WHAT ARE YOUR HEADCANONS ABOUT THE FIRST GODS
Here are a few my own person HC about them! It's mostly alot of Worldbuilding on my part buut...Hope you like them! Feel free to ask me about more things!
1) The old gods are very much a mystery but my interpretation of them is that of the Titans of greek Mythology. Unfathomably old, primordial beings that make up fundamental parts of the universe. Unlike the crown bearing bishops and lesser gods who rely on the worship of mortals for relevance and sustenance, the old gods were powerful in their own right and would rarely if ever engage with mortals.
2) I doubt the old gods could stratified into the concepts of good and evil, holy or demonic. Their purpose and duties were far too esoteric, and fundamental to the forces of nature to be simplified as such. Is the Sun 'evil' for being able to cause cancer? Is the moon 'good' for causing the changing tides?
3) The old gods played a role in the creation of the COTL universe and it's life therein life. Some cared much for the diminutive beings that sprang from them, others did not even notice. More still saw the new creatures as food or little more than parasites. Not all of the old gods were kindly.
4) The old gods shed god tears because they knew what was to become of the world they created. The suffering that would be wrought the, pain these little beings would endure before succumbing to their short lifespans. Death was something unknown to the old gods, atleast during the golden age of the universe.
5) Most of the old gods were content in not directly interfering with the things they created. But there was a small sect that wished for something more than to serve their purpose in obscurity. They yearned to receive some form of reward and praise for their eternal service to existance. And so decided to reveal themselves to the mortals. This was the beginning of the end, of the golden age and the old gods.
6) The old Gods, in all their power, were little more than children in regards to their restraint. When others saw what could be gained from mortal worship it sturred a frenzy of envy and jealousy within them. What could not be done themselves, they stole, what could not be stolen, they destroyed. This conflicts began the Great Conflict that would lead to the downfall of the First Gods.
7) In present time within COTL, some old gods still exist. They either went into hiding when the conflict began or were never involved in it at all. Like Ithaqua and Turua, who seem to be residing somewhere deep with the earth and ocean. Who is to say there aren't more hinding in the stars.
8) I believe the Crowns to made from blood of the old gods. Not just one god but many all condensed into a single form We know that the bodies of gods can be used for relics, and gods tears are the literal tears of the old gods. Their bones are turned into Godly weapons, the strongest weapons in the game. Why not their blood too. Its implied that the old gods fought constantly their blood had to have had magical properties aswell. Within COTL, the spilling of the blood of a god is seen as sacrilege, maybe this is because god blood can cause changes to whatever it makes contact with. Or it can give undeserving mortals the influence of a god...
9) The reason the mystic seller covets god tears is because it has never bartered with one. It has never met one. They have met many lesser being who have become gods but never an old one 'born' a god.
To be continued...