Thaliak

Thaliak, ruler of rivers and wisdom and god of knowledge, is the guardian deity of Sharlayan. He commands the element of water and is associated with the third moon of the Eorzean calendar. Thaliak is the father of Llymlaen, and the teacher of Byregot. He is most often depicted as a reserved scholar holding an ashen staff. His symbol is the scroll.

Mythology

Thaliak came from the Whorl, and formed rivers out of Nymeias tears. Azeyma was drawn towards him, and together they had Llymlaen and Nophica.

Thaliak added the essence of knowledge to the star Nymeia melted down, and poured it forth from his Ewer to create the "Heaven of Water", where scholars, inventors, teachers and entrepreneurs reside. From the bed of this river, droplets fall into "The Pit" where they stagnate into the "Hell of Water", drowning the deceivers, counterfeiters, mountebanks and false prophets.

True Origin

Thaliak was created from an Amaurotine who was one of Venat's companions. He was the headmaster of Akadaemia Anyder and a renowned scholar.

Thaliak from the Myths of the Realm Raids

Worship Practices and Organizations

Thaliak was adopted as Sharlayan's patron deity by a session of the Ecclesia, a governance system predating the The Forum, sometime within the early centuries of the Sixth Astral Era.

Holy Sites

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  The Mark of Thaliak can be found at Rathefrost in Mor Dhona.
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  An enormous statue of Thaliak guards the entrance to Scholar's Harbour in Old Sharlayan.

Saints and Important Figures

See also: The Saints of the Twelve

Additional Information

• The staff Tupsimati bears the symbol of Thaliak.
• By claiming enough victories in the Wolves' Den, adventurers can claim gear and weapons modeled after Thaliak.