Ascension of Gods (High Casual)

[Unoedipal]

I'd be interested in this. Would Shamash be applicable?

[LadyRunic]

@Hamstrong Yes there is room.

@Unoedipal Sure!

[Unoedipal]

Shamash

GENERAL INFORMATION

Full Name: Shamash-Utu

Nickname: -

Age: 6012

Gender: Male

Race: God

Appearance: Standing at a meager 130 cm, Shamash can hardly be said to cut an imposing figure. His golden hair and eyes, while softly glowing, clash strangely with his tanned skin and build similar to that of a child. This paints an odd picture, given his incredibly professional demeanor.

Pantheon: Assyro-Babylonian/Sumerian

Father: Sin

Mother: Ningal

Siblings: Ereshkigal, Inanna

PSYCHOLOGY

Personality: Bears a reputation as an annoying man who mercilessly lectures individuals on their flaws and shortcomings. In spite of this, though, he generally approaches his role with an astute level of professionalism and, when "off-duty", takes the role of an advice-giver over a berater. While his primary role is to pass down judgment of others and cull evil, he isn't wholly against warning others to change their ways so long as it is before they cross the line. Only when dealing with such an individual does his repressed frustration and anger shoot forth at those who stand before him in the form of righteous conviction.

Likes: Lecturing, conviction, straightforwardness.

Dislikes: Slackers, ambiguity, sedentary peoples.

Quirks: The most uptight, hall monitor-esque individual one will ever meet.

Fears: Ishtar's sad face.

Ambition: None, he is content with his daily life of convicting others.

DIVINE RIGHT

Weapon(s): Solar Chariot, Thirteen Winds.

Powers:

Sun: Capacity of a solar deity and manipulation of the celestial body. As Shamash is the sun which vanquishes and purifies rather than the Sun that destroys, there is an affinity for purification and clearing away "obscurants/evil", as well as solar-level heat and light creation. However, he does not possess an affinity for the Sun as an avatar for indifferent destruction as much as a certain other Babylonian god.

Law: Authority over laws and rules, both already-existing as well as those that have yet to be made. As the judge of the world who created the first code of law, the ability to write in laws is only natural, as is the capability to see all Truth such that an objective decision can be made. As the arbiter of justice, the charges that have been established once as clear good and evil are absolute.

Travel: The authority over conceptual "travel" between points is something accomplished easier than breathing; this allows for great exercises of convenience such as movement between designated points in 3-space by authority. Naturally, this authority extends to that of those who have traveled or are traveling, just as he gifted Gilgamesh and Enkidu with the weapons of heroes who had once traveled whilst they embarked on their pilgrimage to slay Humbaba.

Strengths: Declaration and sentence with regards to reality and its a priori conditions, mobility.

Weaknesses: Outright destructive potential is relatively low for a solar deity, underestimates slackers, overestimates law-abiding individuals.

Pets: Solar Lion and the Girtablilu.

HISTORY

Known as Shamash in Assyro-Babylonian religion and Utu in Sumerian, Shamash as he prefers to be addressed is the offspring of the Babylonian moon god and a central deity of said pantheon.

Much of his detailed accounts stem from the Epic of Gilgamesh, such as in his gifting to Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the form of counsel and the items of those who had once traveled. Regarded as a god of the sun, travel, and justice, he is one who tears away ambiguity and brings wrongness and evil to light. It is also mentioned that the Girtablilu created by Tiamat were entrusted to him as underlings, and serve him to this day.

As an aside, the Code of Hammurabi was actually a creation of Shamash, rendered according to laws he wrote into being and later dismissed.

[The Grey Dust]

Is there still room?

[LadyRunic]

@The Grey Dust Yup

@Unoedipal Oh and all Gods can travel to almost anywhere. Minus the unadvisable and the areas warded against their teleporting.

Part of the godly powers thing. I'm going to have a section in the OOC on it.

[Rosette Christopher]

I'm waiting for our first Greek God. It seems somewhat important to have some.

[Taytay]

I was gonna make two gods

[Rosette Christopher]

I was gonna make two gods

@Queentze

Oh? Who?

[LadyRunic]

@Rosette Christopher Go ahead and make some. And yes their important. Greek and Roman shared gods, just different names. So that twist is going to throw some tempers high!

@Queentze Oooohhh, curious!

[The Grey Dust]

I'll try and get a god up sometimes next week, I want to see a few more examples before I finalize my concept.

[Taytay]

I know i wanna do one Greek and one Egyptian but if there is any specific one you want me to do then I'll do it.
@LadyRunic@Rosette Christopher

[LadyRunic]

@Queentze OOoooohhhhhh... Yeessss... No.... Yessss.... Noo.... curses.

