Divine Power

**Divine Power**, also called by names such as **Divinity** or **Divine Energy**, is the energy of creation and destruction that runs in the veins of divine creatures and the basis for their powers.

## Summary

Divine power is the power of creation and destruction created by the Celestial Prince Gabriel alongside the birth of the primordial gods.

It runs in the veins of all divine creatures, from the progenitor gods to the ordinary gods to even the demigods and sorcerers blessed by their patron god, all of them are endowed with their own divine power.

Later on, it is revealed by Armaros that divine power is "bastardized heavenly fire", originally being the raw angelic power radiated from Heaven before being absorbed and transformed by the systems of Hylemorphes, which also imbued within it its creative/destructive nature.

## Appearance

Divine power is described to be pure energy with no true shape or color, however, through the influence of its user, often through their nature or their characteristics, it can be transformed into a variety of forms and will possess a wide array of colors.

## Characteristics

Divine power is a powerful and primal kind of supernatural energy whose true nature is shrouded in mystery, even to the gods themselves. It is the divinity that is born from the creative and destructive nature of Creation, purified and imbued into the strayed angelic power by Hylemorphes, thus making it among the most powerful energies in existence.

Through it, the primordial gods had constructed the multiverse, with this universe and the Solar System being their first creation. Afterward, many primordial gods abandoned Earth, choosing to travel and discover and create more celestial bodies within the near-infinite universe and sowing new life in undiscovered planets in far distant galaxies. According to Azazel, this universe is "a great tapestry, woven into the fabric of reality through millennia of dedication using divine threads born from the gods' immortal essence".

It is the source of many divine creatures' power, imbuing them with a myriad of unique abilities that grant them places on the top of the supernatural world's hierarchy. Through it, the gods had ruled over the planet and the universe for eons before the end of the Age of Gods, gaining reverence and fear from mortals in the forms of numerous human cults and religions.

## Other Usage

Divine power is an indispensable element within the magic systems of mortals, especially ones with a religious background. It works as a power source for the numerous magic rituals and ceremonies of sorcerers whose power derived from the blessing they received from their patron deities, as well as the religious blessing that would protect a mortal devotee from supernatural threats.

Often than not, it can be naturally found in sanctuaries, religious sites, or monuments with a pagan background, being the places of pagan worship for centuries before the arrival of the Abrahamic religions. Major shrines and temples such as the Parthenon or the Temple of Apollo in Delphi contain the most potent amount of divine power, having been imbued with divinity through thousands of years-worth of sacrifices and worship. Certain trees and animals also possess a small amount of divine power inside them, provided that they are the sacred symbols of major deities.

In the supernatural world, it is most often used in the creation of sacred metals, powerful metals that are imbued with divine power through complex and secret rituals dated back since times of antiquity. Because of their innate divinity, weapons crafted from sacred metals can be used against the majority of supernatural creatures, even the gods themselves.

Due to its origins as raw angelic power, it can be used as a temporary substitute for angelic power in certain rituals. However, due to the volatile nature of such rituals, many advise against doing so as the consequences might be too severe for the intended effects. In addition, because of said origins, wielders of divine power might also find themselves affected by witchcraft, a type of demonic magic that is specifically created to target celestial and/or divine creatures.

### Divine Magic

**Divine Magic** (神の魔法, *Kami no Mahō*), or **Godly Magic**, is the special form of innate magic that only the gods or those who have divine power such as demigods and sorcerers can possess. Not much is known about it other than it being "the laws of nature and the world" and "the foundation of which the religions of men were built upon", implying there is a direct tie between divine magic and pagan religions.

## Trivia

* To those sensitive to magic, divine power smells like "smoke rising from burning altars, freshly fallen blood from living sacrifices, and the hymns sung by priests amid the prayers of the faithful".