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So ya, to sort of get my character idea down in more detail, the gist is-

God of survival and tenacity, came to represent paranoia and hording as well after the war. Originally was basically divine Bear Grylls, teaching or blessing the races of the world to survive the most extreme adversity possible, not via being big godlike beings just by being clever and willful. In the war he tried to remain fairly neutral unless challenged, but was crippled and mutilated in combat with either another god or powerful heroes. The near-death of a god of survival was an especially traumatizing event, and he went from a globe-trotting god who accepted all challenges to a paranoid shutin. The parts of him, physical and spiritual, which were lost in this transition eventually regrew like the limb of a starfish into a demigod who became his avatar in the mortal plane, an adventurous and wild figure who scares him even more than the other divines. I was thinking after more consideration he'd have a quite chimeric appearance befitting of his adaptable nature, with specific emphasis on insectoid traits (since bugs are feccin unkillable) and draconic/lizardlike traits (because personal preference). His people are basically kobolds, and in different parts of the world have adapted to be similar to many different kinds of kobolds across different fictions (ie some are lizardlike, some are goblin like, some are weird dog people, etc)

If anyone has any particular interest in their god/heroes being responsible for the mutilation I'm open to hearing so, or any other comments or questions on the idea before I write more up.
I mean War could be the one to mutilate you. Trying to kill you but fails so he kills Amenti. I just don’t see Lravitus mutilating a god. If he had to kill it’d be plants and mushrooms growing from the inside out of a being.
 
I considered this but I also feel it might be a bit stale if we make War responsible for more and more god trauma.
Lravitus could mutilate you but it would depend on the reason. Do you have an idea for why a god would mutilate you?
 
Lravitus could mutilate you but it would depend on the reason. Do you have an idea for why a god would mutilate you?

As much as I like Lravitus he probably wouldn't have much of a reason to do so. My god tried to stay out of the war, but valued challenges and the extremes of the world before his crippling. So, a short list of some basic ideas that could have led to his mutilation:

1: a god set up some incredibly dangerous kind of trap/defenses, he braved it out of pride and either failed horribly or succeeded and subsequently drew their ire.

2: another god ruined or completely pacified an incredibly dangerous part of the world, drawing his ire

3: if he got a supernatural artifact from forge gal someone might have attacked him to try to steal it

4: I'm open to hearing any potential personal quarrels unrelated to divine scruples that could lead to personal conflict.
 
As much as I like Lravitus he probably wouldn't have much of a reason to do so. My god tried to stay out of the war, but valued challenges and the extremes of the world before his crippling. So, a short list of some basic ideas that could have led to his mutilation:

1: a god set up some incredibly dangerous kind of trap/defenses, he braved it out of pride and either failed horribly or succeeded and subsequently drew their ire.

2: another god ruined or completely pacified an incredibly dangerous part of the world, drawing his ire

3: if he got a supernatural artifact from forge gal someone might have attacked him to try to steal it

4: I'm open to hearing any potential personal quarrels unrelated to divine scruples that could lead to personal conflict.

Hm. I can’t speak for the others, but 1 would be a maybe for Lravitus. His domain is an ever changing shifting labyrinth. Filled with beasts and sentient plants. But eh, Lravitus couldn’t do extreme damage.
 
Uhhh my God was pretty non-confrontational but maybe you could've been injured by some of the defenses in the God Armory in their domain. Not sure why you'd sneak in there, though. I'm fairly sure you could just ask to go in.

Edit: I think this may be a good time for the yandere Goddess to shine tbh.
 
Just had a silly thought @DeTA but since the Shadowed Dancer didn't form until after the war and your guy went into his emo funk... and considering the Shadowed Dancer's portfolio... The Shadowed Dancer probably has a bizarro crush on Azahiel (he's moody, angry, dark, and moves fast... can you say speed metal idol?) Leading to the Shadowed Dancer inventing an entire genre of music devoted to Azahiel, and occasionally shows up in his realm to serenade him with the Shadowed Dancer's latest speed metal creation!

Oh, and @Reimu Hakurei , for Amenti, the Shadowed Dancer definitely has written plenty of dirges, funeral masses, and invented death metal *just* for her.
 
