Powerful beings who become immortal lesser deities known as ‘ascendants’. How one becomes an ascendant is unknown to all mortals. It is exceptionally rare, having only happened a handful of times over the millennia. Ascendants usually take on an ‘aspect’, such as the primal power of another realm or the manifestation of their character - it seems to depend on the individual ascendant.
Scholars often debate if many of the heroes and lesser gods In the myths and legends of the world are actually stories of Ascendants.