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Ten thousand years ago, the gods died.

It was an event that shook the world. A catastrophe that seemed to herald the end of days. Some people truly believed they were facing the world's last sunset. And so they sat in their homes, holding their loved ones close as darkness crept in, knowing they would never awaken deep within their hearts.

And yet...

The sun rose once more. The world had not died. The end of everything had not come to pass.

People still existed.

And so, life went on.

As the sun rose and set over and over again, and years began to pass, civilizations grew. The gods who had died all those years ago began to sink into obscurity, to become nothing more then a distant memory. For some, other beliefs rose. And over time, science and technology began to propel the world to greater and greater heights. Vast cities rose. Machines were created to facilitate mass industry. The people of the world experienced an age unlike any other that had come to pass before, where knowledge dominated.

The world had changed so much, in what could be considered the blink of an eye.

The gods had been completely forgotten, still dead. Still gone.

The Age of Science and Technology flourished.

And yet it would not last.

Was it a conflict that could have been avoided? A catastrophe none had been able to foresee? An accident that had started a chain reaction through mere chance?

There are none today who can remember just what set the world ablaze.

Cities fell. Industries collapsed. Millions died.

There are some who said it was the end of days. That it would be the world's last sunset.

And yet, the sun rose again. There were still some who lived, though the population had fallen drastically over the course of the Great Calamity.

Those who remained behind were left to pick up the pieces as best they could. And in the thousands of years since the disaster, they did. In some places, cities have rose again, though they are not the same glittering metropolises that covered the world in the Age of Science and Technology. Machines have been recovered, and some nations have been able to engineer their own.

But the gods remained long forgotten. Even the Age of Science and Technology is shrouded in mystery now, so much knowledge lost.

The sun rises. Conflict breaks out. The people arm themselves.

The shadows grow long, and something lurks in the darkness.

Dead Gods Dream.

It is to this world of ten thousand years passed that the gods reawaken. Without their worshippers, they are severely weakened. And yet as gods, they still retain a spark of divinity.

It is into a unfamiliar world, with no knowledge of what has passed while they dreamed, that they are returned to life.

Something terrible is coming.




In this RP, the players will take the roles of the newly-revived forgotten gods, thrust into a world much changed from that which they once presided over. Severely weakened, they will have face this new world, and ultimately discover the threat lurking in the shadows.

Of course, as stated, they are severely weakened. While they will certainly appear powerful to the average human, it will require regaining the love and worship of the people to ascend back to true divinity. It is only by doing this that they can truly become gods once more.

The power level for gods to start with should be more within range of a fantasy adventurer to begin with, but they will grow in power as the RP progresses and they gain more admiration. As such, the level of power in the RP in general will escalate considerably as time goes on.

That being said, I would like to avoid gods with domains such as creation(for multiple reasons), or death.

The RP is intended for about six players, and thus I do not intend to be accepting more then that. Additionally, I would like to maintain a weekly posting schedule, no less then one post per person every week. While I will permit delays provided I'm given a reason, I would prefer to delay no longer then one additional week and will consider removing a player if they do not keep to this schedule.

In terms of the setting, many details will be omitted as players are intended to discover them in-game. However, I will state that magic is present, and while some cities are more technologically advanced the world is largely dominated by nature. In some locations, overgrown ruins from the Age of Science and Technology still remain.




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Name: Zendor
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Personality: This god man wants to teach mortals how to prosper in knowledge and wisdom. He is first and foremost both teacher and student, believing in self improvement and how to teach others how to do the same.
Domain: Mortality, Knowledge, Ritual Magic
Abilities: Zendor is a god of mortality and knowledge. As such, he is probably among the most intelligent beings in all creation, and is well versed in all fields of science and ritual magick. He is also a great healer, thanks to his domain of mortality. Anything that ages and dies, he can restore to perfect health.
Brief Backstory:
Zendor was a god of knowledge, mortality and ritual magick long ago. In addition to being among the most intelligent beings in the universe, he was also extremely powerful, although the power thing is more subjective than objective, of course. He was patron to Doctors of Medicine, all other Scientific fields, and wizards, witches, etcetera.
However, since he was the god of all forms of knowledge, when the Forgotten Gods lost his power, he lost almost all his power, probably more so than any other god.
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@ActRaiserTheReturned: Afraid this is a little too skimpy and not quite what I'm looking for, sorry. ^^;
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@ActRaiserTheReturned: Afraid this is a little too skimpy and not quite what I'm looking for, sorry. ^^;


