The Gods of Pegāna · Character

Kib

The god who first broke Pegāna's silence, made beasts and then men, and taught the other gods a game they cannot stop playing.

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First appearance: The Gods of Pegāna

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The god who created beasts and men, shaping life on Earth.

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Kib grew weary of the gods' first games and raised his hand to cover Earth with beasts, then remade them into Men — a creation the other gods feared would endanger their Secret. He was the first to speak with his mouth like a man, and for that the gods were angry, and silence left Pegāna forever. He is the restless maker at the heart of the book's middle arc, the god whose curiosity forces every other god to choose a side.

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Character groups

Prophets, messengers, and functional gods
Protagonist
Supreme and primordial gods

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Sish
professional · ambivalent
Kib, the god of knowledge, serves Sish by recording the events of time. How this plays out →

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The Gods of Pegāna
The god who created beasts and men, shaping life on Earth.
Of the Game of the Gods
Creates beasts and men, breaks the silence of Pegāna by speaking with his mouth.
The Sayings of Kib
Speaker of the chapter; declares his own identity and recounts the early time and prophecy.
Concerning Sish
Mentioned as being before Sish, propitious to Wornath-Mavai.
The Deeds of Mung
Kib is mentioned as the giver of the road that every man treads upon the earth.
Of Dorozhand
Mentioned as the one who will tiptoe to awaken Māna-Yood-Sushāī at the destined time.
Of the Calamity That Befell Yūn-Ilāra by the Sea, and of the Building of the Tower of the Ending of Days
The god who gave life, whose gift becomes wearisome to Yūn-Ilāra.
Of How the Gods Whelmed Sidith
One of the gods prayed to by the priests in the Temple of All the gods save One.
The Bird of Doom and the End
Implied among the gods who go down to the galleons and sail away.

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