Name: Celestine.

Primordial or Conceptual: Conceptual.

Domain: Soldiery.

A town without guards is liable to be raided and overtaken by any who see fit. A kingdom that lacks an army cannot enforce any of its claims or protect its citizens. A nation with an ample army might give protection to a lesser neighbor, or it might use that army to seize the land for itself.

Thus, to Celestine, soldiers are people who form the backbone and beating heart of any society.

However, due to the nature of conflict, it is inevitable that two soldiers who are both faithful to Celestine will end up on opposite sides of a conflict. It is with this in mind that Celestine chooses to remain largely neutral in conflicts. Instead of favoring one side over another Celestine chooses to encourage honorable combat and fair duels with the promise that the honored dead will find reward for their courage and gallantry.

Portfolio: Knighthood.

Those who choose to become soldiers are often held to higher standards by either their peers, their community, or themselves. For many people, becoming a soldier is only ever temporary. For some, being a soldier is something that they dedicate themselves to wholly. These are people that Celestine dubs knights.

Should a soldier accomplish an extraordinary deed, they open themselves up to personal recognition from Celestine. Should Celestine wish to extend her favor onto someone, she will appear before them using an illusion and formally knight them. As a part of this knighting, a finely made steel sword is awarded as a gift, along with the title of “Ser.” In addition, the blessed would find that this sword would be quite resistant to damage while it was in their possession.

However, Celestine holds the people she knights to high standards. She expects them to continue to exemplify chivalry. A falter can be repented through corrective actions, but continuous failings to follow her commandments or blasphemy against her will earn Celestine’s disdain. This disdain is represented by the gifted sword becoming brittle and dull in the hands of the cursed. Such a curse can only be forgiven by Celestine through a valorous and selfless act in battle.

Celestine’s chivalry commandments:

1: Show honor and respect towards all you encounter, especially other warriors that are faithful to Celestine.

2: After a battle, give aid to those who can survive and end the suffering of those who cannot.

3: Respect the dead and bury them honorably.

4: Do not take equipment from fallen warriors.

5: Keep yourself and your equipment in good condition.

6: If mercy is honorably requested, grant it.

7: Do not lie or cheat.

8: Do not exaggerate your deeds.

With her authority over knights, Celestine has an easier time bestowing the title of “Ser” to certain individuals, teaching mortals her commandments of chivalry, granting a steel sword, and blessing/cursing single mortals who earn her favor or her scorn.

The title of Ser has the following effect: 1DP - Chivalric Community: This character has been granted the power to easily identify other knights they can see.

This title can be awarded for free to individuals with no more than two free titles, but if an individual has two free titles then 1 DP must be paid.

Their Realm: Celestine's realm has been renovated. Please see this post for full details on what's been changed. Also see here for when she modified it a little bit again.

Celestine’s realm is fairly mundane compared to some of the more absurd realms that other gods have conjured. Those first arriving to the realm would find themselves at the end of a cobblestone paved road that led towards a large conical hill crested by a large concentric castle. The castle is built from relatively plain white stone that has little in the way of excess decoration and is smooth to the touch. Celestine refers to this castle simply as “The Bulwark”. At the base of the hill the road splits into three distinct paths: One leading straight towards the castle, and two more going around the base of the hill. On the other side of the hill is a long valley with a wide but shallow river. Dotted along this river are small towns. Within each town is a sizable population of Virtus Elves. Each town is fairly generic, but also houses a school dedicated towards teaching one aspect of Celestine’s chivalric commandments, and in addition to that each town has a training ground for one of the martials aspects of knighthood. For now, most of these focus around swordplay and effective use of armor, but there are clear spaces for expansion into fields such as horseback riding, jousting, cavalry training, and so on.

The castle itself is also a point of interest. Not only does it have Celestine’s personal chambers it also holds within its large central courtyard a complicated arena of wood and stone where various martial competitions may be held, including a large space for group combat.