Can I try again?
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@ActRaiserTheReturned: You can, I definitely want the bio to be more fleshed out and try and focus on maybe two domains.
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Name: Zendor
Gender: Male
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This god man wants to teach mortals how to prosper in knowledge and wisdom. He is first and foremost both teacher and student, believing in self improvement and how to teach others how to do the same. This isn't a god who will think he's better than mere mortals and thus have nothing to do with them other than to rule over them and receive worship, he will befriend people, both god and mortal alike. He is a not just a god. He's a god man devoted to teaching others not just intellectual knowledge but also for mortals how to best live and prosper.
With that said, he can come across as kind of awkward a lot of the time, albeit well meaning. He has just a tad bit of trouble understanding somethings that should be obvious, some of these things being social conventions, even if he is an extraordinary genius.

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Mortality: The power of all living things and/or people that have a beginning and ending of their lives
Knowledge: All forms of knowledge. Not just science and learning empirically but also magic. He also comes off as wise which is true, but he is not the god of wisdom per se.
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Zendor is a god of mortality and knowledge. As such, he is probably among the most intelligent beings in all creation, and is well versed in all fields of science and many forms of magick. He is also a great healer, thanks to his domain of mortality. Anything that ages and dies, he can restore to perfect health, or even in a round about way grant someone immortality, since he can stop aging permanently. It would take a lot of persuasion for Zendor to do something like that, but he can.
He also knows all forms of magick that a mortal person can learn. The arts of magic included are necromancy, which are the magic spells and methods used to communicate with the dead, illusion, and healing magic, as mentioned, alchemy, clairvoyance, and if the GM permits it, precognition/prophecy. Zendor may even be a master of the many more familiar types of magic in fiction such as elemental spell casting, if that is something that exists in this setting.
As the god of mortality he is also a master survivalist, should he ever need skills of survival like some mortals do, he can do this and teach them very well. All of these are all under his domain of knowledge and mortality, but he is also, as god of knowledge very good at mind games, strategy, battles of wits and probably, should he put his mind to it, intrigue and subterfuge.
He is also remarkably progressed in the ways of science. He is a genius in all fields, but particularly would love to combine the science/magic of alchemy with the hard sciences of chemistry and medicine.

Brief Backstory:
Zendor was a god of knowledge, mortality and ritual magick long ago. In addition to being among the most intelligent beings in the universe, he was also extremely powerful, although the power thing is more subjective than objective, of course. He was patron to Doctors of Medicine, all other Scientific fields, and the ways of wizards, witches, etcetera.
However, since he was the god of all forms of knowledge, when the Forgotten Gods lost his power, he lost almost all his power, probably more so than any other god. No one knows what the future holds for Zendor, not even himself.
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@ActRaiserTheReturned: I'm sorry if I didn't make it clear enough, but I thought you'd be starting from scratch with a new character.
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@ActRaiserTheReturned: I'm sorry if I didn't make it clear enough, but I thought you'd be starting from scratch with a new character.


I had no clue.
Am I not allowed ANY of my domains then?
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@ActRaiserTheReturned: No, you are, but I anticipated a character rework as I don't quite feel he ultimately suits the RP too well, which again isn't exactly a traditional fantasy setting.

Also the gods didn't just get forgotten, they were actually dead for ten thousand years.
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@ActRaiserTheReturned: No, you are, but I anticipated a character rework as I don't quite feel he ultimately suits the RP too well, which again isn't exactly a traditional fantasy setting.

Also the gods didn't just get forgotten, they were actually dead for ten thousand years.


Ah. Okay. But I can still have these Domains then. THat's good to know.
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Alrighty, here we go.

Goddess of Hunting and Judgement. I may have gotten a bit wordy, but overall, a more or less physically capable Goddess with some ability to detect deceit, vanquish evil and hunt sinners, all that fun stuff. I'll edit anything i need to~

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@Rune_Alchemist: I think this should give a really good idea of what I want. I'll formally accept once I get the OOC posted.
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Something I put together rather quickly, I worked on it for about two hours. Not sure exactly what you're looking for, the conversation above has confused me a little. But I'm hoping this is close. Let me know. I'll tweak it according to your feedback. This seems right up my alley. @VitaVitaAR

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@Renny: This looks pretty suitable as well, I think what I'm trying to get at is I would try to steer away from ideas suited purely to a more standard fantasy setting.
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