P is for Phakth, god of Sky and Justice

From a letter written by Heineman Weber to his friend, Hellenbrecht Dorfbacher, and presented at their trials for heresy.

    The gods of the Old World, and speaking strictly from a scholarly position, have many aspects. There are some heretics that believe there are only the gods and all other gods, be they Elven, Dwarven, Human, or other, are the same gods. These heretics point to the Nehekhara gods described in the ruins of found littered throughout the "Border Princes."

    Phakth is one of several Nehekhara gods that lets these heresies find root in the Empire. Described by scholars that read the dead language say that Verena, the goddess of Learning, Knowledge, and Justice, and through the Azyr, the blue wind of majick of the Astromancers, is an aspect of the wind itself. Heresy indeed, and written strictly to you as commentary on these heresies. To say that the gods themselves are simply expressions of the Winds of Magic is a sign of corruption in the Universities.

    If one were look at the expression of Phakth in the ruins, one would see that the wife of Morr, Verena, could not be the same. Phakth is a tall, muscular man with a hawk's head, even shown to be a hawk with golden eyes. Verena identifies with an owl and is a statuesque woman with golden scales. 

    We see the truth of the gods and their relationships and ignore the heretics.

Editor's Note

The subtext of much of the Old World lore is indeed that the gods of the Old World are expressions of the Winds of Magic. But to declare this with conviction is to openly identify as a heretic or insane. One will earn a trial and a pyre, the other will leave you a beggar.