Ancient Lore

Side-Blog of Ancientforgcd for Lore, Drabbles, Worldbuilding and more.

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Ancient Lore Gallore

Howdy-ho, this is the blog for worldbuilding, lore and other stuff that can often be found on @ancientforgcd! Nice to meet y'all, this pinned will prolly contain some more info down the line.

For now just know this contains all sorts of world building and more galore for the Cyverse!

Heavenly Titles

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If Blair was eligible for the Heavenly stuff, she'd be known as the Heavenly Tyrant.

For Ruby it's a bit harder to pin down, but I think it's a toss-up between Heavenly Reaper and Heavenly End.

Ruby and Blair ain't eligible due to being Herrschers, which has a long history for Azathoth and the Cocoon, but that aside, Ruby and Blair equaled the Heavens themselves in the long distant past during the God-Killer and the Once and Future Tyrant era.

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The Heavenly Title

Within the Cyverse, Heavenly was never a rank that could be given, claimed or inherited. It was a mark of true mastery.

Those who bore the Heavenly title were individuals who crossed a point where comparison stopped meaning anything. They were no longer measured against other peers, against systems or even eras. They had reached the apex, not because they surpassed others, but because there wasn't anything left to measure themselves again.

Origin

The Heavenly designation originated from Azathoth's Endless Dream. It was not a reward nor a judgement call. It's an implemented condition within the Endless Dream itself, a response to those very beings who began to equal the heavens rather than exist beneath them. The moment someone reached that point, the Daemon Sultan acknowledged it.

There wasn't anything involved like authority, ceremonies or even an announcement. The only thing that appeared was a mark, in which the individuals pupils became completely white.

An example of how a Heavenly individual's gaze becomes a piercing white.

What does it mean to be Heavenly?

Being Heavenly meant someone had crossed a point where they no longer fit into normal hierarchies. They were peerless under the heavens not because of raw power alone, but because their mastery had stopped relying on comparison. Their path, whatever it was, was fully their own and there wasn't anything left to validate it anymore. They operated beyond limits and made rules stopp applying to them.

A Heavenly individual didn't need to prove anything, for their presence alone carried weight. They weren't guaranteed to be the strongest or most destructive, but that wasn't ever the point. What mattered was what they were and that there was no on left in their existence to truly stand above them.

The Threshold

Power was only a part of it, but it wasn't enough. The Heavenly threshold was crossed when growth stopped being vertical and became complete. When improvement no longer depended on opposition and when one's skill, will power and identity fully aligned. When the heavens themselves could no longer impose limitations.

It was at this point that the individual was no longer reaching upwards, but meeting the heavens themselves.

Known Heavenly Individuals

Heavenly Demon - Surtr Magnum

Heavenly King - Ragna Schwarzwald

Heavenly Calamity - Asura Reichenbach

Heavenly Emperor - Beatrix Belmont

Heavenly Witch - Dravelle Pendragon

Heavenly Sovereign - Isolde Viremont

Heavenly Scammer - Vice

Heavenly Sinner - Aurem Aureus

Heavenly Beast - Avalyn Empyrea

Heavenly Justice - Lux Magnum

Heavenly Knight - Bianca Blanchimont

Note: Due to unknown and vague circumstances, Herrschers like Kiana, Mei, Ruby and Blair are not eligible to receive Heavenly titles.