Gods of stone



During the Age of Gods the planet Khemn and the nine gods, Lamasnia, Tulvier, Pikz, Ardnam, Nûm Ayé, Boltara , Dro, Fa'deia, and Rezuum , came into being and created the different mortal races. They often walked among their creations and for a time lived in harmony. But Dro, Fa'deia and Rezuum grew jealous of their brothers' and sisters' popularity with the mortal races and plotted together to kill them. A terrible war ensued that caused untold destruction across Khemn. The gods faught side by side with their mortal armies using the same powers that created them to destroy them.

Three gods, Ardnam, Nûm Ayé and Boltara, stayed nuetral, realizing that this war would destroy everything they had created and all the creatures they loved so much. Ardnam devised a plan to lure his siblings to a meeting. When they arrived he used all the power of his own immortal life to trap the other gods forever as stone statues. Unable to physically interact with the world any longer the gods could only communicate telepathically with the mortal races and lend strength and power to their faithful.

Ardnam gave his life to ensure that the world and its mortal inhabitants would live on. Order was restored and the mortal races ended the fighting. Thus began the Age of Mortals. Millenia passed and the War of the Nine Gods was forgotten. But old grudges didn't die and the whisperings of the remaining gods maintained the rift between the races. Those who followed the three good gods are still working tirelessly to defend the Khemn from those who chose to side with evil.