Aelthar - The First Word

God of Order • Law • Language • Origin

Who Is Aelthar?

Aelthar is the First Word—the god of Order, Law, Language, and Origin. He was the first to awaken in the void and inscribed the Prime Glyph into reality, forging the laws that govern the known world.

> Imagine a divine archivist, a god composed of ink, silence, and law. He did not speak creation into being—he wrote it.

He is the one from whom all glyphs descend. The very language of magic, the threads of reality, and the concept of structure are his doing.

Domains & Spheres of Influence

> Aelthar’s power shapes the very fabric of reality.

• Order - Structure incarnate; opposes chaos at every turn.
• Language — Source of all glyphic script and magical tongues.
• Law — Embodiment of divine truth, beyond mortal statutes.
• Origin — Fount of glyphic power and the laws that bind existence.

Divine Symbol

> A single eye encircled by glyphic rays—ink made sacred.

The Eye — Clarity, omniscience, objective perception.

The Writing — Sacred syntax, the “first fractals” of glyphic power.

This symbol is often branded on sacred architecture, tattooed on high scribes, or etched into ritual knives.

Glyphs of Aelthar

Aelthar’s glyphs embody truth, law, and the shaping of reality itself. They are stable, powerful, and dangerous when misused—perfect, like architecture written in divine ink.

Tier 1

Scriptum — “Seal of Truth”

Form: Vertical line flanked by mirrored curling horns, bisected by a dot, enclosed in a square.

Effect: Lies become physically painful—deception stammers in the throat or causes discomfort.

Common Use: Carved into trial halls, courtrooms, and oathbearers’ skin.

Praeconis — “The Herald’s Mark”

Form: Upward-pointing arrow piercing a central eye, flanked by three horizontal strokes on each side.

Effect: Amplifies truth—words carry physical weight and clarity.

Common Use: Etched into envoys’ throats, arbiter staves, and sacred messengers’ seals.

Forma — “Shape of Order”

Form: Symmetrical frame divided by intersecting lines, centering a diamond.

Effect: Reveals and enforces the most stable shape—encouraging crystalline structures or realigning flesh.

Common Use: Stonework harmony, flesh-reshaping rites, walls claimed unbreakable.

Tier 2

Structura — “Framework of Reality”

Form: Hexagonal lattice of perfect symmetry, each spoke ending in a fixed point like anchors nailed into existence.

Effect: Grants fleeting dominion over a single natural law—stones hover, walls reform, halls twist on themselves. Precision is crucial; miscasts shatter reality’s fabric.

Common Use: Reality-weaving rituals, skeletal binding of the dead, experimental domain creation under strict supervision.

Ordo-Lumen — “Light of Order”

Form: Radiant triangle encircled by beams—a dawn without sky.

Effect: Peels back illusions to reveal truth; light is not brightness but unrelenting clarity that scorches deceit.

Common Use: Sacred interrogations, cleansing rites at temple thresholds, ritual doorways that bar deception.

Tier 3

Lex Verum — “Law Made Clear”

Form: Dual spiral bound by symmetry lines, coiling toward inevitability.

Effect: Aligns intent and outcome so no action escapes its echo—consequences are woven into reality itself.

Common Use: Sealing divine contracts, forging unbreakable pacts, inscribing prisons that contain choices as well as bodies.

Tier 4

Veritus Prime — “The Glyph of All Glyphs”

Form: Sprawling lattice of fractured symbols spiraling from a central eye.

Effect: Encodes reality at its root—witnessing or wielding it can cause holy madness, flesh to rewrite itself, and the fabric of existence to unravel or rebuild.

Common Use: (Legendary) Only Aelthar himself ever carved it in full; all others perish or become doctrine. Kept sealed in vaults of unnameable stone.

Worship & Rituals

Aelthar is not praised in frenzied worship but honored through meticulous practice.

- Temples: Perfectly symmetrical, fractal-echoing halls built as living glyphs.

- Inkwrights: Devout scribes who tattoo Aelthar’s symbols into their flesh for both worship and power.

- Rituals:

1. Mirrored Prayers at Dawn — Reciting prayers in reverse order to reflect divine symmetry.

2. Burning False Texts — Purging lies by immolating written untruths.

3. Sacrificing Tongues of Liars — Offering the tongues of oath-breakers as proof of justice.

4. Daily Truth-Logs — Maintaining written records of one’s actions and vows.

Role in the Facture War

When Nehra-Tun sought to corrupt the very glyphs of reality, Aelthar made the ultimate sacrifice:

- Self-Fracture: He shattered himself into three divine fragments—

- The Voice

- The Eye

- The Hand

This act split the Prime Glyph and prevented any single being from wielding its total power again, creating the first schism in divine order but saving existence from collapse.

Sacred Sites

- Basilica of the First Ink — Houses Aelthar’s quill-hand, eternally inscribing reality in divine script.

- The Silent Lectern — Contains an uncarved slab of the Prime Glyph; gazing too long erodes memory.

- Echo Codex — A sentient tome that records true thoughts rather than spoken words, revealing hidden truths and betrayals.

Where Is He Now?

- The Voice speaks through fractured prophets, delivering binary riddles in hidden sanctums.

- The Hand scrawls glyphs unbidden across void-space, leaving cryptic inscriptions in empty skies.

- The Eye remains sealed in a nameless monastery, guarded by monks who have removed both tongue and name.

- The Word endures in every written truth, law, and glyph—Aelthar’s silent legacy lives on in ink and stone.