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The Princes of Ganadgureba are often called Demons. They are the greatest princes of Magnum Chaos, second only to their king in its life, but now disorganized masters of their own fates. Laag is a prince that appears as a towering figure with horns, a spiked tail, and a head resembling that of a dragon. He leads armies of monsters made of corpses and blue fire, and fights with cold, iron chains. Wildfire is another prince of fire, a grey figure with a twisted crown which appears beyond the trees before forest fires. Molten flames flow freely from its hands and burn hotter than any normal fire. Voyenachal'nik is a powerful prince which acts as a god for many followers of Ganadgureba. It emphasizes strength, dishonor, and combat above all. Its worshippers are known to fight each other to the death in service of Voyenachal'nik, which rewards the last one standing with great power. This Prince is also known for possessing the corpses of sacrificed innocents, forming a figure locked in a frozen, ugly expression of terror clad in black armor and wielding a double-bladed battleax, but its true form is unknown.
=== Jeweled Liar ===
Jeweled Liar, or Gold and Silver, is the God of Greed, the desire for more and more and more. It appears as a withered man, barely alive, held together by molten gold that reflects light like a second sun. Its eyes and teeth are shifting, molten gold as well, and it cannot move. It grants unlimited favors, but it takes so much more. Your life, your mind, your belongings. Sometimes it takes everything. Sometimes, it waits until you think you have cheated it until it takes its due.
=== The Affliction ===
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Ezoterika, alternatively Vyru Sodininkas, Tvali, or the Keeper of Minds, is an old god of knowledge, wisdom, and magic. Depicted as a concealed figure traveling the halls of the Eternal Library, Ezoterika is also the god of secrets and forbidden knowledge. Darker than that, it is the dread feeling of being watched, of having your whole existence, your whole mind, invaded and exposed and horribly seen, of having your secrets laid bare. Above all, it is the inescapable drive to know, to seek and find. To uncover secrets yourself, to see and to know. It has a dark lure, promises of power and infinite knowledge. Ezoterika rules from the Eternal Library - a realm of infinite rooms with a collected infinity of volumes, containing every combination of letters, symbols, words, and phrases possible. Within the library are the secrets to the universe, every answer to every question, every story ever written and thought of, but infinitely more gibberish and garbage. The more you search, the closer you are to falling under the influence of Ezoterika, and the harder it is to leave. Entrance to the Eternal Library is guarded by Black Books of limitless power.
=== Watchers ===
Watchers are avatars of Ezoterika that have undergone a special ritual which extends their life and gives them the power to see through any eye as if it was their own, even eyes that aren't real. Watchers embody the sight of Ezoterika that penetrates any wall and shield, that tears into the lives of everyone and exposes their secrets to its hungry eyes. Watchers are the main avatars of Ezoterika, and it is they that keep the Watcher's Library, a constantly evolving supernatural collection of all their knowledge. There is only ever one Watcher, and they maintain the Watcher's Library. It is said that the Watcher's Library not only collects their knowledge, but also scraps of the libraries of previous Watchers, the rest of which is consumed by Ezoterika. In addition to this, there are some primordial texts, rumored to be created by Ezoterika itself, to assist the Watcher in their collection of knowledge. Notably, one such artifact is said to be a complete database on every supernatural entity in the world. Known Watchers include Constantius, who created the ritual, Aukletoja, who betrayed Theondume in order to serve Ezoterika, and Johann Franz von Metternich, who tasked himself with the elimination of all other supernatural entities, oftentimes by subjugating others to assist. Metternich is still watching.
=== Seers ===
Seers are avatars of Ezoterika that are marked at birth with strange visions far into the future. If they realize what these dreams are, they can learn to control their visions, eventually learning how to see the future at will, and in extreme cases finding the power to see every possible future at once. Known Seers include Pamphilus, who is prominent because of his assistance with the creation of the Watcher Ritual and the Watcher's Library, and Kastytis, who completely mastered his seer powers and used it to find a path to immortality.
=== Seekers ===
Seekers are mortals who find themselves in the Eternal Library. The more they search the library, the more they fall under the influence of Ezoterika. They push on more and more through the nonsense of the library and prove their dedication to the library. After a while, the become lost during their search, becoming phantoms of their former selves, evolving into something else. Seekers. Seekers may enter, exit, and explore the library at will, traveling to and through the otherworld with just a thought, and in proving their dedication to Ezoterika gain the ability to know the location of any piece of knowledge within the library. When searching for an answer, they are pulled towards it, and they find it, and they know it. However, if they search too long in the library, go too deep, or fully devote themselves to Ezoterika, they can no longer leave the library, and are cursed to roam its rooms forever.
== Hourglass ==
The Hourglass is death - the Falling Sands of Time running out, emptying with infinite patience. This is the truth of death. The force that feeds on the life forces of the departed, collecting their souls. It is the passive, inevitable march of time, and the coming end that awaits us all and cannot be ignored. It is an unstoppable force, and it takes and it takes and it takes, but it is not cruel. It is not killing. It is just death. It is the knowledge that death is imminent, the fear of one's coming end, and the acceptance thereof. It is the dichotomy of life and death as a natural, destined cycle. It comes for everyone eventually. It is only a matter of time. The Hourglass is also known for ruling Far Shores - the afterlife, a vague all-encompassing term for the unknown awaiting beyond the debt-collector. It is what's beyond the end, the lack of knowledge on what that can be, the various beliefs surrounding it, and the cold, dark assumption that there is nothing at all beyond the grave, nothing but emptiness. It has no known allies or enemies. Its reapers do not have any powers of resurrection, but often do have the power of reanimation. Mostly, their most prized power is their escape from death. Often, they have the power to know how, when, and where anyone will die. Some have vampiric powers to steal life, and others still have the power to kill in various unique ways, sometimes violent.
=== Deathmonger ===
"The Merchant of Death." He strolls into town with his cart of corpses, dressed in black. He wears a wicked smile as he rolls down the streets of the world's cities. He gathers the corpses, pulling them from their weeping loved ones, carting them away. He drives the corpse roads, and he dumps their corpses, broken and lifeless. The Deathmonger deals in life and death, a sadistic, twisted avatar of death. Sometimes, the wronged fight back, scratching and kicking, but the Deathmonger laughs and laughs and laughs and cannot die. In war, the Deathmonger carts through the battlefield, the booming cannons and whizzing bullets feeding its life with deaths.
== March of Wit ==
== Precipice ==
== Mages ==
== Vampires ==
== Werebeasts ==
== Dragons ==
== Utsnobi ==
== Shield of Heroes ==
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