[OOC] Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

[Hael]

@Kho
Hmmm... how long do we have left to finish our characters? I'm worried I'll run out of time

[Kho]

@Kho
Hmmm... how long do we have left to finish our characters? I'm worried I'll run out of time

@Hael

Le Kho: 'Hael, you can't write your CS on the day it is due'

Le Hael:

Hider

[Kho]

@Kho The real question is, did you finish your essay?

We'll be here for you if you need to take time off roleplaying and do something with your life.

I mean, that doesn't actually make any sense, but we do want you to do well.

@Antarctic Termite

I have 10 hours and a half to write it and submit it. 3000 words, shouldn't be too bad. Other than the fact that bloody citations take at the least 60000000000000 years. But I should be able to get it in O.O

[Antarctic Termite]

I have 10 hours and a half to write it and submit it.

@Kho

Better sooner than later when you're tired, and can grab extra marks by editing out the kinks with whatever time you have left. Good luck.

[Legion02]

Name: Reathos

Alias: Deathbringer, Releaser, Keeper of Spirits, The Bottler

Gender: Male

Domain (Portfolio): Death(Spirits)

Domain (Portfolio) Description:
Death, the ultimate ending. The perfect form of destruction. A sentient life form surrenders to the inevitability of time and passes on. Death, and dying, marks the transistion from the known and understood form of life to ‘the other side’. For some it happens peacefully, in their sleep at old age. Other times it is forced upon someone with blade or bullet. But eventually death comes to us all. Mortal or god.

Spirits spawn when a sentient life form dies. A spirit is the remainder of one’s life, memories, skills, experience, knowledge, soul and magical essence. To make sure that the world remains in balance, Reathos knows he has to return the spirits to which he refers as the Primordial Pool. He doesn’t know how exactly the Pool works. He only knows that he has to return the spirits there.

Alignment: Lawful neutral

Personality:
Reathos takes his task very serious. As fair as he is, when someone has to die, he will make sure that happens. The more you try to resist him, the crueler he will take one’s life. If you accept the inevitable, he will try to make your passing as easy as possible. In the end, he understands that many will see him as evil. And he may even agree with them, to some extent. But he’s a necessary evil.

But then there are those inherently immortal. Like gods and demi-gods. While he accepts his siblings as an inevitability, he has a problem with demi-gods. To understand his problem with them you must understand that Reathos wants balance. If a mortal wants to live longer than he should, then he must offer a service to the god of Death. This service often translates into killing a certain other being that should have died but slipped Reathos' fingers. The problem with demi-gods is that they are inherently immortal. So while Reathos allows every being to live a life. At a certain moment he will send someone (or come himself) to slay a demi-god. Obviously no god would want its child to be slain. But Reathos cares little for what other gods really want. The only true exception to this rule is Fate. For Fate almost guides his hand, letting those die who are fated to pass on. Only Fate would be able to halt the pursuit of Reathos completely.

Now, a god may search the protection from Death for his son. And such thing is most certainly possible. But as said, when one heart beats on, another must stop. Reathos will tell the god to kill another demi-god, hero, or merely start a war against a certain race as payment.

There are those who pray for Reathos to end a certain life. Some pray to end their own life, and if Reathos sees that they have suffered long and without reason, he might actually give this person the sweet release of death. Others pray for the dead of another. No doubt there will be cults of Death. Those who praise Reathos by killing others. But only true followers will know that one must not mindlessly start slaying. For killing someone who does not deserve it will most certainly cause your own dead. Some people may even search these cults, in an attempt to sway them and Reathos to end someone. It is not beyond the realm of possibilities that Reathos listens to well-made arguments of mortals and deems them reason enough to shorten a life.

On final note of these cults, they will most likely be compromised out of several created races (from other gods). Drawn into service by an agreement with Reathos or one of his avatars. But Reathos himself will never create life consciously.

Appearance:
His Primal form is that of a humanoid man, standing tall and dressed in heavy, black robes. He wears a mask made from a shiny silver metal, in the shape of a skull (without the cheekbone). One can only see his bright purple eyes, and his mouth with black lips and fair, blue-greyish skin around it. On his right hand he wears a gauntlet made from the same metal as his mask. He carries a lantern with his armored hand. Within it burns a purple flame. His left hand is left bare. It looks boney and meager. Even the skin doesn’t look right. A dark blue, like it’s frozen.

One of his lesser forms is that of a jet black crow. The crow looks far bigger than the average crow, and is often accompanied by an entire murder. But what is most strange is that in his crow form he can turn incorporeal at will.

