Deity

Deities, divines, gods or idols are immortal entities that inhabit the Planes of Existence. They come in various shapes and sizes, at different power levels and with an abundant variety of concepts, dimensions, worlds and peoples to govern. An universal rule, however, is that deities have to interact with mortal life in one way or another, be it by embodying a primal desire or ruling over a populated planet, to be fully considered a deity.

Deity categories
Despite the extreme differences between divines, there are a few simplistic ways to categorize them and group them together. There are four aspects that deities can be judged by: whether they are True or False, and whether they are an Exon or Intron deity.


 * True deities are deities that exist on the Planes of Existence. How they do this or what form they take on doesn't matter, the truth remains that they are real.
 * False deities are made-up by the people that they are worshipped by. They can be the result of a misinterpretation of a natural phenomenon or people mistaking a magickal happening for the handiwork of a non-existing divine. False deities are fictional and only exist in the imagination of those who praise them.

Deciding whether a deity is True or False is nearly impossible for a mortal, since a lack of manifestations doesn't automatically mean that a god doesn't exist. The True and False indicators are also often misused by people to rate a deity's moral compass, which is a case of its own that isn't relevant to any of these categorization methods.

The other essential category that Deities are placed in is whether they are Exon or Intron deities; these are labels that can only be used for True deities, because it determines where these existing entities do their existing, and from where their operate.


 * Exon deities, sometimes referred to as Mortal Gods, are deities that share the mortal realm with the rest of t
 * Intron deities are gods that don't live in the mortal realm, but do so either in a shared divine plane or in their own pocket dimension.

The Magick debate
Magick, being the abnormal counterforce of the laws of nature, has a unique position in the realm of gods and mortals. It's often debated whether it should be seen as a True Intron concept-deity, since it has a realm of its own and directly interacts with mortal life.