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Perkunas
Perkunas
Deity
OTL
Religion: The Baltic pantheon
God of: Thunder
Fictional Appearances:
The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump
POD: Prehistory
Type of Appearance: Contemporary references

Perkunas of the Nine Suns was a thunder god worshiped in what are now the Baltic States of Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and elsewhere in the region.

Perkunas in The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump[]

Perkunas not only survived many centuries following the conversion of most of his worshipers to Christianity, but was said (by his own partisans) to be more feared by Satan than God Himself.

Perkunas in Gunpowder Empire[]

Perkunas was the chief god of Lietuva during its wars against the Roman Empire. His name was used by the Lietuvans as a battle cry.

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