God · from book 4
The feral gods
'The gods from before. The immortal beasts who roamed the heavens before the pantheon banished them into the Nothing and created the world. Their banishment has driven them mad.' A closing Gate lets one through on the opening side; other gods hate them, and each has a two-in-three chance of drawing a real god after it. The party's first opening, from the ocean floor to Pandinus, let Geyrun's puppy Orthrus out of the Nothing; fifteen hundred escapes loosed more.
First appears: B4 ch. 9
Family and enemies
By book
Book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
The Gate of the Feral Gods, said to be buried in the Necropolis of Anser (B4 ch. 9, B4 ch. 10); three pocket watches that come together to make it (B4 ch. 12); Juice Box explains the cost — a hole ripped into the Nothing, and an ancient feral god through it when the gate closes (B4 ch. 15); Ghazi turned himself into sand hunting it (B4 ch. 20, B4 ch. 21); Slit, a feral minor demon, comes through (B4 ch. 34).
Book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
Book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
They were angry at Carl for having the Gate, and Prepotente broke a floor anyway (B6 ch. 2); Katia's box for flooding Larracos with it (B6 ch. 19); the Nothing's entrances are one-way, except through the Gate (B6 ch. 32); a feral the size of a bubble, remembered (B6 ch. 41); Orren keeps the Gate until the floor ends (B6 ch. 51); an equaliser, but not enough (B6 ch. 73).
Mentions
| Book | Chapters | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 14/35 | 9–10, 12, 15, 20–21, 23, 26–29, 32–34 |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 4/78 | B5 ch. 1, B5 ch. 3, B5 ch. 58, B5 ch. 69 |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 6/74 | B6 ch. 2, B6 ch. 19, B6 ch. 32, B6 ch. 41, B6 ch. 51, B6 ch. 73 |
Part of the pantheon.