Sar'aan

Summary

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God of the individual, Father of the Gods, Kindred of the lost men, Highest of the first Pantheon, Forger of realms.

Description

Sar'aan takes the appearance of a tall, strong man with dark hair and eyes aglow with blue flame. His appearance is derived greatly from the Astrals, his people before he attained godhood. Sar'aan takes his role as the god of the individual very seriously, believing everyone must seize their own destiny. That does not by any means mean that he despises gathering in common cause or uniting for a common good (as the original Pantheon did so long ago), his only desire is that each individual finds their path by their own means, adopting their own methods and reasons.

History

Sar'aan gained consciousness at least a millennia before he discovered the power of creation and became the first of the gods. He was born among the near-immortal Astrals, the precusers to the more tame human races. The Astrals were Elementals, capable of manipulating aspects of the Proto-world that they named the Elements, Mastering fire, Ice, Lightning and far stranger aspects of their home. Given his appearance, it is believed by most scholars that Sar'aan was most adept in the arts of fire and lightning, however considering his discovery of creation he was just as likely adept at far stranger and long forgotten Elemental practices. However the truth of the matter is unknown even to the other gods.
After Sar'aan discovered the force of creation he put it too the betterment of his people, creating powerful Elemental guardians known as the Arcai, who combined the shifting power of the Titans and the permanent identity of Sar'aan. The creation of these beings only drew more attention of the Titans and most were destroyed. However they were not as easy to unmake as the Titans anticipated, angering many but impressing others. Some Titans saw the power that could be drawn from creation, and a few were willing to forge the identities required to wield this new power and became the first of Sar'aans Pantheon.
During the Astral Crusades (the war against the Titan Minds) Sar'aan led the gods, as well as the Astrals. His Astrals proved to be the greatest army of the gods, becoming one of the prime targets of the Titan Mind's alongside the Kiari. Toward the end of the Astral Crusade, during the later stages of the creation of the realms Sar'aan and the other gods would be cast out of the immaterial Proto-world. Although the races of the other gods had already been settled in the mortal realms the majority of the Astrals chose to stand by Sar'aan to protect the new realms, becoming trapped when the gods were cast out of the Proto-world.
Sar'aan would however manage to rescue a handful of his kin, cloaking them from the Titans at the cost of their immortality. These Mortal men would become humans, also known as the race of man. They would initially be settled on the Isles of Tiorath, the domain of Sar'aan.