The Princes
Religion is an integral piece to many civilisations, the princes for the Ekeonian people are no different, manifestations, and stories that people come up with to scare themselves into doing good things, or to bring a false sense of safety to their homes in dark times.
What puts these stories apart from most others, however, is that we have factual evidence of their existence. From clerics that receive powers from them, to ruins of old temples and magnificent castles in the lands they were once said to occupy like gods in mortal form.
- Prince
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noun
the universally accepted title of a humanoid that ascended into godhood.
A curious question to myself is why the term 'prince' was chosen over another possible title. Why wouldn't an all powerful deity call themselves a god, or a king? Well, as it turns out, there was believed to be an entity yet above these princes, the source of their initial ascension. A true god, labelled The King within both modern and ancient civilisations.
- King
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noun
1. the first and most powerful prince.
2. the prime deity, a true god.
According to both popular belief and the few written works we can find from that era, princes often ruled over their own realms like gods. These realms were prodominant during the first era, where the world was still being actively shaped by these princial creatures. And although they achieved godlike levels of power... their actual powers were still limited by a domain.
- Princial
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adjective
something used by, or created by a prince. such as:
1. princial magic
2. princial weapons
As for the domains itself, they are wildly disputed, some would claim to have seen the presence of princes belonging to domains that we have found no evidence for. According to our evidence and findings the following princial titles exist:
- Prince of Death
Prince of LoveLater evidence supports this is actually a "Prince of Life"- Prince of Light
- Prince of Darkness
- Prince of Strength
- Prince of Storms
- Prince of Madness
- Prince of Magic
- Prince of Nature
- Prince of CreationThis one is often said to be "The King"
In addition to the title "Prince" other titles have been found to also carry significant meaning in this pantheon.
- Baron – a type of demigod not created by a prince. Often enigmatic entities with unknown goals.
Lesser PrinceLord of Domain – a type of demigod. Often mortals created or ascended by a prince to serve as its underling.- Elemental Avatars – A term referring to a godlike entity (often non-humanoid) that represents one of the elements: air, earth, fire, water.