The Agents are the lesser gods of the Solemn Pantheon — the “Hands” of the Solemn, the all-powerful creator who shaped Astrodia and has since departed the realm, leaving the Agents to govern his domains. Most religious folk of Astrodia choose one Agent as their primary deity.
The Nine Canonical Agents
Per the priest of Earth at Lathen (Session 7), there are nine canonical Agents — though some argue for a tenth (see The Moon):
| Agent | Domain |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Wisdom |
| Venus | Creation |
| **[[Earth (Agent of Mysteries) | Earth]]** |
| Mars | Force |
| Jupiter | Miracles |
| Saturn | Judgment |
| Uranus | Entropy |
| Neptune | Life |
| Pluto | Death |
The Disputed Tenth
The Moon is held by some to be a tenth Agent. Rather than governing a mortal domain, she is believed to protect the Agents themselves, and to reach out to worthy mortals to aid her.
The priest at the Temple of Venus in Pentamarone (Session 12) gave the same account independently: the Moon is thought to be a tenth Agent, though that’s disputed, and may instead be the protector of the Agents — the one who “makes sure that everything stays as it should,” including, “ideally,” protection from the Dark Lords.
The Fallen Angels
Below the Agents in the hierarchy of divinity were a class of angels, some of whom rebelled against the Pantheon and were cast down — the Dark Lords.
The Statues at Morgana’s Tower (Session 9)
The roof of Morgana’s Tower in Freedale holds nine statues of winged figures arranged around a teleportation circle — one per canonical Agent, with The Moon conspicuously absent. This is independent corroboration of the nine-Agent count from a witch’s private shrine, not a temple’s doctrine.
Before each statue sits a basin with a lit flame, and this is where it gets strange:
- Five flames burn a dark blue; four burn as ordinary fire.
- Asha’s Arcana read confirmed the flames are magical and tied to their specific Agent, and that the blue-flame group shares something the others do not — but not what.
- Saturn — the Agent whose temple stands in that very town — sits front and center, and his flame is not blue.
Aren identified four of the nine by sight: Earth (seen at Lathen), Saturn (the Freedale temple), Venus (her three orbs), and Pluto. Aren stopped mid-dungeon to pray at Pluto’s statue. The remaining five are Agents the party has not encountered. (In Session 12, temple-library illustrations at the Temple of Venus let the party put faces to two more — Uranus and Neptune — though nobody has yet matched those to specific statues on the roof.)
Open question: what distinguishes the blue five from the ordinary four — and whether the flames change as the campaign progresses. The party intends to check on return visits.
Session 12 — The Temple of Venus (September 23, 2026)
The Fallen visited the Temple of Venus in Pentamarone specifically to ask whether Venus has enemies who might build something to mock her. What they learned about the Agents as a group:
- No documented ill will between the Agents. The priest said they respect each other’s domains, and the temple library’s books held no record of any conflict between Agents. The Agents’ known enemies are the Dark Lords, who felt some of the hands had overreached.
- The religions of the two neighboring powers differ. The Endymion Empire enforces worship of Mars, the Agent of Force; Pentamarone worships Venus.
- Two more Agents identified by illustration. The creepy figure with blue hair, red eyes, and yellow beneath them is Uranus, the Agent of Entropy. Tommy noted he has “dropped a blue-haired guy a couple of times” that the party hasn’t picked up on. The water-themed Agent was confirmed as Neptune, whom Leif’s clan honors.
Party Theory — One Spoil per Agent?
(Speculation, not established.) The WitchCrafters’ report concluded that the Golden Chalice is “sinful” because it generates something from nothing — a violation of Venus’s domain of Creation. Back at the inn, Red led a round of religion checks and the party wondered whether each of the Sinful Spoils mocks a different Agent (chalice → Venus is established; book → Mercury?, lance → Mars or Pluto?, gown → Pluto?). The count doesn’t match: nine Agents, only four known Spoils.
The party also asked whether the five blue flames at Morgana’s Tower (above) might mark the Agents targeted by Spoils. Unresolved.
Related
- Morgana’s Tower — the nine-statue shrine on its roof
- Solemn Pantheon — the pantheon they serve
- The Moon — the disputed tenth
- Darklords — the angels who fell
- Sanctuary in the Sky — where the Agents and angels are said to reside
- Temple of Venus — where the priest and library filled in more of the Agents (Session 12)
- Mars · Uranus — Agents given their own notes in Session 12
- The Seeker of the Sinful Spoils — the “one Spoil per Agent” theory