Millennial Mania

When 1000 ME passed by, most mortals didn't realize it - they had their own calendars, and little knowledge of divine prophecy. The Lunar Pantheon certainly noticed, though. The group gathered together and scouted where The Architectss might manifest; they identified four thematic thrones in Paradise that they decided were the Architect's, and waited there for their return. The Architects did not return. After a while of them waiting, Haru manifested and began verbally attacking their faith in the Architects. The nine without bodies yelled at him until he left, but a sense of quiet despair was seeded. Perhaps they were abandoned, they had misheard or they misremembered, maybe they had been lied to? Or maybe it was the end of the world.   The panic festered in each of the nine in different ways. Agamine  just openly panicked, become an anxious and despairing mess that would publicly doomspiral and pester the other gods with nightmare scenario fantasies. Theia, Lily, and Jade led the others in watching the planet below for signs of mortal incarnation or apocalypse, but after twenty-five years of absolute nothing the effort lost its steam. What followed is known as the 'mania' period, as social norms deteriorated and the pantheon's panic infected their closest followers in heaven. Some strange theology came out of this period, almost all of which has been desperately scrubbed from the record (the big exception being the Maradian religion of Ishket, which was reborn at the height of this chaos).   Theia doubled down in zeal and devotion. Lily crumbled into despair and began blaspheming against Halcyon to get her goddess' attention. Orchid decided that the entire prophecy was a lie they told themselves and that the Architects might never be coming back; her resulting arguments with Suwota laid the initial foundations for the pantheon's fights with the Empire of Runeva. Emesh called together the panicking masses and encouraged them to try and end the world ritually (whether he believed this would work or he was just doing it because he could is unknown). Ishkibal retreated inwards, decided to hang out with new people and maybe try some drugs, and had a century of rather erratic policy. Wimbo started going down into Hell in order to give his un-life meaning again, though his adventures' inability to cause lasting change slowly morphed this into Hell fight club. Jade focused more and more on trying to look for the god's mortal incarnations and largely neglected her empire and followers; she allowed her precious Empire of Calazen to fragment, and slipped into nihilism and despair ever-so-slowly as she isolated herself. Hiku  dove into performing for her dead followers and experimenting ever further with magic, forging her Adornments of Eternal Praise during this time to soothe her constant need for validation.   This period didn't spell an end to the old politics and intrigues, but it did lead to generally strange behavior. The height of the mania is generally seen as the Great Debauchment, a massive party where everyone decided to let loose their pent up energy in a 'positive' way rather than talk and cause problems like usual. This is considered the wildest party in the history of the world, as it consumed much of Paradise for several years. It did not, however, fix anything for anyone; in fact, it was an incredibly messy affair that further entangled the personal, the religious, and the political.