Vaati

The Vaati, commonly referred to as the Wind Dukes or the Viceroys of the Sky, are a pantheon of deities worshipped across most aarakocran cultures.
Known Vaati include:

• Qi'eka'a, Whose Cry Pierces the Heavens - the Primordial Elemental of Air, seen as the benevolent creator of the skies and winds, master of all things that fly, and ruler of the Vaati.
• Ak'a'ek, the Killing Wind - the guardian of the Frozen Sky, who manifests as a terrible ice-storm that destroys the souls of the unworthy.
• Ak'en'eku, Scatterer of Words - a mercurial deity associated with language, magic, and memory.
• Ek'ari'a'aqi, Harbinger of Ruin - a deity of storms, war, and the destruction of the wicked, who is said to have once been a mortal aarakockran warrior who was granted divinity by Qi'eka'a.
• Gish'ta'zak, He of Three Blades - a deity of war and weaponsmiths
• Qirr'ikik, Updraft Towards Heaven - a psychopomp associated with the Towers of the Nimbus, who is said to carry the souls of those who have been faithful to the teachings of the Vaati through the Frozen Sky and into the afterlife.
• Qirr'ik'at'ak, Hunter in the Clouds - a deity associated with lightning, said to grant great power but at great cost.
• Qu'a'eke, Breath of the Sea - a deity associated with the oceans, travel, and trade.

Type

Religious, Pantheon

Alternative Names

Viceroys of the Sky, Wind Dukes

Deities

• Ek'ari'a'aqi
• Qi'eka'a
• Qirr'ikik

Related Ethnicities

• Shadowkith
• Snowkith
• Spirekith