History Main / GodOfOrder

-->-- '''{{God}}, [[Literature/BookOfJob Job 38:8,10-11]]''', ''Literature/TheBible''

when it burst forth from the womb,...\\

when it burst forth from the womb,\\
when I made the cloud its garment\\
and wrapped it in thick darkness\\

-->-- '''{{God}}, [[Literature/BookOfJob Job 38:8-11]]''', ''Literature/TheBible''

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' has Bhunivelze, the TopGod that created all of the other deities of the setting and is something of a massive ControlFreak. So much so that he killed his mother Mwynn because he wanted absolute control of the world. He also hates his own "daughter" Etro, not only because she looked exactly like Mwynn but also because after dying, she took control over the world of the dead and fashioned humankind from the "chaos" which resided there. Thus, Bhunivelze becomes the deity who is most opposed to the forces of chaos and, in ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'', seeks to destroy and remake the world to remove all forms of chaos—including that which makes up humanity's free will.

** Older lore mentioned the existence of four Gods of Law to contrast the Gods of Chaos; Solkan the Avenger, the god of justice, who punishes criminals, hunts down creatures of chaos and acts as a counterpart to Khorne, the Chaos God of war and slaughter; Arianka, who represents the disciplining nature of law; Alluminas, the god of light, whose gaze renders other beings utterly unchanging and unmoving; and a fourth deity who was never actually named or described. They were never big players even in their heyday; Arianka had been trapped in a magic coffin by the Chaos god Tzeentch and Alluminas' utterly alien nature meant that very few mortals worshipped it; only Solkan was particularly active and were eventually dropped from official lore altogether.

This is the super-ego of the gods, a deity that maintains order like a living CosmicKeystone. Exactly what that order is supposed to be is either some sort of cosmic balance, being in charge of societal order, making sure the universe is stable and/or being the order part of OrderVersusChaos. While usually [[GodIsGood benevolent]], sometimes OrderIsNotGood and they can come off as totalitarian. This will generally depend on how a work defines "Order", which may include civilization, predictability, stasis, law or any related concept.

This is the super-ego of the gods, a deity that maintains order like a living CosmicKeystone. Exactly what that order is supposed to be is either some sort of cosmic balance, being in charge of societal order, making sure the universe is stable and/or being the order part of OrderVersusChaos. While usually [[GodIsGood benevolent]], sometimes OrderIsNotGood and they can come off as totalitarian.

* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'': In the cosmology of the Garou, the Weaver of the Triat fills the role of God (or rather spiritual personification) of Order, with the other members of the Triat being the [[GodOfChaos chaotic]] Wyld and the Wyrm of balance. The Weaver gives form and function to things the Wyld creates out of primordial chaos, while the Wyrm destroys those creations to ensure that neither order nor chaos become more dominant. However, the Weaver grew tired of her compatriot's actions and trapped the Wyrm in her Pattern Web, injuring him and causing to go insane. The Wyrm now destroys everything indiscriminately, pushing the world to the brink of destruction, while the Weaver attempts to make things into perfect Stasis, taking particular delight in humanity's drive towards advancing science and technology.

* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has TopGod Ao functioning as the setting's God of Order. Ao's only purpose seems to be to function in the role of godly intermediary, as he holds no domain over mortal life and isn't known to or worshiped by mortals outside some extremely esoteric cults. Being a follower of Ao doesn't grant spells or powers.
** During the Time of Troubles, Ao delegated Helm, the LawfulNeutral god of watchmen and guards, into this role by charging him to guard the StairwayToHeaven and prevent any of the other gods from reclaiming their domains. Helm performed this role to the letter, causing him to slay Mystra when she attempted to force her way back in.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' has multiple planes and deities of order. "Mechanus" was the top plane of LawfulNeutral and it was run with machine-like order by a machine-like race named Modrons. The opposing plane of Chaos was called "Limbo" and it was populated with the terribly ChaoticNeutral race of Slaadi.

