So after months of planning and writing, the Phi is almost done. I will be updating the Google Docs link for it to add in Relics and Pantheon Specific Purview (Kho) soon. Here is the link to the pantheon and its members.
The Pantheon introduces the beliefs and worldview of Satsana Phi or Ban Phi, the religion practiced by the Tai people to this day. It runs in harmony (at times and currently) with Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism. For Buddhist-majority Tai states like Thailand and Laos, religion became a part of Buddhist lifestyles. In places like Assam, the Ahom Tai revival movement restored the traditions of Ban Phi. So we have a pantheon that has multiple mantles, more local but embraces well-honored and ancient ties between one region and the other.
The Pantheon in its current state stretches from the countries of Thailand and Laos to pockets of independent ethnic polities in India (particularly Assam), China (more specifically Yunnan provinces). If I have time, there will be sub-pantheons for the specific Tai groups in India and China.
For Asia-focused campaigns or ideas, the Phi has ancient rivalries with the Deva and the Shen. To the Shen, they are a group that broke away from their bureaucracy some centuries ago. The Phi led this migration to the south, although they recognize and remember their homeland in many stories. To the Deva, the Phi adopted them and saw them as their own. The new lands and people they interacted with were followers of the Deva. The heroic epic of the Ramayana and Buddhist heroes are well-known among the Phi, who look to them with respect and awe.
The Pantheon introduces the beliefs and worldview of Satsana Phi or Ban Phi, the religion practiced by the Tai people to this day. It runs in harmony (at times and currently) with Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism. For Buddhist-majority Tai states like Thailand and Laos, religion became a part of Buddhist lifestyles. In places like Assam, the Ahom Tai revival movement restored the traditions of Ban Phi. So we have a pantheon that has multiple mantles, more local but embraces well-honored and ancient ties between one region and the other.
The Pantheon in its current state stretches from the countries of Thailand and Laos to pockets of independent ethnic polities in India (particularly Assam), China (more specifically Yunnan provinces). If I have time, there will be sub-pantheons for the specific Tai groups in India and China.
For Asia-focused campaigns or ideas, the Phi has ancient rivalries with the Deva and the Shen. To the Shen, they are a group that broke away from their bureaucracy some centuries ago. The Phi led this migration to the south, although they recognize and remember their homeland in many stories. To the Deva, the Phi adopted them and saw them as their own. The new lands and people they interacted with were followers of the Deva. The heroic epic of the Ramayana and Buddhist heroes are well-known among the Phi, who look to them with respect and awe.
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