- Location
- Washington
Eh! I love all this!
Incidentally, when we make more Greater Nightmares, I would support Charybdis again. She just makes a lot of sense, especially since we have some followers who travel the seas.
Apotheosis- A Deity Quest
- Thread starter nwish425
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
Incidentally, when we make more Greater Nightmares, I would support Charybdis again. She just makes a lot of sense, especially since we have some followers who travel the seas.
Kkutlord
Prince of Breath
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
@DragonUnitOmega is my friend, but no? We really don't, and even if we do it'd be very slight as the majority of the Sea Worshippers probably serve Manann.
I think Charybdis would specifically be better suited as someone who serves as a "bridge" between the Black Field and Upside-Down Ocean.
The Black Field and Samhain personally have no connection to water, why would we ever need a water-focused Court exclusively for the Black Field?
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Because we have orc sailors as our worshipers. The way I see it, where our worshipers go, we must have a presence, however little. And I wouldn't say we have no connection to water. We have a connection to fear, which includes the fear of water, a very common fear.
Nevertheless, I think @Kkutlord is right to an extent. Right now we are not planning to do anything in the ocean and our influence there is limited for now. Charybdis is newly born, lets see what she can do as a nightmare first. When our adventures take us to the sea, then we can consider whether to make her a Greater or not.
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DragonUnitOmega
Akechi/Fem!Akira gives me life
- Location
- Inaba
- Pronouns
- She/Her/Etc
What does me being your friend have to do with the amount of sea worshippers we have?
Or maybe my medicine-induced sleepiness is making my brain fart. idk.
Either way...
Well, as @GuiltyBystander pointed out, we don't really need her at the moment. So as much as I want her as a Greater Nightmare, I can agree on holding off on that, which makes me all the more glad to make her as a normal Nightmare for now.
Either way, if ever she does become a Greater Nightmare, I made her in mind of being the "admiral of the navy" should she be promoted, so personally I'd say Mary Celeste would be more the "bridge" for Black Field and Upside-Down Ocean. Though I say that mainly because Mary Celeste can actually ferry (heh) others and thus make passage between the two more convenient and so on. So that's just my logic of things.
Though speaking of the field trips, I now wanna make more playground/school based Nightmares. I mean, if Manann inspired some Nightmares, so can Callisto's.
Though I have a feeling they might hold off because of what happened with the Starlight Spinners...
...or maybe they'll do it exactly to show off how Nightmares are born?
Idk. I just thought it'd be nice to balance the sea Nightmares with more toy/school Nightmares as another field trip idea.
Kkutlord
Prince of Breath
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
That I wasn't saying no to be spiteful, and needed something quick to clarify that. Overall, Samhain doesn't have much going on with water- genuinely seems more reasonable as some joint thing with Manann.
Samhain can't personally assist with everything, and there's a lot to say about having "skilled professionals" (water-focused Nightmares) instead of relying on someone merely "good enough."
I like the idea of our Nightmares (and vise versa) being inspired by our allies. Not really sure what our Nightmares could learn from the Dreams, could do some Dream-Nightmare partnerships?
I can see it, a Nightmare reacting to a child's fears of growing up and the Dream reassuring them it'll be alright.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Hey sorry @nwish425, just a tiny thing I wanted to ask. I noted a couple of things from the informational tab.
- I noticed Thethys is described as the Goddess of Rivers and Lakes. Shouldn't she be the Greater Goddess of Rivers and Lakes?
- Also, I noticed that Manann, despite being the Demigod of Vengeance, actually has "Sea" as its main domain, not Vengeance. Is this a mistake? (If not, it would be cool for him to be a Sea god, like a pissed off poseidon. But I suspect you meant for him to be more about Vengeance, rather than the sea).
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Kkutlord
Prince of Breath
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
I'm obviously not him, but at least with Manann both Sea & Vengeance are Mains- did you mean why is Sea first? Presumably the order doesn't actually matter.
I've wondered why nobody caught on to the weirdness with Jacqueline, I specifically imagined she is a Goddess of Motherhood but the thought of Motherhood & Vampires being linked is just odd enough few buy it.
Though did you notice how Áine has Fairies as a Main Domain? I would of assumed the apparent oddity & impossibility would of been more attention grabbing.
Also, has anyone else realized there's clearly something off about Pandora? She's a Sorceress (natural magical ability at a cost) and is associated with Calamity something that is commonly vilified purely because it is easier to blame the messenger for "causing" said Calamity.
Since I'm here anyways… I'll be honest, I'm kind of disappointed with most of the omake gods- most of them only got one omake, and nwish already has so much to juggle.
They have so much potential, but we haven't really gotten much from them either. Which is a real shame, I'm really curious about the Statue King.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
In the issue of domains, it was my understanding that it did matter. @nwish425 said the first domain on the list is the strongest aspect and the concept you will become if you ascend to Overdeity.
As for the omake gods, well, we haven't even killed a single god yet. So, I think we should just wait for Baetyl and Dionysus' story to end (i.e. for them to die) before developing the story of other gods. Otherwise, the story may become too overwhelming for @nwish425.
