Millennia ago the pantheon looked very different. There were many more gods, and some of them interact freely with the people of Orizon, taking material form and wandering the earth to interact with mortals. Then the Breaking occurred, and nearly all of the old gods died. Some perished simply by being caught in the energies and were torn to shreds, other gods died fending off creatures that tried to attack the weakened plane. Most of the old gods that lasted died in the great Godswar between the gods and the devils and demons of Orizon. As the people were devastated and their world turned to rubble, only the six oldest gods remained to aid them, the others were dead. Over the centuries, new gods began to rise to fill the niches that were left abandoned. Some gods were the children of the survivors, some were celestials, risen to a new height, still others were mortals that had managed to gain divine power and strength.
The gods of Orizon now visibly act mostly as patrons for the domains and aspects that they represent. They empower and guide their worshipers, bestowing magical blessings, whispering in their dreams, sending celestial agents or, more rarely, appearing in an aspect or in person to act directly upon the world.
Direct influence on the world has become rare for the gods, they seek to balance each other and keep any one from growing too powerful. The gods are also distracted by their efforts to hold at bay the servants of the pit and outside influences that seek to destroy, consume, or seize control of the plane of Orizon. In addition, following the Breaking, Soltis considered the influence of the gods on mortals to be one of its causes, and imposed restrictions and laws against excessive meddling.
Within their pantheon, the gods are not truly at peace, they bicker and argue, some oppose each other by the very nature of their aspects, others have more petty motives. The ancient gods rule the pantheon and enforce decorum among their members. They often encourage the other gods to use mortals as pawns for settling disputes.
The gods reside within the celestial manor, which sits at the peak of Orizon’s planar geography, a beautiful mansion surrounded by a lush and lovely garden. The main doorway of the manor acts as a gate to anywhere within Orizon’s planar region, and each of the gods possesses their own individual rooms within the manor, that each maintains and furnishes.
Orizon’s gods can empower the souls of the deceased, sacrificing their own strength to transform the souls that pledge themselves to the god’s service into angels, the more strength sacrificed, the more powerful. These angels often act as the god’s direct representative to the world of mortals.