I was going to ask if there was any intentional naming schemes you used ie, Therivor, Eryndor, and Nyxalor all being knowledge deities and ending in ‘or’, and if yes what Iltheris, Vanoris, Caltheris, and Nytheris had in common, but when I went to check spelling there was new one (or maybe Injust missed them??). So, instead what’s going on with Lytheris?
To answer both of these, it was not intentional, for everybody created post ‘Oh, God there are so many V names what have I done!’ freak out I used a dice rolling name generator one of the people I play D&D made to help quickly name NPC’s, and just rolled a lot of 8’s for name endings.
That said if you wanted to pretend it wasn’t all just happenstance. Ili, Van, Cal, Ny, and Solvaris (and Ly) are all connected in some way to movement or travel.
Iltheris is known as the Wandering Guide, and helps people to find the paths towards mercy and forgiveness.
Vanoris the Wandering End is the god of journeys, migration, and impermanence. He is the travler who you meet at the crossroads that points you into the future.
Caltheris the Guiding Lantern is the god of luck and prophecy. He lights the paths of destiny so that mortals may find their way.
Nytheris, goddess of tides and storms, she neither helps nor hinders those who would sail her waters, only asks that they take no more than they give and show proper respect.
Solvaris is the Keeper of the Last Gate, the one who stands at the end of the road of life and ushers you into death.
And Lytheris, who is new because I have a problem, is the god of choice, of self-written fate, creation and luck. He saw the paths Caltheris had lit and said no, I will find another way, and did not wait to hear the response.
Lytheris is what happens when you have a thought that doesn’t need to be fleshed out but you’ve been ruminating over your Selkie interpretation for three days and need a break from it and your brain goes ‘How do baby Gods come to be?’ followed by ‘What if Zaryx and Veliflare had a kid’. He’s still a tiny little thought experiment and I don’t know if I’m going to keep him or roll some of my ideas into Caltheris, or get rid of Caltheris and move the things I like about him over to Lytheris.
