Minor Gods

## Argo

### God of Illness and Medicine

Argo is the cause of both illness and the cure to it. When the world was created, Argo wanted to make the races the gods had created better. He wanted to improve them. So he created a virus meant to enhance their bodies. Instead of improving them, he had created sickness. Unfortunately, he could not completely rid the world of the virus he created. Because of this, Argo worked tirelessly to create a cure. Thus, he created medicine.

## Agnia

### Goddess of Fire

Agnia created fire as a way to warm the world so that Chilli’s creation would not overtake the planet with cold. An everlasting flame sits in the center of the planet’s watery core to ensure it does not freeze. She maintains this flame to ensure that the water does not evaporate either. Agnia is also the creator of the Kagutsuchi. She blessed them with the ability to channel fire, her creation, by giving them her eyes. All Kagutsuchi have fiery, ferocious eyes just like hers because of this. She and Chilli created most water-native species.

## Chilli

### Goddess of Ice and Cold

Chilli is the source of all that is cold. She does not like warm temperatures, and because of this, she created “cold” as well as the Khione. From the Khione came the cold, and from the cold came ice. She adored her creation. However, after this creation was made, she found that the growth of cold could not be stopped. She is the indirect reason that the Kagutsuchi and that which is warm exists. Because Chilli and Agnia balance each other out, they have a close bond. They rely on each other and even love each other. Chilli and Agnia created the Varunans together, the race a symbol of their love, as it was a creature that could grow and live within the byproduct of it.

## Kirim

### God of Emotions and Fate

At first, the races the gods created were cold and unfeeling. They had no compassion or emotions. Kirim decided to change that, making them able to feel and experience the world the way the gods did. This was his gift to the world. Kirim is very compassionate and feels sorrow quite easily. He and Zoros are the only reason that the Suha have not been destroyed by the other Masked Ones. He protects their existence, not out of love or respect, but because he feels bad for the forgotten children of Archaia.

## Melodis

### God of Sound

The world was once completely silent save for spoken word. Nothing made a sound other than living beings. Melodis found this maddening, and so, he assigned a sound to every single thing he could find. He is responsible for the rustling of grass and leaves, the crackle of a fire, the sound of ice breaking apart, the sound of a breeze, the sound of an instrument. Melodis is quite egotistical, as he believes he accomplished the most out of all The Masked Ones. Whether he did or not is up to interpretation.

## Gust

### God of the Wind

After the sea was made, the daily heat made some of the water rise to the sky and form clouds. But they were so thick, Stellani's light could not reach the ground. Gust sought to fix this, intent on making it so the clouds would be thin and spread over long stretches of sky. So he created wind. A force capable of moving the clouds apart so that both beings and light could pass through. With his invention, he created what is known as “Gust Bridges.” Passages in the clouds where the wind is so strong it could carry you miles without you having to move an inch. They are as dangerous as they are helpful. They're mainly used by Shu.

## Sprout

### God of Mountains

Sprout is the son of Gaio, albeit much kinder than his father. He adores life and all byproducts of it, save for the Suhanis. Sprout is the youngest of all the gods and was last to create anything. He found all the land of Astiri taken and became upset. Feeling sorry for him, Gaio and the rest of the Masked Ones created a mountain with which he could do anything he wanted. As such, he created the Ourea. He made them out of the mountain he was given, then replenished the rock he took to make his new friends.