Gods

The Progenitor
Long ago, Ardonea was brought into existence by Alios the Worldsire, Lord of the multiverse and sole creator of planets. He was not a god but something greater, a mighty celestial being who could shape planets, though not without time and considerable concentration and use of his power.

The Hunger
Opposing Alios was the Hunger, a formless dark mass consisting of nothing more than an endless maw, a truly ravenous being that existed only to destroy the creations of the universe in an attempt to quench its unending hunger. It came into being slightly after the Worldsire, allowing it time to feast upon the worlds he had built without his immeadiate knowledge.

Ardonea's birth and the clash
As Alios created Ardonea, he became aware of the fate of his other worlds, being devoured by the Hunger as he worked tirelessly to create new ones. Not willing to lose his newest creation, Alios confronted the Hunger, and their fight shook the multiverse, beings from all of Alios' planets witnessing a clash of immeasurable proportions. Their battle lasted yars, until eventually the Hunger was cast down by Alios and sealed in an alternate plane, one of emptiness and nothing. It seems Ardonea had survived its first trial.

The Nine
Exhausted with his battle with the Hunger, Alios called forth nine lesser aspects of himself to watch over his new world, the nine being: He created them in perfect balance, each having a god of completely opposing ideals save Eventii, who merely remained the marker for true neutrality. However when descending to Ardonea from their celestial plane, the gods felt exhausted, a heavy toll exacted for travelling to the material plane suddenly.
 * Jugen'Tor the Primarch (chaotic neutral), god of savagery, domains: chaos, luck, trickery
 * Varislo the Adjudicator (lawful neutral), god of justice, domains: death, law, magic
 * Mirathos the Great Warden (lawful good), god of valour, domains: good, law, protection
 * Delinia the Purity (neutral good), goddess of the sun, domains: good, healing, strength, sun
 * Mataeos the Schemer (lawful evil), goddess of machinations, domains: death, evil, law, trickery
 * Luferious the Tainted (neutral evil), god of darkness, domains: death, evil, destruction, war
 * Eventii the Ambivalent (true neutral), goddess of balance, domains: death, earth, fire, plant, water, air
 * Wendelen the Vigilante (chaotic good), goddess of zealotry, domains: chaos, protection, strength, luck
 * Uraskol the Ruination (chaotic evil), god of desolation, domains: chaos, evil, war, strength, destruction

The Primals and the Hunger's corruption
Seeing that his children had not his gift for developing new worlds, Alios created four primal elementals to shape the land in their stead, the four elements being fire, water, nature and air. Together they sculpted the new land as Alios rested, combining their talents to create mountains, plains, forests, jungles and oceans. It was not long before the first new life sprouted forth, the gods amazed by the first living creatures beside themselves walking on Ardonea. Noticing their prensence was unneeded, the gods began a watch rotation, eight resting while one watched for a hundred years, unable to contribute to the elements' work and so conserving their power should the Hunger return. This age of beginnings lasted centuries, the active gods coaxing evolution in their desire to see what would become of the basic lifeforms, the inhabitants slowly developing into the races at present day.

But the Hunger's corruption, lingering deep below the earth, was eventually brought out by the earth primal as she moulded a deep chasm. The essence of the Hunger corrupted the four, and twisted them into beings no longer fit to be called elementals, their once primal forms becoming corporeal and fixed in the material plane. It also instilled the notion of destruction into their minds, and the once elementals became more akin to demon gods, unleashing death and destruction on the land. They rallied the most powerful creatures under their banners and fought each other for territory, seeking to be the dominant force in the land. They emerged forth with fiendish sentience, naming themselves: The dark ages had come, and Ardonea wept blood as peace was torn asunder. Uraskol, the active god at the time, watched intently, this result pleasing him immensely as the lesser creatures slaughtered each other in a vicious cycle. Chaos had come to Ardonea.
 * Erucilyx (water)
 * Ignah (fire)
 * Nazuria (earth)
 * Vesparion (air)

The intervention of Mirathos
After 72 years of death and destruction, the changing of the watcher occured, Mirathos replacing Uraskol as supreme overseer. What he found shocked him, the mortal races locked in a deadly struggle as the now demonic elementals spewed forth new foul monstrosities. For the first time in centuries, a god descended to the mortal world. The mortals were confused by his presence, thinking him another creation of one of their demon lords and so turning their weapons at him. But the strength of a god was great, and he smote easily the fools who assaulted him. With the other gods sleeping and saving their powers, Mirathos took it upon himself to rid Ardonea of this new evil, fighting a year-long battle against the corrupted elements. At the end of it, he sealed them away in the Astral plane, so that their powers of creation would still fuel the world yet their destructive intent could not harm it. The four sites where he locked away the demons have long since been forgotten, but without them the world would slowly die. After this, he woke the other gods, abolishing the old watch in fear Ardonea be fully consumed in chaos. Much argument was had, as each god has their opposition negating their interests save Eventii. It was eventually decided that all would watch, but none would intervene save the return of the demon lords, as it would overtax them to the point where they would be powerless before the Hunger should it emerge again. Returning to the celestial plane to recoup his godly powers, Mirathos departed Ardonea, leaving the broken world to the best healer, time.