Holy High: Pax Deorum (OPEN)

[Weissa Major]

okay. also, Someone else needs to wake me up Because he/she/they have a lot going on rn

You could have Vix wake up on her own, or have her wake up when the rooming lists are passed to each student. From there you can go to your dorm, or you can explore the different areas of campus.

[Luminesa]

I’ll be making a map of HH at some point to use as a reference, but that will likely be sometime this weekend.

[Tuboo Shippers]

okay. also, Someone else needs to wake me up Because he/she/they have a lot going on rn

You could have Vix wake up on her own, or have her wake up when the rooming lists are passed to each student. From there you can go to your dorm, or you can explore the different areas of campus.

see, the problem is every time i do that in any Rp, I get told to leave for metagaming. I don't understand why. i wasn't, I don't think.

[Weissa Major]

see, the problem is every time i do that in any Rp, I get told to leave for metagaming. I don't understand why. i wasn't, I don't think.

I asked the OP, and he said that it wouldn't be metagaming.
If you have any questions about what counts as metagaming, feel free to send Luminesa a telegram

[Luminesa]

You could have Vix wake up on her own, or have her wake up when the rooming lists are passed to each student. From there you can go to your dorm, or you can explore the different areas of campus.

see, the problem is every time i do that in any Rp, I get told to leave for metagaming. I don't understand why. i wasn't, I don't think.

Okay, so.

Metagaming is a matter of a couple things:
1.) OP gives you information, you don't connect it properly in-story and so there's no plausible way your character can know something. (Using an example from another RP I'm in, the OP told me information which my character would learn through research. I opted for my character to only learn 3/4 of the important pieces of information, because there was no way I could justify her knowing the last part.)

2.) A character decides to do something that would essentially break the plot without good reason. (This is a bit difficult, but to give an example, a player once decided that they understood a very unspoken secret which would have destroyed the RP if they had decided to spill it to the wrong characters. OP decided to get rid of their character for it, because it would make EVERYONE ELSE'S plans harder and also it would be out of that character's power to spill information that way.)

3.) Moving someone else's character without implicit or explicit permission. (I moved Killara with Patriah during a co-write because it was implied she was going to follow him. If H-Corp had told me, "Hey, don't move her, she wants to do something," don't move them anyway. Rule of thumb says ask before moving someone's character anywhere significant. A good example, don't move Lanuru to the hot springs because you want him to hang with Vix or something.)

4.) Character does something that is way outside of their power-set or capabilities without a good explanation as to how. (Example: if Astrid decides that she is a love deity even though it's not listed in her Domains, this would be metagaming if she does not explain how she has gained a threshold in that Domain.)

If you're not certain about something, please feel free to ask here or to TG me or one of the co-OPs (Finsternia and Danceria.) One of us will respond, and I can guarantee you that getting Vix off the ground and having her walk around is NOT going to offend any of the above.

[Kingdom of Irhk]

Name: Alkibiades, son of Dionysus
Pantheon: Greek
Gender: Male
Domain(s): Grape-harvest, Winemaking, Orchards and Fruit, Vegetation, Fertility, Insanity, Ritual madness, Religious ecstasy, Festivity, Theatre
Parents: Dionysus, rumours related to his mother aren't that openly discussed
Age: 21
Appearance:

Powers:

• Sommelier, Connoisseur, s'il vous plaît:
  
  Alkibiades is skilled in the process of producing and tasting wine - and other alcoholic beverages - by his parent's domain. This particular skill and dedication made him an eccentric genius, also versed in the arts of producing other liquids if given the proper formula and ingredients.
  
• Whisky in the Jar/Message in a Bottle:
  
  The son of Dionysus is hardly one to go down easily when drinking, unless he wants to get drunk. Much like his Roman's cousin abilities, when inebriated, Alkibiades can have slight glimpses of the future, yet he'll still need to make sense of whatever he saw within the alcoholic fog.
  
• Drunk Already?:
  
  He who reigns over the wine can get, with his touch or... less polite manners, induce a state of euphoria and drunkenness against his foes.
  
• Liquid Courage:
  
  When inebriated, Alkibiades becomes better: he'll prepare a better wine, convince people easier and even - under certain circumstances - go for the fight, even if it's not his preferred way of solving issues.
  
• Mists of Euphoria/Insanity/Lethargy
  
  By breaking the vials he usually carries nearby, Alkibiades can inflict one of the aforementioned effects within his foes (or allies) if he's within reach.
  
• Man of Wealth and Taste:
  
  As the patron of Theatre, Alkibiades is a knowledgeable man, even if he doesn't look like one at the first sight.
  
• Green Thumb:
  
  Alkibiades can call upon the aid of the vegetation around him, be it to fasten their natural process, be it to aid him in battle alongside his staff (which is similar to the one carried by his father).

Background:

When gods clashed against gods in their divine contest, a few in the Greek Pantheon saw it as their time to shine: Ares had the opportunity to gather his family, as he once again rode towards the battlefield with Phobos and Deimos; Zeus threw his bolts like he didn't do since he clashed against the Titans; Hephaestus kept the forge ever warm, yet Dionysus... Had no particular wish for war.

The foreigner, wine-drinker, reveler of a god with uncertain origins who sat so sleazily among the Olympians had no wish to partake in the destruction of the other Gods, whose people he often visited in his voyages across the Earth. Using his power, he kept himself in his vineyard, creating a nearly never-ending revelry for those who sought a place to rest, drink or a refuge for those who shared his wish to preserve themselves. No slander or insult from his relatives were louder than the sounds of the wine filling his cup, as his yards were nothing more than another type of Heaven...

