Divine
From Archives of Lusternian Lore
Estarra, the Eternal, is the Supreme Creatrix of the multiverse, the product of the merging of Dynara, Magnora, and the Nameless Son of Yudhe. The totality of creation is the result of Her creative will. Yet She remains ever aloof and distant from the concerns and tribulations of mortals and gods alike, and Her will is ever unknowable.
Kinds of Deities
Soulless Gods: Even Estarra, with all Her power and presence, cannot defeat the ancient Soulless Gods without destroying all worlds, so they represent a constant, underlying threat to the fabric of creation. However, so long as they remain bound by the Nine Seals, the threat of the Soulless is abated.
Elder Gods: Having come into being at the time before time, the Elder Gods represent powerful forces in their own right. However, they could not stand against the Soulless Gods and were either consumed, fragmented their beings into the mortal races, or fled the known realms. This was known as the Elder Wars. With the Coming of Estarra, the Elder Gods are slowly returning.
Vernal Gods: Where the Elder Gods were defeated against the Soulless, the mortals were born from the fragmentation of a few Elder Gods. The mortal races carried on this war and created great nexuses of power from which they were able to raise their own to great power. These were the Vernal Gods. Eventually, the Vernal Gods were able to trap the Soulless behind Nine Seals, though they had to sacrifice themselves to do so.
Ascended Gods: From events that transpired in the year 188 CE, which created the Threshold Abyss, ascendency is no longer possible by Mortals. Though from the events that transpired, the Domoths were revealed, and it was made possible for a mortal to ascend and pass through a Domoth and become an Ascendant by the Veil of the Domoth they passed through. The last known Ascended God was Ayridion whom, from his sacrifice that created the Threshold Abyss, later became Ilyarin, an Ascendant of the Domotheos of Life.
The Divine Pantheon
| Name | Sex | Status | Fame |
| No or Unknown Circle | |||
| Ayridion | M | Dead | The White Flame. First Ascendant; his death opened the path to the Domoths. |
| Dynara | F | Merged | The Creator. Failed attempts became Soulless; with the son of Yudhe's help, discovered secrets of souls; became part of Estarra |
| Elostian | M | Whole | The Enigma. Merger of Elcyrion and Lacostian. |
| Estarra | F | Whole | The Eternal. Melding of Dynara and Magnora in the void. Freed by Roark. |
| Magnora | F | Merged | The Destroyer. Used Soulless as Handmaidens; became part of Estarra |
| Morgfyre | M | Whole | The Legion. Survived the void by hunting down and consuming other gods. Was a member of the Golden and Second Circles originally. One of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Sior | M | Whole | The Anomaly. |
| Son of Yudhe | M | Human | Taught Dynara secret of creating souls; lost in the void; sharded into humans according to [[1]] (some doubt this) |
| The Fates | F | Whole | Claim to exist wherever the weave of creation is |
| Yudhe | n/a | Missing | The first being, now missing |
| Thalrinda | F | Dead | Mentioned in the Book of Krokano. Consumed by Crazen. |
| Quarilia | F | Dead | Mate of Igaso; Was killed by the Twelve Traitors. |
| First Circle: Mediators and Leaders | |||
| Allinvia | F | Dead | |
| Amberle | F | Dead | Sister/mate of Meridian; greeted Soulless in peace, was devoured by them |
| Aslarn | M | Aslaran | Oversaw 6th and 7th Circles; oversaw war preparations during Elder Wars; one of the last ten Firsts |
| Auginorus | ? | ? | One of the last ten Firsts |
| Carsini | ? | Dead | |
| Czixi | ? | ? | One of the last ten Firsts |
| Dalthea | ? | ? | One of the last ten Firsts |
| Eventru | M | Whole | Crown of the Exalted. Once a friend of Fain's, and believed to have supported Him during the Betrayal, Eventru now bears great enmity towards Fain, and hates to even hear his name spoken, instead referring to Fain as "Traitor" |
| Fain | M | Whole | Of the Red Masque. One of the last ten Firsts; called Traitor and banished to the Void for releasing the Soulless; went insane in the Void. Despises Elfen and Merians. Known to also despise Kephera, due to His being somehow imprisoned by them behind the Seal of Keph. Leader of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Meridian | M | Merian | One of the last ten Firsts; led efforts against Fain and the Soulless; one of the first to splinter. Mate of Amberle. |
| Migana | ? | ? | Oversaw projects of the 4th and 5th Circles |
| Mythramus | ? | Dead | Oversaw projects of the 6th and 7th Circles |
| Olm | ? | ? | One of the last ten Firsts |
| Strom | ? | Dead | Oversaw projects of the 6th and 7th Circles |
| Shairim | ? | ? | One of the last ten Firsts; ally of Aslarn |
