, Fertility, Health, and Itzli. Quetzalcoatl, Xolotl stole fire from Mictlán and Abilities: Art, Athletics, Brawl, Presence, Thrown, and gave it to humanity. Xolotl leads the dead on their Science (Agriculture). arduous, four-year journey to Mictlán, and he guards Rivals: Aphrodite, Freya, Cihuacoatl, Erizuli, Shango, the sun faithfully during the night. He does his Hachiman, Apollo, and Isis. various jobs dutifully, knowing he’s unlikely ever to get any proper respect for his hard work. Xochiquetzal Xolotl is fearsome to behold. He appears as a skeleton, his bright red bones scorched by fire. His The goddess of desire, wealth, and feminine sexual feet are on backwards (so that he can lead the way allure, Xochiquetzal knows what she wants and to Mictlán while keeping an eye on his charges), and he sometimes replaces his skull with the head of a dog, in imitation of his canine assistants. Xolotl is usually accompanied by several large, hairless dogs (one breed, the Xoloitzcuintle, even bears his name). These loyal hounds assist Xolotl in his role as a guide through the Underworld. When Quetzalcoatl journeyed to Mictlán to create the People of the Fifth Sun out of bones, Xolotl went as well, in order to create dogs. In exchange for people taking care of dogs during life, Xolotl decided, dogs would care for people in the afterlife. Many ancient Mesoamericans were buried with dogs, to ensure they wouldn’t need to journey through the Underworld alone. In modern times, Xolotl has been a wilderness guide, a seeing eye dog trainer, and an insurance agent. Like their father, Xolotl’s Scions are typically humble, long-suffering, and a little scary-- drawn to roles where they give people important assistance in times of need, and usually receive no thanks whatsoever.

Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Stamina, Animal (Dogs), Guardian, Itztli, Psychopomp Abilities: Animal Ken, Athletics, Awareness, Fortitude, Presence, Survival Intelligence, Health, Taiyi, War The Celestial Abilities: Athletics, Brawl, Command, Empathy, Marksmanship, Presence Rivals: Guanyin, Nezha, Sun Wukong; Horus, Bureacuracy Isis, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Freyr, Quetzalcoatl, Hachiman, Izanagi, Erzulie, Ogoun Pancika Though not originally a member of the pantheon, the spread of Buddhism of China brought this young god into conflict with the Celestial Bureaucracy. Like many who found themselves in a similar situation, Pancika was pulled into the pantheon and given a place in the hierarchy. Many are surprised to learn that despite his Buddhist beliefs, he still maintains his role as a general. He is a skilled warrior and a leader of men and demon alike when it is necessary to put his skills to use. Additionally, the handsome young god is a patron of fertility and is said to have fathered over five hundred children in his time. He is a consort of the Guanyin at times, though he does not always share her fascination with peace and mercy.

In the modern times, Pancika is often found serving as a military leader on the battlefield. His young features and strong body serve to inspire his troops, while his sharp mind leads him to many victories against his enemies. Wherever he goes, however, he always leaves children in his wake. He is eager to take shore leave, always manages to find a young woman to spend time with, and inevitably leaves her with a child to take care of.

With the abundance of Pancika’s children in the World, one would be surprised that he has so few Scions. The truth of the matter is that while Pancika is eager to father the children and procreate, he’s not exactly an ideal father. He’s distant at best, neglectful and ignorant of his child’s existance at worst. What few Scions of his are Visited often grow to resent their father for his absences, often latching onto other gods who serve as guides and fill the void. Often, however, this neglectful attitude leads his children to be adopted by other gods of Celestial Bureaucracy or even of other pantheons.

Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic The Devas

Ushas The Vedic Goddess of the Dawns. She is portrayed as warding off evil spirits of the night, and as a beautifully adorned young woman riding in a golden chariot on her path across the sky. Due to her color she is often identified with the reddish cows.

Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma, Health, Justice, Samsara, Sun Abilities: Animal Ken, Athletics, Awareness, Fortitude, Presence, Survival away from war and conflict. The Dodekatheon Demeter’s hates to sire Scions, and rarely adopts them. While Demeter is far from being a virgin Caligula goddess, she has never enjoyed the touch of men (or women) and would never procreate by choice. Known in life as a madly hedonistic, arrogant and However, fate seems to deem that she be a victim of perverse Emperor, Caligula elevated himself to being forced upon, and once every few dozen years Godhood via the Imperial Cult. He intends to re- Demeter will walk the world in the form of a young establish the Roman Empire by whatever means and vulnerable girl, and will be fated to be forcibly necessary. laid upon by a mortal rapist. Why the goddess allows For more information, see Scion: Demigod p. 214 this is unknown: certainly the revenge Demeter will invariably lay upon her aggressors would suggest Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic that she resents their abuse. Regardless, Demeter has Manipulation, Arete, Chaos, Magic great love for any progeny that ensue, despite that Abilities: Command, Integrity, Investigation, Larceny, they are products of rape, and treasures each and Politics, Presence every one of them. Sometimes, it can be said, she can be a little too interfering in their lives, and more Demeter than one Scion who has failed to act in a manner AKA: Ceres, Kabeiraia, Chthonia, Erinys, Malophoros, Aneisidora, that meets her particular code of conduct has been Thesmophoros punished by their mother. Demeter’s Scions tend to inherit their mother’s Of the twelve Olympians of the Dodekatheon, it is connection to earth and the cycles of nature and Demeter who seems least suited to the war against her disdain for society. They may be quiet farmers, the titans. A goddess of grain and fertility, sponsor of back-to-nature ruralists or even antisocial geologists. marriage and holy law, and of the nourishing earth, Many suffer from swings of mood - seasonal affective Demeter represents the more passive and genteel disorder and bipolar disorder are common to many of side of the Greek pantheon, though her capacity for them. They rarely have much propensity for violence, vengeance when slighted is easily as great as that of and can seem disinterested in the Titan War. However the other deities. they also often have a great sense of justice and Demeter is the elder sister of Zeus, but never vengeance, seeking to take revenge on those who do threatened her Titan parents as he did, and took harm to them, or who abuse women, usually through her place within the Dodekatheon only once the careful manipulation of social situations rather than usurpation wars were over and done. In fact, any by outright violence. An abusive husband who finds malice she does bear tends to be more for the himself hated by his family and (ex-)friends, who is other gods and goddesses rather than for her Titan finally driven to take his own life, may well be the forebears ~ Poseidon once pursued her and forced target of a righteous Scion of Demeter. himself on her, and her daughter from that coupling (Persephone) would one day be abducted by Hades Associated powers: Epic Stamina, Epic Manipulation, to be his “love”. Animal (horse), Fertility, Earth, and Arete. Demeter sometimes takes the form of an elderly Abilities: Animal ken, Control (horse riding), matriarch, regal and seemingly calm, but with a sharp Empathy, Fortitude, Integrity, and Survival. tongue if wronged. More often she chooses to take Rivals: Poseidon, Hades, Pan, Quetzalcoatl, Thor, and the form of a wild mare, and takes great pleasure in Min, running with horses across the few wild places left in earth. She rarely has any inclination to join in the Eris battle against the titans, much to the chagrin of the AKA: Strife, Discordia, Enyo other gods and goddesses, and generally values her isolation. Her rivals are those gods who feel it is right The Olympian Ares is not a tame god, personifying to force themselves upon women - she will interrupt murder and war, but his darkness and malice pales her solitude to spite them, but will otherwise stay in comparison to his sister, Eris. While Ares sees war as a means to an end, and sponsors noble hero and Hebe bloodthirsty killer alike, he at least is dedicated to AKA: Juventas, Ganymeda, Dia the war against the Titans. Truly, Ares has his dark side, but in contrast Eris is darkness incarnate. Eris The Goddess of Youth, Hebe is the daughter of Zeus is relentlessly wrathful, reveling in the pain and and Hera. She married her stepbrother Heracles cruelty she inflicts on others. Modern Discordianists when he rose to godhood. She represents everything argue that the truth is more complex than this, that that is good and fun about being young, and she is while Eris is goddess of terrible things she did not sometimes said to be the most beautiful of Goddess’s, create them, but regardless she and her Scions are though other goddesses often disagree. fearsome indeed. She wis able to bring youth back to the old and Eris chooses to manifest in forms that allow her to wherever she walks spring always comes. She is the revel in her role to bring strife and pain. Whether a cupbearer and heaven and always makes sure the diplomatic agitator who deliberately pushes nations other gods and goddess have plenty to drink. Of towards war, a punk-musician calling for violence course she also helps her mother Hera to her war on the streets of America or an African warlord Chariot, and even bathes Ares after battle. Hebe commanding the pillage and systematic destruction enjoys being young and never looks a day over 18. of villages, Eris thinks in terms of scale. She is not In the Mortal world Hebe is always young, always interested in small-scale suffering – strife on a grand helpful, and always caring. She has been a school scale is her only goal. maid, a young kindergarten teacher, a nurse, a Despite rumors to the contrary, Eris is not a daughter, and a teenager. She doesn’t like cheating servant of the Titans, and in fact has a good on her husband but he of all people, being a former working relationship with several members of the scion, knows how dire the battle with the Titans is and Dodekatheon, most especially her mother Hera, who that his young bride must play her part. Her Scions she respects as someone superior in guile and power are very similar to her, they are young, helpful, and to her. However, Eris is not a nice person, and has caring. They know the world is in danger but they little time for heroes and noble virtues. aren’t warriors, most prefer to help behind the scenes, When Eris is mother to Scions it is usually because to make sure the warriors are ready to fight and make she respects the achievements of the mortal fathers. sure they are welcomed home with joy. Exceptionally cruel men and spreaders of discord and strife may draw her lust and she will seduce Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma, them or even take them by force. Epic Dexterity, Arete, Fertility, and Health Her Scions, in contrast, often suffer their mother’s Associated Skills: Art, Athletics, Awareness, Empathy, creative cruelty as Eris takes the time and special Integrity, and Medicine effort to make them suffer on an individual basis. Rivals: Aphrodite, Artemis, Bastet, Freya, Hel, Sif, and Abuse creates abusers, and her children are often Damballa viciously cruel themselves. Scions of Eris in the past have included professional torturers, S&M Hecate prostitutes, serial abusers and political rabble- AKA: Hecate, Hekat rousers. The Goddess of sorcery, necromancy, crossroads and Associated powers: Epic Wits, Epic Manipulation, War, witches, Hecate is associated with the Dodekatheon, Chaos, and Arete. but she predates them by a fair margin. The Goddess Abilities: Athletics, Command, Craft (torture), a quiet, lonesome figure who avoids company, aside Empathy, Melee, and Politics. from is the dogs who always trail her. She is maternal Rivals: Zeus, Athena, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, and protective, despite her dark proclivities. The Hestia, Demeter, Freya, and Amaterasu, Weird Sisters of Shakespeare’s Macbeth made a strong impression of Hecate and she often appears in the guise of a trio of identical, elderly women. Never desiring the spotlight, Hecate prefers to keep to the shadows and guide events from the background. She has appeared in the World as Awareness the anonymous cadre of personal assistants to a Rivals: Huitzilopochtli, Apollo, Amaterasu, Artemis, powerful CEO, the unofficial advisor of the chairman, and Horus and the best friend of the mayor’s wife who is always asked for advice. Sometimes Hecate appears as a Heracles night-shift security guard or a phone psychic who AKA: Hercules has nothing but bad news. Scions of Hecate often find themselves drawn to Everyone knows the stories of Hercules, the son of darkness in various forms. Their mother is rarely Zeus and a mortal woman. He has taken his place more than a distant memory, but messages or signs among the Olympians as the God of Strength. from her tend to appear at crucial times in their lives For further information, see Scion: God p. 260. to guide them. Hecate may even insert herself into their lives as an eccentric aunt or strange neighbor. Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Dexterity, She loves her children and is fiercely protective of Epic Stamina, Epic Charisma, Arete, Guardian them, but the typical role of motherhood is just not Abilities: Athletics, Brawl, Fortitude, Marksmanship, Hecate’s cup of tea. Melee, Survival

