Finally, after all this time, here is the list of Geonova’s pantheon! Well, the first part at least…

In Geonova, lots of gods are celebrated, but, by no means, they have the same level as Mundus, the creator, God of ether and beyond (the only true god and the only one that can be called God with a capital G). All other gods as just considered divine or lesser gods, though their power can wipe out a planet. The first rule to be considered a god is trough illumination, when one’s mind reaches another level and can’t exist in the mortal plane anymore, ascending to a higher plane. The only way to come back is by using an avatar as a vessel, while their true form remains in the higher plane. The closest to the gods, but remaining at the mortal plane, are the saints, and above them come the angels (higher gods), the messengers of Mundus.

If you wish, you can pray to a god and you will receive a response – wanting it or not. Sometimes it’s even dangerous to pray to any god because of consequences. You can also offer a sacrifice to any god, even though no bloody sacrifice is allowed, principally because some gods hate them and they would curse you if you kill an innocent animal, for example.

Each continent has its main god cult, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pray to any other god while staying there and you can find all sorts of temples around the world. You are allowed to pray to any god at any given moment, though it’s still advised to take caution with your words and to save your pray for a visit in their temples, after cleansing your mind.

Geonova's Pantheon

1 – MAGI, the Magician

God of light and magic. Main god of Geonova, worshiped all around the world, principally in Lightland. Known for being the wisest and kindest god, Magi lived for being the wisest person in the world, always studying and looking for answers for people’s troubles. The magic books Magi wrote are filled with magic and are reproduced to this day, after all the eons since he ascended to higher planes.

Also called the Great Wizard, or Gee Wiz (G. Wiz), for short.

Pray for this god to be blessed with powerful magic and/or wisdom, or to enhance your light powers.

2 – PAPISSAE, the High Priestess

God/Goddess of healing and mercy. Main god of Moonland, principally in its city-state, Fortress of Silence, where he/she can bless the ‘choose ones’ to be saints (a special kind of demi-god). He/She was once a woman that lived a miserable life, but she has never given up into help others. Once the Great God, Mundus, blessed her, she decided to turn herself into a male god. Despite that, the order of mercy insist into keep his image as a goddess, as, while still a woman, her life as a martyr is still used as the path for saints to reach their illumination. After that, all saints are considered male and may call the god of healing and mercy by his male title, Papam.

Pray to this god/goddess to heal faster, for spiritual protection, and to help forgive and protect others.

3 – IMPERATRIX, the Empress

Goddess of metals and machines. Main goddess of Ironland, goddess of engineering, gears and cogs, mother of robots and technology. A woman who once learned how creativity and planning would take her far away. She had lost an arm and a leg in battle but made new prosthetic functional ones to replace them by herself. Being the empress who ruled Ironland with an iron fist for quite a long time, her whole body was almost completely replaced by steel parts to the point she was considered more like a living puppet than human. Since her death, her metal body is kept at the temple of engineering in the middle of Sin City, the city-state of Ironland.

Pray to this goddess for practical solutions, to succeed in your plans, or to enhance your metal powers. Sometimes the Imperatrix can be asked to give life to something inanimate as well.

4 – IMPERATOR, the Emperor

God of protection and prosperity. Main god of Goldland, it’s said that it’s because of him that Goldland is so rich and prosperous. Once born in a wealthy family, the Imperator gave up on all his riches to become a monk. Unfortunately for him, no monastery accepted him, seeing the big, round, and fat body he got in his petty time as a sign he was not worthy of became a monk, symbol of humility and detachment from material things. But that didn’t let him down. He always kept his big smile and always tried to help people who would accept him around, being the guardian of a humble family that would become the most powerful family in Goldland, the Kin (gold) family. It’s said that, from time to time, Imperator would appear as a beggar in old and ripped clothes, asking for some food, and, if you give him some, the family who welcomes him would become rich soon. The Imperator is also known for being the most powerful living shield, being able to protect Goldland from a massive explosion with his life, ascending to higher planes.

Pray to this god to fortify your defense, and to attract prosperity in your business and life.

5 – PONTIFEX, the Hierophant

The god of beliefs and illusions. Once a smart and intelligent man, the Pontifex was a high sorcerer from South Iceland. Eventually, for more that he had studied, he was barely able to teach how wonderful and meaningful life was to someone who saw life as dreadful and meaningless. The Great God, on the other hand, would have all the answers he needed and he prayed to Mundus to achieve this illumination. He had a dream where he needed to fight against evil all around the world, and once he was done, he had learned so much he couldn’t stop telling stories to people. He twisted the light and created images to help illustrate his stories and since then he was known as the storyteller, bringing old stories to fulfill the meaning of life or reasons to believe, even though they may be just illusions.

Pray to this god if you want to create illusions and/or if you need help to explain yourself and to be understood.

6 – CARITAS, the Lovers

The twin gods of love and friendship. When they were born, it’s said they were born hugging each other. Despite growing up as two different persons, the two brothers always loved each other. But, as their love grew, their family wanted to separate them. They invented excuses to keep them apart and they always found a way to reach each other and be together once more. As if that wasn’t good enough, they helped plenty of their friends to find true love and they were known for being “couple makers”. On one sad day, one of the Caritas got ill, and the other looked for someone to help around the whole continent. When he had got what he needed to save his brother, their family throw the remedy away, blaming his love for his brother for his illness. A soaring thunder was heard and the twins cursed their family to never see, to never hear, to never speak about their love ever again, nullifying their eyes, ears, and mouth into a featureless creature: the haters. One of the Caritas retrieve what was left of the remedy and tried to give it to his loved one, but he barely could open his mouth. Then the brother took all the remedy in his mouth and kissed his brother, sealing their love for eternity. Both brothers were found dead the other day, still kissing each other. Some say their love helped them to ascend to a higher plane, some say the sick brother was already dead and the other brother killed himself to die with his lover. After being buried in the same coffin, old friends would visit the Caritas’ grave to ask for help to keep their loved ones happy and safe, and their wishes were always granted since.

