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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