With part 2 of the Plainswalker out we get a lot of other Therosian gods thought it might be an idea to speculate as to their colours
Keranos, god of storms I would say U/W or R/W, given that one of the Red white legendary heroes worships Keranos, but there seems to be a stronger Candidate for R/W ETA U/R makes the most sense
Ephara Gave magic to humans, U/R maybe? Keranos is a better fit, but Ephara is similar to Prometheus which is why I was thinking R
Iroas This could be R/W given that again the R/W legendary Hero worshipped him, G/R is also a possibility.
Mogis Warrior god Twin of Iroas but has more to do with pain and death has to be B/R
Karametra who we met before is both god of Orphans and Agriculture strange I wonder if there was a screw up in one of these guides G/W is all that makes sense to me.
Pharika mentioned linked with Erebos and either remembrance of someone dead or sparing grief and pain. B/U? B/W?
Keranos: UR. God of storms, gives gifts of creative visions, has a violent temper. All of this seems pretty consistent with an Izzet personality.
Ephara: U-something, since they're associated with magic. They helped overthrow an Archon, so probably not white.
Iroas: RW. From context, probably a god of war, and he seems to have a lot of ceremony in his name.
Mogis: BR. Pretty obvious, what with the madness and the cannibalism. If true, it means Minotaurs might be a BR tribe in this block, which would explain the Zombie Minotaurs in M14.
Karametra: GW. Also obvious. God of the hearth, agriculture, and orphans, focused on family and community and civilization living in harmony with nature.
Pharika: B-something. Only mentioned in association with death and/or old age.
Keranos: UR. God of storms, gives gifts of creative visions, has a violent temper. All of this seems pretty consistent with an Izzet personality.
Ephara: U-something, since they're associated with magic. They helped overthrow an Archon, so probably not white.
Iroas: RW. From context, probably a god of war, and he seems to have a lot of ceremony in his name.
Mogis: BR. Pretty obvious, what with the madness and the cannibalism. If true, it means Minotaurs might be a BR tribe in this block, which would explain the Zombie Minotaurs in M14.
Karametra: GW. Also obvious. God of the hearth, agriculture, and orphans, focused on family and community and civilization living in harmony with nature.
Pharika: B-something. Only mentioned in association with death and/or old age.
I can't lie, I hope that Epharas is the GU god. Mainly because I like the "Prometheus"-esc flavor there (I know, I probably am just fishing here). And my favorite color combination is GU Though probably isn't.
I do like how the pantheon is just that and the fact that it is filling in nicely.
But honestly I have to agree with you 100% on these predictions, those are the only way I can possibly see these gods lining up.
Pharika I believe will be UB, mainly due to the fact of the old age portion of it. I know that aging can fit well enough in B alone, but with U usually representing temporal magics, it isn't too hard to believe that a god of old age and dying could fall into UB vs any of the other colors.
Old age could also refer to part of Erebos's portfolio, the sentence in the guide is worded fairly ambiguously. I could see a WB god as the "weaver of fate" orchestrating mortal lives and calling them to Erebos when their time has come.
Edit: Iroas and Mogis are referred to as the "Twins of War," with Iroas associated with honor and Mogis associated with fear. Definitely RW and BR.
Okay so colour combos we don't have are B/GB/U (possibly or B/W) U/GU/W though the soldiers in Melitis seem to have U/W flavouring with Justice which is why I'm now leaning Ephara as U/W given that her worshippers seemed to found the city.
R/G People are convinced that Lanathos has to have G because it's the only colour not represented, but he's Akroan through and through so I'm not sure how he fits.
So far it seems like the gods are roughly matching up to the Classic pantheon. My guess is that we'll see 15 gods, the five mono-colored ones we have so far and one for each color combination. It plays nicely with Ravnica, and it's something players are going to want to see.
W: Heliod = Apollo. Gods of the sun, light, and healing.
U: Thassa = Poseidon. Fickle gods of the sea.
B: Erebos = Hades. Gods of death, the earth, and wealth. One of the closest correspondences so far.
