Exis and Ve

**Gods of Existence and Void**

Warning: May Contain Spoilers for Playable Characters

Exis & Ve are one of the same being. They are everything and nothing at once. Although Exis & Ve have never been observed to have any definite “form” they have been scientifically and magically observed to be the very essence of every particle that exists. Everyone is created out of Exis & Ve including the ground everyone walks on and the creatures everyone interacts with. Ve is the side of this ultimate being that represents nothingness and Exis represents existence. Both of them coexist as the “stuff that makes up everything and nothing.” The Power of these gods are immeasurable that some believe they might not even exist since they are the only gods that have not shown their influence across the world. In reality, their influence is simply allowing reality to be. Ve and Exis created the five Multiverse Entities in order to give their existence meaning and adjust their power according to the five multiverse entities and their creations.

## Influence of Exis & Ve on Eastlux

Exis & Ve influence whether or not the multiverse can exist at all. They simply exist for existence to exist and likewise for nothing to exist. They wish for existence and nothingness to take its toll and for the choices of gods and mortals to determine the fate of existence. Exis and Ve adjust their own being according to the decisions of all beings in the multiverse. There could be a moment when Ve swallows up Exis and Exis swallows up Ve depending on the choices of the beings inhabiting the multiverse. Exis and Ve are in a constant state of coexistence but divide the proportion of empty/everything according to the decisions of gods and mortals alike. Currently, there is no calculation of how much of the multiverse is empty (Ve controlled) and how much much is extant (Exis controlled). It is theorized that if one eventually swallows up the other, one could at any time choose to start existing again, therefore creating a rebirth of the multiverse.

## Goals of Exis & Ve

Exis & Ve have no goals. They bend to the power of their creations and the creations of their creations and adjust the amount of "nothing vs. something" accordingly. If anything, their goal is to have something in which they can feel like they have a purpose over. If that is the case, their goal is to make sure their creations, the five multiverse entities remain extant and that they and their creations continue to have free will. However, if the choices of their creations is to be no longer be extant, Exis and Ve will simply create new ones to have influence over so they can remain having a purpose in the multiverse.

## Divine Relationships

Exis & Ve have a relationship with all divine beings as well as all mortal beings since they literally make up all of the matter and lack of matter within the multiverse. Exis & Ve are directly influenced by all the gods and mortals and adapt the mutliverse according to their influence. However, they tend to be influenced more by their creations, the five multiverse entities.

End, the God of Entropy wants Ve to swallow up Exis and create a multiverse of maximum entropy where everything is at peace. Xthris, the God of Energy is against the of maximum entropy because that would mean they would no longer be able to exist. To combat this. Xthris therefore creates a near infinite amount of energy to keep up with End’s rate of entropy.

Sori, the God of Gravitation has the power to make Ve swallow Exis at any time. At any moment, Sori could increase the rate of expansion of the multiverse to such a large level that the saddles that make up the multiverse would literally tear apart from one another, shredding every atom and molecule of their elementary particles and turning the mutliverse into a void of particles, essentially allowing Ve to swallow Exis. Doing this however, would also involve Sori no longer existing and as such, Sori decides to remain neutral and keep gravity as a comfortable enough level for the mutiverse to thrive.

Leux, the God of Light is the wielder of the singular multiverse constraint that all things, including (most) gods, must adhere to: light. Nothing can be faster than the speed of light. Nothing except for gravity which makes Leux and Sori a bit at odds like End and Xthris. However, this conflict is not nearly at the same extremes as End and Xthris because both Leux and Sori want to remain extant as long as they feel it is needed.

Vryx, the God of Spacetime, has the least divine power out of the other four but has the strongest influence among the other four through mediating conflict among the five. They also have the strongest influence with the mortals of Eastlux. They want everyone to exist and realize that Exis needs to exist along with Ve for the five multiverse entities to exist at all. They are against the goals of End and have the power to manipulate spacetime to manipulate conflicts when needed and continue the work of Exis with providing a place of existence for everyone while respecting Ve as a part of Exis. Vryx also created the Greater Deities.

