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Unaligned Faiths

Some of the many and varied unaligned Divines worshiped by people in the region.

Deity	Title	Aspect	Symbol	Religion
Sganciamento	The Bell-Armored Warrior	skill, training, discipline, war	Bell	Followers of the Bell-Armored God worship hm as a kind of war god. They believe in war as an act of skill, in learning finesse, in honoring him by studying and training in different skills, combat-oriented or not. Many are fencers.
Corpus Dei	The Body of God	body, physicality, life, blood, bone, humors, plants	Blood	Those who believe in this deity believe the universe is the Body of God, and that they are a reflection of that. That honoring and taking care of their bodies is a way to honor and care for the universe.
Vincolat	The Bonded One	social connections, social interactions, social bonds	Handshake	The Bonded One is a deity of interactions, of social connections. The deity exists within every interaction between people, every emotional connection. They are the utmost emotional connection, and followers honor them by engaging with them in a social manner, as well as with each other and others.
Alvum Animo	The Connected Mind	mind, thought, reason, memory, logic, consciousness, intellect, learning, teaching, scholars, ancestry	Headband	The god of the mind, of knowledge, of thought. Those who follow them believe in achieving a collective consciousness, and they seek to connect their minds to others. They eschew emotion but are not without it. Learning for the sake of learning is sacred to them.
Putrescens	The Decaying One	decay, entropy, reality, cosmos, reduction, plasma	Candle	Those who worship this deity believe the universe is in decay, but not in some nihilistic way. They believe in entropy as a neutral force, as the way things are, and in connecting with it and understanding when they see it (sometimes in metaphorical ways) leads to a greater understanding of the universe.
Congegno Creatore	The Device Maker	technology, creation, making, tinkering	Lever	A patron of those who make things, especially devices and machines (as low-tech as they are in this era). They believe that crafting and making machines and devices honors this deity, that creating is in itself sacred. They also often depict their deity as a machine.
Deus Divisus	The Divided God	division, moiety, reality, reduction	Blade	In the beginning, a single thing was divided into two by a blade so sharp it cut reality. Then those two things were divided, then they divided again, and so on. The followers of the Divided God believe their god was once whole, the start of the universe, and continues to be divided into more and more. They believe in moiety, understanding through dissection (literal or metaphorical), and in keeping their blades sharp.
Nuvola Mutevole	The Ever-Shifting Cloud	change, water	Cloud	A deity who changes constantly, a deity of change itself. A deity representing the impermanence of reality and the world, of life. It is worshiped by those who wish to accept change rather than control it.
Pater Vacuus	The Father of the Void	void, emptiness, negation, vastness, cosmos	none	The Void-Father is the deity of nothingness, of the emptiness between places, the vastness of the universe where there is no matter. Its followers believe in emptying their minds, hearts, souls, and bodies to find a balance and connection to the majority of reality.
Deus Draconis	The Five-Headed God	dragon, discipline, majesty, accumulation, territory, power, fire	Five	The Five-Headed God is the Dragon God. The five paths of the dragon are Discipline, Power, Majesty, Accumulation, and Territory. Following these five paths is fundamental to their faith.
Deus Inter	The God Between	connection, betweenness, afterlife, travel, similarity	Rope	Those who follow this deity believe that there is a realm, the Interstice, between realities, and that their deity guards them. A mixture of psychopomp, patron of travelers, and a philosophical idea of connection. They are a deity who represents unusual connections between people, places, or things.
Intromuri	The God Within the Walls	boundary, border, wall, territory, setting, place, paper	Wall	The God Within the Walls is the deity of walls, boundaries, borders, and barriers. Followers believe that these are sacred. If one crosses a boundary, one must make a gesture or offering; if one makes or builds a boundary, one must dedicate it to their god.
Raccoglitore	The Great Collector	resource, gathering, mining, quarrying, logging, scavenging, resourcefulness, harvest, earth, stone	Coal	The Great Collector is the patron of miners, quarriers, loggers, gatherers of any kind, people who work in extraction trades and other kinds of work. They are the deity of resource, of resourcefulness, of finding what one needs. They are a figure of support, one who helps their followers get by.
