Characters / Codex Equus Homidivum

Here is a list of the Homidivum, the first Humans to ever exist after their mother Matriarch Eres and the ascendant divine creators, patrons, overseers and mentors of the countless mortal and divine Human individuals, civilizations and races which followed them.

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The Homidivum

Born in primeval times, the Homidivum were the first Humans to arise after their creator/mother Matriarch Eres herself, and later the first Human deities after following their mother in ascension. Like their counterparts such as the Thirteen Empyreans, they would aid their mother in guiding and raising the countless iterations of Humanity and their descendants over tens of millions of years. Like their mother the current whereabouts of most of them are currently unknown, although it is presume they are still alive and still actively guiding Humanity wherever they may be - and with the recent mass return of Humanity in the Fourth Age, some believe it is only a matter of time before one or more of them would raise their heads...

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General

Dunamis, the Homidivum of Power

Classification: Ascendant/Ethereal/Elemental, Parental Deity

Portfolio: Power, Righteousness, Compassion

Rank: Divine (Preeminent)

Affiliation: Humanity, the Homidivum, Metahumanity

"It is not a sin to desire power, only to misuse it. And if we have enough power to do anything... why not do good?"

Dunamis (her entry here) is the Homidivum goddess of Power, Righteousness and Compassion, born one of the first Humans in existence after Eres, the Matriarch of Mankind, and is widely considered among the (if not THE) most powerful and accomplished among the Homidivum. Despite this, she is well known for strong sense of morality and empathy, seeking only to use her great power to help others and do good, making her the first Human hero as well as the mother goddess of all 'Metahumans'.

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• The Ace: Widely considered among if not THE most powerful and accomplished of the Homidivum.
• All Your Powers Combined: Dunamis' power-set came from empowerment by a number of sages, immortals and divines whom she sought out and judged her worthy of yielding their boons after demonstrating her worth in strength, ability and character.
• The Cape: Both literally and metaphorically in attire and character, wearing a white cape as part of her current attire and is unflinchingly pure-hearted.
• The Conscience: Served as this for her mother and Homidivum siblings, owing to her sense of righteousness and doing all she could to stop them from going down the wrong path (and having enough power and persuasion to actually make them listen to her).
• The Determinator: Inheriting her mother's relentless determination, Dunamis' resolve to help others drives her to accomplish countless amazing feats of heroism, even before she got her powers.
• From Zero to Hero: Once an ordinary mortal Human, her desire and dedication to helping her family and others in spite of her initial powerlessness drove her to attain the power she needs to do so, in the process becoming not only the first Human hero but one of if not THE most accomplished and powerful Human mortal/divine in existence.
• Flying Brick: She was one of the earliest known Flying Brick type metabeings on Equus and may have helped codify the modern conception of it in-universe.
• The Hero: THE first Human hero in the Codexverse, and helped laid the foundation for the concept of heroism for Humanity.
• The Heart: Implied to serve as this for her family, holding it together despite their disagreements and divisions.
• Hot God: As a Human god like her mother she has a physically perfect form by Human standards.
• The Paragon: The first among Humanity and one of the greatest known in-universe example, selflessly using her great power to help people and inspire others to look up and dream of doing the same.
• The Paragon Always Rebels: Dunamis' dedication to being The Conscience for her family and Humanity is such that she's willing to stand up against even her own mother if she thinks she's doing something wrong. Eres (mostly) does not begrudge her and is proud of her for it.
• Superman Substitute: Portrayed as this, being essentially a Human mortal-turned-divine Flying Brick superheroine predating Metamare/Paragona by tens of millions of years.
• Strong and Skilled: She received training on how to use her powers and had by this point tens of millions of years worth of experience in using them, making her this.
• Super-Speed: As an empowered superheroine, she was noted to be fast enough to rival magical beings who embodied speed. Her ascension to godhood only made her even faster, being able to cross time and space with ease.
• Super-Strength: When she started out, she could already move mountains and reshape lands as an empowered superheroine, and her ascension only made her far stronger, capable of moving celestial bodies with ease.
• Super-Toughness: She could tank blows that could devastate entire lands unscathed as an empowered superheroine. Her ascension to godhood had only made her even tougher.
• Ur-Example: She is the first Human hero, and one of the first in-universe examples and co-codifiers of the The Cape and Flying Brick superhero as conceptualised in modern times. There could be older ones preceding her, but she is one of the earliest known.
• With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: As she herself noted, if one has the power to do anything, why not do good with it? She sought power only as a means to an end of helping others, and she almost never uses it to help herself as every moment she does that means her power isn't used to someone who need it more.
• Worf Had the Flu: She is currently in a very weakened state due to exhausting herself from tirelessly watching over Humanity across the known universe and helping anyone who needs it, sparing little to no time to rest and recover. Even so with her return in the Fourth Age she is still one of the most powerful active beings on Equus.

Vincere, the Hominum of Domination

Classification: Ascendant/Ethereal/Elemental, Parental Deity, Devourer

Portfolio: Supremacy, Conquest, Domination

Rank: Divine (Preeminent)

Affiliation: Humanity, the Homidivum, Human Giantkind

"The world demands we conquer, or be conquered. And so we shall, until all there is are but an extension of our body and will."

