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The Primal Deities
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Ashra, Vuh and Elim are the ancient Deities who it is believed created the Gods (or the younger Gods as they are called when in reference to these ancient deities). It is believed they came from the Primal Chaos, although some very ancient civilisations are of the opinion that preceding even the Primal Deities was their creator Arn. Some scholars assert that Time is a fourth Primal Deity. This page is not yet complete. See the Recent Developments room for details of completed areas of the shrine.
The peoples of northern Allansia once worshipped these deities in abundance before the War of the Wizards. Now their worship is all but forgotten, limited to a few isolated settlements in the very far north.
One of the Primal Deities. Also known as the Great Enemy and the Dweller in Darkness, whose aim is to return all to the Primal Chaos. It is thought that Elim created the three High Lords of Evil and Chaos. The Dagger of Elim is an ancient artefact with the power to immediately destroy a follower of Ashra or Vuh.
One of the three Primal Deities. A crude translation of this God's name is Light of the World. Seen as the brother of Life (Vuh). This is thought to represent the fact that these two ancient deities combined to create life and oppose Elim rather than an actual fraternal relationship. Ashra and Vuh created the first families of the Younger Gods. The Staff of Ashra is an ancient artefact. Its power manifests itself when it strikes a follower of Elim and results in their immediate destruction.
The peoples of northern Allansia once worshipped Ashra and Vuh in abundance before the War of the Wizards. Now their worship is limited to a few isolated settlements in the very far north.
A Primal Deity. A crude translation of his name is Life of the World. Seen as the brother of Ashra. This is thought to represent the fact that these two ancient deities combine to create life and to oppose Elim. Along with Ashra, he created the first families of the younger Gods. The peoples of northern Allansia once worshipped Ashra and Vuh in abundance before the War of the Wizards. Now their worship is limited to a few isolated settlements in the very far north.
The Shroud of Vuh is a powerful ancient artefact. The shroud will kill a servant of Elim with a touch, but will not have this affect on followers of the younger Dark Gods. The shroud's inherent power is that it reverses the physical effects of a spell cast on its wearer by a follower of Elim. Thus, as an example, the damage a magical Firebolt would have inflicted will be reversed and in fact will heal the wearer.
Arn was believed by an ancient civilisation to have been The First. A being beyond imagination and time that created the Gods and let them go on to create what they would. It is said that it was Arn who created and planted the magical Earth from which the world of Titan was made by the Gods. The last people to worship this God were a strange people who dwelt on the Isles of the Dawn. However, these people were devastated by the eruption of a volcano on one of the Isles, which also destroyed the island. The people who live on the remaining Isles now are descended from a separate culture, but Arn is still considered as a philosophical construct.
Some scholars have postulated that Arn is the personification of all the forces, Gods, and beings in the universe. Thus, the universe in which Titan resides is "Arn". In this theory the most gross divisions of Arn's "personality" are as follows: Ashra represents the "Good", Elim the "Evil" and Vuh the "neutrality" as the people of Titan might say, although the reality is of course much more complicated.
This is the common name for the God Chronada. However, there is a school of scholarly and religious thought that believes that Chronada is in fact a younger god than Time and was created in the destruction of Time during the First Battle.
This is the name in Kakhabad of the God of Time. In other lands, he is simply known as Time. Despite the portrayal of this God to have been a cowering being before the First Battle his powers are unquestionably immense. Some scholars believe this God to have emerged from the Primal Chaos with Ashra, Vuh and Elim. However, fearful of his power, they banished him.
There is a school of scholarly and religious thought that believes that Chronada is in fact a younger god than Time and was created in the destruction of Time during the First Battle. This is the depiction of Chronada in the legend of Throben. Either way, in this legend it was the power of Chronada that was invested in the Chronomancer who overthrew the Theomancer and taught the secrets of temporal magic to the inhabitants of Throben. After the overthrow of the Chronomancer by the Necromancer (who's existence was brought about by Death) the secret of temporal magic was lost to all but the Minimites and the Necromancer. When the Minimites lost their gifts after breaking the power of Chaos only the Necromancer was left with this knowledge and before his death he passed on the secrets to the Archmage of Mampang.
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