Before the appointment of Proteus, Genesis took a moment to give the roll call of deities in Avalon.
Genesis, the god of time was the first deity in Avalon, having existed since before time. First appointment was then Astrea, goddess of wisdom. She was followed by Perialaga and Chant, god and goddess of hedonism, Myrkul god of evil, Pericles god of the sky, then Aldaron, god of life.
Next came ineffectual deities; Geolin god of fortune, Pippin god of the muses, Radagast god of the sea, Ophelia goddess of love, Elatar god of the stars, Pendragon god of war, Falorn god of the forests and Icarus god of the sun. Cornelius, god of magic was also appointed by Aldaron at the same time as Elatar.
Then Genesis appointed Wraith, and he has proven permanent.
Following him was Morpheus, god of dreams and then the first competitive ordination, Maedhros, the Hunter.
Maedhros was followed by two short lived deities; Skedric, god of equilibrium and Marianina goddess of the sea - born from the first child in Avalon. Then was ordained Apollo, god of light and Anarchos, god of chaos.
Next in the first fully competitive ordination Castigere, god of justice was born from Sir Galahad of the Mages, followed by Mephisto god of the night from Helkarakse of the Sorcerers. These were both true ordinations.
Diabolus was then reborn from Myrkul, god of evil and then Nostradamus was competitively ordained from Blodwyn of the Seers. Andromeda was also appointed as goddess of dreams.
Then came Orthwein, god of fate from Snowlock the Thief. Some while after Shaitan the Sorcerer transcended mortality in the form of Lazarus god of pain and Annihilus was appointed god of doom.
Cinaed the Alchemist was given immortality as Rhadamanthys god of compassion and then Magellan god of civilisation was brought into being.
Finally we have this spate of appointments, Brigantia goddess of life from Sirona, Xanthe goddess of vengeance from Kylan... And finally Grundy as Proteus, god of the sea.
Damocles, god of chaos was born from Sturge in competitive ordination and Mephisto returned to the pantheon in the late 1080s with a soul much changed yet strangely consistent with his predecessor. A hiatus followed, then a flourishing of quality as Xandamere defeated Kodiak by a hair's breadth to be ordained Malhavok, god of war. This nexus he relinquished voluntarily a century later to become god of doom - but that is another story; an unfinished tale for he eventually manifested a third time as god of the storm, immortal eyes bent covetously on the realm of war and reclaming 'his own' once again.
The next ordination was the extremely competitive contest between Kodiak, seconds away last time from victory and still a Thakrian Loremaster, and the popular Mage Fistandantilus, Prince of Mercinae. Kodiak was victorious by a slim margin and Loki the fire-god was born. Starting what is now tradition of accompanying each fighting Ordination with a high godly Appointment: Tyranis god of war entered the pantheon from the soul of Kodiak's lifelong Loremaster friend Zenichiro.
The most recent ordination was the closest of all, Edgtho the Knight Paladin wresting the divine amethyst in the very last SECOND from Salvador, Prince of Parrius and Master Astrologer. Had it been a second the other way, Salvador would have prevailed. As it was, Edgtho held his head and Aethon, the Sun-God was born.
Elmaethor, god of the stars came into being from the soul of Salvador, full well recovered from his once defeat. His victory was the easiest since Ordinations began, his opponents worsted to such an extent their very names need not be written.
It is the aim of virtually every Avalon player to, one day, become a God. All consider it, many attempt it, but precious few attain it.