Yet his son - with a mother Dionysus will avoid, wisely, giving a name to - developed a particular penchant for the knowledge around the world. Proud of his offspring, he decided to produce his masterful work, a bottle of wine so divine that he could offer to the most belligerent of gods and they would still appreciate it... Yet what came out of it was no vision of peace.

In the alcohol induced mist that lead his consciousness to the future, Dionysus realized that the the vines that kept his vineyard safe from possible foes would be no match for any future threat. He had to extend his presence, not only as a winemaker, but also as a peacemaker. Alkibiades, his beloved son, had to - much to the distaste of father and son - leave the premises and extend a helping glass of wine to other gods.

With staff, bottle and glass at hand, Alkibiades was sent to Holy High.
Main Classes:

Magic - Hecate
Diplomacy/Power Management - Athena
Science - Ganesha

Humanities:

Art - Hephaestus/Saraswati
Stargazing - Astraeus

[Luminesa]

App is accepted! Welcome aboard, the OOC will be updated!

[Dogutrakya]

Name: Zein al-Rashidi, divine name Senu
Pantheon: Egyptian
Gender: Senu can take many forms, but he has chosen to be male since childhood.
Domain: Desert/Arid Land, Travelers, Vultures, Weather, Darkness
Parents:
• Seth, God of the Desert
• Nephthys, Protector Goddess of Darkness and Magic
Age: 17 and a half, physically
Appearance:

(This, but metallic cream-brownish color instead of gold

Powers:
• Psammokinesis: Being a desert god, Senu has the ability to control, manipulate, and absorb sand - whether it's the regular beach or desert sands, or sediments in or near a water body. He can also convert regular soil or rock into sand particles.
• Weather Manipulation: Senu can summon torrents of air and create storms, though this works best with a dry air. Combined with his psammokinesis, he can create dust storms hundreds of metres high. This ability is still developing due to his young age.
• Flight: In his divine form, Senu possessed wings that allowed him to fly. The vulture-like characteristics allowed him to fly for hours without rest. Transforming into the divine form costed him a lot of energy, however. He can also transorm into an Egyptian vulture. Otherwise, Senu prefers to use his motorbike to fly.
•Darkness Manipulation: An ability he inherited from Nephthys. Senu can cast shadows and turn the surrounding area dark. When concentrated, this absence of light stores energy, which can be used to attack enemies. Darkness, however, has other properties such as shielding an area from scorching sun. Though he can use this ability easily at day, it works very much better in the night (obviously).
• Abilities: Senu is proficient in English, Arabic, as well as Coptic (Egyptian). He can understand French and Russian, though is not fluent in both. He can play guitar and piano. Instead of swords or spears like regular gods, he used a shotgun and pistol, and he can channel his abilities through these. Senu is also a good mechanic, and he kept his bike in pristine condition whenever possible.

Background : The Gods of Egypt has long since hidden into obscurity, settling within human society, since the advent of new religions and conquests that ended their millenia of control over Egyptian society. They still held an immense amount of power - yet many of them chose to appear as humans, becoming merchants, soldiers, and administrators. For the two thousand years after the Roman conquest, the Gods, led by a council of eight called Ennead, chose to maintain a status quo - there will be no new gods, and all that already exist will continue to be patrons of their respective domains. Osiris, chief of the Ennead, upheld this rule with an iron fist, with his son Horus the Pharaoh as enforcer. What they could not control, however, was another part of the eight, something that Osiris has always struggled with since their beginning - his own brother.

Seth has always been jealous of Osiris. His position as Pharaoh, and him having a son, certainly did not help. After the gods' isolation, however, they made amends and worked to maintain the pantheon together - but jealousy got the best of him once again. Seth and his wife Nephthys always wanted a child, and what they called, "a normal family", but years of Seth's exile to the Sahara always has been a barrier. They could not, however, when reunited in the isolation - because the Ennead has prohibited any new gods to rise. When their son Senu was born, the entire Egyptian pantheon was shocked - it was the first birth of a new god in thousands of years. In response, Horus led an army to Seth's dwelling, confronting him of this breach and asking for explanations. There would have been civil war as Seth was very protective of his son, if not for Osiris' wife Isis calming the tension. They decided to take the matter to Ra, father of Osiris and Seth, who dwells in the sky - and therefore not bound by the Ennead's laws. To their confusion, Ra called Senu's birth a blessing, and it was even him who gave the newborn god that name. The tension soon became awkward. It is decided that Senu, like Horus, would not become part of the Ennead, but instead would rule over the pantheon with his cousin.

The young god did not turn at all like Horus, though. When his powers manifested, he stole items from Seth and imbued them with magic, some causing accidents with mortals than threatened to expose them. Senu was not at all interested in governing, though he excels at science, an important part of government. He can chage shapes, which made it hard to catch him, though being a vulture is his favourite form.

While Seth and Nephthys wanted children, they did not know anything about raising one - Senu was left primarily at the hands of their mistress of household Tawaret, the hippo goddess. Personally, Senu felt he was closer to her than his parents. The Ennead are focused on managing their domains, and he has really no counterparts to bond with. As a result, Senu was unruly - at nine, he stole a bike and ran away from Rosetta, the city where Seth and his family lived. His father was outraged, and he scoured both the Eastern and Sahara deserts to find him. At this point he discovered that Senu inherited many of his abilities, particularly controlling sands and the air. Senu was too young to fight in the great war between the gods. After the war, he was sent to Holy High begrudgingly, with intense pressure from his parents. Seth and Nephthys wanted him to be a "real god", responsible for his domains and trained in government, a proper heir like Horus is to Osiris. Senu resented this, and secretly he planned to escapre, should circumstances allowed.

