In the beginning, there was only the Overgod, and the Void. The Void was populated with the Overgod's thoughts and feelings. They were wistful, appearing and then disappearing. Time was simultaneous. All was well, until one of these thoughts, who would later take the name Melkaia, discovered itself. In so doing, it shattered time, causing a rearranging of all things. The universe exploded into existence, and Melkaia was separated from the Overgod and The Void, only able to traverse this new universe. The Overgod, who was outside of this new universe, was powerless to effect or change anything within, and could only watch, uncomprehending, as Melkaia blundered about in his youthful self-awareness. Melkaia first named itself.

Then, with a name, it wandered the universe, in search of life. Eventually, it came across a planet that seemed to be thriving. It gushed forth new life, which had the potential to change and evolve. Melkaia watched with great interest as the intelligence and complexity of the life forms on the planet increased to grow. Melkaia could not, however, communicate with them. He tried once, and the great boom of his voice nearly destroyed the planet. So, it decided to create a new race, who would be guides and leaders for these lesser races on the planet. Melkaia molded these new Gods to be as varied and evolving as the races below, and slung them to the planet. However, in it's inexperience, Melkaia accidentally put forth too much of itself into it's new creations. As these new Gods seeded the earth like so many falling stars, Melkaia breathed it's last, and died.

The new Gods, unaware of their origin, but acutely aware of their superiority, took charge over their various aspects and peoples. Some took to the forests, others to the seas and deserts, and others to the mountains. Some subjugated lesser races, while others guided them to prosperity, or defended them from harm. Gradually, the Gods began to found nations, and their peoples began to build cities. The world as it is now, began to come into it's own. Now, six hundred years since the Gods fell to the world, it remains to be seen whether Melkaia's work was a gift to the lesser races, or a curse.

If somebody knows a good map generator, I would be in your debt. For now, I'll have to describe it as having eight continents of varying sizes, four oceans, and varying temperatures, ecosystems, and climates. I'll go into details a bit later.

Name:

Title(s):

Seat of Power: Your God's HQ, so to speak. Can be anything from a shrine to a castle. Images welcome, but not required.

Divine Aspects: Such as War, Nature, Wealth, etc. These are a result of your God's actions through time, and do not necessarily reflect ability. Choose three.

Appearance: May have up to three forms. Keep in mind that Gods are entirely physical, so there will be no ethereal forms or anything like that. Pictures are fine, but try to steer clear of too much anime. Will make some exceptions. Choose three forms.

Artifacts: Items that your God possesses which have divine worth/abilities, whether they had it upon their arrival, or have created them since, is up to you. Choose three. Can obtain more throughout the RP.

Unique abilities: Powers that set you apart from other Gods. Every God has them. Choose two for now. More can manifest during the RP.

Personal History: What has your God been doing since they were created? Keep in mind that they were made with inborn knowledge of things, but not of their own origins

Personality:

Other: Anything you'd like to note, which I left out.

Name:

Location: What terrain is your nation located in? Does it span multiple different terrain-types?

Government: Many Gods personally oversee their nations, but some nations have elected officials, and other ruling mortal parties.

Dominant race: The main population of your nation. Be sure to explain their appearance, and abilities.

Other races: This includes any slave castes or beasts of burden/domesticated creatures. Be sure to explain their appearance, and abilities.

Wild Flora/fauna: What wild animals inhabit your nation's territory? Be sure to explain their appearance, and abilities.

Specialization: What does your Nation specialize in? This is usually a direct result of your God's teachings. Some examples are Seafaring, Metallurgy, Trading, War, etc.

National History:

Alliances:

Enemies:

Notable People: These can be god-chosen champions or politicians. Anyone of true importance to your nation

Other:

-Gods, as mentioned above, have no knowledge of their creation, but they have an inborn knowledge of many things, usually relating to their divine aspects.

-Though they can change their physical appearances, Gods will always have a physical body. The topic of the soul is as much speculation for the gods as it is for mortals. Nobody knows what becomes of a God upon death.

-Most Gods will know of at least a few others by now. Many will actually list others as allies or enemies. Remember, it's been six hundred years. I'd love to see some fleshed-out pre-history develop between your nations and Deities before we start.

-All Gods have a universal superiority over mortal races. They are all vastly physically superior to any mortal creature, though strength varies between Gods. They will not die of age, and indeed only age visually if they choose. They are tougher by leaps and bounds than most mortal creatures, and can withstand extreme amounts of punishment, though this too varies between Gods.