## Worshiping Exis & Ve

There are no organized religions or festivals that come from Exis & Ve, instead they are simply acknowledged across Eastlux and respected. Exis and Ve commonly appear in various phrases and slang as part of the Eastlux Common language. Exis and Ve are used interchangeably in the language when referring to phrases with the word "God" like "Oh my Exis" and "Ve-damn!" which are used quite often. Occasionally, worshipers of other gods or entities such as worshipers of Sori, might have some occasional ritual or deeper respect for Ve rather than Exis due to the motives of Sori.

There is a "Cult of Exis" that exists in Eastlux but it has no association with the god of Exis at all. Likewise, there is a notable "Tree of Exis" that is a landmark area of Eastlux that has no association with the god of Exis as well.

## Myths of Exis & Ve

There are not many stories that involve Exis & Ve other than the occasional philosophical thought experiment and some scientific discoveries about their existence.

### *Cyclical Multiverse*

Due to the world ending nature of Ve consuming Exis or vise versa, many philosophers theorize that our current multiverse is one of an indeterminate amount of multiverses that have existed. It could be possible that we are even the first one. Regardless, many philosophers have an endless amount of questions relating to Exis and Ve such as:

* What came before Ve and Exis?
* Are we reliving everything over again or are there entirely new entities that exist with every reset?
* What is the point of living if everything will inevitably be reset?
* Does the nature of Ve imply the multiverse will always eventually end and reset?
	+ Does the nature of Ve imply that Exis is less powerful since everything eventually ends in Ve consuming everything?

### *S.S. Elysium*

For the longest time, Ve & Exis were considered myths and nonexistent, even by the five multiverse entities. That was until a group of scientists in a mobile research facility known as the S.S. Elysium discovered a celestial object in the cosmos that looked exactly like the symbol used to denote Exis & Ve in history books: an overlapping Black square and white circle. Upon finding this celestial body, all living beings in the multiverse dreamt of that object the next time they slept. After this discovery, the scientists were wiped away from existence but the memory of this strange dream still lingers on among the minds of many.

Later, these scientists returned on the uninhabitable island to the West of Eastlux and named it "New Malort" as homage to the world in which the five mutliverse entities banished them to, Malort. Luks, Endriri, Anissa, and the rest of the crew of the S.S. Elysium went public with their information on Exis & Ve, Malort, and the event that took place decades ago. As such, they crew are considered some of the most notable people in the history of Eastlux.

### *Dreams*

Many consider Exis & Ve is the force behind dreaming at night. This theory was strengthened after the S.S. Elysium event that made everyone dream the same dream and the crew later helped strengthen the theory as well with recordings of their banishment to Malort. It is said that Ve controls us during the nights we do not dream and gives us the peace we all deserve. Likewise, on nights we do dream, it is said that Exis grants us a little bit of their power to us and allows us to subconsciously create a world of our own that exists only for a small time before Ve swallows it up and we wake up. Many also theorize that Lucid dreams are when we can fully control Exis for a short period of time and create a world entirely in our image and return to it whenever we want on subsequent nights we lucid dream again. Many philosophers theorize that every time we dream, we create a new world and those worlds can maybe one day even be visited. Some even say our afterlife is us becoming one with Exis and Ve and entering a world of our own creations throughout our dreams in life.

It is also theorized that the mutliverse is not a cycle, but an indeterminate amount of multiverses layered on top of one another in a wave function of sorts and Exis and Ve control that wave function. When we dream, the wave function of the multiverse collapses into the world that we create. When we wake up, we collapse the wave function back to the multiverse in which we call reality. This could theoretically mean reality as we know it is just a dream created by another individual.

## Champions of Exis & Ve

Since Exis & Ve do not influence mortals, there are no known champions of Exis & Ve. Not even the crew of the S.S. Elysium are considered champions of Exis & Ve even though, they allowed themselves to be discovered by the crew. They are considered to have become demigods due to Exis & Ve, but that does not equate to being a champion. There have been plenty of figures throughout history who have considered themselves a champion of Exis & Ve, but they were all revealed to be frauds in the end to a point that an individual claiming themselves to be a champion of Exis & Ve is considered ridiculous and laughable.