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15 minutes of new D&D brainstorming, part 1

I'm going to try and hide this from my players, but if you're a player and have opened this, please stop!

Nesoi

  • Capital: Nesoi City
    • Patron deity: Nesoi
  • Ancient Greek influence
  • Gods (drawn from Ancient Greek pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)=
    • Achlys: The goddess of poisons, and the personification of misery and sadness.
    • Aether: The god of light and the upper atmosphere.
    • Ananke: The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.
    • 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 
  • 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
  • Ancient Egyptian influence
  • Gods (drawn from Ancient Egyptian pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
  • Government style
    • Theocracy ruled by eldest two 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
  • 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
  • Incan influence
  • Gods (drawn from Incan pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
    • Viracocha: Creator goddess
    • Inti: Sun god
    • Pacha Mama: Goddess of the earth
    • Pachacamac: God of tremors
    • Mama Cocha: Goddess of the sea
    • Mama Coca: Goddess of health and happiness
    • Supay: God of the dead
  • Not much contact with other nations

(Prompt by me)

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