The Occuria. Venat,(SPOILER) a renegade Occuria seems to be the only one doing the controling of humans.
Everyone knows the Gods helped King Raythwall but no one knows about Nethicite and it's powers. Not even what Nethicite is and that it exists. Before "Lamont" mentioned nethicite and even after, Ashe only wanted the Dawn Shard to prove she had royal blood.