The Lanveders are the gods of Giantkin. Though Lokke and Lyberna stand paramount to the Giant pantheon (with Likho standing paramount to some evil Giants and the Fomori), the pantheon makes room for many other gods. Placed right beneath their father and mother on the hierarchy are their seven sons, these Gods are known as Lanveder. However, While the seven sons represent large, expansive places such as mountains in the case of Oxi and or hills in the case of Suithi, or even world-spanning ideas such as the sea in the case of Thunor, Lanveders can also represent places as small as a single household. In the case of a household Lanveder, it may not be incredibly powerful by any means, but it exists nevertheless.
Lanveders also do not necessarily relate to places, they can also find themselves attached to a specific family or their name. Some noble families with histories older than certain countries might have a particularly powerful Lanveder that protects them and their wealth and splendor. Lanveders exist in a symbiotic relationship with the place or people they bond with, they influence their flock as much as their flock influences them, exhibiting a generation spanning game of push and pull. Lanveder grow with the place, person, or family they are attached to, as a village evolves into a town, and that town evolves into a city, and the city becomes famous (or even infamous) the Lanveder will grow right behind them. However, just as all places and names are able to carry a Lar, so too could a rival or an enemy, and when two powerful Lanveder meet, it could spell disaster for one family, or even both.
Giants are, of course, most prone to Lanveder worship, using their Lanveder as a measuring stick and as a weapon. To them Lanveders are not nebulous, they are very real and tangible, able to do battle with another family or city’s Lanveder or protect them from incoming attacks by their enemies or their Lanveder. They will use runic magic to summon their Lanveder into a corporeal state or to take possession of their body to gain the strength needed for a battle. Though the Giants are most prone to it, over the centuries their practices have been adopted among some in other cultures who cultivate the Lanveder in order to serve as a guardian angel. The Lanveder has a need at the biological level to help the name it is attached to thrive and survive, as that also feeds back in to make itself stronger.
As a Lanveder ages and grows, their influence over surrounding areas will grow too and in turn, their bodies will grow. As their bodies grow, the energy flowing through them increases in power and concentrates in vital organs such as the heart, brain, and loins. Worshippers attempt to map these areas of concentrated energy, called Lararia, as well as the routes between them, known as Ley Lines. Worshippers can then do one of two things: either they can hold acts of worship in these locations, thereby further strengthening the Lanveder, or they can use these Lararia to syphon energy from the Lanveder for their own gain. Typical worship strikes a balance between the two acts, borrowing power from the Lanveder in times of trouble, and paying it back and the some when times improve.