The roleplay is divided in turns. They are associated with the passage of time IC, but it's typically vague and left to the players.

Each turn gives the player Might and Aspect Points to use, any points not spent at the end of the turn are wasted and do not carry over to the next turn’s budget.

You will always receive 5MP/5AP

An Aspect is an element of the universe over which a god rules absolute. These 'elements' can range from the obvious (Love, War, Death, Crafting and classical elements such as Water and Fire) to the abstract (Journeys, Secrets, Purity, Loss, etc). They often align with a
deity beyond merely what powers they command, especially in their worldview or personality. Aspects are unique and cannot be shared. Only one can truly master their chosen facet.

As well as Might, Aspects allow the player to spend Aspect Points (or AP) on actions related to their Aspect. A god begins with one Aspect. Additional Aspects require a player to spend 3 MP in actions related to that new Aspect. A player is then able to spend an additional 3MP to acquire this new Aspect.

See the Aspect Points section below for more detail.

To unlock another Aspect, you would need to spend 3 might points (MP) towards its acquisition.

Example; A War god makes an artifact for 1MP; a crown that dominates the mind of the one who wears it and turns them into a monster. That War god then has 1/3MP spent towards the Domination Aspect

Once they have spent a total of 3MP or more towards the Domination Aspect (can be three individual actions, one whole sum or a combination of both), they then can then spend 3 might points (MP) to purchase that Aspect. They are now the god of both War and Domination.

Finally, Aspects allow for discounts in the might catalog. Unlike past Divinus where the discount rounded down, this time the discount will round up.

Example: The War god spends 5MP building a war related artifact. They decide to discount the artifact by half. 5/2 = 2.5, which we would then round up to 3. Thus they would only pay 3MP for their war artifact. Another example would be a 3MP Artifact, discounted to 1.5 and rounded up to 2, which would then be the cost. A 1MP artifact discounted by half is 0.5, rounded up is 1, thus their cost is still 1MP. An even example is a 4MP artifact discounted to 2MP, since it isn’t a decimal the number remains 2 and is not rounded up.

A God’s personal locus of power. A realm is a loose term to describe a place or seat where a God resides. From a towering alabaster castle, to a woodland of dark pines, an ocean monument or a deep and dark mountain home, a realm can come in many different shapes and flavors. All share these common points however; It must hold a space in the physical plane. The realm can be ‘moved’ and made somewhere else for a flat additional cost, you can only have one realm at a time. A God has absolute authority in their own realm but are never completely invulnerable. Finally, a realm can only be as large as a minor change to the landscape.

All realms cost 2MP to create and 2MP to relocate (as needed). These costs cannot be discounted through Aspects.

Might Points

Might Points (MP) and Aspect Points (AP), also known as Might, are the primary ‘currency’ of your characters and are a way of measuring the power and exertion that a god puts into their various actions. The ultimate limit on the powerful acts of your gods is based on these Points.

All gods receive a base income of 5 MP & 5 AP per turn. Aspect Points may not be spent towards future aspect acquisitions. At the start of each Turn, all unspent Might and Aspect Points from the previous turn are lost.

Might is spent whenever your god creates something significant or performs a feat of great godly power beyond your regular capabilities. Typically more Might is expended for more powerful actions. MP and AP can only be spent in whole number increments; an act which would be worth less than 1 MP could probably be performed for free.

Aspect Points

Here’s a further look into AP. Unlike Might points, which can be spent freely on anything in the catalog, Aspect Points can only be spent on things that have a direct correlation with your Aspects(s) or that which you directly create with MP - as a foundation for further creation. For example, a god of animals wishes to create an extraordinary species of giant goats. They are free to use their AP to do so, because their aspect is animals, and by extension, goats fall under that aspect. A god of death would not be able to use their AP to make goats, but would be free to do so with MP. (That is unless such goats are undead or death related of course.)

