Blackness. That is all there was before us; 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 the mysterious force created these things was finished it then created beings to do as they please with Creation. 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. In a show a devotion the inhabitants 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 rebelling gods went into motion. They carefully waited for the right time to arise during the gathering and offerings, and once it did, Calcius, their rebellion 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. The skies would darken and they say that blinding lights would flash and noises beyond that of thunder would sound as they gods came together in war and fury. 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. There was no end in sight as each side would gain ground and warriors just to turn and lose them again and again. Both the Evil Ones and the Light Bringers had their own champions chosen for their special talents and abilities, but even they were not immortal and most eventually fell by another’s hand. All these things ravaged the world, but no one, not even the gods over it, seemed to care about this. The only things on their minds were to extinguish the other faction. Looking down on this the unknown and un-named creator was displeased with the choices made by his creations and sought a way of correction that would be a lesson to both sides. Coming down to his creation of universe and everything in it he acted to rectify what was happening lest everything be destroyed.
With on Calamitous event of intense light, fire and fury both sides were subdued and each was given a unique consequence for their actions. To The Evil Ones, for their jealousy and rash actions, they forced to dwell in an under realm know by names such as Hell, Hades and the like. They were given an aura of being lesser than the Light Bringers, and a hunger for power without the numbers or means to quench.
To the Light Bringers, for their ignorance and refusal to seek peace, they were to see what the war they had fought so hard had done to the inhabitants of their world, and were responsible for the rebuilding of it. They too were confined to a realm separate of the under realm and the human realm know as, Heaven, Paradise and names like that. They were no longer able to directly appear to the human race, but through dreams, visions and their mortal messengers.
To the one who had murdered the Creator of Life was given a mortal form to dwell in for eternity, cut off from the ethereal realm and forgotten entirely from history. This was to force them to always be stuck with the feelings that had led them to commit their heinous deeds.
With this in place the Creator also put it against the will of the gods of both Light and Evil to ever elect a singular leader lest they unite against him in their punishments.
At the war’s end the humans did their best, with the help from the gods, to return to normal lives, and for many years they 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. 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 aware of is that the Fallen One, a myth even to the gods is coming and he brings with him hate, malice and an enemy of the world as it is known.
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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.
