Gods

**Gods** were supernatural entities existing in the universe that possessed immense magical power and technology. Originating as earthlings from the Second Period, they eventually created the Third Period and greatly influenced its history.

## History

### Early History

Following the destruction of the Second Period due to the spread of HER, numerous earthlings boarded ships to find planets to repopulate, among them being the Climb One. Discovering a new planet, the seventy-two earthlings collaborated in creating a new humanity to populate it, led by the scientist Luna Hazuki.

### New Realm

The surviving earthlings completed their task in BT 528, sixty-two of them having been killed due to Pale Noël. As the remaining earthlings quarreled over whether they'd be reincarnated as gods to watch over the Third Period, Climb One crashed and their physical bodies were destroyed, leaving behind only their spirit data. At some point, the robot TALOS and earthling Held reincarnated in the forms of a bat and a millennium tree respectively, leaving the others trapped within Climb One.

Around that time, TALOS, now the sun god, turned an ended world into an afterlife for the souls of the deceased humans, the "Heavenly Yard". Levia and Behemo Barisol later established a following as "gods" in Magic Kingdom Levianta, manipulating King Aron Merry-Go-Round into beginning Project 'Ma' to incarnate them as humans.

In EC 013, Levia and Behemo, impatient, manipulated Meta Clockworker into incarnating them into a dragon body Levia had created by having Meta operate the Climb One's Black Box Type L; due to the Black Box's malfunction, Levia and Behemo instead reviving the corpse of Irina Clockworker and cursed the sorcerer Gallerian Chirclatia.

Held later met with Gallerian Clockworker and tasked him to collect the vessels of sin scattered across the world for him. Following the Duel of Merrigod Plateau on January 30, EC 611, Levia reawakened and ended up in the Hellish Yard while Behemo's curse fused with Irina's and Adam Moonlit's, causing Gallerian's soul to rapidly deteriorate. Afterward, Levia left hell for the Heavenly Yard. In EC 964, Gallerian expelled Levia's curse and made it become a human, Michelle Octo.

### World's End

After the Third Period's collapse, the sun god began working with Held and the Demons of Sin to intervene with the world's end and restore the fallen human souls back to the Heavenly Yard. Behemo, having been separated from his physical body, was later restored as Michelle by Rin Avadonia. Later on, the sun god, Held, Behemo and Levia were incorporated into the Fourth Period as members of a group chat.

## Biology and Appearance

Gods existed as a result of rules laid out for the Third Period by the earthlings who created it. Gods had humanoid forms and possessed humans' superb intellect. They also generally had millennia-long lifespans. Should a god suffer premature death, the soul would undergo reincarnation, making them essentially immortal; a god's soul was also exempt from the decay over time that normal souls experienced.

The gods possessed immense magical power, incomparable to human standards. As a result, they were able to easily change forms, allowing them to take on a variety of appearances and shapes. They also had the capability to freely travel between different worlds.

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* The gods worshipped in Behemoth bear resemblance in many practices and beliefs to that of the one God in Christianity.

### Curiosities

* According to Levia and Behemo's account of the Third Period's creation, gods allegedly prospered in the First Period before escaping their paradise and establishing the Second Period.
* The 72 "gods" and kin that escaped the Second Period's destruction may be a reference to the 72 demons listed in the Ars Goetia of the Lesser Key of Solomon.

## Appearances

* King of the Glass
* Swear an Oath on that Bridge
* Blink
* The Daughter of Green
* Song of the Third Period
* Genesis Girl Gretel
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White
* The Son of Evil: Praeludium of Yellow
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Michelle
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard
* Gloom of Held
* Heavenly Yard (story)
* Pierrot & SCP Bonus Story
* Song of the Black Bird
* The Son of Evil (manga)
* Original Sin Story -Act 1-
* Original Sin Story -Act 2-
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)
* Original Sin Story: Complete Edition
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (album)
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)