World of Gods Reboot (OOC|OPEN!)

[Jerno]

Listrin meanwhile is just watching the Ruination gods burn down the world and is getting his broom ready for clean up.

Fine with me, just more stuff I can burn down a second time

Looks like the Titan Gonz and his Pantheon have some work to do if they want to keep Earth from destruction. Of course excluding Listrin it’s part of the natural cycle

[Arithia]

Hope it's not too late to join.

Name: Amouria

God of: Goddess of Romantic Love, Platonic Love, Motherly Love, Affection, Adoration, Empathy.

Titan or Deva?: Deva (conceptual?, spiritual?)

Powers and abilities: Amouria is among the weakest of the divine pantheon when it comes to physical strength. However, she has perhaps the greatest number of followers and the greatest and most constant influence on the mortal world. She can turn mortal enemies to good friends. She can turn the most cynical hearts from stone to accept love. She can make even the most debauch, greedy person a paragon of charity. She of course refuses to engage in any act of violence.

Appearance(image if possible): Amouria's appearance is famously imprecise. Though people can generally agree she is a beautiful woman, some say her hair shines like a brilliant golden coin, others that it is the color of a fat chestnut. Her eyes are said to be the color of a crystal clear pool of water, though others assert they're the color of leaves on a tree. In reality, her appearance tailors itself to whatever the viewer finds appealing.


Short Bio:

I would like to distinguish Amouria from the common perception of Aphrodite. Unlike Aphrodite, Amouria isn't a Goddess of lust or even passion. Her domain resides entirely in the kind of love that one experiences for a longterm romantic partner, a very good childhood friend, or ones offspring. To put it metaphorically, Aphrodite is like the passionate love a young couple experiences, a flash of bright passion and excitement which burns bright but is very quickly extinguished. Amouria is the love of an elderly couple who've been together for many decades, Their love is no longer filled with passion but is constant, ever-present, and immutable.

She also rules the emotions that are most commonly associated with that type of love affection, adoration, and empathy. While she is most commonly associated with weddings, she is also commonly invoked in childbirth, hospitals, and funerals. While she does not rule birth, it is a common belief that birthmarks are the physical manifestation of Amouria's love for infants and children. While it is true that Amouria loves all infants, she asserts that she loves all humankind as a mother would and she does not pick favorites. This does somewhat distinguish her from other gods as Amouria claims all of humanity as her followers because even the most vile human beings have at some point felt love for another living creature. This of course does not mean all of humanity worships her, though nearly all acknowledge her through her rulership of marriage and love. Due to her requirement of love for all living creatures in equal measure for her devoted followers, she rather counterintuitively has a very small number of devotees. Additionally she is somewhat resented for the fact that she has very rarely bestows blessings upon any of her followers. The truth is, she attempts to distribute her blessing equally to all the inhabitants of the earth, which means she has very little spare power left to bestow flashy boons like some of the other gods.

Amouria's personality is very warm and affectionate. She is at the very least tolerated by nearly every god, and liked by most. She refuses to engage in any sort of violence, and whenever especially violent wars breakout she wears all black and covers her face with a veil until its end, to protest its occurrence, but also to hid her constant stream of tears. She can remember every human that's ever been born by name. She also morns every human that has even been sent to hell. She is in constant conflict with the other members of the pantheon because she believes that there is good in every human. It is not uncommon that she is found arguing with Athanatos over a particular mortals fate. It's also very common to see her chastise the gods of war and battle. Amouria very rarely manifests in the mortal realm, as to not show favoritism for whoever she might meet there, when she does go it is commonly to attempt to broker a peace treaty between warring nations when the fighting has gotten particularly gruesome. She once even appeared in front of a marching company of soldiers to prevent them from capturing a fleeing force. This was widely considered inappropriate and was considered interfering in the matters of war and battle.

Because Amouria has never taken a lover that has even been known, some assume mortals assume she is married to Athanatos. This is not true. Tragically Amouria cannot fall in true love with anyone who can harbor hate as it's anathema to her very existence, and sadly no one besides herself has ever been able to truly love unconditionally. Because she has never been married she has no children which is a fact that causes her constant heartache, though she does consider all of humanity her children.

