While technically these characters have been here the whole time and haven’t changed, due to current events I thought we’d get a refresher on them since most players have long since forgotten what Altepetl has going on.

The master of the entire Altepetl pantheon. He is seen as a particularly kind god. Adopting strays to form his nation’s pantheon, while he could have likely had a much more prominent nation he decided to adopt the remnants of destroyed nations and give them a place to call home. Each successive apocalypse has left many gods at the risk of being forgotten forever, Bahamut prevented that for almost all in his care and adopted the ruins of nations that stood to become pagan tribes in the wild lands.  Because of his past history with the topic, he is particularly spiteful towards Lucifer and his multiple world ending attempts to achieve his goals.

If Bahamut is the king Pele is the queen. She’s been living in her volcano for so long Bahamut isn’t even sure if she’s younger or older then him. Unlike most of the strays he adopted, Pele was doing fine on her own. However, she agreed to join his pantheon and add the volcanic mountain to his territory anyways.

Pele is thought of very highly even amongst other nations. One of the kindest gods in the land and despite her beauty she is thought of more as an old woman. Natives refer to her as Tutu Pele out of both respect and affection, which means “Grandmother Pele”.

She is primarily known for the sex goddess part. By a very large margin. So much so that this explains why Altepetl is so bad at military conflict and no one is sure how she became their war goddess in the first place. Blame 3500 B.C. mythology.

She is so prevalent as a sex goddess that her cult’s major feature is literally prostitutes. Offerings at her temples are traded for sex with her priests and priestesses. She has become so prominent within their culture that it is actually not considered infidelity to lay with a member of her church.

I didn’t even make that up. In ancient Mesopotamia there actually was a church of Ishtar whose major feature was its “sacred prostitutes.”

Known for being both a friendly prankster, wise, helpful, and mysterious. The Raven is thought to be a spirit of the wild lands that became a god over time.

What is known for sure about her is her ability to foresee events as her major power. While it isn’t as accurate as Eret’s power, The Raven is not restricted to mortals.  What stands out most though is her ability to communicate with spirits and control them. Whether it is actual control or simply their willingness is unknown. Her cult is capable of delving deep into the wild lands far better then any other group in the world, and that includes the Jakaal/Mao Yachi.

Unlike most sea gods, Sedna does not control any great leviathans. She has power over many of the smaller and less monstrous aspects instead. She also cannot produce storms but she can calm them.

While most sea gods tend to wield great destructive power, Sedna is instead an aspect of guidance and calm. Preferring to help her people rather then hinder her foes.

Altepetl’s fishing culture is quite healthy thanks to her, all Altepetl seagoers cast a piece of metal into the ocean in tribute to her before they take to the seas.

The Great Eagle, known for controlling the winds with a single beat of his wings and watching the world from above with his eagle eyes. While we know he is intelligent he doesn’t have the ability to speak human languages, even if he can clearly understand them.

He mostly hangs out and polices the nation’s borders in case of invaders.

A massive creature whose pure intent is to protect the nation from its enemies. It will incarnate any time any where to protect Altepetl. However, it is not particularly powerful compared to other godlike beings. It usually warded aggressive spirits from the wilds away or small pagan tribes.

Similar to Roc the Quetzalcoatl cannot talk, while it seems to understand simple language and commands it is more like an animal then anything else. Just a particularly smart one.

In summary the Altepetl pantheon easily showcases its weakness in conflict. It is a nation built around keeping their head low and living with the land around them. Were it not for Bahamut the nation would just be more wild lands. They are composed of dozens of small tribes who loosely come together under the pantheon, but no national governing method.

While you wouldn’t necessarily call the nation peaceful, warring tribes and their tribal heroes are actually quite fierce, they aren’t going to last long against organized militaries and far more confrontational god aspects.

Even their war goddess is really just known for sex. Pele is known for the warmth and security of the fire, as her volcano is stable and doesn’t really catch anyone by surprise. Bahamut is also known as basically that one god who picked up all the orphans in the aftermath of huge wars.

This is why they’re so afraid of everything going on around them. Ofrior and Thykenae just got eradicated, and those guys had real armies alongside very powerful gods. If they come under attack by any nation, they know they’re just banking entirely on Bahamut to route them off while they escape into the wild lands.

It is unknown who first suggested whatever this dark super-ritual is, but they somehow got the entire nation to get in on it and keep it on the down low. Were it not for Asmodaeus’ attempt to recruit them from within he would have never discovered the colossal altar they’re building. No one else in the world seems to know its being built, because its on the far side of the volcanic mountain.