Lumia

Goddess of Moon

The sunless plane of Acernos is the home of the goddess of Moon, Lumia. Just like Luca is responsible of creating the sun, Lumia has created the moon on Mundus and the two moons of Acernos. The smaller of the two moons, Lumi, acts as a “pseudo-sun”. It is not nearly as bright as a real sun but it still emits enough light to illuminate the plane of Acernos. Besides its enormous size the second moon of Acernos is just an ordinary moon.

Lumia is portrayed as a very beautiful, tall and thin woman with black hair and pale or silverish skin. She only shows her physical form to her ladies and small groups of people whom she deems worthy of such honor. Lumia sees herself as a neutral arbiter on her own plane. Her mysterious personality and unpredictable actions combined to her somewhat unique logic make her hard to predict.

Her sub goddesses represent Night, Shadows and Illusions. In addition to the fact that all of Lumia’s sub gods are female, she only accepts women as her Lords or in this case as Ladies. As one would guess, Lumia and her sub goddesses are often worshiped by assassins and thieves, but in Tentaika she is widely worshiped across all castes as a Moon deity. Lumia also sends her servants to Mundus to hunt down rogue demigods which are too powerful for locals to handle. Lumia is one of the few gods who actively influence Mundus. Next week we will talk about the tenth prime god, the god of death, and his servants who are most common demigods on Mundus.

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Cael

God of Sky

Cael is the god of Sky and he is one of the five prime gods of Ascendes. As a god Cael is pretty close to Terra in the sense that both of them represent a larger aspect that does not require constant attention. Just like Terra, Cael is also widely worshipped amongst common people due to his mundane aspects as a deity. This is because Cael is seen as the god of weather.

Cael is the only god that has never taken a physical form in front of a mortal being and no one really knows why. Because of this some scholars question Cael’s existence. Despite of these accusations Cael is like any god, he has his dominion, servants and so on. Regardless of Cael’s true form artists are creating paintings and sculptures of him. Cael is a calm and somewhat indifferent god.

Cael’s sub gods represent Wind, Thunder and Rain. Because of Cael’s passivity his sub gods take more responsibility. They also take care most of the communication with mortals and lords.

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Demons

After our ten prime gods, we are start talking about demons.

Here's a sneak peek to one of the most common demons around, Gaki.

Agura

God of Water

Agura is the god of Water. He is one of the five prime gods of Acernos. Much like Terra, Agura is a very passive god. Acernos is by default much colder plane compared to Ascendes and Mundus. However, with the help of Lumia and Terra, Agura keeps the plane warmer. As deity of water and winter, Agura can control the warm ocean currents and soothe the stark winters of northern and southern Acernos.

Agura is often portrayed as a tall and lean man with white long hair wearing robe like clothing. He rarely assumes his physical body and seldom displays any emotions when interacting with his demigod servants. Agura has cold and calculating personality.

His sub gods represent depths, winter and sea. Seigs worship Agura and his sub gods only to second to their own “goddess”. Main reason to this is that Seigs are seafaring people of northern seas.

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Luca

God of Sun

Luca, the god of Sun is one of the five prime gods of Ascendes. As the sun deity Luca has created the sun of Mundus and the two suns of Ascendes. Even though Luca has created all three suns they no more need his constant attention. Thus Luca is one of the gods that have no actual jobs, instead he represents the sun, fire, light, heat and order.

Luca is often portrayed as a dark skinned, bald, tall and muscular man. He usually wears a loincloth and plate greaves and bracers. Most often Luca is portrayed to wield a spear. Luca’s personality is close to Inmicus’ personality. However Luca is not seen as hot-headed as Inmicus but he is far more proud than Inmicus. Luca likes to take physical form in front of his subjects. Luca’s appearances are often very pretentious as likes to use sun shafts and other light and fire related tricks to impress his spectators.

Luca’s sub gods are Ignis, goddess of Fire; Praseus, god of Order and Lucia, goddess of Light. Praseus represents absolute law. He and his followers try to achieve a totalitarian utopia. Praseus’ followers are often fanatic and they try to influence people on Mundus. This is easily seen in Aleria where Praseus has multiple knightly orders.

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Amicia

Goddess of Concord

Amicia, the goddess of Concord is the divinity of peace and harmony. She is one of the five prime gods of Ascendes and like Inmicus and Libera she does not have active duty or a job. Amicia represents peace, harmony and pacifistic way of life. However Amicia or her subjects won’t shun the concept of violence or war, if it leads to peace. Furthermore Amicia doesn’t shun the use of oppression or slavery like Libera. Unlike Praesus the god of Order, Amicia avoids aggressive methods as long as possible, instead she prefers the use of diplomacy.

