Bonus Chapter: An excerpt from Freyya’s notebook about the Elder Gods (1/3)
'Ka' means 'greatest', 'universal', 'infinite', 'eternal', etc. Basically, anyone with 'Ka' in their true Name is as great as a universe, and their Soul Realms themselves are Universes, or Planes of Existence.
The 'Ka' Gods call themselves the 'Kindred gods' for reasons unknown.
The Kindred Gods all have black, white, or grey hair, and they all have glowing eyes that are either gold, silver, or bronze.
Female Kindred Gods have golden eyes, male ones have silver eyes, and genderless ones have bronze eyes.
By "Genderless", I'm usually referring to things like artifact spirits, plants, or even elementals.
There are 7 sections of the soul, and 3 colors for each section. There is a Kindred god for each variation. That means there are 21 Kindred Gods.
Below is written some information on who these Kindred Gods are, and what Planes of reality their Soul Realms are.
P. S. Notes from Yiirkavar are written in [ ]
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Drakawyn (white dragon)
Location: Unknown [Wish I could tell you]
Gender: Male (silver eyed)
Alternate Titles: Given name – Din. The Elemental King [Big bro]
Powers: Forging? Martial Arts. Art. Much more I don't know about. [Drawyn is 'Skill'. He's good at everything which can be learned, and then some. It's easier to list something he's NOT good at.]
Soul Realm:
'Drawyn' means 'physical', or 'body'. Naturally, the physical plane belongs to him. Yes, the universe people live and die in is Drakawyn's territory.
People call the white dragon the "elemental King" because the Elementals are pure manifestations of this plane. In every way, they get their life from him.
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Drakavar (black dragon):
Location: Unknown [Yeah. I'm not telling, but I do know.]
Gender: Female (golden eyed)
Alternate Titles: Dragon Empress, Dragon goddess, Goddess of Power, Elshi-rothe [Big sis]
Powers: Control over everything around her. Can command things to obey her. Probably much more. It's assumed that she has an upgraded version of the 7 Name powers of the dragons.
Soul Realm:
'Dravar' means 'force', 'energy', or 'power'. Her Realm is a strange one that contains everything she's eaten. It's basically her stomach. The only way to get here is to either be eaten by her, or dive in while she's eating something – hence, why sacrifices are needed to enter her Soul Realm.
All forms of power – including mana – seep from this realm into Drawyn – the physical Universe. Without her Realm constantly effecting the things around it, nobody would ever be able to use magic.
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Drakala (grey dragon):
Location: Unknown [Drakavar wears it as an underclothing.]
Gender: Unknown [Genderless / Artifact Spirit. Bronze eyed]
Powers: Unknown [Can seal and restrict anything – making everything it touches completely powerless. Can Erase anything physical out of Existence]
Alternate Titles: Unknown [Drakavar's favorite sash]
Soul Realm:
Not much is known of this Realm. It's the Realm of "No-Thing" – nothing. Some speculate that the Physical Plane is infinitely expanding, and all of the empty space that it hasn't reached yet is Drakala.
Most people can only speculate about this, though. Since the Universe is incomprehensibly vast, most people think it's impossible to travel to the edge of it.
It's rumored that there's a place on the World Tree that connects to the Realm of Nothing, but that's just speculation.
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Rehkawyn (white Rehkin, silver eyed):
Location: Hasn't been born yet [I'm surprised you know that, little girl]
Gender: Male (silver eyed) (Me, Haalfrin, and Fisco are the only ones who know this, since I confirmed in the vision contained in Haalfrin's Syl Name that in the far future, Rehkawyn is a young boy at the time.) [Ah. That's how you know. Interesting.]
Alternate Titles: Irrelevant [Given name – Ahkra. Father of Akendy. The Wolf King]
Powers: Can apparently making permanent, binding Contracts with people like Haalfrin; I don't know what this means, though. [Oh, you poor, ignorant child…]
Soul Realm:
The Spirit World is… rather strange. "Reh" is the power of Connections and Spirit. Thus, the ultimate Gods of Reh are so entwined with each other that their Soul Realms are actually meshing into each other.
'Rehwyn' means 'spirit'. All of the Spiritual water that people find themselves immersed in when they die is created by his power.
In most places, this ocean of Spirit Water stretches infinitely deep. The ocean also stretches infinitely far in all directions.
The strange thing about this Realm is that the more closely you're connected with something, then the closer it'll appear to you in the Spirit World.
Basically, when you travel here, all of your most hated and loved people will be visibly around you – their spirits will, at least.
