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<blockquote data-quote="Dog Moon" data-source="post: 2365398" data-attributes="member: 23023"><p>Okay, I think I got something I sort of like.</p><p>My world is going to be sort of based on war, or at least the constant threat of war balancing ever so carefully above everything. Everyone is careful about what they do or say because of the idea that if something goes wrong, a war will start. There are of course those who provoke others, but they are minor provocations and those who are less willing to let wars begin. </p><p></p><p>The Pantheon started as a great Pantheon with many Gods, but the God of War arranged a great battle between them all. This battle caused the death of all the Gods except for three: the God of Rebirth [new beginnings, who cannot be killed], War, and Death [Death is immortal and cannot be killed]. Death did not participate in the war. He has his own domain and remained there throughout the war. In the end, when it was between War and Rebirth, War tried to kill Rebirth, but failed to do so because she continuously returned. Rebirth finally trapped War in a great Oak with the blood of the other Gods/Goddesses to bind him.</p><p></p><p>The war was mirrored on the mortal plane, which strengthened War and kept him alive. The War ended when he was trapped, weakening him. However, without all the other Gods to watch over their Portfolios, the mortal world turned into a mass of turmoil. Rebirth, however, could not fix the entire world herself, so she began to work on bringing the other Gods into the world again. Unfortunately, War took this time to strengthen. He partly broke free from his restraints and war once again appeared in the mortal world, strengthening him even further.</p><p></p><p>The war did not last long because Rebirth realized she needed to hurry. Instead of bringing back the other Gods, she created servants for herself for various important subjects which needed Gods to stop the war and repair the damage done to the mortal world. These servants of hers worked to stop the war. The war did not last long enough to allow War to escape from his bonds. Nor was he powerful enough to create servants of his own. What he did was to touch the servants of Rebirth. Thus, while fire can warm, it can now also burn, for example. [Death has no servants]</p><p></p><p>The world is now starting to rebuild itself after its mass devastation. The war is not long over and people are touchy at the moment, but most do not have the strength to begin another war. There are no true nations, only small civilizations attempting to grow.</p><p></p><p>The servants and Gods are not as focused on Good or Evil. One might say that Rebirth is Good and War is Evil, but that is not the way they truly are. Each has different sides to them, much like the servants. There is of course internals strife because [to go with the previous example of fire] though some of the clergy believe in the warmth and good of fire, others might believe in the bad and destruction of fire. The Gods themselves may not be as focused in alignments, but their worshippers are still quite focused on them.</p><p></p><p>Also, these servants of the Gods go to all the races, though their appearances shift to suit each race. For example, the servant of Fire would appear to be a flaming human when manifesting to humans, but would appear to be a flaming Gnoll if manifesting before the Gnolls. Of course these people don't realize that it is the same servant. So evil Gnoll Fire worshippers could be fighting good human Fire worshippers without the any clue that they are worshippers of the same God.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dog Moon, post: 2365398, member: 23023"] Okay, I think I got something I sort of like. My world is going to be sort of based on war, or at least the constant threat of war balancing ever so carefully above everything. Everyone is careful about what they do or say because of the idea that if something goes wrong, a war will start. There are of course those who provoke others, but they are minor provocations and those who are less willing to let wars begin. The Pantheon started as a great Pantheon with many Gods, but the God of War arranged a great battle between them all. This battle caused the death of all the Gods except for three: the God of Rebirth [new beginnings, who cannot be killed], War, and Death [Death is immortal and cannot be killed]. Death did not participate in the war. He has his own domain and remained there throughout the war. In the end, when it was between War and Rebirth, War tried to kill Rebirth, but failed to do so because she continuously returned. Rebirth finally trapped War in a great Oak with the blood of the other Gods/Goddesses to bind him. The war was mirrored on the mortal plane, which strengthened War and kept him alive. The War ended when he was trapped, weakening him. However, without all the other Gods to watch over their Portfolios, the mortal world turned into a mass of turmoil. Rebirth, however, could not fix the entire world herself, so she began to work on bringing the other Gods into the world again. Unfortunately, War took this time to strengthen. He partly broke free from his restraints and war once again appeared in the mortal world, strengthening him even further. The war did not last long because Rebirth realized she needed to hurry. Instead of bringing back the other Gods, she created servants for herself for various important subjects which needed Gods to stop the war and repair the damage done to the mortal world. These servants of hers worked to stop the war. The war did not last long enough to allow War to escape from his bonds. Nor was he powerful enough to create servants of his own. What he did was to touch the servants of Rebirth. Thus, while fire can warm, it can now also burn, for example. [Death has no servants] The world is now starting to rebuild itself after its mass devastation. The war is not long over and people are touchy at the moment, but most do not have the strength to begin another war. There are no true nations, only small civilizations attempting to grow. The servants and Gods are not as focused on Good or Evil. One might say that Rebirth is Good and War is Evil, but that is not the way they truly are. Each has different sides to them, much like the servants. There is of course internals strife because [to go with the previous example of fire] though some of the clergy believe in the warmth and good of fire, others might believe in the bad and destruction of fire. The Gods themselves may not be as focused in alignments, but their worshippers are still quite focused on them. Also, these servants of the Gods go to all the races, though their appearances shift to suit each race. For example, the servant of Fire would appear to be a flaming human when manifesting to humans, but would appear to be a flaming Gnoll if manifesting before the Gnolls. Of course these people don't realize that it is the same servant. So evil Gnoll Fire worshippers could be fighting good human Fire worshippers without the any clue that they are worshippers of the same God. [/QUOTE]
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