The 7 gods of death

**1. Dikaiothanatos - God of Justified Death**

Name Origin: dikaios (Greek: “just, righteous”), thanatos (Greek: “death”)

Domain: justice, vengeance, sanctioned killing
Aspect of Death: deaths that restore balance—lawful executions, righteous duels, vengeance against the wicked
Personality: stern, impartial, incorruptible
Role in the Pantheon: arbiter and mediator, disliked by gods of chaos or needless slaughter

Symbols: Balance scales cracked in the center; a sword with a white ribbon; a black-and-gold tribunal mask.
Sacred Animal: The white falcon (symbol of swift, righteous judgment).

Notes: This is the god who saves Agatha.

2. Hēsychia - Goddess of Peaceful Death

Name Origin: hēsychia (Greek: “stillness, tranquility”)

Symbols: A silver lantern; a sprig of olive; a closed eyelid carved in stone.
Sacred Animal: The nightingale (its soft song accompanying the dying).

Domain: natural endings, old age, quiet acceptance
Aspect of Death: gentle passing, release from suffering, final sleep
Personality: serene, comforting, maternal or sage-like
Cult: Hospices, healers who assist the dying, monks who chant funerary rites

3. Athanokratos - God of Violent / Chaotic Death

Name Origin: athanatos (“deathless, immortal” or—twisted here—“unyielding death”), kratos (Greek: “power, force”)

Symbols: A broken helm; serrated weapons; a storm-sigil.
Sacred Animal: The blood raven.

Domain: war, murder, catastrophe
Aspect of Death: sudden, senseless, terrifying deaths outside anyone’s control
Personality: wild, unpredictable, sometimes gleeful or indifferent
Cult: berserkers, assassins, disaster-worshipping cults

4. Moirael - Goddess of Fated Death

Name Origin: moira (Greek: “fate, allotted share”), ending -el to give a mythic, divine resonance

Symbols: Thread and shears; a circular calendar; an hourglass with black sand.
Sacred Animal: The spider (spinner of destinies).

Domain: destiny, prophecy, inevitability
Aspect of Death: the deaths that “must” happen according to cosmic plan
Personality: cryptic, patient, neutral—neither cruel nor kind
Cult: oracles, astrologers, chroniclers who record the fates of great heroes

5. Sacrifex - God of Sacrificial / Noble Death

Name Origin: sacrificium (Latin: “sacrifice”), -fex (Latin: maker, doer) → “he who makes holy offerings”

Symbols: A burning heart; a blade wrapped in laurel; a chalice that overflows upward.
Sacred Animal: The stag (icon of noble offering).

Domain: martyrdom, self-offering, necessary loss
Aspect of Death: self-chosen death for a cause—ritual offerings, heroic sacrifices
Personality: noble, solemn, inspiring
Cult: warriors who pledge their lives to protect others; sacred ritualists

6. Necría - Goddess of Undeath and Lingering Souls

Name Origin: nekros (Greek: “corpse”), softened into Necría to sound divine and feminine

Symbols: A hollow crown; a veil of shadows; an open grave that emits light.
Sacred Animal: The moth (drawn to the realm between life and death).

Domain: necromancy, lingering souls, broken mortality
Aspect of Death: deaths that fail to “complete”—ghosts, liches, revenants
Personality: mournful or possessive; obsessed with keeping souls from moving on
Conflict: natural enemy of the Peaceful Death deity

7. Lethebron - God of Forgotten Death / Oblivion

Name Origin: Lethe (Greek: the river of forgetfulness), bron (sounds like brontē, Greek “murmur/rumble”, but also evokes “shade/born”)

Symbols: A blank mask; erased inscriptions; a candle that gives no light.
Sacred Animal: The blind cave fish.

Domain: oblivion, erasure, lost souls
Aspect of Death: deaths with no witnesses—unmarked graves, vanished people, erased histories
Personality: cold, quiet, detached
Visual motif: masks, empty pages, dust
Cult: secretive archivists, archaeologists, memory-keepers who fear oblivion

Pantheon Dynamic

The Justified Death god may clash with the Violent Death god over the nature of killing.
The Peaceful Death goddess and Undeath goddess could be ancient rivals, they compete for the souls, release vs. clinging.
The Fated Death goddess might outrank the others—fate binds every death, even divine ones.
The Forgotten Death god could be feared by mortals and gods alike because oblivion is the most absolute form of death.
The Sacrifical death acts as a bridge between mortal will and divine necessity.