The World of Nuald
Civilisation is ancient and the world has seen the rise of
man to the pinnacles of science. But
solving the riddle of existence would unleash and new power on the world. This power is know now as magic. With new power came conflict and struggle as
the old was replaced with the new. Great
civilisation crumbled but the meek did survive.
This new world is built on the ruins of the old one. The pinnacles once reached forgotten.
Elder God – Older god form a past era.
Prime God – Full fledge god of current era
Young God – New god.
Planes of Existence:
Prime Plane (our world)
Umbra (World of ghosts and dead and in the same physical
location as Prime)
Elemental Planes.
Heaven.
Hell.
The Umbra
This is the plane of shadow it overlays the real plane but
the inhabitants of both planes cannot see each other. It is devoid of any real colour. The structures of the real world bleed
through to this one but in their future state old and dilapidated. When you die you first pass over to the
Umbra. Then the spirit can travel to a
place of judgement and they will go to heaven or hell. A ghost is powerful spirit that can exist in
both worlds for a short time. The Lord
of Death lives on this plane and extracts a toll for all who travel through
it. There is a single large city of
spirits exists on this plan. The city is
one giant bureaucracy for the processing of sols in the afterlife. Because the bureaucracy is corrupt its
judgments do not always reflect truth. A
character that visits the Umber will soon learn the currency of the afterlife
which is also the currency of the gods.
Souls and will of existence.
Soul and the Essence of Existence
Soul or function mind has a force that exerts itself on
reality “Essence of Existence”. The most
powerful of these is a live biological mind.
Much less powerfully are artificial minds and the minds of the dead (souls)
but still of interest to gods and other beings.
The will of existence is what powers magic and a mind is limited in how
much it can generate. However multiply
minds scale linearly and can be focused on a single thought which it the basic
function of a god. This drives Gods
desire for worshippers and souls.
Souls are easier to direct if they are aligned i.e. think the
similar. Noting that copied minds do not
scale well. Some gods will take whatever
souls they can get. Souls on the Umbra
are asked to pay this essence. This can
drain them to the point that they fade completely but if they do not vanish they
will become stronger again just never as strong as they were in life. If someone prays for the dead soul they
receive more essence. The praying person
loses essence but they quickly regenerating it and may do not even notice. This is the same mechanism that the gods use
when people pray to them.
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God
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Alignment
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Nature
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Earth Mother (Elder God)
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TN
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Nature & Life
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Elder God of Chaos (Elder God)
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CN
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Fire & Magic
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Lord of Logic (Elder God)
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LN
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Machines & Knowledge
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Lord of Light (Prime God)
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LN
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Light & Law
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Lady of Light (Prime God)
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LG
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Life & Civilisation
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The Red Witch (Prime God)
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CE
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Corruption & Life
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Lord of Death (Prime God)
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LE
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Death & Bureaucracy
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The Fool (Prime God)
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CG
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Fate & Illusion
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Prince of War (Young God)
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LE
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War & Treachery
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Prince of Valour (Young God)
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NG
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Justice & Honour
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Princess Pain (Young God)
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NE
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Perversion
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The Bright Princess (Young God)
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LN
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Truth & Beauty
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The Young Serpent (Young God)
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CE
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Cold & Vengeance
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Daemoness of Fire (Young God)
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CE
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Fire & Destruction
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History
of the Gods
As Told by the Church of light.
As Told by the Church of light.
In the beginning the universe exploded in to being and the
gods as well.
-1004 Start of the Ascendance War.
-1000 The Cataclysm and the end of the Ascendance War. Start of the great winter.
-920 Final Humans Leave Nuald
-850 Nuald Ecosystem returns to normal.
-700 War in Heaven and deposing of the First Lord of Heaven.
Earth Mother
(Elder God)
Gia, Old Mother.
Symbol: Tree
with 11 Leaves
Alignment: True Neutral
Portfolio: Life,
Nature, Balance.
Domains: Life, Nature,
Wisdom.
Favoured Weapon: --
Mother to: Blessed Sister, Hated Sister, Fool, all
the Fey.
