The Ancient Celestials

The ***Ancient Celestials***, also known as the ***First Celestials,*** or simply the ***Fourth Deities***, were a race of great, ancient creatures that once inhabited Terranovos in the aftermath of the First Titanomachia.

## History:

### Post-Titanomachia:

With the Realms liberated from rule of the Titans, the Ancient Celestials began to take their place and rule the universe. Little did they know that the Pantheon was divided in two thanks to the acts of the Titan Civil War. For a long time, the two sides would not know of each other and focus on ruling their respective realms.

### The Æsir & Vanir:

The Nine Nordinic Realms were ruled by the Æsir and the Vanir, gods that liked to interfere with the acts of mortals on a weekly basis. At first, most of the Nordinic Gods helped mortals on simple things like special quests or conquests. That all changed when a mortal named Oloneiros Hearthorn stolen the Gift of Magic from the Gods. This led to a complete shift within the Nordinic Gods, as they suddenly began to use mortals as their playthings and killed whoever spoke ill of them. Unrest began to rise within the mortal kingdoms throughout the Nine Realms, with it clear that one day a revolt was coming.

### The Olympians:

Unlike the Nordinic Gods, the Olympians started out the gate with distain for the mortals. Most would demand offerings for the simplest things, making most within Nkéi fear the wrath of the Gods. However, where the Nordinic Gods would become more ruthless, the Olympians remained the same. Soon, all of Nkéi understood what the Gods demanded of them and accepted it as apart of life. In truth, the only thing the Ancient Nkéian feared was the wrath of the Gods on themselves or their enemies.

### Ragnarök, the Celestial War:

The *Celestial War* marked the beginning of the end for the Ancient Celestials. With a Nordinic group known as the *God-Killers* causing the death of an Olympian favored Nkéi hero named Achilles. His death was seen as an act of war from the Nordinic Celestials, leading to the Olympians invading Nordin as an act of vengeance. This eventually led to the destruction of both sides as the *God-Killers* would kill the Gods at the Battle of the Forbanner Øy.

## The Pantheon:

### Nordinic Celestials:

* Odin, the Allfather
* Frigg, the Æsir Goddess of Beauty, Love, and Fertility
* Balder, the Æsir God of Radiance
* Loki, the Æsir God of Trickery and Lies
* Thor, the Æsir God of Thunder
* Freya, the Vanir Goddess of Beauty, Love, and Fertility
* Freyr, the Vanir God of Prosperity and Fertility
* Heimdall, the Æsir God of the Bifrost
* Týr, the Last of the Ancients
* Vale, the Son of Thor

### Olympian Celestials:

* Zeus, the King of Olympus and God of the Sky
* Poseidon, the God of the Seas
* Hades, the God of the Underworld
* Demeter, the Goddess of Agriculture
* Hera, the Queen of Olympus and Goddess of Marriage
* Apollo, the God of the Sun and Archery
* Artemis, the Goddess of the Moon and Archery
* Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love
* Ares, the God of War
* Hephaestus, the God of Fire and Blacksmiths
* Hermes, the God of Travel, Thieves, and Trade
* Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and Strategic Warfare
* Dionysus, the God of Wine