[OOC] Divinus: The God RP, Mk. III. Finished in Record Time™!

[Doll Maker]

@Scarescrow Just hit me up whenever

[Scarescrow]

@Doll Maker Yeah, I'm just writing up the response for the previous review of BBeast. Probably gonna send you the new version on Wednesday.

[Scarescrow]

@BBeast

The response

The persona has merit. It gives Adam some elegantly simple motivations and puts him on the path to being active. Adam is quite insidious, what with the devouring the souls of the good and pure, but with potentially enough depth that he won't be exclusively an antagonist.

I personally have noted a contradiction in the persona, one which can be elaborated on to make Adam a richer character. You say that "Adam is benevolent, and he loves all", yet he is also Lawful Evil and wants to devour people's souls which is a very not-benevolent and unloving thing to do. Is Adam genuinely nice but he is driven by vile urges beyond his control? If so, how does he feel about those urges? Or is the benevolence only a facade for him to lure mortals in so he can eat them? If so, this should be elaborated.

Well, in order to elaborate for this clear contradiction, I think there is a need to justify how did I come up with the idea.

First of all, I made Adam when Anz is still his father. And because of his father physiology and the requirement to devour everything, I think that it would make sense for Adam, his son, to inherit some kind of this urge. Thus, it makes sense for Adam to have this urge of devour inside of him. And because I just don’t want to make a Anzillu 2.0 with better haircuts, I routed him toward the idea of devouring souls. To add more fluffs to the fire, he was planned to be able to strip apart the best characteristics from other. Here is an example. If Adam ate someone whose cardinal trait is truthful, he will be truthful. If he eat someone, who is virtuous, then he will be virtuous. And after that, I think it would be a great idea to goes against Aelius, seeing how Adam is much more better than Aelius in the department of goodness. That was my intention in regard to what am I going to do in my character’s development.

Now, come to the interpretation and intention.

First of all, my intention in creating this demigod was never to play a good guy. And as such, I never planned for Adam to be the “goody Christian” God. Instead, I planned to portray an evil, if not, almost transcended the meaning of “evil god.” He is all loving, but the context of “all loving” that I am trying is not the loving of a mother to her child nor the love of a couple to each other.

And I am sorry but I have to self- insert what I think is “love” mean into the making of Adam. Because everyone have their own interpretation of love, so I would like to make a run for mine.

“ Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-6)

Unlike the Bible (I just going to roll with the ESV), I wanted to explore a love that is not so deeply rooted in most general anticipation about love. My interpretation of this love is sickly, perhaps a little bit ill toward it. For it detached yourself from reality, painted the world in the delusional shade of light and warmth. And do not be fool by term “benevolent” for it convey nothing but Adam’s infinite capability to love. And love doesn’t need to always to come in the love of friendship. Love come in ages, between couples who have intertwined their lives as they traveled together to Kartharsos. Love comes in love letters and hidden flowers in lockers and drawers. Love comes in the hidden kisses behind the trees and the mangroves. Love comes as gold, the hard earn cash after a day of hardworking. Love comes in flesh as the bodies writhes, their moaning echoes while the earth shaken to each thrust. Love come in blood as the killers smile, clearly dazed by the blood of their victims. Love comes as sex between the living and the dead, of the parent and their children, of the booze and its owner, of the servants and its masters, of the devour and the devoured. Love is sickly, but it is beautiful. Love is twisted, corrupted, and disgusted when being look in this way. But do remember, love isn’t right nor wrong. It is just what it is, a branch of desire that is worshipped by.

This. This is the love that I wanted to portray in Adam. An unreasonable love. A love that doesn’t care for the well-being of others. A love that is bound by no morale. No rules. No regard for each others. A love that its solely existence was to clarify the desire between two partners or more. This unreasonable love is what I hope for Adam to be able to convey. And I think that having Anz as his father really permitted this interpretation of love to alter the personality of Adam. Because to me, Anz is chaotic. He is cold, apathy, and having an unquenchable urge to devour reality. This is the closest thing in this Rp that symbolizes chaos. And being his son, isn’t Adam chaos enough? Wasn't this disregard of rules, morality, reasoning, and patterns are enough to clarify as chaos?

Now, I guess some of us already have some kind of experience with love. You want to be with that person. You wanted to go every they go. You don’t cherish their personal space. Every experiences. Every moment, up and down. Your future and your partner’s future are inseparable. And it is this obsession of owning everything the others have. Their flesh, their mind, their soul, their future. This desire to turn everything into yours, labelling into under your name is what I want to convey when Adam devour his disciples’ souls. Because at this point, he no longer see them as a bunch of pets that required his love. But he recognized them as his mate, something that come with the same value and weight as he is. And in this case, what is the greater love than one sacrifice his existence, his future, his thought, his individuality for the purpose of pleasing another? And this, I think, is just how Adam revealed how deep his love for partners. By devouring their existences and keeping them as close to him as possible.

But with Anzillu is no longer his parents, I think there is no need for this conundrum to continue. As of now, I am making another personality that is more fitting with whatever the new god gonna be. Probably a female that is still a love god who is aiming for that worship portfolio, but her personality is gonna be revolving around some aspects of pride. I don’t know. I’m just gonna ask Ekon to see what his personality really is.