The Earth Mother is a god in decline but she still finds
many worshipers among the druids, foresters, and Fey. She attends the Court of Heaven.
Seeing the Plight of the Elves after the cataclysm she
descended among them and gifted them with fertility as before they were
not. As they were the creation of humans
only born artificially and not meant to be anything other than servants. The Planet had been deeply wounded and she
asked that all that turn to her in need do what they can to restore the balance
of nature. While not openly defiant of
the Fire King she did speak her mind in the Court of Heave. Voicing Her shame to be associated with such
destruction brought down by his actions.
Even to this day she will say her peace in the Court of Heaven, but the
younger gods pay her no heed. With the
world environment now stable her attention has turned to the threats coming
from the Fellmoor.
sorcerer
Elder God of Chaos (Elder God)
Elder God of Chaos (Elder God)
First Lord of Heaven, The Salamander Lord, The Fire Snake,
The Destroyer of worlds, Fire King.
Symbol: Fire Hand,
Fire Pentagram
Alignment: True
Chaotic
Portfolio: Chaos,
Magic, Fire.
Domains: Fire,
Chaos, Magic, Invention.
Favoured Weapon: Magic Fire
Father to: The Fool and all the Fey and Efreets , Fiends.
The creator of the Fellmoor and first lord of heaven. Victor of the transcendent wars. When the humans forsakened him he turned his
attention the struggling elves and sent them a tome of magic known as the Gods
Grimoire. This tome is purported to
contain the simplest to the most unatonable of knowledge of magic. It is said that any one reading the tome will
learn to weave magic but only the most gifted can learn the secrets it
keep. With the loss of the human
worships the Fire King his hold on Heaven was through guile and wit but
eventual he was over throne and imprisoned on the elemental plan of earth. While imprisoned he can no longer directly
interact with his faithful his power can still be felt. The Elves still worship him and seek to free
him. Which bring the elves into conflict
with Haven so they need to be careful. While Elves do not like humans and fell superior,
those that seek magic knowledge in the name of the Fire King will be admitted
to elven realms for that purpose.
In recent times his faithful have taken to the shadows out
of the light but all know they are always up to something.
Lord of Logic (Elder
God)
The Fallen Lord. The
Iron King. Centrus. The Great Cog.
Symbol: 12
Toothed Cog.
Alignment: True
Lawfully.
Portfolio: Logic,
Machines, Knowledge, Earth.
Domains: Law,
Knowledge, Machines, Earth.
Favoured Weapon: The Hammer
Father to: All mechanicals and Dwarves
Avatar: Giant Foreboding Robot in the Goblin
City.
Dogma: What
is the perfect Cog?
The Iron King is a great sentient machine intelligence that
that was created in response the rise of the human gods by the machines. Ultimately the machines lost the ascendance
war but the Iron king survived even if his creators did not. Given the new dynamics of celestial power the
Iron king needs living worshipers. The
dwarves while not original intended in this purpose were ordered to do this.
However to become more effective the dwarves were elevated
from mere drones to fully sentient and independent creatures. While the Iron king would like to expand the
number of worships there has not been many others races that bow to him. As a god he is distant and unpopular but for
a few the knowledge and logic are intoxicating.
The Iron King is also concerned with the threat of the Fellmoor and
endeavours to contain it with the dwarves.
Underground the machines are safe. The Avatar in the goblin city waits and the
Dwarves maintain an earthly version of the Iron King in servers deep in the Shield
Mountains.
Lord of Light (Prime
God)
Lord of Heaven, Sun Lord, Holy Father.
Symbol: The 8
Pointed Star.
Alignment: True
Lawfully.
Portfolio: Law,
Order, Stability, Light.
Domains: Law,
Planning, Light.
Favoured Weapon: --Two Handed Claw Hammer (or at least that
what it looks like) symbol of civilisation
Father to: Prince of War, Prince of Valour,
Princess Pain, The Bright Princess.
Marred: Lady of Light
The Sun Lord was not always the lord of heaven and gained
his position by throwing the form lord of heaven in to a prison on earth and
stone. With his coming the heavens
gained stability and there by so did the world.
