Nyxas

Nyxas (pronounced Nix-is) is the Cardinal Goddess of Darkness and one of the original Ten Gods known to Djorig. She is the creator of Djorig's moon, Fengrin, the ruler of Sombrus, The Shadowlands, and the Overseer of Erebrum, The Negative-Energy Plane. Nyxas is an extremely popular goddess among the denizens of the night, especially intelligent undead and monsters. She is most often worshiped by humanoids that enjoy the darker passions.

Nyxas is surprisingly receptive to mortal petitioners, always seeking to darken something of her twin brother’s work, in retribution for the lightless space which Lumeth’s blinding stars chase away. Though technically the entire Umbralands is her dominion, Nyxas rarely wanders from her Noctilucent Palace. Within her shadowed halls stands the Erebrumian Gates, the final stop of the River Styx. Though her younger brother Karthex is responsible for seeing each soul leave the Prime Material Plane, Nyxas is responsible for the salvaging of souls back into the energy that formed them.

Nyxas is often depicted as a humanoid figure made completely of the deepest smoke outlined in white, the most outstanding features being her smoke-weeping eyes and her iconic Dagger, Fosbane.

War of Divinity
At the Dawn of the Age of Divinity, before the creation of the Prime-Material Plane and when Primordials roamed free, from the aether of the Astral Sea came ten entities. These self-fashioned Gods came into conflict with the Elder Primordials, and sought to bring order to the universe around them. Leading them was Akaene, the Firstborn. The battles of the newborn Gods and the Primordials were devastating, ripping portions of the Astral Sea open. However, the disorder of the Primordials proved to be their downfall. The siblings were able to isolate and defeat each of the elder beings, as while together the Primordials were indominable, alone they were only a difficult foe. In the final battles, the Cardinal Gods failed to destroy Primordas, the mightiest of the Primordials, and were only able to separate portions of Its essence. They used what remained of Its power to create a new realm, aiming to forever seal away their greatest foe.

The Cardinal Gods started to debate how they would divide their newly conquered realm, but their squabbles started cracking the very foundations they just formed. From the darkness came a figure unlike any they had seen, a being cloaked in flame and shadow that was neither Divine nor Primordial, holding in its hands a scroll of gold and vellum. The being spoke with civility and decorum, informing them that the adversary they fought so valiantly to seal would eventually be reborn if they did not take careful steps to ensure the stability of their newly created realm. Ashmedae referred to himself as a curator of order and divided the fundamental forces between the younger gods as a neutral party. No recollection states exactly what was said, but a contract was formed, a Divine Mandate, one that would ensure the everlasting sealing of the First Adversary and balance of the Inner Planes.

Divine Mandate
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