Summary
The pantheon of gods were created for one purpose, and one purpose alone; protect their hearts.
Each one of them has a heart of their own to look after. If they fail to protect it, give it offerings, and keep it alive- or dare I say- allow it to be scratched or worse, stabbed or torn... they are... no longer around. A new replacement will form shortly afterwards. After all, their dearest mother cant have her most precious creation die because her lesser ones keep getting into fights, or deciding to have a few too many ideas of their own. However, she expected this. They are, imperfect- its simply within their nature to be rough around the edges... So until one appears that seems fully polished, they'll simply keep perishing until one of them fits the mold. Survival of the fittest, so far most of them have a decent amount of reforms, theyre getting more and more polished with every iteration, every incarnate. A hierarchy has formed, the strong rule and the weak perish.
Though, what happens when one of the weakest has... one too many ideas about that hierarchy? One too many feelings about their place in it?
What if they do something about it?
The Grand Design
The God’s were born to one, almighty God. Not as perfect beings, but as mortal in nature. She sits in the sky looking down at her creations, as they try their best to prove that they are worthy of the task they have been assigned. To take care of the hearts they are connected to.
The earth is not an inorganic being. It is a living organism. Should the earths various hearts be tainted or scathed in any way, the delicate balance of elements will be thrown off. Should a God fail to protect and nature the heart they are birthed from, they will return to the elements and a new contender will take their place. The God’s of the heart are like a family lineage of sorts. They are created in a particular manner, with a certain image, a certain air about them. As they get replaced and reborn, they all show a certain resemblance to one another. Their traits vary slightly from God to God. Pinpointing traits that are worthy to stay through the rebirthing, and which ones have caused their downfall. Her final goal is to reach a perfect being such as herself, not through force, but through trial and error. What the God’s fear is the unknown, that they too, perhaps, are not the final draft. That there is someone else waiting in line to replace them the moment they slip up. How many drafts will it take for each of them to reach their final iteration?
The Hearts
Heart of Blood
Heart of Water
Heart of Earth
Heart of Life
Heart of Light
Heart of Fire
Heart of Ice
Overseer - Mother of the Gods
The “real” god of the world, who made all of the other Gods that roam on earth. They take the form of a woman and are referred to by the other Gods as “mother” since, technically speaking, they are her children. She is in a deep slumber above the sky, and for every god that dies, she must wake up and make the hearts create another one. She sees her children as experiments, trial and error. They will keep perishing until she gets one that can survive.
Patron humans - The God’s favorite people
Patron humans are regular humans that have been deemed as a “God’s favorite” of some sort. They have no particular role other than being recognized by the gods, and depending on the god, they will either send gifts and ensure their family's survival, or they will ask favors from them for rewards no human would ever be able to obtain.
The Grand Archive - Pick a name
A massive ever growing archive that holds all of God's history, and an infinite well of information. Located on the sparkling cloud. Here is where the newly birthed gods pick out their name. Other gods are not meant to look into others history, only their own. If they try to look they will be temporarily blinded and the book will fly its way back onto the shelf. The god in question will also be notified that someone tried to look into their history.
Bloodline Book - Bloodline History
The book for a respective bloodline located in the grand archive. The book has an entire history of every god that existed in the bloodline, and writes itself as the current god continues to exist. The information recorded is their overall strength, mannerisms, relations with other gods and humans, all the way down to hobbies and favorite locations and foods. It also tells the tale of when the previous gods perished and how. Most Gods avoid this due to how uncomfortable and upsetting the contents are.
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