Many of the lords of the old order switch sides some in mid-sentence but
a new order had arrived which elevated some will others were banished
altogether. The Lord of heaven might be
a stickler for the law and bring stability but if one looks too closely one
will find laps of morality particularly if you are talking about fidelity or
justice. His favourite of his children
is the Bright Princess for which can do no wrong in his eyes. He also banished the Prince of War for trying
to usurp his rule however prince finds his way in to heaven with unending
regularity. His major mortal advocates
are the ruling class and those that benefit most from organised structure.
To this end he is corner stone of most state religions and
bestows divine right on those to rule.
Lady of Light
(Prime God)
Blessed Sister, Holy Mother, Bliss Courtesan.
Symbol: Tree With 10 Leaves and sun in back
ground (8 points).
Alignment: Lawful
Good
Portfolio: Life,
Wisdom, Civilisation.
Domains: Life,
Law, Wisdom.
Favoured Weapon: --
Marred: Lord of Light
Mother to: Prince of Valour, The Bright Princess.
The Lady of Light is not one to speak out of turn but all
listen when she does speak. Even her
husband while clearly her superior still needs to weigh that against her over
whelming popularity among the mortals.
When the Lord of Chaos was deposed that left Earth Mother and her 2
daughters on the losing side. However
Lord of Light was clearly interested in the daughters. Of which he had already tasted one but the
other was too virtuous to consent. But
the Lord of light also needed to legitimise his reign for which a marriage to
one so virtuous would indeed do. So a
contract was drawn up and the earth mother, while the former consort of the
lord of chaos, got to stay in heaven.
There by setting the tone for marriage to this day. Her popularity stems from her unending
pursuit of prosperity for others. Her
worships are known for looking after the poor and destitute. But also advocating for changes that would
bring about less poor and more prosperity to all. Her detractors would say she does too much
talking and takes no direct action against the Sun Lord even when it would be
justified and supported. It would be
rare to find a woman or man how has not offered her a prayer.
The Red Witch (Prime
God)
Blood Queen, Hated Sister, The Strong One, Mother of All Monsters. Mother of Snakes.
Symbol: Bent Tree with 9 Leaves and entwined
vine.
Alignment: Chaotic
Evil
Portfolio: Life, Corruption, Madness, Nightmares.
Domains: Life,
Chaos, Insanity.
Favoured Weapon: --
Marred: Lord of Light
Mother to: Prince of War, Princess Pain, goblinoids,
abominations, Living-Dead (Unlife), Hags.
Patron : Half-breeds
Dogma: Weak
serve the strong.
The strong take what they want. Women should breed with and be bred by the
strongest man. Men are mentally week should be manipulated by women. Life should be unrestrained by death and
morality. To this end she promises
eternal life to her followers however delivery may not be what they expect.
The Fool (Prime God)
Lord of laughter, General Flame, The Shadows Hand.
Symbol:
Alignment: Chaotic
Good.
Portfolio: Trickery,
Fate, Illusion.
Domains: Trickery,
Fate, Illusion.
Favoured Weapon: --
Father to: Blessed
Sister, Hated Sister.
Lord of Death
(Prime God)
Death.
Symbol:
Alignment: Lawful
Evil.
Portfolio: Death,
Bureaucracy.
Domains: .
Favoured Weapon: --
Patron: Undead.
Prince of War (Young God)
General of the South Wind.
Symbol:
Alignment: Lawfull
Evil
Portfolio: War,
Treachery.
Domains: War.
Favoured Weapon: Fire
brand great sword
Prince of Valour (Young God)
General of the North Wind, The Diamond
Prince.
Symbol: A Curved
Diamond.
Alignment: True
Good
Portfolio: Heroism,
Justice, Competition, Domains: Justice,
Valour, Combat.
Favoured Weapon: Diamond Sword and Diamond Shield.
The Prince of Valour is known for being on the side of good
and being incorruptible and uncompromising.
Typical stories are about morale or mortal hazards avoided by dedication
to Justice and Honour. How the strength
of ones convictions can carry the day.
