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<blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 4769941" data-attributes="member: 20715"><p><strong>Personifications of Ethics</strong></p><p></p><p>Magic is relatively uniform. One location on Ka is pretty much the same as another, magically speaking. There are a few exceptions, however. Sometimes, there are concentrations of magical power called nodes. Sometimes, the actions of humanity can create temporary or permanent zones of higher or lower magical potential. Most rarely, somebody will stumble upon a sizeable fragment of the power flow that changed the world. When this happens, a new god is born. This level of power is several orders of magnitude less than the original, and so personality and individuality may be changed but are not completely lost. Gods tend to be “purer” in focus than mankind, but they have mostly recognizable motivations.</p><p></p><p>Around the time that dragons were appearing in the world, a number of new deities were also establishing themselves. Those with opposing ethics quickly fell to warring with each other, but the two sides were roughly equal in power. Both sides saw humanity as the way to tilt the balance of power. Both altered humanity to suit their needs. Tieflings were created as the embodiment of evil in human form. Devas became their alternate for good. The two sides used slightly different approaches. Tieflings were lured and tempted into corruption. Devas were usually volunteers of the faith who divested themselves of their memories and identity in order to serve their deities in an eternity of reincarnations.</p><p></p><p>A war between gods tends to be environmentally unfriendly. Not only was it becoming more and more evident that both sides would lose, but the bulk of humanity was starting to turn against both sides out of a desire for self-preservation. A truce was called, and severe limits were placed on how gods could interact on the mortal plane. As part of the armistice, both tieflings and devas were torn from their sponsors as a necessary sacrifice. They called themselves the abandoned, and many either destroyed themselves or wasted their lives in a pointless vendetta against each other. (Even devas can be destroyed permanently with the right combination of powerful magics.)</p><p></p><p>Eventually, the last remainder of both races decided to pursue their own lives. Enough time has passed that both tieflings and devas can adhere to pretty much any ethical alignment, though ancient prejudices sometimes manifest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DreadPirateMurphy, post: 4769941, member: 20715"] [B]Personifications of Ethics[/B] Magic is relatively uniform. One location on Ka is pretty much the same as another, magically speaking. There are a few exceptions, however. Sometimes, there are concentrations of magical power called nodes. Sometimes, the actions of humanity can create temporary or permanent zones of higher or lower magical potential. Most rarely, somebody will stumble upon a sizeable fragment of the power flow that changed the world. When this happens, a new god is born. This level of power is several orders of magnitude less than the original, and so personality and individuality may be changed but are not completely lost. Gods tend to be “purer” in focus than mankind, but they have mostly recognizable motivations. Around the time that dragons were appearing in the world, a number of new deities were also establishing themselves. Those with opposing ethics quickly fell to warring with each other, but the two sides were roughly equal in power. Both sides saw humanity as the way to tilt the balance of power. Both altered humanity to suit their needs. Tieflings were created as the embodiment of evil in human form. Devas became their alternate for good. The two sides used slightly different approaches. Tieflings were lured and tempted into corruption. Devas were usually volunteers of the faith who divested themselves of their memories and identity in order to serve their deities in an eternity of reincarnations. A war between gods tends to be environmentally unfriendly. Not only was it becoming more and more evident that both sides would lose, but the bulk of humanity was starting to turn against both sides out of a desire for self-preservation. A truce was called, and severe limits were placed on how gods could interact on the mortal plane. As part of the armistice, both tieflings and devas were torn from their sponsors as a necessary sacrifice. They called themselves the abandoned, and many either destroyed themselves or wasted their lives in a pointless vendetta against each other. (Even devas can be destroyed permanently with the right combination of powerful magics.) Eventually, the last remainder of both races decided to pursue their own lives. Enough time has passed that both tieflings and devas can adhere to pretty much any ethical alignment, though ancient prejudices sometimes manifest. [/QUOTE]
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