Major God

while immortal souls are near infinite in number, fifteen rise above all the others in terms of power and majesty, and these twenty one are known as the Major gods, 14 of them have their originis thousands of years if not longer before even the first realms, but the newest of their order, the judge who happens to be the current major deity, themselves was only created during the Great Debacle over with or not sentient life should be created in this world.

## history

All things in the beginning have their origins in the void itself that inky black darkness but at some point in the ancient past, one of the twenty major gods emerged and set to work creating realms, inspired by those realms that exist naturally, however which of them that was is not known and the different major gods debate amongst each other who was the first.

However, A common theory amongst arcane researchers is that multiple of the deities appeared at the same time in different places in the void meaning that it might not matter who appeared first.

After they formed they created a number of realms, both personal ones to rule from and to embody their self image, but the greatest were always the greatest of all realms, but each would be ended or become so utterly boring to the major gods that it would be abandoned and forgotten about. Only for a new realm to be created after a few thousand years whenever one of the major gods managed to talk the others into a new project.

Eventually the realm of Axelo was formed by the gods of the sea and the goddesses of earth, and for two hundred thousands of years those four ruled over a much rougher world than the one we know now, however eventually Lord Borealis staged a coup and froze over a large chunk of Axelo, causing the extinction of many mosnters and animals, and even the only former sentient lifeforms the Earth lords, although they left behind many ruins and artifacts.

for fourty thousand years Borealis ruled over a frozen world, until one day a conference of the major gods was called for to settle a debate that had long been brewing between various factions, however no one expected what would happen, accounts by those who were there say that the arguement got so intense that it caused enough energy to spark the creation of a new Major god, as the horrified deities watched speechlessly as a brilliant ball of energy slowly formed above them.

Sensing the new deitie's power, Borealis challenged it to a fight, but the Judge won, and was able to claim the title of high deity from Borealis., causing Lord Borealis to make a new realm to claim as his own, by ripping a chunk from axelo that contained his original palace.

Without the influence of Lord Borealis, many new races appeared across the globe, the first being the elves made by Oberon and chosen by the gods to have the honour of being first, and it it is said that each major god was offered to add something to the "prime soul" that Oberon used and would used as a source for all mortal souls, but only three deities gave something to mortal life.

the Judge gave them a sense to tell good from bad and to not be bound to any morality as they had free choice.

Selenia gave them the power to become mages.

but last of all, after the others had already left, the trickster came to the burning pillar of the Prime soul and whispered something to it, but no one knows what the trickster gave to mortal life.

After receiving the honour of being the first to make a race, Oberon asked each major god for advice, but non could aid him, until he came to the Trickster who revealed the gift they gave Mortals.

## power

While the bulk of their power is focused on whatsoever their godly domain is, all major gods are potent spellcasters not to mention able to grant their worshippers powers (the origins of the clerics) such as spells, bodily mutations, or perhaps the most coveted prize of them all, the status of a demigod, granting the recipient immortality (but this is something powerful minor gods can do as well).

## DuskTakers

Those gods who decided against the idea the eternal isles should have sentient life populating it. they are:

#### Fjor. the god of the deep waters.

* something inside of Fjor snapped when the man both him and his brother loved rejected both of them, to ironically enough focus on the seas and live a life unbound by love. Actions that caused one of the two, (records are unclear which actually did the deed) to flood that world destroying it and causing the gods to, after a long time, create a new world as their group project, the eternal isles themselves.

#### Tor-Front deity of the air

* Tor-Front, one of the elemental deities, namely they command the element of air, as their portfolio would imply however they would rarely visit Axelo, even before most of the major gods withdrew to their own projects, choosing instead to mainly focus on the Air Elemental realm where they would spend their time working on the Air elementals and other creatures of the air, for example the Aarakocra claim that Tor-Front created them but the Deity has neither confirmed nor denied this. but no matter what they have done in the ancient past no one has seen them for centuries as they have chosen to interact with worshippers through a series of Air Elemental "voices".

#### Ignatia: a goddess of earth.

* While her sister represents the depths of the world where few things tread and all is dark, Ignatia represents the surface of the world, mountains and valleys and volcanoes are her kingdom and she is a worthy Queen, the often, volatile, goddess has an explosive personality often times getting angry at her worshipers or rivals, but usually the Goddess calms down before she does much harm, usually. as for her form and haunts, she often appears as a fey woman, maybe a high elf, but its not clear and will sometimes visit the depths of Axelo forests in order to "tease" near by mortals by letting them catch glimpses of her before she disappears.

