40d:Sphere

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Deities, demons, and megabeasts are aligned in spheres. A sphere is an aspect where a being has influence. Civilizations have sphere alignments as well.

Understanding spheres

A being such as a deity, demon and occasionally megabeast may come to represent or epitomize certain things like emotions, qualities, terrain, and items. They are called "spheres". As an example from real-world mythology, the Greek goddess Athena is goddess in the "spheres" of wisdom, warfare, handicrafts and reason. She is therefore the goddess of wisdom.

Dwarves and other creatures will come to worship certain "powerful beings" and as such will follow that religion, and have a relationship with that "deity"

The following is according to Toady:

Spheres have a parent/child list, a friend list, and a preclude list. A deity has either one or two base spheres, and then they pick friends of those spheres, while never choosing a precluded or parent/child sphere of any of the spheres they already have. I tried to be pretty lax with the preclude list so that interesting relationships could pop up. There will obviously be problems and omissions and things here, since I had to match 100+ spheres together several times and no doubt made mistakes. Feel free to discuss.

Available spheres

Sphere	Parent spheres	Child spheres	Friend spheres	Precluded spheres
AGRICULTURE			FOOD, FERTILITY, RAIN
ANIMALS	NATURE	FISH	PLANTS
ART		DANCE, MUSIC, PAINTING, POETRY, SONG	INSPIRATION, BEAUTY
BALANCE
BEAUTY			ART	BLIGHT, DEFORMITY, DISEASE, MUCK
BIRTH			CHILDREN, CREATION, FAMILY, MARRIAGE, PREGNANCY, REBIRTH, YOUTH
BLIGHT			DISEASE, DEATH	BEAUTY, FOOD, FERTILITY, HEALING
BOUNDARIES		COASTS
CAVERNS			MOUNTAINS, EARTH
CHAOS			WAR	DISCIPLINE, ORDER, LAWS
CHARITY			GENEROSITY, SACRIFICE	JEALOUSY
CHILDREN			BIRTH, FAMILY, YOUTH, PREGNANCY
COASTS	BOUNDARIES		LAKES, OCEANS
CONSOLATION				MISERY
COURAGE		VALOR
CRAFTS			CREATION, LABOR, METALS
CREATION			CRAFTS, BIRTH, PREGNANCY, REBIRTH
DANCE	ART		FESTIVALS, MUSIC, REVELRY
DARKNESS			NIGHT	DAWN, DAY, LIGHT, TWILIGHT, SUN
DAWN			SUN, TWILIGHT	NIGHT, DAY, DARKNESS
DAY			LIGHT, SUN	DARKNESS, NIGHT, DAWN, DUSK DREAMS, NIGHTMARES, TWILIGHT
DEATH			BLIGHT, DISEASE, MURDER, REBIRTH, SUICIDE, WAR	HEALING, LONGEVITY, YOUTH
DEFORMITY			DISEASE	BEAUTY
DEPRAVITY			LUST	LAWS
DISCIPLINE			LAWS, ORDER	CHAOS
DISEASE			BLIGHT, DEATH, DEFORMITY	BEAUTY, HEALING
DREAMS			NIGHT, NIGHTMARES	DAY
DUSK			TWILIGHT	NIGHT, DAY
DUTY			ORDER
EARTH		METALS, MINERALS, SALT	CAVERNS, MOUNTAINS, VOLCANOS
FAMILY			BIRTH, CHILDREN, MARRIAGE, PREGNANCY
FAME			RUMORS	SILENCE
FATE				LUCK
FERTILITY			AGRICULTURE, FOOD, RAIN	BLIGHT
FESTIVALS			DANCE, MUSIC, REVELRY, SONG	MISERY
FIRE			METALS, SUN, VOLCANOS	WATER, OCEANS, LAKES, RIVERS
FISH	ANIMALS		OCEANS, LAKES, RIVERS, WATER, FISHING
FISHING			FISH, HUNTING
FOOD			AGRICULTURE, FERTILITY	BLIGHT
