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[Altered Melee] Age of Mythology-inspired Altered Melee, Major and Minor God ideas for each Warcraft Race?

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I have recently gotten a hold of Age of Mythology and been playing it a lot. I don't know if anything similar has been done before, but I've started thinking what it would be like if Warcraft had a similar God system for each Race.

In AoM you can choose one Major God (out of three) for your Civilization (for example; Zeus, Hades or Poseidon for the Greeks) and then you can choose one of two Minor God's each time you advance an Age (out of six Minor Gods for three Ages).

So if you play Greeks and chose Zeus as a Major God, you'd be able to choose between Hermes and Athena (Classical Age), Apollo and Dionysus (Heroic Age) and Hera and Hephaestus (Mythic Age). Some of these Minor God's are also available in Hades and Poseidon's techtree.

Each God gives you different bonuses, upgrades and a Myth Unit (such as Centaur, Minotaur, Cyclops, etc).
So if Warcraft had a similar system, what Major and Minor Gods would each Race (Humans, Orcs, Undead, Night Elves) have?
It doesn't have to be limited to Gods. Titans, Demi-Gods, Dragonflights and other legendary beings can be used.
I'm mostly just looking for God ideas as I haven't gotten into gameplay yet, but possible bonus ideas or associated "Myth" units would be appreciated as well.
I've got a few ideas, but I'm not very knowledgeable on the deity/religion elements of Warcraft so most of them are incomplete.
My ideas for each Race:
Humans:
Major Gods:


  • Human/Arcane God?
  • Dwarf God?
  • High/Blood Elf God?

Minor Gods:


Orcs:
Major Gods:

  • Rezan (Loa of Kings, Trolls)
  • Earth Mother (Tauren)
  • Lo'gosh (Wolf Ancient/God)
Minor Gods:
Rezan:
  • Hakkar (Loa of Wind Serpents)
  • Bwonsamdi (Loa of Graves)
  • Krag'wa (Loa of Frogs)
  • Gonk (Loa of Hunters)
  • Jani (Loa of Thieves)
  • Elortha no Shadra (Loa of Venom)

Earth Mother:
  • Apa'ro (Nature God)
  • An'she (Sun God, Mu'Sha's brother)
  • Mu'Sha (Moon Goddess, Tauren version of Elune)


Undead:
Major Gods:

  • Sargeras (Dark Titan, God of Fel and Demons)
  • Ner'zhul (The Lich King, Ruler of the Undead Scourge)
  • One of the Old Gods, maybe? Or a Vrykul God?
Minor Gods:


Night Elves:
Major Gods:

  • Elune (Goddess of the Moon)
  • Eonar (Titan of Life, Patron of Druids).
  • Azshara? (Queen of the Naga)
Minor Gods:
Elune:
- Not sure if the Ancients (Cenarius, his father Malorne, etc) should be in her branch or Eonar's...

Eonar:
  • Alextrasza (Red Dragon of Life)
  • Ysera (Green Dragon of Dreams)


So yeah, feel free to give ideas. I'll be interested to even just learn more about the cosmic side of Warcraft.
 
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You can have a look at the "faith" section of the Humans on the wiki to get some inspiration: Human

It mentions the Light/Church of the Holy Light, the Tidemother for the Kul Tirans, some crude forms of druidism/animism (althought that was early in history), and darker faiths like the Cult of the damned

And that's for humans only, I'm sure there's more for other Alliance races
 
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