The Seven Gods and the God King
The Seven Gods are eternals who had gained power by stealing Source power from the Veil, separating the world of Rivellon from the Void.
The gods and the races they created are as follows:
- Rhalic — humans
- Duna — dwarves
- Tir-Cendelius — elves
- Zorl-Stissa — lizards
- Vrogir — orcs
- Xantezza — imps
- Amadia — wizards
The Era of Eternals[]
In the time when the world was populated solely by Eternals, the Seven Gods were known as the Seven Lords who had ruled over Rivellon under the God King's command. This changed the moment the scholar Fane discovered that the Veil between Rivellon and the Void was made of Source and presented this fact to the Seven Lords who began to desire this power. After the God King found out about this and had Fane with his family punished, the Seven used Aeteran, stole the Source from the Veil and banished the God King and all other Eternals into the Void. Only Fane, his wife and daughter and few other Eternals escaped this fate.
Creation of the seven races[]
The Seven in their lust for power decided to create the mortal races which resembled them so that they could feast on Source upon the mortals' deaths. They began to wage wars and battles against each other until the God King started to attack them from the Void. Since the Seven could not defeat the God King or push back the Void alone they decided to create a Divine One who would be their avatar and sole champion. By creating the Divine each of the Seven had to give up half of the power they gathered over the years. Their plan was a success and the Divine was able to push back the Void.
During this time the Seven also waged war against the God of Demons the Lord of Chaos. This war reached its climax when the Council of Seven sacrificed themselves to banish the Lord of Chaos from Rivellon and with the defeat of the Damned Ones; evil wizards who summoned the Chaos Lord into Rivellon in their desire for power and revenge.
Divine Divinity[]
During the events of Divine Divinity, the Black Ring disturbed a resting place of a Divine Being and attempted to destroy her through ritual. This ritual was unsuccessful when the angel split herself into three parts and possessed three adventurers, thereby making them the Marked Ones . One of them was Lucian who later, through a daring ritual by a restored Council of Seven, received the blessing of the Seven Gods and became the Divine One. After becoming the Divine, Lucian slew the Demon of Lies, adopted Damian and became the leader of the seven races. He was mostly praised as a god.
Before Divinity Original sin 2 []
Before the events of Divinity Original Sin 2, Lucian discovers that the Seven gain their power from devouring the souls of the dead in the Hall of Echoes . This utterly destroys his disposition towards the Seven and he begins to rebel. During the war with Damian, Lucian's general Dallis discovered an old tomb wherein lay the daughter of Fane. Fane's daughter kills the real Dallis, steals her face and later forged a plan with Lucian to overthrow the Seven and permanently stop the Void and the God King.
Divinity Original Sin 2[]
After the first war with Damian, Lucian fakes his own death and creates a tomb equipped with Tenebrium and protections put in place to fool the Seven Gods and races so that he can steal Seven Gods' Source. Meanwhile, Dallis persuades the Order and Alexandar that the usage of Source attracts the Void and orders all Sourcerers to be shipped to Fort Joy to be purged. Besides this, the Lone Wolves began to hunt down the Godwoken who were the only ones capable of becoming the Divine. The Seven Gods, knowing that the threat of the Void grows stronger, chose their champions and helped them escape Fort Joy. During their escape, the Seven waged a battle against each other and an "enigmatic figure" to gain more Source and protect themselves. After the Godwoken escape Fort Joy, the heroes find the Seven hanged upon a spectral tree. Once the Heroes get into Driftwood, the Seven escape into their "Souls" to find refuge against the Void. There they guide the Godwoken to gain more power and reveal to them the location of the Nameless Isle, a place where the Source lake lies deep within the Ancient Academy . After the Godwoken fail to gain the power, the Seven become blind with fury and attack the Godwoken. Once the manifestations of the Seven are defeated, Rhalic will emerge in the form of a Source Titan and tries to kill the Godwoken but ultimately fails. With Rhalic's death, the Seven are ultimately destroyed.
Notes[]
- The enigmatic figure with whom the Seven Gods battle when the player meets them for the first time in Hall of Echoes is Lucian who was draining the Seven Gods of source.