Altheris Pantheon

The celestial, divine, cosmic, or otherwise other-wordly powers that conspire and enact their will on Altheris, often through mortals' efforts.

The Titan Makers
The far-removed entities of primordial creation that first brought Altheris into being, created her gods by fragmenting themselves, and began the Days of Fury. The Titan Makers are cosmically large entities, and are each responsible for particular aspects of Altheris's existence. Set against the forces of the Void.

Altheris Gods
The more direct gods of Altheris, varied and scattered across the world, and instructed by the Titan Makers to oversee its creation in the Days of Fury. Initially made by the Titan Makers fragmenting themselves, the Titan's will reacted with the inherent mana of Altheris and more gods came into being throughout the Days of Fury. By the end of that epoch, the gods had largely split into two perspectives, and the ensuing conflict threatened to undo the Titan Maker's efforts; thus the Everpact was made, locking the gods away from directly affecting mortal world.

The Host Celestial
The divine consciousnesses of the deities that inhabit the Upper Planes. Most Celestials are bound to the concepts of Order, Light, and Good, and are diametrically opposed to the Traitor Gods of Pandemonium. Celestials take their divine precedent from the notion of inherent underlying order that makes up the cosmos - the greater laws that govern the consistent patterns of the universe, guiding the stars and planets, and applying that order on a smaller scale to Altheris.

The Traitor Gods
The gods and entities of power that actively conspire against the works of mortals and the Titan Makers, either because they turned away from their divine purpose, or it is simply their nature to do so. While many are driven by the notions of chaos, destruction, and making an abomination of what is considered "Good", most Traitor Gods are set against the Eldrikari Void Lords, same as the Host Celestial - it does not behoove them to have all of creation become subjected to the Eldrikari's eldritch brand of reality.

The Gygazi
The "false" gods of Altheris. These are ideas or mortals who achieved deification through the Rite of Apotheosis or other means, foregoing their individualism and mortality to become conceptual - an abstract that can persist beyond mortal life, so long as it is remembered and worshiped. The nature of becoming a Gygazi can be varied depending on many factors, but the true nature of Gygazi is a deeply hidden secret; the few mortals who know of such paths fear it could lead to a new power struggle to attain divinity, while the gods despise the notion of mortals joining their ranks. Gygazi, like most other deities, are bound by the Everpact to not directly influence life on Altheris; after achieving apotheosis, a Gygazi is only allowed on Altheris if a mortal invokes them; thus, the Gygazi of Good and Evil, Order and Chaos, and most other aspects between, vie against each other for mortal worship and adulation.

Eldrikari - The Elder Gods
Massive cosmic eldritch horrors, comprised either of flesh or ideas, that have existed since before the Days of Fury. These unfathomable entities are older and more alien than anything on Altheris or its adjoining planes and worlds. When the Titan Makers first arrived on Altheris to bestow the planet with their gifts, they found a small host of Elder Gods had already begun infesting it. The Titan Makers had to first imprison or destroy the Elder Gods before they could make Altheris. In the events leading up to the Sundering, Elder Gods far out in the Great Beyond were made unwittingly aware of Altheris' presence, and began the Dreaming Journey to cross boundless space to find the power-brimming world and enslave it completely.