Appendix K: Patron Quick Reference
Fate's Edge GM Guide — Appendix K
| Patron | Theme | Rites (summary) | Rivals | Misc / Cult / Tool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aveh | Freedom & Erasure | Unlatched Step, Forgotten Road, Unremembered Name | — | Ykrul spirit; Cult of the Unbannered; Whistle of the Unbound Road |
| Carrion-King | Decay, Renewal & Transformation | Fertile Death, Borrowed Form, Eternal Cycle | — | Compost-Circle; Bone-Needle |
| Clockwork Monad | Refinement & Progressive Creation | Anima, self-optimising devices, transfer inefficiency | — | Iteration Chorus; Brass Stamp of Iteration |
| Confessor Beneath the Bell | Burden & Exchange | Absorb sins, transfer conditions, sin-eater pacts | — | Silent Bell; Bell of Unspoken Burdens |
| Gallow's Bell | Justice & Judgment | Establish accords, weigh hearts, compel truth | — | Unstruck Bell; Seal of Unspoken Weights |
| Grimmir | Primal Mystery & Seasonal Sacrifice | Blood offering, speak with roots, consume heart, curse with terrain | — | Root-Moot; Knotted Staff |
| Ikasha | Latent Potential & Shadow | Unlit Candle, Crossroads Raven, Umbral Reservoir | — | Unlit Candle; Raven's Quill |
| Inaea | Webs, Fate & Patient Predation | Hearth-Thread Knot, Snaring Filament, Strand of Inevitability | — | Woven Circle; True Loom |
| Inquisitor Prime | Purity & Domination | Resist influence, dispel magic, mark prey, annihilate foes | Oath of Mercy and Grace | Iron Chorus; Censer of the Unforgiving Flame |
| Isoka | Transformation & Renewal | Shedding, venomous healing or curse, complete metamorphosis | — | Coiled Heart; Shedding Knife |
| Khemesh | Depths, Inexorability, Eldritch Terror | Crushing whispers, bind with force, alien truths, fold reality | Kuva | Drowned Chorus; Vessel of the Unspoken Depth |
| Kuva | Sky, Witness, Storm, Threshold of the Hollow | Witness oaths, call lightning, pray for weather shifts | Khemesh, Pale Shepherd | Unclouded Eye; Wind-Knot Whistle |
| Livaea | Seduction & Social Binding | Charming whispers, binding vows, glamour, social sovereignty | Malachai | Velvet Circle; Gossip Quill |
| Lunara | Moon, Mystery & Hidden Ways | Mirror scrying, secret thoughts, reveal hidden paths, impossible ways | — | Silver Spiral; Silver Needle |
| Mab | Glamour & Bargain | Fae bargains, courtly guises, fae courts, lasting masquerades | — | Gilded Jest; Mask of Shifting Faces |
| Maelstraeus | Commerce & Exchange | Trading grounds, appraise value, weighted contracts, cursed market-zones | — | Gilded Ledger; Debtor's Quill |
| Malachai | Curses & Corruption | Cursed gifts, advantages with corruption timers, supernatural afflictions | Oath of Flame & Light, Livaea | Leashed Hunger; Splintered Needle |
| Mor'iraath | Absolute Annihilation | Consume objects, see breaking points, essence-burning fire, negate existence | — | Final Breath; Cinder-Stamp |
| Morag the Hag | Faerie Bargains & Hidden Costs | Escape clauses, fae knots, hidden-value trades, crossroads court | — | Tarnished Cauldron; Bargain Needle |
| Mykkiel | Law & Zeal | Consecrate areas, divine commandments, covenant penalties, divine judgment | Seal-Breaker | Gilded Scale; Seal of Unbroken Testimony |
| Nidhoggr | Dreaming Antiquity | Learn history from stone, read accumulated memories, ghostly echoes | — | Sleeping Stone; Eye of the World-Worm |
