A world does not fall without first believing itself invincible.
Before the Thanatarchy, before the first crack in reality, before the unraveling began—Celestara was governed by the gods.
They were not myths.They were not unseen.They were absolute.
Their dominion stretched across heaven and earth, their will was w, their presence unquestioned.
And yet, even as their worshippers prayed, even as their shrines stood untouched by time—they were already dead.
They just didn't know it yet.
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THE CELESTIAL PANTHEON
Celestara's gods were divided into three celestial spheres.Each sphere was absolute in its dominion, each believed itself eternal.
And each would soon understand that eternity was never theirs to cim.
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THE UPPER PANTHEON - The Gods of Order and Light
The Upper Pantheon ruled the heavens, embodying the divine ws that kept Celestara in bance.
They were incorruptible. Absolute. Eternal.
Until they weren't.
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SOLARION, SUPREME GOD OF LIGHT (ERASED FIRST)
The King of the Gods, the Source of All Radiance.His name was whispered in every dawn, his light was said to shine even in the afterlife.He forged the first kings, granted the first fmes, wrote the first prophecies.And when he was erased, none of them remembered.
His temples remained.His priests continued to preach.His statues still stood.
But no one knew who he was.
His disappearance did not bring grief.
Because grief requires remembrance.
And he was already forgotten.
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VAELORA, GODDESS OF FATE (THE INESCAPABLE)
She was the eternal weaver, spinning the threads of history.Every prophecy was written by her hand.Every war had been preordained.Even the fall of empires was something she had long since inscribed.
But she had never written the Thanatarchy.
When the first crack in the sky appeared, her temples fell silent.
Her prophets wept ink instead of tears.Her sacred texts began erasing themselves.Her visions turned to bnk nothingness.
She did not understand.She could not understand.
Because for the first time in eternity, she was witnessing something outside her own design.
And she knew she was already dead.
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INVEROS, GOD OF KNOWLEDGE AND LAW (THE ARCHIVIST)
He was the scribe of the universe, the one who kept the records of all things.No truth was hidden from him.No deception could pass his gaze.
His priests believed that so long as his records remained intact, history itself could never be lost.
And yet, when the Rift opened—his libraries began to burn.
Not with fire.
But with silence.
Books filled with centuries of history became bnk pages.Stone tablets inscribed with ancient texts crumbled into smooth, featureless rock.His own followers forgot what they had come to study.
And when he called upon his divine power to restore what had been lost—
Nothing happened.
For the first time in eternity, Inveros did not know.
And that was when he realized he had already lost.
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THE MIDDLE PANTHEON - The Gods of War, Death, and Bance
The Middle Pantheon ruled the forces of war, conflict, and mortality.
They did not dictate what was right or wrong.
They simply ensured that all things remained in bance.
But bance means nothing to the Thanatarchy.
Bance assumes that something remains.
And soon, nothing would remain.
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TYRIOS, GOD OF WAR AND CONQUEST (THE ETERNAL GENERAL)
The unbreakable warrior, the god who forged battle itself.Every warlord, every knight, every soldier fought with his will in their blood.So long as he existed, war could never be erased.
He believed this was truth.
Until he saw his greatest champions vanish before they could march to battle.
Until he watched his strongest fortresses disappear before they could be besieged.
Until he stood before his own legions—who did not remember his name.
And when he raised his bde to challenge the Thanatarchy itself—
There was no battle.
Because the war had already ended before it began.
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NEMIRA, GODDESS OF DEATH (THE KEEPER OF SOULS)
She guided the dead to their rightful afterlives.Her domain was unchallenged, for all things must die.So long as she existed, nothing could ever truly be lost.
But then, people began to vanish.
Not die.
Not pass into the afterlife.
Just... cease.
She reached for them—but there was nothing to grasp.
She called upon her dominion—but there was no soul to guide.
And then she understood.
The Thanatarchy was not killing.
It was not sending souls to an afterlife.
It was erasing the concept of death itself.
And when death ceases to exist...
So does the goddess who rules it.
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THE LOWER PANTHEON - The Gods of Chaos, Trickery, and Forbidden Power
The Lower Pantheon believed themselves beyond fate.
They were the gods of rebellion, chaos, and forbidden knowledge.
They thought themselves immune to the destruction of order.
But oblivion does not care for hierarchy.
Oblivion does not care what kind of god you are.
Oblivion simply arrives.
And it does not leave anything behind.
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VEXTHARIS, GOD OF SECRETS (THE LIAR WHO NEVER LOSES)
He had whispered in the ears of kings.He had turned brother against brother with a single truth.So long as there was knowledge to be hidden, he could never be destroyed.
But when the Thanatarchy arrived—
Secrets stopped existing.
There were no lies.There were no conspiracies.There were no mysteries to uncover.
Because a world that is being erased has no need for deception.
And so, Vextharis was erased—
Not because he was defeated.
But because there was nothing left to manipute.
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THE PANTHEON FALLS
They did not die as warriors.They did not perish as legends.
They vanished.
Some were forgotten.Some never existed at all.
The gods of Celestara had always believed themselves eternal.
But they were wrong.
Because in the end, eternity belongs only to the Thanatarchy.
