| False Gods | Faranar | the First Four Companions | Flamal | Foundchild |
| Framanthe |
According to ancient Malkioni history, wicked entities sometimes identified as sorcerers or humans learned to control great natural powers and intertwined their souls with Nature's forces to become creatures now worshipped by lesser beings. Those creatures are called the False Gods and they have cut themselves off forever from the Solace and Joy which Malkion and Hrestol make accessible to mankind.
Depictions of Faranar always show a woman of status and property, with a cloth skirt, a mother's headdress, and many shell necklaces.
He is rendered as a wise old man or elf with sprouts of all kinds branching from his body. He is usually carved from amber.
Foundchild was discovered as a squalling babe in the midst of the Great Winter. Helpwoman found and tended him to full manhood. He taught a straggling band of followers how to use the weapons of war -- bows, spears, and stones -- to bring life by killing animals to eat.
He is usually shown as a man armed with a radiant bow or spear, with animal heads bound to his belt.
As is common for mermen she is not depicted in any form.
Faranar [FAHRR-an-ahrr]
Pamalt pantheon -- wife of Pamalt
Faranar is the daughter of Aleshmara and the wife of Pamalt. Several important chieftain dynasties trace ancestry to her. Faranar's power lies in her family. In myth she is almost always with her husband, mother, and other members of the family of gods.the First Four Companions
Hsunchen pantheon -- Old Gods, friends of the Great Spirit
Most primitive societies recognize the existence of the First Four Companions, who assisted Earthmaker in the creation of the world. They are the overseers of the four compass directions and they are always depicted as having the form of animals of a watery origin. The most widespread story knows the Companions as Turtle, Loon, Otter, and Sea Eagle.Flamal [FLAM-ahl]
Elf pantheon -- father of seeds
One legend claims that Flamal was born from a piece of living amber which grew upon the pleasant seashore which surrounded the Spike. He was killed and eaten by Zorak Zoran, and for this the earth mother withdrew all her support from the world and weakened it prior to the war against chaos. When Time began Flamal was also reborn, bringing joy and fruitfulness to all in the world whether or not they worshiped him. With various brides, Flamal begat all the many crop-and plant-goddesses of the universe.Foundchild
Praxian pantheon -- hunter son
see also HunterFramanthe [fruh-MAN-thuh]
Merman pantheon -- goddess of the deep
The brooding and mysterious power of the deep flows from this goddess. She is the soul of the primal ocean, the embodiment of its power and energy. Understanding her is a mystical experience. Although almost every prayer and ritual of the sea folk includes a thanks to her, almost no active worship of Framanthe exists.
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