Althyk

Althyk (pron. Awl-thick) is one of the Twelve, and the patron deity of the students of past and future. He is known as the God of Time, the God of Weight (though not weights and measures), the Keeper, and the father of the gods.

Early History
It is written that in the beginning, there was nothing but the Whorl. The first god, and indeed the first anything to emerge therefrom was Althyk, and His mere existence created time and space.

Soon after, the lonely god would be joined by Nymeia, whom He guided and (by some accounts) raised. Finding in one another a kindred spirit, that affinity blossomed to love, and They wed. Their joining brought forth Azeyma and Menphina.

Not a great deal is written of Althyk's history; it seems He prefers to observe while His wife takes a more direct hand in events.

Depiction and Worship
Althyk is often depicted in religious art as an austere and perhaps distant man, a king or an emperor, who wields a mythril battleaxe and quietly observes time and change. His symbol is the hourglass, as befits the God of Time. Althyk's priesthood recognizes historians and diviners as touched by their god; among their saints is Coinach, formerly a novitiate of Nald'thal who abandoned his studies and spent his life seeking proof of the Allagan Empire.

Althyk had a hand in creating the Heaven of Earth, alongside Nophica. She planted a sapling, which He then bent time to grow instantly into a mighty tree. Under its shade rest farmers, naturalists, historians, and archaeologists. The leaves of this tree fall into the Hell of Earth, ever burying and re-burying, crushing under their rotting weight such sinners as liars, thieves, defilers of nature, and corrupters of history (revisionists).

Althyk lavender is a rare variety of lavender, which grows only in the arid climate of Thanalan. Precious beyond measure, it is used in funeral rituals, and taken in trade by merchants for priceless ores and furs.

The twelfth and final moon of the calendar is named for Althyk, who well symbolizes arriving at the end of a year, reflecting upon the moons past, and looking forward to those to come.

Mark of Althyk
A stone bearing the mark of Althyk stands near Amdapor Keep; before the Calamity, it was located near the Lynxpelt Patch in the East Shroud.