Old Gods

The Old Gods are an ancient pantheon of forces and duality. They were originally worshipped by early humans, before NOSianism and Conthestani practices took over. This was both due to The Tawdonian Empire attempting to eradicate all gods but NOS, but also due to the fact that the Old Gods tended to act on their whims, with great force. The tendency to flip between two moods, alongside great primordial power, wiped out many of their followers, and drove away the remaining. Only in recent years have the Old Gods began to reemerge, though their followers are still few and sporadic across The Frontier.

The Old Gods are named for the dual forces they encapsulate. Examples of these are Light and Darkness, Love and Hate, War and Peace. Worship of these deities involves understanding and respecting both sides of their coins, and looking for balance in between them. Followers of the Old Gods can find that the world may shift in their favour, but just as easily, these followers realize that the wheel of fortune can point negative sometimes too.

There is no organized religion for the worship of the Old Gods. Followers will often choose one specific primordial force to be a patron of, and create their own personal altar for it, alongside a more specific holy symbol than the general one (seen on the right). Followers are often chosen, many coming from other religions before turning to worship of the Old Gods. These gods may show up in all their splendor, in one of their two forms, or they may send messages via dreams, symbols, and shows of force.

Followers of the Old Gods can be found across many species, not just those of the Material Plane of their origin. As the world adapts, the Old Gods realize they must as well, and have reached out to any they feel represent their power and ideals, and can handle their sudden shifts and whims.

Known Old Gods
While the true number of Old Gods is unknown as most have chosen to keep to the shadows. many have made their appearance in the world known. Here is a list of known Old Gods.

Light/ Darkness, Aka the Shadow King
Light and darkness is the self-proclaimed oldest among the Old gods. They once sought revenge on humanity for their kin’s imprisonment but have since realized the value of cooperation with humanity.

War/ Peace
War/ Peace is powerful and highly respected by many of the Old Gods. They once led many of the Old Gods in a war against Carreg Wynn. However, the town, with the help of the Shadow King, imprisoned them in an ancient box. Only the Shadow King knows this box's whereabouts.

Sickness/ Health
One of the Gods that attacked Carreg Wynn with War/ Peace. But defected to the side of the Shadow King during the battle.

Hospitality/ Inhospitality
One of the old Gods that attacked Carreg Wynn in With War/ Peace, fled after their defeat. Hasn’t been seen since.

Love/ Hate
One of the Old Gods who served under War/ Peace. One one particularly terrible evening, their relic caused a major tragedy in Carreg wynn.

Creation/ destruction
one of the Old Gods that served under War/ Peace. they did not attack Carreg Wynn with War/ Peace. But hasn’t been seen since.

Fortune/ Misfortune
Served briefly under War/ Peace. But mostly operates on their own accord. Often appears to offer games of chance.

Hedonism/ temperance
An old god who did not appear in the war. Has been frequenting Carreg Wynn lately. This appears to be in an attempt to gain followers, as they often complains they are not as popular as some of their siblings.