Most of the rooms in the castle are fairly uninteresting to most, but there are two that have a notable presence. The first and most notable of these is also the largest, and takes up a large central portion of the castle keep. The Longhall is Celestine’s refuge for knights who die in battle, and is an endless feast to honor them. The feast is tended to by dozens of Virtus Elves that come and go carrying trays of food and drink from seemingly hidden doors all around the room. The souls are permitted to stay for as long as they like, but there is a fog shrouded corridor with no distinct end located at end of the room which connects one-way to the realm of Thaa, below a platform with a simple throne. Within this throne frequently sits Celestine, watching over the honored dead as they enjoy a reward for their struggles within their mortal life. When a soul wishes to enter its final rest, all they must do is walk down the corridor. This is frequently accompanied by a moment of silence by the rest of the populace.

The next room of interest is Celestine’s personal chambers. Central to the room is an exquisite four-poster bed with silver sheets and thick ivory colored curtains tied to the headboard. Being a goddess, Celestine doesn’t need to sleep, but she likes to emulate the act to have some time to herself to think. Also within the room is an armor mannequin that holds Celestine’s armor while she sleeps. Beyond that, a bookcase filled with books covering various aspects of chivalry and knighthood sits against the wall, and atop this bookcase sits a sword rack that holds Celestine’s sword and scabbard. On the opposite side of the wall is a simple desk with an accompanying simple chair. Upon this desk are several neatly organized stacks of paper. This is where Celestine manages her realm. She doesn’t need to, and could simply exert her will without any form of physical activity, but Celestine enjoys the process regardless.

The last room of interest is a medium sized visitation chamber, located in a separate building that stands apart from The Longhall and her personal chambers. Within this room is an ornate throne, and dotted around it are many doors of different shapes, sizes, and materials. Through these doors Celestine and other gods may come and go to visit other realms and confer with other gods on various subjects. Celestine also uses this room as a sort of resting place when she is actively managing her avatar upon Galbar. She doesn’t need to, but like with managing her realm she enjoys having a distinct process for it.

Persona: Celestine is a perfect reflection of her chivalric values. She is constantly as polite as she can be, and any offense is quickly apologized for and repented. Celestine insists upon remaining neutral in most if not all arguments, and her reason for why is that due to her position as a goddess of soldiers neutrality is mandatory so that she doesn’t abandon any of her followers. Celestine is also insistent that the personal choices of her followers do not reflect upon her, and does her best to maintain good relations with gods and goddesses that might have knights slaying some of their creations, such as a god or goddess that might created a monster that naturally disliked civilization due to its impact upon the natural world that ended up being slain by some of her knights in order to protect a town.

That being said, Celestine does not take kindly to repeated insults against herself or her creations and while she will likely not show it, she does keep track of those who seem to dislike her.

Base Form:

Celestine’s form is that of a Virtus Elf. All other Virtus Elves, created by echoes of her power within her realm, are similar in appearance. Unlike most gods, Celestine doesn’t regard her form as being very malleable, and instead presents herself similarly across both her base form and her domain form. Should a time come that Celestine must engage in combat personally, then she’ll likely change her size to reflect the size of her opponent, but outside of that she has little reason to change her outward appearance.

Usually, Celestine’s form is approximately seven feet tall with an athletic build. Her ears are approximately six inches long, and her eyes are dark blue in color. Interestingly, her hair is extremely long, with the longest portions reaching her calves. It presents an obvious weakness in combat, but Celestine usually just immediately cuts it should someone attempt to grab at it. An interesting fact with Celestine’s hair is that it grows back nearly instantly and thus doesn’t retain any damage to it for long.

Celestine’s typical attire is a full suit of silver plate armor with a full suit of chain armor underneath. Underneath that is padded leather and cloth to cut down on chafing. Finally, she wears a simple tunic and long pants beneath all of her other armor. Along with her armor, Celestine frequently wears a large red and gold hooded traveling cloak.

The last notable part of Celestine’s appearance is her ever-present longsword. It is kept in a red and gold scabbard that is tied firmly to her right hip. Celestine refers to this sword as Fides, and aside from the name it has no obvious special properties that set it apart from the rest of Celestine’s equipment.

Domain Form: Celestine’s domain form is the exact same as her base form, as Celestine doesn’t personally believe in having many different appearances.

