History

## In the Beginning

*"In the beginning, this reality was empty. Then out of that emptiness two gods were formed, Domy and Nobus. Together they weaved together the astral plane and constructed the foundation of all worlds within it. However, after creating the cosmos they decided to form life. From this, the first living beings were made and christened as the beasts of creation. Domy and Nobus were pleased with their work, but Nobus grew curious. Nobus approached Domy with a simple question. What if we could create more beings like us? Both were fascinated with the idea and attempted to generate another god. But not even they could perform such a feat. Nobus spent a millennia thinking of ways to create divine beings, but could not find an answer. Domy then came to Nobus with a new thought; if we cannot create other gods, let us become them. And the first division occurred.*

*From Domy came the four elemental gods; Maderi, god of earth, Looft, god of air, Vafthra god of fire and Amanzi god of water. From Nobus came the three gods of order; Ril, god of life, Olum, god of death and Cocobi, god of the stars. These seven gods built off the foundation that was laid before them and created the various planes. Cocobi seemed to inherit the curiosity from Nobus and proposed a second division. There was much debate among the seven but in the end they agreed to further divide. Many more gods were formed with more specific roles related to the gods they came from. The planes were formed even further by these new divides, however the strand of curiously from Nobus was passed down further into Sol, god of the sun. However, Sol had a new idea, instead of dividing into gods with preordained roles, what would happen if the gods were allowed to decide for themselves what domain they want to rule? This idea brought conflict among the gods, some believed this could be an irresponsible decision and were worried about what could happen if one god decided to not fill a necessary role. In the end, Sol lead many gods into a third division, while the rest stayed where they were. The new gods that spawned, brought chaos at first but quickly found what their domains would be. The new gods added more to the planes than any previous division. Then finally they all declared that their work on their the world was done.*

*Before returning to the astral sea, Salem, the god of the hunt, decided to add one more feature to the planes. He hid pockets of unimaginable treasures that even tempted the gods. However the treasures were hidden so well, that not the gods or anyone who roamed the planes could ever find them, or at least that was true until 300 years ago. A group of treasure hunters, nicknamed Greeders, found one of Salem's treasures and were rewarded with more gold than they could ever want. This discovery shook the world to its core and everyone set out to find their own grand treasure. As of today, only one other grand treasure have been found but there are many people searching. Searching for one grand treasure to call their own."* Seth (Episode 1: That new Campaign Smell)

## Grand Treasures

Before leaving the planes, the god of the hunt, Salem, hid many grand treasures around the planes. They were extremely hard to find but nonetheless, people hunted for treasures. At the beginning of the campaign, there were two known grand treasures found.

### First grand treasure

Found 300 years ago by a group of Greeders where the city of Aurum now lies. The grand treasure was filled with more gold than anyone could ever want. It was revealed by Level in a book wrote to Zippy that the large amount of gold in the grand treasure was not the true treasure. Monty, the rogue kenku, found a special gold coin. This coin is now in the possession of Felix, the number one Greeder. The exact power of this gold coin is not known but Level explained that it seems to make everything Felix want become reality.

#### The First Greeders

The group of Greeders who found the first grand treasure included 12 party members:

* Fen Rise - Sorcerer
* Smo Ranborg - Cleric
* Cat Alvero - Fighter
* Coco - Ranger
* Randy Domino - Bard
* Baby Beak Nelson - Rogue
* Nigh Gambera - Monk
* Hank - Barbarian
* Yuri - Paladin
* Cav Shedary - Warlock
* Prince Verulious Arozar House of Dumas - Wizard
* Plenty - Druid

### Second grand treasure

The second grand treasure was found in the Stroom's Hair desert and is also referred to as the great library of Ome, however, this is all that is known about this grand treasure at the beginning of the campaign.
During the Rasha arc, the team went into the second grand treasure and Zippy encountered a tall being who gave him a paper boat hat. Peterson later cast legend lore on the paper boat hat and the following was revealed:

*"Not so long ago, there were three boys; Zach, a boy with hair as black as the night sky and a headstrong personality that made him the natural leader of the group and he also had a wooden sword that he used to fight his way through any obstacle or bully or anything like that. There was also his younger brother Ed, who had bright blonde hair, a freckled face and most notably, anyone who met Ed would say the same thing, that he was a dreamer. Ed constantly would set impossible goals and be convinced that he would achieved them one day. And then there was Benedict. He was not related by blood to the other two but was an extremely close friend. Benedict had large round glasses and a backpack filled with every necessary item for any survival situation. He was a very anxious person so they had to prepared for every situation to be able to feel comfortable doing anything.*