Equipments: Senu took guns, particularly the Saiga-12 shotgun and M1911 pistol used by the Egyptian Army, as his personal weapon. He was given a was-scepter, as befits many Egyptian gods, but he fashioned it to a necklace instead of using it to fight. He considered what most gods used as outdated - particularly spears, swords, and bows, and that modern weapons would work better. Similarly, his personal vehicle is a 1200cc Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster than can fly and also go off-road, instead of traditional chariots or horses.

Main Classes: Diplomacy, Gym/Fighting, Science, Magic
Humanities: Art

(If this does get accepted, do you have discord or similar where we can discuss co-writes? The story is already progressing and I wonder how to introduce a new character into it).

[Finsternia]

Name: Zein al-Rashidi, divine name Senu
Pantheon: Egyptian
Gender: Senu can take many forms, but he has chosen to be male since childhood.
Domain: Desert/Arid Land, Travelers, Vultures, Weather, Darkness
Parents:
• Seth, God of the Desert
• Nephthys, Protector Goddess of Darkness and Magic
Age: 17 and a half, physically
Appearance:

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Powers:
• Psammokinesis: Being a desert god, Senu has the ability to control, manipulate, and absorb sand - whether it's the regular beach or desert sands, or sediments in or near a water body. He can also convert regular soil or rock into sand particles.
• Weather Manipulation: Senu can summon torrents of air and create storms, though this works best with a dry air. Combined with his psammokinesis, he can create dust storms hundreds of metres high. This ability is still developing due to his young age.
• Flight: In his divine form, Senu possessed wings that allowed him to fly. The vulture-like characteristics allowed him to fly for hours without rest. Transforming into the divine form costed him a lot of energy, however. He can also transorm into an Egyptian vulture. Otherwise, Senu prefers to use his motorbike to fly.
•Darkness Manipulation: An ability he inherited from Nephthys. Senu can cast shadows and turn the surrounding area dark. When concentrated, this absence of light stores energy, which can be used to attack enemies. Darkness, however, has other properties such as shielding an area from scorching sun. Though he can use this ability easily at day, it works very much better in the night (obviously).
• Abilities: Senu is proficient in English, Arabic, as well as Coptic (Egyptian). He can understand French and Russian, though is not fluent in both. He can play guitar and piano. Instead of swords or spears like regular gods, he used a shotgun and pistol, and he can channel his abilities through these. Senu is also a good mechanic, and he kept his bike in pristine condition whenever possible.

Background : The Gods of Egypt has long since hidden into obscurity, settling within human society, since the advent of new religions and conquests that ended their millenia of control over Egyptian society. They still held an immense amount of power - yet many of them chose to appear as humans, becoming merchants, soldiers, and administrators. For the two thousand years after the Roman conquest, the Gods, led by a council of eight called Ennead, chose to maintain a status quo - there will be no new gods, and all that already exist will continue to be patrons of their respective domains. Osiris, chief of the Ennead, upheld this rule with an iron fist, with his son Horus the Pharaoh as enforcer. What they could not control, however, was another part of the eight, something that Osiris has always struggled with since their beginning - his own brother.

Seth has always been jealous of Osiris. His position as Pharaoh, and him having a son, certainly did not help. After the gods' isolation, however, they made amends and worked to maintain the pantheon together - but jealousy got the best of him once again. Seth and his wife Nephthys always wanted a child, and what they called, "a normal family", but years of Seth's exile to the Sahara always has been a barrier. They could not, however, when reunited in the isolation - because the Ennead has prohibited any new gods to rise. When their son Senu was born, the entire Egyptian pantheon was shocked - it was the first birth of a new god in thousands of years. In response, Horus led an army to Seth's dwelling, confronting him of this breach and asking for explanations. There would have been civil war as Seth was very protective of his son, if not for Osiris' wife Isis calming the tension. They decided to take the matter to Ra, father of Osiris and Seth, who dwells in the sky - and therefore not bound by the Ennead's laws. To their confusion, Ra called Senu's birth a blessing, and it was even him who gave the newborn god that name. The tension soon became awkward. It is decided that Senu, like Horus, would not become part of the Ennead, but instead would rule over the pantheon with his cousin.

The young god did not turn at all like Horus, though. When his powers manifested, he stole items from Seth and imbued them with magic, some causing accidents with mortals than threatened to expose them. Senu was not at all interested in governing, though he excels at science, an important part of government. He can chage shapes, which made it hard to catch him, though being a vulture is his favourite form.

While Seth and Nephthys wanted children, they did not know anything about raising one - Senu was left primarily at the hands of their mistress of household Tawaret, the hippo goddess. Personally, Senu felt he was closer to her than his parents. The Ennead are focused on managing their domains, and he has really no counterparts to bond with. As a result, Senu was unruly - at nine, he stole a bike and ran away from Rosetta, the city where Seth and his family lived. His father was outraged, and he scoured both the Eastern and Sahara deserts to find him. At this point he discovered that Senu inherited many of his abilities, particularly controlling sands and the air. Senu was too young to fight in the great war between the gods. After the war, he was sent to Holy High begrudgingly, with intense pressure from his parents. Seth and Nephthys wanted him to be a "real god", responsible for his domains and trained in government, a proper heir like Horus is to Osiris. Senu resented this, and secretly he planned to escapre, should circumstances allowed.

