Smoke
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- For other uses of the term, see Smoke (disambiguation).
In SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM, and Hack'EM, Smoke is the chaotic god of the Ice Mage pantheon.
Origin
Many religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the air, sky and/or weather. Any masculine sky god is often also king of the gods, taking the position of patriarch within a pantheon. Such king gods are collectively categorized as "sky father" deities, with a polarity between sky and earth often being expressed by pairing a "sky father" god with an "earth mother" goddess; pairings of a sky mother with an earth father are less frequent. A main sky goddess is often the queen of the gods and may be an air/sky goddess in her own right, though she usually has other functions as well.
"Smoke" as it relates to aspects of ice and cold may refer to mist, a phenomenon caused by small droplets of water that are suspended in the cold air, usually by condensation. It is most commonly seen where water vapor in warm, moist air meets sudden cooling, such as in exhaled air in the winter; it can also occur as part of natural weather when humid air cools rapidly, most notably when that air comes into contact with much cooler surfaces (e.g. mountains).
