Orchus

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Orchus is a mysterious deity that even his priests do not fully comprehend. He is alternately kind and spiteful, speaks in riddles and allies himself with both the forces of darkness and of light. Adventurers are his most common lay worshippers, though many gamblers and prostitutes have taken him as a patron, even though he shows them little favor. Orchus encourages his worshippers to discover new things while himself having a strange hatred for scholars and intellectuals. Despite his deeply diametric nature, Orchus tends to be surprisingly fair in how he doles out good and bad fortune, though his fairness is often deeply obfuscated.

Orchus it the only deity said to be immune to the powers of Paelemona, Goddess of Fate, and because of this her worshippers are directed to oppose him wherever possible.

Orchus
God of Luck
Descriptive Info
Gender: Male
Avatar: Jalm, Balamir the Brave; Marchomir
Consort(s): None
Allies: Alcyoneus, God of Youth; Britomaris, God of Thievery; Erato, God of Love; Furinus, God of Wine; Pavor, God of Travel; Phemos, God of Sport; Selene, Goddess of Beauty; Thea, Goddess of Art; and Themis, God of Mischief.
Foes: Cthos, God of the Underworld; Clementia, Goddess of Mercy (mother); Majestas, Goddess of Law; Megarea, Goddess of Jealousy; Paelemona, Goddess of Fate; Pothos, God of Vice; Stheno, God of Decay; Terpsichore, Goddess of Language; Tethys, God of Undead; Tisiphone, Goddess of Vengeance; and Zelos, God of the State.
Spiritual Info
Rank: Intermediate
Nature: Anarchistic
Ethos: Agathocacological
Major Influence: Luck
Minor Influence(s): Adventure, Gambling, and Prostitution.
Spheres: Chaos, Luck, Glory, Trickery




Doctrine

No information available on the doctrine of Orchus


Mission

No information available on the mission of Orchus


Geography

No geographic information available on Orchus

History of the Church

No historic information available on Orchus

Organization

No information available on the Organization of the Church of Orchus



Religious Practices

No information available on the religous practices of the Church of Orchus


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