Equipments: Senu took guns, particularly the Saiga-12 shotgun and M1911 pistol used by the Egyptian Army, as his personal weapon. He was given a was-scepter, as befits many Egyptian gods, but he fashioned it to a necklace instead of using it to fight. He considered what most gods used as outdated - particularly spears, swords, and bows, and that modern weapons would work better. Similarly, his personal vehicle is a 1200cc Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster than can fly and also go off-road, instead of traditional chariots or horses.

Main Classes: Diplomacy, Gym/Fighting, Science, Magic
Humanities: Art

(If this does get accepted, do you have discord or similar where we can discuss co-writes? The story is already progressing and I wonder how to introduce a new character into it).

You're accepted! I'll TG you the Discord invite!

[Luminesa]

Alright, OOC will get an update tomorrow, does anyone have any questions they'd like to post here so far?

[Weissa Major]

Name: Kimiko-hime
Pantheon: Shinto (Japanese)
Gender: Female
Domain(s): Beauty, Order
Parents: Tsukuyomi
Age: 76
Appearance: She is slightly taller than average, with a thin frame that could best be described as spidery. She wears a blue kimono that is embroidered with silver thread, as well as a black hakama. Her hair is worn in a simple bun, fastened with a comb and a hairstick.
Powers:
•Yari-Yari Daze: Her weapon of choice is a modified yari, a type of Japanese spear, attached to a strong prehensile silk. The silk itself is powerful, but when combined with the spear, it becomes an impressive weapon with a myriad of possible applications and manuevers. When not in use, the spear transforms into a hairstick.
•Weaver's Gift: She can create and manuever the aforementioned silk into numerous forms, including blankets and clothing. Clothing made from the silk is notably comfortable, adjusting itself to the wearer's size and ideal temperature. In combat, the silk is both durable and prehensile, capable of being used as a restraint or as a weapon. The silk is also sensory, capable of feeling textures and tension.
•The Beauty Underneath: She can summon an ambient light that can fill a space with moonlight. It can reveal hidden messages and previously unseen details, as well as reveal illusions. Interestingly, she cannot cast this light on herself.
Background (At least two paragraphs):

Amaterasu was a noble leader who was capable of showing forgiveness, even to someone as tempestuous and chaotic as Susanoo. But there was one person she could not extend her grace to. Her brother Tsukuyomi, the Moon God, had been exiled from the Heavenly Court following an incident where he murdered Ukemochi, a food goddess, while representing Amaterasu at a feast.

For millennia, Tsukuyomi lived in exile on the dark side of the moon. He was alone, save for his court and their attendants. His palace was grand, rivaling that of even the Sun Goddess herself, and his court kept themselves busy with festivals and dances. But, grand as it was, the palace was little more than a glorified prison, and the pleasantries of the court were but mere distractions. Amaterasu had made it clear; for Tsukuyomi, anywhere the sun reached was off limits.

Tsukuyomi tried to make amends. He had his finest craftsmen create gifts of wondrous quality, which his servants delivered to Amaterasu and her descendants. He had his servants collect baskets of the finest fruits and flowers (many of which, unknown to him, grew from the chopped-up pieces of Ukemochi). He even sent Kaguya, the youngest and most beautiful member of his court, to Earth in an attempt to forge a marital alliance with the then-current Emperor of Japan. But these attempts, and all others, failed.

After centuries of failure, Tsukuyomi had finally created the perfect gift. He sent his servants to Earth, where, through some miracle, they were allowed to present the gift to Amaterasu. The "gift" was a new Goddess, sculpted by Tsukuyomi himself. Amaterasu was surprised that the weakest of the three "Precious Children" had successfully created a deity, let alone one with such potential. While their relationship had not been completely mended, Amaterasu lifted the exile imposed on Tsukuyomi, accepting the new goddess as a member of her court, and giving her the name Kimiko.

Kimiko quickly acclimated to her new position. Amaterasu had her train under the Supreme Goddess's sacred weavers, from whom she learned their trade at an alarming pace. Kimiko displayed a strong affinity for the arts, especially those linked to textiles. Through observation, she picked up on the subtleties of her Pantheon's interactions, and those of court life in general.

Months before the Great War in Heaven began, it was obvious that tensions between the Pantheons were already beginning to boil over. Kimiko was sent back to her father's palace for her safety. But by that time, she had lost interest in court politics. She spent all of her time training with weapons of her own design; the first, a strong prehensile silk that could ensnare enemies, and the second, a needle-like spear that, when threaded with the silk, created a beautiful tool that packed a devastating punch.

Princess Kaguya disappeared while on Earth during the war. Her title was given to Kimiko, who took her place as a representative of Tsukuyomi and his interests. Despite her new title and the status it comes with, Kimiko still feels like little more than a glorified handmaiden. Her ambitions, however, are restricted by her domain as a Goddess of Order. But her experience navigating her Pantheon's whims may serve her well, especially in a setting with divinities from across the world.

Main Classes (Pick 4, will be listed in post below): Diplomacy, Science, Magic, PE
Humanities (Pick 2-3, will be listed in post below): Dance, Art

[Luminesa]

Accepted! OOC Updates coming soon!

[Luminesa]

Rules for Hyperion’s Focus Lesson:

1.) The golems are not sentient, but they move according to some sort of rhythm.
2.) The golems move in a circle, but not at a constant speed. They are erratic.
3.) Find how to hit them to make them explode.
4.) If given the hint by OP, you can give the hint to other players IC/OOC or choose not to.
5.) There’s no rush to finish, we are organizing co-writes as we go.

[Tuboo Shippers]

Alright! just wondering who I'm paired with.

Btw, the school's IT dep checks docs I create, so I can't open a co-write. I still remember an investigation they started on a kid in my class after he shared a google doc with his friend's at-home email.

