Ziz

The Great Beast of the Air and Sky, Ziz takes this title of "Great" more seriously than many of the other Beastoid gods. It, and its followers, believe in a natural order of the world, with the beasts of the sky at the top. It protects Asems from a large malicious storm above the Aarakocran Homeland, known as the Endless Storm.

Ziz created the Aarakocra to serve as its messengers and followers, warriors of its greatness. Many took to this role easily, remaining stalwart warriors of Ziz to this day. A group of them, known as the Kenku (meaning cursed in their tongue), tried to usurp Ziz and take its power for themselves. In response, Ziz took their wings and their voice.

Ziz controls the Weather and the Sky. Air pressure, storms, and other such concepts fall under this purview, and give Ziz a massive amount of control over the sky. It uses this in order to send messages through birds, something done extensively today by the Ziz Delivery Service, a group of mysterious messengers who deliver messages to whomever, given that they are paid. It is as simple as tying a letter to a bird, with a gold coin attached and the name and location of the recipient on the letter. Somehow, it will almost always get to the recipient. It is unknown whether this is Ziz delivering the messages, or a group that worships it.

Most of Ziz's time is spent keeping the Endless Storm at bay. It is said that this giant magic storm would consume much of the north, if not for Ziz's intervention.