Carpenters & Mythos

MYTHOS

In the beginning (The Carpenters)

The Carpenters (a collective consciousness of celestial wibbly wobbley) didn't create the universe, but they did craft the world tree, which is how they got their name. Crafting the world tree and linking up the different realms/worlds, of which there are hundreds. The tree sometimes bleeds into reality where its physical manifestation is wood/tree, which if used in something gives that wooden object extraordinary properties. In fact many objects of note in history and myth can attribute their significance to the wood of the world tree). Similarly, the world tree's doors to other realms/worlds frequently physically manifest as wooden doors.

'''Titan War'''

Going further back, the Carpenters waged a war with a fearsome race called the Titans. They created a race (or imbued an already existing race) to fight for them on their behalf. This race is sometimes referred to as Gracers. When the Titan war ended, the Carpenters designed a brand new world as a prison called Horror for the Titans, imprisoning them deep inside it in an otherworldly cage. Lore tells us that when they are freed, the universe shall fall. In the Titan-Cage there is nothing for them to do, but "fight and fuck" so will unleash hordes of Titanspawn as well as Titans. The remnants of monsters in the universe are allegedly the Titans or Titanspawn that weren't rounded up into the cage.

'''Grudge Wars'''

To reward to the Gracers for their valiant efforts in facing off the Titans and other universal threats, the Carpenters granted them dominion over the mortal races (such as humanity), to rule over and watch over as their guardians and heroes. However, the Gracers grew greedy, selfish and arrogant and chose their own path. It soon caused a civil war between the mortal races as some flitted or fell from one master to another and others caught in the crossfire.

'''Ages of Heroes'''

The Gracers' intended role of guardians then fell to demigods and heroes, then to human heroes, then to undead heroes, until there were no more heroes to be had, with each new era the Carpenters invoked another batch or breed of guardians.