Aspect Points cannot contribute towards unlocking new Aspects unlike Might Points. Once you acquire a new aspect (once again by spending 3mp on relevant actions towards the new aspect and then purchasing the said aspect for an additional 3mp, you are able to use AP for said aspect.

The goal of AP is to allow a God to have points used specifically for their own aspect(s).

Avatars and their use to Deities: An avatar is a fragment of a deities power. They can range from being essentially a puppet that has no mind or will of its own, or they can be completely independent of their patron deity and interpret the deities commands in their own way.

An avatar's use to a deity is twofold: Firstly, they are a direct extension of a deity's power, and can directly spend Might or Aspect points for their creator at any time. In addition, an Avatar's power is small enough that, unless an avatar identifies themselves or reveals their divine power, they can serve as virtually incognito agents of the divine.

Avatars, at least in comparison to their creator deities, are far weaker. Though even this comparative weakness is still far stronger than a mortal could ever hope to become normally. They do not require sleep, nourishment, or any kind of physical relief. Though, naturally, they may choose to emulate these needs if they desire. Beyond this lack of needs an avatar can effortlessly move at speeds that would make the fastest runners seem slow, undertake physical challenges that make even the strongest mortal seem weak, and perceive the world so perfectly that almost nothing can escape their detection.

Creating an Avatar takes 5 MP or AP if related to an Aspect. The limit to a deity’s avatars is directly tied to their total number of Aspects. If appropriately themed, an avatar may be discounted in price.

In addition, it is possible that becoming an avatar is something that a deity can reward a mortal, should they see fit to do so. This ritual will take 5 MP or AP, and will irreversibly convert the mortal into being an avatar while rejuvenating them to their physical prime. A majority of mortals, even if they interact with the divine on a daily basis, are not going to be mentally prepared for the aftermath of such a transformation: A feeling of limitlessness, access to heaps of divine knowledge, and access to the ability to create and destroy as a divine does are all things that they simply can never comprehend as a mortal, and these converted avatars will require careful guidance once the transformation is complete. However, these transformed mortals will have wisdom and experience that most deities will simply never be able to have, and can prove to be valuable advisors, spies, or leaders depending on what a deity requires of them.

New players may join as recently arrived deities, or may join as a demigod. Demigods function much in the same way as normal gods do, however their Might and Aspect points are reduced to reflect their status, thus they will receive only 2 MP and 3 AP at the beginning of a turn. A demigod can become a god, if they prove themselves worthy of such a responsibility.

Great heroes of legend, whether they be warriors, scholars, or leaders, are those chosen by patron gods and gifted extraordinary power. These champions can be devastating forces on the field of battle, or they may even be wizened sages with little affinity for fighting. All champions are exceptionally resilient individuals but all champions can be felled one way or another, whether they have a singular weakness and such. Champions are able to, like gods, grant boons, create lesser artifacts, teach their people a technology or idea, or perform tremendous tasks using their own Spirit.

Spirit is a currency of sorts that is not meant to limit the pacing of a champion’s story or impose costs upon actions that normal mortals can do, but rather to act as a bonus that lets the champion occasionally get rewards or perform things that should otherwise require divine intervention. You can think of spirit as being akin to accumulated favor with the gods, or perhaps even bits of divine power itself.



Of course, given that heroes are far weaker than gods, they are not able to achieve the same great abilities or use spirit to perform feats as grand as a god might. What a god could make or do pertaining to their aspect at no cost, a champion must spend a significant amount of Spirit to even come close to replicating. Champions just generally cannot hope to outdo the gods without Herculean efforts. Some examples of how to spend Spirit are as follows:

Tor the Scholar desires to found a community behind him, choosing to found a tribe he spends 10 of his Spirit to found the group and imposes upon them his philosophy that plagiarism is sinful, and other such unifying thought.

Tor the Scholar then wishes to make a magical glowing tablet that does not naturally decay and which codifies the history and laws of the tribe; he spends 4 of his Spirit to make this minor artifact that will exist in the tribe until it is either destroyed or forgotten about.

