Lords of Order

The **Lords of Order** are powerful magical beings of pure energy representing Order whose task is to maintain orderly balance in the universe. They dedicate their nearly unlimited power to empower mortal agents acting on their behalf, serving as a deterrent to their cosmic opposites, the Lords of Chaos, in a constant struggle for universal supremacy while also governing the raw magic in the universe and enforce its laws.

## Overview

Most Lords of Order were immensely powerful entities composed of pure orderly energy, born fully developed beyond sex or form and typically inhabited mystical objects of lore. It was possible for Lords of Order to develop and manifest in physical form and develop similarly to humanoid lifeforms (i.e Amethyst and Arion). Furthermore, it is said that Lords of Order also don't typically engage in procreation, believing it to be an act that invites chaos, though some Lords of Order have done so regardless. Some of the earliest of the Lords of Order, were once human beings with physical form, whose body decayed as a byproduct of raw magic and became mystical beings of energy. Using mystical artifacts known as the Cosmic Log and the Book of Souls, they are said to be able to enforce true order in existence.

Unlike the Lords of Chaos, Lords of Order rarely descend to Earth, preferring mortal emissaries as their agents, theorizing that earthly ties would allow a better understanding of the problems Chaos created for humankind. Like their counterparts, to maintain a presence in the mortal plane, Lords of Order also require an anchor to tether to the physical world.

Furthermore, certain deities associated with Order are confirmed to being Lords of Order. These beings possess the ultimate power and influence of any Lord of Order, including being responsible for creating "new" Lords of Order as their own agents whom later empower mortals with their artifacts. Deities accomlish this by ascending into a higher plane of existence upon gaining favor from Demiurge granted they already possess a connection to Order.

## History

### Origins

The origins of the Lords of Order and Chaos trace back to the early days of the universe itself, 16 billions of years ago. They were born from the conflict between opposite forces and were entrusted to maintain the sacred balance between them, thus safekeeping the universe's integrity. Demiurge is the first known Lord of Order existence, emerging from Chaos before Creation alongside Gaea's consciousness and Demiurge's counterpart known as Darkar, eventually seeding the planet with its essence to bring forth the Elder Gods of Earth

#### War Between Order and Chaos

Chaos and Order have been fighting a cyclical battle for eons. First Order is dominant, then Chaos, then destruction and renewal and then it starts over again. Originally, the struggle was depicted as one between Good (Order) and Evil (Chaos); it is currently depicted as a balance between the useless extremes of stagnation and anarchy.

### Birth, Death, and Rebirth

After the Elder Gods genocide, Demiurge was overcome with enough grief to commit suicide, his death generating a cosmic force of pure divine energy known as the Godwave that spread across the universe. Chaos, knowing the Demiurge's counterpart was existing without purpose, created multiple Lords of Order from the Godwave's leftover energy; These Lords of Order, known as the first Gods of Atlantis, were born from Darkworld, a realm of magic created by the sleeping dreams of the eponymous cosmic entity that created these gods whom represent aspects of balance.

### New Generation

After the Titans overthrew Ouranos, Demiurge was reborn from the primordial's blood under a new identity: Perseus Lykaios whom had been unware of being the reincarnation of the Demiurge, which sparked a slow rise of a newer generation of Lords of Order. When Hecate and Perseus gifted mankind magic, men and women alike took notice of their greater power and conspired to steal it to supplant themselves capable of ushering in their own version of order. Chief among the group was Mordru, who was charged with convincing and torturing Hecate into giving up her magic to them in order to make better use of it. After years of captivity due to a ritual using her own power against her and the Titans betrayal when her own father Perses assisted in the torture, Hecate let out a scream that shook all of reality and felt the dark presence of the Upside-Down Man and Darkar. Her fury tore a hole in magic, allowing some of the darkness from the Realm of Chaos to break through the veil of existence and gifted the men and women alike with the dark magic in hopes that they would eventually destroy themselves with it

With the power, the group of men and women became god-like and became among the new Lords of Chaos. Perseus, detecting the imbalance, subsconsiously created the Lords of Order from this discord, having them writing the laws of magic to better harness it. Mordru split off form the group and styled himself as the 'True Lord of Chaos', refusing to limit his magic to the rules of the his colleagues, when in truth, his magic corrupted him due to participating in Hecate's torture.

The Lords of Order recognized their "Magic of Order " ended up destroying them from within, so they forced them to act in enchanted objects to survive. They spread tales that they weren't ascended mortals, but godlike beings so they could feed off the power supplied by mortals' belief. This was revealed as a lie, instead the Lords of Order were responsible for safeguarding Western Civilization, the source of humanity itself, and had bridged mortals and Old Gods using the power of faith, unknowingly creating a permenent and dangerous weakness amongst immortals existing within the Sphere of the Gods.

## Members

* Lords of Order
	+ Order Deities
		- Calculha
		- Deedra
		- Gemimn
		- Harmonia
		- Jheryl
		- Perseus Lykaios/Demiurge
		- Themis
		- Vishanti
			* Agamotto
			* Hoggoth
			* Oshtur
	+ Arion
	+ Cyra
	+ Dalphi
	+ Hoku
	+ Lady of Peace
	+ Myrath
	+ Nabu
	+ The Wizard
	+ Ynar (formally)
* Agents of Order
	+ Count Control
	+ Brother Pattern
	+ Doctor Fate
	+ Lord Structure
	+ Sister Symmetry
	+ The Kingbutcher

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Cosmic Logs**: A tool used by the Lords of Order in which allows them to follow the true order in the universe. It is done by following patterns set out in it's contemporary tool, the Book of Fate.
* **Book of Fate**: A tool accessed by the Lords of Order in which govern all of existence. Using this alongside the Cosmic Logs allows the Lords of Order to understand and enforce true order.

#### Amulets of Power

* Arion's Gemstone
* Cloak of Cyra
* Cloak of Destiny
* Boots of Dalphi
* Gauntlet of Myrath
* Breastplate of Hoku
* Helmet of Fate

## Trivia

* It's stated that after the Lords of Order were exposed to Chaos Magic, Perseus created them by imbuing them with Order Magic which purified their souls of the taint caused by their dark desires