Annuna, of Mesopotamia
Asset Skills: Culture, Leadership
Scent of the Divine: Baking clay; a bustling and crowded market
Annua Motif
The decrees of the Annuna are universal, and their pronouncement miraculous.
In ancient Mesopotamia, there were many kinds of prayer, but all were highly structured, weaving praise and laments with entreaties and thanksgiving. Whether written or incanted, these prayers call upon the authority of the god or goddess to whom they are directed, and it is no different for Scions, as they too are part of the heavenly hierarchy. Elevated above mortals, they are empowered to call directly upon the divine Authority of the Annuna, and as they climb that hierarchy may even gain the right to make those pronouncements themselves.
This is particularly true of the machineries of civilization — not bureaucracies per se, which the Annuna do not trust, but in the reciprocity of power, privilege, and duty, the interaction of superior and inferior. All authority, after all, ultimately derives from the divine Authority of the Annuna, allowing their Scions to seize it for themselves as though they were born to it (which they were).
Annua Signature Purview: Suila
Suila Innate PowerWhen speaking or issuing instructions from a position of authority (which need not be official or even acknowledged by the Scion), Trivial characters cannot offer offense or leave without being given permission to do so, nor can their Attitude go negative within your presence. In addition, when giving an order to an underling (someone who acknowledges the divine Authority of the Scion), the underling gains that Order as a Short-Term Deed, and +1 Enhancement towards carrying out that order. The Scion will know when the order has been carried out.**
Annuna, of Mesopotamia
Authority vs. Benefice
They offer Benefice because they have decided that it is right to do so. They do not seek to lift up those beneath them, for nothing will elevate humans to the level of the Annuna. The closer one is to Anu, the more Authority one has, and that Authority is always absolute, and from this absolutist structure of Authority arises harmony, or at least, the Annuna conception of it.
Annua, the gods of Mesopotamia
ENKI
ENKI
LORD OF THE PRIMORDIAL WATERS, KEEPER OF THE ME
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Aliases: Ea, Enkig, Nudimmud, Nissiku; 40
Callings: Creator, Lover, Trickster
Purviews: Artistry (Pottery, Sculpture), Beasts (Fish, Goat, Turtle), Fertility, Forge, Fortune, Prosperity, Stars, Water
ENLIL
ENLIL
THE LORD OF WIND AND DESTINIES, DECREER OF FATES
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Aliases: Ellil, Illinos, Nunamnir; 50
Callings: Creator, Judge, Leader, Shepherd
Purviews: Deception, Forge, Fortune, Order, Passion (Benevolence, Wrath), Prosperity, Sky, Stars, Magic
ERESHKIGAL
ERESHKIGAL
LADY OF THE GREAT EARTH, QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD
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Aliases: Erec-ki-galla, Irkalla
Callings: Liminal, Lover, Tyrant
Purviews: Beasts (Birds), Darkness, Death, Earth, Epic Stamina, Fertility, Health
ISHTAR
ISHTAR
QUEEN OF HEAVEN, GODDESS OF LOVE AND WAR
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Aliases: Ashtar, Ashtart (Canaanite), Astarte (Greek), Eshtar, Inana, Inanna; 15
Callings: Lover, Trickster, Warrior
Purviews: Beasts (Lion), Beauty, Epic Dexterity, Epic Strength, Fertility, Passion (Anger, Love, Lust), War
MARDUK
MARDUK
KING OF THE GODS, THE LORD OF LORDS
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Aliases: Mardochaios, Marodak, Martuk, Merodach, Merodak
Callings: Leader, Sage, Warrior
Purviews: Beasts (Dragon, Snake), Epic Dexterity, Epic Strength, Fire, Order, Sky
NANSHE
NANSHE