Tor the Scholar then seeks to solidify his power by creating a magical crown that confers not only style and charisma, but also imbues its wearer with the ability to taste plagiarism if one licks a parchment or tablet in question. For this more potent artifact, 10 spirit is appropriate.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of Spirit expenditures:



Holy Orders
Sometimes one or two champions isn’t enough, and instead a god might choose to create some large group to perform a similar role. Just as champions can come in a variety of forms and flavors, holy orders can likewise be a marauding horde, a circle of wizards, knight-paladins tasked with healing the sick and keeping the peace, or anything else. A holy order costs 3 Might for a god to found, but champions can alternatively create them with spirit.

The general rule of thumb is that the more members are present in a holy order, the less potent you should expect them to be individually -- for instance, a sacred band of ten warriors might have each one rival a champion in strength, but a vast army of a hundred thousand crusaders should probably confer only modest powers upon the members. This isn’t to say that if half the holy order is wiped out the remaining half grow twice as powerful as they don’t have to share some source of power with as many people (though it might make sense to say that the survivors were generally those that were more powerful to begin with) or that a circle of five wizards adding a sixth member should expect each individual to grow much weaker. It’s just that very powerful holy orders should generally be small in size, and that much larger ones shouldn’t expect to grant as much power.

However, you can have individuals that are both members of a holy order and champions, and/or individuals that are part of two or more holy orders at the same time.

Much as champions earn and spend Spirit, holy orders earn Prestige. This is once again meant as more of a reward that allows a holy order to create things that would otherwise probably need to be made by a god using Might, or to do truly exceptional feats, and not as some tax that they must pay in order to fulfill the everyday functions the holy order was created for. Prestige is generally more valuable than Spirit, but harder to earn.

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Aldion

The King of Hell

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Aldion's form is fairly simple; a man with red skin and glowing eyes, with a pair of horns that can vary in size and shape. His height itself also varies, depending on how imposing he wishes to be. He usually wears black. He emits a natural aura of authority and command, and at its full force mortals will find themselves feeling compelled to kneel upon witnessing him. His favoured weapon is a one-handed warhammer with a flaming head. He also carries a magical tome of laws, ledgers, and contracts.

Aspect: Hell. As the God of Hell, Aldion holds domain over the Souls of the Damned. The 'damned' referring to souls who have committed some grave sin within their lifetime. Aldion holds power over such souls, and he uses this power to draw them to his realm. There, they are subject to intense and agonizing torture as a form of attonement, stripping them of their memories and much of their personality, while instilling them with discipline and unbreakable loyalty to their new master.

In this excruciating process, the majority of souls are destroyed outright, after years or even decades of searing pain. If the soul survives, however, then it is instead reborn as a demon - one of Aldion's infernal servants. These demons guard his realm against those who would steal from it, and serve as his agents on Galbar. They are often cruel and wicked by nature, for while their evil nature has been tempered by discipline, they are nonetheless evil. Some secretly seek to test mortals; tempting them down paths of damnation, to bring more souls to their master. Others are more honest and businesslike - making contracts and bargains, offering power or services in exchange for the soul of the signer or some other heavy cost, often hidden behind a loophole. Damnation must be willing, although Aldion's definition of 'willing' is quite flexible.

Persona: Aldion does not consider himself to be an evil god. In his eyes, the task he performs is a grim, but necessary one. Mortals must be held accountable for their crimes in the afterlife, else there will be no incentive to steer them toward good. At the same time, he would never consider himself to be a good deity. No. He is a lawful one, viewing himself as a keeper of laws and an enactor of retribution. He tests the mortals, and punishes them when they stumble. Sometimes he will even offer aid to mortals, although he rarely gives out such gifts for free.

