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Divinity: Perhaps the most important topic I should cover is Divinity. So, the known world (well, known to Divines, Mortals only know about one half) is divided in half. There's the Mortal Plane, and the Divine Plane. The Mortal Plane has a near-countless number of residents, that is ever increasing. However, these beings have little power.. Yet great importance. These beings are chosen, and raised to be the residents of the Divine Plane. In the Divine Plane there are much less beings, though these beings guide the Mortal Plane with an invisible hand. However, despite this, usually this is done unconsciously, as usually they are just as self-centered as most Mortals. (a few however do try to help)

In the Divine Plane the number of people that can be alive stays the same. When a Divine dies, a magical weapon (creatively named a Divine Weapon) falls to the Mortal Plane. Most Mortals that touch this Divine weapon are hit with a powerful spell, depending on which Weapon it is. (for example: Anyone who touches the Divine Sword of Fire will be struck with a sensation that feels as though they are on fire, though depending on how long they hold it, they will actually be unburned. Touch the Sword of Illusion, and you will be struck with constant hallucinations, until you stop touching. Touch the Chain of Time, frozen in time, etc.) However, there are two ways this will not happen. Either you have something that lets you avoid the spell, (no putting a cloth around your hands will not work) or you are the correct Mortal.

To explain the latter, the residents of the Divine Plane are drawn from the Mortal, through method of reincarnation. (technically speaking there can be two Divines of the same type, at the same time, but only one active, and the active one will die by course of the inactive one's lifetime) As soon as the incarnating Mortals touch the weapon, of their Divinity, a Divine will usually come and immediately take them to the Divine Plane.

The Royal Pets: The Great Beast, and Great Dragon are beings of unknown origins, that surpass the power of most Divines, themselves. Only few have ever bested them, and never has an army. Only certain Divines ever seem to have the power to best them, and to get this power one seems to need the favor of fate, not the favor of strength. It is for this reason that they are often used as peacekeepers. Each of the two main lands of the Divine Plane are said to be their territory, and some say they created these lands, and the entire Divine Plane themselves.