((Might add some as the RP goes on if that’s okay))

Musical Theme: ((Still looking for a good song))

Description:
A fair executioner. Reathos makes sure that things die so the new can live. He himself is not responsible to kill every creature. As he will make sure that the concept of death will be fundamental to creation. He is responsible to make sure that they die. Should someone achieve immortality and this person does not deserve it, Reathos himself will hunt him down. Some may also pray to him to take the life of someone else. And others pray to release them from their suffering. Reathos listens to these prayers and executes their wishes if he thinks they are fair.

Reathos can kill lesser beings in a way he sees fit. Mostly by violently ripping a soul from a body. Leaving it lifeless. Souls he gathers from the dead are sucked into his lantern. Which he takes with him to his plane. His 'hobby' is to 'bottle' separate memories of those who died, as he releases the souls into the Primordial Pool. As he can access the Primordial Pool through his lantern, Reathos can handle great power if required. The power used has nothing to do with Astarte's kind of magic, as what he uses aren't souls, but more or less what souls once were but after dead turned into. He can also summon spirits and let these beings go forth to kill or rage. He can also appear near any being that is dying, to take their spirit.

Concealment Level: How well you can hide yourself from other gods. Considering all gods leave ‘essence’ or a trail of power behind, concealment means how well they can hide this essence. All gods start out with level 1.
Detection Level: Detection counters concealment. For example, a god who invested might in his detection (and thus has a higher detection level than most others) can uncover concealed marks of a god. Each god starts with level 1. However domains and portfolio’s must be taken into account (same with concealment).

[Fabulous Knight]

My CS: The Adversary

The Adversary: Character Sheet

Name: The Adversary

Aliases: Mammon, The Wretched Lie, The King in Red, The Scholar Below, Him, Our Friend Downstairs

Gender: Referred to as male.

Domain (Portfolio): Occult (Demons)

Occult (Demons) Description: The occult’s realm is that of black magic. The magic of the material world, riddled with all the flaws and intricacies of Mammon. It is a magic that comes from potions, wild esoteric herbs, or the bones of long-dead dragons. Mandrake and salamander and wolf jelly and wicker men, chalked-out runes and pinned wax dolls and talismans of bone. And gods.

The Adversary deals in demons. Foul beasts of unnatural proportion, winged howling things cast of horror. Lank serpents languish with malicious languor and man-eating mages make perditious potions of magnificent maleficence. Oppressive pressures press upon your thoughts and cry out in iron laughter as the demon lord approaches. There are none who could not benefit from the use of demons. But such things do not come freely. Where greed-filled kings conspire with spiteful vizier, a roaring demon is sure to follow. Freakish creatures rise when desperate peasant-women search for secret zests to burn upon a hidden altar. When dying heroes gasp their last and feel the steel shock of blade upon their breast, a choice is given. Give up their thoughtless morals and live again. Or die.

The Adversary relishes such pacts.

Alignment: Indifferent to all. Chaos, law, good and evil; they hold no meaning. The majestic spectacle of reality has no regard for imagined dogma. The Adversary will provide His black service to all who desire it, if only they will give a little...

Personality: The Adversary lives to see other creations fail. He loves to test them, break down their will, their petty delusions and tiny thoughts of grandiose honour. His prime pleasure is to see passions displaced by greed, vice, or shocking desire to live alive. But these small delights pale in comparison to when they refuse His offer. When a creation truly lives by the laws they have set themselves, when they surprise Him through character alone, The Adversary knows the worth of His work.

Appearance: The King in Red takes many forms. One is a solitary crimson face, horned and many-teethed, wreathed in oily smoke. A burning crown filled with thorns another. His most mighty manifestation is as the blinding letters H I M great in size and formed of pure whiteness. But most humanoid is that of a man huge in stature, robed in red and crowned in scarlet mercury.

Musical Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMdMmVYvGhg&ab_channel=SimonSwerwer

Description: The Adversary is a black god of pure will. He is lord and master of a thousand thousand dark creations. His brain is the brain behind all the quivering, scuttling things that lurk under rocks and in the dark of caves; His mind the mind behind the mighty beasts of wicked ritual that dance among the poplar trees. He reclines eternally upon His ruby throne, books in hand and quill in other. A myriad monstrous designs spook the confines of His head, ready to be realised when the right sacrifice comes.

Concealment Level: 1

Detection Level: 1

On a side note; what should we call "normal" magic? White magic? Astarti magic? Or should we just call magic magic, and black magic the occult?
@ScarifarI know a guy who runs for 30+ people. It's insane.

@Antarctic TermiteI'd actually fall on the side of humans regarding that conflict. The Adversary loves people like that; he loves their imperfections, and he's obsessed with their determination despite all their flaws. And without something to tempt, how can he convince them to fall?