Associated Powers: Epic Manipulation, Arete, Animal Hestia (Dog), Darkness, Death, Guardian, Magic, Mystery, AKA: Vesta and Psychopomp Abilities: Academics, Control, Medicine, Integrity and Hestia was the first-born of Rhea and Kronos, and Occult elder sister to Hera, Demeter, Zeus, Poseidon and Rivals: Artemis, Baron Samedi, Frigg, Hera, Isis, Kalfu, Hades. Long before the age of heroes she gave Shiva, and Tezcatlipoca up her position amongst the twelve Olympians to Dionysus, in order to tend the sacred hearth of Helios mount Olympus. Hestia has little interaction with the mortal world - she rarely journeys beyond her sacred hearth. however, she was revered greatly by ancient God of the Sun, Helios is one of the lesser deities Greeks and Romans as the chief of the goddesses of the Dodekatheon. Looking at him, you wouldn’t and as matron of hearth and home. think this was the case. Generally blond-haired, his Hestia remains in the Overworld at all times, eyes shining with inner fire, tall and proud as the and the sacred hearth she guards is nothing noonday sun, he is the sheer fire and fury of the solar less than the Divine Fire that empowers all disc at its zenith, driven by an inner fire and an epic gods, goddesses, demigods and Scions of the resolve. However, a deep sorrow lurks in his heart. Dodekatheon. It is thought that should the Titans His son Phaeton once drove the chariot of the sun, succeed in extinguishing this fire, the deities of the failed to keep a steady course, and crashed far into Dodekatheon would be stripped of power, and the sea as a falling star. Helios has been regretful unable to sire any further Scions. ever since then. Because she remains in the Overworld, and because Helios only has occasional dalliances in the mortal her virginity is absolute, she has birthed no Scions. realm, and in modern life, has been a poet, an artist, Very occasionally, however, she may adopt a Scion. an academic, always brilliant and deeply troubled at Scions chosen by Hestia will always be virgins, and the same time. will be beings of exemplary virtue. They may come His scions are brash and arrogant, but are also full into her service late in their legendary progress, of resolve and courage, and they often fight with perhaps serving under another deity for decades bravery and skill. before seeking her out. Certainly they would need to have the strength to visit the Overworld, and reach Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Intelligence, the Sacred Hearth first, though some particularly Sun, Fire, Sky, and Arete noble souls claim to have reached her in dreams Abilities: Athletics, Brawl, Occult, Fortitude, and rather than through physical journey. Scions of Hestia will always select a single area to Nemesis protect, and will not leave that area for the rest AKA: Rhamnousia, Rhamnusia, Invidia, Rivalitas, of their lives. This might be a single city, or a holy temple, or just an area of sacred wilderness. They Nemesis is the beautiful and terrible goddess of will rarely join bands of Scions, nor engage in the indignation and divine retribution, both against Titan War directly, but will rather care for and nurture those who escape punishment for evil deeds or their chosen territory, protecting the people within receive undeserved good fortune. She has served it and the land itself. They will almost always be as judge, jury and executioner to countless victims somewhat otherworldly, removed from society and over the millennia. Her justice is swift: she does not uninterested in impure pursuits. permit her quarry to live for more than an instant once they are found guilty. She is the balance to Associated powers: Epic appearance, Epic stamina, Tyche and her good fortunes, ensuring equilibrium Fire, Guardian, Health, and Arete. of happiness and unhappiness in the mortal world. Abilities: Fortitude, Integrity, Medicine, Presence, Nemesis’ eternal mission is not to maintain law and Occult, and Awareness. order, but rather to ensure balance. She will often Rivals: Set, Loki, Prometheus, Zeus, and Hera wear a winged form and favors arrows or thrown weapons when she must execute a transgressor Janus against her perceived sense of injustice. Nemesis hates the Titans because they take power Janus presides over change and transitions such as that is not rightfully theirs anymore, and she hates the progression of future to past, of one condition their servants for prospering against the will of the to another, of one vision to another, the growing up gods. She also hates those who come into wealth of young people, and of one universe to another. or power through unjust means, or who simply He watches over the happenings that pass from the are powerful but do not deserve to be powerful. Overworld into this. As the god of beginnings and A ruthless CEO who spends his money on self- endings it has been suggested that he has acquired indulgence would raise her ire, as would an adored Kronus’ purview over time, a suggestion which Janus idol who breaks hearts and spurns true love. Even fervently denies. a good man who is the subject of jealousy from When Romulus and his men led their raid to kidnap others would be hated by Nemesis, as the goddess the Sabine women, Janus caused a hot spring to erupt, of justice hates those who create envy in others making the would-be attackers flee. In honor of this, without realizing it. the doors to his temples were kept open during war The sons and daughters of Nemesis pursue similar so that he could easily intervene. The doors and gates goals with sometimes brutal and calculating were closed during peace an event that occurred only proficiency. While some Scions of Nemesis find four times in eight hundred years. themselves drawn to enforcement (for example Janus appears now in one of two forms, clean-shaven as policemen or lawyers) it should be noted that and of some indeterminate age between 20 and 40 or Nemesis is not a goddess of law, but rather of as a more elderly, bearded gentleman. He favors jobs vengeance. Nemesis and her children do not believe in the mortal realm which relate to his godly duties, in unflinching adherence to the rules, but rather to security guards and museum curators are his most the redressing of perceived wrongs, via whatever frequent guises but he has also been known to take means are necessary. Their sense of justice can positions in funeral homes and on maternity wards. often be out of step with the society they exist in: for example, to a true follower of Nemesis, it is a Associated powers: Epic Wits, Epic Perception, Arete, greater crime to be a wealthy philanthropist that is Guardian,Moon, Prophecy, and Sun the subject of jealousy than it is to be the poor and Abilities: Awareness, Command, Investigation, Larceny, jealous worker who murders that philanthropist. Occult, and Politics Rivals: Heimdal, Huitzlopochtli, Xipe-Totec, Izanami, Associated Powers: Epic Wits, Epic Appearance, Epic Raiden, Set, and Horus Perception, Arete, Sky, Justice, and Psychopomp Associated Skills: Awareness, Command, Integrity, Investigation, Marksmanship, and Stealth residing within the caves and deep places of the Rivals: Tyche, Aphrodite, Loki, and Huitzilopochtli earth, harkening back to her roots as a being of the ground and soil. Persephone Whether it’s in the World or on her rare visits to Olympus, Rhea always looks like the epitome of The daughter of Demeter and wife of Hades, she is motherhood. Often matronly, though never old, a divided Goddess at the best of times. She presides there is still enough beauty within her to draw over both life and death, depending on season. the eye of the men who see her. She is always the For more information, see Scion: Demigod p. 155 perfect example of a child-bearing potential. If a man is looking for someone with whom to raise Associated Powers:Epic Appearance, Epic Dexterity, a family, Rhea always appears in such a way as to Epic Wits, Death, Fertility, Psychopomp make herself the perfect choice. Abilities: Academics, Empathy, Occult, Politics, Though Rhea has many children, and thus Presence, Stealth many potential Scions, it’s rare that she grant a Visitation to them. Like any doting mother, she Quirinus wishes to protect them from the harsh realities AKA: Romulus of the World and keep them safe from the harm which might befall in them in the Titan War. Not One of the twin founders of the Roman Empire, to mention the troubles that may be caused by Quirinus was born as a Scion of Ares, raised by introducing a new member of the Dodekatheon wolves. He is a warrior, a dashing ruler and a patron who can call such luminaries as Zeus, Poseidon of Rome. and Hades “brother.” Still, in these desparate For more information, see Scion: Companion p. 216 times, all avenues are being explored for winning the war. And even the children of the divine Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Animal (Wolf), mother have been known to be granted power so Arete, War that they may enter the fray. Abilities: Animal Ken, Athletics, Command, Melee, Presence, Survival Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Intelligence, Epic Manipulation, Animal (Lion), Rhea Arete, Earth, Guardian, Health, Magic AKA: Cybele, Magna Mater, Idaea Abilities: Command, Craft, Empathy, Occult, Presence, Survival Like many of the gods, Rhea began as a Titan. Rivals: Apollo, Hera; Geb, Isis, Frigg, Tlazolteotl, She is the daughter of Gaia and Ouranos and the Izanagi, Izanami, Baron Samedi wife of Cronus. More than that, however, she is the mother of the Dodekatheon. From her were born Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and, Saturn most importantly, Zeus. It is her act of deception A complex figure and often confused by modern and bravery in order to spare Zeus from Cronus’ minds with other, similar figures, Saturn is a bitter and paranoia that bound her to the World in the form melancholy god. Under the ancient Romans, Saturn of a goddess rather than a Titan, making her one was a god of harvest, calendars and the passage of of the oldest goddesses of the Dodekatheon. time. Greek syncretization lead Saturn to adopting Rhea represents the divine mother. She is the many aspects of Cronus, the father of the Olympians. patron if motherhood, the protector of children To further cloud issues, Cronus is sometimes identified and the goddess which all mothers turn to for with Chronos, the personification of time. Fatebindings help when parenting becomes too much of a lay particularly heavy upon Saturn and, as a result, he chore. Rarely does Rhea appear on Olympus, often finds himself confused about who he is. Angry at preferring her sanctuaries in the World and humanity and Fate for his uncertainties and at history continuing to live among humanity (though for largely relegating him to a minor role compared to always in disguise of course). She is also at home his Olympian children, Saturn keeps to the Overworld in all but the most extreme cases. When he comes to the World for his (brief) visits, Saturn is an elderly but strong man who occupies positions of authority, but lacks real power. He’s the political figurehead, the CEO with an uncooperative board, the honorary chairman. Castrated by his son, Saturn can no longer sire his own Scions but in rare cases he will adopt a Scion out of a sense of duty. Even if willing to adopt a Scion, Saturn is a disinterested parent and typically stingy with Boons and Birthrights. The adopted Scions typically grow to resent their father, returning his indifference will their own cold bitterness. Misery loves company and Saturn’s familial relationships exemplify that truism.

Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Epic Stamina, Epic Strength, Arete, Death, Fertility, and Stars. Abilities: Awareness, Command, Fortitude, Melee, Science, and Survival Rivals: Atum-Re, Miclantecuhtli, Kali, Quetzalcoatl, and Zeus followers, serving as an actual priestess at times. The Loa Though since the Titan’s release, more and more of her worshippers have been lured over to the Agwe service of Mami Wata, mistakenly thinking that they are worshipping La Sirene. She hopes that The Loa of the Ocean, he takes on the shape of a her active hand will prevent that. fisherman or other ocean worker. For more information, see Scion: Demigod p, 164 Her Scions have a habit of following in their mothers roles, being both seductive and Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Epic Stamina, mysterious, always alluring but impossible to Animal (Fish), Cheval, Psychopomp, Water fully catch and pin down. They serve in similar Abilities: Animal Ken, Awareness, Control, Craft, professions and their charm and good looks Fortitude, Thrown typically serve them well as they deal with other people as well as other Scions.

La Sirene Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic AKA: Yemojah, Mawa-Lisu, Mahu Charisma, Epic Manipulation, Animal (Fish, Sea Snake), Cheval, Health, Magic, Moon, Water At first sight, the wife of Agwe might be mistaken Abilities: Animal Ken, Athletics, Larceny, Medicine, for Mami Wata, the head Titan Avatar of the Presence, Survival Drowned Road. But looks of course are where the Rivals: Damballa, Kalfu; Isis, Sobek, Artemis, similiarities end. La Sirene is a mostly benevolent Poseidon, Tlaloc, Susano-o goddess, though she is also a diety of passion and can be a fickle and mischevious deity when the mood strikes her. Mademoiselle Charlotte She’s far older than she lets on and though she is AKA: White Lady, Saint Barbara one of Agwe’s wives now, she has also been lover Unique among the Loa, who typically manifest as to Damballah and many other gods in the past. humans of Haitian or African descent, Mademoiselle She is one of the most ancient of the pantheon Charlotte represents European and Caucasian and often equates herself Damballah’s equal, if women in the voodoo religion. She is beautiful and not in stature, then at least in power. sophisticated; always clad the latest fashions and When in her natural form, she appears as a wearing heavy cosmetics. Educated in the finest mermaid, with the tail of a fish or sea snake European schools, Charlotte prefers to speak in (depending on her mood) and the upper body aristocratic French, but even when speaking English, of a young African woman. Often she’s seen to her accent is thick and her vocabulary is expansive. be nude from the waist up as well. Still, she’s She is capricious in her kindness and something of perfectly capable of appearing perfectly human an outsider in the Loa pantheon, being more likely and has nothing against wearing clothing, albeit to aid the wealthy and educated than the needy. of an often revealing nature. Nevertheless, in the battle against the Titans, all As Agwe’s wife and goddess of the sea’s mysteries, Gods are needed to lend a hand, and the Loa have La Sirene has been found in many roles in the reluctantly accepted Mademoiselle’s offer to help. mortal world. She’s been a deep sea diver, a In modern times, Charlotte chooses positions medic in a small coastal village, a marine biologist of wealth and authority. She has been the PTA and many other roles. She has also served as president at an elite private school, a French food a prostitute, a porn star and a fashion model, critic, a diplomat, and the wife of a prosperity gospel as her beauty is easily the rival of Erzulie’s. Not televangelist. Wherever she appears, she is the to mention she has more charm and seductive sophisticated foreigner, always looking gorgeous power. and making you feel inferior. Finally, at times La Sirene has been known to Mademoiselle Charlotte’s Scions are rarely as vain take a more active hand in the running of her as their mother, but they come close. Blessed with wealth and good looks, the pleasures of the World have come easy to them, and they tend to pursue private interests as opposed to service-oriented professions. Academics specializing in European history are especially common.

Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma, Epic Intelligence, Cheval, and Guardian. Abilities: Academics, Command, Empathy, Politics, Science, and Presence. Rivals: Erzulie, Shango, Horus, Hera, Amaterasu, Baldur, and Tlazoltéotl.

Marinette

An angry, terrible Goddess, Marinette is the daughter of Erzulie Danto and spent her mortal life deeply involved in the Haitian Revolution. She supported the independence of Haiti, but also the persecution of French nationals and whites in the newly independent nation. Her werewolf followers and mortal pawns committed innumerable atrocities. Marinette is a Loa of furious wrath and cares nothing for the means by which her ends are attained. For further information, see Scion: God p. 268.

Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Appearance, Animal (Owl and Wolf), Cheval, Justice Abilities: Athletics, Brawl, Command, Integrity, Occult, Politics In modern times, Hapi appears as a pot-bellied The Pesedjet male with a beard and pendulous breasts hidden under loose fitting clothing. His skin tends to have Bes a bluish tint. He has been a ship captain, farmer, AKA: Bisu, Aha oceanographer, fisherman, and cook. Hapi’s Scions tend to become overweight as they age both A fat, bearded dwarf, Bes is ugly to the point of mortally and divinely. Many challenge themselves being comical. Not originally a god of Egypt, Bes’s out in the wilderness, especially white water rafting, origins are unknown though he resembles gods and many fight for cleaner water. from central and southern Africa. Nonetheless, the Pesedjet took him in and made him one of their Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Animal (Fish, own. Along with Tawaret, he protected children and Marsh Birds), Fertility, Heku, Psychopomp, and women in labor and became a popular household Water deity though no temples were dedicated to him. Abilities: Animal Ken, Control, Fortitude, Integrity, Also seen to drive away ill humor, he became a sign Science, and Survival of joy, human pleasure, music, and dance. But Bes Rivals: Poseidon was more than that, he was also an early god of war and was seen as the demonic Aha: ferocious Hathor and able to strangle animals with his bare hands. AKA: Het Heret, Het Heru, Het Hert, Hat Hor, Athyr, Baalat Despite that, he was and still is a protector of Ra. In modern times, Bes retains his good humor An ancient goddess, Hathor was originally seen as and charm. Never one to appear as anyone but the personification of the Milky Way and a greeter himself, he revels in his grotesque appearance in a of the dead in Duat. After the death of Bat and the charmingly good-natured manner, making all feel assimilation of her duties, Hathor became associated comfortable and good about themselves. He has with joy, love, romance, fecundity, dance, music, been an OBGYN, stand-up comic, folk musician, and alcohol and perfume. She is the abundance in life shaman, using his divine powers to bring happiness and intricately connected to the female gender. She and protection to those under his care. also has a fierce temper that can only be mellowed Bes’s Scions can’t help but be good-natured and with alcohol. jolly regardless of their short stature, husky build, In modern times, Hathor blends her fierce protective and less-than-average looks. People are naturally nature and love of women and children to come drawn to their positive outlook; and despite their to the World as an OBGYN, counselor, midwife, and appearance, they are never without companionship. detective in a special victim’s unit. As a goddess of alcohol, love, and dance, she has been an exotic Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma, dancer, ballerina, vintner, and perfume maker. Epic Strength, Animal (lion), Guardian, Heku, and Hathor’s natural born Scions are very much like their War mother: fiercely protective of women and children. Abilities: Art, Brawl, Empathy, Melee, Occult, and Because of her very nature, Hathor adopts Scions far Presence more often than she births them. Adopted Scions come from all ranks and professions and have been Hapi disowned by their divine parent or abused by their AKA: Hep, Hap, Hap-Meht, Hap-Reset natural parent.

