# Known Divine Tensions ## Old Gods vs New Gods ### Known Facts - [[The Brotherhood]] claims the New Gods are imposters and liars. - [[Solland]] blames Fallen Old Gods for The Breaking. - [[The Great Purge]] hunted and imprisoned fallen gods of the old world. - Some Old Gods or related entities appear to remain active through dreams, symbols, followers, visions, or cults. - Modern worship of New Gods remains dominant in many areas. - Ancient beliefs survive in hidden or marginalised communities. ### Open Questions - Is the conflict theological, political, cosmic, or historical? - Did the New Gods overthrow the Old Gods? - Did the Old Gods fail [[Tarin]]? - Did the New Gods save [[Tarin]]? - Are both sides lying? - Are both sides partly right? ## [[Solland Doctrine]] vs Historical Truth ### Known Facts - [[Solland]] teaches or believes that the Fallen Old Gods caused The Breaking. - [[Solland]] unified by hunting those gods. - The [[Sol Spire]] preserves or studies deeper historical material. - [[Free Thinkers]] reject or distance themselves from Solland’s doctrine. - GM clarification says truth is subjective in-world, and [[Solland]] would not see itself as evil. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] is beginning to see that the history he inherited may not be clean. ### Open Questions - What does [[Solland]] know that its people do not? - Has the [[Sol Spire]] hidden history? - Has the Crown hidden history? - Are the [[Free Thinkers]] right? - What is Serapha’s role in all this? - What does [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] do if Solland’s truth is not Serapha’s truth? ## Death, Souls, and Imprisonment ### Known Facts - [[Nyxthys]] is concerned with the final passage of souls. - [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] traps souls. - [[Elena]] was sent to find the source of lost or trapped souls. - Old Gods and ancient entities may have been imprisoned during or after The Breaking. - [[The Elilim Seal]] traps at least [[Yuvendra]]. - [[The Great Purge]] imprisoned fallen gods rather than killing all of them. - Divine imprisonment and soul imprisonment may be thematically or magically connected, but this is not confirmed. ### Open Questions - Are trapped souls and trapped gods connected by the same principle? - Can a god be denied their “final journey”? - Does [[Nyxthys]] oppose all forms of imprisonment? - Does [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] work like a miniature prison or seal? - Could the [[The Elilim Seal|Elilim Seal]] and [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] share a method, origin, or power source?