Akeus

Description
Akeus was depicted as a figure wearing some type of divine full plate. He wields a huge lance in one hand and a shield in another. He is depicted similar to that of a fallen angel however instead of the black wings coming from his back, he has dark wings coming out of his back seemingly made from blood. In the mural he was depicted as sacrificing himself to protect his brethern from his enemies.

Worship
Those Garufans that worshiped Akeus were typically soldiers who posses incredible amounts of strength and held the higher positions within the Garufan civilization. These Garufans would pray to Akeus before every battle that they fought to give their comrades divine strength before they head out into battle. Those that worshipped Akeus were heavily tied to one's beliefs of sacrificing everything they have including themselves to fight for what they believe is right and would lay down there lives for this cause. Followers of Akeus both relished meaningful battle and despised nonsensical bloodshed and often fought over one's own beliefs ending up going to war with one another. These followers worshipped Akeus by collecting the dog tags of the dead that they have killed proving that they possess strength.

History
Akeus was the Garufan god known for War, Sacrifice, and Strength. Akeus bestowed strength upon those Garufan who were willing to lay down their lives for what their beliefs. Often Garufans would go to war with one another because each civilization had different beliefs than one another and it would cause conflict to the other civilization. Those that fought in these wars sacrificed everything for there beliefs for their nation because they believed that what they were doing was right. The practice of taking someone's dog tags in these wars eventually became a garufan tradition even if two garufans fought and didn't kill each other. Taking ones dog tag in their culture is considered an honor for the winner to remember the beliefs one held before they died and for the loser to see the beliefs that the winner holds. It is said that the victor carries these dog tags to take those losers on a journey to what they believe is right and that the dog tags hold the souls of those that sacrificed everything for those beliefs and they can only truly pass on when the warrior has completed their journey to protect these beliefs they hold dear to them.

Long ago during a war between the old gods and the Garufans it is said that Akeus laid down his life to protect the gods and their positions as he believed that they were the only ones that could guide the mortals to prevent a calamaty from happening to the world and to protect their futures. Akeus' son thought differently believing that this calamity was all one lie to prevent the mortals from figuring out that the gods were manipulating them the entire time and thus his son killed Akeus in battle without being able to come to a concensus and stole his divine power to become the next War god.