Just had a silly thought @DeTA but since the Shadowed Dancer didn't form until after the war and your guy went into his emo funk... and considering the Shadowed Dancer's portfolio... The Shadowed Dancer probably has a bizarro crush on Azahiel (he's moody, angry, dark, and moves fast... can you say speed metal idol?) Leading to the Shadowed Dancer inventing an entire genre of music devoted to Azahiel, and occasionally shows up in his realm to serenade him with the Shadowed Dancer's latest speed metal creation!

Oh, and @Reimu Hakurei , for Amenti, the Shadowed Dancer definitely has written plenty of dirges, funeral masses, and invented death metal *just* for her.
That sounds like a cool interaction.
 
Scarlet Reclamations? Hah. It's all about the Wild Scourge. Speaking of I should probably write up something explaining it in further detail.

But I suppose to make it simple with the cliffnote version it's something like Hydraenus gathering up and collecting the beast races of the world for a horde to wage war upon the mortal races with. One could say he's like a wild everchosen.

The only saving grace then is the time it takes for each time of the cycle, varying by the speed of his growth, and any deaths he suffers in his chase for ascending to the power required to attain such an army.

Truly a great calamity to envelop the world. One may call it cruel, but such is the price of living in this world that all mortals must prove their worth and strength as cultures and civilizations.

So ya, to sort of get my character idea down in more detail, the gist is-

God of survival and tenacity, came to represent paranoia and hording as well after the war. Originally was basically divine Bear Grylls, teaching or blessing the races of the world to survive the most extreme adversity possible, not via being big godlike beings just by being clever and willful. In the war he tried to remain fairly neutral unless challenged, but was crippled and mutilated in combat with either another god or powerful heroes. The near-death of a god of survival was an especially traumatizing event, and he went from a globe-trotting god who accepted all challenges to a paranoid shutin. The parts of him, physical and spiritual, which were lost in this transition eventually regrew like the limb of a starfish into a demigod who became his avatar in the mortal plane, an adventurous and wild figure who scares him even more than the other divines. I was thinking after more consideration he'd have a quite chimeric appearance befitting of his adaptable nature, with specific emphasis on insectoid traits (since bugs are feccin unkillable) and draconic/lizardlike traits (because personal preference). His people are basically kobolds, and in different parts of the world have adapted to be similar to many different kinds of kobolds across different fictions (ie some are lizardlike, some are goblin like, some are weird dog people, etc)

If anyone has any particular interest in their god/heroes being responsible for the mutilation I'm open to hearing so, or any other comments or questions on the idea before I write more up.
A mutilated god of mutation is an interesting take. A sort of twisting of hat already exists might be good. That said it still feels like a redudant portfolio beyond that as mentioned earlier?
 
That said it still feels like a redudant portfolio beyond that as mentioned earlier?

Well, let me try to explain the fundamental difference.

It is his role then to make sure that they do not overwhelm the system of life in their pursuit of greatness and expansion
In the war of Heaven Tauphys supported Azahiel, adhering to the set hierarchy and claim

This kind of stuff is the absolute antithesis to both his old and new demeanor. He is, in a crass sense, the god of underdogs- the god of going against the natural grain of what should and shouldn't succeed. Where Tauphys would watch a bear hunt a lost wanderer and see this as the natural order, this god would grant the lost one a small bit of wisdom, or a minor boon, just a small change to give him a fighting chance. In his better days he was a promethean figure, not in the literal sense of bringing fire but as in bringing wisdom and potential. In his newer days he's this wisdom continued to a level where it's more restrictive than it is helpful, planning and worrying and squirreling away for fear of the million things that could go wrong. To present him as just "that god who mutates stuff" is... a very limited vision of him.
 
@DeTA and co.

How would Azahiel and the others feel about Earon's first response to being told to take Azahiel as his king was to reply, "I bow to no one!" and basically try to kill him with water... And basically create/expand the Inner Sea in the process?

@Leepysheepy Earon would not have targeted a neutral deity such as himself, but his go-to-method in the God War was to drown his enemies in tons of earth-shattering water. Your deity may have been caught in the crossfire. Otherwise, Earon was focused on Azahiel and whoever was fighting by his side.

Your god could have been injured in the crossfire in any number of battles by any number of deities come to think of it. It'd be interesting if he got mutilated by an attack, but no one knows who did it. That'd add to his paranoia since it could have been anyone for any reason or no reason at all.
 

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