Create a rule called Prophecy:-

Existence passes through great cycles of being. Deities may usher in these cycles by declaring a Prophecy, which is tracked in the GNDT. A Deity may change eir Prophecy occasionally to a word or short phrase of eir choosing, or to nothing at all.

Create a sub-rule to that called Ages:-

The current Age is determined by the Prophecy held by the most Deities, and is named after it (such as “Age of Cataclysm”, “Dark Ages” or omitting the ‘Age’ entirely, such as “The Beginning”) and is tracked in the Deity wiki. Minor differences in spelling, plural/singular, articles and conjuctions are ignored for the purposes of considering Prophecies to be the same. In the case of a tie for most popular Prophecy, the current Age continues. In the case where the most popular Prophecy is a null entry, the Age is simply called “Ageless”. When the Age changes, the Deity who brought it about must make a post alerting the divine community of the new Age.

When the current Age is switched to an Age on this list, the corresponding global rule changes are applied, either as a one-time or continuous effect. These rule changes supersede all other rules and laws.

Age List

* Prosperity - While in this Age, Cities may be created at no cost of Quintessence by any Deity.

* Apocalypse - When switching to this Age, all Cities and Temples are destroyed.

* Persecution - During this Age, Incarnations which are the only representative of a single Pantheon in the Deity wiki are destroyed. All Temples to those Incarnations are also destroyed.

* Oblivion - When switching to this Age, all Incarnations without any Temples are destroyed.

* Stability - When switching to this Age, the Prophecy of all Deities is set to “Stability”, as if that Deity had chosen to make the change emselves (and allowing such a switch which would otherwise be illegal because of being changed more than occasionally).

* Shadow - During this Age the Archon loses any privileges and distinctions and is treated as any other Deity.

* Illumination - During this Age the Other loses any privileges and distinctions and is treated as any other Deity.

* Innocence - During this Age, Deities may post one additional proposal over the normal limit of pending proposals.

* Decline - Deities may not gain Quintessence. A Power which causes Quintessence gain can be used, but that effect does not happen.

* Peace - During this Age, Temples may not be destroyed. A Power which would destroy a Temple can be used, but that effect does not happen.

* Reason - During this Age, Powers may not be used.

* ((Incarnation Name)) - During this Age, the Deity using the named Incarnation is the Godhead.

Prophecies listed in double brackets may match a range of values of the type indicated, but if this would conflict with a specifically defined Age, the specific value is used instead. (for example, an Incarnation named “Oblivion” would not get the Godhead from the “Age of Oblivion”).

Voters on this proposal may list any Ages they do not like, along with their vote - if any Age is not liked by three or more Deities, it shall be removed from the list when this proposal is enacted.