Often confused with Horus’s son, Hapy, Hapi is a Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma, god of the annual flooding Nile and the fertility Animal (cow), Fertility, Guardian, Health, Heku, and brought with it. He was married to Bhuto in the Sky north and Nekhebet in the south and thought to Abilities: Art, Craft, Empathy, Integrity, Medicine, and have created the universe and everything within it. Presence He is aided by crocodile gods and frog goddesses as Rivals: Isis, Sekhmet and Aphrodite he travels Iteru. Imhotep unique. Certainly not camera shy, they use their divine gives to draw others’ attention, especially if A Scion of Ptah, deified millenia ago as the inventor someone else is garnering more than they. of architecture and the first physician. Imhotep has had a hand in some of the greatest construction Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Stamina, projects in human history. Imhotep has great Epic Strength, Animal [dung beetle], Health, Heku, affection for the Boris Karloff movie representation Sun of himself, but somewhat less love for the remake. Abilities: Athletics, Awareness, Fortitude, Integrity, For further information, see Scion: God p. 258. Presence, Survival Rivals: Atum-Re Associated Powers: Epic Intelligence, Epic Wits, Death, Health, Heku, Magic Khonsu Abilities: Academics, Art, Fortitude, Medicine, Occult, AKA: Chon, Khon, Khonshu, Khensu Science Khonsu is the God of the Moon, Time, and Kebauet Knowledge, and Travel, and is the Guardian of Night Travelers. Khonsu was an ancient god that existed The serpent-headed Goddess of Embalming. She before the formal formation of the Pesedjet. He is a presided over the placement of organs into canopic boon companion of Thoth in his love of knowledge jars and was associated with mummification itself. and games. As defender of Night travelers, Khonsu For more information, see Scion: Demigod p. 148 watches over those beneath the light of the Moon, in particular the Crescent, with which he is most Associated Powers: Epic Intelligence, Epic associated. Ironically in more modern times Khonsu Manipulation, Animal (Serpent and Ostrich), Death, has become more associated with certain aspects of Heku, Justice vengeance as well as guardianship, always acting in Abilities: Academics, Art, Craft, Fortitude, Medicine, the light of the Moon. Occult Khonsu is a young man contrary to most deities associated with Time, and is often pictured with the Khepri head of hawk, and with the disk of the Moon on his AKA: Khepera, Kheper, Chepri, Khepra shoulders. He tends to appear as a young man with bright eyes, though he is slightly on the smaller Once a major god in the Pesedjet, Khepri side. His mortal guises have included astronomers, ceaselessly pushed the sun across the sky during librarians, and even night watchmen. Rumor has the day and through the Underworld at night. it has even donned the mask of a vigilante on He became a symbol of rebirth, renewal, and occasion. He tends to have a quiet demeanor until resurrection. When Atem-Re gained prominence, those under his protection are threatened, then he Khepri was relegated to the “aspect” of Atem-Re of becomes a forceful fist of vengeance. the dawning sun. Not pleased with his now minor Scions of Khonsu tend to follow in the footsteps of status, Khepri fights to gain a more important role their father, leading quiet lives, though they tend to in the Pesedjet. be night owls. They are intelligent and capable of In modern times, Khepri appears as a muscular dark complex investigations, with subdued but strong skinned, clean-shaven male. He has been a weight personalities. trainer, bodyguard, and martial arts star. He loves and strives for attention. If he can’t be the sun god, Associated Powers: Epic Wits, Epic Perception, he will be something better and brighter and he Animal (Hawk), Darkness, Guardian, Heku, Justice, charges his Scions to do the same. Moon, and Psychopomp. Khepri’s Scions are extremely competitive Abilities: Awareness, Integrity, Melee, Investigation, individuals, especially when against Scions of Stealth, and Thrown. Atem-Re. No matter what field they are in, they Rivals: Artemis, Horus, Vidar, Sobek, Hoder, strive to be the best, the brightest, and the most Tezcatlipoca, Tsuki-Yomi, and Kalfu. Khnum Animal (ram), Earth, Fertility, Health, Heku, and Water AKA: Khenmew, Khnemu, Khenmu, Chnum, Knum, “Divine Potter”, Abilities: Art, Brawl, Craft, Integrity, Medicine, and “Lord of created things from himself”, Her-shef, Khnemu Khenti Science Netchemtchem Ankhet, Khnemu Khenti Per-Ankh, Khnemu Khenti- Rivals: Anubis, and Tlaloc Taui, Khnemu Neb, Khnemu Neb-Ta-Ankhtet, Khnemu Hehep, Khnoumis, Khnum, Khunum, Qebh Min The source of the Nile whose waters brought life to AKA: Kamutef, Menew, Amsu, Menu-ka-mut-f its surroundings and whose flooding brought silt and clay that was used on Khnum’s potter’s wheel. Patron of traveling caravans and god of male sexual Husband of Satis and father of Anuket, Khnum was potency, Min was a pre-dynastic god of the sky and one of Egypt’s most important gods as the builder of thunder and important for the fertility of the Nile. His the human body and the god who poured out the image was brought into the fields and the people Nile from his body. When Re rose to prominence and danced naked in his honor to bless the harvest. He Napy (a son of Horus) was given the Nile, Khnum was is the god of the Eastern Desert, offering protection relegated to making sure that the right amount of to travelers and traders from Gebtu to the Red Sea. silt was released into the water during inundation. He was also cherished by the miners and men who In compensation, Khnum was also given an quarried the stone at Hammamat. He is the god of important part in the Pesedjet: protect Re on the men and male virility. solar barge and create the form and soul of the In modern times, Min appears as a handsome, pharaoh. Though the time of the pharaohs are long sexual, dark-skinned male with a large penis. He gone, Khnum continues to guard both the dead has been a porn star, model, fertility specialist, and and Re. As a potter, he continues to mold the body rugged farmer. Min is never short of companionship of a child and its ka (spiritual double) before birth, and many of his lovers have found themselves especially the body and ka of the Pesedjet Scions. pregnant even when they have protected Khnum had harbored some resentment for a time. themselves. Unfortunately, Min cares little for his However, with the Titans’ recent escape from their children until they have become adults. His male prison and the rise of Scions in the world again, he children usually received their first visitation when has taken his role as potter and molder of ka very they were fifteen or sixteen. However, as modern seriously. times require an individual to be an adult for legal Khnum appears as a ram, a ram-headed man, or matters, Min waits until his sons’ 18th birthday. He as a human male with the horns of a ram. Though rarely, if ever, visits his female children. Instead, he he no longer wears the plumed white crown of will disown them through a deal with another deity. Upper Egypt, he does have a tendency to sport Min’s Scions are incredibly handsome men with an white hats. In modern times, Khnum appears on undeniable sex appeal. Like their father, they are earth as a counselor of sorts. Molding the ka is all only without companionship if they wish to be. Most well and good, but molding the ba (the soul) is just of Min’s Scions become fathers shortly after their as important. Khnum fathers Scions for that very first sexual encounter. They are considered a “man’s purpose. Scions of Khnum tend to be counselors, man” whether they are athletes, doctors, teachers, or sages, wise men and women, holistic healers, and artists. teachers. They believe that the soul and the body are interwoven and the health of one affects the health Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Stamina, of the other. Some Scions of Khnum take the potter Earth, Fertility, Health, Heku, Moon, and Sky aspect of Khnum literally, gaining mastery in the Abilities: Brawl, Marksmanship, Medicine, Presence, craft. They see the clay as the human body and soul Science, and Thrown and think that to master the craft by understanding its properties and abilities they gain an insight into Neith molding the soul. AKA: Nit, Net, Neit