For the abilities, I currently have 2:

• Praised be the Light: Adam (for now) envelops himself an aura of light. And all those that look into it grow fond of him, no matter what their initial opinions about him are.
• Sacred bonds: For those that recognized Adam as their god, a bond is formed between them and their gods. This allow them to somewhat manipulate the surrounding environment. The limitation of this is their lifespan. The more powerful their spells/invocation/curses, the larger the expenditure.

[Cyclone]

@Solotros

Looks good! I think we're ready to accept Synros now. Going forward we want you to add him to the wiki, and you and I can begin working on a collab to bring Synros into the fold and hopefully get through that post Quickly™.

[BBeast]

@Scarescrow To be clear, Anzillu can still be your parent if @LokiLeo789 wants. You just have to figure out a different way for him to be his parent.

For the abilities, the light part of Praise Be The Light might be stretching things depending how bright it is, although making others more likely to like you is appropriate. Sacred Bonds does not appear to fit under the Love Portfolio, and even if you could wrangle it in it sounds like a Blessing rather than an Ability.

Give us your revised CS when ready.

[Scarescrow]

@BBeastWait, so like what do you mean about "stretching things depending how bright it is." Can you clarify?

[BBeast]

@Scarescrow If the aura is extremely bright, like sunlight, that is not something you could get for free. If it is just some gentle illumination or a soft glow, that should be acceptable.

[Goldeagle1221]

We are at a posting rate of over 100 posts a month.

[Scarescrow]

@BBeastAfter spending sometime to think over my character, I think I would like to pull out. Thank you for your comment and your time for my application. Your comments are highly appreciated. And I would like to sorry for making you to waste so much time without having any result, but I guess I was not cut out to join Advanced yet.

@Doll Maker@LokiLeo789 I would also like to apologize to both of you for doing all these plannings but come to no result. I am sorry.

But anyway, good luck and thanks for having me the few months.

[Cyclone]

@BBeastAfter spending sometime to think over my character, I think I would like to pull out. Thank you for your comment and your time for my application. Your comments are highly appreciated. And I would like to sorry for making you to waste so much time without having any result, but I guess I was not cut out to join Advanced yet.

@Doll Maker@LokiLeo789 I would also like to apologize to both of you for doing all these plannings but come to no result. I am sorry.

But anyway, good luck and thanks for having me the few months.

@Scarescrow

Don't feel bad about anything! Thanks for letting us know, and we likewise wish you good luck with all your future writing and other things.

[BBeast]

@Scarescrow No worries, Scarescrow. It takes some maturity to identify your capabilities. I hope you find an RP you'll enjoy.

[Antarctic Termite]

Today Chopstick created a postbox.

It's just a regular postbox, no supernatural stuff, but she'll check back to see if anything's in it from time to time.

[Tal]

Ya-Shuur

_{The Great Shepherd The Horned One}

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[Goldeagle1221]

Hey kids, wanna go pelt some doctors with apples?

[Double Capybara]

At the end of the day, after multiple downloads and years of trying to force myself to enjoy it, I could never get into Dominions. It seems interesting, I get why my friends like it, but whenever I play it I just feel apathetic to it, people say I should learn more about the game mechanics and give it more time, but in the end the more time I put into the the more I realize its not a tone and style I like and that I am often wishing the game was another game, with different mechanics and focuses.

Mk3 has made me think I was going under some heavy writer's block, so many times I just skipped on reading or writing in the RP, and I thought this had some deeper meaning. Then I branched a bit, re-read some old stuff, got into some newer stuff, and then I started to notice how my approach changed when it came to those, where writing felt easy, and more important, fun. I guess there are a multitude of things at play, Mk3 evolved to not include most of what I liked in the previous two Divinus games I was in, and while I know maybe waiting longer to see if things change and if mortals lead to a game more similar to the ones I enjoyed is a possibility, its not something I think its healthy, the writing is on the wall and multiple people have already voiced that its clear I am not syncing with the tone of the game. I also made a lot of mistakes along the way, made a goddess that limited me to a play style not fit for the game and got needlessly bitter over things like all the factions forming.

I will be around to finish the collabs I am involved with Kalmar and Li, though I will no longer be producing standalone posts as I am leaving Mk3. Best wishes to all of you, thanks for the fun and great posts.

[Muttonhawk]

@Double Capybara I'm sad to see you go, Capy, but I understand where you're coming from. If ever you change your mind and want to return with Urhu or another character, our doors will always be open for you. All the best!

[Crispy Octopus]

:(

Oh. Well, you have to do what you have to do. Hope you can come back one day.
Seeya capy.

