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This article is about an older version of DF.

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 or 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.

Gods and adored megabeasts can grant secrets related to their spheres. In unmodded DF, this means that death gods can teach the secret of life and death to worshipers, turning them into necromancers.

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

As extracted from the string dump, the spheres available are unchanged from 40d; their relationships with each other may also be unchanged.

Available sphere tokens are:

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