First mentioned in a Drabble, Vincere is the Homidivum goddess of Supremacy, Conquest and Domination. One of the first Humans to ever exist after Eres, the Matriarch of Mankind, Vincere is Humanity's first conqueror, and in her ascension had become the first and greatest divine embodiment of Humanity's drive for Supremacy, Conquest and Domination, as well as the mother deity of Human Giantkind. Ambitious, imperious and covetous, her drive for conquest and control of everyone and everything is such that if left unchecked, she could potentially dominate and devour all of existence, making her one of the most feared members of the Homidivum as well as one of the most powerful.

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• The Assimilator: Her drive for domination is so intense if left unchecked she would make everyone and everything an extension of her body and will, which would effectively result in her dominating and devouring all existence.
• The Conqueror: The Ur-Example for Humanity in the Codexverse, being the first conqueror Humanity has known.
• Genius Bruiser: It's noted that, thanks to being raised by a supergenius polymath like Eres, Vincere is deviously intelligent as she is mighty, and knows how to use her power and domains in brilliant ways to facilitate her conquests.
• Megaton Punch: Or rather, buck, with Vincere being on the receiving end of one courtesy of Gigan Equus, the Empyrean of Change the first time they met when Vincere pissed Gigans off by confusing her with being a 'steed' of another contender, rather than a goddess in her own right.
• More than Mind Control: One of her most insidious methods of conquests, thanks to being a Genius Bruiser, is to pull one of this on conquered lands, saturating recently conquered territories with her power in order to subconsciously manipulate the conquered peoples, to either meekly submit to her if they are week-willed or influencing them into her way of thinking if they are strong-willed. One Drabble depicts an idealistic freedom fighter who hated Vincere and fought for her people’s liberty gradually become twisted in mind and soul into a cynical domineering conqueror who admired and willingly pledged alliegiance to Vincere thanks to her memetic influence, even while the rest of her people were mentally crushed into unresisting subservience.
• Worthy Opponent: She respects those who can rival her might and keep her in check, such as her heroic sister Dunamis, the Hominum of Power as well as Gigan Equus, her counterpart among the Empyreans.

Tharros, the Hominum of Battle

Illvirki, the Hominum of Cunning

First mentioned in a Drabble, Illvirki is the Homidivum of Deviance, Cunning and Ruthlessness, and is the embodiment of Humanity's capacity for those traits as Humanity's first trickster deity and parent deity of its 'Monster' or 'Beast' Human races.

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• Ambiguous Gender: It's not entirely clear what gender they are. Illvirki is often addressed as 'They'.
• Beast Man: The parent deity of such races among Humankind as the embodiment for Humanity's capacity for deviance.
• Expy: Based on various trickster deities of mythology. Illvirki can be best described as the Loki of Equusian Humankind.
• Trickster God: The first Human trickster goddess as the divine embodiment of Humanity's capacity for cunning, worshipped by both guile heroes and devious villains alike.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: No one knows where they are currently, although it's implied they are still around and the recent Human Exodus had caused them to ramp up their activities.

Aleaql, the Hominum of Innovation

Cormagus, the Hominum of Sorcery

Associated

Eres, the Matriarch of Mankind

More details here

Pandora

Mentioned in various entries and Drabbles, Pandora was Eres' first creation in her attempts to create Humanity, and was the apple in Eres' eye on top of being the template which subsequent generations of Humanity would be derived. This was until she committed a transgression which led to a great catastrophe, and for that her mother banished her from her sight. Although both regretted their decisions and how things turned out, the schism between mother and daughter would keep them divided for tens of millions of years afterwards.

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• Antagonistic Offspring: Downplayed. They both still loved each other and regretted how things turned out between them, but it's implied they had conflicts in the past that suggests their division goes beyond the 'Tragedy', with Pandora disagreeing with her mother Eres' approach over guiding the Human race.
• The Exile: Pandora is this among the Human divines and the first to be so, thanks to the 'Tragedy of Pandora'.
• Greater-Scope Paragon: She is noted to had helped various heroes and Humanity as a whole in their time of need, having for example helped Megan resolve a crisis during the First Age.
• Magnum Opus: Pandora was widely considered a masterpiece in bioengineering and/or uplifting even by divine standards, making her one of this for Eres.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Immensely regretted what she did in the 'Tragedy of Pandora', with their mutual remorse keeping both mother and daughter apart over tens of millions of years.
• My Greatest Failure: The 'Tragedy of Pandora' is this for Pandora, having done... something which caused a catastrophe and led to her being exiled from her mother's sight.
• Noodle Incident: No one knows exactly what happened in the 'Tragedy of Pandora', only that it led to a great catastrophe.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Only mentioned so far, but the impact of the 'Tragedy of Pandora' would have profound impact on how Eres guides Humanity's development and with it both its history and that of Equus itself.
• Super Prototype: Pandora was the first Human to ever appear after Eres and is heavily implied to be far superior than her future siblings and racial progeny with frequent

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