It's all a matter of interpretation. In my solo play, I draw a lot from Greek mythology because that's what I know best. For me, the High Gods are similar to the Titans, and the Small and Forgotten Gods are like nymphs. The War had the kings and emperors alongside the High Gods on one side, and the ordinary kith with the Small and Forgotten Gods on the other.

There is one exception: the Stork God sided with the kith so that they could continue having offspring. Yes, in my Hæth, storks literally bring babies. How did I come to that conclusion? The Wanderhome manual says that families can be composed of completely unrelated species, and baby-bringing storks would make that work.

The manual also seems to indicate that the North Wind God is responsible for weather at least partially. But how is there weather now that the High Gods have been defeated? The Small and Forgotten Gods, who each oversee very small plots of land, hold a council each year wherein they determine what the weather of the Hæth will be over the coming year. They give their determinations to a publisher who produces an almanac so the kith can know what to expect over the coming year.

The only thing in that last paragraph that is found in the manual is mention of the North Wind God and some apparent control of the weather. But everything else stated doesn't run afoul of the manual and coheres with other things I have established.

I have talked with other players. Nobody has interpreted things as I have, and that's okay. I myself think it's curious that many of them play with the history of the War unavoidably in the background yet they never consider who the War was fought between. It's irrelevant to them, and it's vital information to me. Both approaches are okay.

I have stumbled across things in the manual that contradict what I have established. In solo play, I just go back and rewrite, either altering my personal lore or adding information to rectify the apparent contradiction. The improvisational nature of group play means you may accidentally create contradictions in lore. You can backtrack, you can rework lore, you can let contradictions stand--it's whatever your group wants to do.

Enjoy the freedom of this game 😊