Divine Principles
Gods of the Source
When the One created the multiverse, he also created the divine principles, they rule all places where the One has influence. They each rule an important aspect of the One's vision for the Multiverse. The divine principles are often called Type 5 shards, as they are each a piece of the One, just like regular shards. They don't have their own worlds tho, because all their power and energy is dedicated to keeping the structure of the multiverse intact. While all shards create their own worlds with their own beings and natural laws, the way they do this is greatly influenced by the Divine Principles. They are like the multiverses great overseers. All divine principles have a void born anti-twinTime
The god of TimeTime is the god who makes things happen, he allows things to continue and makes sure that events occur in chronological order, he usually leaves shards to themselves, unless beings there have violated the laws of time, with the aid of Chronos, Time's void sibling. Time is the most instrumental part of the multiverse, without him, things wouldn't happen, and nothing would really matter. Timelines
There is one central timeline, but every now and then, it branches off into a new direction, creating a secondary timeline, this can only happen when an event is of such great consequence, that when the way it happens changes, the whole universe goes down a different path. Every branching timeline leads all shards down a different path than in the main timeline, often to a degree that they quickly become completely unrecognizable. Some of these secondary timelines eventually reach a dead end, they reach the end of time, and enter the realm of Chronos, Time's Void-Twin.
This place is called Chronotia, and it is the place where all that is outside of time ends up.
Contemplation
The goddess of free will.Contemplation allows for beings to have sentience, she is like the blueprint for self-determination upon which individual shards are based. This goddess also provides some presets which may be used to house said life. Some popular ones are humans, elves, and dwarves. Shards may use one of these, or make some of their own. She is the goddess of thought, the most important aspect of sentience. "they think, therefore they are" Contemplation's anti-twin is called Ekov.
Corn
The God of Order.Corn decides that all beings shall be divided into three types, those without horns who are known as Uncorns, those with multiple horns who will be known as Polycorns, and the most special among them are the unicorns, which are those with but one single horn. These unicorns are his personal agents who help him maintain order across the multiverse, and they are the ones who help him defeat void influence wherever it pops up. Unicorns are in charge of defeating void incursions and protecting the order of the multiverse. Unicorns come in a few varieties: Unihorse, Unicat, and Unigoliaths. Corn's anti-twin is called Kaos.
Presence
The God of Space and Matter.Presence is the lord of places, he is the force that creates all locations and allows for shards to have their own dimensions in the first place, he is also one of the only gods that takes requests from mortals, allowing people to create pocket dimensions. he takes special care of Shardlings tho. He also maintains all matter to fill his spaces, all that is of substance is of Presence. Presence works closely with Time, and together they are the gods who are, the ones who give meaning to reality.
Presence's anti-twin is called Absence.
Vitality
Goddess of Spirits.Vitality is the one who created the fundamental structure of being, both sentient and otherwise, she created the blueprint for all cerebral structures created by all shards. she takes special care of the little beings, those forgotten by contemplation, but she also cares for he bigger children. She maintains all souls, and it is in her bosom that all the dead find peace and rest, after their energy has returned to their host shard.
Vitality's Anti-twin is called Nihilus.
The Memory
The OneThis is the mind and memory of the One before it split into many shards and before the divine principles were born. It is comparatively the weakest of the divine principles but also the only one without a void counterpart.
Divine Relations
All the divine principles work together to execute the will of the One, and to keep void corruption under control, but some work together more closely than others. Time and Presence work together closely to maintain the substance and structural integrity of the multiverse and its timelines.Contemplation and Vitality collaborate for the sake of creating all the multiverse's creatures both sentient and not.
Presence is in turn vital for the creation of substantial beings, which are the most important ones in many shards, although there are some where Presence has been kept out of the loop.
Corn works together with all the other principles, because he is the one who protects them, and aids them in defence against the void. His unicorns are the main soldiers and this eternal war for control and balance.