Editing Dead Gods (section)

== Overview ==
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|quote=Not one, in over ten thousand years of history, as far as I can tell. [... ] Oh, there are hints — references to someone trying to bring back the [Cleric] class, a faded relic here and there, but no gods are ever referenced directly. They’re dead.
|speaker=Ryoka on the general knowledge of gods{{ref|3.35}}
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Over eighty thousand years ago, multiple pantheons of gods existed on Innworld alongside other species.  They proposed to create a system of classes and levels. While the other species protested, the gods ignored their subjects and implemented the Grand Design, sparking a war between the gods and the mortal races. In the end, the gods died, unable to regain power due to the [[Gnomes]] sealing the knowledge that the gods are alive. As such, to the present day, people in Innworld believe that the gods are dead and no longer pray, though the exclamation "Dead Gods!" is a common expression of disbelief or surprise among many Innworlders. If confronted with evidence of living gods, they temporarily stop breathing and their memories are wiped.  

However, the arrival of [[Earthers|people]] possessing knowledge of gods and religion has enabled some of the dead gods to reclaim a certain degree of their power. Currently, there are six gods active within [[Kasignel]]: [[Tamaroth]], [[Kasigna]], [[Emerrhain]], [[Laedonius Deviy]], [[Cauwine]], and [[Norechl]]. It's speculated that the more people know about their existence, the weaker the cognitive effect censuring knowledge of them gets.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/11/22/9-66/ Chapter 9.66]</ref> 

In addition to the six, there is a sleeping demigod in [[Rhir]], which was overlooked by the Gnomes after the war.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/07/04/2-34/ Chapter 2.41]</ref> Though she lies asleep, hers dreams and nightmares have spawned and given life, such as [[Crelers]] and [[Antinium]]. While weaker than a god - being compared to as a "half" a god -  she is stronger than the six due to it having a body in the living world. It is currently kept under guard and contained by the Antinium of Rhir. 

[[Pawn]] created a new God on the day he heard [[Erin Solstice|Erin's]] stories about Earth's Christianity.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/31/2-26/ Chapter 2.31]</ref> He then started an Antinium religion for which Klbkch nearly killed him, due to the latter's animosity towards the sleeping demigod. However, Pawn quickly refocused his faith onto a safe place called ''Heaven'' and denounced the existence of deities.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/08/22/3-06-l/ Chapter 3.06 L]</ref>