Six Great Gods

• The six gods are Earth (brown), Water (blue), Fire (red), Wind (green), Light (white), and Darkness (black); the God of Wind's name is "Kikotenshi Nekonyan," the God of Darkness is Surshana, God of Death (Vol. 10), and the God of Light is named "Alah Alaf" in the Web novel (where he is called the God of Life); the others' names have not been revealed
• They are said to have descended at the head of subordinate gods and to have laid down laws and other foundations for what became the Slane Theocracy
• Unlike the Eight Greed Kings, who went to war with the Dragon Lords, the Six Great Gods once made a deal with the Platinum Dragon Lord
• The other five gods died one after another, and the last survivor, Surshana, God of Death, was killed by the Eight Greed Kings (the Theocracy's oral tradition says "banished by those who committed a great sin"); Surshana, the god who "grants the living eternal rest and everlasting despair," is thought to have been mightier than the other five
• Surshana resembles Ainz in appearance; his "first attendant" is said to remain in the Theocracy still
• The legacy of the Six Great Gods (equipment and items, including World Items) is kept by the Slane Theocracy, and awakened descendants of their bloodline are called "God-kin"
• Web novel: the Evil Deities are subordinate gods who fell after the Six Great Gods died; the books have no explicit statement yet, but none of Surshana's subordinate gods became Evil Deities
• Symbolic colors: Earth brown, Water blue, Fire red, Wind green, Light white, and Darkness black; anime season 4 episode 3 shows designs presumed to be the Six Great Gods' emblems (matching each cardinal's color and pendant)
• The Four Great Gods faith (neighboring nations) holds that the four gods of earth, water, fire, and wind created the world; the Theocracy holds that light and darkness came first and gave birth to the Four Great Gods, and so adds the gods of light (life) and darkness (death), a doctrine at odds with the Four Great Gods faith (Web novel)
• Subordinate gods: the God of Earth's subordinate, the "God of Theft" (with eight fingers, the origin of the name Eight Fingers), and his six-armed brother god; the Four Great Gods' subordinate gods also include the "Buddha God" (Vol. 10)
• Legacy: Ruinous Beauty; the equipment of five of the gods is guarded by the Extra Seat in the Theocracy's sanctuary (five gods' worth when she is present, four when absent); Shalltear judged the Black Scripture's god-relic arms to be Legendary-class or higher
• The Six Great Gods set the Theocracy's age of majority at 20 and introduced the "Rubik's Cube" toy (Vol. 4); middle names in Theocracy personal names are baptismal names, possibly taken from the Six Great Gods or subordinate gods

Notes

The reading of 神人 (God-kin) long remained unknown until light novel Vol. 15 and the manga gave it as "shinjin," while the Audible audiobook reads it "jinnin."

Related characters

• Antilene Heran Fouche (Zesshi Zetsumei)
• Captain of the Black Scripture
• Pontifex Maximus
• Tsaindorcus Vaision

Same category

• Era of the Dragon Lords
• Founding of the Slane Theocracy
• Eight Greed Kings
• Events of 300 Years Ago
• Kingdom Destroyer
• Evil Deities
• Thirteen Heroes
• Mouth-Only Sage
• Founding of the Post-War Nations
• Theocracy–Elf War
• Recent History before the Story
• Transfer of Nazarick