Gods

"Renaut was not the first, there are those who dwell in the darkness. Ravenous beasts of old, furious that their subjects have forgotten them. Do not mention their name under my threshold, lest you damn this city."

- Bensour Palgemene, Senior Professor at Araseen University in Verone, Vaedisia



From Argess to Aieseaa, there have been, and always will be deities to inspire and instill fear into people. These beings take on many forms and many identities; Gods, Goddesses, Daemons and Djinns each with their own following and rites. Most of the Gods worshipped in the current era are New Gods, and throughout the World, Lord Renaut is noted as being the most prominent, though there are just as many that disregard his worship. However, there also those ancient Gods, known as Old Gods who, while largely unknown to the naive populace of the current world, are much more powerful than their successors. This split in the heavens is so prominent, that New and Old Gods can be split into seperate groups.

The New Gods are all deities formed after the First Era, the most prominent and recognized from this pantheon of Gods and Goddesses is Lord Renaut. New Gods can be characterized by all once being a mortal being, often a Human though their are accounts of other races having their own gods. New Gods are weakers than Old Gods, in that while they do retain power it only benefits and detriments those that worship them. Other nations often view another nations' deity as nothing more than nonsense, while praising their own. This is because New Gods grow stronger the more people worship them, and weaker the less; and since there is little cultural diffusion, Gods are almost exclusively worshipped within their respective nations.



Olds Gods, also known as the Precursors, Old Ones, and a plethora of other titles are deities of an ancient pantheon from before the First Era. These Gods have been largely forgotten, but unlike the New Gods and their ascended 'mortal' background, the Old Gods have remained since time immemorial, and have thus retained much of their power. The Old Gods are only actively worshipped in very few and specific locations of the world, and even then, their names and deeds are known to only a certain few. Their greatest sphere of influence is over Argess, also known as the Cursed Continent, with their beasts from the Untold Eras roaming free and with the Five Kings actively paying tribute to their Dark Gods. The Old Gods were not always so bloodthirsty and deranged, and it is speculated that with the boundless conflicts and wars of the past, might've corrupted the remaining Old Gods. It is stated in many prophecys that the world will end when three horses ride the bloodiest field of battle, and that the three who manage to mount the horses will be spared the coming apocalpyse; these horses symbolizing the Old Gods.