Avernals

The **Avernals** are the most powerful beings who inhabit the ethereal plane, commonly worshiped as deities by mortals of the material plane. In all, there are twelve observed Avernals, though Kaiser, who is classified alongside them, was cast out into the void and therefore no longer exists.

Each Avernal has their own realm within the ethereal plane, which they inhabit. They also each have a champion who protects and safeguards their Avernal throne, their source of power within the material plane.

## Origins

During the creation of the material plane, many of the beings chose not to participate with the Elysians, who eventually ended up giving up their godliness to become the world. Some mocked the Elysians, while others remained indifferent and uninterested. When the Elysians lost all their power and the material plane was created, the most powerful of the remaining beings of the ethereal plane sought to have influence over the newly created mortals. These beings eventually became observed as the first Avernals.

Some Avernals were birthed after the creation of the material plane or ascended into godhood through other means.

## The Twelve Avernals

* **Acies**, the Prince of Wishes, whose domain is over knowledge (insight), trickery, luck, and pacts.
* **Alais**, the Innocent, whose domain is over imagination, fear, and the unknown.
* **Alune**, the Maiden of Shadows, whose domain is over knowledge (secrets), the Moon, suspicion, mystery, and dreams.
* **Aranea**, the Weaver, whose domain is over knowledge (deception), manipulation, domination, and betrayal.
* **Asphodel**, the Hero King of Tieflings, keeper of curses and oaths, and defender of the broken, whose domain is over suffering and martyrdom.
* **Faera Mea**, the Archfey, whose domain is over the Wild, nature, and purity.
* **Ikala**, the Liberator, whose domain is over pride, envy, vengeance, vanity, self-love, and freedom.
* **Kaiser**, the Observer, who was thrown out into the Void as punishment for tricking the Elysians into giving up their godliness.
* **Katharis**, the King of Horrors, whose domain is over disease, plague, balance, life, and death.
* **Malus**, the Schemer, whose domain is over enslavement, anarchy, destruction, violence, conspiracy, and the undead.
* **Opus**, the Reformer, whose domain is over ambition, change, and progress.
* **Xenia**, the Mistress of Desire, whose domain is over passion, art, lust, and submission.

## Avernal Realms

   The realms of the Avernals are often grouped by mortals through a cosmology chart. The cosmology chart identifies the realms into four groups. The Upper Planes are represented by Avernals whose domains represent traditionally "good" and positive values. The Lower Planes are represented by Avernals whose domains represent traditionally "bad" and negative values. The Planes of Order are represented by Avernals whose domains represent unwavering, constant, and lawful values. The Planes of Chaos are represented by Avernals whose domains represent fleeting and chaotic values.

### Upper Planes

* **Sanctum**, the realm of Ikala
* **The Meadows**, the realm of Asphodel
* **Limbo**, the realm of Alune

### Lower Planes

* **Blood Hunt**, the realm of Aranea
* **The Void**, the realm of Kaiser
* **Pandemonium**, the realm of Malus

### Planes of Order

* **Serendipity**, the realm of Acies
* **Requiem**, the realm of Katharis
* **The Rings of Nemesis**, the realm of Opus

### Planes of Chaos

* **The Upside Down**, the realm of Alais
* **The Wyldwoods**, the realm of Faera Mea
* **Mania**, the realm of Xenia

## Avernal Champions

*Main article: Avernal Champions*
The Avernal Champions are the chosen individuals of the Avernal deities who are granted special abilities and powers to represent their respective domains. The duty of the Avernal Champion is to safeguard the deity's Avernal Throne, which grants the deity influence over the material plane.

Kaiser is the only Avernal who does not have a champion, as he is in a state of nonexistence in the void.

### Current Champions

* **Evelynn Montblanc**, the Vox Somnia of Alais
* **Annie Moto**, the Vox Falsum of Aranea
* **Lily Aihara**, the Vox Memoriam of Faera Mea
* **Kenshin Ignia**, the Vox Vitae of Katharis

### Former Champions

* **Lisabeth Kolias**, the Vox Memoriam of Faera Mea
* **Behn Brutalis**, the Vox Mortem of Katharis

### Unknown Champions

* The Vox Fortuna of Acies
* The Vox Tenebris of Alune
* The Vox Traditur of Asphodel
* The Vox Liberatis of Ikala
* The Vox Licentia of Malus
* The Vox Immutatis of Opus
* The Vox Libido of Xenia

## Avernal Thrones

The Avernal Thrones are the sources of an Avernal's power in the material plane. Each of the Avernals has a throne through which they are able to influence and manipulate the mortal world. Desecration of an Avernal results in an upset of balance of natural order, often hallmarked and caused by cataclysmic events.

### Currently Known Avernal Thrones

* **Alais' State of Mind**, the throne of Alais
* **Figurine of Lisabeth Kolias**, the throne of Faera Mea
* **The Ezias Tree**, the throne of Katharis