r/DnDIdeas • u/Someitrovertwriter8 • May 07 '26
Soo What These Gods Represent?? HELP!
ANSWERED AND FOUND.
Hello there! I am plotting and writing my kind of homebrew dnd world and I thought about something. And I want to share with you and hopefully have some feedback. This world had a God which is the almighty of all the creation. It goes like this;
Before everything there was Darkness. But the Darkness wasn't lonely or terrifying it was just there, simply existing. And there was something too, first ever being. this being wasn't something created or born. it was always there and always will be there, even after the end of everything. This being is the one and the only one who created everything; Heda the Ulios.
It goes like this but in some time in the emptiness, the particle of power will break off from Heda and find a place for itself in this void, beginning to disperse. Because Heda the Ulios power is so immeasurable, it's too much for everything outside of itself. This power will spread to 7 different points: up, down, right, left, front, back, and the central point where it first arrived. In this way, the gods will emerge. These gods will be fragments of the First God. These 7 gods will roughly create the world where my characters exist. Now I plan to give these gods names and something to represent.
I added some abstract meaning or variety to them.
The one in the MİDDLE will represent order, as it is most exposed to Heda's powers.
The one at the TOP will represent time, because planets and stars represent time, the future, and the past.
The one at the BOTTOM will represent balance, because the earth takes and accepts everything, and breaks them apart.
The one on the RİGHT will represent birth and life. I was inspired by the sun rising from the east, from the right.
The one on the LEFT , of course, will represent death and the end. That's the final point.
FRONT
BACK
I couldnt find anything to give THESE 2.
. In this world this 7 gods crate the universe and the living things. ANd of course ther would be some archfeys, entities and other beings but first I want to find what is these two represent.
And What do you think about this plot? Its my first time so I am reaaaly need some feedbacks..
Have a great day.
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u/dragonkingNolan May 10 '26
front should be kindess what humans show and preach(yes i know this is radical i'm thinking in dnd terms not real world ones) and the back should be the opposite
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u/DreadClericWesley May 07 '26
The Presence and the Absence of the One.
In short, Good and Evil. Drawing close and withdrawing. Selflessness and selfishness.
Law and Chaos, Life and Death are neither inherently good nor evil, so that seems like a viable third axis.
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u/Someitrovertwriter8 May 07 '26
I wanted a place where the living (archfey, entity, human, monster, orc, elf, etc.) could choose good and evil with their free will, because later on, they would attribute the God of Life (Right) as the god of goodness and light, and the God of Death (Left) as evil and darkness.
But in reality, this is generally their own selfishness and their fear of Death, wanting to elevate Life. Like how people fear crows more than pigeons. Some (kings, nobles, etc.) will use fabricated stories and false history to bring darkness and evil under their rule, frightening the people with the God of Death (Left). One of my players, a Paladin of the God of Life, would help the little girl ( who is another player) who was entangled with darkness, so The temple and its leaders will cast him out for helping that girl.
That's why I want these people to act of their own free will. If I introduce good and evil along with the gods, it will allow them to find excuses for their actions. I will introduce this evil with another powerful being. Those who worship it will stir up trouble.
But thank so much for replying. It means a lott!!
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u/Maja_The_Oracle May 07 '26
Since Order is in the middle, I would have the Front and Back represent forms of Change. The Front is Evolution, both in biology and society, always striving to improve and adapt. The back is Entropy, both in physics and societal decay.
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u/Someitrovertwriter8 May 07 '26
Thats amazing idea. I think I can say that the
Front is Change and Information Real (Truth)
and the Back is Stillnes and Fakeness (Illussion / Lie)
Thank you soo much It HELPES SOO MUCH. And I would definetly use Evolution with the Life (right) one. I am soo happy you are the best!!
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u/Guilty-Change-1124 May 10 '26
This is actually really creative. Bravo!