Izhtari¶
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This page is named in the open questions Einar: Elder Gods or younger gods and Goddess of Chaos; demigod alignments; Azrael, the latter for a revision note in the Compendium that makes Izhtari mother of the Ventari rather than of the Innus.
Izhtari, Queen of Astryssil and Ruler of the Gods, is the sovereign of the Elder Gods: "the ultimate/all-powerful ruler" who forced a pantheon of hundreds "into submission and some level of civility" (S101). She murdered her husband, the High God Tamariel, and took the Throne of Law, and she lost it when Kalar and the Younger Gods broke into the Astral Plane and shattered it (S386).
Also called: Is-Tari, the Compendium's pronunciation (S372).
Queen of Astryssil¶
"Astryssil was the name for the Ethereal plane when it was smaller and only contained the city of the Gods. Religious scholars believe Izhtari's power was nearly absolute over everything on the Ethereal plane, including souls" (S372, S387). The Netherworld and the City of the Gods are described under Cosmology.
The Elder Gods "scheme and squabble amongst themselves", and only Izhtari held them in check (S101).
The Throne of Law¶
The 2020 history makes Izhtari the wife of Tamariel, the High God who sat on the Throne of Law forged at the end of the Primordial War. As the gods' quarrels grew into the Elder God-War, "the war ended when Tamariel was murdered by his wife Izhtari in a coup that ended the Elder God War. Izhtari ushered in a new era for the Elder Gods and consolidated her power over the Throne of Law, which she directly controlled and delegated to those Einar in her favor" (S386).
When the Demons came, "Izhtari and the Einar used the Throne of Law to create the Primal Dragons and their broods to counter the threat" (S386). The gods then split over how far to go, "some felt drastic measures that would reduce the Throne of Law's considerable power were in order", and "Izhtari declared those Einar who were not with her as outcasts and banished them from the Astral Plane". The rebellion of the Younger Gods was short: "A group of Einar led by Kalar made a pact with four imprisoned Primordial Elementals and managed to break into the Astral Plane and destroy the Throne of Law. Izhtari's power was broken, and individual Einar took possession of the remaining shards and power of the Throne" (S386). The gods who later worked to restore the Throne and undo Kalar's changes took her name, the Izhtarus, and recruited Primal Dragons and arch-wizards to the cause (S386). Among the Eldritch, Phaendar Nar'Vizerai "was offered ascendancy by Arcantus and Orandos, but he ultimately sided with Izhtari" in "the Rebellion of Kalar" (S164). The war is told under the Age of Titans.
Mother of the Innus¶
Izhtari is "Mother to Innus (They were precursors to humanoids, but larger, modeled after the Gods). Elves, Humans and Orcs are all derived from the Innus. Dwarves are a Innus and Dwarrow hybrid. Gnomes are a hybrid of Fae and Innus" (S372, S387). The Innus and the Ventari are described under Peoples.
Council of Izhtari¶
Izhtari ruled through a council. The one member named is Seth'Arax, who sat "on the Council of Izhtari (one of Izhtari's advisors)" (S101, S160). The history says only that she "delegated to those Einar in her favor" (S386).
Gap
No source names any other member of the Council of Izhtari, or says what became of the council after the Throne of Law was destroyed.
Earlier accounts¶
The 2015 regional notes give the rebellion a family face: "Kalar was Izhtari's favorite, and firstborn son. He led the rebellion which overthrew his mother. The rebellion began over a rivalry between Kalar and Zatan, specifically over his creation of Demons. The Demons ended up being the downfall of the pantheon" (S498). The 2020 history keeps the Demons as the cause but drops the kinship and the quarrel with Zatan.
The Fifth Age notes raise, with question marks, the possibility that Arya "is the younger sister of Teneb'Urat and Teneb'Vari. Their mother is ??? Queen of the Gods" (S101); the source marks this as speculation and does not name Izhtari.
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Izhtari's present state, whether imprisoned, sleeping, dead or awake in the Fifth Age, is not given in any source, nor are her symbols, form or any surviving cult.