Category:Gods

Parts of souls can be given to a being (called a god) by believing in it via a form of channeling, however, it may be retracted. If the being does not exist yet it is created this way but if the newly created god is much like a previous god they can become a facet more powerful pre-existing god.

Gods die if no one believes in them any more and to become more powerful they have to act like politicians to gain more supporters while not losing they core base.

Communicating with Gods
Although gods are omnipresent and able to here everything, mortals have used various techniques to try to get their message more prominent. Some, like using special sacred places, did benefit the gods but others are just nonsense. Then came The Holy Book of Communicating With Deities. It stated that their was a person who could become god's representative on earth who could then appoint people who appointed other people and so on. It came along with structures through which these people could communicate with gods and a list of appropriate gods to communicate with.

It was quickly adopted by governments who realized they could use it to control the flow of information to gods and ensure no one started worshiping the god of rebellions and the listed gods tolerated it as they guessed it would lead to more people worshiping them. The book quickly became dominant through government distribution, promises of a good afterlife if you accepted it and a bad one if you didn't (though this was entirely made up) and even punishment of people who did not believe in it.

The leadership began to deteriorate when Castile backed by Leon invaded The Holy States and took The Holy prisoner. After his death (which was widely held to be from malnutrition and untreated illness) they forced the conclave of Romulan bishops to elect a Leonese candidate Holy. A on going row developed between The Crown of Awegon and Castile over the involvement of the Castilians in Illia but never amounted to more than a few border skirmishes and for the most part The Republic of Scroy-Nory was unwilling to get into a skirmish with Leon over something so petty.

The next Holy boldly returned to Romula and was found dead shortly afterwards prompting the third election in just under 10 years. Their was uproar in Romula and to put a stop to a full out revolt The Conclave of Romulan bishops elected Mariet Kaisa. Mariet Kaisa quickly announced a plan of ambitious reforms which drew outrage from The Conclave who fled to Leon and elected a Leonese alternative.

Castile declared war on Awegon, The Knights of Aruseus declared their allegiance to Leon for the first time and last time in their history, Awegon kicked out The Knights of Aruseus, Leon severed diplomatic ties with Awegon. The Holy States announced an

Mariet alleged that The Holy (the gods' representative on earth) had become corrupt. She quickly gained popularity under The North which already had a slightly different holy book and was heralded as a new Holy. She adopted a number of reforms popular among the people (e.g. removing the need for a special language to communicate with gods and removing the need to speak to a priest about crimes). Most gods have managed to not be split by her actions but it lead to the declaration of war between Awegon and