*As children, they often would go exploring around their rural hotel of Kumba, playing imaginary games where they would be the heroes vanquishing the forces of evil or pirates out on the sea or all these different type of games. But one day, they wandered too far while playing and wound up getting lost in the north-eastern woods. Thankfully, Benedict had his big bag of tricks so they were able to survive and two days past and the three boys found their way out of the forest's maze eventually and saw a familiar landmark, the Rainbow Reserve.*

*The Rainbow Reserve is three oddly coloured lakes where given the time of day they would alternate colours and change their hues entirely. People in Kumba often use the waters there to manufacture a variety of powerful potions, potions were kind of Kumbas thing and it was never a place where people would take children to so the boys had never been there. The boys wandered close to the centre of the three lakes, hoping to find an alchemist to give them a ride back to town but instead of alchemists at the centre point between the three lakes, they found a group of people wearing black cloaks with gold trims, they were Greeders.*

*The Greeders were dropping several large barrels attached to wires into each of the three lakes and there was a large leaver setup in the middle to connect all the lines. The boys were running to the Greeders but quickly fell to their knees as the captain of the squad, a Triton with large flowing moustache and a pirate captains hat, pulled the lever, unleashing a massive explosion beneath all of the lakes surfaces that just shook the ground entirely. And then out of each lake, arose a head of an arcane Hydra. Three heads, one from each lake.*

*A battle ensued between the dragon and the treasure hunters and the boys were caught the middle. They tried to run for their lives but Ed tripped and fell and a head of a hydra started lunging at him. Before he could even comprehend his impending death, the Triton captain slammed into the Hydra face with a large shield. Zach picked up Ed and they all ran, escaping the chaos. On the outskirts of the lakes there were alchemist observing the fight from their wagons and they quickly ran to protect the children and get them into their carts and start heading back to town since the whole town had been talking about these boys and how they were missing.*

*So while they returned to their families and were being questioned by various town folks about how they survived and how they were doing, Ed slipped away and ran to his room in his family's humble home and Ed was enamoured by the bravery of the Triton Greeder who saved him and their boldness of taking on a dragon and so in their likeness, he fashioned a paper boat hat and the spark of becoming a treasure hunter was born within Ed that day.*

*Over the years the boys would go on many adventures and Ed would always be pushing them to continue to find a grand treasure. That was the goal. That was the new goal Ed had set; find a grand treasure. Zach and Benedict were happy to go along with it and Ed's passion was pretty infectious so no matter how impossible the goal seemed that they would continue to push through no matter what.*

*They dove down deep into dungeons and climbed high into mountains and eventually they found half of a door handle with a symbol of Salem on it. They had found a grand treasure clue. The boys could hardly believe it. Ed's dream was becoming reality. The gang, with newfound enthusiasm now, went searching even harder for the rest of the grand treasure clue and eventually found out that it had already been found by someone named Felix. The boys did some investigating and found out a banquet was going to be held at the Greeder's guild in Aurum for Felix in a few days and they decided they would steal the clue from him. And though a bunch of missteps, chaotic randomness and ridiculous odds were falling on them from every angle, they managed to steal the other half of the door handle from Felix and leave the party unharmed.*

*But just as they were leaving the outskirts of Aurum's walls, with only one last part of their quest to complete, finding the actual grand treasure where the door handle can fit into, a wild arrow was fired from a nearby tree line. The one who shot the arrow was never found but the adamantine arrow was laced with liquid containing a fatal amount of cackle fever, a disease which would drive someone to madness while laughing uncontrollably. Ed was struck, and no amount of healing magic was curing him as he lay on the floor just laughing uncontrollably. He made it through the night. and then made it through the week and then the month. While he could not help laughing uncontrollably, he managed to recover to the point where he could adventure again.*

*Zach and Benedict were against him going out and said that maybe he should just give up on the grand treasure and let them handle it but Ed could not let it go. They were so close to finding a treasure that could put the word on its head and he could not pass that up. The boys followed Ed as they searched high and low for the grand treasure that they had the key to but they never had any luck. Ed was determined though and no matter where he pointed on the map he was confident that was the way to find what he desired most.*

*Eventually, Ed passed away. The cackle fever was too much to bear and Zach and Benedict were left alone. The two argued about what they should do next and eventually they went their separate ways. Zach went to search for the grand treasure and Benedict went to find the one who shot the arrow that led Ed to his grave. Ed was kind of the glue that kept them all together and kept them from fighting but now that he was gone, this outcome was inevitable.*

*Zach took the paper boat that Ed wore and always kept it by his side. And while he was on the brink of madness trying to find this grand treasure and when it all seemed hopeless, the boat slipped from his side into a bowl of water and there he noticed that the boat was slowly floating towards one side of the bowl and then colliding with that edge over and over. No matter where he rotated the bowl, it kept bouncing in that direction. Zach decided on a whim to follow where the boat was pointing and it lead him to a small house in the middle of the desert with the door inside without a door knob. And Zach found the second grand treasure."* Seth S2 Finale Part 1: Dreamers