R: Purpohos = Hephaestus. Gods of the forge, fire, and creativity. Cyclopes were associated with Hephaestus as his assistants, I wonder if we'll see the same thing in Theros?
G: Nylea = Artemis. Hard-to-please gods of the wilderness and the hunt served by nymphs. This one is almost a perfect correspondence.
Beyond these five it's a bit speculative. The little tidbits the Planeswalker's Guides have given us lead me to some conclusions, but of course I can't really say much for sure.
WU or RW: Iroas = Athena. Gods of tactical warfare, civilization, and knowledge. Athena herself was extremely W/U, but considering how she was the patron of Athens (duh), but it's the Sparta-expy that worships Iroas, I'm not certain on the color pair. If Iroas is R/W I imagine the knowledge part might be swapped out for something else.
BR: Mogis = Ares. Gods of violent warfare, bloodlust, and destruction. Pretty clear-cut. I like that they're making him flat-out villainous, which is more or less how he was seen by the Ancient Greeks. They more worshipped against him to keep him away then anything. I love the idea that soldiers have to be specially trained to not allow him to take control of them during battle.
GW: Karametra = A fusion of Hestia and Hera. Gods of the hearth, home, agriculture, and children. Also pretty clear-cut. It makes sense that they'd combine these two, since they're both very domestic gods. I like that they're still giving Karametra a very prominent place in the pantheon, since Hestia was seen as the most important of all the gods. Whenever there would be a sacrifice, the first part was always given to her.
BG: Pharika = Persephone? Guesswork here, but Persephone was the "Iron Queen of the Dead" who oversaw the transition from life to death and back again. She and Hades were the co-rulers of the Underworld in Greek myth, and right now the only information we have on Pharika is that she's prayed to alongside Erebos. It might fit.
UR: Pharika = Zeus ... kind of? They're both gods of storms with fickle tempers. Zeus wasn't known for giving people creative visions, though. If anything, I would have put Hephaestus in this color combination. (Shrug)
Ephara [EDIT: Woops, I meant Keranos] = ?? We have almost no information on Ephara other except that they played a role in freeing Meletis by giving magical power to its citizens. That's not really enough to say much about possible colors or inspiration. I'd say there might be a connection to Prometheus, but it doesn't feel quite right.
Beyond *this* point, I can only guess on what gods might fit into the remaining color pairs and Greek gods.
UB: I fully expect to see some kind of trickster god like Hermes in this slot. In fact, I'd be shocked if we didn't.
RG: Probably a Dionysian god. We have satyrs in those colors, and they were often his attendants. It's such a good match in flavor, too.
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Yeah I think we're going to see some amount of this where things don't quite match up just because of the nature of mtg. The gods of Theros are going to primarily represent their colors, and if they can find a historical Greek god that matches up well in personality and/or domain, then they will use it. Luckily there are a lot that are close matches (as these lists show). But if there isn't one that matches very well, then they just have to kind of make it up, or pick something that's kind of close and only use certain bits of it.
R/G People are convinced that Lanathos has to have G because it's the only colour not represented, but he's Akroan through and through so I'm not sure how he fits.
Booster packaging doesn't always have a balance of colors. Look at M14, there are two monowhite cards on its booster art.
Keranos: UR. God of storms, gives gifts of creative visions, has a violent temper. All of this seems pretty consistent with an Izzet personality.
Ephara: U-something, since they're associated with magic. They helped overthrow an Archon, so probably not white.
Iroas: RW. From context, probably a god of war, and he seems to have a lot of ceremony in his name.
Mogis: BR. Pretty obvious, what with the madness and the cannibalism. If true, it means Minotaurs might be a BR tribe in this block, which would explain the Zombie Minotaurs in M14.
Karametra: GW. Also obvious. God of the hearth, agriculture, and orphans, focused on family and community and civilization living in harmony with nature.
Pharika: B-something. Only mentioned in association with death and/or old age.
This is what I was going to say almost exactly. Yes I believe Iroas is the god of war and I always suspected he will be Red/White. No other color combo can be more god of war than this.
