Latter-Day Pantheon

The Latter-Day Pantheon is a group of aliens introduced in Salvation. Their true names were not given in the novel.

The Latter-Day Pantheon are completely controlled by the belief of people around them. They have no natural powers or personalities, but are instead shaped by what people believe they should be like. Even their true form (either smoke or a puddles) might just be what people expect of them. When first discovered, the Latter-Day Pantheon were believed to be gods, so that's what they developed into.

At least two groups of these aliens came to Earth in 1965. Though only one survived from the crash-landing in London, five survived from the crash in New York. The aliens were discovered by Alexander Lullington-Smythe who tried to take advantage of their powers, claiming they were gods. The problem was that the humans of New York had far too many contradicting beliefs, which meant the Latter-Day Pantheon had trouble deciding which ideas to obey. Eventually, they decided to end the Vietnam War, but they were stopped by army before they could go along with their plan.