[Ceystile]

Name: Althea
Pantheon: Greek
Gender: Female
Domain(s): Healing, Medicine
Parents: Asclepius, Epione
Age: 23
Appearance: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/572590540137533970/
Personality: After seeing everything she's seen and lingering emotional issues, Althea's become cynical of both gods and humans and is a full fledged, card carrying member of the Salty Healer Alliance. While she's an excellent healer, she acts more like an RPG healer than an anime healer in that she's cranky, grumpy, irritable, sarcastic and often drunk. The PTSD of the godly war may have effected her a little more than she cares to admit...as a result, she's almost developed a huge grudge against disease and death itself. "You die when I say you can die, got it?!" Seriously, this girl may need therapy. While her bedside manner is absolutely awful, you can depend on her to save your life even if she has to use unorthodox methods to do it. She feels that if she lets emotions get in the way, she can't do her job effectively and somebody's going to die and after losing so many during the war, she refuses to take that risk. However she does have a softer side, a side that's girly and loves cute things and anime and adventure, though she only lets this show in glimpses around her family and her few friends when she's not working.
Powers:
Healing: As a goddess of medicine, Althea has a prodigious ability to heal wounds and diseases by both mundane and magical means. Of course there are some things that even she can't cure, although she'd never admit it in public.

Flower Power: She wears peonies in her hair (a tribute to her father's epithet of Paeon)and the pollen and petals of these plants can be used in medicine and healing potions.

Deadly Doctor: You can't cure unless you know how to kill, and do you really want to fight somebody who knows where every weak point on your body is? Althea is proficient in the usage of poisons and isn't above using very sharp scalpels as a weapon.

Archer: Being a granddaughter of Apollo, she has some skill in archery though not as proficient as his.


Background (At least two paragraphs): Althea is the daughter of Asclepius, Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo by his wife Epione, goddess of recuperation and recovery. As the youngest of eight divine children, she was often unintentionally overlooked by her far more "important" parents and siblings whom were busy with their own divine duties. As a result, she was mainly raised by her father's mentor Chiron and his wife, while her parents and grandfather Apollo visited when they could. Because of her wit and resemblance to her great-grandmother Leto, she swiftly became one of the sun god's favorite grandchildren, and her relationship with her grandfather was one of the strongest in her life (she's definitely a grandpa's girl). She wouldn't call her childhood unhappy, as Chiron was good to her and she learned much from him, but what interested her most was the art of medicine like most of her family. As Chiron would often take the young Althea to human villages, she sympathized with them, the mortals who were often overlooked by the high and mighty gods themselves, deciding that she would surpass her father and take his place as physician of the gods one day to finally get her family's full attention by being a greater healer than all of them.

As she grew older, she indeed grew skilled and her relationship with her parents and siblings much improved over time, and her desire to surpass her father grew less of a payback thing and more of a playfully competitive thing. Over the years she would traverse between heaven, the earth and the underworld to peddle her trade, collecting followings and having the occasional affair in true Greek god fashion. Another reason she preferred traveling is because she was just as interested in the scientific side of medicine as she was in the healing aspect, sometimes a bit too much and if her experiments to push the boundaries of medicine got a bit out of hand from time to time, better to do it away from the watchful noses of the gods. In her view, you can't cure unless you know what kills right?
When the war between the gods began, Althea and her sisters were actually army medics on the Greek side as they needed all the hands they could get. Besides, it was a little safer in heaven even with everything going on as not even the earth she liked to wander was safe anymore and indeed, much of humanity would be wiped out in the ensuing conflict. Althea was devastated as not even the powers of the combined gods had been enough to heal such a massive loss of life on both the godly and human side, and when Holy High was founded she decided to attend in order to further her education and two goals...to one day take over her father's post as chief doctor of the gods and to prevent such a catastrophic loss of life from ever occurring again.

Main Classes (Pick 4, will be listed in post below): Diplomacy, Science, Math, Magic
Humanities (Pick 2-3, will be listed in post below): Art, PE

[Finsternia]

Name: Althea
Pantheon: Greek
Gender: Female
Domain(s): Healing, Medicine
Parents: Asclepius, Epione
Age: 23
Appearance: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/572590540137533970/
Personality: After seeing everything she's seen and lingering emotional issues, Althea's become cynical of both gods and humans and is a full fledged, card carrying member of the Salty Healer Alliance. While she's an excellent healer, she acts more like an RPG healer than an anime healer in that she's cranky, grumpy, irritable, sarcastic and often drunk. The PTSD of the godly war may have effected her a little more than she cares to admit...as a result, she's almost developed a huge grudge against disease and death itself. "You die when I say you can die, got it?!" Seriously, this girl may need therapy. While her bedside manner is absolutely awful, you can depend on her to save your life even if she has to use unorthodox methods to do it. She feels that if she lets emotions get in the way, she can't do her job effectively and somebody's going to die and after losing so many during the war, she refuses to take that risk. However she does have a softer side, a side that's girly and loves cute things and anime and adventure, though she only lets this show in glimpses around her family and her few friends when she's not working.
Powers:
Healing: As a goddess of medicine, Althea has a prodigious ability to heal wounds and diseases by both mundane and magical means. Of course there are some things that even she can't cure, although she'd never admit it in public.

Flower Power: She wears peonies in her hair (a tribute to her father's epithet of Paeon)and the pollen and petals of these plants can be used in medicine and healing potions.

Deadly Doctor: You can't cure unless you know how to kill, and do you really want to fight somebody who knows where every weak point on your body is? Althea is proficient in the usage of poisons and isn't above using very sharp scalpels as a weapon.

