T is for Tahrveg, minor god

So many minor, backwater gods. This author could not begin to name them all.

Most are tolerated by all the cults. As all the sanctioned cults acknowledge the other gods, and by all accounts most upstanding citizens will pay respects to them all in due course.

Minor gods are also commonly called the “penny gods." These minor gods may earn a penny saved in their evocation and are, by most religious scholars, nothing more than a peasant's superstition given embodiment in the mind of the evoker. Certain zealots might see this as heresy, but these same peasants are always shown under interrogation to be true to Sigmar and the other gods.

Tahrveg is also known as the The Keen Arrow. Honored by archers of the Empire's armies, Tahrveg is one minor god that may earn an archer court martial. And as most peasants are conscripted, court-martial can mean serious punishment. What act would earn such harsh punishment? A blood sacrifice.

Some archers have been known to cut their last finger or “ring" finger off as a gift to Tahrveg for “true aim." An archer that performs this ritual anytime before battle will earn severe punishment to include flogging or, worse, flogging and referral to the company priests. Such punishments have changed the “worship" of Tahrveg.

Many variations of this new worship exist but the most common is a company of archers will dip their fingers in the urine of the most skilled archer in their midsts before battle. Who's urine does the most skilled archer use? His. Or Hers.

Editor's Notes

Penny Gods, or Petty Gods, are common in TTRPGs and are fun character quirk in a game that includes setting polytheism, but in practice is often monotheistic at the table. 



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  1. Roger BApril 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM

    I haven’t loved the AI art, but this one is definitely the worst by far.

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