Orben Pantheon

The Orben Pantheon is the primary pantheon of worship within Orbis. The pantheon was first officially adopted as the country's main religion during the reign of Markus Aurum.

The gods of the pantheon are: Orbo, lord of the earth, a creator deity. Cumulus, lord of the skies and protector of the just. Salino, lord of the oceans and rewarder of the daring. Anima, lord of the wilds and mistress of untamed things. Kharnul the Reaper, lord of the dead. Lady Feldane, the deceiver, lady of conquest and trickery.

Originally there were only five gods of the Orben Pantheon, (all as above save for Lady Feldane,) and were either worshipped equally, or with Orbo getting the main praise as he was envisioned as the father of Cumulus, Salino and Anima. Though a death god, Kharnul was also worshipped widely in the early years of the Aurum Empire. However, the tendency for followers of the Reaper God to fall to dark arts such as necromancy led to the further vilification of the deity. In the modern age, it is against the law to openly worship Kharnul.

After the Age of Petty Kings, there was no longer a unified Orben church for which to worship the gods. Instead there are individual church orders dedicated to each god, with Cumulus being by far the most widely worshipped of the Orben deities whilst Orbo has fallen into obscurity. Anima, being a goddess of the wilderness, also tends to struggle with worshippers amongst humans who have embraced civilisation.

Lady Feldane, after ending the Aurum Dynasty, shattering the Aurum Empire and conquering all of Orbis, began the slow process of suppressing the Orben pantheon and instead promoting the worship of her own self. It is believed that Feldane, an elven vampire queen with powerful magic, felt that mortal belief in her godliness would in turn give her supernatural power. Across Orbis, churches dedicated to Lady Feldane cropped up and were so universal that even six centuries after her fall, there are many that consider Lady Feldane a deity in her own right and include her in the Orben Pantheon.