Vassas

Guardian of Eternity Titles: The Balance-Keeper, Lord of Infinity, The All Father Motto: "There is a time and place for everything." Holy Colors: Pale White, Duke Blue Alignment CG NG LG CN TN LN CE NE LE Common Worshipers: Teachers, Philosophers, Scholars, Authors and Researchers Domains: Order, Time, History, Diligence and Balance Sub-Domains: Infinity, Gravity and Philosophy Holy Lands: N/A Favored Objects: Hourglass, Globes, and Clocks

Demi-Servants

Tempis

Tempis is the primary servant of Vassas, and appears to mortals in the form of a humanoid figure without a head or face. In place of the head is an odd vertical crescent that lacks any facial features, and is heavily indented away from whomever it faces. It's legs split at the knees to appear as if it had four small feet rather than two large ones. These small feet are composed of three "Toes" that move in perfect Sync with one another. Tempis acts as an adviser to Vassas and carries his image of Morality, and Order.

Kronus

Kronus was created from a rouge bit of essence that occurred after a strange ripple in time. With magical essence still leaking from the rip that it left, Vassas had no choice but to create another servant to confine the essence before something else would form from it. Catered and grown around the Deity of Time, Kronus found itself to appear as a humanoid, yet floating construct that was draped in a Duke blue robe. Around its being, two massive astronomical rings slowly wind and turn around their body. Covered by glowing, archaic runes these rings serve as a key to the Image in which it holds. Kronus carries Vassas domains of History and Balance as it's primary upbringing, and gives answers to those who seek it with a relentless passion.

Mythos

Time didn't always exist.

In the beginning, all that existed was the void. The ultimate lack of everything and anything for countless of eons. Despite it's all-consuming touch, there was, eventually, two powerful and primal beings that lurked within it's endless depths. They existed in the backdrop of the void, and awaited for the moment to strike out at the other. After near eternal silence, these two monolithic beings finally stepped from the shadows, and began what we dubbed, "The War of Eternity". They wanted, nay, were driven, to claim true, and unopposed mastery over the endless void to shape in their very image.

The first of these two monolithic existences was Creation. A force that wished simply to form and design, to bring about the existence of all things. Sentience, matter, force, it cared not of what it formed, only that it existed without threat of destruction. A second force, as potent and present as the first, was led by the name of Absence. Absence lay in direct conflict with Creation as all it sought was nothingness, an empty void of its own delivery and the removal of all possible existences that attempted to plague it's empty land.

For Eons, this endless battle fought and raged across the vast plane of the void, ending in draw after draw, with no fitting end in sight. With a singular purpose and drive, the force of Creation adapted and changed over time, growing stronger with each battle, and learning from it's mistakes.

Eventually Creation triumphed, albeit barely, over the force of Absence. Within this instant, this... shift, creation truly began it's work. The Universe, Time, and the Planes sprung into existence from it's power, and yet more was to come as it slowly pushed Absence into obscurity. Yet, with the formation of Time, Creation too eventually faded away, but a piece of both yet remained... Two pieces, mixing and flowing together in a perverse harmony, as the first modicum of sentience and life began in the virgin universe.

It carried no name at first, as it was the single, and the only being of its kind. Nay, the only being in the entirety of all creation that could think for itself. At least, in that moment. A being with power beyond comprehension, and reach beyond dreams, it could achieve anything. Yet almost out of instinct, it reached outwards for its true purpose, wondering what caused it to be birthed, and what purpose it had to uphold. Though there was many powers to grasp, the first that it found was the most essential of all... Time. Soon, in the Eons that passed after that defining moment of reclamation and maturity, it adopted a name and identified itself. Such an identity, recognized even to this day, was Vassas. The Warden of Eternity.

Vassas's Doctrine

• Order must never fall unto madness.
• The flow of time shalt not be disturbed for thoughtless reason.
• Historical knowledge must be preserved at any cost.

Plane of Origin

Aeveterinity

The land of Aeveterinity stands as a monument to the infinite knowledge and power that the All-Father possesses. Within his holy realm drifts countless libraries and books that glide through the air, containing amounts of knowledge mortals could not even dream of comprehending. Golden trees sprout from the pale grounds of his lands, used as massive silos of knowledge that contain the memories of countless mortal lives, both Aversian and other alike. Leading to the very center of his plane are six massive veins that flow through the lands, centering around a massive pyramid of light called the Nexus. Six astronomical rings of titanic proportion circle symmetrically around the object, never ceasing their fluid movements as they maintain the pyramid's floating posture, and simultaneously empower the superstructure. Within the Pyramid lies thousands upon thousands of chambers, all intricately designed to hold information regarding the past, present and future of all beings.

Ideal Realm

Vassas ideal realm is one of perfection. Everything within it carries no flaws or entropy, and is entirely clean of sin to the very core of it's aspect. Nothing can ever go wrong.

Celebration

Sept of Repentance

The Sept of repentance is a major day for those who worship the All-Father. Seen as a time of praise and hope to those who worship him, and even to some who do not-they seek out holy icons of his name to rest and repent. The faithful spend a few hours of their day near these icons (normally shrines) and describe the events that have took place during the last Tsel. During this time they repent for any sins they have committed through the Tsel.

After such time, a day of celebration awaits them as they prepare for yet another new beginning once the sun falls from the sky. Free, and cleansed of whatever sins they have done for the moment, this day is normally seen as the purest sept to exist within the calendar to Vassas followers.

Relations

• Holds a hesitant understanding with Vikret and Arvora.
• Stoically despises The God of Chaos.
• And is purely neutral to all other members of the pantheon.

Myths and Speculation

• It is rumored that Vassas and Foli have been playing cat and mouse for eons.
• It is said that Vassas may have once had a mortal lover, before she was killed during the first exodus.

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