Avatar: Celestine’s avatar, much like her domain form, is an identical copy of her base form. Though it is naturally massively disempowered compared to her full deific might. It retains the quirk of Celestine’s hair regrowing very quickly, as well as a full copy of her armor, sword, and hooded traveling cloak. This avatar also has no will of its own, and is little more than a divine puppet for Celestine to manage as she pleases. Since this avatar is merely an extension of Celestine’s will, it too bears the name “Celestine.”

Musical Theme: In Courage And Gallantry

Name: Frolic (genderfluid)

Primordial or Conceptual: Conceptual









One Pin Board For All Frolic’s Forms: pinterest.com/assembledr/frolic

Name:
Droka

Primordial or Conceptual:
Conceptual

Domain:
Crafting.

The art of creation is not an uncommon trait among the divine. In another reality, Droka might have been content just to be the god of blacksmiths and build up his power and prestige from there but... a weird quirk of the lifeblood he was born from has given him a different obsession then that of the physical craft. However, despite his obsession with stories of all kinds, he is still at his core a god of crafting. His obsession has altered him in that rather then focusing on a single field and mastering it like say... metalworking, he instead branched out into dozens of different fields of crafting. While metalworking remains a stock standard, depending on his mood, circumstances and his somewhat fickle tastes when it comes to his obsessions he will actively be working at creating other crafts via vastly different methods then that of the blacksmith.

Portfolio:
Metal.

Considering the kind of personality and passions that Droka has, one could easily be mistaken into believing that he is some kind of god of wisdom or knowledge... but at his core, he is a god of metal. Shaping it, creating it, summoning it from the dark depths of dirt and ocean alike if required is as natural to him as breathing. Restoring metal to its pristine glory or causing it to rust and rot away. That is however just scratching the surface.

To work with metal requires a deep understanding of the materials you are working with. How to prepare it, what uses it has, what other materials you can mix with it to develop brand new metals and alloys and what they're good for. Understanding how much damage, pressure and strain each type of metal can take and how different forging methods can alter the answer to that question. Droka knows the secrets of metal... and he's painfully aware of how little the mortal races of the world truly understands of them. In time, that will change.

Their Realm:
Droka's Grand Library

Droka's realm is deceptively simple. It's appearance is that of a rather homely, if somewhat larger then normal personal library. It's humble looking appearance is actually rather deceiving in that it is a lot larger then it's appearance would suggest. Within Droka's Library is every story the world has ever known, updated in real time. Stories that are in progress are actively writing themselves here.

The label of 'story' is also somewhat broader then people might believe. Myths, Legends, fictional tales, history, the personal life stories of those who walk the mortal realm... even some plants and animals that have lived interesting lives and more can be found within the Droka's Grand Library.

Hidden among the shelves of countless books, scrolls, stone slabs and clay tablets are a series of rooms kept separate from the main Library. These rooms play host to Droka's many workshops. Each workshop is dedicated to a different craft, through the working of metal and the creation of jewellery tends to be the favored arts practiced. More obscure workshops can be found by those able to seek them through and occasionally Droka feels like doing a bit of pottery or working leather and cloth. More workshops will likely be added and possibly lost over time.

Persona:
Droka is something of an indifferent god as far as mortals are concerned. While he enjoys the stories that arise from mortals in general, he isn't inclined towards stepping in to fix their problems or ease their suffering because that would make for a boring story. While it is true that he might end up assisting the Mortals via the creation of an artifact or blessing a champion among them to rise to the occasion and combat their woes, he is just as inclined to offer the forces of darkness and suffering some artifacts and blessings of their own to make use of because the greater the opposition to the forces of good are, the grander the tale of its defeat.

This doesn't mean that Droka is uncaring through. Individuals that catch his attention will keep it for better or worse and in truth he can grow quite attached to them. In truth, how and why a Mortal earns Droka's attention in the first place can seem rather fickle and honestly Droka wouldn't deny that. He's not entirely sure himself why some deeds appeal to him while others just don't draw his gaze at a given moment and he is prone to introspection of his motivations at times because of this.

Droka adores working with other gods because the presence of divinity tends to make the stories about to be created have a flair that they normally wouldn't, but his insistence that they don't get to heavily involved with the situation at times can rub his fellow deities the wrong way.

