Lore · Gods of the Pantheon
Fennin Ro, the Tyrant of Fire
For some of us, Fennin Ro was not just a god. It was the name of our server. Here is the god behind it.
Shaping the chaos
In the beginning, the creation tale From the Library of Norrath goes, the Nameless made a second god named Fennin Ro, and he “received the task of shaping the chaos.” Fennin drew out his portion, named it Fire and set it among the stars to light the cosmos. Then he helped the Rathe shape solid matter, and “gave warmth to the cold of chaos.”
The elemental gods’ creation
Soon after the Nameless made the elder gods, while those gods were placing their creations on Norrath, the elemental powers gathered to make one of their own: Fennin Ro, Tarew Marr, the Rathe Council and Xegony. Together the four made Quarm, the four-headed dragon that guards Zebuxoruk’s prison.
The Tyrant of Fire
He rules the greater elemental Plane of Fire as a huge, barbaric figure with a beard of searing flame, glowing red eyes, pointed ears and fangs. He is fanatical about preserving fire and has a very short temper with anything that threatens it. “By mortal standards, Fennin Ro’s destructive and tyrannical temperament aligns him as discordant evil,” and he holds strong influence over the wheel of Order and Discord.
A family of Ros
From him a family descends through the planes. Fennin Ro is the father of Solusek Ro; Solusek is the father of Druzzil Ro, goddess of magic; and Druzzil is the “mother” of Ayonae Ro, whom she raised to be demi-goddess of music. Fire, then sun, then magic, then music.
Fire against water
His worshippers and his enemies both walk Norrath. In Timorous Deep, Omat Vastsea of the cleric epic says the Triumvirate missionaries “must defend the waters of Norrath from the ravages of the Tyrant of Fire, Fennin Ro.” Against them stood the Plasmatic Priesthood, “a cult worshipping the rage and flame of Fennin Ro,” which tried to break the sacred balance of fire and water in the history of the Water Sprinkler of Nem Ankh.
A son’s betrayal
His own son turned on him. Solusek Ro allied with Rallos Zek and began to siphon power from the Plane of Fire. In the Plane of Tranquility, Miak the Searedsoul explains that the portal to Doomfire “used to” lead to Fennin’s home, until Solusek, unhappy with how many mortals were entering his father’s plane, sealed it. “I was starting to enjoy,” Miak adds, “the sounds you mortals make when you fall into the lava.”
Doomfire
In the Planes of Power his realm became Doomfire, the Burning Lands, one of the elemental planes every raid guild had to clear on the road to the Plane of Time. If you spent late nights there, you already know how he greets visitors. And in Time itself, when the gods quarrelled, Fennin was among those urging calm: “Calm yourselves, you need to appreciate the situation that is at hand.”
Sources
[1] Allakhazam: Fennin Ro · [2] Library of Erudin: Fennin Ro · [3] Library of Erudin: Rallos Zek (ZSQuint in-game book) · [4] EverQuest.com: The Fabled Planes of Power Lore, Part 22 · [5] Allakhazam: Doomfire, the Burning Lands (zone) · [6] Allakhazam: Plane of Time
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