Associated Powers: Epic Dexterity, Epic Intelligence, Goddess of hunting and battle, Neith was viewed as the patron of the warrior and of the warrior’s weapons. She was said to craft the weapons that protection on several levels. She protects the dead, were used in war and to guard the bodies of the the gods, the pharaohs, mothers, and families. Still, slain so that their remains would not be defiled she is, first and foremost, a mortuary goddess. She and could have proper funeral rites performed is the wife of Set (who has little interest in her) and for them. She is skilled with the bow and carries a mother of Anubis (she had hoped to attract Set by shield to guard those under her protection. She is disguising herself as Isis, but got Osiris’ attention also associated with weaving and the loom and is instead). Her magical powers equal those of Isis said to weave the death shrouds for the fallen. (although she does not have Ra’s name to play around with). In modern times, Neith appears as a stern woman. Nephthys found that she likes the modern world, Not elderly, though it’s clear the years have not appearing whenever she is not needed in the been kind to her. Often she serves in roles that Overworld. She has been a cemetery manager, a allow her to guard the dead. She serves as the city famous TV medium, an escape artist, an insurance crime scene investigator who protects the corpse executive, and a telephone psychic. She is very of a crime scene or as the technition at the city animated and has a great sense of humor for a morgue who tends to the remains until they can death goddess. She likes jewelry, particularly golden be picked up by family. She is the mortician who necklaces and amulets. Nephthys takes a very dim prepares the corpse for funerals. She is always view of tomb robbing and will often punish anyone armed and always ready to protect those the she discovers taking the possessions of the dead. corpse from desecration. These punishments often take the form of a curse of misfortune. Ironically, however, she has also spent her fair Nephthys has a decent number of scions due to her share of time serving as an arms dealer and a husband’s inattentiveness. Many of her scions take gun runner and many of the bodies she watches a protective role, choosing a person or object that over have also been killed by the weapons she they decide needs defending. Woe to the titanspawn provided. that destroys such a charge. Those scions that do not take up a guardian role often seek to return lost Her children rarely recieve the same attention souls to the underworld that they emerged from. that the corpses of he dead do. While she Visits them and bestows presents and blessings upon Associated Powers: Epic Manipulation, Epic Wits, them, she is often busy tending to the dead to Darkness, Death, Guardian, Heku, Magic, and truly offer much else. Should her children die, Mystery however, she will always be the first to appear Abilities: Awareness, Fortitude, Investigation, Occult, and defend their bodies above all else. Politics, and Presence Rivals: Sobek, Set, Hades, Odin, Loki, Miclantecuhtli, Associated Powers: Epic Dexterity, Epic Kalfu, and Damballa Intelligence, Heku, War, Water Abilities: Art, Command, Craft, Marksmanship, Sekhmet Melee, Occult AKA: Sachmet, Sakhet, Sekmet, Sakhmet, Sekhet, Sacmis, Nesert Rivals: Bastet, Horus, Set; Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Hephaestus, Thor, Vidar, Huitzilopochtli, Originally a warrior goddess of Upper Egypt, Quetzalcoatl, Susanno-o, Ogoun, Shango Sekhmet was considered an aspect of Hathor and Bast. However, it is Sekhmet whose bloodlust is Nephthys satiated by wine, thus Hathor came into existence. AKA: Nebet-het, Nebthet The two are separate deities. Like Min is a special god ruling over men and their virility, Sekhmet rules over Nephthys is the dark counterpart to her sister, Isis. women’s menstruation. Sekhmet stalked the land, Where Isis is birth and light, Nephthys is death and destroying the pharaoh’s enemies with arrows of fire. darkness. This does not mean she is evil. In fact, She is the bringer of disease and the means to cure it she is quite the opposite. Nephthys represents and, thus, the Patron of Physicians. And in the days of the Pharaohs, she was sent to punish humanity. Whether they keep that tongue under control In modern times, Sekhmet appears as a black- is another matter. Most of her Scions have little skinned woman with red hair and “fiery” eyes. patience for or love of criminals and “wrongdoers”, Sekhmet still believes that what she does is the and many take some powers of Justice to ferret them most appropriate for the situation. Her temper is out. still legendary, but can still be softened with a bit of wine. She has been a specialist in counter-terrorism, Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Epic Wits, Animal a tough marine, and a weapons contractor. On her (Scorpion), Death, Guardian, Health, Heku, and Magic softer side, she works at a women’s clinic or shelter Abilities: Animal Ken, Fortitude, Investigation, for abused women, healing both physical and mental Medicine, Melee, and Occult wounds. Woe is the man who messes with a woman weaker than he. Out comes the lioness and down Seshat goes the abuser. As rough and tumble as Sekhmet is, AKA: Sashet, Seshet, Sesheta, Safekh-Aubi, Safkhet she prefers the comfort of women to men. She is not adverse to a roll in the hay with a man she finds as a Daughter/Consort/Wife of Thoth, Seshat is superior specimen, however. the goddess of writing, astronomy, astrology, Sekhmet’s Scions are much like their mother. They architecture, and mathematics. She is also the Patron are quick to temper and ready to fight, but a drink of Libraries and all forms of writing. Seshat assisted of wine, especially red, will calm their anger. Most of the Pharaoh in the stretching the cord ritual in which the time her Scions do not look for love (or lust), but the foundations of temples and other important when he or she finds a mate, the purring begins. Just structures were assured the sacred alignments and don’t make these Scions too angry. the precision of the dimensions. Having once recorded the Pharaoh’s life in days, Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Animal [lion], Seshat now travels the World and the Overworld Health, Heku, Fire, Justice, War, and Sun recording history as it happens. She usually appears Abilities: Athletics, Brawl, Fortitude, Medicine, Melee, as an average, somewhat bookish woman with and Presence practical, neutral-colored clothing. She has traded her stylus for a laptop and PDA. She can access Serqet Thoth’s massive library and upload information with AKA: Selket, Serket, Selqet, Selkit, Selkis, Selchis, Selkhit, Selqet, the touch of a button. Serkhet, Serket-hetyt, Serquet Seshat’s Scions are as equally adept with computers as they are with the Dewey Decimal System and Serqet, the dangerous scorpion goddess of magic, come from the rank of librarians, history professors, both protected the masses from and punished architects, mathematicians, astrophysicists, and wrongdoers with snake and scorpion poison. She astrologers. protected Isis and Horus from Set. She joined Ra on his Solar Barque through the underworld to protect Associated Powers: Epic Intelligence, Epic Wits, him from Apep. There, she also helped the newly Animal (leopard), Heku, Magic, and Moon deceased orient themselves. She was the goddess of Abilities: Academics, Art, Investigation, Occult, marriage and conjugal union and protected mothers Politics, and Science and children against the scorpion’s poison, as well as protected the canopic jar that held the intestines. Tawaret In modern times, Serqet appears as a small, pretty AKA: Taurt, Tuat, Taueret, Tuart, Ta-weret, Tawaret, Taueret, Opet, woman dressed in whatever her profession dictates. Ipet, Apet, Ipy, Reret, Rert, Reret, Rerit, Rertu; Thoeris and Toeris However, under her calm exterior lay a sharp tongue she’s not afraid to use. Her words can sting and be as Tawaret started out the demon wife of Apep and poisonous as the scorpion or snake. She has been a the original god of evil, but as the Egyptian people doctor/surgeon, a zoologist in the arachnid and/or began to see female hippopotamuses as less reptile section, a pest control agent, and a mortician. aggressive than the males, Tawaret’s role changed Serqet’s Scions are as sharp-tongued as their mother. to one of protection, especially the protection of children. She was seen as the goddess of the annual drought. Thoth found Tefnut, who was hunting flooding of the Nile and the harvest it brought humans in the form of a lion, and managed to with it as well as one who protected against evil by convince her to return to Egypt. She seems to have restraining it. gotten over this and forgave Shu, although she likes Although a lesser god in the roles the Pesedjet to work against Thoth in revenge. She is depicted as perform (she was a household deity), she was still a lioness-headed goddess. considered the consort of Apep and, eventually, Set’s Tefnut does not often visit the modern world. She’s concubine after he took over the role of the god of appeared as a big game hunter, a worker in a water evil. However, she deserted Set and took Horus’s side purification plant, and a wealthy elderly woman in the two’s fight over the Egyptian throne. who wears a ridiculous amount of furs and jewelry Tawaret had other roles as well. In the Book of . Tefnut believes heavily in the superiority of the the Dead, she is the goddess who nourishes the Pesedjet and does not often meddle in the affairs of deceased and devours the wicked and guides outside pantheons. She is generally unconcerned the dead to the afterlife. She is also a guard of the about the war with the titans and believes that the mountains in the west where the deceased entered gods’ victory is certain. This does not mean she’s the land of the dead. She also helped with the blind or stupid. She prepares her scions for the rebirth of souls. Tawaret prefers dealing with the upcoming battles as much as any other god. To souls of recently deceased children. mortals, she is vain and conceited to the point of In modern times Tawaret usually appears in the frustration. World as a pregnant young woman whether she is Tefnut’s scions tend to have a streak of their mother’s pregnant or not. Tawaret’s true and preferred form arrogance. While they can work well with the scions is that of a hippopotamus with the arms and legs of of other pantheons, they prefer to either work alone a lioness and with a back of a crocodile. She takes or with scions of the Pesedjet. Like their mother, on roles such as social worker (in children’s services), many don’t see what the big deal is about this little obstetrician, pediatrician, and guardian ad litem. She war. Often, they have to be shown that fighting is in is aggressive and fierce when confronting those who their best interests before they join the battle. When have harmed children in some way and will stop at they do fight, they are steadfastly loyal to the gods. nothing to see that the wrongdoer is punished. This has led her to actions that most mortals would love Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Epic Wits, to do but cannot for fear of legal ramifications. Animal (lion), Fertility, Heku, Sky, and Water Tawaret’s Scions are like their mother in that they Abilities: Animal Ken, Awareness, Investigation, abhor those who harm children. They tend towards Melee, Stealth, and Survival occupations dealing with children and pregnancy Rivals: Sobek, Thoth, Zues, Loki, Tlaloc, Susano-o, and where they can do the most good. Xipe Totec

Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Animal Wadjet (hippopotamus), Fertility, Guardian, Heku, AKA: Uadjet, Ua Zit, Nekhbet Psychopomp, and Water Abilities: Animal Ken, Empathy, Medicine, Melee, Sister to Bastet and fellow protector of the pharaoh Occult, and Presence like Sekhmet, Wadjet served to protect Atum-Re as Rivals: Anubis and Set his personal bodyguard. Bastet may have dispensed justice in his name and watched as his eyes for signs Tefnut of trouble. Sekhmet may have kept him safe on the field of battle and slaughtered his enemies in times Tefnut is the goddess of moisture and rain. In ancient of war. But it was cobra-headed Wadjet who served times, she kept the land of Egypt fertile by making as his bodyguard at all times and defended him sure the inundation occurred without fail. Long ago, during times of peace. she left Egypt after an argument with her husband, Shu (likely over his decision to separate Geb, their A prophet of incredible repute as well as a healer, son, from Nut), and went south, leaving Egypt in she is also well known for striking down the enemies of those that might harm her charge leaving their homes. From the most mundane before they even know they’ve been slain. As binoculars and long-distance scopes to satellite the protector of the pharaoh, she also serves to surveillance and laser-guided missile systems, the protect all of Egypt, rarely leaving her homeland flow of military information in the modern world for less than a life-or-death situation. has drawn the full attention of Wepwawet.

