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Don't worry I'm not going to type in ever single deity and ask for opinions, no my Home brew campaign is going a little divinely driven and I was wondering if some ideas were too confusing or complicated advice or thoughts would be helpful :)
The setting takes place in a world with 3 main Planes of Existence. The Material Plane, The Astral Plane, and the Divine Realm.
There is a Pantheon of 8 deities in total that reside in the Astral Plane. The Astral Plane in this setting serves as a realm of its own where the stars and constellations are servants, scholars, companions, and warriors for the deities.
4 of the deities are based off of directions of the compass rose North, South, East, and West. They rule the land in the Material Plane and the space in the Astral Plane corresponding to their direction. Each of these four deities had a 'court' a group of followers such as angels or Constellations that take the form of Humanoids, Creatures, or Artifacts. These 4 deities were created by the 'King of Cosmos' (comparable to the god of gods). His rule is far greater than that of his children as he commands galaxies, nebulae, and things beyond sight from the Material Plane.
The other 4 seats of the pantheon are more 'spiritual' deities. They were once archangels of each of the directional deities but moved to ranks of god. They represent Sun, Moon, Comet, and Void (black hole) respectively.
Regardless of their origin the gods are all respected equally, and everyone in the Material Plane acknowledges their existence and chooses at least one to follow their teachings or pray to most frequently.
The gods come with a terrible secret however. Stones of unknown origin each representing a different deity rest somewhere in the material plane. These stones are carved from precious gems and represent a deity in the form of an animal, gem, and ideal (ex. The Golden Ox of Labor). Many occult outcasts believe by communing with a deity and performing a daemonic incantation with the stone in their hand, they can sever some divine power directly from the corresponding deity. These 'Key Stones' once charged, fill a mortal with unimaginable chaotic divine power.
Yet it does not end there, as legends continue to say that more of these stones have been created. They depict certain deity combinations such as; North-East, South-West or Eclipse (Sun & Moon). With this, a mortal may in a sense fuse a projection of two existing deities. The 'projection' has no physical form and does not take the form of both deities used in the fusion. Instead, both deities are unharmed except for being perpetually exhausted. As the projection is incorporeal, often it is a chaotic entity that rampages in fury from having two opposing views arguing and fighting over control of the fusion.
Worst of all, many believe a final means of fusion exists, still. By using four deities, a mortal will succeed in ascending to Divine status, but in exchange create a monster. An amalgamation of deities and animals in a chaotic fury this creature is trapped in the Astral Plane without a vessel to impose any harm. However, its rage can knock powerful constellations or even angels out of the sky and into the Material Plane. With enough motivation, the beast can claw its way up into the Divine Realm and challenge the 'King of Cosmos'. The beast's blood lust will only be satisfied when it has murdered the god of gods, and takes over its form with a chaotic rule and the entire cosmos within its palm.
Thoughts? :3