Dead, he is dead. The King of Gods, is dead. Struck low by an assassin’s knife, though the Assassin himself will know torment as few others have felt. Still we are without a leader, a vacuum of power threatens to throw our world into Chaos. Ariakath now stands without a true ruler, the Gods of the different nations living among their mortals, and each pondering who they should swear fealty to, or vying for power. Should we not come together, and decide on a new King then everything will be gone forever. With the death of the King the Barrier between the Mortal Realm, the realm we rule as Immortal stands to fall to, and to let loose upon our creation the Maruk. The deaths of our creations would surely follow this. So we must decide! Someone must become King of the Gods, through force, or through Fealty.
OOC Information
The world of Arikath created by a Pantheon of Gods who live among those Mortals they created. They each rule a different domain, and each live in nations devoted to those domains. This world while ruled by many Gods ultimately had one true King, and the King of the Gods was named Rieth, his domain being that of the Immortal. Any being that lived forever was under his rule. He had created another race of beings though, one weaker than the gods, but more populated. These were known as the Maruk, but their hatred of life and violent tendencies began to destroy the world. Rieth then retreated into a dark place within the world, and called up powers as he never had before, he created children liken to himself to rule the lands once he banished the Maruk. Using a great power he forced the Maruk into another plane of existence, and created a barrier to keep them there. This barrier though required his constant presence in the heavens above.
It was here that Rieth ruled the other Gods from, no longer able to interact with the mortals, but rather he created a Utopia filled with Immortals of all sorts. This was all while his children ruled on the ground in the mortal world, toiling under the constant supervision of their father as they cared for the world he had created, caring for the mortals that were there children, that they had to watch slowly wither with age, and die. Over time though the Maruk created a small breach in the barrier, a single assassin escaping through. This assassin murdered King Rieth in his sleep. With the King’s death the barrier begins to fell, his powers waiting to be taken by one of his children. The only way for one of the Gods to take his power is for all the others to swear fealty, or those that don’t to be destroyed. Will the Gods come together and resolve the matter peacefully? Or will there be war among the Gods? Can they have a new king? Or will the Realms fall into an apocalyptic war between immortals.
In this roleplaying you will be taking on the role of a God or Goddess, picking their domains, and creating their people, cities, and lands living with them, sharing your life with them. You see them on the streets everyday, and they are able to worship you in person. You will rule them benevolently, or ruthlessly. You will be part of the race as all the Gods decide on who will become their new King. You can toss your own bid into this, or support or another. Will you fight for rule? Fight for another to rule? Try to solve things peacefully? It’s up to you.
Rules
- You can only create one god for now.
- Don’t overpower your creations please.
- This RP isn’t about winning or losing. It’s about the story.
- I’ll provide a list of domains, but if you’d like to suggest one please do.
- Respect, and have fun. That’s what this is about!
- Not really a rule, but I can be found on the Discord chat sometimes to ask questions if you need to ask
- Again have fun.
- Standard Rules apply, no mary sues or gary sues god modding etc
- This is a High Casual, Low Advanced RP, so dedicated roleplayers please
Character Creation
Gods will be created through a character sheet format, followed by the creation of their lands, and people/culture. Your people, and culture should be compatible with your domain.
Gods Bane Weapons: Are weapons capable of killing Gods, like other weapons would kill mortals.
Major Domains
Death
War
Pestilence
Storms (Claimed)
Life
Darkness
Family
The Sun
Honor
Seas
The Forge
Love
Greed
Murder
Alcohol, and Drugs
Lust
Mischief
(If the Domain you’d like to have as a Major Domain is not listed please just ask. Also just because you have a major domain in one of those areas doesn’t mean you can’t have traits of a different domain. For instance if your domain is war, it doesn’t mean you can’t be honorable. Or if your domain is death doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate life.)
If you feel like I missed anything. Please let me know.