In the World she always manifests in Northern His Scions are often the best at getting Africa. She serves as the hired bodyguard of information about the Titans and their servants the rich and powerful, a cop in a dangerous across enemy lines and back to those who can use neighborhood or as a security guard at a museum it. They may not all serve as soldiers, though many full of priceless artifacts. Her dedication is always of their families come from military backgrounds. an inspiration to others and when her skills are They specialize in getting into hard to breach needed she always deals with the threat fast and places, getting what they were after and getting efficiently. out without raising an alarm. Knowledge gained by the Scions of Wepwawet has already won more Her Scions, when she gets time away from her than a few battles in the Titan War. duties to have them, are often tasked by Wadjet herself to fight against the Titans. The world is in Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Epic Wits, need of protecting and the children of the cobra Animal (Wolf), Heku, Psychopomp, War are going to be the first line of defense if their Abilities: Awareness, Command, Melee, mother has anything to say about it. Marksmanship, Stealth, Survival Rivals: Anubis, Horus, Set; Ares, Hermes, Heimdall, Associated Powers: Epic Dexterity, Epic Odin, Vidar, Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Perception, Epic Stamina, Epic Wits, Animal Hachiman, Legba, Shango (Cobra, Vulture), Guardian, Health, Heku, Prophecy, Sun Abilities: Athletics, Awareness, Brawl, Fortitude, Integrity, Survival Rivals: Isis, Set; Ares, Athena, Zeus, Baldur, Hel, Tyr, Tezcatlipoca, Amaterasu, Damballa, Kalfu

Wepwawet AKA: Upuaut, Ophois

Wepwawet began life as a Scion. A soldier and military scout of great skill. And that legacy lives on with him even today. Wepwawet is a god of war, specializing in military intelligence. He is the patron of scouts and spies, specializing in getting behind enemy lines, learning their locations and positions and then returning with that information. He also serves to protect war-time messengers who may carry valuable knowledge useful for the field.