[The Orson Empire]

Fine with me, just more stuff I can burn down a second time

Looks like the Titan Gonz and his Pantheon have some work to do if they want to keep Earth from destruction. Of course excluding Listrin it’s part of the natural cycle

Titans can be killed too...any Deva's want to team up? The more the better against a Titan.

[Vying Jade]

i dunno, Una kinda already is in the field of motherly love and such. Her realm is Soft Whispers, including those given to a child by a mother, whispers shared between one lover to another, and whispers of secrets, plots, lies, and whatever else is whispered softly...

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

Fine with me, just more stuff I can burn down a second time

Looks like the Titan Gonz and his Pantheon have some work to do if they want to keep Earth from destruction. Of course excluding Listrin it’s part of the natural cycle

Gonz: "THE EARTH IS BEING DESTROYED!"

Listrin: "Yeah that's how things work. You're a smart guy, make some mole people to take over when the Humans finally die."

[Harbertia]

That's a lot to read, and I've got a lot to do at the shop. Gonna have to wait.

[Nea Videssos]

i dunno, Una kinda already is in the field of motherly love and such. Her realm is Soft Whispers, including those given to a child by a mother, whispers shared between one lover to another, and whispers of secrets, plots, lies, and whatever else is whispered softly...

Isn't Una literally just the goddess of ASMR?

[Mercatus]

Comonos?

Naw, Malum gonna screw with your domain like never before

Looks like there will be hell on Earth, literally.

World of Gods II: Hell on Earth

Play now.

Anyways, what do y'all think Malum should do when he reaches the black orb?

[Argonopolis]

Looks like there will be hell on Earth, literally.

World of Gods II: Hell on Earth

Play now.

Anyways, what do y'all think Malum should do when he reaches the black orb?

Lick it to see if it is just a massive orb of licorice.

[Sivala]

Hell on earth sounds... less than ideal.

[Anglomania]

Haha haha a domino effect will commence soon. Prepare for the apocalypse...Mwahahahhaha

[Mercatus]

Prepare for Demonic invasion of Korea in T minus 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Hell portal opening

[Nea Videssos]

I'm thinking since the supernatural, the tangible existence of gods and whatnot, is common knowledge in this setting's earth, so too would be stuff like the incorporation of magic into modern society. So militaries and intelligence services would have mage units and the incorporation of magic in tactics, weaponry, defence, logistics, etc. Just thinking that would be plausible in this setting. Perhaps supernatural creatures/races from mythology could also play a part, too. Imagine magitech golems, necromancy on the battlefield, magical traps and surveillance, teleportation magic for logistics, interrogation of the souls of enemy soldiers, use of fey beings to spy on enemies and prepare ambushes, etc.

[Mercatus]

I'm thinking since the supernatural, the tangible existence of gods and whatnot, is common knowledge in this setting's earth, so too would be stuff like the incorporation of magic into modern society. So militaries and intelligence services would have mage units and the incorporation of magic in tactics, weaponry, defence, logistics, etc. Just thinking that would be plausible in this setting. Perhaps supernatural creatures/races from mythology could also play a part, too. Imagine magitech golems, necromancy on the battlefield, magical traps and surveillance, teleportation magic for logistics, interrogation of the souls of enemy soldiers, use of fey beings to spy on enemies and prepare ambushes, etc.

This is a great idea, but to a limited extent in my opinion.

I feel that Gods wouldn't interrupt the development of humans to any significant degree, as it could potentially harm them, especially the introduction of powerful magic. Maybe something like Cold War psychics that weren't bogus would work for this RP, as well as maybe magical influence on conventional weapons (perhaps like not having to reload a gun but it is limited to how much ammo one is carrying.)

[Ah-eh-ioh-uh]

NAME | Asura
GOD OF | Improvement, Struggle, Enlightenment, Progress
TITAN or DEVA? | Deva
POWERS and ABILITIES | Indomitable Will, True Flight, Psionics, Illusory Techniques

APPEARANCE | Asura still retains some of his human appearance, but also possesses inhuman traits as well. His skin is grey, and his mentor has painted it with intricate lines and shapes designed with black ink. He's gained a third eye upon becoming enlightened, but they always remain closed. He wears an orange wrapping that can become an arrangement of loose-fitting robes, and it is in this cloth that he has his walking stick.

