Pantheon

The Pantheon is a very important aspect to Gwennivearth culture. The people strongly believe in their faith, so much so that atheism is a foreign concept. The gods often show themselves to the people, either through the Orekels who serve them, or divine intervention from the creators themselves. Every race is well versed in their scriptures as they are taught in schools as History. The Pantheon is more than just their deities, but the name of a book that keeps record of them. This book records every god, their stories and accomplishments.

It should be noted that while they strongly believe in their pantheon, the creation gods are held above all else.There is a major difference between the creation gods and the other members of the pantheon. While all may worship the Creation Gods, they also worship the other gods, some devoting their entire life to serving a certain god.

While every god listed on the pantheon may be accepted as true, most only follow gods who are within their family and very rarely turn to other family gods. The only exception to this is the Orekels, a Sorvian sub race who are all born to serve a certain god and inherit some of their abilities no matter the gods family, and certain Gods who actively seek to be worshiped by outsiders.

For example, The Coven of Crows dedicate themselves to the Creator of Chaos, Sorvias, but they fully accept the existence of the other creators, however, because they were not created by the other creation gods, there is no need to bother with them.

There is, of course, a Hierarchy to the Pantheon, each with its own set of rules that determine whether or not a God falls under that position, and the limitations of that position. This Hierarchy goes as follows; The Creation Gods, The Major Gods, The Minor Gods, The Lesser Gods, and the Non-Gods. Note that the Non-Gods are the most complicated and only notable ones such as Paragons and over achieving Progeny are ever actually recorded into the Pantheon, or those belonging to this rank may be listed as a Lesser God due to whatever reason that may be.

The Creation Gods
There are five Creation Gods, one representing each of the five families. They are the highest ranked gods due to their direct involvement with the creation of the universe. The Creation Story implies that Gwenneve is the highest ranked god, even among the Creation Gods, because she was the one who created the other four.

A Creation God is classified by their creating something that did not previously exist. They are granted 3 aspect titles, the first being a creation, the second being a consequence of their creation, and the third being a responsibility that supports their creation and or consequence. The Creation Aspect, The Maternal Aspect, and the Watchers Aspect. Once these three aspects have been defined, they are forever bound to them and cannot break free from them.

Creation Gods cannot walk among mortals on the mortal realm, however they can interfere with it under certain cases. If two Creation Gods fuse, they can create an Avatar of two of them to grant temporary passage to the Mortal Realm. If all Creation Gods decide upon a single act, they can temporarily interfere with the Mortal Realm to leave something behind. An example of this being the Spring of Creation, left by the Creation Gods as a gift, and is believed to be where the mortals sprang from upon creation. Lastly, which also falls along the Major Gods rules, they can create a Major God by giving a portion of their divine essence into an unborn child.

Creation Gods cannot be destroyed.