Divine Beings
Knowledge Level:
5 - Common knowledge, anyone who has seen something of Heimr knows this. Every god of Heimr has created two types of servants. One good and one evil. One type of angel and one type of daemon.
The angels and daemons of Heimr are the most direct servants of the gods. They have been created by the gods with a single purpose: to spread the words and deeds of their creator. Divine beings do not have a free will, they do everything their creator demands of them. Although this would suggest they are nothing but automatons, this is not true. Divine beings can act on their own initiative, they simply cannot do anything unrelated to the task given them by their creator.
The Ranks
Main Article: Ranks of Divine Beings
Mortals divide the divine beings into several ranks. Ranks relate to the age and power of a divine being. The lorekeepers of Midgard were one of the first to write down a formal list of ranks, guided by knowledge from those same divine beings. They recognized eight levels of power among the divine beings and called them "ranks", similar to the “ranks” of the deities. The divine beings themselves do not see any reason for this categorization, but they usually accept it as a frame of reference for mortals, for whom it would be impossible to grasp the categorization used by these beings.