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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1207603" data-attributes="member: 945">The GodsUnderstanding the gods of Alterra is an understanding of the history of Alterra.  Alterrans have had a love/hate relationship with several of the gods throughout her history.Though much is unknown about the gods of the previous world, it is believed that those gods with actual names (Mimawr, Lusos, etc.) were gods of the old world.  Scholars pontificate that there once was a rich pantheon of deities that covered many aspects of daily life for the previous inhabitants of Alterra.  When the Cataclysm came, many people died, and many of their beliefs died with them.  With fewer followers to support them, the gods' power waned significantly.  Those few who did survive assumed general roles, and some consumed theologies once held by gods that did not survive.  Many of the gods became generic in the sense that they no longer had a specific name, and now represented broad ideals.  For example, The Sustainer represents all that is the ocean's waters, and the waters of the inland, and the sky and the rain.  These portfolio's likely were once maintained by separate deities, but not anymore.  Several gods became powerful during the cataclysm, like the Healer, as people cried out for help.  When the inhabitants made the trek to the equators to find a warmer climate, they revered the name of The Wanderer, or the Traveler, though they cursed his name at the same time for making them leave their homes.  The current major gods (which number at 12), are the final result of the devestation that was wrought by the Cataclysm.  Two of the gods were introduced by the Steam Gnomes.</blockquote>

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