Name: Krustaliem.

Title(s): The Frozen One. The Lonely God.

Seat of Power: Inside of the ice fields of northern Glacinus.

Divine Aspects: Ice and Winter; Introversion and Isolation.

Primary Form

A colossus constructed of ice, half trapped in the glacier of northern Glacinus.

Secondary Form
A figure entirely covered in worn animal skins and bits of cloth, clung tightly to his body. When removed, the figure is distinctly androgynous looking, but appears old, and extremely pale. The figure's hands, feet, nose and ears are suffering from severe frost-bite, and turned black.

Secondary Form
An imposing humanoid figure made of solid white stone and standing at ten feet tall. In direct sunlight he is blindingly bright, in the most literal sense.

Artefacts: The Shard of Glacinus; A permanently frozen shard of ice that freezes everything around it in reverse proportion to the heat in its surrounding environment. In the ice fields of Glacinus, for instance, it would essentially be indistinguishable from any other shard of ice. If it were dropped into a volcano, however, it would freeze its surroundings so instantly and so substantially that the magma would solidify and turn to rock before the shard could even fall through the air to reach it. Similar to how it cannot be melted, it cannot be shattered, no matter how hard of a force is enacted upon it.

Unique abilities

Manipulation of Ice; The ice fields of northern Glacinus are under Krustaliem's direct control. If someone he doesn't like happens to be walking on them, he can decide on a whim to open up a large crack directly underneath where they're standing, and send their corpse to the depths of oblivion. Krustaliem can also utilize ice to create structures and tools, including fortifications and weapons of war. This power makes Krustaliem nigh-invincible inside of the ice fields, but largely useless, from the perspective of a god, outside of them.

Call of Neutrality; Krustaliem can influence the minds of mortals to sever their emotional connections with others entirely, eliminating whether they perceive others as friend or foe. The Call is less effective the closer in proximity (both literal and figurative) that a person is to others. If a trained group of warriors who have been taught through discipline to recognize a certain party as a foe were to enter into Glacinus, for instance, Krustaliem's Call could eliminate their perception of who the foe is that they're there to fight, as well as their kinship towards each other. Eliminating the bond between a mother and her child, though, would be more difficult, because of their closer emotional connection.

Personal History: Krustaliem has spent almost the entirety of his creation isolated and largely dormant. He has undisputed control over a massive swath of territory, but the territory is mostly uninhabited, and as such he has acquired fewer worshippers proportional to other gods. Despite his small following though, his isolation has also meant that what followers he has are extremely devout. Another positive side-effect of Krustaliem's introversion is his lack of enemies; he has no real disputes with any of the other gods, except perhaps those that are ideological. Similarly, he has no allies among the Gods either.

Personality: Characteristic of his role as the God of Isolation, Krustaliem is distinctly asocial and introverted. Most of his worshippers never see his physical form directly, and attempting to visit his place of refuge in northern Glacinus is a life-threatening proposal. Krustaliem is quiet, cold and absent; he will generally only intervene when the safety of Glacinus is directly threatened. In such cases, though, his cold personality makes him capable of horrific acts of brutality and mercilessness.

Name: Glacinus.

Location: The nation of Glacinus is a massive one, existing in the far northern stretches of the continent. The southern edges of Glacinus could be described as tundra or taiga, with either bitterly cold, empty plains or the snow-swept corpses of withered mountains welcoming travellers to the land of the far north. Once the tundra's passed, the continent ends in technical terms. A large portion of Glacinus' area is ocean, but ocean that is permanently frozen over, thus allowing for an artificial extension of the land into the sea. The temperature here is somewhat warmer than the permanently frozen seas would suggest—Krustaliem's machinations allowing for some small level of human settlement in his realm—but it is still a cold and harsh place. In the warmer seasons, when the southern portion of the ice mass melts, a number of islands are visible, disconnected from the mainland in precisely the time when they would be most vulnerable to an outside army. It is on these islands that most of Glacinus' residents live, in small settlements, keeping to themselves far away from the other realms of mortals.

Civilization is rare, even in the more populous areas. The capital and largest settlement, Boreas, would be considered more of a large town than a city when compared to many of the more populous nations of the realm. The other settlements are all much smaller, villages and hamlets more so than towns, meekly working to preserve their existence in their unforgiving homeland, with most families having careers have change with the seasons, ranging from hunters in the spring to craftsmen of some sort in the bitter winter months. As a result of the extremely low population density of the country, the vast majority of the land of Glacinus is completely untouched by civilization. Nowhere in the whole of creation, though, is more isolated and more disparate from the civilized realms than the ice fields.

