Gods

Of all the great beings, gods have had and continue to have the most tangible and direct influence in the world.

After putting the basic building blocks of the material planes in place, and creating the first people (giants), the celestials largely stepped back and left the design and management of Rojopotis to the gods.

Empowered by the powers, each god has a particular portfolio and they vary greatly in divine power. What all gods have in common is immortality, the ability to cross the Astral Sea and return, and the ability to hear the prayers directed at them by mortals.

The first gods, born as giants and granted divine power by the powers, wallked the surface of Rojopotis. They warred along side the giants against the dragons and their mother Tiamat. Then, for good measure, they warred against giants and one another. All the while though they were creating things: plants, animals, geological features, and eventually, people. The world was always changing. It's difficult to imagine exactly what the world looked like at this time, since it was before the Council of Arcadia which established the division between land, sea, and sky.

After the War of Air and Fire and the resulting Age of Darkness, the gods have taken a step back from the material planes. There is no formal rule, but there is an understanding that gods should not interfere directly in the affairs of mortals on Rojopotis.

Some gods still live in fortresses in the Elemental Planes (though most of these have been abandoned), or other lesser material planes. Many have created their home right on the outer coast of the Astral Sea, so they still have one foot in the Inner Planes, the material world, but they live in the Outer Planes, which has the advantage of allowing them to build a Heaven for souls that follow them.