Ephara. Gave magic to humans, promotes free thought. (WU) or (UG)
Iroas. Justified Warfare and Discipline. (WR)
Karametra. Agriculture and Harmony. (WG)
Pharika. Peaceful Death, Aging, Decay. (BG)
I think, despite the greek pantheon clear influence, many things are changed here. For example, Zeus is 'divided' in Heliod and Keranos. Heliod is part Apollo, part Zeus.
UB: I fully expect to see some kind of trickster god like Hermes in this slot. In fact, I'd be shocked if we didn't.
RG: Probably a Dionysian god. We have satyrs in those colors, and they were often his attendants. It's such a good match in flavor, too.
(UB) I agree we can expect a trickster god here, but I think he will have domain over illusions and forbidden c'thonic magic.
(RG) Yes! The satyr already hints in Dyonisian in this color pair. But I also think this will be a god of love as well, mixing up him and Aphrodite.
So far we have all the Olympians covered. One could argue they would let the cycle unfinished but, the same way they expanded the major gods to 5 (instead of 3) to fit mtg 5-colors they could do it with the 'minor' deities.
(WB) Vengeance or Punishment. Could be someone like Nemesis or some that represents the furies that punish evil doers in the after life (or both).
(WU) Reason, Logic. Could also be a god of architecture and engineering. Contrasts with Purphoros as someone who value practical, pragmatic and effective creations instead of purely artistic and out of impulse ones. This would make Ephara the one who brought magic to men a UG deity.
(UG) Arts and Poetry. Part of Apollo was not used. Could be someone who value arts, the thought process and contemplation of nature. This would make Ephara the one who brought magic to men a WU deity.
At this point I believe one of those two themes are for a unknown deity and Ephara will absorb the other ones. I think poetry and arts fits better on the god that brought magic to humans, so there's a unknown WU god of engineering, architecture, math and logic. This is my bet.
I like your ideas on the WU and UG gods, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that's exactly how they shook out. Hmm ... you know, I hadn't given much thought to the WB god, but what about Hecate?
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Hmm ... you know, I hadn't given much thought to the WB god, but what about Hecate?
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I could see it. I could equally see directly swapping it with the B/G one. They both seem like they could fit either color combination well enough.
They may not show up in Theros but possibly in the other sets. Or maybe not as god creatures but we might see them referenced in enchantments or spells this set.
I think the other gods will appear, however if the gods are following Thassa's mold, I don't think they will be two coloured. I think it would be too confusing to have devotion to two colours, but I could be wrong.
I think the other gods will appear, however if the gods are following Thassa's mold, I don't think they will be two coloured. I think it would be too confusing to have devotion to two colours, but I could be wrong.
Maybe but, It could be something like Keranos 1RR if your devotion to U is less than 4 Keranos isn't a creature.
They clearly won't be as powerful as the main 5 or if they are they are much harder to cast. Like in Greco/Roman mythology The main 5 are Analogs to the Zeus/Poseidon/Hades trio and the other 10 being lesser gods
More than five gods have already been named. Besides the five major gods, there are the other ones being discussed in this thread, mentioned in the second part of the Planeswalker's Guide to Theros. Whether they will have cards like the major gods is unknown, but there are definitely more than five gods as characters in the setting.
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Not every god has to be a direct analog to a member of the real-life classical Greek pantheon. They'll certainly pay homage to the same sorts of personalities and portfolios but not necessarily in the same combinations. Nylea, for example, has aspects of both Artemis and Demeter, with Karametra borrowing from Demeter and Hestia.
I think for Theros we'll only see the 5 monocolor, with 5 more in Born of the Gods and Journey Into Nyx each.
It'd be a bit hard to swing Devotion on multicolor gods, and these other gods all seem more involved with the affairs of mortals (Karametra having troops basically, etc.), so a new mechanic and story arc might go hand in hand with them.
Krond and Vela might show up in "Born of the Gods"---they kind of fit the bill for godlike mortals. Or, they were just a 'test run'/'early draft' for Theros.
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I think for Theros we'll only see the 5 monocolor, with 5 more in Born of the Gods and Journey Into Nyx each.
It'd be a bit hard to swing Devotion on multicolor gods, and these other gods all seem more involved with the affairs of mortals (Karametra having troops basically, etc.), so a new mechanic and story arc might go hand in hand with them.
