Category:The Six Gods

"'Dwayna, Balthazar, Melandru, Lyssa, Grenth and Kormir. Please grant me the strength to overcome this turmoil that wreaks havoc in my soul. Six divines, help me.' - A Human praying to the Shrine of the Six."The Six Gods (in short called the Six) are the known holy deities that were the most recent and last creators of Tyria to have shaped the world and its contents to what is known today.

History
Originated from the Proteans, creations of the Elder Dragons, the early proto-gods possessed strength and magical reserves that rivaled even those of their winged predecessors.

With the disappearance of the Elder Dragons, the Proteans took charge in further developing Tyria into what the Maker probably originally intended it to be.

Early Years
The 10 Proteans. Those were the selected Proteans created by the Elder Dragons to carry out their mission on the even finer side of forming Tyria. Many chose where to invest their time and energy into the development.
 * 1) Dwayna
 * 2) Balthazar
 * 3) Melandru
 * 4) Grenth
 * 5) Dhuum
 * 6) Abaddon
 * 7) Nelkor
 * 8) Lyssa
 * 9) Ruusan
 * 10) Hyrian

Over time, Abaddon, the strongest of the 10, had seen a vision of him ruling over Tyria and the other Proteans, to mold Tyria as he saw fit. And thus he recruited Dhuum, Ruusan and Nelkor to his side, who all shared his views. They named themselves the Contrallective, dreaming about ruling over Tyria instead of letting it govern itself.

Dwayna, Abaddon's close equal in power, saw the exact opposite. She was a strict believer of the Maker's will and obeyed the Elder Dragons with her honorable sense of duty. The remaining Proteans heeded her words and sided with Dwayna.

At some point Abaddon nearly managed to bring Balthazar to his side, but in the end, after a long talk with Dwayna, Balthazar remained true to their original purpose.

Duel of Proteans
As far as history books recorded, the Duel of Proteans wasn't a typical battle as the modern races know. This was combat based on the wits and creativity of those precursors.

Abaddon and his followers focused more on the Mists, where they could one day ban the other Proteans to, in order to see through their plan unhindered. However, the witty Lyssa and the cunning Hyrian soon unmasked the plot of their coup. Dwayna, upon hearing the news, instructed her colleagues to double their efforts in the creation of Tyria.

The Contrallective were outraged as the other Proteans were swifter in fullbringing Tyria, before they could master the realm of the Mists. So, Abaddon started corrupting creations of the other true Proteans to claim them his own. Dwayna and her fellow Proteans then decided they wanted none more of it, and charged Abaddon and the Contrallective in the Mists.

Balthazar single handedly slew Ruusan in a one-on-two combat, while Nelkor was aiding Ruusan. As Ruusan fell, his body transcending into the Mists, Nelkor attempted to seal Balthazar away into the same realm of the Mists where Ruusan went. Hyrian however interfered, and inverted the spell by banishing Nelkor there instead. Unfortunately the spell was more than the youngest of the Proteans could handle, Hyrian himself was also sucked into the Mists along with Nelkor.

Grenth, as cold and effective as he was, ambushed Dhuum, before he could even participate in the duel. Visiting him in the Realm of the Failed, Grenth was able to convert the Realm's Ether to his use and completely absorbed Dhuum without any resistance. This happened only due to the severe help that Lyssa provided, by tricking Dhuum into staying in his own realm.

As to how Grenth was able to do so, not even he was quite sure. Grenth saw the Realm of the Failed as a part of the Mists that seemed to accept him. Thus, Grenth seized control of it, branding it the Realm of the Dead. To guide the future deceased of Tyria to this plain.

The only one remaining was Abaddon, who faced down Dwayna and the other Proteans, severely wounding everyone, until Dwayna finally brings an end to his terror and banishes him into the Realm of Torment, which Abaddon has invented himself. This concluded the Duel of Proteans.

The First Tyrian War
There were several more battles that occured, but in the Plans of Existance. Abaddon has summoned his faithful servants and warriors, the Margonites, onto Tyria to destroy the other Protean's creations. Melandru, who had great foresight, planted the Adwetherai while the Contrallective dwelled in the Mists. Thus, the Eladrin, High Elves, emerged as her own loyal minions, later known as the Army of the Gods. The Eladrin were intelligent enough to ask the even older specimen of Dragonborns to join their defense, who hastily agreed to. A world wide war broke out between the ancient first races of Tyria against the Margonites.

With the combined forces of High Elves and Dragonspawn, the battle went on, even after the Exodus. However, ultimately, the allied forces of Tyria proved themselves victorious and destroyed the last Margonites at 10 AE.

The Exodus
The damage that the Contrallective has inflicted was too much for the other Proteans to handle and their Ether would be drained by Tyria should they return. Dwayna creates the Realm of the gods, where their energy would never falter. She then takes her colleagues and friends and they all ascend into the Realm. The Five Gods complete their creations from which they would launch Tyria with, creating the known races from today.

The Sixth God, Abaddon's Return
Abaddon finally managing to lift the seal on himself in the Mists, returned to the Plains of Existance, only to cause trouble. Albeit, the Fallen God was severely weakened and now had no allies to aid him. Still, the Five Gods have already ascended and were no where to stop Abaddon's second invasion.

It was at this time, that the races of Tyria took the matters into their own hands, forming Destiny's Edge, probably the strongest guild to have ever existed to destroy the reemerged Margonites and Abaddon's presence on Tyria.

One of the guild's heroes used a powerful spellbinding circle to doom Abaddon back to where he came from, on the cost of her own life. This was no other than Kormir.

The Five Gods watched from the Mists, as they couldn't reenter Tyria in their current state. As Kormir succeeded in banishing Abaddon a second time, the Five then resealed the Realm of Torment, this time locking him away for eternity.

Recognizing Kormir's incredible resolve, sacrifice and sense of Justice, Grenth transferred her from the Realm of the Dead directly to the Realm of the Gods, where she was announced the Sixth God of Order and Light.

Constellation
The Six Gods consists of:
 * Dwayna - The High Goddess of Healing, Air, and Life (stated as head of the pantheon)
 * Balthazar - The Heroic God of War, Fire, Strength and Courage.
 * Melandru - The Mother Goddess of Nature, Earth and Growth
 * Lyssa - The Witty Goddesses of Beauty, Water and Illusion
 * Grenth - The Magistrate God of Death, Ice and Darkness.
 * Kormir - The Newborn Goddess of Order, Light and Truth