Divine Tiers

Though there are many gods within the world of Xardia, they each hold a level of power that theoretically, any individual could reach. The reality of the situation being no spirit manages to reach such a point generally. Those that have reached such a point are divided into tiers however, sometimes vaguely by their followers, and accurately by their peers.

The bare minimum requirement to refer to someone as a "Divine Power", and as such to count on this list, is to have obtained divine energy, and reached a certain tier of power. Then upon their "death" their soul being claimed by wherever such a divine power stemmed from. Often this is done when a single individual's personality perfectly represents the divine entity's chosen domain, favoring the soul.

All divine beings follow the chain of power found below, with there often being thousands of Demigods following dozens of Lesser Gods, that then feed their power directly into the single Greater God ruling their domains.

Awakened

Supposedly, the term given to a being whom supersedes even conceptual creation. Beings that can create worlds, concepts—universes. Little is known of this tier, and there are no known worshipers. Supposedly, an awakened being created Xardia, and its surrounding universe before separating itself across that universe to form the first concepts and greater divine powers.

They are beings whom have learned their own true name and have awakened to a power beyond the rules of Xardia. This power's variability is immense, ranging from barely comparable to a demigod to holding the power to defy the entire Pantheon alone.

Concept

Less a true sapient creature, and instead a metaphysical sentient force representing a fragment of reality itself. These entities have generally existed since the dawn of the universe. Beings such as "Death", "Life", "Time", "Emotion", and so forth. Each of these concepts are spread across all of reality. Generally, they do not directly intervene and instead act by enforcing their beliefs on the greater gods that represent their concepts.

Greater

The upper limits of a Divine Power, these are beings whom represent entire aspects of creation for a single world. Beings whom are named for powerful concepts such as "Light" or "Time". Separate from their parent concepts, they are instead bound specifically to their own world and have little power outside of it. A planet will generally only have a Pantheon of ten to fifteen true Greater powers with the various Lesser and Demigods enforcing their powers from there.

Lesser

Those that have managed to reach true Divine Power and formed their own personal permanent Demiplanes of grand expanses connected to the Aether, and their bound world are known as Lesser Divine Powers. They generally handle greater concepts that reside beneath their Greater parent, such as a god of the "Sun" underneath the Greater Power of "Light".

Idols

Beings whom hold power comparable to proper gods but instead are bound to the Material Plane. They are capable of feats that can shape worlds and are generally beings that have refused proper godhood after reaching the point of Demigod of their own merit. As such, they rarely traverse into the Planes and instead linger on the Material Plane for various reasons of their own. When a being that has died represents the purest form of a concept, they can be offered to become "Avatars" of that concept, granting them the immediate Divine Power of an Idol.

Vestige

When a being of Lesser or higher power is slain, they have reached a level of power that they cannot be truly "destroyed". These beings instead shatter and re-form into something new, with fragments of their old personalities and memories. These beings are generally much weaker than their original form, and no longer hold a proper Divine Aspect. Instead, they are incredibly powerful spirits bound to the world holding the dregs of their original Divine power.

Demigods

When a mortal has managed to properly ascend, regardless of the method, they acquire a fragment of Divine Power. This introduces them to divinity, and allows them to connect to an aspect of reality. Generally something highly specific such as a single moon, a mountain range, a series of famous wars, or one large forest they were closely bound to in life. They take physical form and are bound to the Material Plane generally, only able to visit the planes and Demiplanes associated with their parent Divines.

Household

Often referred to as a "Household God", these are beings that are technically not true Divine Powers. They have no true aspect, however, they have managed to acquire dregs of Divine Power through the Mental Energy provided by worshipers. As such, they are viewed as even weaker than Demigods worshipped by a village, or even a long line of family members. They are bound to their worshipers, and entirely reliant upon them to maintain the little Divine Power they hold. They are generally compared to very weak War Powers bound to a single location.

Avatars

A vague concept that is less a direct rank, and more a powerful extension of a diety. Theoretically, an Avatar could be stronger than even a Greater Power. However, this is incredibly rare. Avatar's are the physical manifestation of a being bound to the upper planes due to their power. Thus allowing a being of the tier of Lesser Power or higher to still interact with the Material Plane despite being unable to actually visit it directly. Most are a step beneath proper Demigods, but their true powers can vary. Such as the Avatar's of "Death" being comparable instead to a Lesser Power or Idol as a "Reaper" for a planet.