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Player > Setting > Deities > Eloritu
Starfinder Core Rulebook p.485
N god of history, magic, secrets
Centers of Worship: Aucturn, Castrovel, Eox, Idari
Symbol: A glowing ring of magic runes
Eloritu is a mysterious deity who has been worshiped
on a variety of worlds for millennia. When the species
of the Pact Worlds first ventured into space, Eloritu’s worship
was already well-established, with early explorers encountering
his faith simultaneously in several different unconnected
cultures. Eloritu’s church teaches that he hails from a place
called Gemmenad, but whether that is a planet, a star system,
or some extraplanar realm in the Great Beyond is unknown.
Some believe that since the Gap and the fate of Golarion rank
among the greatest secrets of the universe, Eloritu must have
had something to do with both, but if so, that is just one more
secret that the god keeps carefully hidden.
Eloritu teaches that while science and technology can do
wondrous things, they are constrained by the laws of physics.
Only magic can supersede those restraints, and those who
employ magic to bend and exploit the natural laws of the
universe possess a power that others can only dream of. This
does not mean that Eloritu is opposed to technology. On the
contrary, both magic and technology are tools that mortal races
can use to unlock the mysteries of the universe. But while
technology is generally designed to be as intuitive and user
friendly as possible, magical practices are often deliberately
obscure, requiring dedication, training, and a mastery of secrets
that have been passed down for untold generations. Eloritu
believes that history is both the story of the past and a guide
to the future, and he teaches that those who ignore history are
doomed to repeat it.
Unsurprisingly, many mystics and technomancers worship
Eloritu as the god of magic, along with historians, kasathas,
and xenoarchaeologists who seek an understanding of the
past. Many of Eloritu’s priests and followers are Starfinders,
as their work always holds the promise of uncovering new
secrets. Eloritu’s temples host academies of magical learning
and research, but they are often concealed or veiled in some
way, requiring those who want to study the ways of the Hidden
Truth to work to discover the knowledge they seek.
One of Eloritu’s most obvious mysteries is that of his holy
symbol: a ring of six strange magical runes. While the lashuntas
had utilized one of the runes for millennia in their magic, it wasn’t
until the kasathas arrived with knowledge of one of the others
that it became clear that some greater game was afoot. Today, the
Pact Worlds have managed to identify four of Eloritu’s six sacred
runes, all related to magical traditions of different races. What
strange cultures might understand the remaining two—or what
secrets combining all six might reveal—remains anyone’s guess.
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