Tiamat

Overview

The official state religion of the Empire of Polonia is devoted to the worship of Tiamat.

Background

Tiamat is traditionally depicted as the personification of salt water who was birthed in the chaos of original creation in the form of a sea serpent.  Although Tiamat is often associated with chaos, she is best depicted as a force with its own law and structure that nonetheless causes waves of chaos by overthrowing and reshaping the existing order.  In the standard mythology, an earlier, corrupt era dominated by fire gods was attacked and overthrown by Tiamat and her minions.

The eleven minions of Tiamat, typically depicted as forces of chaos, are her eleven children:

• Basmu, the Venomous Snake
• Usumgallu, the Great Dragon
• Musmahhu, the Exalted Serpent
• Mushussu, the Furious Snake
• Lahmu, the Hairy One
• Ugallu, the Typhoon Beast
• Uridimmu, the Mad Lion
• Girtabullu, the Dread Scorpion
• Dabrutu, the Crushing Waves
• Kulullu, the Dark Beast of the Sea
• Kusarikku, the Minotaur

Stories

The Fire Gods had ruled over and pillaged the Unending Lands throughout The Elemental Age (The Sixth Age), staging year long feasts in their volcanic palaces.  In response to this depravity, the seas created Tiamat as a champion to overthrow the Fire Gods.  Tiamat emerged from the seas with possession of the Tablet of Destinies that granted her dominion over the world.  

She instigated The Primordial Battle in which her and her eleven children intended to overthrow all the works of the Fire Gods and create a new age.  

The primordial battle is often viewed as the last event of the The Elemental Age (The Sixth Age).