Rat Gods

Rat Gods are ancient beings composed entirely of the Rat Element as well as a portion of God Energy. They have a complex and dark history of being the "shadows of the Crunkiverse". Currently, there are an unknown number of Rat Gods still in existence, and many of them reside in the far reaches of space plotting their own goals. Though, they are well and truly few and far between.

## Origin

The Rat Gods were originally a part of a greater whole, The Rat Primordial. This primordial, whose true name is lost to time, was an extremely powerful primordial during the Beginning Times, and was one of the reasons Crunky decided that it was time for Primordials to be eradicated. When the energy of the Rat Primordial was released across reality, the sheer abundance of it and the nature of the Rat Element created hundreds of Rat Entities. They each held a small portion of the Rat Primordials power, and did not pose much of a threat beyond their high intelligence.

The newly created Omnigods saw the Rat Entities as a potential positive for the Crunkiverse, and decided to give a portion of their own God Energy divided amongst the Rat Entities, and gave them a choice: either act as envoys for the Omnigods, or be slain. From then on, the Rat Gods explored the multiverse and fostered life and civilization. They were mostly benevolent explorers, researchers, and rulers. However, as the millenia went on, the Rat Element inside each of them began to warp them, and soon Rat Gods formed a powerful cult, the Council of Crunk. This group ruled Crunkiverse 00A from the shadows, and few people knew of their existence.

Near the end of the Rat God Era, the Rat Gods had become corrupt despots. Their fatal error was their mistreatment of the Artificer, whom with the World Engine eradicated 89% of all Rat Gods in existence. With this, they also released all of the stored God Energy outwards into the Crunkiverse, which soon would be discovered by many factions and individuals. This massive untapped supply of energy would soon cause the War of Gods, where thousands would wage war for a small piece of the Rat Gods power.

The remaining Rat Gods dispersed, and the Council of Crunk no longer exists. Many stayed to fight in the War of Gods to retake their power, some fled to stay in the shadows. Others still are missing in action. Today few know of the true nature of the Rat Gods, and their no longer a large force in the Crunkiverse. Their disappearance also led to a massive amount of raw Rat energy being dispersed. Unlike God Energy, Rat is not easily absorbed by most sentient beings, so the energy would soon form dangerous Rat Vortexes and other Rat related atrocities.

## Recent Events

In recent times, the remaining Rat Gods have rallied behind an unknown force with their goal being to reclaim powerful Sacred Artifacts from the ancient past. This has led to their (failed) invasion of the Desert Planet, as well as their recovery of Timmerack's Stone.

## Powers and Abilities

Rat Gods are composed entirely of Rat Element along with God Energy. This allows them to have all the power of todays Gods as well as high intelligence. They thrive on knowledge and order, the original reason why the Omnigods thought it best to employ them. There are still several Rat Sacred Arts only known to them, and they are undeniably the strongest users of Rat in the known Crunkiverse. Their intelligence shines in their manipulation skills, able to coerce others with ease. They also know thousands upon thousands of year of knowledge, and the Professor believes getting the knowledge of a Rat Gods is second-only to entering the Library of Crunk.