## Greeders

The Greeders was the name given to the group that found the first grand treasure in Aurum. Since then, the Greeder's Guild was created in Aurum and is made up of many different people searching for grand treasures. The Greeder's Guild works close with the king of Aurum however, not everyone believes that you need to be part of the Greeder's Guild to be considered a Greeder. Gilbert, once a part of the guild, said "*Being a Greeder, it's not about being a part of the guild. That's not what real treasure hunting is. A treasure hunter goes on their own way, find their own path. You shouldn’t bind yourself to the guild.*"

There is a ranking of the top 10 Greeders which involves Felix, who is the number 1 Greeder, Odin and Kendula, both of whom are in the top 5 of this list. Clive Barker ranks number 9 on the Greeder's list and was met at the Beroger spire on team 8's way to Manasnow.

## Organisations

### The Flock

The Flock are the ones who keep all the religions and gods in balance. After the division of the gods, some people/cultists believe they can merge the gods back to their original forms. The Flock stop this and also stop people who try to tamper with religious artifacts. The Mir and Turi battle in Aurum would have been investigated by the Flock.

A Flock sentinal are enforcers for the Flock and wear suits of armour.

### Competition Bureau

The Competition Bureau oversee of all merchants and business trade.

## Gods

* Domy
* Nobus
* Maderi (God of Earth - descended from Domy)
* Looft (God of Air - descended from Domy)
* Vafthra (God of Fire - descended from Domy)
* Amanzi (God of Water - descended from Domy)
* Ril (God of Life - descended from Nobus)
* Olum (God of Death - descended from Nobus)
* Cocobi (God of the Stars - descended from Nobus)
* Sol (God of the Sun)
* Salem (God of the Hunt/Greed)
	+ Tether: unknown. Depicted as a winged angel man with two faces and three arms on either side by a painting in the Church of Salem in Aurum
* Genala (God of Beasts)
* Turi (God of Bliss)
	+ Tether: Carol
* Caseron (God of Steel)
* Viso (God of Dreams)
* Mir (God of Storms)
	+ Tether: remorhaz
* Lennex (God of Death)
	+ Tether: Royce
* Orella (Goddess of the Elves)
* Friel (Goddess of Logic)
* David (God of the Rabbits)
* Caeli (Goddess of Ether)
* Parlay (did not choose a domain to be the god of)
* Babar (God of Rage)
	+ Tether: bear (tale from war of rage)

* Sidgewick (God of the Quiz)
	+ Tether: Crab creature

* Kahani (Goddes of Fables)
	+ Grand Treasure: The Actor

### Roles of the Gods

When Domy and Nobus first divided, the gods were given preordained roles. The second division lead to gods with roles also already chosen for them however, these roles where more specific and related to the gods they descended from. The third division did not involve all the gods and was lead by Sol, God of the sun. Sol suggested the new gods would not take on preordained roles, instead, the gods that formed could choose their own roles. When third division occurred, some gods took on the roles of the god that came before them however, they usually had slightly less control than their predecessor.

### Tethers

The gods cant influence the world by themselves so they tether themselves to creatures in the world. The gods can choose a creature while they're still in the womb and then tie a divine string to them so they're connected. With this connection, the tethers can communicate back and forth with the god at any time and the god can embody the vessel at any time and influence the world through that. The god is not there when communicating but they're pretty close. Tethers are aware when the god is embodying their body. The first tether seen in the campaign is the Carol who is Tethered to the God of Bliss. When a god is taking control of the tether, their eyes become black.

There have been no god that has died however, their chosen tethers have. When the tether dies, they potentially could go to the heavenly realm to reunite with their god. However, for gods and tethers that have gone against the central godly order of not touching Salem's power, both tether and god may not be granted access to the heavenly realm and could be sent anywhere, potentially somewhere worse than the deep

### Beasts of Creation

Before Domy and Nobus divided into the rest the gods, they tried to create more gods using their own power. They didn't turn out to be gods but the test subjects that were made were named beasts of creations, the first living beings other than Domy and Nobus. These creations are older than any of the gods now in existence as they were first living things other than Domy and Nobus.

Karen, first appearing in season 2 episode 11: The Rorona Reservation, is a beast of creation. They explained that all beast of creations were created differently but they were a blue print of the all. Another mentioned beast of created was Primera, the first dragon. The town of Midway where Randy Domino came from was created in the carcass of Primera. The last confirmed beast of creation was Delta and Dora, the sky whales that dragged Jadu through the skies.