Gods

Known collectively to the Ketzerin as 'gods' the many supernatural entities that swarm the earth are numberless, with just as many types and variations. To many the gods and the spirits are separate beasts; the Gods prayed to in the churches are not the same as the things that scratch at the doors in the night.

The main opposition to the gods are the Heretics - the Ketzer hunters.

Key Types
Each god can be considered to be unique however there are key types that can be identified.

Aeonborn
The oldest of the old, barely seen and mostly long-gone. Usually very great in size and with thought patterns as slow and unstoppable as the glacier. Aeonborn never wear the mien of humans, only occasionally animals and often are indistinguishable from the destructive natural forces with which they are associated.

Sovereigns
Sovereigns are demanding of respect and votive offerings. They hold themselves in the highest regard and demand the utter submission of humankind. They frequently accrue groups of followers, sometimes churches and orders which span city states. If not always actively malevolent, they are quick to punish heretics and hunters. Unlike most some gods they are keen to broadcast their divinity and wear both inspiring and crushingly terrifying forms.

Pariah
Some gods avoid humans.. These are the least recorded and often the most mysterious, lacking the legend of Aeonborn or the contemporary lore of other types. Some were once a focus of human attention, some have always hidden from view. The majority of pariah are believed to live beyond the city walls and harbour utterly aberrant psychologies, being twisted by isolation and prolonged solitude.

Patrons
A category which frequently overlaps with others. Patrons adopt archetypal forms be it as figures, beasts or objects, they fuse to a concept and are suffused by its symbolic presence. Seemingly reliant on human culture for sustenance, Patrons' physiology and behaviour are usually determined, at least in part, by the flavour of their core concept and its metaphysical relationship to its host culture.

Verhüllung
Gods in disguise. These are the gods (Of almost any class or creed) that take on a truly human form and walk among us. Once they take on a human form they are virtually indistinguishable from true humans and function the same, even forgetting their true nature. As such they are actually of the lowest risk of all the gods whilst they are in human form. As a rule the Ketzer do not pursue these gods until they have shed their disguse. There are a particularly zealous class of Ketzer who do pursue them - these Ketzer are incredibly specialized and intensively trained. Often they are fanatics.

Many stories of wild or feral children, wild men, or beautiful memoryless women walking out of the woods are actually acounts of Verhüllung.

Commonly Known Gods
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