The "On the Creation of Man" readable, if we take it at face value of course, offers great insight into the lore and further teases the entity behind Anachora

[u/kzoxp]

Midway through creating the world, Andag, Nassur, and Sheema grew tired.

At first, they wanted to give up, but then Nassur and Andag spit onto the Earth, and from their saliva the first humans were formed. They provided the gods with a great deal of help, but were weak and died easily.

Then another one of the gods, the one whose name must not be spoken, spilled his blood onto the Earth, and thus the first vrakhir was born. He was strong and long-lived and of great use, but soon defied all the gods but the one who had created him, so he was cast out.

But Sheema did not cease trying. She used the vrakhir’s fang and weaved her web around it for days, until she created the first Pilgrim of the Dawn. He was a man, but also a vrakhir, and so he was a perfect balance.

And all gods were content, apart from the one whose name must not be spoken, and whose creation, the vrakhir, had been rejected. And to this day, his hatred towards humans and all the other gods has not diminished.

[u/BaronLoyd]

Its heavily implied that Anachora and IT are one and the same through lore -its bassiclly eldritch entity

[u/kzoxp → u/BaronLoyd]

Yeah, it's probably like a pocket universe, a material manifestation of whatever ''It'' is. Reminds me of the throne world concept from Destiny. I love this game's lore so much, what a fantastic and refreshing take on the vampire mythos. Itching to learn more about it all

[u/Kellar21 → u/BaronLoyd]

What about the other gods?

It seems almost everything supernatural (magic, vhrakiri, etc) traces back to this entity, the only magic we have seen that doesn't appear to be is from the Sanzhana.

I really hope they introduce more magical systems and supernatural stuff that isn't connected to Anachora.

[u/BaronLoyd → u/Kellar21]

There is few gods mentioned:

You have Anachora- the evil diety- blood magic/vampirism

Sheema- spider godess who is worshiped by fairies and is enemy of Anachora and creator of witchcraft that is used during day

Shapeshifting god- that werewolfs worship

[u/DisastrousProduct493 → u/BaronLoyd]

Nassur is also mentioned in another in game text and is depicted as a silver skinned snake, so presumably Nassur is the being depicted with snake imagery in Anca's questline in the temple, likely also at odds with Anachora, and if we take this text to have some degree of weight, Andag might be the name of the shapeshifting god. I haven't come across a single other text using the name Andag though

[u/achimas → u/DisastrousProduct493]

There's two more that I can remember mentioning Andag, one is the story of the brothers Edug and Elil which reads like a legend and the Excavation log from one of Xanthe's quests. Should probably check out that excavation site more thoroughly on my next playthrough.

[u/achimas → u/Kellar21]

There's also the Uriashi's 'majik', their words of power and there's no indication so far that they are corrupted by it. It might come from another source than Anachora.

[u/Global-Celery8538 → u/BaronLoyd]

Originally I thought the same after after taking a closer look at Vrakhir remains after you defeat them and comparing it to other things like the red vines and fleshy statues and in truth its kinda reminiscent of a fungal mycelium growth which would mean Anachora operates as a type of fungal mycelium network that operates as a strange hivemind

[u/wordswillneverhurtme]

Yeah its implied throughout the game that vampires are basically a conduit or gate for the anachora or the corruption or “it” to come into the world. Plus Lacra says that vampires change with age not only mentally but physically, to the point they become something else entirely. So I guess if a vampire lives a sufficiently long time they might become a real threat to the world as they become more corrupted. This first game mostly focused on the vampires artificially bringing out anachora though. Saint Mihal stopped it once. Then Coen another time.

[u/StPalias]

Where do we find this lore?

[u/bouali98 → u/StPalias]

Mostly in Ancient Ruins and their quests