Godhood

Wack Weegee, an example of an Artificial God (Face Censored for Safety)

**Godhood** is a classification denoting beings of immense influence and power. The term by itself only conveys a certain level of reverence, it does not innately require a certain level of influence to possess the label. Over time, various groups of entities began being associated with the concept due to their presence throughout history and established abilities. This necessitated the creation of various types of Gods as scientific research progressed, resulting in the current classification system using **Abstract Gods, Lower Gods, and Artificial Gods.**

## **Classifications**

The Godhood Classification System relies on three classes of Gods, with Abstract and Lower Gods denoting specific natural processes and Artificial being used for exceptions and otherwise unnatural entities.

### **Abstract Gods**

Abstract Gods are entities arising from and representing various concepts multiversally. They consist of a core and various avatars.

Cores usually start as anomalies within a host universe similar to various Artificial Gods. These core consciousnesses are usually mindless but extremely powerful, it being common for them to entirely corrupt their own host universe. After the core has created renewable energy to sustain itself inside the host universe, it enters a mostly dormant state, wherein it creates most of its avatars in other universes.

Avatars are sapient, natural forms representing the Core of its concept for specific universes. While Cores are immobile and dull, they spread their concept's influence naturally using the avatars for the purpose of harvesting more conceptually energy, akin to multiversal parasites. Depending on the concept, Avatars of Abstract Gods can take on a variety of appearances, although they are unlikely to change much until that Avatar's current iteration dies. Humanoid Avatars are typically very androgynous due to a lack of need to reproduce, with some exceptions.

Avatars can be either influenced to come into existence naturally via a Core, or are created from existing life inside a universe. If an Avatar has its link to the Core severed, either via purposeful replacement or due to destruction of the core, Avatars typically drastically change their personality and enter an intense negative mental/emotional state. They keep many of their abilities, although they begin to weaken over time unless they can somehow regain Avatar status or drive out the Core's influence from the universe entirely, in which they become the sole universal representative of the concept.

The link between Avatar and Core is entirely aphysical, occurring across an Astral Plane inaccessible by any entities bound by material form.

Cores cannot be killed by any being subject to the conceptual domain it represents. Attempting to destroy one while still being affected by the concept physically or mentally (in memory or other means) will result in either failure or the assimilation of the attacker into the Core, depending on the scale of physical destruction. As a result, most Core deaths have been caused only by Artificial Gods.

### **Lower Gods**

Lower Gods are entities arising from and representing various concepts in a specific universe. Differing from their multiversal counterparts, they do not exist in cores and avatars, but rather a continuous, amorphous form.

Lower Gods are more of the contemporary view of a god, even taking on the form they are traditionally attributed to by cultures the viewer is familiar with. They also typically exist in pantheons.

Gods who prescribe to this classification can assume control over multiple conceptual domains universally, or even none at all. (This is usually due to their concept being lost in memory to time, or via the Avatar of an Abstract God usurping their primary domain in that specific universe.) Lower Gods without a domain typically become hungry, feral monsters due to a lack of belief to sustain them naturally.

Lower Gods and Abstract Gods clash quite often during the spread of a Core, wherein the established Lower God representing a specific concept either slays a Core's Avatar or is usurped in their primary domain via the Avatar. It's also possible but unlikely for a Lower God to become the Avatar of a Abstract God through corruption.

### **Artificial Gods**

Artificial Gods are the class of God used to denote any exceptions to the natural systems, and have a wide variety of origins. Due to this, they are much less formalized, but can often be the most physically powerful. There is no real distinction for what the bar to cross to earn the title is in terms of physical capability is, Artificial Gods usually being given the title off of public discourse.

Artificial Gods do not usually have the conceptual restrictions of the natural gods, thus being guided by their usually very human morals. This leads to either their causing of extreme natural disasters or a messiah figure renowned for their ability and kindness.

They have a limitless capacity for power, while mentally being either the most inhuman or human of the Gods out there.

## **List of Known Gods** (Feel Free to Edit)

### **Lower Gods**

**Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance**

**Nyx, Goddess of Night**

**Akkhys, Goddess of Misery and Poison.**

**Thanatos, God of Death**