Deities

The Deities - also known as the Pagan Gods, Heretic Gods, Old Gods, or just simply Gods - are a race of immortal, supernatural entities who hold control over the forces of nature and the universe, possessing immense powers that only a handful of non-celestial races could compete against.

They are the prime authorities within the religion and/or pantheon that they either established or belonged to, relying on their mortal devotee's faith and offerings to increase their divine powers. They have the duty to maintain the balance of the planet, not only of planet Earth but also of the other extraterrestrial planets with living lifeforms, in order to keep the Natural Order in total balance.

History
According to Khaos, the gods have been in existence before the current humans were, with the Progenitor deities being the "remnants of a civilization built on the sin of hubris". During the Third Genesis Cycle, humans stopped solely worshipping God, the Angels, and the Demons like the previous two Genesis Cycles did, instead chosing to worship different aspects of nature, such as the sky, the forests, the water, etc.

When the Third Armageddon ended, God decided to use the images of gods and deities of the Third Genesis Cycle as an inspiration and began creating the Progenitors - the first gods in existence. Afterward, he used his power to create an event known nowadays as "The Big Bang", forming the foundations for the gods to recreate the universe to their designs.

These gods aren't just merely heavenly bodies or natural phenomena, they are the core aspects of the universe, ranging from Chaos and Order to Life and Death to the Cycle of Creation-Preservation-Destruction to many, many more. They are the Ancient Gods, the gods of antiquity, many of which doesn't even possess a name for themselves, who performed the act of rebuilding the planet and nations after the earth had once again stabilized.

Over time, as the number of gods began to grow and human civilization started to become more developed, the gods formed their own collective pantheons and religions amongst the humans, which attracted many followers across the world. Many of these new gods are as old as the oldest civilizations of mankind, such as Anu, Indra, and Osiris, and there have been multiple generations of gods sired by other gods, such as Artemis and Apollo (sired by Zeus), Ishtar (sired by Anu), Thor (sired by Odin), and many, many more.

As humanity developed and become more civilize throughout the ages, their dependent on the gods started to lessen until one day the gods become unneeded to mankind. The gods themselves lack the viability - the instinct to adapt to their surrounding to something better suited for the habitat like all normal living things - merely "existed" no matter their power. The viability of humanity was exceptional at the time, as though it was slight counting singular humans, their force in sheer numbers was high. They did not have any transcendent beings commanding the vast majority, but they had a higher level of intelligence than all other living beings that was distributed across all of them. This differed from the gods, no matter how powerful, whose acquired personalities were not much different from humans in their inventiveness and cognizance.

Though the gods were omniscient, each could only come to one conclusion and acquire one personality, differing from the threat of the vast number of humans with their large amount of cognizance, their capacity for change. Their desires were boundless, relentless, and unrestrained, causing the world to evolve in accordance. Nowadays, the gods are nothing more than mere figures of faith and worship, simply relics of an ancient time. Because of this, the gods began to lessen their influence over humanity and retreated back to their cosmology, continuing to watch over the world and maintain its order from the background.

Special types of deities

 * Chieftain Deities - Chieftain deities who are leaders and rulers of their own pantheon and religion. Due to this, they are (at least amongst) the most powerful of all deities, often possessing rare and incredible powers. They also possess an authority over the gods of their respective pantheon, which allows them to control/influence the mind of gods within the same pantheon with them, with the exceptions being the Primordial gods, Progenitors, and beings more powerful than them. Some examples for a chieftain deity are Amaterasu (Shinto), Indra (Hindu), and the Jade Emperor (Chinese).
 * Tricksters - Trickster deities are gods or demigods who possess an endless craving for discord, mischief and mayhem. Despite being one of the rarest types of gods, they possess immense powers, capable of warping the reality around them to be beneficial to their desires for chaos. Some examples for a trickster deity are Anansi (West African), Loki (Scandinavian), and Hermes (Greco-Roman).
 * Mother Earth Goddesses - Mother Earth Goddesses are extremely powerful goddesses who possess the power of creation and a strong affiliation toward nature. In the purest sense, they are personification of the cycle of life and death, and according to Khaos, "only when they have fulfilled the wishes of the world, leaving the planet for space and ending the infantile stage of intelligent lifeforms, will they no longer be bound to it." Some examples for a Mother Earth goddess are Tiamat (Mesopotamian), Hera and Gaea (Greco-Roman), and Parvati (Hindu).
 * Gods of Steel - Gods of Steel are gods who embody the sword, being immortalized heroes and villains through centuries (even perhaps millennia) of the idolization and admiration from mankind. Because of their mortal origins, they are much weaker than the average pagan deity, and could be defeated and slayed by the combined efforts of multiple trained and experiened warriors. Some examples for a God of Steel are Heracles (Greco-Roman), Guan Yu (Chinese), and King Arthur (English-European).

Trivia

 * According to Khaos, the Progenitor deities were created shortly before The Big Bang, meaning that they were AT LEAST 13,000,000,000 years old.