I would say nocticula is probably next after those, with current negative age but not by much
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As for the oldest, some followers of Asmodeus claim that he was one of the first two deities, along with his brother Ihys (whom he later killed). On the other hand, dragons claim that first deities were Apsu and Tiamat, and Dahak is their first-born. Groetus is also very old, even qlippoths and proteans have no record of time when he didn't exist. And while not the first god, Rovagug might have existed as a powerful qlippoth even before divines appeared. Pharasma is at least as old as the mortal races, but there could have been a lot of time between the appearance of gods and the creation of the Material Plane. Zyphus wouldn't be much younger.
By the time Rovagug was imprisoned, many gods already existed:
(...) Among those known to have opposed him were Abadar, Apsu, Asmodeus, Calistria, Curchanus, Dahak, Desna, Dou-Bral, Erastil, Gozreh, Minderhal, Pharasma, Sarenrae, and Torag, as well as numerous other gods from remote parts of the world.(...)
Out of the core deities not appearing on this list, probably only Shelyn was already present at that time, as she is known as the sister of Zon-Kuthon/Dou-Bral, who appears on the list above. Lamashtu probably became a god not long after that; her killing of Curchanus is refered to as the first instance the gods realized they can be killed by someone not of their kind.
Urgathoa was the first undead, and undead were already known in the Ancient Thassilon, so she is probably the first mortal to ever achieve divinity.
Gorum appeared during the Age of Darkness, during the first battles between humans and orcs.
Nethys is said to establish the kingdom of Ancient Osirion and establish Azghaad as the first pharaoh before achieving divinity. That was ca. -3470 AR.
It is said that existence of Besmara as a deity predates the Age of Enthronement by few centuries, and as a water spirit before that by millenia.
Aroden become a god in 1 AR, obviously.
Norgorber was the first to succed at the Test of the Starstone, in 1893 AR.
The date when Irori become a god is unknown, but first missionaries of Irori appeared in Tian Xia in 2187 AR, so it definitely was before that date.
Cayden Cailean became a god in 2765 AR. He is mentioned as the god who (together with Desna) later elevated Kurgess to divinity, so Kurgess is younger than him.
Iomedae in 3832 AR.
Milani only after the death of Aroden in 4606 AR, so she's most likely the youngest.
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depending on who you ask Apsu might have been primordial order before he took on his dragon form, and therefore the first deity.
Though there is some theory that Rovagug might have existed from a universe before and the reasons for his rampages are this universe hurts him and he wants to destroy it all so he can finally die. Of course this theory might cover some of the Old Gods too...
As for the oldest, some followers of Asmodeus claim that he was one of the first two deities, along with his brother Ihys (whom he later killed). On the other hand, dragons claim that first deities were Apsu and Tiamat, and Dahak is their first-born. Groetus is also very old, even qlippoths and proteans have no record of time when he didn't exist. And while not the first god, Rovagug might have existed as a powerful qlippoth even before divines appeared. Pharasma is at least as old as the mortal races, but there could have been a lot of time between the appearance of gods and the creation of the Material Plane. Zyphus wouldn't be much younger.
By the time Rovagug was imprisoned, many gods already existed:
(...) Among those known to have opposed him were Abadar, Apsu, Asmodeus, Calistria, Curchanus, Dahak, Desna, Dou-Bral, Erastil, Gozreh, Minderhal, Pharasma, Sarenrae, and Torag, as well as numerous other gods from remote parts of the world.(...)Out of the core deities not appearing on this list, probably only Shelyn was already present at that time, as she is known as the sister of Zon-Kuthon/Dou-Bral, who appears on the list above. Lamashtu probably became a god not long after that; her killing of Curchanus is refered to as the first instance the gods realized they can be killed by someone not of their kind.
Urgathoa was the first undead, and undead were already known in the Ancient Thassilon, so she is probably the first mortal to ever achieve divinity.
Gorum appeared during the Age of Darkness, during the first battles between humans and orcs.
Nethys is said to establish the kingdom of Ancient Osirion and establish Azghaad as the first pharaoh before achieving divinity. That was ca. -3470 AR.
It is said that existence of Besmara as a deity predates the Age of Enthronement by few centuries, and as a water spirit before that by millenia.
Aroden become a god in 1 AR, obviously.
Norgorber was the first to succed at the Test of the Starstone, in...
I don't have anything to add, but nice work on all that research!
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Yea, though more recent information has more leaned to him being an ascended Qlippoth. Now the Qlippoth themselves are one of the very oldest and could've existed before the Abyss met the Maelstrom, though of course he wouldn't become a God til later.depending on who you ask Apsu might have been primordial order before he took on his dragon form, and therefore the first deity.
Though there is some theory that Rovagug might have existed from a universe before and the reasons for his rampages are this universe hurts him and he wants to destroy it all so he can finally die. Of course this theory might cover some of the Old Gods too...
Technically these aren't mutually exclusive
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I'm pretty sure Cayden Cailean is over 21.
Almost 2000 years old, looks 30, thinks he's 20, and behaves like he's 5.