He-Lin

He-Lin is the Protector of Life, they are the embodiment of one of the two sides of the Cycle, the begining of everything. With their sibling He-Ren, they take care of the world of Lunerin and the mortals inhabiting it. They guarantee that nothing will ever remain eternal, and that everything is replaced, evolves, changes, or gives birth to something new. As a Protector, they're directly under the Arbiters and above the Aspects and Respects in the divine hierarchy.

## History

He-Lin was the first of the Arbiter of Ether's new creations, after creation the Void Lords. They were born on the then-barren world of Lunerin, when it was still a desert of rock and dust, deprived of all life. Their birth caused a huge explosion of life all around them, in a torrent of raw creation magic that flooded the whole continent, covering all lands in tall, lush grass, flowers, bushes, and trees. This event and this deflagration flattened a vast area around He-Lin and created what is now known as the Great Plains, still remaining, to this day, in the same state as when it was first covered in grass. No other flora can live there.

After this event, He-Lin became self aware and started to explore the world around them. At first, they were amazed at the fields of grass around him, gorged in raw magic and life essence. But it soon became apparent that this world, in this state, would rapidly become boring. He-Lin then started to try their hand at creating new things, taking inspiration from the few flowers that were already there. From them, they created a bigger and more robust version, that later became known as trees. From grass, they had the idea of making a flying version. He-Lin made a lighter, more volatile form of it, and created pollen and seeds. This new creation made life autonomous and allowed it to reproduce and spread on the whole planet quicker.

A few centuries later, He-Lin started to notice that some of their creations were starting to wilt and wither away for no apparent reason. This was their first contact with He-Ren, the protector of Death, who turned out to be their twin sibling and natural counterpart. He-Lin eventually realized that no creation could exist without anihilation. From that point on, He-Lin and He-Ren started to work together and created the Cycle. This partnership is still going on today.

As He-Lin's power kept making new things pop into existence, the total amount of arcane in Lunerin kept growing, and over time, accumulated in some places, reorganized itself in new ways, and absorbed Life essence. That eventually lead to elements gaining consciousness, and becoming Aspects. All Aspects being born directly from He-Lin's power were directly under their command, and direct manifestation of their will. As such, they all started to protect the world of Lunerin and its harmony.

## Relationships with other deities

He-Lin is kind by nature, constantly aware of people's emotions and struggles, as they are all creations of theirs, and they have to understand them. For that reason, He-Lin naturally keeps friendly relationships with all other deities, some closer than others. For instance, He-Lin is extremely close to He-Ren and they consider each other twin siblings. They have absolute trust in each other and always act in perfect cooperation and understanding.

To the Aspects, He-Lin is a boss, but also a friend. Someone that will help them, and lend them their power when needed. They might not always agree, but conflicts are rare, as they all respect each others deeply for the work and dedication they proved to have.

To the Arbiters, He-Lin is but an experiment that has to be watched over carefully. They do not trust the protector of Life entirely, but they still enjoy their company every now and then. They will gladly accept to lend them their power when they ask for it, depending on what it will be used for. This contrasts with the relationship between the Arbiters and He-Ren, who has to "steal" the Arbiters' powers without their permission.

The Void Lords on the other hand deeply despise He-Lin. They only see them as an obstacle in their way, and a particularly resistant at that. So far, all attempts at taking over Lunerin has been successfully countered by He-Lin (or more rarely He-Ren), causing several Void Lords to enrage more and more over time.

## Creations

* All life on Lunerin, all fauna and flora, everything that is conscious, material or not
* All feelings and emotions
* All Aspects
* Several Laws of Arcane, including the law of free-will
* Several realms and other planes of existence, including :
	+ Cloud Realm
	+ Door of the Night (involuntarily)
	+ Realm of Mist
	+ Babel

## Powers

He-Lin is the begining of everything. As such, they're able to create anything, whether it is material or not, rational or abstract, alive or not. They are also able to use any power possessed by any Aspect, as well as a few powers that the Arbiters let them use, such as teleportation or slight temporal dilation.

In addition to this, He-Lin is also able to manipulate distortion magic with ease, allowing them to bend and rewrite reality at will. But He-Lin is not the source of this magic, like they are the source of Life magic. They can only store and re-use it, but the amount they can use is limited by the amount they have in stock. The source of distortion magic are the Void Lords. He-Lin came in possession of this magic by absorbing all traces of the Void Lords power from Lunerin.