Divine

Divine beings are ageless entities with powers to shape and reshape Lusternian reality far beyond the means of mortals, who are (with the exception of humans) themselves shards of gods. Many divinities source their power from the immanidivinus or excoroperditio energies.

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.

The path to Vernal Godhood is now closed, sealed by Ayridion, of the White Flame, who sacrificed His divinity to tear a gulf between the Divine Realms of the Domoth and Immanidivinus, and in so doing saved the Basin from the evil which afflicted it. (See Events #101)

Though the path to Vernal Divinity cannot be trod, mortals may still rise as Vernal Ascendants. Utilising vast reserves of power, Cities and Communes may channel their Nexi upon chosen mortals, raising them to the quasi god-hood of Ascension.

Ascended Gods

Once every generation, the Nine Seals which imprison Almighty Kethuru, greatest of the Soulless Gods, must be renewed by the essence and power of a mortal - for it was mortals who first imprisoned the Great Old One. The power of this renewal was once such that he who wielded it could rise as an Ascended God. The first and last mortal to ascend in this manner was Soll Peulus, who became the God Ayridion. However, by Ayridion's actions, this way was forever barred. Those who follow his path rise now as True Ascendants.

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	Dead	The Enigma. Merger of Elcyrion and Lacostian.
Estarra	F	Whole	The Eternal. Melding of Dynara and Magnora in the Void. Freed by Roark.
The Fates	F	Whole	Claim to exist wherever the weave of creation is.
Havi	?	?	Disappearance associated with Drocilla. (Book of Igaso)
Luriki	F	?	Part of the last group to flee to the Void. (Book of Bollikin)
Magnora	F	Merged	The Destroyer. Used Soulless as Handmaidens; became part of Estarra.
Morshaq	?	?	Disappearance associated with Drocilla. (Book of Igaso)
Quarilia	F	Dead	Mate of Igaso; Was killed by 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).
Valtreth	M	Whole	Majesty of the Dawn. Merger of Eventru and Lyreth.
Yudhe	n/a	Missing	The first being, now missing.
First Circle: Mediators and Leaders
Allinvia	F	Dead	Mentioned in the Book of Trillillial.
Amberle	F	Dead	Sister-mate of Meridian; greeted Soulless in peace, was devoured by them.
Aslarn	M	Aslaran	Oversaw Sixth and Seventh Circles; oversaw war preparations during Elder Wars; one of the last ten Firsts.
Auginorus	?	?	One of the last ten Firsts.
Carsini	?	Dead	Oversaw the hamadhi with Eventru following the catastrophic Daath Sequence. Devoured & impersonated by Nohaji.
Czixi	F	Whole	One of the last ten Firsts. Designed the Divine Formations, including the catastrophic Daath Sequence.
Dalthea	?	?	One of the last ten Firsts.
Eventru	M	Merged	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. Critically wounded, He merged His essence with that of Lyreth to become Valtreth.
Fain	M	Whole	Of the Red Masque. One of the last ten Firsts; called Traitor and banished to the Void for propagating His Soulless elixir, among other crimes; went insane in the Void. Despises elfen, merian and kephera. 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 Fourth and Fifth Circles.
Mythramus	?	Dead	Oversaw projects of the Sixth and Seventh Circles.
Olm	?	?	One of the last ten Firsts.
Strom	?	Dead	Oversaw projects of the Sixth and Seventh Circles.
Shairim	?	?	One of the last ten Firsts; ally of Aslarn.
Zvoltz	M	Whole	One of the last ten Firsts; brother of Mysrai, His opposing fondness of order led Him to organise the Elders into the Circles known today.
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 and later impersonated 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. Blinded from a battle with Crazen. Malmydia healed his sight, giving him a single, giant eye.
Loboshi	F	Loboshigaru	Mate of Volkh; beloved of the wolves; an adjunct to Orlachmar.
Malik	?	?	A loner who did not join a cadre.
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.
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 and strengthened, but also dramatically changed, 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 clandestine activities. Led a formation against the Soulless; one of the Twelve Traitors.
Tauro	F	Taurian	Resisted Keph's psychic powers; worked with Mugowumpois to record the Verses of Magnora.
Terentia	F	Whole	The Even-Bladed. Was a Lieutenant of Meridian; returned after expedition into the void
Thax	M	Whole	The Machine. Led a formation against the Soulless; part of Loboshi's cadre, the Grey Furies; used Fain's Elixir; wounded by Zenos; Malmydia transferred his essence into armor made by Clangorum & 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. Also sharded into Dragons.
Eyos	M	Splintered	Primal God who splintered but whose shards were never found.
Hoaracle	M	Whole	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.
Jadice	F	Whole	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 Twelve Traitors. Had close relations with Manteekan.
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	Whole	One of the Hamadhi.
Malmydia	F	Whole	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.
Mysrai	n/a	Whole	Known as Mysrai of the Mysterium. Constantly changed Their appearance, even gender. Rumoured to be a Primal God. Was said that Their true form would drive someone mad. One of the Triumvirate that investigated and judged the Twelve Traitors.
