Divine Energies
Prior to the Cataclysmic event known as “The Sundering” Clerics, Paladins and others who channeled Divine Magics did so through the Worship, Devotion & Obedience to the Gods. The Gods had created the Races and as such they often showed favoritism to their children, going so far as to Encourage Discord between their rivals. This eventually spurred the events that started the "War of Gods & Fools" ultimately culminating in the final and Ending Blow of the War, The Sundering. Without Intentional Sentience to direct and shape these Divine Energies they spread out into the Etherium, dispersing into near non existence. As the surviving races began to rebuild from the destruction of The Sundering they turned their minds to contemplate This new Post Deific Age.
While their Gods were dead the ideals and virtues that they had embodied were still very much important to their surviving devoted. And so the faithful devoted themselves not to the Dead Gods, but to the concepts that made them worthy of worship. And so the races of the Etherium forgot their Gods, giving birth to the Eleven Divine Concepts. These Concepts were more complex than simple things like good, evil, light or dark and simpler than the wishes and machinations of the mind of a God.
Clerics of the 11 Divine sometimes choose Two Concepts to better inform their methods of service to the peoples of the Etherium. Being Devoted to both Impetus & Instinct would focus one to work with Nature. Termination & Preservation together would be to watch over the boundaries of Grave. And so on, although many find it acceptable to focus on just one.
Paladins make an Oath based on a Primary Concept with up to three or four Secondary Concepts that further inform the specifics of Oath. A Paladin who swears an Oath of Devotion likely would focus on Truth as the Primary with Illumination, Enmity & Preservation as Secondaries. Conversely a Paladin swearing an Oath of Vengeance may focus on Enmity as the Primary with Termination, Illumination & Instinct as Secondaries. Ect.
While their Gods were dead the ideals and virtues that they had embodied were still very much important to their surviving devoted. And so the faithful devoted themselves not to the Dead Gods, but to the concepts that made them worthy of worship. And so the races of the Etherium forgot their Gods, giving birth to the Eleven Divine Concepts. These Concepts were more complex than simple things like good, evil, light or dark and simpler than the wishes and machinations of the mind of a God.
Clerics of the 11 Divine sometimes choose Two Concepts to better inform their methods of service to the peoples of the Etherium. Being Devoted to both Impetus & Instinct would focus one to work with Nature. Termination & Preservation together would be to watch over the boundaries of Grave. And so on, although many find it acceptable to focus on just one.
Paladins make an Oath based on a Primary Concept with up to three or four Secondary Concepts that further inform the specifics of Oath. A Paladin who swears an Oath of Devotion likely would focus on Truth as the Primary with Illumination, Enmity & Preservation as Secondaries. Conversely a Paladin swearing an Oath of Vengeance may focus on Enmity as the Primary with Termination, Illumination & Instinct as Secondaries. Ect.
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