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title: Deity Equivalences
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description: Lists equivalent deities. Not to be read by players
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date: 2025-05-16T19:58:23.242Z
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date: 2025-05-16T22:05:12.671Z
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tags: game-master, deity equivalences, deities, pantheons, gods
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editor: ckeditor
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dateCreated: 2023-01-06T16:53:50.445Z
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<p>Coercion; Subtle Corruption; Deception; Strategic Manipulation; Seduction; Temptation; Damnation</p>
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<p>Contractual Domination; Immutability of One's Word and Promises; The Inviolability of Law; Oaths; Law as Chains; Law as Binding Control / Law as Bondage</p>
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<p>(The Lord of Nine's influence is rooted in the manipulation of agreements and laws, where promises bind individuals to him. He never breaks his word, but uses these unbreakable contracts to subtly corrupt, control, and lead followers into damnation.)</p>
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<p><i>(The Lord of Nine's influence is rooted in the manipulation of agreements and laws, where promises bind individuals to him. He never breaks his word, but uses these unbreakable contracts to subtly corrupt, control, and lead followers into damnation.)</i></p>
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<td>Asmodeus</td>
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<td>Three inverted triangles arranged in a long triangle</td>
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<td> The Nightsinger</td>
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<p>Main Portfolio: Darkness, Night, Loss, Oblivion, Secrets, Hidden Truths, Silence,</p>
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<p>Typical Domains: Trickery, Death</p>
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<p><strong>Main Portfolio:</strong> Darkness, Night, Loss, Oblivion, Secrets, Hidden Truths, Silence</p>
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<p><br><strong>Typical Domains:</strong> Trickery, Death, Knowledge</p>
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<p><strong>Worshipper's Perspective:</strong></p>
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<p><br>Apathy; Deceit; Erasure (of self); Escapism; Forgetting; Hidden Knowledge; Hidden Wisdom; Loss; Night; Quietude; Rejection of Falsehoods; Secrecy; Stillness; Suppression of Pain (especially of the soul); Truth in Darkness; Unmasking of Lies; Comfort through Emptiness</p>
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<p><i>(The Nightsinger is the shadow behind the shadow — a master manipulator cloaked in layers of secrecy and deceit. Some seek this presence to escape grief or find solace in silence, or may revere the deity as a hidden guide to forgotten truths. But most who serve do so unwittingly, where the deity whispers lies, shapes false images, and wears false face — each tailored to the soul meant to follow.</i></p>
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<p><i>The Nightsinger's true doctrine is never spoken, only lived. Devotion becomes a path of misdirection and quiet ruin — a descent into oblivion. And when your usefulness fades, so too does the shadow’s presence, leaving only silence, emptiness, and the aching truth that you’ve been abandoned — at which point, you've likely lost everything.)</i></p>
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<p><strong>Underlying Reality:</strong></p>
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<p>Erasure of Pain; Lies; Promise of Comfort (through erasure)</p>
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<p>Unraveling</p>
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<p>While the Nightsinger is typically a deity that manipulates people into worship, some of her concepts — like revealing hidden knowledge/wisdom, secrecy, or of night <i>— can have interpretations where an individual or culture may worship him/her as neutral or even good aligned deity representing said concept. The more nihilistic aspects of the Nightsinger are typically not part of such an interpretation of the deity. Some examples can include:</i></p>
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<p><strong>The Eclipsed Scribe: </strong>“I do not write for the living. My ink is for the forgotten.”</p>
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<p><strong>The Archivist: </strong>“Truth is often erased by those who fear it. We preserve it where they cannot see.”</p>
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<p><strong>Deity of knowledge, with focus on rediscovering lost knowledge:</strong> “She taught us to read the traces others left buried — truth etched in what was meant to be forgotten.”</p>
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<p><strong>Deity of night:</strong> “She teaches us how to be safe in the darkness of night, and the dangers that lurk in it. She does not banish them — she shows us how to walk unseen, how to endure, and how to survive where others falter.”</p>
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<p><strong>Mistress of Hidden Wisdom: </strong><i>“What is lost is not gone — it waits in the dark for those who know where to look. She teaches us to listen, to dig deeper, and to uncover the truths buried beneath illusion.” </i>(Could be in societies that study ancient lore, forbidden knowledge, or seek to restore broken traditions through forgotten truths.)</p>
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<p><strong>Mother of Stillness: </strong><i>“She quiets the noise of the world, stills the churning within. In her silence, we remember what truly matters.”</i><br>( A spiritual interpretation tied to meditation, emotional healing, or the rejection of hollow distraction in favor of inner peace.)</p>
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<p><strong>She Who Endures: </strong><i>“The world takes. She teaches us how to remain when there is nothing left. When even memory fades, we are still here.” </i>(Found in post-collapse cultures, oppressed peoples, or communities shaped by historical trauma.)</p>
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