FORGIVENESS			MERCY	REVENGE
FORTRESSES			WAR
FREEDOM				ORDER
GAMBLING			GAMES, LUCK
GAMES			GAMBLING, LUCK
GENEROSITY			CHARITY, SACRIFICE
HAPPINESS			REVELRY	MISERY
HEALING				DISEASE, BLIGHT, DEATH
HOSPITALITY
HUNTING			FISHING
INSPIRATION			ART, PAINTING, POETRY
JEALOUSY				CHARITY
JEWELS			MINERALS, WEALTH
JUSTICE			LAWS
LABOR			CRAFTS
LAKES	WATER		COASTS, FISH, OCEANS, RIVERS	FIRE
LAWS			DISCIPLINE, JUSTICE, OATHS, ORDER	CHAOS, DEPRAVITY, MURDER, THEFT
LIES			TREACHERY, TRICKERY	TRUTH
LIGHT			DAY, RAINBOWS, SUN	DARKNESS, TWILIGHT
LIGHTNING	WEATHER		RAIN, STORMS, THUNDER
LONGEVITY			YOUTH	DEATH
LOVE
LOYALTY			OATHS	TREACHERY
LUCK			GAMBLING, GAMES	FATE
LUST			DEPRAVITY
MARRIAGE			BIRTH, FAMILY, OATHS, PREGNANCY
MERCY			FORGIVENESS	REVENGE
METALS	EARTH		CRAFTS, FIRE, MINERALS
MINERALS	EARTH		JEWELS, METALS
MISERY			TORTURE	CONSOLATION, FESTIVALS, REVELRY, HAPPINESS
MIST
MOON			NIGHT, SKY
MOUNTAINS			CAVERNS, EARTH, VOLCANOS
MUCK				BEAUTY
MURDER			DEATH	LAWS
MUSIC	ART		DANCE, FESTIVALS, REVELRY, SONG	SILENCE
NATURE		ANIMALS, PLANTS	RAIN, SUN, WATER, WEATHER
NIGHT			DARKNESS, DREAMS, MOON, NIGHTMARES, STARS	DAY, DAWN, DUSK, TWILIGHT
NIGHTMARES			DREAMS, NIGHT	DAY
OATHS			LAWS, LOYALTY, MARRIAGE	TREACHERY
OCEANS	WATER		COASTS, FISH, LAKES, RIVERS, SALT	FIRE
ORDER			DISCIPLINE, DUTY, LAWS	CHAOS, FREEDOM
PAINTING	ART		INSPIRATION
PEACE
PERSUASION			POETRY, SPEECH
PLANTS	NATURE	TREES	ANIMALS, RAIN
POETRY	ART		INSPIRATION, PERSUASION, SONG, WRITING
PREGNANCY			BIRTH, CHILDREN, CREATION, FAMILY, MARRIAGE
RAIN	WATER, WEATHER		AGRICULTURE, FERTILITY, LIGHTNING, NATURE, PLANTS, RAINBOWS, STORMS, THUNDER, TREES
RAINBOWS	WEATHER		LIGHT, RAIN, SKY
REBIRTH			BIRTH, CREATION, DEATH
REVELRY			DANCE, FESTIVALS, HAPPINESS, MUSIC, SONG	MISERY
REVENGE				FORGIVENESS, MERCY
RIVERS	WATER		FISH, LAKES, OCEANS	FIRE
RULERSHIP
RUMORS			FAME
SACRIFICE			CHARITY, GENEROSITY	WEALTH
SALT	EARTH		OCEANS
SCHOLARSHIP			WISDOM, WRITING
SEASONS
SILENCE				FAME, MUSIC
SKY			MOON, RAINBOWS, SUN, STARS, WEATHER, WIND
SONG	ART		FESTIVALS, MUSIC, POETRY, REVELRY
SPEECH			PERSUASION
STARS			NIGHT, SKY
STORMS	WEATHER		LIGHTNING, RAIN, THUNDER
STRENGTH
SUICIDE			DEATH
SUN			DAWN, DAY, FIRE, LIGHT, NATURE, SKY	DARKNESS
THEFT				LAWS, TRADE
THRALLDOM
THUNDER	WEATHER		LIGHTNING, RAIN, STORMS
TORTURE			MISERY
TRADE			WEALTH	THEFT
TRAVELERS
TREACHERY			LIES, TRICKERY	LOYALTY, OATHS
TREES	PLANTS		RAIN
TRICKERY			LIES, TREACHERY	TRUTH
TRUTH				LIES, TRICKERY
TWILIGHT			DAWN, DUSK	LIGHT, DARKNESS, DAY, NIGHT
VALOR	COURAGE		WAR
VICTORY			WAR
VOLCANOS			EARTH, FIRE, MOUNTAINS
WAR			CHAOS, DEATH, FORTRESSES, VALOR, VICTORY
WATER		LAKES, OCEANS, RIVERS, RAIN	FISH, NATURE	FIRE
WEALTH			JEWELS, TRADE	SACRIFICE
WEATHER		LIGHTNING, RAIN, RAINBOWS, STORMS, THUNDER, WIND	NATURE, SKY
WIND	WEATHER		SKY
WISDOM			SCHOLARSHIP
WRITING			POETRY, SCHOLARSHIP
YOUTH			BIRTH, CHILDREN, LONGEVITY	DEATH