O'lo
Overview
O'lo is the god of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. While other gods wage war or impose protection, O'lo observes and understands. Wisdom is not about collecting facts. It is about understanding patterns and cycles of the world.
Nature
O'lo does not speak in commands. Those touched by O'lo do not receive answers. They receive the ability to see the question clearly. Understanding comes as sudden insight - something you figure out yourself, not something told to you.
O'lo gives understanding, not knowledge for its own sake. Many people can gather facts. Understanding is different. It is seeing how facts connect, how events relate to causes, how the past shapes the future. O'lo's followers seem to know things they should not. They are not reading minds. They are reading the structure of reality itself.
Followers
A group of ancient scholars, before recorded history, named as The Wise Ones, claim they are descended from those who followed O'lo in ancient times. They are keepers of knowledge and interpreters of prophecy. Whether they are genuinely descended from O'lo or simply inherited a tradition they believe comes from godhood is uncertain.
What is clear is that the Wise Ones know things few others can access. Their insights are often disturbingly accurate.
Perception
O'lo is a silent god. Those touched by O'lo rarely announce it. Knowledge from O'lo is quiet and personal. This makes O'lo hard to prove, which is why many people dismiss the god as myth, even when the old gods were dominant.
Mahol
There is a mystery that has haunted scholars for ages. Mahol, the ancient being who claims to have been an emissary for O'lo, speaks of the god with a familiarity that goes beyond reverence. He speaks as though he knows O'lo intimately. Not as a servant knows a master, but as something deeper.
The Wise Ones studied ancient texts in the age of The First People. They discovered writings that suggested O'lo and Mahol are one and the same. Not two separate beings. One consciousness. One endless witness watching the world unfold.
The texts spoke of "the Wisdom that walks" and "the Seer who speaks." Phrases that blurred the line between god and man. The Wise Ones believed they had found proof. But that evidence was lost to The Great Fragmentation. As continents scattered and the world broke apart, the ancient texts were buried or destroyed.
Only fragments remain. And fragments are open to interpretation. Whether Mahol is O'lo, whether he is an emissary, or whether he is something else entirely, remains unknown. But the connection between them is undeniable.