Divinity

A **Divinity** is a special kind of Entity similar to the Spirit, but yet very different. They are most of the time considered like absolute entities that nothing can overtake, which is not exactly true, they just have inherent unimaginable powers. Divinity. A "God" or "Goddess" counts as one usually.

## Characteristics

### Common

A Divinity doesn't respect the standard rules of universe, notions such as strength, speed and even time can become absurd to them, having no limit in term of all these. They can thus be able to go faster than light, stopping or even reversing time in the process, they literally bend the universe at their advantage. They can control these abilities, but they don't all have these abilities or limit them voluntarily.

They also have the Control Arts, powerful spells that allow them to control lesser individuals, but even Haganeki doesn't use them fully, and Ryōki doesn't utilize them at all. Kagura can happen to use them time to time, but prefers largely simple destruction.

They also don't have necessarily a physical appearance, and it doesn't have to be human if they do have one, and they are not always as old as the Universe, nor have to appear directly as a deity. They also are unaffected by death, nor harm for some, being only seal-able by their kin to rest eternally, and they often can't be affected by spells or any alterations made to weaken them or to use them to give one more power.

Sealing a Divinity forces it to sleep for a given time if not forever. It is possible for the target to break out of the seal whatever its power, meaning that the sealers have to put it back.

### Types

There is several types of Divinities, and their powers tend to not define the type and thus, unlike what religions often tell, there is no actual hierarchy between the types. Most types are not really ranks, Divinities just having relations between them instead and nothing else. Being a Divinity doesn't mean being able to meet and communicate with other types, especially hidden ones.

#### Actual Divinity

##### **Creator**

The typical Divinity, also called "God" or "Goddess". It is deemed to have created the whole universe while in fact it didn't actually and just helped structure and fill it. Even if they are not at the origin of everything, randomness having done most parts of their work, that doesn't mean they can't do that themselves.
They are often artists and are not much into imposing their powers, even if they are considered the most powerful kind of Divinity, but nobody or nothing know of any real instance of them. They never have physical appearances.

They are capable of creating anything out of nothingness, control time as they wish, and their strength tends to be unimaginable, through their presumed ability to talk in people's minds is taught more by the religious than by other Divinities, like their personality and appearance.

##### **Deity**

Not to be mixed with the Creator, the Deity is a kind of Divinity that is mostly mentioned in polytheist religions and mythologies. They are similar to the Creator in that they have unmatchable powers, but are different in that they have varying identities, appearances, roles, and personalities and that they don't forcefully have the ability to create. Most are born from intelligent species' beliefs, and depending on their origins might be affected by death and alterations. As they are for most associated with something, that can exist, they are deemed responsible for disasters or actions they didn't even commit.

Commonly, even if they do have a set appearance, they live only in their own dimensions and don't present themselves to the physical beings, just receiving and enjoying the offerings and worships their physical loyals do them, they never show themselves and do nothing with the physical world. But they can also incarnate to a yet weaker compared to their divine form, but still powerful Incarnation.

The lessening and disappearance of Paganism led most of them to become tertiary entities barely known but not worshiped. Their dimensions are private and can't be accessed by anything other than them and their sacrifices, and the possible exceptions are only myths and stories that never really happened.

They can choose a physical being, as long as it is not another Deity, another Deity's already, or a Creator, to be their champion, making it a Half-Deity. They can have multiple champions and are called their masters. They can also create an allegory or have an allegory based on them, becoming their base. there are a certain type of Divinity which there incarnations be summoned by a song like Ga no Joō.

##### **Angel**

Unlike what the name suggests, the Angel is not a perfect being nor always the Deities and Creators' seconds. The Angels differ from the Creators and Deities that they often originate from living beings and not forcefully from nothingness even if this is still possible. They mostly have the ultimate strength and speed. Unlike the other Divinities, they always have an appearance that they use in the physical world, through it is possible they have their own dimension they can create and alter.

Angels have their own identities and goals. They might be almighty good-doers or absolute monsters that they will still be Angels, but the lack of any leadership nor hierarchy makes it that being an Angel is being part of a kind of political game where some might league against some others to seal it for whichever reason. Angels are different from the others in that they remain physical beings and are thus not granted some things reserved to others Divinities.

They can't choose champions, yet they can have companions, and they can transmit their powers to nobody else than their descendance.

#### Pseudo-Divinity

##### **Demon**

A Demon is a physical individual that was destined by some way to become an Angel, but that couldn't become one for any reason. Thus, it still has a great part of the power of an Angel, have access to the Control Spells, has physical enhancement, and sometimes its private dimension, but have the same limitations.

The Conditions why the turning into an Angel failed depends on the power itself, but generally Demons are hateful or regretful and are very dangerous or simply depressive. A Demon has no way out nor possibility to become great again, its own emotions preventing it to climb the slope.

It must not be mistaken with a Fallen Angel, which is a spirit of an Angel who died or which became one.

##### **Incarnation**

An Incarnation is the name given to the physical form taken sometimes by Deities to interact directly with the physical world. Properties depend on the point the Deity has between just meeting one person in particular, or intervening physically, thus being a powerless baseline individual or a literal Living God that has impressive powers.

However, an Incarnation is not an official Divinity itself.

##### **Half-Deity**

A Half-Deity, or Chosen One, is like implied by the name, a physical entity chosen by a "Full" Deity (Angels have companions but can't give have champions), and thus is given supplementary power by their sole championship.

The Champion depends on the Divinity who chose it, and it is possible for an Angel to be a Half-Deity too. The Champion has an allegiance to honor through to the deity in question and obeys it, and is the only physical being to be able to speak with it. Several Half-Deities can serve a single Deity.

##### **Allegory**

An Allegory is the weakest kind of Divinity as its powers depend on how many believe in the idea it represents. It is also a flat entity, as it only resolves around the idea it represents, not having any other identity from it.

## Known Instances

### Angels

Only in its True Form.
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