Celestians

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Celestians were a race of being that were brought to Pannithor via the Scrying Star from year -1095 until -902. A total of 60 Celestains arrived before the Scrying Star was destroyed. They ate Sahlirian Fruit which gave them immortality, which was grown from a Sahlirian Tree which is native to their original homeworld.


By year -170, less than 54 Celestians remained when the smashing of the Fenulian Mirror occured, splitting them in half into Shining Ones and Wicked Ones with only 1 Celestian remaining (Katrinna)

Background

Way back in Pannithor, there were three great civilizations. These were the Kingdoms of Elves, the Underlands of the Dwarfs, and the Republic of Primovantor. Apparently there weren't any orcs or demons around and things were good. These three kingdoms also worshiped the same pantheon of gods; the Celestians. The Celestians might have been gods or might have been ancient aliens, no one really knows, but regardless they aided the three great races by guiding them and teaching them to build sweet stuff like great cities and stargates.

So everything was great, but then trouble came to Pannithor. High honcho elven mage Calisor Fenulian was busy going on adventures (guess they were still having adventures somehow even though there weren't any monsters around) when he met a beautiful human woman named Elinathora. He tried his best charm check, but that failed, so he went to do what any elf would in such a situation, namely mope around feeling sorry for himself.

Smashing of the MIrror

While he was wandering around feeling sorry for himself, Calisor happened upon a Celestian named Oskan. Oskan suggested he Calisor create this artifact called the Fenulian Mirror made with god tears and other weird shit. He was sure if Elinathora looked into this mirror everything would work out great, for you see this magical mirror would show her the future. I'm sure nothing bad could come from doing something like that. To be fair, Oskan did give one of those vague, half-assed warnings that gods and elves seem to love giving.

So Calisor went on this epic quest outlined in about a paragraph and made this mirror. He had Elianthora look into it. She saw that they would make a great couple, have great sex, and make a bunch of kids. So far so good. However Calisor had ignored those vague warnings and got so caught watching the show that he didn't turn the thing off when Elianthora died. After her death she saw Calisor banging a bunch of other chicks and mucking up the whole world before finally being killed by his own children. This didn't look good, so she smashed the mirror.

Creation of the Shining Ones and Wicked Ones

As one would expect who plays these sort of games, smashing the Fenulian Mirror caused reality to start shaking up. Most of the Celestians were killed outright while apocalyptic earthquakes and floods covered the world.

There were 54 Celestians at the time of the Fenulian Mirror smashing, however only a total of 37 Celestians survived, but they were torn in two; a good half and an evil half. These became known as the Shining Ones and Wicked Ones. Out of the 37 Celestians , there were 36 Shining Ones and 36 Wicked Ones as Karinna, now known as the Green Lady, managed to resist spliting due to her connection with nature. Making her the last remaining known Celestian in Pannithor.

Conflict between these two newly created factions began shortly after and soon resulted in The God War

Notable Celestians

Note: Some of the characters described below are 'true' Celestians, others are the Wicked and Shining aspects that were created when the Celestians were split. The nature of some of them is not entirely clear in the lore, and this is possibly due to the fact that stories and legends of their deeds have been passed down over thousands of years, with details and facts not entirely consistent. Some Celestians seem to have retained their original name for both of their aspects when they split in two, others got new names.

It is unclear as so why this was the case, but their names may be just how they are known to mortals and different races and cultures may might have had their own naming conventions.

Celestians arrived to Pannithor in 3 waves of 20. The first 20 arrived in -1095, second lot of 20 in -995 and the final 20 in -902. A fourth attempt occured -702 however this failed and a deformed Carnesus was brought through.

Celestians, Shining Ones and Wicked Ones

First Wave arrived in -1095
Original Celestian Name Shining One Half Wicked One Half
# Celestian Name Status Worshipped By Created Name Status Worshipped By Created
01 Mescator Mescator, God of Justice Basileans Unknown
02 Valandor Valandor The Great Deceased Ba'el In The Abyss
03 Fulgria Fulgria, Goddess of White Fire Dwarfs Ariagful In The Abyss Abyssal Dwarfs Abyssal Dwarfs
04 Liliana Light Liliana Absorbed into Karinna Basileans None Dark Liliana Absorbed into Karinna None None
05 Belkon Belkon of the Forge Basileans Garkan the Black In The Abyss Riftforged Orcs Orc, Goblin, Riftforged Orcs
06 Oskan Oskan (Shining One) Absorbed by Oskan Father of Lies Basileans Oskan Father of Lies In The Abyss Abyssal
Second Wave arrived in in -995
Original Celestian Name Shining One Half Wicked One Half
21 Karinna Karinna refused to split combined the halfs of Liliana to become the Green Lady. Alive The Herd Gladewalkers Karinna refused to split combined the halfs of Liliana to become the Green Lady.
22 Kyron Brave Kyron Alive The Herd, Basileans Dark Kyron In The Abyss Orc, Minotaur, Satyr
23 Arlan Unknown Unknown
24 Indra Unknown Unknown
Third Wave arrived in -702
Original Celestian Name Shining One Half Wicked One Half
41 Shakara Aurora Basileans Winter In The Abyss
42 Hermanas Unknown Unknown
44 Eoswain Eoswain League of Rhordia, Basileans Zbortan In The Abyss
Unknown Arrival
07 Domivar Domivar the Unyielding Basileans Unknown
08 Fotia Fotia (Shining One) Deceased Basileans Elohi Prykagia
09 Yet to be confirmed Kurilia Basileans Unknown
10 Yet to be confirmed Beraphael Basileans Unknown
11 Yet to be confirmed Irdima Basileans Unknown
12 Yet to be confirmed Mariatara Basileans Unknown
13 Yet to be confirmed Galena Basileans Unknown
14 Yet to be confirmed Suspintara Basileans Unknown
15 Yet to be confirmed Unknown Talus Riftforged Orcs
16 Yet to be confirmed Unknown Durunjak, Dark God of Death
17 Yet to be confirmed Unknown Akshun’arha, Carrion-Goddess
18 Yet to be confirmed Unknown Ju’bilex
19 Yet to be confirmed Unknown Barglurath Riftforged Orcs
20 Yet to be confirmed Unknown Vraz’zt
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55 Yet to be confirmed Deceased before the Fenulian Mirror event, died before in -876
56 Yet to be confirmed Deceased before the Fenulian Mirror event, died before in -876
57 Yet to be confirmed Deceased before the Fenulian Mirror event, died before in -876
58 Neron Deceased before the Fenulian Mirror event, died in -876
59 Arkira Deceased before the Fenulian Mirror event, died in -876
60 Orso Deceased before the Fenulian Mirror event, died in -876
 
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