| Nimorith | Absence & Threshold | Create gaps, hold memories as collateral, erase clauses, safe-conduct, reverse directions | — | Absent Host; Duskmark Lantern |
| Ninth (The) | Infinite Information & Unknowable Truths | Glimpse beyond ordinary frames, hypercognitive lattice, loci of overfull knowing | — | Unfinished Index; Paradox Quill |
| Oath of Flame & Light | Dawn & Vows | Kindle vow, lay on hands, smite with dawnfire, reveal illusions, covenant zones | Malachai | Unquenched Flame; Prayer Beads of the Unbroken Vow |
| Oath of Mercy and Grace | Healing & Forgiveness | Share fatigue healing, remove harm, pacifist vows, sanctuary, unburden debtors | Inquisitor Prime, Malachai | Gray Spiral; Cord of the Unbroken Spiral |
| Oya | Dust, Change, Liberation | Extinguish fires, immune to sandstorms, dust storms that reveal truth | Witness, Inquisitor Prime | Red Dust; Dust Pouch |
| Pale Shepherd | Passage & Melancholic Wisdom | Ease crossings, find hidden paths, open shadow-passages, soothe grief | Kuva | Gray Flock; Wool-Winder |
| Palinode | Performance & Rapture | Hymn against dread, perfect performance, captivate audiences, consecrated stages | — | Gasping Chorus; Conductor's Baton of Unfinished Phrases |
| Raéyn | Tides & Change | Stabilise footing, learn sea routes, bias currents, shape storms, curse wrongdoers | Khemesh | Salt-Washed Circle; Wave-Seer's Shell |
| Sacred Geometry | Harmony & Immutable Law | Align to harmonics, impose perfect form, harmonic fields, perceive governing patterns | Savage Heart | Unbroken Compass; Protractor of Unseen Measures |
| Savage Heart (Red Maw) | Apex Predation | Mark prey, track by scent, assume predator forms, form hunting packs, consume fallen | Grimmir, Sealed Gate, Sacred Geometry | Painted Maw; Hunter's Mask |
| Seal-Breaker | Forgotten Names, Broken Seals | Present forgeries, strike without traces, permanently void formal contracts | Mykkiel, Witness | Unbound Name; Unpicking Needle |
| Sealed Gate | Thresholds & Containment | Seal thresholds, push back intruders, protective circles, banish entities, consecrate barriers | Savage Heart | Unbroken Seal; Seal of the Unbroken Gate |
| Silent Choir | Restraint & Protective Omission | Hush spaces, protect secrets, bind unspoken accords, take emotional weight | Witness, Ikasha | Sealed Lip; Candle of Unspoken Trust |
| Thrysos | Ecstasy, Excess & Salacious Delight | Loosen inhibitions, ecstatic frenzies, break social masks, summon revellers, endless feast | — | Horned Circle; Thyrsus of the Unbound |
| Traveler | Ways & Journeys | Find safe routes, ignore difficult terrain, mark safe paths, relocate targets, bind safe passage | — | Unbroken Way; Way Chisel |
| Varnek Karn | Death's Negotiator | Speak with dead, consult ancestors, mediate pacts, summon Unquiet Host, seal testaments | — | Unforgotten Ledger; Seal of the Silent Witness |
| Vorthak | Consumption & Metamorphic Hunger | Absorb traits by touch, permanently consume an item's nature, adopt aspects of others | — | Ravenous Circle; Maw-Stone |
| Witness | Truth & Revelation | Follow hidden traces, force honest answers, weaken memory and deception, bind agreements, transfer psychological conditions | Seal-Breaker, Silent Choir | Unmasking (apocalyptic); Quill of Unwritten Truths |
| Xhak'Thul | Storm, Shock & Awe | Overawe with presence, move with storm's speed, call supernatural storms, feed on fear, become incarnation | Traveler, Varnek Karn | First Drum; Storm-Drum |