Cacciatrice	The Great Huntress	hunt, survival, falcons, outdoors, animals	Falcon	The goddess of the unaligned Hunt focuses on hunting for survival. Her followers believe in doing what needs to be done to survive in the harsh wilderness, and to hunt with a balance between respect and ruthlessness.
Mercante Magna	The Great Trader	trade, value, commerce, wealth, deals, gold	Gold	The Great Trader is a patron of traders, merchants, and sellers. He is a deity of prosperity, but more importantly, of making deals, of knowing one's value and the value of one's goods, and of making a good trade.
Cappucciotrice	The Hooded Lady	crime, shadow, stealth, trickery, defiance, freedom	Hood	The Hooded Lady is ostensibly a noble deity who offers guidance to those in tough circumstances. But in truth, she is the Goddess of Thieves and Criminals, and she guides them in their secret work.
Aeternus	The Infinite	math, infinity, vastness, reality, cosmos, numbers, light	Lemniscate	The unaligned deity of the universe. Of the vastness, of the depths of reality. A patron of mathematicians, physicists, and star-watchers. A deity for those who are not afraid to feel insignificant and small.
Via Interna	The Inner Way	soul, self, essence, magic, afterlife, inmortality, infinite, insight, interiority, introspection	Silhouette	A psychopomp deity, the protector of the inmortal soul who guides them inward, who teaches one about their essence and magical selves. A deity of self-understanding.
Rex Regum	The King of Kings	law, order, authority	Crown	Followers of the King of Kings believe that law and order are the utmost of importance. Obeying mortal laws are important and part of their faith, but their own religious laws come first - the seven Authorities.
Logico	The Logician	logic, reason, rationality, emotionlessness	⊥	A completely emotionless deity of hard, cold logic. Followers try to erase everything from themselves but being logical and reasonable (usually not successfully). They believe in their deity as form of perfection that can be emulated.
Nettonodo	The Maker of Nets	systems, connections, nets, fungi	Net	The Net-Maker sees everything as a system of systems, as a matrix of matrices, as an unending series of cause-and-effect reactions and interactions, and they seek to see and understand the universe that way.
Unus e Multus	The Many Faces in One	personality, masks, performance, multifacetedness, emotional complexity, self	Masks	A deity of performances, of many masks, a deity who is believed to be the essence of all beings in one, the divine Personality. A psychological deity, those who follow them wear masks ritually. They believe that understanding oneself and others' emotional complexity is sacred.
Novemcorda	The Nine-Hearted God	emotion, heart, feeling	Heart	A deity of emotions. The Nine Hearts represent the many different categories of emotion a person might have, and their deity holds a place for each kind. They are a psychological deity, their followers believe in feeling and understanding their emotions rather than repressing them.
Interrogatore	The Questioner	science, experimentation, philosophy, questions, logic, reason, doubt, curiosity, interest	Question mark	A patron of scientists, philosophers, and thinkers, a patron of those who seek to understand the world. This is a deity who values experiments, questions, and interest, but lets their followers find the answers
Diorosso	The Red God	neutrality, status quo, balance, judgment	Scale	Followers of the Red God believe in the status quo. They believe in not taking sides. They believe that they are best served by going through life not aligning to the core conflicts of the world, but by following the flow.
Chinato	The Stooped One	might, strength, war	Arm	An ancient war god who is worshiped as a source of might and strength. Stooped but not broken. War as a display of power. Combat won through raw strength. Those who worship this deity believe in being strong in body, mind, heart, and soul.
Deus Turris	The Tower God	structure, building, builders, civilization, shelter, protection, place, setting	Tower	The patron of builders and buildings. A protector of structures of all kinds, honored in them, and depicted as one. It is a deity of places. Those who honor it are either builders or people who worship the concept of buildings as a source of protection, civilization, and stability.
Amicus Viatoris	The Traveler's Friend	movement, travel, messengers, wind	Footprint	The patron of Travelers, the deity of movement, the fleet messenger. A deity honored by anyone who travels regularly, a deity who is often treated more as a sometimes-deity by some. Travel is sacred to their followers, and they are known to give speed and endurance to those who need it.
Deus Belli	The War God	war, conflict	Sword	Considered the quintessential god of war, his only title is WAR GOD, a word, a phrase of power. They believe in being warriors first and foremost, and live a life that honors conflict and combat.

Topic revision: r1 - 23 Apr 2026, SallyJaneBlack

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