Hourmazd
When humanity was young, the Garden was green, and The Light and The Dark were but a distant consequence on the horizon, there was once one who stood above. Adam and Eve sacrificed and prayed to this one and feared him. Some have speculated he was Cneph, maker of all worlds, and that humanity was a special project of his. Others believe a True God of Earth set up the garden and its tantalizing fruit. Others say it was one god, a God of Humanity, who became just as broken by the Fall of Man as they were.
This hypothetical god of the garden tore himself in half as the first Magisters of the Dark and the Light were born. Humanity had thrown there future into chaos, had divided themselves against their own well being. What they loved, they smothered. What they hated, they were addicted to. The intoxicating totality of humanity's fall dragged down that primordial deity until he too was one with The Light and The Dark.
Lord Hourmazd arose as one of the first voices among The Light. While other Magisters tended to humanity in a hundred different imitations of the Garden, keeping their own pets to themselves as they worked on the perfect strain of humanity to survive. It was Hourmazd who freed mankind's creeds to mix and intertwine, and it was Hourmazd who united The Light into a single force to stand against the depredations of The Dark. He would need to, his own shadow was doing the same for the opposing side.
Lord Az is much like his twin of The Light. They both appear as tall, bearded, powerful and wise men (when they choose to) who seemed wrapped in an aura of light (or darkness in Az's case). Like Hourmazd, the Dark Lord made speeches and entreaties, and eventually united the various squabbling Magisters of Darkness into a single unified army dedicated to bringing humanity down one suicide at a time. Az now considers himself the ultimate architect of mankind's downfall. He is the Lord of Earth, Water, Fear, Madness, Mathematics, and Cacophony.
The two brothers have attempted, over thousands of years, to use the forces of The Light and the The Dark against each other, as if there war was personal. They are often considered the poster-children for their Songs, the most vociferous and trustworthy within their circles. Those interested in furthering their knowledge of The Light are encouraged to seek out Hourmazd in his mountain-top palace. Those interested in falling deeper into The Dark will be keen to know Az is always with them, as the Fear at the heart of all mankind.
Hourmazd is a creature of strict ethical conduct and philosophy. He is reasonable and logical, a master orator and speaker who has a deep understanding of the world on a cosmic level. Unfortunately his is fundamentally flawed in his emotional core. He is soulless and heartless, and empty shell of a god, doing what others call right and good simply because it is all that he knows, all that he has left. He does not care for humanity, he is their caretaker. He does not hate The Dark, he simply opposes it in all things. He deals with everything with a profound detachment that many have mistaken for wisdom. It is in truth indifference. One human is much the same to any other to Hourmazd. Even among his Nobles he sometimes has difficulty telling them apart.
He is lonely though. Empty as he is, inattentive and without compassion as he is, Hourmazd feels even emptier without people to talk to. He enjoys discussing things, debating philosophy, reading and writing as well as meditating and praying. He enjoys group activities. He is, unfortunately, a sore loser.
*Magister of the Light (Soulless & Idealistic)
- a sage or mentor-type, old man of the mountain kind-of-thing
- must have been in on Project Humanity very early on
- his heart was Fire, once, and he took it out and gave it to humanity
- has been tracked with guarding [the Loathsome Armory] and providing weapons to those that join the [Order of the Falling Stars]
- has a whole bunch of ethics and philosophy, but not the slightest trace of empathy or compassion
- I think he wants human contact