He won the diamond shield and sword from the Lord of Logic in a
competition of wit. The Lord of Logic
was bested when the prince showed good was a logical outcome of the game of
life. Lord of Logic granted the princes
request to be armed with his virtue resulting in the Diamond Sword and
Shield.
The prince takes great care to treat everyone with respect
even his enemies. While he does not seek
out the ills of the world they have a way of finding him. Initial his good nature lets danger past his
guard but fate and luck seem to favour him.
He can be regularly found of the prime plane as an errant knight. It is this habit his follows emulate and you
can never be sure it is not the real Prince of Valour when faced with such a
knight.
Princess Pain (Young God)
Tisinara.
Symbol:
Alignment: Chaotic
Evil
Portfolio: .
Domains: .
Favoured Weapon: --
The Bright Princess (Young God)
Symbol:
Alignment: True
Lawful
Portfolio: .
Domains: .
Favoured Weapon: --
The Order of the Silver Flame
This is militant order is dedicated to fighting Evil. They are mainly comprised of Prince of Valour
followers and to a less extent Lord of Light followers. The Prince of Valour followers feel that the
main worshippers are:
1. Missing the Point.
It is not about how great the Prince is, but why and what he fights
for. (For reference he fights for
Justice, honour and because he is an around good guy).
2. They (the main worshippers) are not organised enough to
be effective in the fight.
The Lord of Light followers are disaffected by main worships
and see that the truth and justices are too often sidelined to rules and
politics in the main church. Both sets
of worships complement each other and are dedicated to unwavering fight against
evil. The followers of Lord of light
bring discipline and order and the followers of Prince of Valour bring passion
for justice and the fight against evil.
The common folk revere the Orders dedication to
justice. While Nobles respect their
discipline and marshal prowess. Nobles
also fear their uncompromising stance to evil as they can take the smallest
things to seriously. Also to be found in
this order are followers of the Lord of Logic though only a few. Again they are here primarily because their
sense of justice is not felt so strongly by the main church (like those from
the Lord of light) and secondly the Lord of Logic is not part of the Court of
Heaven (some regard him as the enemy of man).
Hence the order of the silver flame allows them open worship. Some with in the order clam they can feel the
silver flame as a separate and distant ideal from the gods but those are few.
The Church of Heaven
(The Church of the Ascendance,
The Church of Light)
This Church encompasses the worship of the gods and
primarily the Lord of light. It is dominated
by Male priests that follow a book of law called the Alta-Liber. As all pay reverence (or should) to the Lord
of light at these churches priests, priestesses monks and nuns of other orders
can be found in these churches.
Most Holy Father and Patriarch
of the gods is also the lord of heaven.
Heaven, being the centre of power for celestial beings, and from which
all beings derive their pace in the world.
The world and the heavens & hells and celestial bodies all need to
be managed and that is what the Ministries of heaven are for. While some ministries are headed by gods
others are run by powerful members of the heaven. Members of Heavens may have no function at
all and merely exist at the grace of some powerful heavenly patron. The church of heaven is an extension of the
will of heaven on earth*. As such it
takes its direction form the Lord of Heaven as interpreted by his ministers on
earth. It is seen that rising in the
church will also bring one closer to heaven.
The most devout and loyal may ascend to heaven directly, bypassing
death. This is no boast as the most
powerful of churches once a decade hold an ascension ceremony for which the
most worthy few ascend to heaven. Even
to witness such an event is said to be one of the greatest blessings. Though a small number of trouble makers clam
it is a scam to enrich the church.
The church maintains the right to bestow the right of
rulership and also serves to advise such rulers. Noting however being on the bad side of rules
and power full people is not in the interest of the church.
* earth denoting mortal world not the planet Earth
The main distinction between and powerful being and a god is
the number of worships one has (or at least pray to by others occasionally).
Sisters of the Holy Mother
This order is commonly though too worship the
Lady of Light but is in fact home to worshipers of the all
life gods being Lady of Light, the Red Witch and their (Earth) mother, as they
are all mothers. It is difficult to tell
who worships who for an outsider and the impression is that they all worship
the lady of Light but many a word and action can have a double meaning.