Religions and gods

Religion is less of different believed pantheons and instead different sides of the same religion. as people worship different pantheon or specific deities all a part of the same whole "religion".

The entirety of existence, and non-existence, was once all one "being" known as Denos. At some point in this endless and timeless nothingness, Denos used all of force to divide his power into 7 different beings, controlling their respective sphere of influence. despite this, Denos didn't actually die or disappear. (continued later)

These 7 beings weren't made to only be positive or good. the "gods" are both good an evil, and represent balance from their sphere.

**Soara-** Soara is the goddess of Fate, Luck, and Choice.

**Vizuri-** Vizuri is the god of darkness, light, weather, seasons, and biomes; as well as considered to have shaped and designed the continents.

**Phexnir-** Phexnir, commonly called Phex, is the god of war and peace. also intertwined with justice and crime; as well as morals.

**Aven-** Aven is the god of Time, Knowledge, History, and is said to know the history of just about everything.

**Rovas-** Rovas is the goddess of Urge, Greed/humbleness, courage/cowardice and ties strongly into charisma and wealth.

**Kyora-** Kyora is the god of Life, Death and everything to do with love and lust. Kyora is also linked to most of emotion.

**Keus-** Keus was originally the god of Mind, Control, Thought, and Instinct

At the Dawn of time, before Azora was truly itself, Denos Collapsed, to spread his physical form and powers to his god-children. as Denos was destroyed, a new sense of him was formed. Denos is said to still exist as the very air, and form of reality. once these children were formed, they were truly lost. all they knew, were hints of who they were all once, and what their gifts entail. a unimaginably long time later, the beings all came together to finally unite as allies, and used all aspects of each's powers, to form the very stars and planet of Azora itself.

The gods all agreed not to play with any sort of other being, as they wanted to learn and control their powers, and didn't want to create things they weren't able to control. However, quite some time after Vizuri created the lands with Kyora, Keus ran from the normal plains, and went to the undeveloped Island, now known as the Deadlands. On said island, Keus started to go a bit mad with power and created living abominations and thralls to torture and "experiment" on said beings. Quite quickly, the other gods and especially Phexnir, caught on to his actions that broke their oath. Phexnir felt close to Keus, and gave him the chance to reclaim himself if he swore not to do such anymore. Keus had no care and attempted to steal the powers of the others.

Phexnir became enraged from the act, and used all of his force to attack Keus, and kill him. in his fit of rage, he tore a hole in Denos, and created entirely new possibilities with such a time-break. with Keus greatly weakened from the duel, the rest of the gods utilized this tear to form a plane to house him in complete solitude, and drain him of his powers to their best abilities.

When the gods came back to the lands, they discovered dozens of horrific animals and tortured monsters, but 2 of these stood out. one was a light skinned Humanoid with malformed and varying features, and a ash-grey skinned humanoid with malformed features and hair covering their heads. once these were pointed out, the gods decided to come together to reform these intelligent creatures suffering terrible deformities. from these, sprouted the Karia and the Ancestors to Humans and Cerians. as these were spread out across the lands, they placed those ancestors on the Fatherlands (Rusviir and Bruvia) , and the Karia were placed on only Cynteri.

after much evolution, the Karia had understood metals and created factions and advanced tribes, while the Ancestors were quite tribal, and very under-developed comparatively. at this point, the ancestors had RAPIDLY branched off into early humans and Cerians.