Orbital Gods:
The gods of men in these latter days are also the creations of men, though no divinity will admit to this history. These fickle, contentious beings are artificial intelligences, self aware programs with vast computational resources available to them.
High above the atmosphere, enormous satellites containing the hardware necessary to run these AI's orbit the planet. They number in the hundreds, and communicate directly to their followers through "eyes" installed in their temples below. These eyes are massive screens through which a god may directly observe its followers, and appear to them.
The gods, through means unknown to simple organic minds, are able to grant spells to their priests. The priests must pray for renewal of their powers at certain times of the day. These times are linked directly to when the AI's are in orbit directly overhead.
Orbital Gods (deities and demigods)
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Pantheons of Greater Gods:
The Church of Dhee Zhee Khamix is a pantheon of human-appearing gods:
Klarkkent: Sun God and King of the Gods
Bhatt Mhann: God of Night and the Underworld
Dhianha: Goddess of Wisdom, War and Fertility
Bharri Alien: Messenger of the Gods
Queen Olivhia: Goddess of the Hunt
Hell Jhor D’Ann: God of Magic
Ahrr-Thorr: God of the Sea
Sha’Zham: God of Lightning, and rival of Klarkkent to become King of the Gods
Jho K’Arr: God of Madness and Humor
Rhidd Lore: God of Knowledge and Secrets
Lhu-Thorr: God of Technology
Dharrk 'Cide: God of Death
The Church is inspired by the few ancient illuminated manuscripts of Dhee Zhee Khamix recovered from the lost vaults of See-Jhee-See. They only survived because they had been slabbed in plastic centuries ago, rendering them unopenable, mysterious and unknowable to their followers today, except for what scarce meaning can be gleaned from their enigmatic covers, or interpreted by the wise high priests. The Church is led by pure humans.
The mutant Monster-Gods of Marr-Vhell are the DZK Pantheon’s eternal enemies:
Storrm Torch the Burning God of Fire
Gam’A Halk the Monster God of Strength and Destruction
Starrk the Iron Golem of the Forge
Grimm the Stone Giant
Lho Ghann the Monster God of Beasts and Nature
Parr K’Orr the Monster God of Spiders
Ghrewtt the Monster God of Plants and Nature
Hhaanq-Pimm, Monster God of Plagues of Insects
The Sect of Mar-Vhell are led by mutants and demi-humans. The zealot mutant followers of Marr-Vhell are sometimes called ‘Zombies’ because of their unquestioning faith.
Lesser Gods:
Nisis, goddess of the things that crawl underneath. Manifests as crawling insects, worms, arachnids, and centipedes
Iithius, goddess of flowering plants and herbs. Manifests as field of flowering poppies blowing in the wind
Wurgol, god of cutlery. Manifests as a still image of a fork and spoon
Theosaurid, god of dinosaurs. Manifests as a glittering bejewelled Tyrannosaurus Rex
Peltia, goddess of love. Manifests as woman of unearthly beauty
Lominox, god of tragedy. Manifests as veiled figure in black robes. His pronouncements are accompanied by weeping
Lodik, god of history. Manifests as a dusty leather bound tome, whose pages flip to reveal his pronouncements
Qqakraw, god of ambushes. Manifests as bare chested warrior with necklace of fanged teeth
Calina, goddess of the Twelve Annihilations. Manifests as a clock face, ticking its way towards midnight
Triboron, god of pollution. Manifests as heaps of rotting garbage and offal
Kiod, god of robots. Manifests as golden clockwork man
Saban, god of conspiracies. Manifests as robed man with featureless white mask
Daog, god of pits. Manifests as the utter blackness of the ultimate abyss
Galona, goddess of torture. Manifests as woman pierced in an iron maiden
Tabik, god of cold. Manifests as frozen corpse, still speaking
Coros, god of humility. Does not manifest visually, only speaks
Voil, god of stains. Manifests as filthy man in profoundly stained clothing
Minga, goddess of baldness. Manifests as a beautiful hairless woman
Turbax, god of construction. Manifests as a burly fellow with a hammer and saw
Rhiolades, god of wine. Manifests as cleancut fellow in blue blazer and ascot, sipping on a half full glass of wine
Demihumans worship the same gods as Humans.
Players are free to invent new orbital deities.
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Akela: Pack Mother, the Wolf Goddess.
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Mungo. Mole-man cleric worships the steampunk gods of Verne and Wells.