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The ten deities within Ashes of Creation formed a pantheon of gods that existed in a realm outside of the material plane.[3][4] There was a celestial struggle among the gods that fractured them into good and evil.[3][2] Some gods influence the corrupt side of beings that exist in the Universe.[5][3] It is possible through questing and player decision to join or worship those gods.[6][7]
- The gods are an active part of the story; and each of the cultures have their own interpretation of the whims and desires and focuses of the Gods.[8] – Steven Sharif
- The Others are three of the ten gods who embraced teaching all facets of The Essence (both good and evil) to The Ancients, and elevating them to the plane of the gods.[3]
- The Seven gods' opposition to the Others resulted in a great celestial battle. The Seven were able to defeat the Others, banishing them and the Ancients to The Void. They went on to create four divine races and split their qualities between them.[3][2]
The Gods are beings of The Essence, which is a metaphysical energy or life-force of sorts that can be manipulated to create what could be viewed as magic.[3]
- The Gods are capable of reaching into the material plane through the souls of their divine beings. In the case of The Seven these are the four great races and their descendants.[9]
There were these pantheon of gods that existed in a realm outside of the material plane that Verra exists in and they were really beings of what's called The essence. The essence is essentially this almost metaphysical energy or life-force that can be manipulated to create magic and/or what we would we would view as magic; and different planes have different degrees of strength when it comes to their proximity to the essence. The material plane is not the highest on that on that scale of being close to to the essence; and the gods exist on a plane that is the most connected to the essence.[3] – Steven Sharif
The Gods in Ashes of Creation represent different aspects of the Universe, and feelings as well.[10]
- Goddess of Love.[10]
- Goddess of Creation.[11][10][12]
- The Phoenix is the celestial avatar of the Goddess of Creation.[13]
- Goddess of Fate (Norlan).[12][14]
- God of Hope (Resna).[15]
- God of Truth (Shol).[16]
- The sphere of influence of the three "Other" gods has not yet been revealed.[6]
Each god... has a specific realm that they relate to in the world and its creation.[2] – Steven Sharif
We have a very rich lore on the pantheon of gods, but it's something that I want to make sure players discover in-game, not told about.[10] – Steven Sharif
The story of creation tells us of a race of beings known as The Ancients. Created in the likeness of what was once The Ten. The Ten imbued all of their qualities into one race to have stewardship over all of creation. The power of the Ancients grew and a rift divided the Ten in how to accommodate their new creation. Three of the Ten separated from the others and began to teach the Ancients the Secrets of the Essence. When the Seven learned of this, a great celestial battle ensued. Eons passed and you watched as the fight continued within the celestial kingdom. Some say it was the fight that created the stars and heaven we see today. With every blow between the Ten a star was born. When the battle was complete, the others and the Ancients were banished by the Seven into the Void. The Seven found the error of their ways and decided to split their qualities into four races instead of one; and this is how the Humans, Elves, Orcs and Dwarves came to be. You watch as the Seven created Verra and placed each of the races within their respective locations. As the story came to an end, a dark figure at a distance grew closer to you. Until all you could see was the darkness. And you wake up in a sweat after a nightmare.[18] – Steven Sharif
Religion
There are six primary religions as well as a Tulnar/Underrealm religion.[20][21][22]
- Religion is intended to be a motivator, not an aesthetic.[23]
- Choosing a religion enables players to walk a light or a dark path through their choice of questlines and other actions.[6][7][2]
- Players will not be able to worship The Others at temples, but certain quest paths will allow darker forms of worship.[24]
- There will be questlines. There will be certain actions that players are capable of taking to perhaps pursue the darker side of this metaverse so to speak.[6] – Steven Sharif
Sometimes games in the past have tried to shy away from heavy emphasis on religion because of the parallels that can occur between what is in the real world and this fantasy realm. I don't really subscribe to that theory. I think that religion plays a very significant role in the story of what Ashes of Creation is about and it is very much this almost monolithic idea of good vs. evil; so that is really at the crux of what the overarching narrative will be in the game; and I'm not trying to pigeonhole players into "everyone has to be good", like I said earlier there will be opportunities for players to deviate from that, should they so choose to roleplay in that regard.[20] – Steven Sharif
The Tulnar religion is a combination of religious beliefs of the major races as well as pagan beliefs of the minor races over time as they coexisted together in the Underrealm.[26]
- The Tulnar are not a result of corruption.[27]
- The progression of the Tulnar- while they are still the staples of what were once the primary deities of the good pantheon remained for the Tulnar, over the time they existed and evolved into the society that they are at the return to Verra. It's much more similar... to the way the Creole religions advanced, with using components of Christianity as well as Voodoo and other smaller, more "paganesque" religions; and incorporated them into one. To that degree, you can correlate the way that society around the Tulnar has this almost combination of what were pagan beliefs from the minor races as well as the introductions of the major beliefs and religions from the major races, because they all came together in the Underrealm and survived in that regard. So you’re gonna see naturally a combination of those two things.[26] – Steven Sharif
Orders of the seven
The orders of the seven are religious organizations corresponding to the seven grand temples of Verra.[15]
- The Order of hope is an Aelan human order based in the capital city of Aela. The patron deity is Resna.[15]
- The Order of fate is a Kaivek orc order headquartered in the capital city of Ren. Patron deity is Norlan.[14]
- The Order of truth is a Pyrian elven order headquartered in the capital city of Amera. Patron deity is Shol.[16]
Within the temples of the seven there exist different levels of organizations that call on only the most devout followers to serve. Depending on the follower's skills, services could mean many things. For those among the followers who hold a certain set of skills, there are the orders of the seven. Each of the orders answers to a different hierarchy within the various grand temples of the seven that are found throughout Verra.[15] – Steven Sharif
See also
References
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- ↑ Forums - Livestream Q&A 2022-08-26.
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- ↑ Transmisja na żywo, 2019-11-22 (24:33).