Departed Gods

"Now watch closely, everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god."

— Eboshi
Princess Mononoke

The Departed Gods are a pantheon or classification of Material demigods that are no longer "present in Material affairs" in a permanent sense. As gods do not die of old age, this usually means they were killed—perhaps by another god, a hero/villain or great catastrophe—but can also encompass any other kind of permanent disappearance, perhaps by choice or by somehow having their godhood removed (a process that is only theoretical or apocryphal). Gods can sometimes disappear for long stretches and return; as such only ancient gods, whose absence can safely be considered permanent, can be classified as Departed.

Known Members

Known Departed Gods are likely only a fraction of demigods that have lived and died, since the apocalyptic Deluge destroyed the majority of First Age writings and artwork. Those known are as follows.

• Solonn (died of injuries sustained in a duel with the Lady of the Mountain, for her hand in marriage)
• Lichlord Na'ashu (died in battle with Elir-Otrinax during the First Dragon Wars)
• Tekchinyulot Ch'tosé of Locrian Hall (died in battle with Elir-Otrinax during the First Dragon Wars)
• The Orphans (died in battle with Elir-Otrinax during the First Dragon Wars)
• B'Non il-Anrau (died in battle with Elir-Otrinax during the First Dragon Wars)
• R'Ani il-Duat (died in battle with Elir-Otrinax during the First Dragon Wars)
• Hrafnagaldr Fistpoetry (died in battle with Elir-Otrinax during the First Dragon Wars)
• Falcor'atru the Wise (died in battle with Elir-Otrinax during the First Dragon Wars)
• Raggedy Azra (a Hecath Queen, killed in the Hemlock Veldt Disaster battling the Lichlord Vierix Euphraxia of Lochthwain)
• Vierix Euphraxia (killed in the Hemlock Veldt Disaster battling the Hecath Queen Raggedy Azra)
• Syr Gavvan Grimbold (unknown; no confirmed death; various conflicting stories of his disappearance)
• Olcadan of Dhund (unknown; histories show he died "of old age" in the Holy City of Calm, though this cannot be true if he indeed ascended)

Profile: Falkor'atru the Wise, first known commander of the Dragon Knights of Tallarax.
Illus. Logan Marshall (CC0)