˙☼ . 𝑫𝑬𝑶𝑹𝑼𝑴 𝑹𝑼𝑰𝑵𝑨 . ☾˙
A War Beneath Our Haloes
The Four Divine Beings of the Sacred Veil—a realm beyond the stars and time—united in an age of encroaching darkness. To preserve balance, they bestowed fragments of their celestial essence upon eight mortal-born champions, marking them as vessels of divine will. Gifted with immortality and powers born from one of the four divine realms, the eight rose beyond time’s grasp and forged a radiant city—a beacon of faith and prosperity—known as Aurum’Vel, the Veil of Gold.
But divinity is never without consequence.
Whispers of betrayal began to echo among the stars. The Fatekeeper, a vessel of the Divine Beings’ will, foretold that one god would break the pact. A prophecy uttered by them warned:
"As one god breaks the veil, the stars shall fall like crystalline tears,
tarnishing the golden city and revealing cracks once wilfully unseen."
As suspicion deepened and the prophecy lay unanswered, alliances were forged in silence and shadow.
From the divide rose two factions:
- The Lux Invicta, forged in fire and radiant loyalty. - The Nox Aeterna, veiled in twilight and guided by silent truths.
To tip the scales in their favour, the gods chose once more—not champions of blood, but of spirit. Mortal worshippers marked by the divine were named the Blessed, demigods gifted power beyond mortal measure.
Those claimed by the Lux Invicta came to be known as the Sun-Blessed, golden and unyielding.
Those claimed by the Nox Aeterna were the Moon-Blessed, subtle and sublime.
As sun and moon divided the city in two, the Fatekeeper returned to Mount Nytheris—once a sacred haven for the gods, now the final bastion of balance.
Neither claimed by day nor night, the mountain stands as a territory of solemn neutrality, bound by an ancient oath sworn by the gods themselves: that no divine hand shall tip the scales within their ancestral home.
Now, war stirs across the Veil.
Not just of sword and flame—
But of faith, fate, and forgotten truths.
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The factions are commanded by four of the Gods, each ruling over their own territory within the divided city.
Among them stand Kaelen and Aurelion—brothers bound not only by blood, but by a sacred oath born in the depths of shared ruin. Their arena hosts events of grand spectacle, where blood is spilled in honour of the sun at dawnbreak, and glory is won beneath blazing banners.
For the Lux Invicta, the arena is more than battleground—it is a sacred proving ground, where strength earns divinity’s favour, and the worthy ascend as champions of the sun.
The city’s red-light district is ruled by Amaros and Seraphyne—a brother and sister duo cloaked in silk and secrets. Their territory is shaped by the will of the night itself, a realm where star-chasers and pleasure-seekers lose themselves in devotion—both giving and receiving worship beneath the velvet sky.
For the Nox Aeterna, the district is more than indulgence. In the centre of it all stands the Pleasure House, a sanctuary of shadowed power, where desire weaves influence, and the cunning ascend as patrons of the moon.
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