God

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A god is a very vaguely defined term that refers to certain ideas or entities.

A common definition of a god is either:

-A being that holds significant supernatural power or influence over an aspect of the universe.

-A being worshipped by a religious organization or a clergy.

There are several beings that fit either one or both definitions.

### Known godlike beings

#### **Wellspring of Everlife**

The Wellspring of Everlife is the strongest of the spirits and is presumed to be their leader or monarch. The Wellspring is the progenitor of all life in the galaxy, sentient or nonsentient, or atleast is believed to have "kickstarted" life by creating and influencing the first lifeforms. It reigns over the Spirit Realm, where the Spirits come from and souls of the deceased go to, the realm itself located in the mind of the deity itself.

The name may prove strange and deceiveing, which ties to its origin. It is said that this great Spirit comes from another world or dimension, from which it either fled, was banished from or simply left by its own will. In all versions of the tale, it brought along a powerful artifact called the Wellspring of Everlife, with which it created life, as described above. As such, the name refers to the artifact, not the Spirit, but some claim they are one and the same. The true name of this being, as well as other info tied to its person, is not known.

Strangely enough, while many consider it as the progenitor of life in the universe, not everyone of them worships the Spirit. Wellspring worship is common amongst the Mooks and Brukki, with decent Zam'Ari and Faerae minorities holding faith in the being.

#### **Sofia and Sarka**

Gods far more primal and reclusive, Sofia is the iron goddess of intellect and Sarka is the flesh god of instinct. It is that one day before time, they mated and their children were life that inhabits the galaxy: Made of flesh, able to use machines, having both instinct and intelligence. However, the two primal gods battled and shattered eachother into many pieces.

In modern day, worship of these gods is sternly frowned upon, seen as practices of pagan or even heathen nature. As such, those who worship them organize in smaller cults and groups that are more secretive and enigmatic. Though it is unknown why someone would worship a god that is, allegedly, shattered, and by extension powerless, it is rumoured that the mission of each gods' cult is to rebuild their god, possibly even competing against eachother to resurrect their deity first and obliterate the opposite one.

Due to the secretive nature of both the gods and their worship, next to no details are known about them.

#### **Golden Light**

The Golden Light is the deity worshipped by the Church of the Golden Light. Similar to the primal gods mentioned before, it too is scarce in terms of details, but that is because the light is far more "vague" in its being rather than secretive. Infact, it is not even known if it is and many have accused the Church of the Golden Light as a massive fraud.

The Golden Light is the last and final of the three answers to the question of life's origin. It claims that the mortal plain is a byproduct of the Golden Light. All light casts a shadow, even the Golden Light - the shadow of the Golden Light being the mortal world.

Golden Light was first worshipped by Aklaxxi prophets from the planet Xiphia, becoming the main religion of the species. A massive support of this faith comes from the Faerae kingdom, where a large amount of followers comes from.

### Race or nation-specific

#### **Gieeg Pantheon**

*Main article: Gieeg Pantheon*

A quartet of gods spawned and worshipped by the Gieegs. They were created at various points in history when the Gieegs experienced a large surge of mentions and gave this mass of emotions and feelings sentience with their massive PSI. Being born from Gieeg emotions and embodying Gieeg concepts, they are kept alive by the Gieegs too, as in a sense, they are the Gieegs themselves.

#### **Shezak**

*Shezak was killed by Aylidor and is no longer worshipped.*

Shezak was a powerful, but evil and megalomaniacal Spirit that ruled over the early Zam'Ari Empire with an iron fist. Under his reign, the Zam'Ari were strictly separated into two groups, the Shezaraki, his priests and warriors, and the Parlaki, the rest of the species that toiled and laboured like slaves for their whims.

Eventually, Shezak was killed by Aylidor, who became very dissatisfied with the state of the Zam'Ari and, with the Spear of Fate, a mortal weapon fueled by the tears of Spirit Shiro, killed Shezak, becoming a national hero and the first king of all Iscaraan.

#### **The Triumvirate**

*The Triumvirate has been disbanded, one of its gods slain, one has fled to never be seen again and one was sealed away from the world.*

*For more specific info, go to the "Age of the Triumvirate" page.*

The Triumvirate was a trio of "living gods" which were originally Shezak's archpriests, which wanted to regain their power, influence and wealth. Kalsay, Eylodia and Wanus Wayla murdered Aylidor in battle, and by consuming his flesh, became ageless, meaning that they could rule the empire forever as long as they were not slain by other means.

Despite being better rulers than Shezak, they suffered from decadence and put their own desires above the nation. As such, they were just as despised amongst common folk as the god-ruler that preceeded them. This lead to their power slowly waning over their long rule, culminating in a revolution in which Eylodia was killed, Wanus Wayla fled after suffering wounds and was never seen again and Kalsay was imprisoned in his own temple-palace, unable to do anything to the world outside.

The Triumvirate is notable for only fitting the "worshipped by the people" definition of the god. All previous entries had powers of supernatural nature (with the debatable exception of the Golden Light), while the Triumvirate members were just very potent psykers. They were also demi-mortal, meaning that they didn't die of age, but could be slain, unlike Spirits or other godlike beings, which are all immortal. As such, it can be concluded that in reality, the Triumvirate was just a trio of very powerful mortals that merely pressed the idea of being living gods for their own satisfaction and for an increase in influence in authority.