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15 minutes of new D&D brainstorming, part 3

I'm going to try and hide this from my players, but if you're a player and have opened this, please stop! I'm copying from my previous post to expand upon it.

Nesoi

  • Capital: Nesoi City
    • Patron deity: Nesoi
  • Other cities
    • Achlys
      • Town
      • Sketchy reputation
    • Aether
      • City
      • Known for a lantern festival
    • Chronos
      • City
      • Known for clockwork machinery
    • Erebus
      • Town
      • Sketchy reputation
    • Eros
      • City
      • Local matchmaking festival that all come to
    • Hemera
      • Town
      • Known to be an industrious town
    • Hypnos
      • Town
      • Known as a restful town
    • Nemesis
      • City
      • Where military is trained
    • Nyx
      • Vacation town
      • Known for night life
    • Ourea
      • Town
      • Mountain town
    • Pontus
      • City
      • Sea capital
    • Thanatos
      • City
      • Many come to live their final days here as it's quite beautiful and the death care industry is prominent
      • Where the adventure begins
      • 5 taverns/inns that have an attached care home
      • Death care academy
      • Zoo
    • Ouranós
      • City
      • Scientific capital
  • Ancient Greek influence
  • Gods (drawn from Ancient Greek pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
    • Achlys: The goddess of poisons
    • Aether: The god of light
    • Chronos: The god of time
    • Erebus: The god of darkness and shadow
    • Eros: The god of love and attraction
    • Hemera: The goddess of day
    • Hypnos: The god of sleep
    • Nemesis: The goddess of retribution
    • Nesoi: The goddesses of islands
    • Nyx: The goddess of night
    • Ourea: The gods of mountains
    • Pontus: The god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures
    • Thanatos: The god of death
    • Ouranós: The god of the heavens 
  • Each city or town named for its patron deity
  • Government style
    • Oligarchy
      • Each city has its own council elected by the people in the city
      • Each council elects one of its members to serve at the council in Nesoi that meets twice a year

Isiset

  • Capital: Isiset City
    • Patron deities: Isis and Set
  • Each city or town named for its patron deity/deities
  • Other cities
    • Anubihorus
      • City
      • Patron deities: Anubis and Horus
    • Apepbek
      • City
      • Patron deities: Apep and Sobek
    • Imhotepfertum
      • City
      • Patron deities: Imhotep and Nefertum 
    • Maatbastet
      • City
      • Patron deities: Maat and Bastet
    • Mehet-Weret
      • Town
      • Patron deity: Mehet-Weret
    • Neithnum
      • City
      • Patron deities: Khnum and Neith
    • Nun
      • Town
      • Patron deity: Nun
    • Nut
      • Town
      • Patron deity: Nut
    • Osiris
      • Town
      • Patron deity: Osiris
    • Ptah
      • Town
      • Patron deity: Ptah
    • Ra
      • Town
      • Patron deity: Ra
    • Sekhmethor
      • City
      • Patron deities: Sekhmet and Hathor
    • Thothserket
      • City
      • Patron deities: Thoth and Serket
  • Ancient Egyptian influence
  • Gods (drawn from Ancient Egyptian pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
    • Anubis: The deity of embalming and protector of the dead
    • Apep: God of chaos
    • Bastet: Goddess represented as a cat or lioness, linked with protection from evil
    • Geb: God of earth, father of Isis, Osiris, and Set (in this mythology, he is not Nut's sibling)
    • Hathor: Linked with the sky, the sun, sexuality and motherhood, music and dance, foreign lands and goods, and the afterlife
    • Horus: Linked with the sky, the sun, kingship, protection, and healing
    • Imhotep: God of healing
    • Khnum: A ram god who was said to control the Nile flood and give life to gods and humans
    • Maat: Goddess who personified truth, justice, and order
    • Mehet-Weret: A celestial cow goddess, mother of Neith and Khnum
    • Nefertum: Goddess of perfume and beauty
    • Neith: A creator and hunter goddess, mother of Thoth, Apep, Sobek, and Serket (no father)
    • Nun: God of the primeval waters, father of Neith and Khnum
    • Nut: A sky goddess, mother of Isis, Osiris, and Set
    • Osiris: Fathered Anubis and Horus (in this mythology there is no mother), god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls
    • Ptah:  A creator deity and god of craftsmen, father of Imhotep and Nefertum 
    • Ra: Fathered Maat, Bastet, Hathor, Sekhmet, and Nut (in this mythology there is no mother), sun god
    • Sekhmet: A lioness goddess, both destructive and violent and capable of warding off disease, protector of the pharaohs who led them in war, mother of Imhotep and Nefertum 
    • Serket: A scorpion goddess, invoked for healing and protection
    • Sobek: God of power, fertility, and military prowess
    • Thoth: A moon god, and a god of writing and scribes
  • Government style
    • Theocracy ruled by eldest two siblings of eldest ruler
      • Common misconception is that the royal family marries siblings
      • Unless twins are born and then they are the rulers
Elyemyentüd
  • Little known about it due to its mountain range
  • Not much contact with other nations
  • Capital: Elyemyentüd
  • Other cities
    • Agaar
    • Us
    • Gal
    • Delkhii
  • Gods
    • Agaar: goddess of air
    • Us: goddess of water
    • Gal: god of fire
    • Delkhii: god of earth
  • Mongolian influence
  • Nomadic culture
Papatūānuku and Ranginui
  • Maori influence
  • Monarchy ruled by a married couple equally
    • Rule passed to eldest child and their spouse
  • Gods (drawn from Maori pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
    • Papatūānuku: The Earth Mother
    • Ranginui: The Sky Father
    • Tāne-mahuta: God of forests and birds
    • Tāwhirimātea: God of weather, wind, and lighting
    • Haumia-tiketike: God of uncultivated food
    • Rongomātane: God of cultivated plants
    • Tangaroa: God of sea
    • Tūmatauenga: God of war and hunting
    • Rūaumoko: God of earthquakes
    • Rehua: Star god with the power to heal
  • Not much contact with other nations
Viracocha
  • Matriarchal society
    • Men stay home except when the child is breastfeeding, women go to work
  • Government style
    • Aristocracy
      • Noble class rules
      • 11 ruling families: one that represents each god
  • Captial: Viracocha
  • Other cities:
    • Inti
    • Pacha
    • Cocha
    • Coca
    • Supay
    • Sara
    • lllapa
    • Coyllur
    • Wasikamayuq
    • Apus
  • Incan influence
  • Gods (drawn from Incan pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
    • Viracocha: Creator goddess
    • Inti: God of the sun
    • Pacha Mama: Goddess of the earth
    • Mama Cocha: Goddess of the sea
    • Mama Coca: Goddess of health and happiness
    • Supay: God of the dead
    • Mama Sara: Goddess of food
    • lllapa: God of climate
    • Coyllur: Goddess of the moon and stars
    • Wasikamayuq: God of home
    • Apus: God of the mountains
  • Not much contact with other nations

(Prompt by me)

"Ready to Roll" by Benjamin Esham. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). 


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