Aldion also harbours a strong respect for oaths and contracts, to the point where his demons are mentally incapable of knowingly violating any verbal agreement to which they have sworn their word, or any written agreement to which they have applied their signature. However, although all contracts and oaths must be honoured, not all contracts and oaths must be in good faith. As a result, when offering deals to mortals they will usually try to include all sorts of loopholes and overly specific turns of phrases. Of course, as a result of all this, both Aldion and his demons are naturally wary toward any oaths and contracts they did not design themselves.

There are many acts which Aldion considers to be sinful. Oathbreaking, whether it be by violating a sworn spoken oath or by breaching a sign contract, is one of the worst, even if the oath or contract in question is unfavourable or if the person had good reasons for breaking it - the only way to exempt yourself from judgement is if the contract has a clause allowing it to be broken under the right circumstances. If not, then breaking any significant oath or contract can damn you, whether it be reneging on a business deal, cheating on a spouse, or rising in a rebellion against a liege you have sworn loyalty to. Although it must be noted that Aldion does not consider contracts or oaths sworn by children to be valid.

Heresy is another grave offense. Particularly, those who knowingly spread heresy. Aldion defines heresy as spreading slander or misinformation about the gods, falsely claiming to represent the gods, or as openly rejecting and defying the gods (rejecting or defying a particular god is alright, but not gods as a concept.) Of course the heresy must be knowing: someone who is raised with incorrect beliefs and is never given reason to doubt said beliefs will likely be spared Aldion's judgement. For someone who lacks such an excuse, however... Aldion will seek to claim their soul.

Most serious crimes are also enough to damn one's soul to hell. Murder, theft, cannibalism, treason, and perjury, to name a few. Any souls that have been stained by such offenses will be naturally drawn toward the fires of Hell.

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Name: Celestine.



Base Form: Celestine's base form is, for lack of any better description, beautiful. To start with basic physical features, Celestine stands at a staggering height of ten feet tall. This allows her to tower over most people and project not only a feeling of superiority, but a feeling of confidence and self assurance that she hopes inspires the people following her with their own feelings of confidence. Celestine's skin is fair and soft, and she is often warm to the touch. In addition to this, Celestine's body is both well endowed and well developed, with robust yet not overwhelming muscles letting her retain an outwardly feminine hourglass shape.

Celestine's silvery white hair is extremely long, reaching down to her ankles if combed straight. It's naturally slightly curled state keeps it hovering around the low-calf range. It continues Celestine's trend of being welcoming and beautiful by being consistently soft to the touch, and freeing itself of dirt and other contaminants moments after they're introduced. In addition to keeping itself clean, Celestine's hair repairs itself from damage quite quickly, and will regrow to its original length in minutes if cut unless Celestine wills it to stay.

Celestine's eyes are a dull blue in color, and possess a soft warmness to them. Yet unlike her other features these betray the other side of Celestine, as even when she is being kind her eyes carry with them the weight of someone who has seen things that cannot be unseen or left behind. Being an elf, Celestine's ears are long and pointed, with each one extending several inches away from her head.

For clothing, Celestine has one outfit that she wears constantly. Befitting of her status as a goddess of war, this outfit is multiple layers of armor. Firstly is a bright red hooded cloak with gold hemming. Along with this is a smaller version of the cape that she wears around her waist, with a cloth tasset hanging from the front. In addition to this is a full suit of gleaming steel gothic plate armor, with nearly every possible piece accounted for, save a helmet. Beneath this armor is another full suit of mail armor, and beneath this is a gambeson along with other thick, padded clothing. Finally, beneath all of this, Celestine wears a set of plain silver clothing. Interestingly, this armor provides nearly no actual protection to Celestine, as most of her defensive ability comes from her status as a goddess. Still, she is seldom seen without it.

Something else frequently seen with Celestine is her sword, Duty. Duty is a longsword with a bright red hilt and scabbard. It's blade is steel in color and can be made to glow as bright as the sun at Celestine's command. The sword is supernaturally durable, refusing to bend or flex even when under extreme duress. Likewise, it's equally overwhelmingly sharp, with any contact to the edge drawing blood or otherwise leaving a lasting impression. Otherwise, the sword is as normal as any other sword.