Krond and Vela might show up in "Born of the Gods"---they kind of fit the bill for godlike mortals. Or, they were just a 'test run'/'early draft' for Theros.
One route would be to "evolve" the Devotion mechanic through the block with "devotion to white and/or blue" or something similar. Plays well with RTR too, of course.
Krond and Vela may have been creative influences on Theros; I'm not sure about the timing, they could have been designed when they were still fleshing out the Theros style guide.
I laid out my plan. We would have fifteen gods. Five monocolored gods that would be the major gods and ten two-colored gods that would serve as the minor gods. The colors would help give each god an identity that would tie the pantheon of gods to Magic. The design team loved the idea so I took it to the creative team. Brady gave me the thumbs up and we were good to go.
For those now wondering, the five major gods are in Theros. The ten minor gods will show up in Born of the Gods and Journey Into Nyx.
so the other 10 will show up as dual colours be interesting to see how they play
So Iroas is REdWHitE as the god of victory... only red and white cards have him. want him for my deck
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yeah. Xenagos became the red green god. Athenos is black white. pharika is black green.
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Thassa =
Erebos =
Purphoros =
Nylea =
those are the major gods, as for the minors:
Athreos = the divine ferryman (hence the b/w returned from the underworld)
Ephara = Guardian of the Polis and god of protection
Iroas = honor and victory in war, worshiped in Akroan
Karametra = Patron of the harvest, children, etc. and of setessa
Keranos = god of storms and visions
Mogis = god of slaughter, etc. takes the form of a giant minotaur
Pharika = apparently growth and decay, associated with both old age and healing
Phenax = god of deceit and of the returned, who escape the underworld by his path
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With part 2 of the Plainswalker out we get a lot of other Therosian gods thought it might be an idea to speculate as to their colours
Keranos, god of storms I would say U/W or R/W, given that one of the Red white legendary heroes worships Keranos, but there seems to be a stronger Candidate for R/W ETA U/R makes the most sense
Ephara Gave magic to humans, U/R maybe? Keranos is a better fit, but Ephara is similar to Prometheus which is why I was thinking R
Iroas This could be R/W given that again the R/W legendary Hero worshipped him, G/R is also a possibility.
Mogis Warrior god Twin of Iroas but has more to do with pain and death has to be B/R
Karametra who we met before is both god of Orphans and Agriculture strange I wonder if there was a screw up in one of these guides G/W is all that makes sense to me.
Pharika mentioned linked with Erebos and either remembrance of someone dead or sparing grief and pain. B/U? B/W?
Did i miss any any other thoughts?
Keranos: UR. God of storms, gives gifts of creative visions, has a violent temper. All of this seems pretty consistent with an Izzet personality.
Ephara: U-something, since they're associated with magic. They helped overthrow an Archon, so probably not white.
Iroas: RW. From context, probably a god of war, and he seems to have a lot of ceremony in his name.
Mogis: BR. Pretty obvious, what with the madness and the cannibalism. If true, it means Minotaurs might be a BR tribe in this block, which would explain the Zombie Minotaurs in M14.
Karametra: GW. Also obvious. God of the hearth, agriculture, and orphans, focused on family and community and civilization living in harmony with nature.
Pharika: B-something. Only mentioned in association with death and/or old age.
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I can't lie, I hope that Epharas is the GU god. Mainly because I like the "Prometheus"-esc flavor there (I know, I probably am just fishing here). And my favorite color combination is GU Though probably isn't.
I do like how the pantheon is just that and the fact that it is filling in nicely.
But honestly I have to agree with you 100% on these predictions, those are the only way I can possibly see these gods lining up.
Pharika I believe will be UB, mainly due to the fact of the old age portion of it. I know that aging can fit well enough in B alone, but with U usually representing temporal magics, it isn't too hard to believe that a god of old age and dying could fall into UB vs any of the other colors.
Edit: Iroas and Mogis are referred to as the "Twins of War," with Iroas associated with honor and Mogis associated with fear. Definitely RW and BR.
