Fragments from the Archives · College of Discernment
Prayer, offerings and uncertain answers
A theological register assembled from household custom, soldiers’ prayers and temple accounts.
Hrungnir is invoked for shelter, loyalty and the safety of those who work beneath rock. Worshippers may name themselves before prayer, place their palms upon a sacred stone and offer bread, fruit or coin in thanks. The stone god is distinct in the surviving record from Blizzary Golan and the elemental with whom the Stone King was bonded.
Caramilyaqa is honoured for clean water and the needs of those who depend upon it. Derak’s family gives thanks to Water while also praying to Hrungnir. The records therefore show shared devotion, not a fixed rivalry between the gods. The deity’s appearance, gender and wider theology remain unestablished.
A name invoked where weariness and the wish to forget meet drink. The reference survives in a soldier’s voice, and reminds the College that worship is found in taverns and private weakness as readily as in solemn temples.
The Soul-Reaper is a figure associated with death and the fate of the departed. People hope for mercy and speak of the Reaper’s halls. Whether these accounts describe a deity, a keeper of souls or the shape of human fear is not resolved by the records.
Nastrand appears in curses and in accounts of punishment beyond death. The Glyph of Understanding may translate foreign ideas of damnation into this familiar term, but translation of a belief is not proof that two worlds share the same afterlife.
Blizzary Golan is honoured as a hero of the Sproutling people. Festival offerings and local shrines preserve his memory, but the College does not classify him as identical to Hrungnir. The distinction between a god, a bonded elemental and a venerated king remains essential.