History & Current Events
Ancient History
Kinship was created by the Primordial Gods ("The First Ones") as a barren, neutral ground for their divine children to settle disputes without harming populated worlds. Gods of all kinds, from millions of universes, came to Kinship to settle their disagreements.
Methods for settling disputes included one-on-one battles, casual games (hide and seek, card games, rock-paper-scissors, etc.), and even full on wars. Kinship was most commonly used to settle squabbles over who could take possession of a planet or universe's prayers, a common food/energy/power source for deities.
As Kinship was generally "off the beaten path" and less closely monitored by the Primordial Gods than other planets, some gods used the land as a testing ground for their various experiments. Others, who lacked the physical, mental, or divine strength to fight their opponents directly, or were perhaps just lazier than their brethren, began "borrowing" species from other universes to fight on their behalf. Some actually abducted populations, while others were created from borrowed "blueprints". All native life on Ognos can be traced back to these early populations. Some modern day characters and Astrofel may be transported to Kinship from other places or times after stumbling across ancient traps or tools.
After a particularly nasty war in which gods and mortals both suffered heavy losses, the Primordial Gods intervened. They issued a proclamation that several mortals would be granted divinity and tasked with defending and caring for the planet. These gods settled in various places throughout Kinship, but the conflict didn't end there.
Huxu, Aomete, and Dzoana, three sisters who received divinity, selected the island of Ognos and its Valka population as their own, but Hivhur and his mate, Ymius, who backed the humans, tried to intervene on their claim. Rather than put the world through another divine war, the five grudgingly agreed that whichever race had the highest population, most devout followers, and most social power would determine the hierarchy of the gods.
While the gods were prevented from directly influencing the mortals with their divinity, they were permitted to select Chosen and utilized other similar loopholes to their advantage. As a result, many deity-influenced wars were waged over the thousands of years since and the hierarchy of the gods changed many times depending on the outcome. Some scholars believe meddling deities were even responsible for the Silent War that kept Valka and humans at odds for over three hundred years.