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I must have been focused on what Ephara could be
Okay so colour combos we don't have are B/G B/U (possibly or B/W)
U/G U/W though the soldiers in Melitis seem to have U/W flavouring with Justice which is why I'm now leaning Ephara as U/W given that her worshippers seemed to found the city.
R/G People are convinced that Lanathos has to have G because it's the only colour not represented, but he's Akroan through and through so I'm not sure how he fits.
W: Heliod = Apollo. Gods of the sun, light, and healing.
U: Thassa = Poseidon. Fickle gods of the sea.
B: Erebos = Hades. Gods of death, the earth, and wealth. One of the closest correspondences so far.
R: Purpohos = Hephaestus. Gods of the forge, fire, and creativity. Cyclopes were associated with Hephaestus as his assistants, I wonder if we'll see the same thing in Theros?
G: Nylea = Artemis. Hard-to-please gods of the wilderness and the hunt served by nymphs. This one is almost a perfect correspondence.
Beyond these five it's a bit speculative. The little tidbits the Planeswalker's Guides have given us lead me to some conclusions, but of course I can't really say much for sure.
WU or RW: Iroas = Athena. Gods of tactical warfare, civilization, and knowledge. Athena herself was extremely W/U, but considering how she was the patron of Athens (duh), but it's the Sparta-expy that worships Iroas, I'm not certain on the color pair. If Iroas is R/W I imagine the knowledge part might be swapped out for something else.
BR: Mogis = Ares. Gods of violent warfare, bloodlust, and destruction. Pretty clear-cut. I like that they're making him flat-out villainous, which is more or less how he was seen by the Ancient Greeks. They more worshipped against him to keep him away then anything. I love the idea that soldiers have to be specially trained to not allow him to take control of them during battle.
GW: Karametra = A fusion of Hestia and Hera. Gods of the hearth, home, agriculture, and children. Also pretty clear-cut. It makes sense that they'd combine these two, since they're both very domestic gods. I like that they're still giving Karametra a very prominent place in the pantheon, since Hestia was seen as the most important of all the gods. Whenever there would be a sacrifice, the first part was always given to her.
BG: Pharika = Persephone? Guesswork here, but Persephone was the "Iron Queen of the Dead" who oversaw the transition from life to death and back again. She and Hades were the co-rulers of the Underworld in Greek myth, and right now the only information we have on Pharika is that she's prayed to alongside Erebos. It might fit.
UR: Pharika = Zeus ... kind of? They're both gods of storms with fickle tempers. Zeus wasn't known for giving people creative visions, though. If anything, I would have put Hephaestus in this color combination. (Shrug)
Ephara [EDIT: Woops, I meant Keranos] = ?? We have almost no information on Ephara other except that they played a role in freeing Meletis by giving magical power to its citizens. That's not really enough to say much about possible colors or inspiration. I'd say there might be a connection to Prometheus, but it doesn't feel quite right.
Beyond *this* point, I can only guess on what gods might fit into the remaining color pairs and Greek gods.
UB: I fully expect to see some kind of trickster god like Hermes in this slot. In fact, I'd be shocked if we didn't.
RG: Probably a Dionysian god. We have satyrs in those colors, and they were often his attendants. It's such a good match in flavor, too.
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Yeah I think we're going to see some amount of this where things don't quite match up just because of the nature of mtg. The gods of Theros are going to primarily represent their colors, and if they can find a historical Greek god that matches up well in personality and/or domain, then they will use it. Luckily there are a lot that are close matches (as these lists show). But if there isn't one that matches very well, then they just have to kind of make it up, or pick something that's kind of close and only use certain bits of it.
Booster packaging doesn't always have a balance of colors. Look at M14, there are two monowhite cards on its booster art.
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This is what I was going to say almost exactly. Yes I believe Iroas is the god of war and I always suspected he will be Red/White. No other color combo can be more god of war than this.
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Keranos. Storms and Creativity. (UR)
Ephara. Gave magic to humans, promotes free thought. (WU) or (UG)
Iroas. Justified Warfare and Discipline. (WR)
Karametra. Agriculture and Harmony. (WG)
Pharika. Peaceful Death, Aging, Decay. (BG)
I think, despite the greek pantheon clear influence, many things are changed here. For example, Zeus is 'divided' in Heliod and Keranos. Heliod is part Apollo, part Zeus.