Her avatar is portrayed as a tall, slender and fair woman. She is often illustrated holding a book or a scroll. This is because Amicia is also seen as the deity of logic and knowledge. As you might have already deduced, she is very calm and friendly goddess. Amicia is rarely seen in her physical form. However she prefers to take physical when conversing important matters with her lords and ladies.

Her sub gods represent Coherence, Peace and Tranquility. Amongst scholars, Fides the god of Coherence is seen as the deity of logic and science. Next week we are introducing the god of Sun and his sun powered minions.

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Terra

Goddess of Earth

Terra, as her name implies, is the goddess of Earth. You can think her as a construction service. She usually does absolutely nothing, but whenever someone needs a new plane or Acernos or Mundus needs major reshaping and/or fixing Terra goes to work. However, in Mundus’ case she must send her Lords to take care of the problem as gods are forbidden to enter Mundus. Even though Terra is a very passive goddess she is widely worshipped among common folk such as farmers and hunters.

Terra is usually portrayed as a short and plump woman at her fifties. Her avatar is often illustrated as a gentle and motherly figure. Terra is one of the gods that almost never takes physical form. Even when she talks to her Lords and Ladies she almost never shows herself.

Terra’s three sub gods represent Mountains, Animals and Forests. Terra’s sub gods are similar to her in the sense that they are also very passive. Fera the goddess of Animals is responsible for the occasional births of shape shifters. Shape shifters are common humans and demigods who are blessed by Fera and are able to take animal form. As a minor note shape shifters should not be confused with races such as kitsunes and dragons, as they are basically very intelligent demigod animals who are able to take human form.

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Inmicus

God of War

Inmicus, the god of War is one of the five prime gods of Acernos. He is the avatar of war and conflict. Much like Libera, Inmicus does not have an active “job”. He is the symbol of strength, bravery and honor. Gods usually delegate leadership of their dominion to their lords or sub gods however Inmicus actually actively rules his dominion.

Avatar of Inmicus is portrayed as a tall and muscular man who often clads armor. His character is often described as self-confident and energetic leader who respects individual prowess. Much like Libera, Inmicus assumes his physical form often as he inspires his legions to war. His hot-headed attitude and affinity towards mortal heroes often leads to him personally blessing war heroes.

His three sub gods are Rigo the god of Tenacity, Asistis the god of Disease and Mephisto the god of Destruction. Mephisto is one of the four sub gods who are bound to their physical body. Mephisto’s physical body is a huge, winged demon. He is the aspect of destruction, violence and other negative facets of war. He is also responsible for the great cataclysm of Mundus over thousand years ago.

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Libera

Goddess of Freedom

As some of you might have noticed we did not mention goddess named Libera when we talked about Acernos and Ascendes. This is simply because she used to be called Athea. Now she is called Libera and Athea is one of her sub goddesses. Why we are mentioning this is because Mundus RPG is still work in progress and everything and anything might, and most likely will, change. And now that we are all confused and on the right mind set, let’s talk about Libera.

Libera is the goddess of Freedom and just like Matinia she is one of the five prime gods of Ascendes. Unlike Matinia, Libera does not have a clear or active “job”. Instead she represents freedom and irregularity in the world. She allows all living things to have the freedom of choice and she counter weights the order and stability all other gods, especially Luca and Lumia, represent.

Libera is generally calm but she is also erratic and quite a trickster. Libera’s avatar is usually portrayed as a white toga wearing beautiful woman. Where other prime gods rarely assume physical form, one might actually run into Libera during a midday walk in her dominion. One notable fact about Libera’s dominion is that it is the only dominion in Ascendes that prohibits slavery.

Her three sub goddesses represent Nihilism, Anarchy and Chaos. These three facets of Libera’s nature are things that are not apparent from her title or personality. However they are a very important part of what Libera represents as a deity.

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Matinia

Goddess of Birth

Matinia is the goddess of Birth and she is one of the five prime gods of Ascendes. As her title suggests, Matinia is responsible for creating new life. Actually Matinia does not directly create new life. Instead she recycles souls of the dead and passes them as new life force to Mundus and Ascendes. The presence of this life force then allows new life to be born on those two planes. On Acernos Morte god of Death takes care of creating this life force instead of Matinia. Also on Ascendes, Matinia takes care of collecting the souls of the dead.

Matinia is a peace loving, gentle and patient goddess. Her avatar is often portrayed as a motherly looking and curvy middle aged woman. Gods rarely take physical form and Matinia is not an exception. However, Matinia almost always takes physical form when she talks to her lords and ladies. Unlike Matinia, most gods prefer to telepathically communicate with their lords.

Her three sub gods represent Love, Lineage and Sex. Almost all ten prime gods have chosen their sub gods to represent facets of their nature. Gods usually use their sub gods to clarify their essential elements or elements that do not become apparent from their own title. One of the latter types of gods is Libera goddess of Freedom, more about her next week.

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