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Great Sage
The Fellowship of the Leaves worship Nature itself more than any deity associated with it, but they do revere several gods. Cernunnos, Sucellus, and Amathoan are the most revered, but Nantosuelta and Arawn are too. Druids are the priests of Sucellus.
Sucellus was the God of Nature before he was slain by Mulcarn at the start of the Age of Ice and Cernunnos was his Archangel. After being slain, Sucellus's soul went to the Netherworld, where he helped Arawn the god of Life and Death deal with the massive influx of the souls of those who perished during the Fire Rain of Bhall's fall and then the bitter cold of the eternal winter.
Originally Arawn was only the God of Death, but when Nemed gave up his godhood in order to be the father of humanity (and the other intelligent races descended from humanity) he gifted his precept to Arawn. At the start of the Godswar, all the gods but Agares created angels and beasts to help them, and set up the first of their angels as the Archangel of their sphere. Sucellus created Cernunnos, who was the strongest of all the Archangels. As Arawn had 2 spheres, he first created the Twins, Basium and Gyra. Basium presided over the sphere of Life and Gyra over Death.
Sucellus and Arawn themselves were among the least active gods in the Godswar, but the same cannot be said of their Archangels. Cernunnos (in order to try to save his favorite son) was the only angel to ever challenge Agares himself in his hell. He landed one powerful blow that broke Agares breastplate, but in the end it was a great loss as it led to his corrupted reflection being used to create Hyborem and it also dragged Sucellus into the Godswar. When the Compact demanded that the good and evil gods and their angels and demons stop fighting each other directly, Basium chose to fall, leaving the service of Arawn in order to continue fighting demons.
During the Age of Magic Arawn grew disgusted at the creations of evil mages using Life and especially Death magic, so he chose to withdraw to the netherworld entirely so as to prevent his essence from being channeled. Death magic remained impossible until Tuoni stole the Gem of Death, from which all death mana in Erebus is channeled. Life magic was unavailable until the return of Sucellus.
While helping Awarn in the Netherworld, Sucellus constantly petitioned him for resurrection. This required the use of Life magic, and Arawn was still not willing to get involved. After the death of Mulcarn to Kylorin and the Godslayer, Sucellus finally convinced Arawn. Arawn would still not get involved himself, but he agreed to gift his precept of Life to Sucellus, who had convinced him that the power of this sphere would be needed for Creation to recover from the long Winter of Mulcarn's rule. The seven parts of Sucellus's body were reassembled and Sucellus rose again, now as the God of Life. He did not feel that he could properly fulfill this both this role and his old role as the God of Nature, and feared that the precepts would become corrupted if he tried, so he decided to gift his old precept to his old Archangel, Cernunnos, who has been living with the Ljosalfar while his God was dead. As such, Cernunnos is now the God of Nature, but he s by far the weakest of the gods as he was not created by The One and he does not have an Archangel serving him.
Basium hates Sucellus. Basium had long been begging Arawn for the precept of Life, as it would greatly aid his battle against the demons. While he may not have minded Cernunnos's ascension, he could not stand to see the power that should have been his wasted on the god of dandelions who only noteworthy military exploit was failing where a flesh puppet later succeeded. The other gods, however, have come to greatly respect Sucellus, for they see Nemed in him and have long respected Nemed for the sacrifice none of them had been willing to make. As such, Sucellus is welcome in every vault, and can freely enter even Nyx without a fight.
Sucellus was the God of Nature before he was slain by Mulcarn at the start of the Age of Ice and Cernunnos was his Archangel. After being slain, Sucellus's soul went to the Netherworld, where he helped Arawn the god of Life and Death deal with the massive influx of the souls of those who perished during the Fire Rain of Bhall's fall and then the bitter cold of the eternal winter.
Originally Arawn was only the God of Death, but when Nemed gave up his godhood in order to be the father of humanity (and the other intelligent races descended from humanity) he gifted his precept to Arawn. At the start of the Godswar, all the gods but Agares created angels and beasts to help them, and set up the first of their angels as the Archangel of their sphere. Sucellus created Cernunnos, who was the strongest of all the Archangels. As Arawn had 2 spheres, he first created the Twins, Basium and Gyra. Basium presided over the sphere of Life and Gyra over Death.
Sucellus and Arawn themselves were among the least active gods in the Godswar, but the same cannot be said of their Archangels. Cernunnos (in order to try to save his favorite son) was the only angel to ever challenge Agares himself in his hell. He landed one powerful blow that broke Agares breastplate, but in the end it was a great loss as it led to his corrupted reflection being used to create Hyborem and it also dragged Sucellus into the Godswar. When the Compact demanded that the good and evil gods and their angels and demons stop fighting each other directly, Basium chose to fall, leaving the service of Arawn in order to continue fighting demons.
During the Age of Magic Arawn grew disgusted at the creations of evil mages using Life and especially Death magic, so he chose to withdraw to the netherworld entirely so as to prevent his essence from being channeled. Death magic remained impossible until Tuoni stole the Gem of Death, from which all death mana in Erebus is channeled. Life magic was unavailable until the return of Sucellus.
While helping Awarn in the Netherworld, Sucellus constantly petitioned him for resurrection. This required the use of Life magic, and Arawn was still not willing to get involved. After the death of Mulcarn to Kylorin and the Godslayer, Sucellus finally convinced Arawn. Arawn would still not get involved himself, but he agreed to gift his precept of Life to Sucellus, who had convinced him that the power of this sphere would be needed for Creation to recover from the long Winter of Mulcarn's rule. The seven parts of Sucellus's body were reassembled and Sucellus rose again, now as the God of Life. He did not feel that he could properly fulfill this both this role and his old role as the God of Nature, and feared that the precepts would become corrupted if he tried, so he decided to gift his old precept to his old Archangel, Cernunnos, who has been living with the Ljosalfar while his God was dead. As such, Cernunnos is now the God of Nature, but he s by far the weakest of the gods as he was not created by The One and he does not have an Archangel serving him.
Basium hates Sucellus. Basium had long been begging Arawn for the precept of Life, as it would greatly aid his battle against the demons. While he may not have minded Cernunnos's ascension, he could not stand to see the power that should have been his wasted on the god of dandelions who only noteworthy military exploit was failing where a flesh puppet later succeeded. The other gods, however, have come to greatly respect Sucellus, for they see Nemed in him and have long respected Nemed for the sacrifice none of them had been willing to make. As such, Sucellus is welcome in every vault, and can freely enter even Nyx without a fight.
