Blackness. That is all there was before, no time, no light or warmth, just blackness stretching on forever. No one is sure how it happened, but all will agree that it was something beyond all human understanding. At one point everything as we know it came from the darkness and filled it with light. Stars took over the vast emptiness with brilliant light. After whatever it was that created these things was finished he then created beings to do with this as they please. The beings were great and powerful, but only one was capable of making life, Jerüld. So they found a spot they agreed was best and began to create a home for the life they would start and rule over with love, sovereignty, and power.
For centuries these gods ruled over these inhabitants. They made offerings, gave praise and recognition and served humbly the gods they chose, but as time went on some of the gods had different views of how they should rule the mortal race. When some stepped forward to bring these views to light they were rejected being told that Love and Sovereignty is the best for the mortals. Unsatisfied with this they began to plot and plan, in secret, a taking of the Heavens.
During a gathering of the mortals, now called humans, the secret plan of the separatists went into motion. They carefully waited for the right time to arise during the gathering and offerings, and once it did, Calcius, their leader, assassinated Jerüld. This started a war known as the Clash of Gods where all manner of evil and Good went to war all over the world and in the Heavens as well. Every man, sage, wizard and monster battled for territory on the world and watched in fear as gods fought in the Heavens. Words could not describe the never ending fighting and the killing that was endured by both man and god.
This war went on for generation after generation. Until finally the gods now having the title light bringers made their final move against the now called the evil ones. With this move the banished a number of them to a realm known as the Underworld or Hades. This is where they were to stay for an eternity, but the others of their evil faction sought out ways to release them.
As the war ended the humans did their best to return to normal lives, and for many many years the spent their time rebuilding their lands and writing in big books the Clash of Gods. As time went on things eventually came back to normal and most of the clash became legend and myth, but what never slept was the gods of hate trying to get their comrades out of Hades. Eventually they did, but not without a scuffle with some of the Guardian angels. This scuffle cost them one of their allies and he was cast into a mortal coil as his punishment for being caught. He was then forced to live among the humans for the rest of his life. He believed that he was abandoned by his fellow gods, but what he didn't know was that part of his punishment was that all the other gods would forget who he was.
Many years later is where we pick up now with the gods at odds with each other and knowing that war is a good possibility again. The evil ones are gathering Followers and the light bringers are readying their champions for the coming darkness, but what they are all in aware of is that the fallen one is coming and he brings with him centuries of hate and malice .
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In this game you'll make 1 god, up to 3 heroes (of other gods) and any number of commoners.
God characters are bound by no rules other than the rule of cool. You choose no powers or skills, you can do whatever seems fitting.
Gods appear as they will and can bend the rules of reality to their whims.
You'll choose a domain like fire, death, war or weather. (anything that follows "The god(dess) of" and isn't too similar to an already present god.
Heroes are mortal champions with superhuman powers. Often they are the bastard children of gods, sometimes they are given their powers by a god as a reward.
These characters might fight monsters, save a town from rampaging bandits, or maybe rage against the gods.
Examples are Hercules, Skjöldr, (first king of Denmark), Moses, etc.
Commoners are just that, normal humans, they have no powers you and I can't have. If you choose not to give them a name they are public domain and any player may control them. You can write a character sheet, but depending on how relevant this person might be it's not mandatory.
For centuries these gods ruled over these inhabitants. They made offerings, gave praise and recognition and served humbly the gods they chose, but as time went on some of the gods had different views of how they should rule the mortal race. When some stepped forward to bring these views to light they were rejected being told that Love and Sovereignty is the best for the mortals. Unsatisfied with this they began to plot and plan, in secret, a taking of the Heavens.
During a gathering of the mortals, now called humans, the secret plan of the separatists went into motion. They carefully waited for the right time to arise during the gathering and offerings, and once it did, Calcius, their leader, assassinated Jerüld. This started a war known as the Clash of Gods where all manner of evil and Good went to war all over the world and in the Heavens as well. Every man, sage, wizard and monster battled for territory on the world and watched in fear as gods fought in the Heavens. Words could not describe the never ending fighting and the killing that was endured by both man and god.
