Names: Viritor - Auresian, Biergen - Cathringian, Bairgan - Scyltheldish
Alignment: Neutral Good
Province(s): God of Strength, Endurance, Mountains, and Glaciers
Common Symbol: A mammoth tusk
Followers: Man, Boryushka (formerly)

Velygor, known as Viritor to the Auresians, Biergen to the Cathringians and Bairgan to the Scyltheldish, is the Neutral Good god of strength, endurance, mountains, and glaciers. He is the immovable force of the world, the weight of stone, the bite of winter, and the will to endure when all else fails. Where other gods offer guidance or comfort, Velygor offers only a simple truth: survival is earned. He does not soften the world, but teaches mortals to stand unbroken within it.

He is depicted as a towering, fur-clad giant with skin of grey granite and eyes of cold blue ice, bearing the tusks of a mammoth and wielding a hammer forged from a frozen star. His holy symbol, a mammoth tusk, is worn by warriors, hunters, and those who live beyond the reach of easy civilisation. Among his followers, he is the Silent Father, a god who does not answer prayers with words, but with trials.

Velygor’s influence is found in the endurance of the hunted, the strength of those who climb impossible peaks, and the stubborn will of those who refuse to break. He speaks rarely, his voice like shifting stone, valuing action over words and resilience over faith. His champions are those who endure without complaint—warriors, survivors, and wanderers who prove their worth not through devotion, but through survival.

In myth, Velygor shaped the Boryushka, the Mammoth Folk, from ice, stone, and fur, creating a people perfectly suited to a merciless world. He taught them strength, self-reliance, and the quiet dignity of survival. But when the gods of Naplica called them to war, offering purpose beyond the frozen silence, the Boryushka chose to leave their homeland. Velygor stood before them and warned them of the cost, yet they marched on. In grief and fury, he shattered the great land bridge with his hammer, casting them into the wider world and severing their return forever. Since that day, he has watched in silence, testing both them and all mortals who struggle against the cold, waiting to see who proves worthy to stand as unbroken as the mountain itself.