Gods are a product of natural personification, like limn and stars. The Universal Strata Model suggests that Gods result from the Unreal’s inability to manage the Real. As Real interacts with Unreal to make Reality, there are situations where the Unreal must improvise laws to govern all the Real. As a result Gods exist in Reality as entities made of Real substance that do not obey the same Unreal laws. Instead, Gods are subject to unique rules imposed on them by the altered and improvised form of Unreal that governs them. Despite this, Gods interact and exist in Reality like all other entities.
Creation
Gods come into existence by two means: natural personification or natural subdivision. Only two Gods are known to have come from personification, those being the Gods of What Is and Is Not. All other Gods were created through subdivision.
Natural subdivision is the ability of one or more Gods to divide their domains into two or more sections, creating new and unique Gods to preside over those portions of their domains. If performed by multiple Gods all parties must be in agreement with one another. Natural subdivision is an ability laid out in the laws of the First Epoch Star. It appears that as domains are divided further and together a pattern arises where domains tend to become more based upon emergent properties of Reality.
The Heavenly Lineage Model attempts to classify Gods based on their lineages. Especially based on the relationships of these Gods and the significance of their domains. HLM is used by theogenists to gauge the significance and potency of a Gods power over Reality.
Behavior
Gods are capable of undergoing a process known as dematerialization, wherein they forego their existence as Real entities. It is unclear how this works or where the Gods go, works such as Historical Depictions of Gods and The Nature of Gods have attempted to address this question through studies of stars and historical accounts. Dematerialization can be a voluntary act under certain circumstances, but in most scenarios occurs as an involuntary phenomenon as a result of outside factors.
Natural concentration is one such factor, a phenomenon which appears to alter a Gods physical significance in Reality based on the presence of their domain. Natural concentration is not the only phenomenon which can cause a God’s level of materialization to fluctuate, though it does have a significant impact. Gods may also undergo a negative feedback loop wherein they may become more materialized because of emotional bonds.
Gods who are very materialized but hold a weak presence in Reality are fragile and susceptible to death. As conscious beings Gods do not want to die, and so will assume defensive and offensive capabilities to sustain their survival. To do so, however, the God must further materialize and become more physical. Thus a loop forms, making it difficult or impossible for some Gods to dematerialize.
If dematerialization was voluntary and the conditions are right a God may willfully reenter Reality at their own command. Through natural concentration they may also be rematerialized without their input. The exact mechanisms and mathematical modelling behind dematerialization and natural concentration are not well understood and are an active subject of research by theogenists.
Gods who hold a strong presence in Reality are capable of holding sensual relationships with organisms, although the ability to do so is highly restricted by the Relations Act. Godly unions are known to create two phenomena based on their composition, either creating Demi-Gods or Womb-Gods. Demi-Gods are born to organic mothers, the opposite of Womb-Gods. These phenomena are not well understood either.
Appearance
At the center of a God is their core, a strange invisible structure which constructs their physical body. Gods’ cores are described in a multitude of stars, such as Mortality Revisited, the Afterlife Star, and many stars throughout Death’s Star System. A God’s core grows and shrinks depending on their level of materialization, as previously described.
A God’s core draws in their domain proportionally to their level of materialization. To protect their core Gods who are highly materialized want to be more physically constructed. On the contrary, Gods who are weakly materialized do not need to protect their cores as heavily. This is a major factor in the feedback loop which some Gods may enter, if their domain’s presence in Reality is weak.
While Gods manifest differently each individual God’s bodily shape remains consistent across materializations. The process by which their shape is determined is completely unknown.
Death and Consequences
When Gods are created through natural subdivision the creator God may choose whether to completely or partially pass down sections of their domain to the new Gods. This either creates Higher- or Lesser-Gods, as defined by perennial classification. Higher-Gods are Gods who have complete ownership of their domain, upon death these Gods’ domains cease existence. Lesser-Gods are Gods who do not have complete ownership of their domain, upon death these Gods’ domains are simply given back to their parent Gods.
Gods’ cores are highly susceptible to disruption by foreign bodies; killing a God requires lodging a foreign object into their core. This process is described across many of the same stars which describe their cores. When a God’s core is disrupted the Unreal law which maintained their life is repaired, meaning without intervention that God cannot be brought back.