(UB) I agree we can expect a trickster god here, but I think he will have domain over illusions and forbidden c'thonic magic.
(RG) Yes! The satyr already hints in Dyonisian in this color pair. But I also think this will be a god of love as well, mixing up him and Aphrodite.
So far we have all the Olympians covered. One could argue they would let the cycle unfinished but, the same way they expanded the major gods to 5 (instead of 3) to fit mtg 5-colors they could do it with the 'minor' deities.
(WB) Vengeance or Punishment. Could be someone like Nemesis or some that represents the furies that punish evil doers in the after life (or both).
(WU) Reason, Logic. Could also be a god of architecture and engineering. Contrasts with Purphoros as someone who value practical, pragmatic and effective creations instead of purely artistic and out of impulse ones. This would make Ephara the one who brought magic to men a UG deity.
(UG) Arts and Poetry. Part of Apollo was not used. Could be someone who value arts, the thought process and contemplation of nature. This would make Ephara the one who brought magic to men a WU deity.
At this point I believe one of those two themes are for a unknown deity and Ephara will absorb the other ones. I think poetry and arts fits better on the god that brought magic to humans, so there's a unknown WU god of engineering, architecture, math and logic. This is my bet.
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I could see it. I could equally see directly swapping it with the B/G one. They both seem like they could fit either color combination well enough.
Neither of them are enchantment creatures.
They may not show up in Theros but possibly in the other sets. Or maybe not as god creatures but we might see them referenced in enchantments or spells this set.
Maybe but, It could be something like Keranos 1RR if your devotion to U is less than 4 Keranos isn't a creature.
They clearly won't be as powerful as the main 5 or if they are they are much harder to cast. Like in Greco/Roman mythology The main 5 are Analogs to the Zeus/Poseidon/Hades trio and the other 10 being lesser gods
More than five gods have already been named. Besides the five major gods, there are the other ones being discussed in this thread, mentioned in the second part of the Planeswalker's Guide to Theros. Whether they will have cards like the major gods is unknown, but there are definitely more than five gods as characters in the setting.
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Not every god has to be a direct analog to a member of the real-life classical Greek pantheon. They'll certainly pay homage to the same sorts of personalities and portfolios but not necessarily in the same combinations. Nylea, for example, has aspects of both Artemis and Demeter, with Karametra borrowing from Demeter and Hestia.
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It'd be a bit hard to swing Devotion on multicolor gods, and these other gods all seem more involved with the affairs of mortals (Karametra having troops basically, etc.), so a new mechanic and story arc might go hand in hand with them.
Krond and Vela might show up in "Born of the Gods"---they kind of fit the bill for godlike mortals. Or, they were just a 'test run'/'early draft' for Theros.
One route would be to "evolve" the Devotion mechanic through the block with "devotion to white and/or blue" or something similar. Plays well with RTR too, of course.
Krond and Vela may have been creative influences on Theros; I'm not sure about the timing, they could have been designed when they were still fleshing out the Theros style guide.
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so the other 10 will show up as dual colours be interesting to see how they play
Mogis isREdBlaCk as seen by the spoiler
yeah. Xenagos became the red green god. Athenos is black white. pharika is black green.
Pharika BG
Keranos UR
Kruphix UG
Iroas RW
Athreos WB
Thassa =
Erebos =
Purphoros =
Nylea =
those are the major gods, as for the minors:
Athreos = the divine ferryman (hence the b/w returned from the underworld)
Ephara = Guardian of the Polis and god of protection
Iroas = honor and victory in war, worshiped in Akroan
Karametra = Patron of the harvest, children, etc. and of setessa
Keranos = god of storms and visions
Mogis = god of slaughter, etc. takes the form of a giant minotaur
Pharika = apparently growth and decay, associated with both old age and healing
Phenax = god of deceit and of the returned, who escape the underworld by his path
and the new guy is a planeswalker/god, Xenagos, god of revels =