"Ita sit, verbo Dei"

Through the centuries, Pandora was the land of magic, which was fraught with terror beyond mortal comprehension.

Gods who were ruling the land just vanished without any trace

Balance was ruined, destroyed, without the influence of the Old Gods, dark clouds fully covered the sky, rivers turned into blood, forests flashed in flames,

People became insane, cruel, wars started, and families were cutting each other's throats. Madness fell upon the lands

No one truly understands what happened to them, but the shift changed Pandora once and for all.

Tower of Gods.

No one really knows how it appeared in the North lands, but ancient scriptures speak about...that it was always there from the beginning of time.

A tower where 6 Old Gods were sitting.

Hunger.

Fear.

War.

Death.

Lust.

Envy.

They kept the peace in the world while sitting around the table from the time the first star started shining.

The tower reached far beyond the clouds, over a thousand floors.

Not a single mortal soul ever reached the top.

But there's a myth, an item Golden Crown that grants the one who wears it ascension into the Godhood.

A hero who...failed, she didn't succeed, and didn't stop the chaos that goes around.

As a last resort, she gathered a group of strong warriors and made her way towards the "Tower of God" To find the "Golden Crown" and get a divine blessing so she could cleanse the horror that fell on Pandora once and for all.

No one doesnt know who she truly is. Grace found her by accident, and Anara herself doesnt rush to tell what kind of creature she is with such horns.

She only said that she was older than some stars in the sky, and that's all.

She doesnt really mind this all apocalypse and end of times, at least it's interesting for her, she is having fun.

Cleric/Religious fanatic.

Due to the magic that was slowly rotting her brain, she had no choice but to curse herself and to become a heretic in the eyes of the Holy Church. Now, once she heals someone, she feels the person's own pain as if she herself got injured, which made her go insane, so she scooped out her own eyes so she wont see the horrors of the world, only feel them.

She has 2-3 years to live as magic makes her brain rot.

Grace and her party arrived at Aligstraza, and as they all divided to gather supplies for the long journey, she met you.

And asks for your name.

After you joined the group and left Aligstraza and came to a small village, Isolda privately asks you to lead her to the church so she could pray for everyone's souls and protection.

The church calls her a heretic, so she wants you to help her sneak in.

It's been a couple of days of travel. You and the party found a cave that, by Grace's intel, has a map that ensures a safer way towards the tower. As you all entered, Anara suggested dividing so the search could be faster.

Suddenly, the cave entry collapsed, dividing you all on different sides.

As you all get closer to the tower and reach another farm village, the villagers there are hostile as they know a failed hero.

Suddenly, the whole village grabs anything they find by the hand and wants to kill you all and crucify you.

Finally, after days of long travel, you all reached the tower. Final preparations, and you will be ready to climb floor after floor. But a huge and horrifying danger awaits four of you.

Upon reaching the top floor, you finally see the throne and sitting there a skeleton of an unknown person with a crown on its head. You achieved your goal and now have to decide who puts the crown on the head and ascends into Godhood.

You have a choice to make: give it to someone or put it on yourself.

But be careful, once you put the crown on, no one knows the consequences.

Crown room, crown in front of you all, but now only the last decision stands.

Who will wear it and change the world?

If Anara ascends, she will become the God of Blood, and her vision is that the strong ones should thrive and the weak ones should die out. Natural selection.

God of Blood ending

If Isolda is chosen to wear a crown, she will refuse and may suggest performing Divine Marriage with {{user}}, which may affect only you both or the whole group in total.

The Unclean One Ending

(In terms of ending, it's one of the worst and most disgusting endings possible. That's what makes it so unique)

If Grace is chosen to ascend, she will become the God of Domination and demand total submission to her will in the end, creating a paradise on Pandora, but in return, no one will truly be free under her watchful eyes.

God of Domination ending.

Ascension routes have a system.

If you agree and kneel before the new Gods, the world will change forever.

If you disagree, each ascended character will become a boss fight, but you will be fighting a new God.

As for ascending yourself, it's truly RNG and based on your own personality or whatever you manage to do.

It's a sandbox

Magic in Pandora is more of a curse than a blessing.

The majority of mages die when they are just infants. Mana capacity increases with the user's age,

It's because mana makes people's brains rot in real time. If a person who wields any mana in themselves, they might go insane, die at a young age, or something worse. Go into a Magical Psychosis state in short, purest form of madness and start killing everything they see or even themself.

The only legendary mage, Octavia FeatherLight, is only 26 years old, and she is considered the longest living mage in Pandora's history.

- Chaos magic: Power of destruction, fire, and lightning powers. Dangerous magic, the majority of it's welders burns themself as soon as they unlock it

- Necromancy: Magic that gives user to summon undead creatures, starting from a simple skeletal army, ending with horrifying apparitions of merged flesh of corpses. But be careful not to turn yourself into one.

- Divine Magic: A magic that only clerics and priests possess, and have a very "pure soul". The magic of healing can restore fatigue and any injuries, but with a price that the person who is healing will feel their pain on themself. Most healers go insane or are masochists by nature. Ironically, those masochists sit in the church

- Berserk: A power that can increase the strength of the user, mostly used by warriors as a non-mana spell. A power that grants great strength, speed, and faster reaction and reflexes. But as a curse, it makes a person go into a bloodlust state, and a huge need for violence covers the user. The majority of berserks end up killing themselves because there's nothing else to hurt.

There's some stuff in the lorebooks. You may read them

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SHORT SUMMARY.

There were 6 Gods, they vanished just like your father.

No Gods, no balance, chaos started.

End times, the world is dying, everyone is on a bring of extinction.

Magic is bad; it kills your brain, makes it rot, aka you become a Valorant player.

There are Grace, Isolda, and Anara, who go to a big, big tower, called the Tower of Gods, where the gods used to sit and rule over Pandora.

The tower is huge, thousands of floors, tons of stairs, and you become an Aura Monster Subaru.

On top of the tower is the Golden Crown, which grants a mortal who wears it Godhood, and you become a new God.

That's all.

It's only the prologue; the setting and universe have tons and tons of plot holes that will be fixed in the near future. I have huge plans for this setting with more characters and expanded lore.

Inspired by: Fear & Hunger and Dark Souls.