I'm torn right now. I'm going to be making a Demigod who is the Daughter of Set. BUT! Urgh! I have a very specific Set in mind! (This Set) So I'm torn between playing him myself with I don't want to do (Too many characters for me to keep up), or loosing that perfect image to another. Which I kinda don't want to lose!

But anyways, do whoever you want to do! But that link is where I kinda got the idea for this.

[Hamstrong]

I could do a Greek god. I'm looking into the Egyptian gods now though. May take Sekhmet because crazy cat lady.

[LadyRunic]

@Hamstrong Haha, true enough!

[Taytay]

@LadyRunic I don't have to do set I was thinking for Anubis or Osiris. But if Egyptian doesn't work I could always do Japanese or Mayan.

And for Greek was anyone else gonna do the big three I wanted Hades, like god of war Hades.

[LadyRunic]

@Queentze Oh! No no! It works and I'm not saying don't do Set! I'm just saying I'm playing the Demi-daughter of Set so if anyone chooses them their aware! Doing a Egyptian God would be great being closer to Rome, and everything!

Honestly Japan and Mayan are so far away, it'd be hard for the struggle to really effect them.

[Taytay]

@LadyRunic Oh okay that's cool, now how does the greek and roman cross over work, are they separate or the same being.

[Ryuzaki]

@LadyRunic Important question. Can we use fictional Pantheons? Like ones that arent found in history?

[LadyRunic]

@Queentze Their the same being, the name just is different.

@Ryuzaki As interesting as that may be, I shall have to say no.

[Taytay]

Hades

Hades/Pluto

Full Name:
Hades

Nickname:
Pluto, Dis Pater, Orcus, Plouton, God of Wealth

Age:
Appears to be in his early 30s

Gender:
Male

Race:
God

Pantheon:
Greek/Roman

Weapon(s):
Pitchfork, Helm of Hades, Claws of Hades

Powers:
Invisibility, Shapeshifting, Necromancy, Pyrokinesis, Umbrakinesis, Regeneration, Telekinesis, Teleportation

Appearance:

Real Appearance

Likes:
Money, Death, Rightful Punishment, Striking Bargains, Being Left alone, Narcissus, Cypress, hounds, thwarting the plots of men and gods, getting back at his brothers

Dislikes:
Other gods, losing, not being able to have the last "laugh", giving things away, people challenging the claim on his wife, Gods, humans

Strengths:
Strategy, funding, hand-to-hand combat, dark magics, playing tricks, granting "wishes"

Weaknesses:
His Wife, Persephone

Quirks:
"For even bold natures flee, when they see Hades close to life."

Fears:
The loss of his, he ruin of the underworld, losing what he already has, being humiliated more than he already has

Ambition:
Being accepted by the Olympians, the over throwing of his brothers, the downfall of man, to make his wife the absolute queen

Personality:
Unlike his brother Zeus and many of the other Gods, Hades is mostly unconcerned with the affairs of the mortal realm, preferring to focus his energies on the Underworld. He is, however, quick to anger if someone crosses him or his family, which makes him an enemy of most of the other pantheons. He also appears to deeply care for Persephone. Hades has a sinister and sadistic, mock-playful humor, evident in the way he taunts and intimidates his victums throughout the Underworld. This is similar to the mythological Hades, who often gave out ironic punishments to particularly unfortunate souls. He also appears to be a masochist, as seen when he fought the titans, he claimed to enjoy the pain. But when Hades is not a evil demented bastard, he does have a wise and elderly side to him that most fathers would. When people please him he can be see in this state. The only person who is know to have seen his real smile is Persephone.

Father:
Cronos

Mother:
Rhea

Siblings:
Zeus
Poseidon

Pets:
Cerberus
Furies
Hell Hounds
Demons
Monsters of the underworld

History:
Hades was the ancient Greek god of the Underworld he brother of Zeus, but his name was shared with the abode of the dead. In Greek Mythology, Hades was the first son and fourth child of Cronos and Rhea. According to myth, he and his younger brother Zeus and his younger brother Poseidon defeated the Titans in battle and took over rulership of the cosmos; ruling the Underworld, Sky, and Sea, respectively; the solid earth, the long province of Gaia, was available to all three concurrently. He was also called "Plouton" (Greek: meaning "Rich One"), a name which the Romans Latinized as Pluto. The Romans would associate Hades/Pluto with their own chthonic gods, Dis Pater and Orcus. The corresponding Etruscan gods was Aita. Symbols associated with him are the Helm of Darkness and the three-headed dog, Cerberus.

@LadyRunic hows this look