Pray to these gods if you want to find love, to find a friend, to reconcile, or to simply feel loved or to enhance your charm. You can also pray for these gods to never miss a target.

7 – AURIGA, the Chariot

The god of war and power. Main god of Warland and their symbol to never give up. Known as the less magical god, Auriga was born in a mage family but was never able to make magic. Like any other time in Geonova, war never stops, and soon Auriga learned how to defend himself without magic, using his muscles and brain in his favor, discovering other uses for magic, like enhancing his body, strength, and speed. Auriga is also known as the god who never lost a battle or a war, who never give his back to the enemy and the only warrior who never retreats. Having Auriga on your army meant you would never lose the battle.

Pray to this god to have luck in battle and to enhance your fortitude.

8 – JUSTITIAM, the Justice

The goddess of order and balance. Being born a man didn’t stop her to become the greatest symbol of justice and for being the first man symbol of femininity. It’s said that she was attacked by one of her lovers and lost her vision. Sad, she looked for the god of light and magic, and he taught her to see using her heart. She then became the wisest woman in Geonova, and people looked for her to help to set what’s fair and what is not, to bring balance to the world chaos. She also was a great warrior, being known for her ability with the sword, and for being stunning no matter how ferocious the battle was. All that still being blind. She ascended to a higher plane when she was old, praying for the world to be a better place.

Pray to this goddess to solve injustice and to bring balance to chaos or if you want your sword to cut your enemy down.

9 – EREMITA, the Hermit

The god of time and loneliness. Known for being the man who alone made the pyramids of power, forging with his own hands the receptacles where the pyramids of light were built, the Eremita is the symbol of the resilience of Sunland and he is its main god. It’s unknown if he was immortal or not, but he is known for being the man who, alone, fought against time and won, ascending to a higher plane.

Pray to this god if you need time for yourself, to keep fighting your battles, or to simply distort time.

10 – ORACULUM, the Wheel of Fortune

God of destiny and stars. His origin is uncertain, being as old as the creation of Geonova. He is known for being the ruler of destiny, protecting the process of evolution, and the one who claims the payback for everyone’s actions. All other gods must obey Oraculum and he only responds to the great God. He is the main god in South Iceland.

Pray to this god if you need something unknown to reveal itself, if you need luck or to change for the better.

11 – VIRTUS, the Strength

Goddess of mind and hypnosis. Born a flower amazon, she was known as the queen no man could defeat. Her intelligence had no pair and her mind powers could turn entire mountains into dust. She was also known as the nature caretaker and the female counterpart to Suspensus, god of nature and life, her father, and is a direct daughter of the Great Tree. She is known for defending the tree of Suspensus and to make both, she and the tree, to ascend to a higher plane.

Pray to this goddess if you need peace of mind, to control a situation or to enforce your mind powers.

12 – SUSPENSUS, the Hanged Man

God of nature and life. In a time where pirates wreaked havoc upon all seas, Suspensus childhood was torn apart as he saw most of his family and friends being killed by the pirates. He and his parents ran away to Woodland’s mainland, home to the Great Tree and giant arthropods, even though they feared for their lives, as no human would live for too long in the mainland. Years have passed and the little one has grown up among the mainland creatures, listening to the Great Tree and surviving the way they could. Eventually, one day, the pirates' greed had grown and they finally invaded the mainland, killing Suspensus’s parents and taking him back to his old land, Woodland’s island harbor. Then he was suspended by his feet to a pole and his belly and chest were opened up by the pirates’ captain, Dark Plague. Nothing could make Dark Plague fear and he swore by the devils he would destroy the Great Tree. In his last pledge, Suspensus cry was heard by the Great Tree and, from the seeds and spores from the mainland in his body, a rotten smell erupted, making all pirates in the whole island vomit out their guts. From Suspensus’s body thousands and thousands of bugs came out and took the corpses of the dead pirates and they made cocoons around them. Not long after, the first Insectans, humanoid male insects, where born from it. They together tried to rebuild the Island Harbor. Ultimately, the Insectans were weak, and soon new pirates came to destroy their life. From the remains of Suspensus body, another cry was heard, and the Great Tree sent her seeds to help the Insectans, turning Suspensus into the tree of life, bearing the fruits from where the flower amazons, woman with blooming flowers in their hair, were born. Ready to fight, the flower amazons had no match against them, nor pirates, neither any danger that ever tries to appear in the little island, now known as the Flower Harbor, Woodland’s city-state. No Insectans or Flower Amazon can reproduce by themselves, but once a year, Insectans and Flower Amazons meet together at a secret place where the tree of life is and from where the fruits of life will give birth to new Insectans and Flower Amazons.

After the incident known as the Insecta massacre, Insectans only live in the mainland, while the flower amazons protect the harbor island by themselves, not letting any man sleep there at night.

Pray to this god if you want to have children, to be pregnant (women and men); if you want the strength to protect life at any cost, or to enhance your wood powers.

The second part is coming! I swear!