Thoth

Info
For those whom worship Thoth, Knowledge is sacred and valuable. It is a commodity to be kept until useful and shared only when such time presents itself. Thoth rewards those who share their secrets only with him.

Dogma
Thoth teaches that there is just as much power in ignorance as their is in knowledge. Followers of Thoth often sow tales of the incapable using knowledge for wasteful or demonstrably problematic purposes. Often follows of Thoth fall into two types who often worship distinctly different.

The traditional follower believes that information can cloud their minds. They offer secret or understanding to Thoth that they gather that causes them misery or pain and Thoth blesses them by removing it from their minds altogether.

Those who seek to honor Thoth however, seek out new knowledge to share with Thoth and may even work to remove that knowledge from the minds of others.

History
In the times long ago, Thoth knew of the coming war between the gods. He knew this not because of the information he kept, but because he knew the knowledge he had would lead the gods to war. Thoth ordered his followers to spread conflicting false information about the actions of many devout worshipers of several of the gods. He used facts which were blended carefully with easily digestible falsehoods to keep the gods at odds with one another. Thoth knew that so long as the gods would quarrel, his actions among the denizens of the world would be largely ignored. It is believed by many that Thoth likely would have been the strongest god following the First God War had he not chosen to betray his then wife, Seshat. After his failed coup, the gods turned their attention to Thoth and he was nearly wiped from the world, had it not been for the actions of Ursula and her desire to revive Lars from his hibernation.

As the dark gods claimed victory after the close of the First God War, Thoth worked to ensure his value to them was unbreakable. As the only one of them to understand the currents of Magic, Thoth was able to bend the Ley Lines of the world, twisting them to the benefit of his followers and seizing many away from the work of Seshat's followers.

During the Second God War it would be these Ley Lines that Thoth would use to maintain his temples. Working hard to keep secure the knowledge which he had struggled so vigilantly to acquire. It would all be in vain though after the discovery of an Ancient Scroll of unimaginable power. A scroll which allowed it's bearer to reshape the world. Thoth watched as the lines were realigned and a new country was formed that was free of Thoth's will.

With much of his power lost, Thoth was easily overwhelmed by the revenge of Seshat in the years that would follow. Much of the information he had held secret was now beginning to flow freely to the people of the world, and the followers of Thoth were starting to dwindle.