[Hael]

@Kho
Damn, how many characters do we have at this point?

[Frettzo]

We should call "normal" magic either Astarti Magic or Magic. Black Magic I leave up to you :p

[Kangutso]

At least 10, perhaps at least 15.

[Cyclone]

@Hael

It was at 17 a few days ago. Probably 20 now.

[Kangutso]

I hope my CS is good enough.

I also hope that its exactly at the 20 god count, so Kho doesn't have to denie someone because of numbers alone.

[Dawnscroll]

*bangs gavel* I now call together the first meeting of the gods against all Chaotic Forces. Basically, everyone who agrees there must be rules and ORDER in place if we are to have anything left to ruke. We let those scumbags have their way, and they will ruin our new universe.

Who stands with me against anarchy? Against chaos? Against an imperfect world ripe with manipulation and schemes?

[Antarctic Termite]

Wow, neat- We found a complete and wholesome medieval Devil and his name is the Adversary. I'll read him and Reathos in more depth tomorrow.

I'd actually fall on the side of humans regarding that conflict. The Adversary loves people like that; he loves their imperfections, and he's obsessed with their determination despite all their flaws. And without something to tempt, how can he convince them to fall?

@Fabulous Knight

The conflict between the order gods and Jvan? Go ahead, knowing that mortals of any kind will only be edited by Jvan if she finds them to be bland (which is the default, admittedly). The Adversary along with a very slim selection of other gods (Toun, Slough, possibly other creatives) is the only one she considers to have real artistic potential, at least until they stop innovating new things. The King in Red, though, pulls more than enough really weird shit out of his hat to draw her interest.

Also, whoops, I made a subjective rating list of all the characters so far bar Mammon and Reathos in order from most lawful to most chaotic. I honestly have no fucking idea what it's actually useful for, but by the time I realised that, I'd already wrote it.

Lawful to Chaotic

This is based mostly on my interpretation of each character's sheet, hence all the errors and cases of 'hey, I didn't intend for them to read like that'. I also kinda read between the lines of their alignment as stated by the author while I was looking over them, so some things I feel are more neutral still end up in the chaotic region. They're ranked up and down from Slough as a neutral 0. Law and chaos I really loosely worked out by:
-Whether they prioritise their ideals over their personal freedom and emotional desires
-Their availability to change without a goal
-How uniformly they apply their own individual morals to others
-Their predictability and consistency of behaviour.

8- Toun: Lawful Evil (?)
Eternally obsessed with a single, unreachable standard of perfection, and will clash with anything that incites error, randomness, change, or variation, even if it is built into his own identity.

7- Logos: Lawful Evil
Believes that all things must come under his rule and that his will is the highest ideal to pursue. Considers there to be only one ultimate form of order, and that all falling outside of order must be changed or destroyed.

6- Niciel: Lawful Good
Treats all gods equally and fairly according to their behaviour regardless of her emotions. Extends the same level of positive neutrality to mortals, and holds moral ideas for the world which she will strive to fulfil in similarly moral ways.

5- Vowzra: Lawful Neutral
Holds all existence to a single standard of adherence to the timeline selected by Fate. Tends to be aloof about the actual behaviour of others until they collide with his vision, which he will defend fiercely against any interference, no matter what its origin.

4- Teknall: Lawful Good
Aims to create a stable world that can grows and develop in an orderly way. Upholds a robust and consistent morality towards both mortals and gods, and extends the offer of cooperation fairly to individuals in both categories. Doesn't seem immune to emotional influences and motivations, though.

3- Kyre: Neutral Good
As the designer and curator of an ever-changing art form, Kyre seems most likely to be a passive force allowing war to shape itself until other gods cause it to lose its artistic integrity. His involvement and contributions to conflict are driven more by his deep respect for the medium and desire to see it diversify than by personal motivations.

2- Jvan: Neutral Evil
Change and stability both have their place in creation, but chaos frustrates her and order bores her. Openly acts on a single, eternal ideal of creating diverse forms of life, but is patient and capable of putting this aside to aid her self-preservation by playing along with the rules of others.

1- Ilunabar: True Neutral
Views events in the world according to whether they form a narrative that interests her. Will aid or conflict with others depending on whether they are playing a desirable role in the course of events, as judged by herself, whatever their alignment or morality may be.

0- Slough: Neutral Good
A force without goal or ambition. Simply acts as their environment and nature suggests is the right way to do.

1- Ull'Yang: True Neutral
A very active force that will likely not destroy or create simply due to whim, but will seek out change, enterprise, and innovation, and obeys his own desires, judgements, and possibly code of ethics.

2- Vakarlon: Chaotic Neutral
A balancing force that likes to strengthen the weak and weaken the strong, though he is also subject to his unpredictable whims.

