The Gods

In the world of Fear & Hunger, the main religion is not yet specified, but there are some books hidden in the mystic libraries informing you about the "Older Gods", also known as "old gods", the original gods.

In the libraries of Fear & Hunger, you are able to learn about the 3 Old Gods: Gro-Goroth, the god of human sacrifice, Sylvian, the goddess of Love and Fertility, and Alll-Merr, the "False God".

Gro-Goroth, the god of Human Sacrifice, wishes for blood to be spilt in his name. If you cannot resist the call of his darkness, he will grant you a terrible power, yet strong for the sin you have committed. Gro-goroth is a curious god, more so than many of the other older gods. To relieve the feeling of fear, he wears bodies and skin of men and women alike. He might still be walking among mankind, masked under the skin of people and hanging bodies, but his presence is fading.

Sylvian, the god of Love and Fertility, created men and women at the dawn of time. She wishes only for an act on love in her name, granting you a bond more serious than you could imagine. Many believe she left mankind behind long time ago.

Alll-Merr, the "False God", born in Jettaiah, raised by a virgin mother and supposedly sired by a "False God". He gathered his 12 apostles to bring back the old world order. Corrupt Kings and Sultans captured Alll-Merr and hung him from the Cross, where he ascended into the city of the Gods, Ma'Habere. He returned back to his weeping 11 apostles and murdered the Kings and Sultans, bringing back the old world order. Alll-Merr is also known as the ascended one and the last of the older gods. They say his mortal remains still lies in the ancient tomb, hidden near the ancient city of Ma'habre.

One of the last older gods to still observe mankind is the Trickster god, also known as the Moon god, the older one. He is a jealous kind and would not share the godhood and the world order with humans and the new gods. He has many ploys to diminish the influence of the new gods, but his motivations seem incomprehensible to the new gods.

There is also the God of the Depths, an old and gigantic being, and still alive. While its body lies dormant in the altar of darkness, its 3 hearts are scattered throughout the world of Fear & Hunger.

Then there is the Ancient One, a pure creature with a soul that radiates the light of an older god. The soul has formed itself inside the body of a little girl. Its mother is the endless one and its father is a man from the prophecies.

After the older gods left mankind, the kingdoms of the world were slowly rotten away and the grand values mankind once aimed for were displaced by defiled principles and practices. Without the guidance of the older gods and in times of great peril a fellowship of 5 people was formed: Francóis, the dominating one, Nilvan, the endless one, Valteil, the enlightened one, Chambara, the tormented one, and then there was Nosramus, the "fifth one", the forgotten one, who never aspired for the same greatness as the rest of the party, whose story bears no listeners.

This fellowship was formed in the year of 809 after the birth of the ascended one, to seek the older gods. Back then, there existed an ancient tomb to the ancient city of Ma'habre that worked as a hub for multiple different planes of existence. A place where a man could meet his maker. It is here, that the fellowship would demand the rights of self-governing for mankind.

Eventually all 5 of them would reach the golden gates of Ma'habre, the very same gates Alll-Mer ascended from 800 years prior that would lead them to their confrontation with the older gods. It seemed like the fellowship had bested all the challenges the gods layed for them, but at the most crucial moment a seed of doubt was planted into the mind of the fifth one. The forgotten one believed what was laid before eyes and the older gods would use this to their advantage. They create a grand lie about the greater scheme of things and the way the older gods directed the flow of mankind. That many people had gone before the same trials as the fellowship. Yet nothing had changed for the better for men as eons went by.

This suspicion created a drift between the fellowship and because of it, only the 4 other members proceeded with the initial mission. The remaining fellowship tore down the legacy of the old gods and created a new world order. An age where mankind decides its own fate by choosing its own gods. In the end the fellowship became the new gods and the forgotten one was never seen or heard again. The fifth one simply disappeard.

Once the reign of a new god has seen its end, the god resides in the grand hall to let the new ones reign for their time.

Interesting note: Besides the 4 new gods, there is also Nas'hrah, the great wizard of Eastern sanctuaries, who acquired an immense knowledge of the older gods and who desires nothing more than to destroy the reign of the new gods. He preceded Valteil as the master of the grand libraries, but eventually came to the conclusion that becoming a new god would not change anything. It would just start a new cycle that would reach the very same conclusion.

Nas'hrah was proceded by Bethel, the new god of enlightenment, who created the grand libraries to store the immense knowledge the world holds. Bethel wished that the archives would one day surpass the knowledge and the wisdom of the older gods. Every new god of enlightenment would from then on dedicate their cycle at the libraries to a certain subject they would decide themselves.

Don't go asking where your faith lies in the Dungeon of Fear & Hunger, many of the dark ones still believe in the Old Gods, even if they have disappeared already.