Godwoken

For the graphic novel, see Divinity: Original Sin II Godwoken.

For Origin characters in Divinity: Original Sin II, see Companions (Original Sin 2).

An illustration depicting various Godwoken from Divinity: Original Sin II

The Godwoken are champions of the Seven Gods who have been appointed to ascend to Divinity.

Background

Sourcerers by nature, Godwoken have an innate connection to Source, capable already of wielding its power. They were appointed out of necessity by each god to attain divine power for their race and aid in the sealing of the veil between Rivellon and the Void. As seen on the example of Verdas and Sebille, as well as Lohse, Ifan, Karon and Alexandar one god can have multiple chosen, albeit they can fall out of grace and be abandoned by their deity.

The issues with previously established lore

In Divine Divinity, the god's chosen are referred to as the Marked Ones. However, there are few key differences between them, and the Godwoken concepts. In the case of the Marked Ones, they were not appointed by an individual god to ascend, but rather through a decision of an unnamed divine being, that is sacrificed in the game's intro. What's more, Marked One's ascension required a ritual self-sacrifice performed by the entire Council of Seven.

Cranley Hubwert's origin of the Godwoken

According to Abridged History of Rivellon, the Godwoken are the descendants of mortal heroes who helped to repel the Void in the first Chaos war. Cranley Huwbert refers to Lucian as Godwoken explicitly in his Abridged History of Rivellon.

After the Divine's alleged death, the order of Seekers have been established to find and guide the Godwoken to ascension, but they were disbanded after an event known as the Besan incident.

In the light of Lucian's machinations to close the Void, all potential successors to Divinity were sought out and killed on the behalf of the Divine Order, who also hired Lone Wolves to eradicate all Godwoken.

Several Godwoken were killed prior to 1242 AD, but the gods would merely find a or already have a replacement champion when their current one became indisposed. As of 1242 AD there were 6 such champions who escaped Fort Joy, some tales speak of an individualistic escape and others of a unified one.

The Godwoken that fled the Joy with the help of the disgraced Seekers still following their principles attained further power and insight into their own potential and role with the help of Seeker's leader, Meistr Siva, who shared the knowledge of the Godwoken ritual with them. As it stands, a Godwoken must obtain the skills of Spirit Vision and Source Vampirism to proceed with the ascension.

The gods turned on their chosen, after the latter failed to ascend at the Well of Ascension due to Dallis' intervence. At least one of the Seven was killed in the fight that followed. The Godwoken status of the surviving chosen is unknown after this happened. It is also unknown whether any new Godwoken arises after that point.

Known Godwoken

• Fane - Amadia
• Ifan ben-Mezd - Rhalic
• Lohse - Adramahlihk
• Marcus Miles - Duna
• The Red Prince - Zorl-Stissa
• Sebille Kaleran - Tir-Cendelius

Notes

• Before Ifan ben-Mezd, Lohse had been Rhalic's favored champion until she got possessed. After Rhalic was unable to reach her he started to favour Ifan as his champion. Alexandar is another confirmed Godwoken of the human god; Karon's status is unknown.
• Although there should have been appointed champions for Xantezza and Vrogir, the identity of these champions is not known.