List of Scrye religious figures

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Scrye religion, folklore, and legends are organized in a canonical collection of texts considered sacred to the Scrye people. This page provides a list of the deities mentioned in those texts, their place in the Scrye pantheon and their titles.

Immortals

Primordial deities

The Primordials, also known as the Demiurges or the Universal Creators, were the first generation of deities that preceded the imminent rule of Aur and the creation of the Earth. They all dwelled in the Twilight Land, a region beyond spacetime that encompassed a sort of spherical mass surrounding the universe. Each one of them had power over the three cardinal points of the universe, known to the Scrye as Ennition, Apeadolon, and Jiocrughar.

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Example The First All-Father
One of the primordial gods that formed in the Beginning Place. He ruled the universe before Arihan, and after engaging the Screaming Ones in a fierce war, came out victorious and led the first humans into the light of the Kingdom of Heaven. The First All-Father was one of three demiurges, or supreme gods, besides the dragon goddess of purity and goodness, Oghru, and Dysorith, the monstrous god of evil, destruction, and chaos and leader of the Waalkya. According to one story, after a long period of peace, the Waalkya returned, and destroyed the Kingdom of Heaven and all who inhabited it, including the First All-Father. Eventually, his son, Aur, managed to seal and destroy the portal in which they were coming through, scattering the remains in different parts of the universe. The First All-Father’s essence became different stars and galaxies. Although he has since been destroyed, some say that his essence is still around, forever a transcendent and incorporeal part of humanity and warding off any danger that may threaten them.
Example Oghru
Primordial dragon goddess of goodness, purity, excellence, and righteousness. She was born in the Beginning Place as one of three demiurges, or supreme gods, besides the First All-Father and Dysorith, the monstrous god of evil, destruction, and chaos and leader of the Waalkya. She is the root of all goodness and peace in the material world. During the war between the Waalkya and the Kingdom of Heaven, Oghru joined after the death of the First All-Father, and helped turn the tide of the battle with Aur. Although they were eventually victorious, she was distraught at the death of her lifelong friend and companion, she went into hiding, not being seen or heard of for thousands of years.
Example Dysorith
Also known as the Crooked One, Tragic Eyes, Catastrophe Black, and Maneater, Dysorith is the root of all evil, all sin, lust, greed, power, and vice. He is the source of all the negative emotions and destructive forces in the universe and in the human realm. Dysorith has an insatiable appetite for death and destruction. He is also the leader of the Waalkya, monstrous entities that ruled the universe before the time of the First All-Father and Aur. He was ultimately defeated in the first Heavenly War, and his essence was scattered by Aur throughout the universe to prevent him from ever reforming again. Although he no longer has a physical form, some say they still hear his voice, tempting those who follow him to commit heinous acts of violence and crime, to denounce the Scrye Gods, and to corrupt mankind by leading them to commit all manner of evil.