The Gods

Eight deities watch the continent, each with an altar and a temper of its own. Feed them what they love to win favor; insult them, and the sky opens.

The pantheon

Offerings, favor and wrath

Every deity has its own altar, and its own daily-changing tastes — a roster of offerings it loves and others it can't stand, different each day.

• Lay a loved offering on the altar and it burns away in your favor.
• Lay a hated one and you'll wish you hadn't.

Win enough favor and blessings follow — a bountiful harvest, a raiding horde turned against your enemies. Earn enough wrath, and you'll pay for it.

Wrath: the Meteor Shower

The first of the gods' punishments is already in the game. Anger them enough and for ten long minutes the heavens rain fire — meteors of every size streaking down with burning trails, blasting craters into the earth, scattering boulders and leaving the ground smoking and grey, each impact booming across the distance.