Malthusian pantheon

The Malthusian pantheon is made up of a complex, once highly amorphous system of deities, whose worship was formalized in Malthusia before the Malthusian Empire was founded. Much of the pantheon was given different levels of status during different eras, but it was reconstructed when Pelor was introduced into common worship, and it was formalized into its current state. The Malthusians supplanted local systems of belief wherever they encountered it: in Khandor, Malthusian gods were introduced to their existing Pelorite reverence; in Pythos, the blood-drinking witch-queens were converted, and Pelorite sun-discs were erected on top of their pyramids; in Northward, the druids were chased into the wilderness, were converted, or were burned.

Boccob is the All-Seeing, the First Mind. He willed into existence the Hands of the Law to forge matter and to balance Chaos. The Hands molded Pelor, the star, the Bringer of Light, as well as Ehlonna, the Fertile Land, and Kord, the Lord of Storms. Pelor and Ehlonna created the twins, Heironeous, god of the Mighty Good, and Hextor, the god of Wicked Might. There are several Sanctifieds, mortals who gained worshipful followings, associated with each deity, including Constant of Malthusia, Crushbeard the Cudgel, and Farland Hans.

Beyond this core collection of gods, there is Oli