When someone loses their body (dies, or gets possessed), then this is the next Realm that your consciousness falls to.
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Rehkavar (black Rehkin):
Location: Not born yet
Gender: Female (golden eyed) (I also know from Haalfrin's Syl Name that she's a young girl in the far future.)
Alternate Titles: Irrelevant [Given name – Saiyana. Mother of Akendy. The Fox Queen.]
Powers: Unknown [Not telling.]
Soul Realm:
'Rehvar' means 'Will', or 'Feel'. Because of how closely connected the black Rehkin's Soul is with the white one's, her Realm can be seen from the Spirit World.
If you reach the surface of the Spirit water, you'll see a great, colorful sky above. Currently, nobody knows how to actually travel here, but it's still pretty to look at.
Since this Realm is basically a changing painting of Rehkavar's Feelings, this sky is always changing. Sometimes, it's a raging storm. Sometimes, it's a beautiful sunny day. Sometimes, there's even multiple suns. Sometimes, there's glistening stars. Sometimes, there's cloudy nebulas that sparkle and glow.
Rehkavar's Soul is constantly affecting the Spirit Realm. It exerts a force on everything here. It's what pulls spirits up and down, according to how they're feeling. It's also what allows some spirits to stand on the surface of the water.
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Rehkala (grey Rehkin):
Location: Highly debatable (Most think this one is in their Soul Realm, and that they never come out.)
Gender: Unknown [Who knows? I've never found this stupid thing. If I had to guess, it's probably an Artifact Spirit.]
Alternate Titles: God of the Unborn
Powers: Unknown
Soul Realm:
'Rehla' means 'isolation', or 'loneliness'.
Some people speculate that the Spirits of the Unborn – those who haven't been born yet – reside here. This is, however, entirely speculation. No one even knows if people exist as spirits before they're born.
The more commonly accepted theory is that Rehkala is the only resident of its Realm, given what its Name translates to.
These two schools of thoughts about Rehkala tends to spark debates that go nowhere.
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Maykawyn (white Maykin):
Location: Unknown [I knew at one point, but the guy is really hard to keep track of. He and his entire race are SOOOOO hard to find.]
Gender: Unknown [Male – silver eyed]
Alternate Titles: Unknown [God of Order, Machine God.]
Powers: Unknown [I can't really describe it in a single sentence, and it makes my brain hurt. It's not a secret or anything, though. I just don't feel like telling.]
Soul Realm:
'Maywyn' means 'organize', 'comprehension', or 'causality'. Basically, the fact that one thing leads to another (causality) is an act of order from the universe. Any act of order can be Comprehended in order to be used as a power.
Essentially, 'Maywyn' is the power of science. Gluons hold protons together. Protons and Electrons hold each other together through electromagnetic force. This Electric force is what binds molecules together and holds things in their proper shape (among other things).
Comprehending this Force is what allows people to use chemistry… yet this 'chemistry' is built on a foundation of Causality – things being glued together in a long, predictable string of 'Causes'.
For one, there are no records of anyone ever going here, to this Realm of Maykawyn. As far as anyone knows, it's completely inaccessible. However, there are many theories about this place that scholars in the Divine Realms have put together.
Some scholars suggest that one would be able to find Maykawyn's Realm if they were able to Comprehend the original Cause.
Example:
1. Water is 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen. These atoms are held together by the electromagnetic force, which is carried by photons.
2. The hydrogen atoms have 1 proton and 1 electron, while the oxygen has 8 of each instead. These protons are held together by the Strong Force, which is carried by gluons.
3. The protons are made from 2 up quarks and 1 down quark. These quarks are also held together by gluons. Electrons are their own base particle.
4. What are these Electrons, photons, quarks, and gluons made out of? Some say they're merely waves on their own Quantum Fields, but what are these waves, and where do the Fields come from?
5. Even if you were to answer that question, there'd be another to ask, and another after that.
An easier example:
A child is very curious, and he asks you a question. You answer, but he just asks, "Why?"
1. The sky is blue today. (The child asks why.)
2. Because there's oxygen in the air making the sky blue. (The child asks why.)
3. Oxygen is blue because of the way photons interact with Atoms. (The child asks why.)
At this point, the adult usually gets frustrated, since it seems that the child will never stop asking 'why'. The truth is, is that there comes a point where 'why' can't be asked anymore. There's some underlying Cause to the universe that is the root of everything that happens.
Some scholars speculate that whoever can understand this 'Cause' will be able to Enter Maykawyn.
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