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Date Posted: 18:51:59 12/14/00 Thu
Author: Adilbrand
Subject: Re: More on the Nature of the Divine (and the Disciples)
In reply to: Johnathan 's message, "More on the Nature of the Divine (and the Disciples)" on 10:54:44 12/14/00 Thu

> Everything is made up of 5 parts-
>flame, Air, Water, Earth, and a divine element.

I like this. It is similar to my set up in Eletheria. I have one dragon for each of the four elements, then a spiritual dragon/element that holds everything together.

> The
>four "classical" elements are "atoms", the building
>blocks of all things. The divine element is what
>holds these atoms together or breaks them apart. The
>divine element is either "positive" or "negative",
>reperesenting creative or destructive
>forces,respectively. One is the force of creation and
>life (called... The Light), the other is a force of
>entropy and death (the Shadow, or the Darkness).

>Difference between positive and negative divine
>energy. An illustration... Take a typical human,
>well, let's say its an archmage. The atoms (Fire,
>Earth, Air, and Water) that make up his body are
>infused with positive divine energy (he is alive).
>His atoms have a "spin" to them, used to refer to the
>force that holds them together. Let's say that he
>undergoes the process to become a lich. During the
>process, his atoms lose positive energy... slowing
>down and eventually stopping... he dies. However, the
>positive energy is replaced by negative, slowly giving
>his atoms a new direction... and giving him a "new"
>kind of life, specifically undeath.
>
>Note that even "non-living" objects have divine
>energy... everything does. In living things, the
>divine energy has evolved enough that it is called a
>"soul". Whenever a creature dies, or even when ice
>melts, positive energy is released into the world and
>is used somewhere else... this is the basis for Gaes
>"death and rebirth" doctrine... everything is linked
>together, and the destruction of anything releases
>energy for the creation of other things. Things are
>destroyed, by the way, by the influence of negative,
>entrophic energy... kind of a fantasy "Chaos Theory".
>
>So, the Dead Gods had A LOT of divine enegy, and their
>deaths gave A LOT of positive and negative energy back
>to the "world", the plane of Gaea. This created all
>sorts of things, from new creatrures to land forms,
>etc. The Divine Disciples of the Dead Gods tap into
>the forces left in the wake of the Gods, and use it to
>enhance their divine magic. THey study the manners
>the gods used divine magic, and apply it to their own
>use, using the energy the gods formerly weilded.
>
>I hope this makes some kind of sense to someone other
>than me! Let me know what you think about this...
>especially you Adilbrand if you happen by....

I like it. Very well thought out and presented.

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