There are 6 "races" of Gods in this world. The Tavri, Divri,
Silvri, Quitri, Katri, and Demori. The Gods don't specifically
follow any assigned alignment, and all have worshippers of all
sorts. They believe in obtaining a balance. The Demori (the
demon gods) have been banished from the world, for trying to upset this
balance and take over the world in their name.
Each race consists of an Elder God, Lesser Gods, and Demi Gods.
The Elder God generally only has a few special chosen priests, though
many may worship them. The Lesser Gods are the more commonly
worshipped gods having followers of all types. The Demi Gods
generally do not have any worshippers. The Demi Gods are the
children of the Elder and Lesser Gods. The Demi Gods are immortal
beings with no special godlike powers that generally choose to walk the
mortal planes and participate in life as a normal being. If a
Demi God is "killed" they are banished back to the immortal planes for
100 years before they can again return to the mortal lands.
The Tavri are generally associated with the arts of healing, holy war,
kindness, love, and peace. As in all things, these pursuits can
be twisted into evil, and some of the Tavri gods have such followers as
well. The Elder Goddess of the Tavri is known as Doria. Her
daughter, Lesleva, is a lesser Goddess.
The Divri follow the path of nature. Druids, Animals, Forests,
Elves are some of the things commonly put hand in hand with the
Divri. Elvyiri is the Elder Goddess of the Divri and her consort,
Alaan is a Lesser God.
The Silvri are gods of magic, dragons, fairy, and denizens of the
water, such as merfolk. Bards and Wizards commonly follow the
ways of the Silvri. Crysteria is the Elder Goddess of the Silvri.
The Quitri are gods of the earth, mountains, fire, and vengeance.
Dwarves, Giants, and Goblins are the most common worshippers of the
Quitri. The Elder God is called Korkoptor.
The Katri dwell in the darkness. They are commonly associated
with assassins, thieves, necromancy, disease, and death. On the
opposing side those who follow stealthful arts such as the Ninja or a
Good aligned bounty hunter might also follow the Katri. Dark Elves,
some humans, and dwarves follow the Katri. The Elder Goddess of
the Katri is Tabaea.
The Demori are the demon gods. Before being banished, they were the
gods of lust, war, demonologists, infernals, and hate. They
were banished for trying to fully turn the balance into pure evil and
force all living creatures to follow their way or perish. They
wanted to set the world into chaos and flame. The Elder God of
Demori is Zyrtoric.
It is near impossible for a fully mortal being to become a God.
Such things are frowned upon by the true Gods. Being so long lived as
to be the next thing to immortal is generally allowed, as long as one
does not twist the balance. There are only 2 cases in history of
a mortal ever achieving Lesser God status. The Elven Bard
Aorial and the Human Assassin Kortaab.