This war went on for generation after generation. Until finally the gods now having the title light bringers made their final move against the now called the evil ones. With this move the banished a number of them to a realm known as the Underworld or Hades. This is where they were to stay for an eternity, but the others of their evil faction sought out ways to release them.
As the war ended the humans did their best to return to normal lives, and for many many years the spent their time rebuilding their lands and writing in big books the Clash of Gods. As time went on things eventually came back to normal and most of the clash became legend and myth, but what never slept was the gods of hate trying to get their comrades out of Hades. Eventually they did, but not without a scuffle with some of the Guardian angels. This scuffle cost them one of their allies and he was cast into a mortal coil as his punishment for being caught. He was then forced to live among the humans for the rest of his life. He believed that he was abandoned by his fellow gods, but what he didn't know was that part of his punishment was that all the other gods would forget who he was.
Many years later is where we pick up now with the gods at odds with each other and knowing that war is a good possibility again. The evil ones are gathering Followers and the light bringers are readying their champions for the coming darkness, but what they are all in aware of is that the fallen one is coming and he brings with him centuries of hate and malice .
In this game you'll make 1 god, up to 3 heroes (of other gods) and any number of commoners.
God characters are bound by no rules other than the rule of cool. You choose no powers or skills, you can do whatever seems fitting.
Gods appear as they will and can bend the rules of reality to their whims.
You'll choose a domain like fire, death, war or weather. (anything that follows "The god(dess) of" and isn't too similar to an already present god.
Heroes are mortal champions with superhuman powers. Often they are the bastard children of gods, sometimes they are given their powers by a god as a reward.
These characters might fight monsters, save a town from rampaging bandits, or maybe rage against the gods.
Examples are Hercules, Skjöldr, (first king of Denmark), Moses, etc.
Commoners are just that, normal humans, they have no powers you and I can't have. If you choose not to give them a name they are public domain and any player may control them. You can write a character sheet, but depending on how relevant this person might be it's not mandatory.
burned into the skin on the chest of each of his cultists, sometimes seen marking the way to the secret entrance to enter his realm but the road there is infested with his servants
A Dark Spirit tasked with the job of Delivering Bad Dreams, The Night Mares are truly His Greatest Creation, Capable of Traveling the world in minutes and deliver a bad dream to the wicked, they are his messengers to the mortal world, giving visions of his world and sometimes, if the dreamer is fortunate enough, they will see his plans for the mortals. only if they are lucky. The Nightmares are also his gift to the cults Oracle, for hearing him and understanding his orders
mainly traveled in packs, Ghouls, swarm villages with their numbers, capable of walking like a zombie to running like a human in a matter of seconds, tireless and always hungry, they can devour a whole village within a matter of minutes. Packs consist of 180 to 240 Ghouls.
Banshees, used their horrible looks and blood curdling screams to terrify and kill their victims in a way worse than you can imagine, their screams shatter window and disorient at distance, but in small rooms, they can Kill, without hesitation.
They join because they want to, The Cultists, join into his Dark Cults out of fear and wish to be free of it, so, by capturing mortal sacrifices, they worship their Dark God and send him their gifts, The First Cult sacrificed a woman on a alter and caused to much of a hassle to clean up, so they begged him for better means of sacrifice. Hearing their Begging, he decided to grant them that purpose and opened a pit, in the pit was a 10 ghouls, enough to cause screams of Agony and Fear, so, from that point, for the last 500 years, they sacrificed to their God by tossing victims into the pit.
Given the Blessing of the God of Fear and Death, The Oracle is a ruthless relentless woman that wishes nothing more than to carry out her Dark Lords words and wishes, capable of seeing his plans and hearing his words, she is a extremely important asset to the cults of this God, without her the cults would be lost and scattered like cockroaches in the light, Her word is final when it comes to the cults, the only one higher than her, is The Dark Lord himself.