Archer: Being a granddaughter of Apollo, she has some skill in archery though not as proficient as his.


Background (At least two paragraphs): Althea is the daughter of Asclepius, Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo by his wife Epione, goddess of recuperation and recovery. As the youngest of eight divine children, she was often unintentionally overlooked by her far more "important" parents and siblings whom were busy with their own divine duties. As a result, she was mainly raised by her father's mentor Chiron and his wife, while her parents and grandfather Apollo visited when they could. Because of her wit and resemblance to her great-grandmother Leto, she swiftly became one of the sun god's favorite grandchildren, and her relationship with her grandfather was one of the strongest in her life (she's definitely a grandpa's girl). She wouldn't call her childhood unhappy, as Chiron was good to her and she learned much from him, but what interested her most was the art of medicine like most of her family. As Chiron would often take the young Althea to human villages, she sympathized with them, the mortals who were often overlooked by the high and mighty gods themselves, deciding that she would surpass her father and take his place as physician of the gods one day to finally get her family's full attention by being a greater healer than all of them.

As she grew older, she indeed grew skilled and her relationship with her parents and siblings much improved over time, and her desire to surpass her father grew less of a payback thing and more of a playfully competitive thing. Over the years she would traverse between heaven, the earth and the underworld to peddle her trade, collecting followings and having the occasional affair in true Greek god fashion. Another reason she preferred traveling is because she was just as interested in the scientific side of medicine as she was in the healing aspect, sometimes a bit too much and if her experiments to push the boundaries of medicine got a bit out of hand from time to time, better to do it away from the watchful noses of the gods. In her view, you can't cure unless you know what kills right?
When the war between the gods began, Althea and her sisters were actually army medics on the Greek side as they needed all the hands they could get. Besides, it was a little safer in heaven even with everything going on as not even the earth she liked to wander was safe anymore and indeed, much of humanity would be wiped out in the ensuing conflict. Althea was devastated as not even the powers of the combined gods had been enough to heal such a massive loss of life on both the godly and human side, and when Holy High was founded she decided to attend in order to further her education and two goals...to one day take over her father's post as chief doctor of the gods and to prevent such a catastrophic loss of life from ever occurring again.

Main Classes (Pick 4, will be listed in post below): Diplomacy, Science, Math, Magic
Humanities (Pick 2-3, will be listed in post below): Art, PE

Accepted!

[Finsternia]

Name: Vadha Vismarana
Pantheon: Hindu Pantheon
Gender: Male
Domain(s): Death, Destruction, Endings, Slaughter, Blood
Parents: Shiva and Kali
Age: Physically in his 20s, was born during Kali's rampage
Appearance:
Powers:

• The Trifectum of Oblivion: Embodying the powers of his divine parentage, Vadha wields the power of Death, Endings, and Destruction. The power of entrophy and rot bows before his will, and the dead and their spirits follow his edicts. As Vadha represents the ultimate end that Kali brings with the crushing power of time, those that he destroys and kills can only be restored and brought back by divine intervention and cannot be brought back by simple mortal effort.
• Slaughterer of Demonic and Divine: The Slaughterer thrives in the battlefield, butchering the legions of evil and dismembering the irreverent. Vadha grows stronger in places of slaughter and embodies the concepts therein, and he is graced by greater strength and power in this bloodcrazed manner.
• He Who Dances Upon a Sea of Blood: Blood is the consequence when life is reaped and bodies are torn through the wheel of ages and cycle of hatred. Vadha can bend, command, and create blood, but he could only do divine acts of Magic through this medium.
• Avataric Incarnation: By paying a great sacrifice of his own blood, Vadha may create an Avatar to become his incarnation upon Earth. This Avatar is a fragment of the greater form of the God, and could only hold the empowerment of one of Vadha's domains. Unlike his divine parentage, Vadha could only sustain one Avatar at a time for now.

Background:
Many Gods are born from esoteric methods, their births less than the genesis of life but rather a symbolic retelling of the forces of nature and history. Examples include Athena's birth that represents a ruler's wisdom being their greatest strength and shield, Dionysus' convoluted genesis being the process of wine distillation, and Aphrodite's being the entrance of her cult within Greece proper. Vadha's birth represents the catastrophe left upon the wake of his parentage's rampage.

Legends tell of the great Goddess Kali's wrath, and her dance that once nearly ended the world. She first rose with wrath against an undying enemy and brought forth the mercilessness of time, slaying the deathless Asura. However her bloodlust could not be abated, and thus the Goddess danced with blades in hand. By each step the earth crumbled, by each wave of her hands thunder and lightning roared. The Goddess slew mortals, demons, and divities alike in her wrath, and only her husband could calm her wrath. Shiva, the Destroyer, sacrificed himself to protect the world from his wife's rage.

When Kali's heel struck Shiva, she was overcome by peace and apocalypse was staved. The end of this tale marked the birth of Vadha, by the strike of Kali's heel did he spring out from the bloodstained footprint upon Shiva's back. Since then the young Godling was an attendant to both Gods. He followed the steps of the Goddess Kali, signifying the end that time enforces upon all. He serves as cup bearer to his Father, and he shepherds the dead that fall in wars. His duty was a noble one, despite the stain of blood upon his hands.

