Old Ones

The 'Old Ones' is the colloquial title given to the pagan gods of the Kretingan Order that once headed the world's most dominant religion. They are innumerable, each Old One merely a facet of a thousand other gods each with their own domain. They are largely considered harsh when punishing the wicked yet just in all matters by their followers, the true wardens of the world and protectors of man. Belief in the Old Ones exploded during the initial period of the fall of the Verilius Imperium, wherein Veriliusi Paganism was overthrown with the uprising and the manifestations of the Old Ones led the nations of the world to overthrow their oppressors. Faith in the Old Ones only began to wane during the March of the Damned that threatened to overtake all of humanity near the end of the Third Era. A lack of protection by the Old Ones and the following rise of the Church of Ignis saw the Old Faith nearly evaporated, reduced to small pockets around the world and the member states that now make up the Kretingan Order. The Order remains perhaps the last hope and bastion of the Old Ones, for if it falls then the religion, too, shall fade into nothingness.