Gods of the Universe

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he gods no longer walk the material plane. In Lyanna, the Lifegiver
the Age of Humanity, now long lost in the
history of men and elves alike, the gods Lyanna (LG deity - Life/Nature/Light Domain) is the
wandered the earth freely. Once Humanity, the creator of the faewild and the goddess of life, vegetation,
collective conciense of all humans staged its hunting, wild beasts and druids. She wields a long wooden
rebellion against the gods and tried to overtake staff called The Dreambinder which she uses to channel her
the world, five of them arose and fought to divine magic. She is often in the sky-city of Olympia, however
imprison it. The event of Humanities control being seperated oftentimes she resides in the forrested city of Sildeyur. There
from humans is called "The Severance". Weakened by the she becomes one with nature and listens to the woes of her
battle, the gods retreated into the Divine Realms, leaving the material children. Her symbol is the rising sun.
world behind. They left four Shrines of Ascension along the
world to allow believers to ascend into the Divine Realms. Torm, the Paragon of Courage
The three siblings Tyr, Tempus and the Raven Mistress lead Torm (CG deity - War/Forge/Grave Domain) is the son of
the Pantheon albeit they dislike eachother massively. Tyr and Lyanna. He is the god of courage, battle, war, and
blacksmithing. He spends his time entering other domains
Tyr, the Allmighty and fighting his way out of them. He can be found wandering
Tyr the Allmighty(LG Greater Deity - Light/Protection/ the material plane looking for courageous warriors. He has
Order/Knowledge/War Domain ) is the god of justice, light, laid claim on the souls of all warriors who die in battle. This
truth and good. His weapon is a two-handed warhammer brings him at odds with The Raven Mistress, however they
called Gunther and a shield called Braumschild. He was one have accepted the arrangement. He wields his trusted
of the eight gods who fought against Humanity and lost his weapon "The Shifter", which is said to be able to take the
sight doing so. His divine realm is the elemental plane of air form of any weapon he desires. His weapon is two crossed
and he resides in the sky-city of Olympia, together with his blades.
angels and lesser deities reside. He is the husband of Lyanna
and father of Torm and Yirna. His symbol is a hammer Mystra, the Weaver
striking a shield. Mystra the Weaver (NG deity - Arcana/Knowledge/Trickery
Domain) is the god of magic in the world. She was assigned
Tempus, of the Depths to embroider the broken psychic connection of Humanity
Tempus (CG Greater Deity - Tempest/Nature/War with the Weave. After this connection was severed she
Domain) is the god of the seas, storm, earthquakes and continues to work to maintain the magical balance in the
sailors. He weilds a great trident and a whip with whom he world. She spends her days weaving the strands of magic,
controlls the forces of nature and the tribulations of the sea. ensuring the world has access to it. Humans have a
He struck the final blow to Humanity breaking its form, weakened connection to it, however she instructed the
allowing the Severance to occur. He got his power by slaying Archwizard Mareby in how to access it. She resides in the
the great Obyrith: Dagon, which he imprisoned in between Weave itself and her symbol is the spider.
the Prisobyr isles. This gave him control over the seas and
the plane of elemental water where his palace is. His symbol Notharion, the Timeless
is the trident embroidered with lighting. Notharion (LG Greater Deity - Arcana/Knowledge/
Death/Life/Light Domain) is the Father of the Great Three.
The Raven Mistress His domain is Time and he can see all that has happened and
Little is known of the eldest sister of the three greater leaders all that will happen. It is unclear why he allowed the events to
of the pantheon. The Raven Mistress (LN Greater Deity - transpire as they did. Seemingly powerless he put himself in
Grave/Life/Death/Knowledge) is the ruler of the kingdom of a deep slumber in the center of the world. His symbol is the
the dead. The Ravenhold, her palace lies in the place where ouroboros.
the Shadowfel and Ethereal Plane collide. She despises
anything undead and her followers obey her wishes to Yirna the Broken
destroy all undead presence they find. She is the most Yirna (NE Greater Deity - Death/Grave/Trickery/Blood
powerful of all the gods however she has taken an oath to Domain) is the daughter of Tyr and Lyanna and is the
remain within her domain. Her symbol is the raven. goddess of destruction, death, evil and shadow. She despises
her parents and in an act of rebellion she created the
Shadowfel, a place for all the beasts of darkness to live. In
fact she was corrupted by the dark powers to become a
vampire god which made her far more powerful than both
her parents. She is banished from the Divine Realms and
lives in her creation. Her symbol is two bones in a starry
night.
Ages of the World

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he Prisobyr Isles where created as a prison for The great Archmage Mareby, after years of studing and
the Obyrith Dagon, slain by the god Tempus in with the assistance of Mystra managed to understand that
the Age of Gods. In the following sections we the Weave and the Psychic web where different things. Hence
will outline the main ages of the world as well humans had a way to tap into the arcane powers needed for
as the biggest results of them. We shall then to their spells. However this process was far more difficult than
loosely describe the three islands. before, meaning there were fewer skilled human spellcasters.
The truly exceptional between them found whatever
remained of the Psychic network, granting them far superior
Age of Gods abilities than their colleagues.
This is the first age, when the world was created. The gods However the past 1000 years didnt leave the world
walked the land and created everything. The realms where unscathed. The elves with their long age have managed to
divided and races were made. This age ended with the great produce powerful magic wielders and humanity can no
betrayal of Humanity, the collective conscience of all human longer easily defeat the elven nations. The world is truly in
kind. After her defeat, the gods retreated into their respective balance. In the Prisobyr isles however conflict is brewing.
realms and left the world to progress as is. The human The Elven population of Tal'Anor has been getting cornered
psychic network destroyed in an event called The Severance between the humans of Redania and the Zemnian population
and was implanted into the Weave at the end of this age. on the south. Their trade has been suffering and they have
been preparing for a potential war.
The Redanian ruler is aware of this fact, however they are
Age of Conquest currently focusing their attention to the northern nation of
Little is left in the history books about the age of heroes. This Frosthill. For eons, the country was sparsely populated with
is the time when all races worked up to conquer as much barbarian tribes. The only light of civilization was in the
land for themselves as they could muster, after the fall of ancient cradle of arcane knowledge: the Arcanium. However
Humanity. This is forgotten except by the few elven druids the barbarian tribes have been organizing more cohesively.
that have lived far beyond their natural life. It is known that Trouble is brewing.
Port Radiant, the second largest city of the Kingdom of
Redania is a settlement from the Age of Conquest. In this age
the nations understanding of the arcane and engineering
reached its pinnacle, in part due to harvesting of the power
from Orbs of Annihilation. Using weapons of mass
destruction powered by this orb, the different nations
completely annihilated eachother leaving very little to be
found. The only things that remain are ancient laboratories
hidden deep beneath the worlds crust. The godess Mystra
has taken great care to find and seal as many orbs as she can,
lest these events happen again.

Age of Arcanum
In this age, the nations of the world proseperred. Humans
realised their great potency for magic. Their nations started
conquering the world but never in a swift, destructive manner
as in the previous age. This is the longest age in which
human power slowly grew. Its end was a mysterious event
called The Calamity. Suddenly humans around the world
had far less inate power over the arcane. This was one of the
reasons why humans had outpacade elves, dwarves and other
races. Suddenly the human conquest lessened and a new age
began.

Age of Balance
In this age, the races of the world are living in relative Credit: Kyounghwan Kim
balance. They intermingle peacefully... most of the times. The
Calamity affected the Prisobyr Isles in particular, by
destroying whatever held the Withering Marhses together.
The prison of the Obyrith Dagon was under these marhses.