(ANN-tahz & SOO-jahz)
Greater Powers
Alignment: True Neutral
Worshipper’s Alignment: Any
Clergy Alignment: Chaotic Good, Chaotic Neutral, Neutral, Neutral Good
Domain(s): (Antaz); Faith, Air, Water (Sujaz); Faith, Earth, Fire
Aliases: The Pillars of Creation, The Twin Currents, The Firstborn of Aeru
Symbol: A sphere with two birds: the upper half is a stylized bird in flight with outstretched wings of flowing water, and the lower half portrays a mighty phoenix with fiery feathers and talons rooted in the earth.
Home Plane: Twin Paradises
Appearance
Antaz and Sujaz are the firstborn breath of Aeru—primordial and inseparable, divine reflections of change and renewal. Where Antaz glides like wind over water, Sujaz rises like flame through stone. Neither wholly male nor female, they appear as twin forms woven of elemental beauty, distinct yet bound in eternal harmony.
Their forms echo the elemental forces they embody—air and water in ceaseless motion, earth and fire in steadfast rhythm. Together, they are the breath and the heartbeat of the world.
Antaz bears skin like rain-washed stone and hair of cloud and current, trailing behind them like a storm on the wing. Sujaz blazes with the hue of molten bronze and embered bark, crowned in a mane of fire that smolders with volcanic life. Their eyes mirror the seasons—wild, watching, and ancient beyond reckoning.
They are always seen together, moving as one yet never still. When Antaz speaks, the tide shifts. When Sujaz answers, the earth stirs. In their presence, the world breathes with deeper purpose.
Dogma: The Voice of the Twins
“We are the breath after stillness, the flame before bloom. We are Antaz and Sujaz—storm and stone, fire and flood. The first motion. The first change.”
Antaz:
“I am wind upon tide, storm in still water, the whisper before the wave. I carve canyons and crown the skies. I am what moves without end. Do not fear the storm—it is the sky remembering how to speak. When the world forgets to move, I am the call to rise.”
Sujaz:
“I am root and ember, forge and fall. The leaf’s turn and the mountain’s sigh. I give endings so life may begin. I am what burns away the old so the new may breathe. Do not curse the fire—it is the earth remembering how to dream. When the world forgets to change, I am the call to endure.”
Together:
“We do not answer to stillness. We are the truth of motion. Change is not chaos—it is creation unfolding. In every turning season, in every breath drawn between calm and storm, we are there. We are the path forward. Walk it, or be left behind.”
Core Beliefs and Values
Change is Sacred
Stagnation is a betrayal of life. The world was born in motion and must continue to move. Those who worship the Twins honor transformation, growth, and adaptation.
Opposition is Natural
Air and earth, fire and water—none are enemies. They contend, they combine, they renew. True strength lies not in dominance, but in knowing when to yield and when to stand firm.
Renewal Through Struggle
Seasons shift. Floods cleanse. Fire purifies. Life endures not despite hardship, but through it. Destruction is not always evil; sometimes it is the only path to rebirth.
Commands & Prohibitions
Commands:
- Embrace and initiate change when it is needed.
- Use the forces of nature to challenge stagnation.
- Accept endings as necessary beginnings.
- Celebrate motion—in thought, body, and spirit.
Prohibitions:
- Do not resist necessary transformation out of fear.
- Do not cling to traditions that no longer serve.
- Do not stifle growth, whether your own or another’s.
Faith and Worship
Antaz and Sujaz are worshipped across Khassid where people live close to the world’s rhythms—coastal tribes, volcanic settlements, nomadic seers, elemental sages. Their followers are passionate, unconventional, and often feared for their power to upend what is comfortable in pursuit of what is true.
Priests and Worshippers
Called by vision or storm, their clergy often emerge from moments of personal upheaval. Shamans, stormcallers, wildfire-priests, and wandering seekers carry their word. Many are zealots, driven not by conquest, but by conviction in change itself.
Ceremonial Regalia
Priests wear robes in shifting hues—sea-glass blue, ash-gray, molten red, verdant gold—layered or reversed depending on season and element. Their arms and faces may be marked in swirling sigils of ink, ash, or ochre representing tides, winds, flames, and root.
Sacred Spaces
Their temples are shaped by the world itself: a wind-carved cliff, a geyser-field, a grove that burns and regrows, a shore lashed by endless waves. These are not monuments—they are living shrines that change with the world they honor.
Community Role
In times of drought or flood, in political turmoil or spiritual malaise, the followers of the Twins arrive. Sometimes welcomed. Sometimes feared. Always respected. They are the ones who say what must change—and then see that it does.
Twin Priesthood of Antaz and Sujaz
“Two tides, one pull. Two winds, one breath. Thus flows the will of the Dawn Pair.”
—Seylan and Ruha, High Twins of the Deepwind Conclave
The priesthoods of Antaz and Sujaz, Elders of Air and Earth, Water and Flame, are unlike any other. Like the divine siblings themselves, their mortal servants walk in sacred twinship—two souls, bound by purpose, whose harmony channels the elemental balance that underpins the world.
These priestly bonds manifest in two distinct but equally honored forms:
Children of the Dawn Pair
These are twins by birth—rare, revered, and marked from infancy by omens of wind, tide, or flame. Raised together in the temples of the Dawn Pair, such siblings are believed to be chosen directly by the gods to reflect their dual nature in mortal form. One follows the path of Antaz, embracing the fluid grace of water and the restless dance of air. The other follows Sujaz, embodying rooted strength, fire’s creative spark, and the enduring will of the world. Their bond is seen as both sacred and unbreakable, a living echo of the harmony between the divine twins.
Mirrored Breaths
Not all who serve are born as twins. Some are twinned by calling—joined through sacred rite, divine vision, or shared destiny. These bonded pairs may come from different walks of life, different lands, even different peoples, but they are united by the gods’ will and trained as one. Through ritual reflection and elemental trial, their spirits are “mirrored,” aligning in purpose, breath, and balance.
Mirrored Breaths are especially common in temples where twin births are rare or where elemental turmoil demands urgent intervention. Though not siblings by blood, they are held in equal regard, for their bond is forged—not inherited—and is said to shine even brighter when tested by fire, flood, and time.
Unity in Duality
In both forms, the twin priesthood reflects the foundational truth of Khassid: that balance does not mean stillness, and duality does not mean division. Through breath and stone, flame and tide, the servants of Antaz and Sujaz remind the world that even opposing forces can move as one.