Post by ColdOrchestra on Apr 7, 2015 15:16:29 GMT -5
Hi Daniel,
I tried to do this once, and did chart all of the known beings. There’s a lot of rumours between them because it’s like trying to name ancient gods – or it is. We’ve deliberately kept it open for people to create their own, but I can list those who do exist.
One assumption you did incorrectly make is that there were thirty originally. It’s not known (or stated) how many there were before the shattering and the Wars with Gods, and so many were destroyed in the intervening periods that it’s impossible to work it out. The best guess is The Basilean Legacy, pg 14 which talks of how Basilea has raised temples to the seventy-five original Celestians.
There are twenty-seven Wicked ones trapped in the Abyss. The most terrible of them is Orksan, the Father of Lies, whose other half was destroyed in the war. Gharkan the Black, Durunjack, Ariagful, are amongst a few of them. Ba’el and Winter are separate ones who are not parts of this group. Winter avoided or escaped by unknown means, and Ba’el was raised from the dead.
Many of the Shining ones now reside in Basilea, although not all of them. Mescator and Velendor are amongst these.
I’ve checked with our Studio Manager on the subject, and the critical piece of information is that we’ll never actually publish a comprehensive list of all of them, so people can create their own. If you create any yourself to add to your own corner of the background, send them in, and I’ll see if we can add them to the book. Personally I wanted to make a ‘Headsman’ unit of Abyssals who were slaved to the Wicked one of Justice…but that’s just me.
Hope that helps!
Dave
Mantic Games
www.manticgames.com
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