Wolf-headed Wepwawet manifests in the world as a swarthy, sharp eyed soldier almost always. He has taken a great fascination in the modern world with all of the various ways that humans can watch and spy on their enemies without ever often not the product of rape as he has little time for The Tuatha dé the niceties involved with the courting ritual. When Arawn awakens his Scions it is because he needs them for a particular purpose and sets them Dannan forth on that purpose until they reach godhood. The war isn’t always the main purpose. Most of the time, Amatheon the Scion’s are tasked with tracking souls, dispatching AKA: Amathaon Titanspawn undead, and the like, things which he doesn’t have time to do himself. God of agriculture and husbandry and patron of farmers, Amaethon is a ploughman of extraordinary Associated Powers: Epic Appearance (frightful), Epic talents. He was the only man who could till a certain Perception, Darkness, Death, Enech, and Psychopomp field; one of the impossible tasks Culhwch had been Abilities: Command, Fortitude, Investigation, Melee, set before he could win Olwen’s hand. He is also Occult, and Presence one of the few beings allowed entrance to Annfwn Rivals: Hades (the Underworld) without invitation and able to return unharmed. It was during one of his sojourns to Annfwn that he stole a sacred dog, a lapwing and Arianrhod a roebuck from Arawn, King of Annfwn. This action directly caused one of the most epic events, Cad Beautiful daughter of Don and Beli, Arianrhod claimed Goddeu (the Battle of the Trees) virginity to hold her brother, King Math’s feet so that In Modern Times, Amaethon appears as a healthy he may remain alive. Her brother, Gwydion, tested and muscled individual. Although he looks quite the her by having her jump over his magic wand. She innocent sort, Amaethon has a devilish streak and instantly gave birth to a yellow-haired boy named tends to cause trouble wherever he goes. He has been Dylan and another child, later named Llew Llaw a gambler, thief, and carnival worker. His Scions are Gyffes, whom she had cursed. Humiliated, Arianrhod rarely different. Trouble follows them whether they retreated to her castle, Caer Arianrhod (Aurora want it or not. Borealis) where she remained in hiding for some time with her female attendants presiding over the fates Associated Powers: Epic Manipulation, Chaos, Enech, of the departed. Arianrhod is the keeper of the silver Fertility, and Psychopomp “circling wheel of stars”, also known as the Oar Wheel, Abilities: Fortitude, Investigation, Larceny, Science, a ship that carries dead warriors to Emania (Moon- Stealth, and Survival Land). Rivals: Arawn and Loki In Modern Times, Arianrhod has appeared to her worshippers in a pale white chariot to choose a male Arawn to get her with child. She has also appeared as a mysterious lady dressed in silver-white. She has pale skin, thin red lips, and blonde hair. Arianrhod rarely Arawn is the King of Annwyn (the Underworld). He stays long on the earth. She has the child in her castle is fond of taking his hounds (white with red ears) to by the sea and gives him or her to the father to be help track down lost souls. Once while pursuing a raised. stag, a chieftain named Pwyll drove away his hounds Scions of Arianrhod tend to be a pale imitation of to set his own upon them. Arawn challenged Pwyll, their mother. Once a Scion has received her mother’s who agreed to help him defeat Hafgan. Once Pwyll blessing, she is lucky if Arianrhod pays much attention defeated Hafgan and Arawn regained his throne, he to her afterword. and Arawn became close friends. In Modern Times, Arawn charges his Scions to track Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Enech, Magic, down lost souls and destroy those that must be Moon, and Sky destroyed. He usually appears as a grey-cloaked Abilities: Awareness, Control, Integrity, Melee, Occult, individual with a pack of white hounds. He is rarely and Presence anything but who he is. His Scions are more than Rivals: Artemis and Tsuki-yomi Blodeuwedd Cerridwen chased Gwion, who continually changed AKA: The White Lady, Flower-Faced shape, until she caught him and swallowed him. She instantly became pregnant and bore Taliesin, whom Crafted from flowers to serve as Lleu, Scion of she couldn’t kill because of his beauty. Arianrhod’s bride, she was also his downfall. She In Modern Times, Cerridwen appears as a hunch- wasn’t so fond of the prospect of being a housewife, backed hag. She offers knowledge and wisdom, but at and charmed a hunter into killing him. Blodeuwedd a steep price. She has been a fortune-teller, witch, and was turned into an owl for her misdeeds, but her teacher. Like her other children, Cerridwen’s Scions story doesn’t end there. For she is The White Lady, a are either very beautiful or very ugly and have a goddess of transformation, and such a setback could tendency to get themselves in trouble by seeking for not delay her for long. Technically belonging to the knowledge in places better left alone. Mabinogi sub-pantheon, she focuses of vengeance more than even her fellow Welsh. Her mastery of Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Intelligence, Magic means that no slight is ever just forgiven out of Earth, Enech, Fertility, Magic, Mystery, and Prophecy hand, for god and mortal alike. Abilities: Academics, Art, Investigation, Occult, When traversing the world (which she does often), Presence, and Science Blodeuwedd is not constricted by roles that many of her fellows do. Though, she prefers roles that allow Coventina her to see transformations and the dichotomy of AKA: Cuhvetena, Covventina, Disappearing Memory life and death; playing jobs such as botanist, funeral director, biologist, and undertaker. Coventina started life as a nameless humble water Scions of the White Lady are similarly varied, for their spirit holding power over a single spring. However, mother doesn’t really care how they turn out. They after an earth spirit who had been courting her tend to learn subtle manipulation from an early age, arranged to have a cistern built around her, she grew and even the most sweet-tempered of Blodeuwedd’s in power as her well became a common worship site. children know how to make someone do what they Soon, she was receiving patronage from all across want them to do with a few well- placed words. western England to as far away as northern Spain, no mean feat for a water spirit! Many thousands of Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Celts tossed coins into wells wishing to Coventina Manipulation, Epic Perception, Animal (Owl), Death, for healing, good crops, or even just general Fertility, Magic, Enech beneficence. Unfortunately, it was not to last, for her Abilities: Awareness, Command, Empathy, Occult, rise to prominence brought her to the Lady of the Presence, Stealth Lake’s attention, and the Lady wasn’t about to let an Rivals: Lleu; Persephone, Xipe Totec, Isis, Izanami, Hel, upstart water nymph encroach on her turf as water Kalfu goddess of the burgeoning England mythos. One day, Coventina awoke to find herself drifting across Cerridwen the Irish sea, banished from England forever by the AKA: Ceridwen, Caridwen, Kyrridwen Lady’s magic. Falling to the deep, she was discovered and saved by Manannán Mac Lir. Though he could Cerridwen lived on an island in the middle of Lake not break the Lady of the Lake’s magic, he was struck Tegid with her husband and two children. Her by Coventina’s story and vowed to help her return to daughter, Creidwy, was very beautiful, but her son, her beloved spring and earth spirit husband (named Afagdu, was very ugly. To compensate, Cerridwen Granite). He gave her admission to the Tuatha De brewed a “greal” which would make him the most Dannan and taught her the secrets of illusion, with brilliant and inspired man. The brew had to simmer which she was able to sneak back home, albeit only for a year and a day and was under constant care for brief trips. of a boy named Gwion. The first three drops would Since then, Coventina has been an irrigation confer the wisdom, but the remaining brew would be specialist, an advice columnist, a water witch, a poison. However, three drops splattered on Gwion’s cruise doctor, a midwife, and a swimsuit model hand. He instinctively put his hand to his mouth. posing for good causes. Though often a little homesick, she manages to stay positive and her While Cuculainn is undoubtably one of the best enthusiasm for helping those who show even the warriors in the world, he never wins a battle through slightest bit of care can hardly be matched. sheer strength if he can win instead through True Scions of Coventina have the interesting cleverness (or, by modern standards, “cheating”). distinction of being technically more divine than Cuchulainn very rarely fathers Scions. The death of most other Scions: Coventina is faithful to her Connla weighs heavily on him though Enech required husband Granite (who goes by Grant in the modern the killing and he is loathe to be put in that situation world), and thus only sires Scions when he takes again. He does have frequent affairs, though, any on human form, generally giving the children to one of which could result in a child through the human parents to raise. These Scions tend to be intervention of Fate, and since Emer his wife is merely caring individuals with seemingly endless energy for a Legendary Mortal, he could certainly father a Scion helping others with a rock-hard willfulness inherited with her. In any case, Cuchulainn’s few Scions are from their father. However, some can be fiercely invariably capable of fighting with their heads in territorial, and few manage to find a place they can addition to their hands. Stubborn to a fault, they can truly feel at home. be found charging into the most dangerous situations to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Appearance, truly the best. Earth, Enech, Fertility, Health, Illusion, and Water. Associated Abilities: Empathy, Integrity, Medicine, Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Stamina, Epic Presence, Stealth, and Survival. Dexterity, Epic Appearance, Epic Wits, Animal (Dog), Rivals: Brigid, Danu, Dian Cecht; The Lady of the Lake, Enech, Guardian, and War. Arawn, Susano-O, Queztalcoatl, and Lakshmi. Associated Abilties: Athletics, Fortitude, Integrity, Larceny, Melee, and Thrown. Cuchulainn Rivals: The Morrigan, Mannanan Mac Lir, Lugh; AKA: Cu Chulaind, The Hound of Ulster, Setana Herakles, Ares, Athena, Susanno-O, Tyr, Thor, and Ogoun. The son of Lugh, fostered by the King of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa, and the famed warrior Fergus Govannon mac Roich (among others), and taught the arts of war AKA: Gofannon, Goibniu, Goibhniu, Gobanos, Gobannus, Cobannus by the deadly warrior-woman Scathach, Cuchulainn was destined for greatness and an early death from Son of Don and Beli, Govannon was the god of the the moment he took up arms at the tender age of forge and patron to blacksmiths, metalworkers, seven. After a childhood of exploits greater than jewelry-makers and ale brewers. His special ale those of most heroes in their prime, seventeen-year- rendered the gods immortal in battle. His weapons old Cuchulainn managed to defend Ulster from the always hit their mark. And he made the silver had combined armies of southern Ireland by himself while used by King Nuada. Brother to Arianrhod, he the men of Ulster lay under birthing pangs caused accidentally slew her son, Dylan. He was also the by the curse of the goddess Macha. His deeds as an provider of the Fled Goibnenn (the sacred feast). adult were also legendary, as was his beauty, but it In Modern Times, Govannon appears as a muscular was not to last, for Cuchulainn was forced to break his male of Celtic descent. He has been a weaponsmith geasa and then died shortly thereafter, but with the in such organizations as the SCA, as well as a crafter re-emergance of the Titans he has returned to prove of non-war weapons like chalices. Govannon has also himself once again. been a mechanical engineer. In the modern world, Cuchulainn has been a soldier, Although Govannon is intrigued by modern weapons a bodyguard, a professional soccer player, an (which he helps create for the War), he far prefers Olympic javelin thrower, the leader of a biker gang, making swords, spears, and armor, which he believes a dog breeder, and even occasionally a particularly shows off the talent of the metalworker, especially intense professor of Irish literature. Whatever he’s if it is ornate and useful. Govannon has a serious doing, he always manages to do it better and more rivalry with Hephaestus, the Dodekatheon smith. If spectacularly than anyone could have imagined. he hears word of Hephaestus creating something, he sets to creating something better. His Scions are the Lir same way. Serious competitors in their field, Scions AKA: Llyr, Ler, Lear of Govannon enjoy working with their hands and the resources of the earth. Like his son, Manannan, Lir comes from a pantheon that is far more ancient than the Tuatha Associated Powers: Epic Intelligence, Epic Stamina, de Dannan. This ancient Celtic pantheon fell long Epic Strength, Enech, Earth, and Fire ago, with only Lir and his son surviving. However, Abilities: Art, Craft, Investigation, Melee, Science, and they were both welcomed among the Tuatha, Thrown especially when Manannan showed up as the Rivals: Hephaestus foster father of Lugh, their great champion. Since that time, father and son both have served as Gwidion loyal members of the Irish pantheon. AKA: Gwydyon, Gwydion Lir is, quite obviously, a God of the Sea. However, unlike his son who represents the capricious and Gwidion helped his brother Gilfaethwy rape Goewin, illusory powers of the sea, Lir is the sea’s lord. A King Math’s foot-holder. He steals Pryderi of Dyfed’s great king among his ancient people, Lir fathered pigs, forcing Math to go to war and thus leaving many children. But almost all of them met tragic his foot-holder. When Math hears of this, he turns ends. He has since sired more children, fathering Gwidion into a stag, then a sow, then a wolf. When his members of the Welsh Mabinogi and other sister, Arianrhod, gave birth to Dylan and [Lleu Llaw children among the ancient Brittish people. His Gyffes], Gwidion steals away the unnamed child and Welsh children were met with tragedy from war raises him. When the child is old enough, Gwidion and suicide. And his Brittish children were turned takes him incognito to see his mother, who had into swans. cursed him. Because of Gwidion’s manipulations, Lleu Lir often appears as an aged king, regal still in Llaw Gyffes is able to break his mother’s three curses. his appearance, but clearly tired and with little In Modern Times, Gwidion likes to champion the patience left for a world that’s moved on without underdog, although his methods of doing so are him. Like Poseidon, he sees what humanity has questionable. Gwidion likes to appear as a respectable done to the oceans and wishes to put a stop to Welsh gentleman with philanthropic ideals or as a it. However, he does not have much drive to do energetic lawyer championing human rights. Words so himself. In the World he has appeared as an are just words, however, and Gwidion, though quite aging head of the oceanography department at good at using words, believes that some actions are a university, the mayor of a seaside town and the also necessary, even if those actions hurt someone president of a conservationist organization. else in the process. While his age is beginning to catch up with him Scions of Gwidion are like their father in that aspect. and slow him down, he is still virile and energetic They whole-heartedly believe in championing enough to father a few children among the those that are without and go to extremes to do mortals when he makes his trips into the World. so. Although they are labeled as extremists and However, he does not watch them with much sometimes considered “unstable”, they are also hope for the future. So far, only one of his children valuable allies. Their sense of loyalty to those they has made good. The rest are all remembered in champion cannot be shaken. the great tragedies. It’s hard for him to hold out much hope at this point, but perhaps the next Associated Powers: Epic Intelligence, Epic generation of his children can prove him wrong. Manipulation, Enech, Magic, Prophecy, and War Abilities: Academics, Animal Ken, Art, Occult, Politics, Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic and Melee Manipulation, Enech, Justice, Magic, Water Abilities: Academics, Command, Empathy, Integrity, Politics, Presence Rivals: Danu, Nuada; Sobek, Hera, Poseidon, Frigg, Susano-o, Damballa The Yazata Atar AKA: Adar, Adur, Ataksh, Atarsh

Atar is the Ever-Burning Flame, the god of holy fire and source of all light and heat; it is he who burns away the lies and impurities of the world, revealing the truth for all to see, and also he who burns away sicknesses, ills and curses from those worthy few brave enough to beg his help. As the bringer of light, he is also the bringer of enlightenment, sharing the glow of wisdom, knowledge and learning with any who choose to see it, and through the unflinching flame of his gaze strips away all untruths and injustices through the power of his scorching heat.

Associated Powers: Epic Intelligence, Fire, Justice, Mystery, Samsara Abilities: Command, Fortitude, Integrity, Occult, Presence, Survival Rivals: Agni, Brigid, Hephaestus, Loki Credits

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