Cosmology, Expanded

Legend has it, long ago eternal cosmic entities ruled the stars. In their benevolence they created many realms and populated them with mortals to live in them, and gods to rule them. These gods were initially content to not intefere with their creation, leaving it to be ruled by mortals. However this was naught for long. Most gods were fed by the unconscious belief present in mortals. However there was another, The Solitaire, who was fed by his own ego. This created a divide between the gods, which escalated into disputes over domains of the mortal realms. A war began, one which rent worlds, annihilated stars, and killed gods. Many were slain. After the ashes of war fell apon the land, the gods divided the remaining realms amongst themselves. The blood of the fallen gods began to seep into the mortal realms, creating magic and monsters.

Gods are largely immaterial, their very being is fed by the existance of mortals. They take actions through their avatar to affect the mortal realms. Avatars are seen as interpretations of the conceptual idea of the god, not necessarily the image of the god. Avatars are often prophets who have died in service to their deity and were reincarnated as their avatar. An example of this would be Necros, who was seeking to use The Necromancer as a vessel to become his avatar in the mortal plane, once again giving him a foothold in the world.

Gods also have a domain or a realm, each realm is catagorised either as Unum, or Multa.


 * Unum indicates that the realm is monotheistic, i.e. one god and one avatar.
 * Multa indicates that the realm is polytheistic, i.e. multiple gods and multiple avatars.

It is possible for gods to be slain, however this is a very difficult task. One would have to kill all of their believers then destroy the very concept of them existing in the first place. This would eradicate the unconscious belief that they feed off thus starving them to death. However it is very possible and indeed much easier to simply kill their avatar instead.