Base Form:


Droka's base form is that of an elder looking male of whatever given mortal race he happens to be interacting with at the given time, though in mixed company he seems to favor a human form. While baring white hair, the wrinkles of age and often a walking stick, in truth there is a youthful energy to him the flies in the face of his apparent age. His apparent 'weakness' is cosmetic only.

Domain Form:


In his domain, Droka abandons the human guise, instead favoring that of a large, regal looking gold dragon instead.

Avatar:
The Legendary Craftsman.

This Avatar of Droka has many Mortal names and faces, but some things remain consistant. Regardless of whatever mortal race they happen to have taken to form of at the time, the Craftsman appears as an older member of that race, but having only just started to leave their physical prime. Still physically stout from a lifetime of pursuing their craft, their eyes bare the wisdom of experience.

The exact craft of the Legendary Craftsman changes as easily as their name or face, but whenever someone worthy of one of their works comes to call in order to seek help to obtain their destiny, the Craftsman will provide something that will be vital for the story to come. As an Avatar of Droka, the Legendary Craftsman calls out to those either with an air of destiny to them or who happen to be seeking a destiny to call their own like a beacon. Regardless of where the Craftsman sets themselves up, Mortals far and wide will spread rumors and stories of a Craftsman of legendary skill being there... even if the Craftsman hasn't interacted with Mortals at all.

After all, if it's easy to get to a craftsman of legendary skill, are they really a legendary craftsman?

Musical Theme: Droka's got a few.

Name: Yllis

Primordial or Conceptual: Conceptual

Domain of Civilization
There is nothing more important to a world than the little people. Yllis sees and considers the different cultures of Galbar as pretty much the only thing capable of evolving and becoming something greater than anticipated. To reach that level of self-sustainability and creativity however, she recognizes that most civilizations need a push in the right direction every once in a while… And she dedicates herself to making sure everyone receives their own customized push. This usually takes the form of introducing some form of chaos into the culture in order to stimulate growth and the birthing of exceptional characters. The chaos can range from inane things like teaching people how to cure a certain disease that has plagued them for generations, all the way to great changes like nurturing revolutions and creating external threats in order to unify empires.

Portfolio of Unrest
Unrest, as in the active destabilization of civilizations, is Yllis’ go-to tool of choice when attempting to force growth upon civilizations. She uses it generously, not worrying about the worst case scenarios that her usage of it may bring. To her, a complete failure on the part of the civilization she’s “blessed” with her efforts only means they weren’t ready nor worthy of climbing the staircase of progress.

She has fun sowing the seeds of discord in civilizations to see how they react. She enjoys guiding an army down the wrong path to face sheer hopelessness and low morale, to see whether they will bend or break. She loves to pirate student textbooks to see the education industry to see whether the education industry collapses or becomes honest. And most of all… She absolutely adores stealing candy from babies.

Caretaker of Flohear, the Sanctuary of Legends
Flohear serves as Yllis’ home, as well as a kind of sprawling museum containing chronicles on the notable feats from both mortals and heroes that have given Yllis explicit permission to record their actions. The chronicles are recorded in a strange mix of illustrations and text written in a language understandable by all. Contrary to what one might expect from a Goddess, Yllis actually manually draws and writes everything herself. Some of the works in her Sanctuary of Legends are rumored to not even be factually correct… And yes, maybe even completely fictional in nature.

Persona:
Temperamental, impulsive, gullible and naive yet somehow still able to be stoic when in the presence of strangers. She is quick to drop the stoic act once she gets annoyed enough at people, and this is when she lets go of every single filter she has and puts her foot in her mouth… After she’s done with her outbursts however, she will resume the stoic act and pretend she said nothing offensive or inappropriate.

She is almost always doing something and is only able to relax in the company of close friends with whom she will not hesitate to act like her real self (who is actually lazy, uncouth, and a hopeless romantic). When alone, she will pursue her hobbies or act through her Avatar in order to uphold her duties as a Matriarch of Civilization.



Domain Form:
A swarm of doves and one pigeon. If she remains in this form for long enough, more pigeons start to appear until there’s an even split of doves and pigeons.

Avatar:
A lesser copy of Yllis, with the same personality and humanoid appearance.