Dhuum was sealed in the Hall of Judgment because Grenth was not powerful enough to kill him, and Abaddon was sealed in the Realm of Torment rather than killed with chains forged by Balthazar himself binding him. It is immensely difficult (and perhaps unwise) to kill a god. Abaddon, even while weakened and imprisoned in the Realm of Torment, was able to extend his influence to Tyria and warp the landscape to his desire. Clashes between the gods have, in the past, transformed seas into deserts, and verdant coastlines into toxic wastelands. The gods are incredibly powerful, so much so that they blind mortals who gaze upon them for too long. It is said that the mortal dies when they ascend into godhood, no longer being human instead of living beings, gods appear to instead be pure magic. It is also possible for a demigod or a mortal to ascend into godhood by absorbing the power of a deposed god. Balthazar's half brother, Menzies, and his father) and can have children with human mortals. Xakk, in his publication The Six: Being or Playing God, states his belief that the Six are not gods, but are what anyone would become if given the amount of magical energy they possessed and allowed to live as long as they appear to have.Īll the gods seen so far have been humanoid in appearance, both in person and in cultural depictions. The extent of power of the human gods is not known, but it is known they are not omniscient, and by their own very nature as a pantheon each is not omnipotent (though human legends do claim they are omnipotent in their own specific domain). Balthazar, god of war, fire and courage.Abaddon's predecessor, whose existence was hinted at by The Apostate. Dhuum, god of death (succeeded by Grenth).Abaddon, god of water and knowledge (succeeded by Kormir).Kormir, goddess of order, spirit, and truth.Grenth, god of darkness, death, and ice.Lyssa, twin goddesses (Lyss and Ilya) of beauty, water and illusion.Melandru, goddess of nature, earth, and growth.Dwayna, goddess of healing, air, warmth, and life.Altar of the Six Gods in the Free City of Amnoon, with Balthazar's image defaced.
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