Old Ones
The name Old Ones refers to various groups of gods and god-like entities. While they share the same name their relationship is unclear.
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Old Rulers of the Realms
The gods that ruled the Mortal Realms before and during parts of the Age of Myth, some originated before the Mortal Realms camer to be. They were cast down by Sigmar's Pantheon in the Age of Myth. They are occasionally known as Old Ones or Old Gods.[1a][4a] Many of the Godbeasts, both those that opposed and allied with Sigmar's Pantheon, were also known to have ruled over parts of the realms.[3a]
Known
- Dreaming God: killed by the combined might of Nagash and Sigmar. Part of its corpse was used to make the foundations of Nekroheim.[1a]
- King of Broken Constellations: One of the primordial rulers of the Realm of Azyr. Killed by Sigmar.[3a]
- Obsidian Eel: A god imprisoned in chains of shadow by Sigmar and Malerion.[3a]
- Ravok: The Canopy Dancer. It was defeated by Sigmar and Alarielle, saving the Sylvaneth from it's madness.[3a]
- Yahm: Old God of Rivers. Defeated and imprisoned by the Pantheon of Order.[4a]
- Symr, the First Fire[4a]
- The Devouring Light[4a]
- The Abyssal Dukes[4a]
Creators of the Seraphon
The Old Ones were beings of great intellect and power that possessed a great design for all of creation. They travelled the stars in majestic silver ships, bringing servants that were granted a portion of their might such as the original slann. They built the first temples of the Seraphon in the distant past that act as relays and reservoirs for the power of magic, as well as possessing great arcane technologies that would one day transform them into the ziggurat-ships of the Seraphon fleets.[2a]
Technology
To the Old Ones, science and magic were one and the same and wielded arcane power to shift the laws of reality to their will. Many techno-sorcerous relics left behind by the Old Ones from the sunbolt gauntlets to the reality-warping power Engines of the Gods are now being used by the Seraphon in their endless war against Chaos. It is possible that the the Old Ones created the Realmgates as ancient Azyrite texts mention an enigmatic race involved in their creation. The slann seem to possess knowledge concerning the functioning of the inter-realm portals as they are able to teleport their servants through the aetheric void with a thought and manipulate the Realmgate network to send enemies astray.[2a]
Personifications of the Old Ones
The Seraphon worship a wide variety of deities, including the original Old Ones that created them. However, the Seraphon have long forgotten the identities of these creators, having lost much of their lore and history due to unending war and the destruction of the World-That-Was. So as a result the Seraphon have turned to worshipping personifications of what they believe the Old Ones were like.[2b]
Known
- Chotec[2d]
- Huanchi: Known to be inscrutable.[2b]
- Itzl: The Father of Beasts.[2c]
- Tepok: Known to be stealthy.[2b]
See Also
Sources
- 1: Hallowed Knights: Black Pyramid (novel) by Josh Reynolds
- 1a: Chapter Twenty-Five, pg. 435
- 2: Battletome: Seraphon (2020)
- 3: Soulbound Core Rulebook
- 3a: Chapter Ten: Religion & Belief
- 4: Soul Wars (novel)