PROTECTOR OF ORPHANS, GODDESS OF PROPHECY AND FISHING
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Aliases: Nance
Callings: Guardian, Healer, Judge
Purviews: Artistry (Music), Beasts (Birds, Fish), Darkness, Health, Order, Prosperity, Water
NERGAL
NERGAL
THE LORD OF KILLING AND PLAGUE, COMMANDER OF DEMONS
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Aliases: Erra, Nerigal
Callings: Destroyer, Liminal, Warrior, Outsider
Purviews: Beasts (Bull, Lion), Chaos, Death, Epic Stamina, Epic Strength, Fire, Health, Passion (Wrath), Sun, War
NINHURSAG
NINHURSAG
LADY OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN, THE MOTHER OF MANKIND
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Aliases: Aruru, Belet-ili, Beletili, Dingirmah, Mami, Ninhursanga, Ninmah, Nintu, Nintud, Nintur,
Callings: Creator, Guardian, Healer, Shepherd
Purviews: Earth, Epic Stamina, Fertility, Forge, Health
NINLIL
NINLIL
QUEEN-MOTHER OF THE GODS, FOREMOST OF THE LADIES
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Aliases: Mulitta, Mulliltu, Mullissu, Mylitta
Callings: Leader, Lover, Sage
Purviews: Beauty, Epic Stamina, Fortune, Health, Order, Passion (Terror, Wisdom), Sky, Magic
NINURTA
NINURTA
CHAMPION OF THE GODS, GOD OF HEALING AND BATTLE
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Aliases: Ningirsu, Nisroch
Callings: Healer, Hunter, Warrior
Purviews: Beasts (Bird, Lion, Scorpion), Epic Dexterity, Epic Strength, Health, Order, War
SHAMASH
SHAMASH
THE ALL-SEEING, GOD OF THE SUN, TRUTH AND JUSTICE
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Aliases: Shamshi, Shamshu, Utu; 20
Callings: Liminal, Judge, Sage, Shepherd, Psychopomp
Purviews: Artistry (Writing), Death, Fertility, Journeys, Order, Sun
SIN
SIN
LORD OF WISDOM, GOD OF THE MOON
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Aliases: Dilimbabbar, Nanna, Su’en, Suen; 30
Callings: Guardian, Judge, Sage, Shepherd
Purviews: Beasts (Cattle), Fertility, Fortune, Journeys, Moon, Order, Prosperity, Magic
TAMMUZ
TAMMUZ
THE DYING GOD, SACRED HUSBAND AND SHEPHERD, LORD OF THE SEASONS
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Aliases: Ama-ushumgal-ana, Damu, Dumuzi, Dumuzid
Callings: Healer, Liminal, Lover
Purviews: Artistry (Food), Beasts (Livestock), Darkness, Death, Epic Stamina, Fertility, Health, Passion (Exhaustion, Fear, Grief, Hope),
TITAN
TIAMAT
TIAMAT
Aliases: Namma, Nammu, Thalatta (Greek)
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Purview: Water
Virtues: Authority, Fecundity
IMDUGUD
IMDUGUD
Aliases: Anzu, Zu
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Purview: Sky
Virtues: Dominance, Rapacity
ASSUR
ASSUR
Aliases: Ashur
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Purview: War
Virtues: Fecundity, Submission
LUGALDUKUGA
LUGALDUKUGA
THE FORGOTTEN FATHER
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Callings: Judge, Primeval, Liminal
Purviews: Earth, Epic Stamina, Epic Strength,
Fertility, Journeys, Passion (Love, Lust), Wild
NAMMU
NAMMU
THE FORGOTTEN MOTHER
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Aliases: Namma; The Mother of Waters; She Who Birthed All; Mother of Magic
Callings: Creator, Liminal, Primeval
Purviews: Beauty, Chaos, Epic Dexterity, Fertility, Magic, Moon, Water
SEBITTI
SEBITTI
THE SEVEN DISREGARDED SONS
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Aliases: Sebittu; The Brothers in War; At the Feet of Ninurta
Callings: Adversary, Guardian, Monster
Purviews: Beasts (Dogs, Foxes, Owls, Ravens, Sharks, Spiders, and Vultures), Deception, Fortune, War, Wild
PRIMORDIALS
ANU
ANU
FATHER OF THE GODS, WHO CONTAINS THE WORLD
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Aliases: An, Anum; 60
Callings: Creator, Leader, Primeval
Purviews: Beasts (Bull), Fortune, Order, Sky, Stars