| Zvoltz | ? | ? | One of the last ten Firsts |
| Second Circle: Warriors | |||
| Braun | ? | ? | Member of the Crimson Eyes. Opposed Fain's elixir |
| Galantine | ? | Dead | Consumed by Illith |
| Gruenella | F | ? | Known as Bloody Gruenella, also called Guen. Enjoyed pure destruction and mayhem. Part of Loboshi's cadre, the Grey Furies; One of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Hajamin | M | Dead | The Golden Lord. Protected Viravain while they were in the Void; consumed by Morgfyre |
| Ivanko | ? | ? | The Cruel. Enjoyed torturing and causing pain; One of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Igaso | F | Igasho | Member of the Crimson Eyes, mate of Quarilia. She was able to resist Drocilla's influencing power. |
| Kalikai | F | Whole | The Crimson Eye. Enjoys freedom, individuality and battle strategy; gives everyone nicknames. Her planning lead to the fall of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Krokano | M | Krokani | His formation lead assault on Soulless |
| Loboshi | F | Loboshigaru | Mate of Volkh; beloved of the wolves; an adjunct to Orlachmar |
| Ologri | M | ? | Member of the Crimson Eyes; brother-mate to Oovanti |
| Oovanti | M | Dead | Destroyed by Daath Sequence; member of the Crimson Eyes; brother-mate to Ologri |
| Orlachmar | M | Orclach | Fatally wounded by Illith; restored by Fain's elixir |
| Panamandius | ? | ? | Member of the Crimson Eyes |
| Shikari | M | Whole | The Predator. Loner with no cadre in second circle. Brother of Viravain; protected Glomdoring |
| Slaay | ? | ? | The Hidden. Named "the Hidden" for his spying and other cladestine activities. Lead a formation against the Soulless; One of the Twelve traitors. |
| Tauro | F | Taurian | Resisted Keph's psychic powers |
| Terentia | F | Whole | The Even-Bladed. Was a Lieutenant of Meridian; returned after expedition into the void |
| Thax | M | ? | The Machine. Lead a formation against the Soulless; part of Loboshi's cadre, the Grey Furies; supported Fain's elixir; misshapen by Zenos; fitted into armor by Clangorum and Agnomenon. One of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Third Circle: Healers & Meditators | |||
| Dracnoris | M | Dracnari | One of the first Elder Gods; primal god; knew the doom was coming; brother of Draxbaylock |
| Keph | F | Kephera | Known as She of Many Eyes; primal god; cut Illith in half |
| Lacostian | M | Merged | The Mysterial Lord. Melded with the Akashic Records; merged with Elcyrion to form Elostian |
| Lantra | F | ? | One of the Hamadhi |
| Malmydia | F | ? | One of the Hamadhi. Performed experiments on Krokano and others; mutilated Fininkora, the Fair. Created several diseases with Bloodredi to harm Elder gods. One of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Vrandrac | n/a | ? | Amorphous mass |
| Hoaracle | M | ? | The Forest Dreamer; spent his days taking root in forests to meditate on the life within. One of the Triumvirate that investigated and judged the twelve traitors. |
| Mysrai | n/a | ? | Known as Mysrai Of the Mysterium. Constantly changed his appearance, even gender. Rumored to be a Primal God. Was said that his true form would drive someone mad. One of the Triumvirate that investigated and judged the twelve traitors. |
| Jadice | F | ? | Known as Jadice of the Ice Plains. Secludes self in the deep wastes of the north. Sister to Xyl; was one of the Triumvirate that investigated and judged the tweleve traitors. Had close relations with Manteekan. |
| Fourth Circle: Artists | |||
| Clangorum | M | Dwarf | Weapons 'artist'; trained as 2nd circle; member of the Grey Furies |
| Crumkane | M | ? | Made the sugar plum fae; later, hid them in the aetherbubble Crumkindivia |
| Drocilla | F | ? | One of the Twelve Traitors. Has very powerful seductive and influencing skills, was collared with a special device that neutralizes her dangerous abilities. |
| Fininkora | ? | ? | Victim of a failed experiment by Malmydia. |
| Isune | F | Whole | The Aesthete. Restored the Seal of Nature; sealed with Kethuru; saved by Lacostian; created Wyrd with Viravain |
| Jagrerox | ? | Dead | Destroyed by Zenos, left his Voice behind; it became the Cacophony tutor |
| Lyreth | M | Whole | The Sidereal Prince. Fled from Zenos into the Void, leaving his voice behind like many of the other Fourth Circle. Later returned and was restored. |
| Mahalla | ? | Dead | Destroyed by Zenos, left his Voice behind; it became the Harbingers tutor |
| Maylea | F | Whole | Bloom of Serenity. Painted the flowers. Past mate of Nocht, She now bears Him great enmity. |
| Rhapsody | ? | Dead | Destroyed by Zenos, left his Voice behind; it became the Cantors tutor |
| Rhesileni | F | Sileni | Sister of Trialante (though not literally a creche-mate) and a Keeper of Song |
