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Selish System

The Selish System consists of the star Mashe with four planets. Only the second planet Sel is inhabited.

Sel

Society

Sel is divided into various kingdoms. Curiously the Fjordell and Rose Empires are wilfully ignorant of the true size of each other.

Religion

The Selish System is home to two shards of Adonalsium.

Aona of Devotion

Skai of Dominion

These two are the primary objects of worship and the creators of the Seon and Skaze.

Like other Shards of Adonalsium they created Perpendicularities( junctions between planes) on the planet, one for each of them. These can be used to travel to other worlds.

Magic/Technology

Sel is not very advanced technologically, with swords being the main form of combat and sailingships the primary transport.

Magically they use a form of magic that relies on leylines and cultural connections. As a result this magic loses effecttiveness the further ones goes from the point of origin.

Seon and Skaze are magical beings that bond to people and can facilitate communication to others of their kind across the world.

Elantrians are a artificially created form of Nephillim, the transformation happening automatically if the person matches the so far unknown qualifications and is in range of Elantris.

Locations

Elantris: a city shaped into an enormous magical glyph. It is a centre for magic research and most of the planet’s Elantrians can be found here.

Fjorden: heartland of the Fjordell Empire, it’s political ruler, the Wyrn, is also the high priests of the Shu-Dereth religion.

Rose Empire: An empire with over 80 factions politiking for supremecy. Soul magic is utterly forbidden.

Plot Hooks

1 A Selish person accidentally managed to travel offworld and now wants to return home.

2 a scientist wants to do some up close and personal studies on an Elantrian.

Bloatmages can drink blood in order to gain power. An Immortal Ichor is the intelligent blood of a dead deity. So my question is: What would happen if a bloatmage drinks an immortal ichor?

I was wonderings what monsters could be used as the god of a cult. It wouldn't have to give divine magic, just be able to do something for the people worshipping it or causing enough fear that they do.

The ones I already got:
Nemesis devil
Egregore
Immortal Ichor
Cherufe
Living Lake
Megaprimatus: good if you want a King Kong style with a tribe worshipping the giant ape.

Has anyone got more?

I saw the tulpa and the egregore after reading some Discworld stories and the idea just clicked.

The basic idea is an occult caster wants the power of a god backing him up, but he's too much of a control freak to worship any of the existing ones. Solution: build your own that you can control.

By combining tulpa and egregore techniques he plans to make an entity that is fuelled by the minds of its worshippers. With the right spells , such as imbue with spell-like abilty, it could fake being a god reasonably enough.
With some false priest sorcerors who think getting in at the ground flour of this operation is a good idea, I think you have the basics of an interesting cult.

Any thoughts?

I was wondering how would the Rahadoumi feel about the Hero-Gods of Aelyosos?
They are not distant figures like most gods, but you can actually meet them and they are activly involved with their people.