** ''Fanfic/RomanceAndTheFateOfEquestria'': Sørmur dï Mitgaeard, the eldest and greatest of the new gods -- she's still around twenty-five million years old; the old gods are ''extremely'' old -- is obsessed with order, symmetry and geometric perfection. She finds the chaotic and disordered nature of life and the world loathsome and repellent, and seeks to remake existence into a world of smooth surfaces, metallic reflectiveness and perfect geometric shapes; her end goal involves turning the planet into a perfect, lifeless sphere, thus eliminating all disorder and irregularity from it. Rather ironically, her son is none other than Discord himself-he was originally a perfectly symmetrical, effectively mindless creature named Accord that Sørmur dï Mitgaeard had created, but eventually remade himself into an avatar of chaos. His mother was... not happy.

* ''Fanfic/TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome'' has The Star Father, who's the reborn [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]]. He's a Chaos God of Order ([[OxymoronicBeing however that works]]) whose Angyl worlds (his version of Daemon worlds) have a weakened connection to the Warp rather than a stronger one, and with the CatchPhrase of "OBEY!"

** ''Fanfic/RomanceAndTheFateOfEquestria'': Sørmur dï Mitgaeard, the eldest and greatest of the new gods -- she's still around twenty-five million years old; the old gods are extremely old -- is obsessed with order, symmetry and geometric perfection. She finds the chaotic and disordered nature of life and the world loathsome and repellent, and seeks to remake existence into a world of smooth surfaces, metallic reflectiveness and perfect geometric shapes; her end goal involves turning the planet into a perfect, lifeless sphere, thus eliminating all disorder and irregularity from it. Rather ironically, her son is none other than Discord himself-he was originally a perfectly symmetrical, effectively mindless creature named Accord that Sørmur dï Mitgaeard had created, but eventually remade himself into an avatar of chaos. His mother was... not happy.

** ''Fanfic/TheLastDraconequus'': Chaos and Order, the two main cosmic forces in the setting, act in the world through physical avatars. While multiple Avatars of Chaos have existed throughout history over all, chaos is rarely big on constancy with Discord simply being the latest, only one Avatar of Order has ever existed; Matrisse, a mountain of living crystal, that hindered and fought the Avatars of Chaos as they rose and fell. Matrisse is not a good force -- it seeks to enforce absolute order, and at one point sought to destroy all magic after finding it overly chaotic in nature.

** ''Fanfic/RomanceAndTheFateOfEquestria'': Sormur di Mitgaeard, the eldest and greatest of the new gods - she's still around twenty-five million years old; the old gods are extremely old - is obsessed with order, symmetry and geometric perfection. She finds the chaotic and disordered nature of life and the world loathsome and repellent, and seeks to remake existence into a world of smooth surfaces, metallic reflectiveness and perfect geometric shapes; her end goal involves turning the planet into a perfect, lifeless sphere, thus eliminating all disorder and irregularity from it. Rather ironically, her son is none other than Discord himself-he was originally a perfectly symmetrical, effectively mindless creature named Accord that Sormur di Mitgaeard had created, but eventually remade himself into an avatar of chaos. His mother was... not happy.

* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Zeus, [[TopGod king of the gods]], is seen as a patron of laws and leadership, with SacredHospitality being one of the things he protects - at least in terms of his job. Personality-wise [[TheHedonist he's a lot more chaotic]] than most examples of a God of Order.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': Older lore mentioned the existence of four Gods of Law to contrast the Gods of Chaos; Solkan the Avenger, the god of justice, who punishes criminals, hunts down creatures of chaos and acts as a counterpart to Khorne, the Chaos God of war and slaughter; Arianka, who represents the disciplining nature of law; Alluminas, the god of light, whose gaze renders other beings utterly unchanging and unmoving; and a fourth deity who was never actually named or described. They were never big players even in their heyday; Arianka had been trapped in a magic coffin by the Chaos god Tzeentch and Alluminas' utterly alien nature meant that very few mortals worshipped it; only Solkan was particularly active and were eventually dropped from official lore altogether.

* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'': In the cosmology of the Garou there exists a trio of deities called the Triat comprising the Weaver, the Wyld, and the Wyrm. The [[GodOfChaos Wyld]] creates things out of chaos, the Weaver brings order to those chaotic creations, and the Wyrm destroys those now defined creations to ensure balance between the two. After eons, the Weaver grew angry at the actions of the Wyrm and bound it in her webs, driving the Wyrm mad with rage who now destroys all of creation, leading towards the titular apocalypse. The Weaver's motif is [[SpidersAreScary spiders]], with some insects as well, and she particularly adores humanity for their reliance on science and technology, which are forms of its Order. The Ananasi were-spiders also revere her as their spiritual grandmother, as they believe their Queen Ananasa was created by the Weaver.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The Auditors of Reality are a CelestialBureaucracy who personify order and bureaucracy, making sure the universe works as its supposed to. Being pure order, they're highly unimaginative and humorless beings who loathe things like life because [[EvilIsPetty it's chaotic and harder to keep track of]].

* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has TopGod Ao functioning as the setting's God of Order. Ao's only purpose seems to be to function in this role as holds no domain over mortal life and isn't known to or worshiped by mortals, outside some extremely esoteric cults. Being a follower of Ao doesn't even grant spells or powers.

* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has TopGod Ao functioning as the setting's God of Order. Ao's only purpose seems to be to function in this role as holds no domain over mortal life and isn't worshiped by mortals outside some extremely esoteric cults. Being a follower of Ao doesn't even grant spells or powers.

** ''Fanfic/TheLastDraconequus'': Chaos and Order, the two main cosmic forces in the setting, act in the world through physical avatars. While multiple Avatars of Chaos have existed throughout history over all, chaos is rarely big on constancy with Discord simply being the latest, only one Avatar of Order has ever existed; Matrisse, a mountain of living crystal, that hindered and fought the Avatars of Chaos as they rose and fell. Matrisse is not a good force-it seeks to enforce absolute order, and at one point sought to destroy all magic after finding it overly chaotic in nature.

* ''Fanfic/TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome'' has The Star Father, who's the reborn [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]]. He's a Chaos God of Order ([[OxymoronicBeing however that works]]) who's Angyl worlds(his version of Daemon worlds) have a weakened connection to the Warp rather than a stronger one, and with the CatchPhrase of "OBEY!"

* ''Creator/DCComics'': The Lords of Order, [[CosmicEntity cosmic entities]] who are in charge of order and usually in conflict with the Lords of Chaos. They're usually treated as good and the Lords of Chaos [[ChaosIsEvil evil]], but more recently both have been treated as more morally gray. ComicBook/DoctorFate is an Agent or Order and Nabu is the Lord of Order in his CoolHelmet. ComicBook/HawkAndDove are the result of an experiment by the Lords of Order and Chaos to see if they can get along and work together.
* In ''ComicBook/MalibuComicsMortalKombat'', there's Abacus, the God or Order (who looks like an old librarian) who's also the brother of Zaggot, the GodOfChaos and the BigBad of the miniseries ''Goro: Prince of Pain''. Abacus and Zaggot are [[{{Foil}} foils]] of each other, being also the [[CainAndAbel Abel and Cain]] of the series, and he's the one who taught Goro how to defeat his brother as well giving him a {{BFG}} to stop him.

Deities have a lot of domains, but one thing they're usually supposed to keep is some sort of order. However, most have their own agenda or goals that can prove counter-productive to order, like [[JerkassGods screwing around with mortals]]. So sometimes, the FantasyPantheon needs a responsible, lawful figure to be in charge of order itself, whatever that may entail. That's where the God of Order comes from.

** ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': Older lore mentioned the existence of four Gods of Law to contrast the Gods of Chaos; Solkan the Avenger, the god of justice, who punishes criminals, hunts down creatures of chaos and acts as a counterpart to Khorne, the Chaos God of war and slaughter; Arianka, who represents the disciplining nature of law; Alluminas, the god of light, whose gaze renders other beings utterly unchanging and unmoving; and a fourth deity who was never actually named or described. They were never big players even in their heyday; Arianka had been trapped in a magic coffin by the Chaos god Tzeentch and Alluminas' utterly alien nature meant that very few mortals worshipped it; only Solkan was particularly active and were eventually dropped from official lore altogether.

* ''VideoGame/{{Majesty}}'' and ''VideoGame/WarlockMasterOfTheArcane'' share the Ardania setting, which has the god of order Dauros, the sibling of the life goddess Agrela, the death goddess Krypta, and their brother [[GodOfChaos Fervis]]. The quadruplets are the youngest gods in the setting, having the plague god Grum-Gog as their older brother, their parents governing the sun and moon, and grandfather Krom as the primordial rage god. None of these gods are specifically more powerful than any other.