Divines

The Divines, also known as Deities and Gods, are beings of awesome power who hold the power of the Souls of Primordials. The Divines reside in the Outer Planes, and are worshipped collectively in Pantheons. Gods are not apparent in daily life, preferring to act via messengers and avatars in the Material Plane. Many refuse to worship the divines or do not acknowledge their authority, but none can deny their existence.
The divines originally seized their power by slaying primordials in the First Age. The Gods who slew the eldest primordials became the Primordial Deities: Soros, Sinvariol, Amon-Sekh, and Tzulft. Each of these formed a divine court, and all four courts existed in relative harmony over the course of the Second Age. During the Godfall of the Third Age, all of the four Greater Gods were slain and their power usurped.
Once peace was restored and the usurpers brought to an end, the new gods took on the divine mantle and proclaimed the Divine Concord. Then, these gods
== Description ==
It is believed that at least a portion of the power of the divines arises from the devotion of their worship and the numbers of their worshippers
== Types of Divine ==
=== Classification ===
The Divines are classified primarily according to history and period of rule.
==== First Divines ====
The original gods to seize divinity by seizing shards of the primordial souls are known as the First Divines. These first deities are all presumed dead.
==== The Usurpers ====
The divines who seized this power during the Godfall became known as the Usurper Divines, but also as the Traitor Divines.
==== Exiled Divines ====
The deities who restored proper divine practice to the world, defeating the Usurpers, were the New Divines. These are also known as the Exiled Divines, given their retreat into the Outer Planes to ensure nothing like the Godfall could ever occur again.
=== Ranks ===
==== Primordial Divines ====
The primordial divines are the greatest divines in terms of power. These possess the souls of the greatest primordials. Soros, Sinvariol, Amon-Sekh, and Tzulft. After their deaths, the inheritor Primordial Divines would become Dalos, Nerevariol, Khona-Neftis, and Mzund.
==== Greater Divines ====
The greater divines are lesser than primordial divines, but still incredibly powerful.
* Antalos
* Rexos
* Uxalos
==== Intermediate Divines ====
* Kindalur
==== Lesser Divines ====
* Ceros (Life, Nature)
* Vollos (Life, Nature)
==== Demigods ====
Demigods... something something
== Abilities ==
=== Primordial Souls ===
Scholars believe that the power of the divines is nestled in the primordial souls they hold, seized from the primordials in the First Age and then passed down from God to God--whether willingly or not. Slaying a divine and seizing their soul turns a creature into a divine.
=== Channel Divinity ===
The divines offer a modicum of power to clerics, paladins, and their other dedicated servants. In this setting, though, a cleric or paladin's power is primarily derived from their own skills, and only secondarily derived from their god. 
== Appendix ==
Category:Divines