The false idols

The false idols faction is also known as the old order, or simply the idols. The faction consists of four ruling members: the God of life, the God of time, the God of balance and the God of fortune. The faction is rather inactive and rarely responds to outside events. The order itself exists as a defense pact among the old idols, in case of another cosmic invasion. Although hardly any human look upon the idols as gods anymore, they are still refered to as gods of their respective element out of convinience.

The false idols used to be worshipped by the humans after the cataclysmic event (the nuclear war) that reshaped the old world. The remaining humans found themselves in a weak position, and looked upon the idols as gods. The old gods would intentionally or unintentionally give the humans natural protection, and the humans would serve.

The God of life requiered several annual sacrifices, whether be it human, cattle or other. The god of balance, which also was the god of justice and god of order, demanded humans to construct his empire. He would then turn the humans into his own loyal creations. The God of fortune needed human slaves to mine deep into the world's core, and the God of time layed mostly dormant. the gods would occationally provide favors in return, like finnancial security, good harvest and protection. Still, after a while the sentiment among humans changed, and they found their gods to be the exact opposite of what they represented. The God of life took away life, and the God of fortune enslaved humans so that they were not allowed to acquire wealth. The God of balance ruled with an iron hand and even the God of time refused any change and layed dormant. Despite their growing disconnent, not much changed until the Angels discovered the world.

By nature the idols rarely cared about their surroundings and had only simple goals/interests, save for the God of balance. This characteristic eventually led to the end of their golden age, when the Angels intervened. The God of balance, and to some extent the God of life, resisted the invaders, but the two were no match for the organized Angels. Most of the humans were in open rebellion too, and the God of balance's enormous city fell. The idol himself retreated to the other side of the southern desert and with the others he formed what is now the old order. The Angels chose to not pursue them further on the condition that they left the humans to themselves. The idols agreed, but in reality some humans chose to continue worshipping. The order now acts as a defense pact in case anyone interfere with the false gods. Although they have almost left the continent of the humans, they losely controll enormous amounts of land across the sea and deserts, and they are poised against another invasion from the cosmos, from which they had once come themselves.

There is a small difference between the term: "false idols" and "old order". the group of "false idols" includes the old God of magic, which in reality never interacted with the rest of the idols. He was therefore never a part of the order. The false idols are actually just a group of creatures the humans used to worship, while four of those idols happened to organize an order.

Each idol is represented by their respective signs, which are also all present on the old order's banner: *The united fourfold.*

* The God of life is represented by a five-crowned campanula. The humans believed this to symbolize its "protective" nature, while in reality it symbolizes expansion
* The God of balance