Added a lot of POV lore but idk how to introduce this so uhhh, have a rant about how mortality works!
Basic humanity. Mortal, normal lifespan, no powers, no magic unless you kill a dragon.
Basically this world’s version of demigods. If a god decides they like a mortal enough, they can grant them a fraction of their power. You get different abilities depending on what god granted you their power (ex: Rowan being immortal in the ‘doesn't age but can die of normal means’ sense; Cas being immortal in the ‘cannot die at all, ages slowly’ sense).
They exist on the same plane as mortals since they once were mortals, and are confined to the mortal plane, but can interact with their patron god.
When you die, you are elevated off of the mortal plane into a world of eternal nothingness. It is described in book 1 as “the color you see when you close your eyes”. Not black, not darkness, just nothing, for the rest of eternity, being guarded over by Somne.
The gods are dramatized versions of egregores (an autonomous, non-physical "thought-form" or collective mind created by a group focusing emotional energy on a shared symbol, idea, or purpose[google]). They are formed because of a collective belief in a certain thing, and their power is entirely tied to how many people continue to believe or worship them.
Most deities. Formed sporadically later on in history as separate cultures and religions formed, their powers vary
They cannot directly interact with mortals due to the restrictions put on them after the deistic war(haven’t posted about this yet but it’s basically this huge war that happened that ended with Phoenix ripping a continent in half :D), but they have found loopholes for this because they enjoy meddling.
They can possess living mortals, but their souls will begin to fight back, no matter the situation, and their physical body will begin to decay and rot because it cannot handle the power. To avoid this, it is easiest to just possess a freshly dead mortal--their bodies are fresh enough to function, but without the consciousness fighting against the deity.
Phoenix and Somne. The first gods that formed, and therefore the oldest and most powerful, because they have the most worshippers.
They are able to freely interact with the mortal world as they please and have somewhat of a rule over the lower gods.
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