Finally, Celestine carries a shield, Loyalty beneath her cloak. Loyalty is bright red in color with silver decorations. It, like Duty, is supernaturally durable. Refusing to buckle or bend under even extreme duress. However, an interesting feature is that unlike Duty, which is extremely light, Duty is extremely heavy. This makes not only impacts with it incredibly punishing, but it could be used as a way to pin someone to the ground and immobilize them.

Aspect: War.

Celestine is a goddess of war, though she does not engage in it eagerly. First and foremost is the idea that Celestine does not enjoy the prospect of initiating conflicts, instead choosing to attempt to lead with diplomacy and compromise in situations of confrontation and conflict. But in spite of this, Celestine is not unwilling to go to war. Many of the tactics she will employ are defensive in nature, designed to sacrifice some offensive capability in order to maximize defensive value and minimize her own personal losses.

But even should she be brought into direct conflict, Celestine is not opposed to making amends and building bridges. But there is a devious side to Celestine, one that is often overlooked. To Celestine, war doesn't stop on just the battlefield. It can be continued into the hearts and minds of the people of the enemy. They can be brought in as new friends, turned into husbands and wives, and eventually completely assimilated, wiping away what was once their independent culture, taking its best aspects, and integrating them into Celestine's own kingdoms. Celestine internally calls this a "Polite war", but it is still war regardless of how kind it is.

Thus, the beautiful figure of Celestine and is just as much a weapon as her actual weapons are.

Persona: Celestine would generally fall under the definition of "Lawful Neutral". She is polite and caring, but looks after her own people and her own interests first and foremost. She'll see to their safety in a time of crisis, and if seeing to their safety also helps others, then they too shall be helped. Outside of this, Celestine is polite and reserved and, if you're not on her bad side, is generally pleasant to be around and open to most things.

Myth: Celestine frowned as she looked over the map of the Valley of Roses. Her soldiers were positioned in strategically advantageous positions, but the rain season was going to start soon. The entire valley would turn into nothing more than a slick mud pit. They had weeks at best, and days at worst, to move out of the valley. If they were lucky, a few volleys from archers could cause them to hunker down enough for the cavalry to mount up and charge, but they had set up a low-angle spike wall to deter Celestine's famous cavalry...

To say that there wasn't a simple solution was a bit of an understatement. It was possible that she could pull her own forces back and give some ground in order to try and draw them out of their fortifications and surround them on the field. The problem presented there is that they could only send a partial force out to claim what was left of her own fortifications and then proceed to pinch her own soldiers.

Such complication... But perhaps it was time to play the long game.

Starting to draft her orders, Celestine wrote that they should abandon the valley and pull back towards the ridge that they had taken last week. They would then re-fortify the position and wait for the rain season. Then when the rain arrived, they were to charge the valley and attempt to force the enemy to retreat to their prior fortifications. Then when they were caught in the slick mud left behind by the rain, archers would harass them for as long as they could to dwindle their numbers.

A few days went by, and reports came back that her plan had been a fair success. Knowing their numbers were weak, Celestine ordered a daring charge through the rain before they were able to recover. This crushed the spirit of the enemy soldiers, and they ended up capitulating. Welcoming the surrender with open arms, Celestine entered into phase two of her plans.

Establishing trade routes with the rose clans, Celestine had her elves trade away crafts of exquisite make for the rose-designed pottery, which was renowned for being able to resist the bitter colds of winter quite exceptionally. As years went by, more and more elves went to live among the rose clans, and with each wife or husband taken by the native woodborne rose clan members, the number of elves only grew exponentially, for each elf would only produce elven children.

Several years passed, and soon there were few of the woodborne rose clan members left. It was then that Celestine approached them, and offered them the choice to enter into her kingdom, as was their right as elves. With an overwhelming majority of elves, the decision was quite simple. And it was then that Celestine's victory was absolute, as the rose clans were no more.

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