Occupying around half of Glacinus' total area is the Glacinus Ice Fields. This area is completely frozen down to bedrock year around, and almost completely flat, offering men to see for longer in any direction than anywhere else in the known world. The sky in the ice fields is radiant and foreboding, constantly imbued with northern lights, hues of blue, red and green running across the dark night sky all year around. Krustaliem's machinations have ensured that daylight never enters upon the ice fields, making the only natural illumination in this deathly cold antonym of hell the coloured lights that stretch their way across the sky.

Government: Boreas is the seat of Glacinus' government, and the administrative centre of the nation as a whole. The Glacii, a semi-religious order that are joint priests and governors, maintain order in the country, and act as its effective military, ensuring no foreign army can ever march upon Glacene territory. The Glacii do not exact taxes or tribute of any kind upon the citizens of Glacinus, however, and instead fund themselves through acting as middle-men for all trade that occurs between the Glacene and the outside world. Craftsmen and metal-workers, but especially miners sell their goods to the Glacii, whom in return arrange for them to be sold to interests outside of Glacinus. It is an age-old arrangement, and one that is largely an absolute necessity. Due to the massive distances between locations in Glacinus, and the remoteness of most settlements, trade is often an extremely costly endeavour. The Glacii also operate a few of their own mines in different areas of the country, and act as something of a police force for the larger settlements, like Boreas. However, that role is a minimal one, as the brutality of Glacinus doesn't leave much room for luxury, thus discouraging thieves and bandits from operating in the country.

Dominant race: The Glacene are Humans, but a heavily modified breed, having been moulded by their environment and their god to better suit the climate of the harsh north-lands of the continent. To make the most of the extreme flatness of Glacinus, the Glacene have highly attuned senses of sight, and are capable of impressive feats of agility to catch and subdue the prey that their lives depend on. The Glacene are also, obviously, extremely tolerant to the effects of cold temperatures. Their bodies don't start to break down or lose ability as quickly as those of other humans in the cold, and their extremities aren't nearly as susceptible to frost-bite. On the other end of the scale, though, their alterations make them extremely unsuitable for life in hot climates.

Other races: There is no other race in Glacinus but the Glacene, and the only domesticated animals in the country are the korra—a very large, furry breed of dog that developed alongside the Glacene, and is used to help them hunt and defend their communities. The korra are especially popular with Glacii units, assisting in aspects of their duties in defending Glacinus from outsiders.

Wild Flora/fauna: The taiga of southern Glacinus is filled with the predictable amount and breadth of wildlife. Bundles of trees and various hardy grasses and natural grains are common, as are animals like moose, hares and various birds. Further north, wildlife becomes somewhat more scarce. North of the seasonally island-filled area of Glacinus, where Borea and most other Glacene settlements are located, animals both prey and predator alike are extremely uncommon. The most you'll usually ever see is the odd fox or rabbit of some kind, and of course, in the warmer months, the waters that open up between villages mark the arrival of the fishing season. Once the ice fields in the north are reached, though, there is almost no life of any kind in sight, whether human or otherwise.

Specialization: The Glacene are exceptional hunters and expert craftsmen, adept at getting the most and best use out of any given material they can manage to get their hands on.

National History: Glacinus was brought together as a unified state by the Glacii, who were at first the local militia of the city of Borea. The Glacii gave Borea all of the services that they currently offer the whole of Glacinus, and their support to the city proved extremely beneficial to the Boreans, allowing them to spend more and more time on developing their settlement rather than merely trying to subsist. Eventually, Borea's population came to outnumber all of its surrounding villages, as families flocked to the city for use of its trade routes to the south and relatively ease of living, compared to the rest of the country. This prompted the local leaders of the villages to establish their own offices of the Glacii, and eventually every single settlement in the north found themselves associated with the Glacii in one way or another.

Alliances/Enemies: None. Following the teachings of Krustaliem, Glacinus is perpetually neutral. With that said, their neutrality does not by any means compel them to non-violence. When threatened, or when having a particular special interest outside of Glacinus, the Glacene can be as ruthless as the situation commands in their pursuit of their goals. Typically, though, the Glacene are accustomed to filling the role of the quiet, rural north-folk to their southern neighbours, who they generally interact with only for trade purposes.

Notable People

Evalaine Ashtur, Commander of the South Patrol.
Unin Lairr, Prudent of the Priests of Glacinus.