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Palgolak was a god of knowledge. He was depicted either as a fat, squat human reading in a bath, or a svelte vodyanoi doing the same, or, mystically, both at once. His congregation were human and vodyanoi in roughly equal proportions. He was an amiable, pleasant deity, a sage whose existence was entirely devoted to the collection, categorization, and dissemination of information.
Isaac worshipped no gods. <..> Even he, though, had a soft spot for Palgo‐lak. He rather hoped the fat bastard did exist, in some form or other. Isaac liked the idea of an inter-aspectual entity so enam‐oured with knowledge that it just roamed from realm to realm in a bath, murmuring with interest at everything it came across.