"uh... so, In ashimeer, we humans gained sentience when the god of the ground 'anchored' the god of people into us people to prevent the god of people from killing the god of the ground... The anchored gods power was trapped inside us. and as an effect of the power being anchored on something on the planet, the planet became unstable and unfit for life. So, the god of the ground gave up his sentience and anchored himself to the ground to stabilize the planet. We don't know why the god of the ground didn't just let the other one die, but I have a feeling it was to prevent what ended up happening anyway... so, We are imbued with the people god's power. We can give a portion up and draw in the ground god's power of creation. This allows us to use magic. I think I explained it all."