Vrandrac	n/a	?	Amorphous mass.
Weiwae	M	Whole	The Golden Heart. Creche brother of Tae, intuitive healer. Learned His capacity for defending during Mysrai's Rebellion. Member of the Hamadhi.
Fourth Circle: Artists
Arimella	F	?	Carver of Mountains.
Ashtariel	F	Lost	The Thousand-Hued. Crechemate of Zvoltz and Mysrai, formed in Iklara. Naive, whimsical and child-like. Fond of painting Zvoltz's spires and Mysrai's early constructs.
Carakhan	F	Whole	Sculptor of Waves. Crechemate of Meridian and Amberle; painted the sands, reefs and sea creatures; shortly impersonated by Drocilla before Her true return to the First World.
Clangorum	M	Dwarf	Weapons 'artist'; trained as Second Circle; member of the Grey Furies.
Crumkane	M	Whole	Lord of Epicurean Delights. Patron of the arts, particularly cooking; followed by the sugarplum and other sweet-related fae, hid them on what is now Crumkindivia during the Exodus.
Crys	M	Dead	Destroyed by Zenos, His Voice was trapped and used as a weapon by the Ice Devils before being freed to become the Symphonium tutor.
Drocilla	F	Whole	The Enchantress. One of the Twelve Traitors; has very powerful seductive and influencing skills, was collared with a special device that neutralizes Her dangerous abilities.
Fininkora	F	Fink	Once called Fininkora the Fair prior to being the victim of a failed experiment by Malmydia.
Gullagumbah	M	Dead	Destroyed by Zenos, His Voice was trapped and used as a weapon by the Ice Devils before being freed to become the Minstrels' tutor.
Isune	F	Whole	The Aesthete. Restored the Seal of Nature; sealed with Kethuru; saved by Lacostian; created Wyrd with Viravain.
Jagrerox	M	Dead	Destroyed by Zenos, left His Voice behind; it became the Cacophony tutor.
Lyreth	M	Merged	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, but much later fused with a critically wounded Eventru to become Valtreth.
Mahalla	F	Dead	Destroyed by Zenos, left Her Voice behind; it became the Harbingers' tutor.
Maylea	F	Whole	Bloom of Serenity. Painted the flowers. Past friend of Nocht, She now bears Him great enmity.
Rhapsody	F	Dead	Destroyed by Zenos, left Her Voice behind; it became the Cantors' tutor.
Rhesileni	F	Sileni	Sister of Trialante (though not literally a crechemate) and a Keeper of Song.
Shordella	F	Dead	The first Keeper of Song to be killed and absorbed by Zenos, which amplified his powers and forced the other Keepers of Song into hiding.
Thalrinda	F	Dead	Mentioned in the Book of Krokano. Consumed by Crazen.
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.
Darvellan	M	Whole	The Navigator. Explorer of the Cosmic Planes and Aetherspace beyond; departed the First World before the Elder Wars for reasons unknown.
Elcyrion	M	Merged	The Erudite. Brother of Lacostian; survived body being destroyed during Elder Wars; merged with Lacostian to become Elostian.
Ein	M	Whole	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 Coterie.
Mugowumpois	F	Mugwump	Studied animals and Collective Souls; recorded Verses of Magnora.
Oshterel	M	?	Member of Fain's 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	Whole	The Pyresmith. Member of Fain's elixir coterie, but later agreed to forbidding its use; returned to the First World within a transdimensional device of His own make carried by the Red Star.
Sixth Circle: Awakeners
Auseklis	M	Whole	The First Wanderer. (Most likely: Rock or River)
Elfenehoala	F	Elfen	Sister of Lisaera; possible primary Moon awakener.
Keltari	n/a	Dead	The Sea-Bringer. Sibling of Li-varili. Carakhan's love. Devoured by Illith.
Li-varili	F	Livari	Lady of the Lagoon. Caused the shattering of the Seal of Justice, resulting in Ascension being required to re-strengthen the seals. Imprisoned and as the gods deliberated over her sentence, she chose to splinter.
Lisaera	F	Whole	The Silver Goddess. Possible primary Moon awakener; once mate of Fain, She now despises Him; manifests ternary aspects mirroring those of Mother Moon, fierce protector of Nature and the Last Forest.
Manteekan	M	Whole	The Nightmare. Awakened and shaped lesser spirits to battle the Soulless. Subverted and weaponised the fae of the Icewynderkyl forest, making it corrupt and barren. Recently bound by Viravain and Nocht to serve the Wyrd. Had close relations with Jadice.
Nocht	M	Whole	The Silent. Primary Night awakener; protects Glomdoring. Hates Eventru, who calls Him tainted. Once the friend 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), also 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, embodies both the beauty and cruelty of the Wyrd that She created with Isune.
Soulless Gods
Crazen	M	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	M	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	M	Trapped	Lesser Soulless from which Fain's coterie drew the makings of the elixir. Resurfaced in the Basin of Life following the return of Lisaera, Drocilla, Carakhan and Crumkane, trapped in an interdimensional device by Yomoigu.
Nohaji	M	?	the Face-Thief. Minor Soulless. Steals the appearance of gods he has eaten.
Zenos	M	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 accidentally let loose by the Celestine Guild, on or around 10 Dioni 214. Defeated upon the Plane of Celestia, and resealed within the chest. His essence also persists in the Icewynd, manifesting as the Eye of Zenos.