SHORT BIO | Asura was born Ravi Parachure, the mere son of a farmer. His mentor, Ravana, found him in the fields one day and took him as a protege and away from the mundane path set before him as the son of a farmer. Ravana was an ascended mortal as well, who was taught by Kaizen, the right hand of Melius, the Titan of Improvement and Progress. Ravana spoke of establishing a new pantheon, "outside of the core of the gods", and once Asura achieved enlightenment, was invited to join this new pantheon. It is unclear, as of yet, if this farmer-turned-god would be able to help build it.

What kind of improvement? Self improvement? And what kind of progress?

[Quavv]

NAME | Asura
GOD OF | Improvement, Struggle, Enlightenment, Progress
TITAN or DEVA? | Deva
POWERS and ABILITIES | Indomitable Will, True Flight, Psionics, Illusory Techniques

APPEARANCE | Asura still retains some of his human appearance, but also possesses inhuman traits as well. His skin is grey, and his mentor has painted it with intricate lines and shapes designed with black ink. He's gained a third eye upon becoming enlightened, but they always remain closed. He wears an orange wrapping that can become an arrangement of loose-fitting robes, and it is in this cloth that he has his walking stick.

SHORT BIO | Asura was born Ravi Parachure, the mere son of a farmer. His mentor, Ravana, found him in the fields one day and took him as a protege and away from the mundane path set before him as the son of a farmer. Ravana was an ascended mortal as well, who was taught by Kaizen, the right hand of Melius, the Titan of Improvement and Progress. Ravana spoke of establishing a new pantheon, "outside of the core of the gods", and once Asura achieved enlightenment, was invited to join this new pantheon. It is unclear, as of yet, if this farmer-turned-god would be able to help build it.

Accepted!

Hope it's not too late to join.

Name: Amouria

God of: Goddess of Romantic Love, Platonic Love, Motherly Love, Affection, Adoration, Empathy.

Titan or Deva?: Deva (conceptual?, spiritual?)

Powers and abilities: Amouria is among the weakest of the divine pantheon when it comes to physical strength. However, she has perhaps the greatest number of followers and the greatest and most constant influence on the mortal world. She can turn mortal enemies to good friends. She can turn the most cynical hearts from stone to accept love. She can make even the most debauch, greedy person a paragon of charity. She of course refuses to engage in any act of violence.

Appearance(image if possible): Amouria's appearance is famously imprecise. Though people can generally agree she is a beautiful woman, some say her hair shines like a brilliant golden coin, others that it is the color of a fat chestnut. Her eyes are said to be the color of a crystal clear pool of water, though others assert they're the color of leaves on a tree. In reality, her appearance tailors itself to whatever the viewer finds appealing.
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Short Bio:

I would like to distinguish Amouria from the common perception of Aphrodite. Unlike Aphrodite, Amouria isn't a Goddess of lust or even passion. Her domain resides entirely in the kind of love that one experiences for a longterm romantic partner, a very good childhood friend, or ones offspring. To put it metaphorically, Aphrodite is like the passionate love a young couple experiences, a flash of bright passion and excitement which burns bright but is very quickly extinguished. Amouria is the love of an elderly couple who've been together for many decades, Their love is no longer filled with passion but is constant, ever-present, and immutable.

She also rules the emotions that are most commonly associated with that type of love affection, adoration, and empathy. While she is most commonly associated with weddings, she is also commonly invoked in childbirth, hospitals, and funerals. While she does not rule birth, it is a common belief that birthmarks are the physical manifestation of Amouria's love for infants and children. While it is true that Amouria loves all infants, she asserts that she loves all humankind as a mother would and she does not pick favorites. This does somewhat distinguish her from other gods as Amouria claims all of humanity as her followers because even the most vile human beings have at some point felt love for another living creature. This of course does not mean all of humanity worships her, though nearly all acknowledge her through her rulership of marriage and love. Due to her requirement of love for all living creatures in equal measure for her devoted followers, she rather counterintuitively has a very small number of devotees. Additionally she is somewhat resented for the fact that she has very rarely bestows blessings upon any of her followers. The truth is, she attempts to distribute her blessing equally to all the inhabitants of the earth, which means she has very little spare power left to bestow flashy boons like some of the other gods.

