Younger Rethos
in CosmologyThe Age of Peace
And it came to pass that The Aura brought forth new life, life that was full of optimism and hope. These beings, born as Nephilim, aged quickly, gaining power and knowledge quicker and quicker. Eager to earn their place among their kin, they worked hard to prove themselves.
As the Eldest of the gods recovered from the war, some were eager to train these new beings. The more moral of the elders saw them as a second chance, where less moral saw a chance to exploit the naive.
More Nephilim were created, infant gods grown in the light of the Aura. Attracted to the raw power of these divine beings, fiends started to hunt Nephilim, believing that they held the key and chance at divinity. Hundreds of Nephilim were killed for their divine sparks as the race between the elder gods, now known as the Theos, the younger gods, who held the rank of Rethos, Celestial Lord, and the various fiends of The Abyss and Bae'Tor searched out these young beings. Those that survived were protected and aged so they would reach adulthood quicker. Most are believed to have been killed.
No new Nephilim have been created since. Many fear that the Aura has finally finished creating gods, and that they may become a dying race.
The Younger Gods
The Divine War was devastating to the gods and their realms. Many worlds were completely destroyed, and of those that survived, most were shattered memories of what they once were. Many gods who's names have been lost to time died in the war as well. The heavens were in pieces.
A number of younger beings had come into being during the wars. These nephilim, or infant gods, had spent the war growing and maturing. Some remained safely hidden in The Aura, others were taken in and protected by the more maternal or paternal Aura Born. After the war, these young beings were almost adults, and it seemed as if The Aura had spontaneously made new gods to replace the dead.
The younger gods tended to be united in ways the older ones were not. The Elder Gods found the original ethical divides to be points of contention where the younger gods were more willing to look past them. They also all had an optimism and hopefulness, aided by the fact that most had never witnessed the horrors of war.