[LokiLeo789]

Magdalene, The Night Mother

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M A G D A L E N E

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^{The Night Mother • Grandmother Night • Old Hag • Black Wytch • Mother Magdalene}

M Y T H

_{N A M E}

Magdalene

_{G E N D E R}

Female

_{A L I G N M E N T}

Neutral Evil

_{V I S A G E}

Mother

The Night Mother is an old, yet rather tall and athletically built woman who has seemingly see. over two thousand years of history play out before her eyes in the span of a mere moment. While divines may be functionally immortal, Magdalene’s form seems not beyond the clawing fingers of time, on the other hand, some speculate that the hearing the secrets of the universe took a toll on her. Whatever the inescapable force may be, it has given her slightly hunched shoulders and a rounded upper back that drops her final height to just under 6 feet, when adjusting posture, she stands at about 6’3”. Her skin is slightly tanned with innumerable brown spots that have appeared more frequently with her advanced age.

Age has left its marks on her face, with deep wrinkles set around her mouth and bags beneath her eyes that hold the weight of all she has seen within them. Above those bags are a set of vanta black eyeballs, that seem to have uncanny ability to convey every sort of emotion. With nothing more than a look she can comfort a soul who has seen the tragedies of war. And in another moment, she can stare with such ferocity that she can convey the pernicious wickedness that twists within her soul.

Since conception, the Night another has preferred a singular hair style—she keeps it tied in a pong braid with two larger bangs that frame her face. Her hair beautifully gray, she sees no need to go through the trouble of styling it differently. She does not wear jewelry, has never had her ears pierced, and likely never will.

Should her plain dress and seemingly ornate shaw ever become marred with dirt or blood, she invariably cleans it the moment she finds herself at peace and able to see to its care.

H Y M N S

_{P O R T F O L I O}

Secrets: are the things kept hidden from sight. Concealed from the light and left locked deep within the flesh of the soul, only seeing day in the hushed whispers of gossip and rumor. It is within this space, that the Night Mother finds herself most at home, within the shrouded sin, the lowest hiding place, and the concealed message. Here she thrives, leaving ears and eyes where none should be in order to hear what is whispered, and to witness what should not be witnessed. A collecter of such secrets, she calls those far and wide, with the burden of quiet wrongdoing weighing on their soul, to her abode, to confess to her in confidence, and from this does she gain the utmost pleasure.

As a divine of secrets, Mother Magdalene hides in shadows, moving in the darkness and remains hidden within it always. Her servents crawl into the homes and castles of the unsespecting, watching and listening, stealing the secrets of those unaware to return to their master with honeyed words yet revealed to the world.

P E R S O N A L I A

_{P E R S O N A}

At first glance, one would be mad consider Mother Magdalene anything other then the epitome of a grandmother; compassionate, kind, warm, and extremely hospitable, never one cast away a person in need, and generous to what many would consider a fault. Those who make the pilgrimage to her sacred grounds, never leave with empty stomachs and heavy shoulders for the Night Mother always listens, always forgives, and always loves, any and all who come to her.

Further encapsulating her grandmotherly nature, the wisdom and sheer expanse of experience she radiates draws beings from all walks of life to her. She is a living library—a woman who has seemingly observed almost all there is to know in the world. Anything one may ask she knows the answer to, for the wind carries the answers to all things and only she can hear its whispers. Any sin one may commit, once it is confessed, is forgiven and forgetten, fore all sins are blotted out once they leave the secrecy of darkness and are brought into the light.

Yet, the truths of the Night Mother’s personality are hidden beneath an extremely time-honored veneer. Since inception has she been adept at putting on a facade of kindness and modesty, tricking people into believing that she was, and still is, a simple and sincere woman. Beneath this facade is a desire spawned from the bubbling cauldron of greed and jealousy, to be kept from nothing and to know everything. So she takes what is hidden in the dark, engorging herself on the confessions of her disciples, alviating them of their burden, yet leaving them unknowingly less whole then before.

Utterly selfish and frugal, the Night Mother believes not in the concept of morals or ethics, only taking pleasure in her work as the Hearer of The Unheard and all that is kept from the light. Nothing short of the complete entropy of the soul itself will stop the Night Mother from taking a secret from a being, making her not stranger to manipulation and physical combat. The Night Mother will always listen.

_{H Y M N}

_{W O R D O F C O D E}

BBeast 1v1 Me.

[Kalmar]

[u][b]Demi-god CS[b][/u]

Name: Sauron

Their Sphere: N/A

Portfolio:

Ringcrafting. Sauron is really good at making rings. He's like, the best. They give you some pretty cool powers, and stuff like that, and there's also this main ring or something that gives him control over you, but don't mind that. Oh and also a piece of his soul is in the main ring, or something, and he needs it to be at his full power. It also sort-of has a mind of its own - he can see anyone who wears it and it will probably try to find its way back to him, except when it doesn't, because plot.

Appearance/Form:

Backstory

To be added

Musical Theme:
youtube.com/watch?v=M1EkWZZsNN0

[Literato]

Better late than never, eh?

Space permitting, I am interested in joining.

I have perused the OOC (entropicentropic), and am in the process of skimming through the IC. Of yet, I am hopeful that I can keep up.

Since I am belated, I would be glad to create any type of character (be it a demigod, hero, or even a mundane mortal) to fill any vacant niche. My understanding is character creation could potentially involve the masses, so if any of you are looking for a padawan, I’ll be amenable.

I would love to join, but appreciate any consideration regardless. Thanks!