| Trialante | F | Dead | Destroyed by Zenos, left her Voice behind; it became the Spiritsingers tutor |
| Trillillial | F | Trill | Mate of Xyl; painted the sky. |
| Fifth Circle: Thinkers | |||
| Agnomenon | M | Gnome? | Brother of Clangorum; opposed Fain's elixir; called The Tinkerer, master of mechanisms |
| Elcyrion | M | Merged | The Erudite. Brother of Lacostian; survived body being destroyed during Elder Wars; merged with Lacostian |
| Ein | ? | ? | Opposed Fain's elixir |
| Gheasia | F | ? | Mate of Raezon. Created armaments with soulless with Raezon; One of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Mililiki | F | ? | Member of Fain's elixir coterie |
| Mugowumpois | F | Mugwump | Studied animals and Collective Souls; recorded verses of Magnora |
| Oshterel | M | ? | Member of Fain's elixir coterie |
| Raezon | M | Whole | The Forbidden. Created the Forbidden Elixir with Gheasia; was the mate of Gheasia. Created armaments with soulless energy with Gheasia. Banished to the Void with Fain; One of the Twelve Traitors. |
| Roark | M | Whole | Libertas. Freed Estarra from the Void; made shady deal with 'ancient enemy' during war with Soulless |
| Xyl | M | Lucidian | Mate of Trillillial; emotionless; studied the cosmos |
| Yomoigu | M | ? | Member of Fain's elixir coterie |
| Sixth Circle: Awakeners | |||
| Auseklis | M | Whole | The First Wanderer. (Most likely: Rock or River) |
| Elfenehoala | F | Elfen | Sister of Lisaera; primary Moon awakener. |
| Lisaera | F | Whole | The Silver Goddess. Primary Moon awakener; once mate of Fain, She now despises Him, and is presently the lover of Charune. |
| Manteekan | M | ? | Awakened and shaped lesser spirits to battle the Soulless (banshee, grimalkin, redcaps, bogies, barghest, agropelters, hodekin, gumberoos, spriggans, whimpuses, tripoderos, snow wassets, slaugh and squonks). Subverted the fae of the Icewynderkyl forest, making it corrupted and lost. Had close relations with Jadice. |
| Nocht | M | Whole | The Silent. Primary Night awakener; protects Glomdoring. Hates Eventru, who calls him tainted. Once the mate of Maylea, they now bear enmity towards each other. |
| Rahm | M? | ? | Primary Sun awakener |
| Seventh Circle: Creators | |||
| Blooredi | M | ? | Created the crocodiles and alligators, and Spirit Scorpion. Corrupted a number of animals that later may have been reformed (scorpions, crocodiles, some types of snakes and spiders, and many saurian beasts). Created several diseases with Malmydia to harm Elder gods; One of the Twelve traitors. |
| Bollikin | M | Furrikin | Was the first Elder God to splinter, Created small animals, including rabbits, squirrels, foxes, and rockeaters; many formed Collective Souls |
| Centaubi | M | Centaur | Charune's brother. Created horses. |
| Charune | M | Whole | Lord of the Hunt. Created deer (and White Hart), cows |
| Lorella | F | Dead | Created lions and Great Lion, the Collective Spirit of Jojobo |
| Tae | M | Tae'Dae | Created bears |
| Volkh | M | Dead | Created wolves; mate of Loboshi; consumed by Orlachmar |
| Viravain | F | Whole | Mistress of the Webs. Created birds (and Raven), bugs, other small life; once possessed by Kethuru |
| Soulless Gods | |||
| Crazen | ? | Trapped | The Greedy. Trapped by Shanth in a crater at the end of the world. |
| Draxbaylock | F | Dead | The Black. Sister of Dracnoris, killed by Him during the first battle of the Elder Wars. |
| Erlechtoch | ? | Dead | Lesser Soulless; His essence was used by Fain to resurrect Orlachmar. |
| Illith | F | Illithoid | The Leviathan. Was once the most powerful, before being cut in half by Keph. Half was imprisoned behind the Seal of Keph, the same half later split into the Illithoid. Other half frozen under the seas by the Vernal Gods. Also called "Empress of Emptiness", Her heart resides within the Undervault, for those brave enough to touch it. |
| Kethuru | M | Imprisoned | The Almighty, imprisoned beyond the border of the Astral Plane by the Nine. Currently most powerful of the Soulless. |
| Muud | M | Trapped | Great Muud. Trapped under Balach Swamp, His essence powers that of the Soulforge. Now seeks victims by reaching to the sewers of the cities to feed upon unsuspecting adventurers by teleporting them to the Land of Flesh and Blood. Avatar is the Dread Lord of Contagion. |
| Nemach | ? | ? | Lesser Soulless from which Fain's coterie drew the makings of the elixir |
| Zenos | ? | Trapped | The Silent Death. Insubstantial. Trapped in a mountain cave, an icy prison made by the Vernal Gods. A small fragment of Zenos' essence was tightly bound within a chest in older times, and accidently let loose by the Celestine Guild, on or around 10 Dioni 214. Defeated upon the Plane of Celestia, and resealed within the chest. |
