Alanus

Alanus, the North is the God of the Sands, Deserts and of the North. His personality can be described as calm and tranquil, but lacking ambition. His name is used interchangably with the north throughout Elyria and all languages.

Core Beliefs
Alanus is a deity who remains entirely within his own domain and sees the seperation of power within the Pantheon as integral to balance in the universe. He neither desires to gain power, nor does he wish to lose any he has.

He fulfills his duty with purpose and diligence but does not go to great lengths to save lives or enforce this in other deities. His rivalry with Horthina is supposedly the reasoning for the great divide between the deserts and the arctic, though neither deity ever mentions each other to their followers.

Placement in the Pantheon
The North is a creation of Oelim and Zoi to rule over the northern regions of Elyria.

Followers
Popular amongst travellers and merchants who ask for his guidance when marching across Elyria. Alanus is also one of the most popular gods within the Republic of Afari.

Worship
Alanus is most easily appeased by gifts from other areas of the world that he can not normally reach or see. Particularly favoured are gems from the mountains of Illorson or flowers from the gardens and forests of Urthon.

These gifts are preferably placed in the sandbanks of the Endless Deserts and left behind, but otherwise burnt alongside an offering of sand and salt when not located in a desert.