When the War in Heaven blazed, Vadha attended his Mother's rampage just as he always does. The young Godling fought the lesser demons and evils as Kali battled divinities grander than her young son. He tried to save the mortal folk, and those he could not save in life he tried to save in death by leading them back to samsara. By the end of the war, Vadha was relieved. The slaughter of the Gods was over, and the horrors have ended. When Holy High was proposed upon the Pantheons most high, Vadha was excited to come and see this new place where all other Godlings would gather and was thus given priviledge to join.
Main Classes: Diplomacy, Power Management, Gym, Science
Humanities: Dance, Art, Home Ec

[Luminesa]

Accepted!

[Europa Undivided]

I will watch this thread with great interest.

[Luminesa]

I will watch this thread with great interest.

Cool! Gonna make an app?

[Europa Undivided]

I will watch this thread with great interest.

Cool! Gonna make an app?

Possibly, I'm currently thinking of it XD

[Luminesa]

Cool! Gonna make an app?

Possibly, I'm currently thinking of it XD

Cool! You got sort of an idea so far?

[Danceria]

Name: Anisha Yadava, Called Anthousa the Bactrian by the Greeks
Pantheon: Greco-Indic, considers herself more Hindu than Hellenic.
Gender: Female
Domain(s): Builders, Waters, Plant-Growth, (Good) Dreams
Parents: Oeolyca, daughter of Briarius the Hecatoncheir, who is also called Aegeon by the Mortals.
Vajranabha, King of Indraprastha, great-grandson of Lord Krishna and Grandson of the Mighty Asura King Banasura through his only daughter Usha.
Age: According to familial account, she was born sometime after Hercules completed his Ninth Labor, reclaiming the Girdle of Hippolyta for her mother-historians place her circa 12th millenium BC. Physically, she resembles her 20s.
Appearance: Anisha takes after her (paternal) great-grandfather Krishna’s complexion, light aqua blue skin, muddy-brown wavy hair, and emerald eyes. She does “tan” and “blush” turning her skin from a light blue to a darker, navy blue. Her attire is modest and utilitarian, contrasting her charge’s (Vadha’s) dramatic flair, though her most striking asset is her comically long hair, which is utilized to turn into a hundred hands whenever she doesn’t feel like using her back, though she does have four arms visibly to indicate her Asura, and by extension Hindu, heritage.
Powers:
Be Like Water: Her most noteworthy ability is to turn herself into water, both her entire body and individual portions of her body. She is able to manipulate almost all forms of water-from condensation to utilizing nearby water sources. Boon of Lord Shiva, so long as the Rasalingam is in her possession or undamaged, she is able to utilize this power

Renewing Aura: As she follows after the destruction of Vadha, she is able to begin to accelerate healing and renewing of body and environment. Boon of Lady Paravati, so long as the Rasalingam remains in her possession is undamaged, she is able to utilize this power.

Hundred-Folded Handicrafts: Whether it be hereditary as her grandfather Briarius was allegedly the first fashioner of armor, or a hobby she picked up over the many long millenia of her existence, she is capable of not only the domestic arts, but has a knack for crafting, business, and other disciplines that require hands. Boon of Pratyangira, Mistress of Atharvaveda.

Wisdom of the Yakshas: She is able to ascertain the validity of promises, products, and act as a lie detector. While asleep or in her Dream Form, she is able to travel into the minds of others to interact with them this way. Those she has a positive bond or oath towards, she will always be able to find and be compelled to aid. Boon of Kubera Dik-pala.

Blessing of Nature: Anisha is a lover of nature, and in kind, nature loves her. She is able to intune herself with the local environment, flora, and fauna, seeing through their eyes and learning what the more arrogant of deities may overlook. Boon of Vinayaki

Background (At least two paragraphs):
Birth:
It is often not in the bombastic throes of great epics that truly life changing moments occured, but sometimes in the silence where words fail to mention. Between those overlooked and those untold can sometimes arise great heroines from unlikely places and unions.

For in the conclusion of the blood soaked days chronicled by the Mahabharata, and the waning days of great Heracles’ labors, a union was formed between the most unlikely of pantheons. Perceived as a mere Yaksha or lesser Asura in the court of his maternal grandfather, the thousand-armed Banasrua, Vajranabha, King of Indraprastha wed and had a daughter from Oeolyca, the daughter of the Hundred-Handed Briarius. So he got half of what he wanted, at the very least.

From birth in those bygone days, Anisha was noted for greatness-inheriting her great-great-grandfather Krishna’s complexion, and with a hundred arms, Anisha Yadava was quite a handful-even with the whole Court of Indraprastha on the lookout for her antics. What little records remain denote she was a wily and willful child-very much an Asura. However her father was mortal and she clearly was not, when her mother wanted to return to her countrymen when Alexander the Great arrived, she declined, finding more in common with the court and people of India than the drab cells of the Underworld. She declared her intent to make pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, to petition as so many famed Asuras did before her, the boon of Lord Shiva.

As evidenced by her presence here today, she evidently found employment in Shiva’s domain-though as a Handmaid and intermediary between the Divine Pair of Shiva and Parvati. It was during this time she would serve the two other oft overlooked Matrikas-Vinayaki and Pratyangira-of whom she holds in high regards to this day, seeing them not only as her superiors, but as friends over her service of centuries as ambassador to the Yakshas and defender of female Ascetics. During this tenure, she attained the Rasalingam of her Great-Grandfather as well as a master of the khol-drum and music, taking upon her the burden of many Asuras before her, to play during Lord Shiva's tandava dance.

When the War came, she answered the call of her Hellenic kinsmen-her grandfather the Hundred-Handed One found her to be as willing and zealous in her service to protect mortalkind as she had been to Lord Shiva. Anyone who underestimated the power of water, or her oath to protect the helpless and those who sought virtue in those trying times did so at their peril.

