Aiyu-Atma

The Aiyu-Atma are the Old Gods, the first generation of divine powers who were present at the dawn of time and took part in the ordering of creation. At this time, they fought and prevailed in a titanic struggle against the XXXXXX, the forces of primordial chaos. The Aiyu-Atma then went on to create or give birth to successive generations of lesser deities, the Aiyu-Thani or Young Gods.
Thirteen Aiyu-Atma are known to mortal beings, although some myths attest that there were others who were destroyed in the battle against chaos at the dawn of time. Of these original thirteen, only eight remain; the others were slain by each other, or their offspring, in further wars among the gods when creation was young.
* Thaedon
* Klython
* Khyron
* Kharax
* Xhura
* Touz
* Kordan
* Epheos
* Khreus
* Ymuz
* Chogorus
* Aurhion
* Nysseia
Etymology: Aiyu-Atma is an ancient Tuvai term meaning simply “old gods.” The root “aiyu” (gods, deities) is unusual in Tuvai in that it originated from elvish, deriving from their term “Aeiur” for the gods. It is the rare example of a non-human loanword entering the sacred lexicon of Tuvai, which has always been carefully regulated by the priestly caste. Some scholars believe it indicates substantial contact with elves early in mankind’s history, possibly in the early archaic era. Today, “Aiyu-Atma” will be used (in both Tuvai and Chomarra) in a sacral context, in ritual, in holy texts, or in religious debates among priests and scholars; outside those contexts, people are more apt to simply call them “the Old Gods” in the modern common tongue.