Deities

## About the Gods

In the world of Asoria, there are four levels of gods: **Old**, **Middle**, **Young**, and **Demigod**. The old gods have the most power and have been around the longest, whereas demigods have the least power and are the youngest, with the Middle and Young gods falling in the middle.

There are also two types of secret or lesser-known god types, which are detailed in the Additional Gods section.

### Old Gods

The old gods are the strongest and are made of pure magical energy and stardust. They sit at the top of the pantheon and rule over all gods. The old gods are the most commonly worshipped gods and are credited with creating the universe.

There are five known old gods. Those that are related are made of the same type of magic, made of the same type of stardust and share common abilities.

 \*\*The Raven Queen -- she/they
 \*\*Cadros -- he/they
 \*\*Chronos -- he/him
 Adia -- they/them

\*\* denotes siblings

### Middle Gods

Middle gods are older than the young gods but not as old as the old gods. Some middle gods are made of magic and stardust, some are the children of old gods, some were made from mass mortal imagination and magic, etc. They are generally weaker than the old gods and are unable to change their form. Like the three related Old Gods, a few of the middle gods are related to each other. Sibling gods are made of the same type of magic, were made in the same way, and share common abilities. All middle gods share the ability of being able to turn themselves invisible.

\*\* denotes siblings
\*\*\* denotes siblings

### Young Gods

Young gods are the newest and youngest of all gods. Their strength is typically equal to or slightly stronger than demigods, and they are less powerful than both the old gods and the middle gods. Young gods are all made from magic and mass mortal imagination. They cannot shape shift, but their forms may change over time based on mortal perception and influence. They cannot turn themselves invisible like middle gods. Like middle gods, any young gods that are related are made of the same type of magic and share common abilities. These gods will die if people stop worshipping them.

\*\* denotes siblings
\*\*\* denotes siblings

### Demigods

There are two types of demigods: demigods that are the children of a god and a mortal and demigods that are punished gods (AKA demoted gods). Only the old gods and a few select middle gods are capable of demoting gods into demigods. Currently, the entity known as the Traveller is thought of as a demigod.

It is both dangerous and frowned upon for old gods to have children with mortals. The power of the old gods overwhelms the mortal body and often leads to sickness and death. Middle gods and young gods alike, however, have been known to have children with mortals.

The process of a god being turned into a demigod is complex, but the process weakens them, makes them mortal, and disables some of their abilities. This process is reversible, but not often reversed. This punishment is often combined with additional punishments, such as erasing the god’s existence from the minds of all creatures. Gods who are turned into demigods and have their existence and memories erased from all creatures eventually turn into full mortals and may forget they were even a god themselves. In extreme cases, this punishment leads to rapid aging and death.

## Additional Gods

There are two lesser-known god types: **forgotten** and **hibernating**.

**Forgotten gods** are deities that have become separated from their immortal body and, as a result, exist on the Material/mortal plane as raw energy. As a result of misinformation, forgotten gods often get mistaken for one of the Fates because the Fates are poorly understood and rarely seen by mortals. Some forgotten gods can repossess a body again, with the help of worshippers who refuse to forget them, but this is a challenging process, as forgotten gods are quite weak and most are unable to combine their soul to a body again.

**Hibernating gods** are older than the old gods, but they are not as strong as the mythical Fates. These gods begin hibernating because their worship has died off and they are no longer needed by mortals. As a result, the god goes into a dormant state (hence the "hibernating" moniker). If their domain becomes needed again, a new god will usually take over the domain. There is a chance that if the hibernating god wakes up, they may resume their place amongst the other gods and reclaim their domain, but this is rare, as a dormant god needs a sudden and massive surge in belief by mortals to awaken.

## Gods & Pacts

It is both dangerous and frowned upon for old gods to form pacts with mortals. In fact, within the last 500 years, gods who have made pacts with mortals have been punished for doing so. The power of the old gods overwhelms the mortal body and often leads to sickness and death. Middle gods and young gods alike, however, have been known to form pacts with mortals.

Gods can form pacts with gods of different types. For example, an old god and a middle god could form a pact, a young god and a middle god could form a pact or a young god and an old god could form a pact. Pacts between middle and young gods are common, since pacts between the two strengthen them both. Pacts between old gods and other gods are rare because there is little benefit for old gods to form pacts with other gods since they are already so powerful.

## The Fates

The Fates are a collection of otherworldly entities rumored to exist before the gods that played a hand in the creation of the world and its deities. They typically have no obvious motive or notable physical form. The Fates influence events on both a small and large scale.

In C1E12, Fynn Goldenrod learns that the Fates not only existed before the gods did, they are responsible for the gods' creation. As of this episode, no known Fates have been confirmed in canon. Some gods have expressed an interest in becoming one of the Fates, desiring more power than they already have and wanting to change the universe on a fundamental scale. However, the process for turning oneself into a Fate is not known to many; it is possible that there is no process and that this change happens at random, if it happens at all.