Being so cooperative with the other pantheons, and still being in service to Lady Parvati-Lord Shiva requested a new service for her in the opening of Holy High-protect the child of his and Dread Kali’s union-Vadha Vismarana.

It was going to be a long school year.

Main Classes (Pick 4, will be listed in post below): Diplomacy/Power Management, Math, Magic, Science
Humanities (Pick 2-3, will be listed in post below): Dance, Art

[Luminesa]

Accepted! OOC updates are coming soon.

[Ceystile]

Shoutout to @Danceria for giving me some of these awesome ideas and being patient, as well as to the rest of the Discord gang while I rambled away in the chat.


Name: Tomila/Timofei, though usually goes by Tima in both forms for simplicity's sake. Known as the Dragon of the North due to their skill in pyromancy.
Pantheon: Slavic
Gender: Genderfluid, mainly female but takes a male form occasionally.
Domain(s): Prophecy, Forbidden Knowledge, Birds, Serpents, Fire (the destructive side)
Parents: Gamayun, the Bird of Prophecy
Age: They're pretty old...I'd say about 150-ish but is kinda stuck in the mindset and form of a reckless twenty year old.
Appearance:
Human Forms
Divine Form

Personality: Tima is quite happy and easygoing, enjoying interesting people and places as fuel for their art...they value freedom above all else, reacting angrily and sometimes violently when that freedom is taken away from them, and does not suffer judgement lightly. Due to the effervescent nature of their powers, their temper is quite mercurial and can shift on a dime, but usually they're vivacious and enjoy getting to know new people. However, they can be slow to trust people within their inner circle due to what they've gone through and has no love for the Slavic gods who deemed it necessary to separate them from their mother. Because of this, they have a great deal of sympathy and kinship with those viewed as "lesser", weird or different unlike many other gods. Having the hot-blooded and passionate nature of the dragon, they throw themselves in headfirst with anything they set out to do, whether that be flirting with a potential match or a new art project, feeling things very deeply and strongly and fiercely loyal to those who do gain their trust. Unfortunately, this comes with a streak of recklessness that has gotten them into trouble more than one.
Powers:
Shapeshifting: Besides switching between their human and divine forms, Mila/Tima has the ability to change aspects of his/her appearance (like height, hair and eye color, stuff like that) and can mimic the form of any person they've seen before, as well as shift into a bird or a snake.

Prophecy: Like their divine mother, the young godling has the gift of prophecy, meaning they get visions of the future as well as past events. However, since the future is not set in stone and they are so very young, this gift has a variable accuracy rate and the visions have an unpredictable probability of coming true or not. They mainly gain these visions through bits and pieces dreams, but can scry them in a mirror or use any other form of divination. Each of their three dragon heads can see either the past, present or future.

Flame of the Dragon: Given their half-zmei heritage, they have a proficient control over fire magic and all things pyromancy.

Art of the Scholar: They've taken up painting as a hobby/side business, so in addition to making beautiful art, they can also enchant these paintings to act as portals/prisons or summoning aids.

Parseltongue: Can communicate with snakes and serpents

Birdsong: Can communicate with birds

Background (At least two paragraphs): When the wise, woman-faced bird Gamayun, she who dwells within the trees of Paradise, the One who sees past, present and future copulated in forbidden intercourse with a zmei (known to the uninitiated as dragons), a child was conceived through this union of fire and blood, something the Slavic gods would deem запрещенный. The birth so pained Gamayun that she named the resulting hatchling Tomila, meaning "torture" and raised her among the gods, passing off her birth as a virgin occurrence. Thus her time was split between her mother's island, whom taught her the gift of prophecy, her father's lair where she rode dragons and learned the secrets of shapeshifting and fire, and the court of heaven who expected that there would be another godling among them soon.
There weren't very many other godlings around to play with besides her mother and zmei companion Plamya, who would become one of her closest friends, so she took up art as a hobby and would often paint her mother's vivid feathers or the beautiful sunsets the Zoryas wove. However, some of the gods are not so easily fooled and the Zoryas as well as Svarog, Smith of the Universe could sense that there was something almost...odd about the child, though they could never quite tell. Though Lada, the Goddess of Spring noticed Tomila's talent in painting and took them on as her court artist as she was a well known lover of beautiful things.

It was during the shapeshifting lessons with her father that Tomila started experimenting with gender and discovered that while she was very female, there were some times where she felt rather male as well...and thus she created a male form, called Timofei. While in this guise, he once again visited the opulent court of the gods and the shock on the faces of the Slavic pantheon was...palpable to say the least, as Slavs can be very rigid when it comes to gender roles. Besides a handful of gods, the kingdom was in an absolute uproar as this transformation flew in the face of every deific law. At first an attempt was made to educate the child, Timofei was disciplined and told that such things were an abhorrence, that it was reserved for zmei and gods that didn't fall on the right side of order.
But when Timofei protested that he wasn't harming anyone, a heated debate with the god Dazbog turned...quite physical to say the least and the outraged gods ordered the young Timofei executed. Gamayun however pleaded for mercy, and so the godling was banished to earth, never to return unless they "behaved." Sent away, he dwelt with the zmei in their realm until the war of the gods occurred, after which a worried Tomila snuck her way back onto the island of Paradise to check on her mother. Gamayun was injured like many in the fighting, but her injuries were sustainable, and the Bird of Prophecy sent her child away to the newly formed Holy High along with Plamya, as she would be safest there as long as the Pax was in effect.

Main Classes (Pick 4, will be listed in post below): Science, Math, Power Management, Magic
Humanities (Pick 2-3, will be listed in post below): Art, Cooking, Stargazing