#### Lord Borealis: god of cold

* Once upon a time, Lord Borealis had it all, he was the king of the gods, a powerful daughter and no gods could or even wanted to battle him for the top spot, but all that changed when the Judge was formed, although at first the two deities were at relative peace with one another, the judge managed to win over the Horned God and Selenia and got the brother and sister to aid them in a bid to take over from Borealis, and so the judge challenged Borealis, ending up winning and wresting the title from Borealis, which caused the God to rip his palace from Axelo and build up a new realm around it, naming it Uderon he populated it with creatures from across Axelo, at least ones who could handle the extreme cold. but on the few occassions in which Uderon has been seen by mortals in form appears to be a large humanoid of indeterminate species, with icey skin, blue tinged extremeties and lips, and white hair and beard, clad in thick red robes with a white fur trim.

#### Umbra: the deity of darkness.

Little is known personally about this deity as they are by far the most introverted of all major deities as they rarely take a vessel and prefers to stay in Soul mode, however even than they exude an aura of darkness that dims nearby light sources and makes it harder to see when Umbra is lurking nearby.

the few times that Umbra does take a physical form, they appear as an amorphic three dimensional shadow that is constantly moving and seems to suck in nearby light.

## NoonKeepers

the smallest of the divine factions, but no doubt the most powerful, the noonkeepers are those who just wanted peace above all else.

#### The Judge: the deity of balance.

* the youngest of the major gods the judge has not created a vessel for themselves to dwell in, at least for long periods of time as the judge has been known to use a name-sigil of the word judge as a sort of puppet when neccessary to interact with mortals, instead they spend most of their time rotating in an uneven circle over the disk that the eternal isles are created on in order to provide life to the inhabitants below.

#### The Horned God: the god of nature.

* beginning in 2000 B.E his main form has been of an Averial with curling ram's horns and clad in a cloak and hood beneath which can be seen hints of armour, while in his hands is normally a boar hunting spear although he has been known to use other weapons in his hunts. as well as being a jovial individual full of life, he has one of if not the largest family of the gods, consisting of his wife Metamorphia, sister Selenia, at least three sons (Oberon, Soerin and Velor) and at least 13 grand children not to mention most if not all fey races considering him either their father or grandfather.

#### The Moon-Goddess (Selenia): Goddess of Magic.

* wife to Ignatia and sister to the Horned god, it is only proper that in terms of personality the goddess of magic is similar to the god of life both being jovial beings who always seem to be smiling but Selenia's love is more maternal than her brother so it is fitting that her chosen form, rather unusually of a major god, is the preserved body of Luun's deceased mother, perhaps in some way so that the mother's sacrifice of her life in childbirth would not be wasted. however in addition to her duties as the goddess of magic, she is more famous amongst non-magic users for being the keeper of the moon-realm where the gods have their meetings, which also means that since she took over the post of keeper she has been second in command by de facto by whomsoever is the current head god.

## DawnBringers

The third of the divine factions, the Dawnbringers, their distinction is that they voted in favour of sentient life being created from the get-go. their members are as follows:

#### Infeva: deity of fire.

Infeva controls the element of fire, and is one of the seven elemental deities, and is the one who takes the most active involvement in the rule of their realm with petitioners coming from all of their realm to submit requests from them.

In terms of appearance they resemble an unusually large fire elemental with a bronze crown upon their head.

#### Bayo: god of the oceans

* the more kind hearted (although in full disclosure that is a low bar to clear in comparision to his brother) of the two sea gods and so the identical twin of Fjor, which means that Bayo's main form is of the same long raven haired human male that Fjor's host is, but while his brother seems to always be grinning, Bayo is always weeping tears of sorrow for his lost sailor love.

#### Metamorphia: goddess of the earth.

* One of the two goddesses of Earth, Metamorphia is a goddess concerned with the depths of the earth where few others would tread and where the judge's light does not nor can it touch, and that means many, even the other gods would often overlook her, thinking as no one would see what she creates over eons, there was no point in glorifying the goddess who makes them, which means when love blossomed between Metamorphia and the horned god many were surprised, even more so when the duo had a number of children together, with Velor the youngest son becoming especially close to Metamorphia meaning when Velor created the dwarves she almost immediantly created for herself the body of a dwarf to use as a host.

#### Mortia: goddess of Death.

* Surprisingly little is known about the goddess of death, but theories range far and wide that she is a evil temptress who seduces the souls of the innocent before slaying them to that she is a witch using magic not known to even Selenia to cut the life short of the innocent, but perhaps the most true is that She is neither of those things, merely a guardian of the process of death and someone to console souls as they dissolve into nothingness,a role which causes her to commonly appear as a Tortle Matron in a comfortable sitting room.