Yes. He's the establishing individual for 'so badass nobody says anything about it'. Well, Loki does, but nobody else.
And gets mocked for it. He just doesn't give a fuck.
Only by Loki, basically. Though no, he gave zero fucks.
Unrelatedly and unironically, we should maybe look into getting Gabriel a horse at some point, and perhaps horses for ourselves and our other key retainers at some point?
Buying horses is on the list for our livestock buying trip. But Gabriel would need a Cultivator/Spirit Beast warhorse if he's gonna go into battle on it. We do not have one of those and are unlikely to in the future.
It'd be expensive as hell, but on the other hand, horse breeding might actually be pretty lucrative if we make it a side-gig for our farm. Hasevir knows a thing or two about horses IIRC, so maybe we could ask him, even offer to partner up.
Nah, that's Knappr...the one who hates us.
In fact I suspect that Gabriel could potentially gain Fervor from the faith of non-Christians. Pending how Fervor works, but I suspect that all External Powers like Orthsirr, Vaki, Fervor do not fundamentally conflict. It might be possible for us to gain Fervor from Blots even. Not a lot though, I suspect. Actually is that part of why gods are long-lived? Fervor increases people's lifespan? Or maybe that's only Zeal.
I think that, while not strictly 'internal' Fervor is still based on your own faith, not that of others, though I'm not certain of that, I admit. I am pretty certain that Fervor is specifically based on the user's faith in the Christian God and we could thus only gain it if we converted. Which might not be impossible to combine with Orthstirr, mind you, but I don't think we can get it without the religion.
Forgive me if this has been discussed to death before, but what happens if you tell someone about odr after you're dead?
Carve a guide on the underside of your hearthstone for people to discover years later when the house is demolished, etc.
We don't know how passing it on in writing works. It may even work to avoid an Enemy attack even while we're still alive. The issue with testing that (though we will eventually) is that we need to be ready for if it
does count and triggers an Enemy attack.
Is it because Steel represents a human attempt to force an immutable work of artifice on the world, which is hubristic? Or because it's essentially the apex of weaponcraft, and permanently shaping part of the universe into something made only for hurting people has a karmic debt? Some other reason?
Evidence suggests that some malevolent force actively made it happen. That's certainly what the Finnish myth says. It may also have something to do with the Sea Peoples and the Bronze Age collapse, per this:
Lemme put it this way: the Sea Peoples used steel. Steel is fucked up for everyone on an existential level. The more steel there is, the worse things seem to get.
Though that may well be more example than origin.
