Vasithari (vass-ee-thar-ee)

God of Harvest

Vasithari is the deity of crops and of plague. He is depicted as a male halfling or gnome with long hair, a bare chest, and his scythe, Synkoukla, which is also his symbol. He is a member of the Theonínta.
At the end of the Age of Wildfire Vasithari called upon great hordes of insects to devour swathes of grass and trees, limiting the spread of Fytanke Calamêtes’ flames, and when his defeat was secured it was Vasithari who took the role of the ousted Efforos and grew new plants and trees to replace them.
The principal deity of agriculture in the Kossic pantheon, Vasithari’s name is invoked to bless crops as frequently as it is to ward him away from them. Notorious for pranks and quick to anger, farmers and those of similar occupations are careful to watch their tongues as even a perceived slight might bring a terrible plague upon their crops. That being said, for those in more competitive industries such as managers of vineyards, offerings to Vasithari are often made not only for a great harvest for oneself, but to lay a curse upon the crops of a competitor or enemy.
Worshippers of Vasithari are typically farmers and the like as previously stated, but temples to the harvest god can be found in each of the major poleis, as without a steady supply of agriculture the city-states would be unsustainable. Some cults to Vasithari focus less on his domain over crops and more on his role as a trickster among the Theonínta, while still others take his plague domain as including plagues impacting humanoids and mace sacrifices to ward off (or, in some cases, spread) plague.
If not for his vital work, many of the other deities would not tolerate Vasithari. Zole and Pola are often forced to tolerate his pranks as neither war nor civilization are sustainable without a steady supply of crops, however disputes between them are not unknown and tend to coincide with times of great famine. He favors Exa, whose disrespect for authority and quickness to anger he finds endlessly amusing.