Innos

A shrine dedicated to Innos in Gothic 3

Innos is one of the three major gods of the Gothic series.

Innos is the god of order, fire and light. He is the opposition of his brother Beliar, while the third brother Adanos keeps balance between Innos and Beliar.

Creation Myth

Innos, the light, is described to one day coming into existence and he created life and the sun. But still the sun was to bright to let beings thrive. Innos divided himself and so created his brother Beliar and Beliar brought the night with him. Now Innos was able to make mankind. Then he divided himself again and so made Adanos. Innos decided to rest and left humanity to Adanos.

Beginning of the war

The light of Innos tormented Beliar and he startet to attack and destroy the light and the creations of Innos. Adanos stepped between his brothers to settle their fight but failed to do so. But where he stood, he created a place of equal order and choas, the sea. And from the sea came land and Adanos had created a world where his brothers had no power.

The war on the land

Now unable to do it himself, Beliar came across the land and chose the beast to destroy the land on his behalf. And he blessed it with a portion of his own divine power to do so.

Innos also decended unto land to protect creation and the chose the human to be his champion. And he also gave a portion of his divine power to counter Beliars beast.

The human followers of Innos started building a great portal for Innos. For that Innos may reign forever on this world. Beliar saw what they were doing and screamed in anger and he spoke to another being. But Adanos tryed to keep balance and sent the great flood and the creature was washed off the face of the world. But this also destroyed nature and animals and in his grief Adanos banished his brothers for ever from his land.

In the end the human killed the beast and it entered Beliars realm. But Adanos feared the return of the beast and bade his brother Innos to leave a part of his power in Adanos' realm to maybe counter the beast once more. And Innos did so.

Fire mages

When Innos first spoke to mankind, he gave them divine power and called it magic. All people were equal and some were dissatisfied by that. So Innos took away their power and raised the greatful one above the others. They became his priests; the first fire mages.

At the time of King Rhobar I. and Rhobar II. the faith of Innos is the state religion of Myrtana and the fire mages were priests, teachers and judges. In some cities of Myrtana there were temple of Innos where citizens could pray and the mages created their magical runes.

Kings of Myrtana

Rhobar was a barbarian of Nordmar. One day he came across a beast in the wildernis and flew for he had no weapons. He hid in a cave but the beast found him. Rhobar found a sword behind his back and slew the beast with it. But the sword was surrounded by flames and Innos spoke to Rhobar: Descend from the mountains, and defeat my enemies and Rhobar did so. He defeated the orcs and Innos said: This is where you shall establish your kingdom. And Rhobar became the first king of Myrtana. This chosen of Innos is venerated by humans to this day.

King Rhobar II. of Myrtana was also a chosen of Innos and carried parts of his divine power. He also wielded Innos' Scepter of Varant.

Nameless hero

The Eye of Innos containes divine power of Innos. So when the nameless hero wore it, He carried the divine power. But the Eye ultimately lost its power and so did the hero.

In the games

Gothic I

Innos is not that prominent in the first game.

• He is mentioned as the god of the fire mages
• And in the book series "words of the gods" as the first god, the god of fire and light, creator of mankind and first to give magic to mortals.
• His realm is up in the sky along the sun.

Gothic II

Gothic II expands his role.

• He is now the good god and fights his dark brother Beliar in an eternal war.
• Fire mages and Paladins are his fighters in the war against Beliars forces.
• Innos left artifacts in this world for his chosen people to wear and fight with them.

Gothic 3

• In Gothic 3 we see Innos slowly loosing his war.
• The player can choose to offer the divine artifacts to Innos, speak to him and become his chosen one and so win the war for Innos

Magic

Gothic I

Scroll	Rune	Description	Stats
		Light Creates an illuminating ball of light above the caster's head for 5 minutes.	Circle: 1 Damage: - Mana: 1 Scroll value: 5 Rune value: 300
		Fire Bolt	Circle: 1 Damage: 30 Mana: 1 Scroll value: 30 Rune value: 300
		Fireball 0 mana - 30 damage 1 mana - 60 damage 2-3 mana - 90 damage 4-5 mana - 120 damage	Circle: 3 Damage: Special Mana: Special Scroll value: 70 Rune value: 700
		Storm of Fire 0-2 mana - 50 damage 3-4 mana - 100 damage 4-7 mana - 150 damage 8-10 mana - 200 damage	Circle: 4 Damage: Special Mana: Special Scroll value: 110 Rune value: 1100
		Rain of Fire	Circle: 5 Damage: 150 Mana: 15 Scroll value: 130 Rune value: 1300

Worshippers

• His first worshippers were the ancient people of Varant. Along with his first chosen one, the eternal Wanderer. They built five big temples for Innos and also tryed to erect a portal for him.
• Akascha, a survivor of the ancient people of Varant, went to Nordmar and founded a new clan, the Clan of Fire. And the Clan is worshipping Innos to this day.

Rhobar, the first king of Myrtana, was a member of the Clan of Fire, and made Innos the state religion of Myrtana.

Artifacts

There a few artifacts associated with Innos.

• The Scepter of Varant; carried by his chosen the eternal wanderer and Rhobar II.
• The Eye of Innos, a powerful artifact to fight dragons.

• The divine aura of Innos, a protective amulet said to be forged by Innos himself.
• The tears of Innos, a fluid said to be the actual tears of the deity. They enhance the speed and strength of fire mages

Symbols

Main Symbol

The main symbol of Innos are two stylized hands praising a flame. It is the most common of his smybols (except simple flames).

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  Innos' symbol on one of his temples in Myrtana

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  The symbol on a fireball scroll

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  The holy fire in the monastery

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  The symbol on the belt of a fire mages robe

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  The symbol of King Rhobar II. with Innos' symbol as part of it

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  Explanation of the symbol

Fire Chalices

There are ancient symbols of Innos engraved on the fire chalices.

Colors

• The Magicians of Fire wear red to symbolize the fire of Innos. Also his runes in Gothic 1 are red and his scrolls are marked with a red dot.
• The magical runes of Innos' magic glow yellow.
• The robe of fire is partially black like coals and the high robe of fire is partially grey like ash.

Alternate Ending

In an alternate ending of Gothic 3 the nameless hero can decide to offer the divine artifacts to Innos and become his chosen. Innos will task him with:

• Liberating Myrtana
• Killing Zuben

After he has done so, the outro will tell that the hero becomes new king of Myrtana after Rhobars death.

Trivia

• Ra was supposed to be the main deity of Myrtana, the god of fire and the sun. Mike Hoge came up with the Name but Matthias Filler didn't like it and gave the god the name Innos.
• The comic was published before the game and Innos's name is still Ra in it. Kai Rosenkranz referenced this fact in an interview once and claimed that Ra was supposed to be the father of the three gods. However Mike Hoge's statement and the lack of any such father figure in the design documents make this unlikely.
• In Gothic healing magic is attributed to Adanos but in Gothic 3 it's retconned to be Innos's magic.