Amouria's personality is very warm and affectionate. She is at the very least tolerated by nearly every god, and liked by most. She refuses to engage in any sort of violence, and whenever especially violent wars breakout she wears all black and covers her face with a veil until its end, to protest its occurrence, but also to hid her constant stream of tears. She can remember every human that's ever been born by name. She also morns every human that has even been sent to hell. She is in constant conflict with the other members of the pantheon because she believes that there is good in every human. It is not uncommon that she is found arguing with Athanatos over a particular mortals fate. It's also very common to see her chastise the gods of war and battle. Amouria very rarely manifests in the mortal realm, as to not show favoritism for whoever she might meet there, when she does go it is commonly to attempt to broker a peace treaty between warring nations when the fighting has gotten particularly gruesome. She once even appeared in front of a marching company of soldiers to prevent them from capturing a fleeing force. This was widely considered inappropriate and was considered interfering in the matters of war and battle.

Because Amouria has never taken a lover that has even been known, some assume mortals assume she is married to Athanatos. This is not true. Tragically Amouria cannot fall in true love with anyone who can harbor hate as it's anathema to her very existence, and sadly no one besides herself has ever been able to truly love unconditionally. Because she has never been married she has no children which is a fact that causes her constant heartache, though she does consider all of humanity her children.

Accepted!

[Ah-eh-ioh-uh]

Hey, would it be alright with everybody if I were to retcon her first post so that she wasn't at the meeting? There were a lot of posts in quick secession and Minerva never even got the chance to speak at the meeting.

Now that I'm seeing the way the characters are acting I'm thinking the way to play her in a fun way is playing her as a rather grumpy recluse and that's why maybe she wouldn't attend this meeting. In fact, I think maybe she would be fed up with living in Olympia and go further into seclusion by having her first official post be to continue on preparations to leave Olympia altogether just like last time (though with hopefully decidedly less destruction on her way out).

[Ah-eh-ioh-uh]

Actually, now that I mention it it wouldn't make sense for Minerva to have tolerated living in Olympia all this time. I think she would have jumped ship a long time ago once she figured out just how Athanatos liked to deal with people under his authority to say the least. Thoughts?

I'm thinking of changing her concept/aesthetic to be more like the stereotypical bitter wicked witch of the west now actually.

[Quavv]

I’m fine with the retcon. Athanatos will visit Minerva directly and command her to help with the examination of the orb. He’ll give her a few books to study.

[Ah-eh-ioh-uh]

I’m fine with the retcon. Athanatos will visit Minerva directly and command her to help with the examination of the orb. He’ll give her a few books to study.

Let's just hope he knocks first otherwise we'll have a repeat of last time XD

[The Orson Empire]

Prepare for Demonic invasion of Korea in T minus 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Hell portal opening

So, would Malum be cool with Comonos causing as much chaos as possible during the invasion?

[Quavv]

I wonder if starting a nuclear war is something Athanatos should be concerned about...oh well he’s more concerned about the orb in space that keeps growing. Waiting for Khov-Pharn to react to Malum’s appearance in space before I give an update for the orb.

Also I’ll post a messenger coming to Minerva’s house when I wake up in the morning.

[Ah-eh-ioh-uh]

I wonder if starting a nuclear war is something Athanatos should be concerned about...oh well he’s more concerned about the orb in space that keeps growing. Waiting for Khov-Pharn to react to Malum’s appearance in space before I give an update for the orb.

Also I’ll post a messenger coming to Minerva’s house when I wake up in the morning.

Can it wait til my own (new) first post? I need to set the tone for what she has become.

[Ah-eh-ioh-uh]

Character sheet updated, hope you guys like it and let me know if you need any further tweaks to it.

[Ah-eh-ioh-uh]

Hey Endem I was just about to do something....