Creators

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## Faith and Deities

The matter of religion is a varied one among the denizens of
the Phoenix Isles. Regardless of the pantheon, gods worshipped by creatures
from myriad walks of life make their appearances frequently. Demons are known
to have risen from their hellish abyss to terrorize the living on occasion and
angels have been seen descending from the heavens to do battle against evil.
And yet, there are mortal accounts of Dionysus hosting lavish parties and
valkyries are known to collect the fiercest fallen for Valhalla while Herne’s
wild hunt sweeps through the forests. What one chooses to put their faith in is
no matter of belief in the Phoenix Isles, for there is no denying the existence
of the gods, but the multi-cultural lifestyle on the islands sees a great deal
of argument over which god or pantheon is most powerful or important and which
tales and myths are truth.

## The Creators

As of now, this pantheon of mysterious beings are not
thought to have any followers in all the Phoenix Isles. Recent archaeological
discoveries have unearthed an all-but-certain connection between them and the
creation of the planes of existence, which has led to the most learned scholars
of the Isles referring to them simply as “the creators”. Previously completely
unknown, scraps of information surrounding the creators have begun to surface
in congruity with reported sightings of imposing beings striding across the
mortal plane “really quite stirring things up, to be honest.”

The most informed scholars record mention of eight
individual creators, responsible for eight aspects of existence. These are
thought to include, put simply; life, death, substance, magic, good, evil, and
innovation. The leading theory suggests that there is an eighth aspect,
attributed to the creator referred to as “the lost one”, but no further
information appears to exist on the being.

Quite unlike the lost one, there has been comparatively
considerable information found on three of the others. This is in thanks to
those three creators, though possibly just beings claiming to be them,
appearing upon the mortal plane and “quite happily spouting exposition,
really.”

Firstmost, Oberon, King of the Fey, has been revealed to be
one of the eight creators. Oberon and the denizens of his Feywild have had
dealings with the mortal plane for all of recorded history. While Oberon has
typically preferred to send fey envoys on his behalf, leading to a scarcity in
first-hand account of the being, he has done so with much frequency. As a
result, denizens of the Feywild are widely known to be jovial – if occasionally
tricky – defenders of nature and caretakers of magic.

Alongside Oberon, the names Viktor and Mirasmus have
recently come to light. Viktor, Metal Machination, is a being of machinery who
claims credit for the existence of innovation and all beings’ ability to be
inventive. The Metal Machination seems to surround itself with other mechanical
creatures which have displayed hostility when approached. One witness, however,

an artisan from the Artisans Researchers & Engineers Unified, has been able to offer this report:

> *Again, apologies for letting the machine go out of control and the*
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> testing area. However the understanding that the intelligence was so advance
> for the simple parameters is pale compared to what we learned since then.  We tracked it to the newly established
> Brokersfield, their engineers were able to inform us of the Automaton’s origin.
> They claim it was manufactured by a being of legend, the Creator of Invention
> known as Victor. There is little information about the Creators, but they seem
> to those responsible for everything in and including this world and apparently
> disappeared many years ago. Victor is one of the “younger” Creators and the
> owner of technological advances. So we believe we have a lead to many new
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> discoveries and blueprints that will bring fourth society of the Phoenix Isles to a new age.
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As for Mirasmus, Caretaker of the Dead; simply standing in
this being’s presence chills the body to the bone. It claims to have created
death and to be the reason things come to an end. It also doesn’t care for
being compared to the plentiful gods of death found in the more popular
pantheons. Deity, creator or otherwise, Mirasmus is a frightening one.
Although, interestingly, there is yet no evidence of it having taken a life.