3- Daegon: Chaotic Neutral
Similarly to Ilunabar, Daegon is an active force that strives to promote interaction he perceives as exciting, whether or not it conforms to anyone else's values, rules or desires. His dedication seems to be more to the love of conflict than the completion of a narrative, though.

4- Julkolfyr: Chaotic Neutral
Unambitious but meddlesome. Dislikes stagnation, but appears to act almost entirely for personal, emotional reasons rather than living by a code.

5- Vestec: Chaotic Evil
Evokes change in all things. Destroys ordered creations of any kind, no matter what their nature, and largely for his own pleasure, but might therefore be trusted to select targets in a consistent pattern. Will become more unpredictable as he adds portfolios.

6- Astarte: Chaotic Neutral
A hedonist that seeks out whatever interests her at the time and forms no permanent alignments, but potentially numerous temporary ones based on her emotional interactions.

7- Zephyrion: Chaotic Neutral
Appears to destroy, create, and favour entirely on whim and feels wholly entitled to his right to do so. Holds neither a code of morality nor an overarching set of ideals for behaviour other than the one which has already been fulfilled by imbuing change into the universe at the moment of its birth.

It's useless now. Go nuts.

[Kangutso]

Looks like we're at 16, would've been 17 but I just seen that Engel dropped. (Creation (Beasts))

EDIT: Make that 18 with Legion and FK.

[Hael]

Looks like we're at 16, would've been 17 but I just seen that Engel dropped. (Creation (Beasts))

EDIT: Make that 18 with BBeast and FK.

@Kangutso

Make that 19 when I post my CS in a few hours

[Dawnscroll]

@Antarctic Termite It's a brilliant fucking character analysis for everyone and most definately gives us a scale. I also do LIKE that Logos is only number two: genujnely, he believes himself to be the highest form of Order and therefor Flawless. Toun seeks a form of perfection even beyond divinity.

Alternatively... if there's a player cap, this gives the bosses a decent idea of who falls where and therefor they can balance out the Pantheon.

[Cyclone]

@Antarctic Termite

It's strange that the god of chaos himself isn't even the most chaotic by your rankings, but maybe you'll reevaluate once you see how insane Vestec is

@Kangutso

Here was that list of 17 I mentioned before. Note that it includes Hael even though he didn't publicly submit his sheet, because he PM'd it to me.

That 17 from a few days back

@Cyclone: Zephyrion, The Eternal Sky; Storm's King; The First Gale - Change (Air)

@Vec: Ull'Yang (IPA: əl jæŋ), Radiant Sun, Emperor in Gold - Cosmic (Solar)

@Nevix: Daegon, Prince of Lies, King of Thieves - Deceit (Psychological Manipulation)

@Sloth: Ypirtis, The Wandering Servant - Fortune (Service (?))

@Rtron: Vestec, The Execrable One/Chaos, Harbinger of Havoc, The Devil, The Giggling Holocaust, The Sword With No Hilt - Chaos (Corruption)

@Lugubrious: Slough, Rottenbone, Deepwood Ghoul, Ragged Deer, Atrophy, Woodland Hollow, Deer God - Life (Nature)

@Hael: Vulamera, ??? - Mind (Intelligence)

@Valor: Alsildir, ??? - Death (Souls)

@Scarifar: Niciel, Mother Goddess, Angel of Light, She Who Shines - Light (Purity)

@Kho: Vowzra, The Timeless One, The Celestial Above - Creation (Time)

@Mardox: Vakarlon, He of the Shadowed Mind, The Trickster - Chance (Trickery)

@Double Capybara: Ilunabar, The Muse - Beauty (Stories)

@Frettzo: Astarte, ??? - Magic (Soul Weaving)

@Dawnscroll: Logos, God of Kings and King of Gods, I Am That I Am, Order - Order (Physics)

@ArekTheAbsolute: Julkolfyr (yul-kul-feer), Lurking Shadow - Darkness (Shadows)

@The Omnipotent Sphere: Belruarc, Belru, ??? - Magic (Pacts)

@Engel: Avanya, The Beastmaster, The Mother - Creation (Beasts)

@Kangutso: Kyre, The Great Combatant, Weapon Master, God of Combat, Warrior King - War (Combat)

Now add the Adversary, Reathos, and Teknall and we have exactly 20, right? Did I forget or double-count anything?

[Kangutso]

Engel dropped out, it seems. Her god is cross out in the CS section.

[Hael]

[Cyclone]

Engel dropped out, it seems. Her god is cross out in the CS section.

@Kangutso

Ah. But glancing through the character section, I noticed someone else.

@Angel Eyes Do you still intend to make a character?