Tonvun

The Tonvun are beings similar to that of Man and Jae. Their appearance is distinct however, as their physical form is similar to a tall goat walking on its hind legs and with proper arms. The species typically consists of renowned alchemists, sorcerers, phsycica and apothecaries due to the apparent metaphysical connection between them, what they refer to as the Arcane Empyros, and their ancient god Tonvhi. The Tonvun can trace their origins from the Vhidd Mountains, in which there existed a long-lost ancient Tonvun empire.

Religion
The Tonvun religion (referred to as the Vhi'dite) derives from their supernatural affinity to the use of the Natural Craft and the unconditional worship of their ancient god, Tonvhi and his priest-kings.

Creation
The Vhi'dite legends starts with their god, Tonvhi, who at the beginning of all things created the Vhimer (what the Tonvun call the Arcane Empyros) through the energy created from the seconds-long lifespan and implosion of the universe-serpent Va'Hmedd. Utilizing the pure energy of the Vhimer, Tonvhi summoned a bubble of void that held no energy and could sustain physical forms for which souls could inhabit. From there, he sculpted out a sphere of the Vhimer and placed it in the center of this bubble. Tonvhi would then rip out pieces of his ribs and sculpted them into hollow spheres and had them circle around the great Vhimer-Sphere.

Tonvhi then created life in the form of the immortal giants, the Dhegvun (First Folk), a race of giant goat-men that mimicked the appearance of Tonvhi, and who Tonvhi would occasionally consume for their soul energy. All went well for a period of 100 years, until the Dhegvun revolted against Tonvhi in the Vhimer War.

Tonvhi, realizing that the Dhegvun would destroy the world, consumed the souls of all of them except 4 figures who had remained loyal to him. These 4 figures would become the original priest-kings. Tonvhi, with the aid of the priest-kings, created the Tonvun (True Folk) by sculpting the flesh and bones of the bodies of the fallen Dhegvun into smaller, more mortal versions of the previous Dhegvun.

The first Tonvun swore their species' total fealty to Tonvhi and the priest-kings, for then and forever. Tonvhi, as a token of gratitude, created the Natural Craft and granted them a supernatural connection to it, and therefore the Vhimer at large. With allowing all its creations to tap into the Vhimer, Tonvhi had then also ensured that when a Tonvun dies, their soul shall be taken to Vhimer and used as a fuel source, just as he had with the remaining souls of the Dhegvun.