- "The world was first and the world was flame, fluid and fearsome. As the flame cooled, matter formed and gained vast strength and endurance, a great globe with fire at its heart. From the fire at the heart of the world slowly grew the World-Soul."
- ―dy Cabon begins the tale of the advent of the Five Gods[src]
See also Gods and Demons for a discussion of the differences between gods and demons.
The Five Gods of the Chalion Universe
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- The Father of Winter
- Colors: Primary=black, secondary=gray
- Associations: law/jurisprudence, fertility
- Signs and Signifiers: genitals
- Father's Day is Winter Solstice
- The Mother of Summer
- Colors: Primary=green, secondary=yellow
- Associations: health/medicine
- Signs and Signifiers: navel
- Mother's Day is Summer Solstice
- The Son of Autumn
- Colors: Primary=red-orange, secondary=brown
- Associations: hunt, warfare
- Signs and Signifiers: heart
- Son's Day is Autumnal Equinox
- The Daughter of Spring
- Colors: Primary=blue, secondary=white
- Associations: life, youthful learning, civil order, lyric poetry
- Signs and Signifiers: forehead
- Daughter's Day is Vernal Equinox
- The Bastard of the unseason
- Colors: white
- Associations: bastards, non-heteronormative loves, spies, epic poetry, vile jokes
- Signs and Signifiers: tongue, thumb.
- Bastard's Day is intercalaray day inserted every other year to prevent precession of seasons
MiscellaneousEdit
- People typically make a sign of the Five Gods whenever they feel mindful of them.
- Temple layouts differ by custom.
- Chalionese temples
- Wealdean temples
- Death magic is a miracle granted by the Bastard.
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