Adorare Novem

Adorare Novem, meaning "Adoration of the Nine" in the eastern tongue, is a form of polytheism that brings forth the adoration of nine unique gods and goddesses. While a fairly new religion to face Eldham, the gods and goddesses have been present for centuries, looking for a new messenger to bring forth their word to the masses.

## Story of the Novem

#### Creation of the Originals

The originals of the Novem are Junitee, Brutiee and Socrista. Appearing in the universe one day as children, they were a wild bunch that did not have any form of guidance or discipline. It took Socrista, first goddess and the goddess of wisdom to whip Junitee and Brutiee into proper gods after questioning their true purpose. The three together made a flat plain of existence, where Junitee would build grand structures, made of many natural items we find in the world today. Brutiee would take the old projects of his brother and kill them, having a place for them in a cave that Junitee had created. Junitee would spend his time trying to make a pure Item, so beautiful that he would claim it as his own. He would name it quartz, and place it in this newest Hellscape, the nether, where his brother would eventually go on to rule. Socrista would take the quartz that Junitee had created, and Built a large Pantheon for her and her brothers, as well as room for more.

#### Raising of the New

Upon the thousandth year of the three living on this flat plain, six new men and women appeared out of the expanse. They are Maximillo, Miniscula, Macromillum, Gladiotrus, Acropus and Velita. Appearing as children, the three gods had to take care of these six new people, whom would be raised to perfection, and would go on to become gods themselves.

#### The creation of the world

Junitee was tired of his plain and his pantheon, so he set out to create a new world with everything he could imagine. First he created the land, which would look flat, like his last massive creation. He would then create a space that contained it all, in a rounded sphere, and add water to the parts that were a little too deep and used it as a way to sustain life. He then brought some of the land out of the water and up to the tops of the land so that there were heights he could look at his creations from. He then made the green nature, grass, trees, moss, lily pads.

He looked at this world, enjoying it very much, however he noticed how stagnant it is. The trees only swayed, the mountains did not run through the fields, the water did not migrate south or north or west or east, it was all still. Because of this, he created the animals, the beasts the bugs the fish the birds, and man, man whom he wished to resemble like himself and his fellow gods and goddesses, so that they may see him and relate to him. The first men would worship the nine, which all the gods considered good.

He then built the Nether, which was the hellish landscape that contained the dead, as they would make his world ugly. Brutiee volunteered himself to rule over the dead, considering he was growing tired of the happy go lucky mentality of the rest of the gods. The red dirt and the warped trees there would help those whom have died assimilate into their new world, to look like the old.

#### The coming of the foreign and the Champion of the Novem

Thousands of years later, the nine saw the migration of many gods from almost nowhere stealing their worshipers. The nine, instead of open combat, cursed those whom turned to death, in chiefest to gain was Brutiee, who gained a massive population in the Netherworld. The nine looked at who was left, only two men and three women remained to worship them. The gods chose one of them, a man to represent the embodiment of the gods and goddesses in all of their might. Calling the man the Champion of the Novem, which just means "The Champion of the Nine".

### Gods and Goddesses of the Novem

The Novem consist of nine gods and goddesses, they are:

1. Junitee- God of the Earth and Sea. Junitee was one of the three originals to the universe. Creator of the land, sea, nether, and the land of the pantheon
2. Brutiee- God of the Afterlife. Brutiee was one of the three originals to the universe. Lives in the Netherworld and controls the zombified corpses that reside there
3. Socrista- Goddess of Wisdom. Socrista was the last of the three originals to the universe. Is considered the wisest of the nine and makes most major decisions
4. Maximillo- God of Power. Maximillo was one of the six newcomers. He is tasked with the balance of power within the world and keeping it in equilibrium
5. Miniscula- Goddess of Humility. Miniscula was one of the six newcomers. She is tasked with keeping the world less greedy and more humble and giving
6. Macromillum- God of Wealth. Macromillum was one of the six newcomers. He is tasked with giving worshipers the ability to have riches beyond their wildest dreams
7. Gladiotrus- God of Chaos. Gladiotrus was one of the six newcomers. He is tasked with giving worshipers the might of the gods in battle
8. Acropus- God of the harvest. Acropus was one of the six newcomers. He is tasked with the creation of good crops and farms, and also wine
9. Velita- Goddess of the Sky. Velita was one of the six newcomers. She is tasked with the protection of the sky, and is known for her sheer beauty