EDIT about Áine: nwish said that fairies can befriend and even serve gods, even if they cannot become gods themselves. It is probably that Áine made her domain in the Place between Places and took Fey as servants, just as we made our domain in the Dream realm and took Nightmares as servants.
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Kkutlord
Prince of Breath
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
Sophia, "Echidna", and Freyr were instrumental to Berstuk's destruction. I've barely been awake, but I realize now that the majority of the Omake Gods have been me.
I suppose the more accurate version of what I meant is that there is so much yet equally so much of it hasn't been explored.
I've been cooking up a whole "Knights of The Round Table" thing with nwish regarding the 'Rusty' Sword God, but the others such as Statue King are more just "vaguely existing."
Though even after tearing through Baetyl & Dionysus, there's the whole False Inquisition filled with Demons thing. Even besides all that, many of the Gods are on other continents.
I suppose it'd make sense the Liminal Ones would eventually encounter the Lords of Light, and I've already been planning for The Sacred Forge to meet with Myrmex.
It would be really helpful if it wasn't just me writing omakes, I try to do stuff with the lore but there's so much and I'm just one person.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
And we thank you very for your contribution, I am sure nwish appreciates it as well. As you said, there is a lot of content that has been developed, yet at the same time too much content yet to develop. Hell, the Demonic inquisition storyline alone will probably be enough content till the rest of the year and beyond.
But I think this is a good thing. This way writers have an entire world to work with, a lot of room for imagination. I personally like to experience the world little by little.
Still, if you ever think you need to rest you are free to do so, there is no need write until exhaustion. There is story arcs for months and we will be waiting for you until you return, just like nwish.
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- Location
- Somewhere nearby.
Sorry I took so long to react, had really bad internet outage.
This one has potential, I'll add him to the list. Question though just to eb clear, would be a Nightmare or a Greater Nightmare?
Will it adds a bit of background to the event, I like it, as for the rest.
I feel like there is a disconnect with how the update was read, insisting she should be traumatized is not and was never the point or what they were saying. You don't need to be traumatized to deserve a say. And her responses don't exactly spell out that she doesn't think of herself as an evil monster so how would they know that?
I'll do some editing and moving things around to make things more clear, but no, Thethys was not a Greater Goddess.
This one has potential, I'll add him to the list. Question though just to eb clear, would be a Nightmare or a Greater Nightmare?
Will it adds a bit of background to the event, I like it, as for the rest.
I feel like there is a disconnect with how the update was read, insisting she should be traumatized is not and was never the point or what they were saying. You don't need to be traumatized to deserve a say. And her responses don't exactly spell out that she doesn't think of herself as an evil monster so how would they know that?
I'll do some editing and moving things around to make things more clear, but no, Thethys was not a Greater Goddess.
Kkutlord
Prince of Breath
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
I imagined Greater Nightmare, cause he's been at this for a long time and isn't really alone in his endeavors. Really, "combatting food needs" is something anyone would consider.
To be fair, she doesn't really care much. Instead of bothering to clarify the situation, she mostly just wanted it to end sooner than later.
Also, there is a difference between a Writer and their characters. Furthermore, that was the Author Notes, I remember someone making a big stink about Gercy and I just really don't like that mentality.
Then why did Ares even bother killing her? Doing so wouldn't have been useful at all, what with the Rank differences- at best, that's eliminating a rival before they even can become one.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Probably because she pissed him off or something. Is not as if there is a law that says Greater gods have to ignore and never harm gods weaker than them. In the end they can do what they want. There is probably a story here, where she did something to make Ares angry enough to kill her.
Also, thanks for answering @nwish425! Still wondering about the Manann thing though, but I guess you will answer when you feel like it.
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Defiance of Death
Kkutlord
Prince of Breath
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
A/N: Part of me honestly went "Revenants actually seem interesting, why haven't we seen more with them?" I, in theory, could have reacted sooner but I genuinely only started to question this recently. Here's whatever this is @nwish425 sir and I'll just Warning to be on the safe side. I'm about to write a freaking Revenant, nobody should be surprised.
Indeed, it might as well be nameless- there simply wasn't anything special enough about the village to make it stand out. To most outsiders, it was 'just another village', nothing more and nothing less.
Naturally, there were those within the village who had simple desires like beauty and intelligence, improvements to their form but only a God could cause such change.
Surely, for their little village to have its own personal God, that could only be a good thing right? As more and more mysterious changes occurred, perhaps... their little village was playing host to a God? But wherever could their God be? If they could find out, surely everything would work out just fine.
Of course, not everyone in the village believed the same things- to so casually change people like that, if it was a God did it even care what any of them thought? Gods could be incredibly dangerous beings... yet the majority of the village, the ones who were changed, mainly sided with the idea that their God must surely be a benevolent one- why else would their God grant their desires so purely?
Oblivious to the truth, they all were, until there was no chances left- for their 'God' did not believe itself evil, what it did believe was that humans are a fickle and imperfect creature- it could fix them, make them into something truly marvelous.
So why did so many try to run away from its kindness and mercy? It was only trying to help, Humanity was just a terrible design and it could do so much better. Like an artist, all it saw were blank canvases- not once did it consider the notion it shouldn't draw over someone else's art.
Honestly, they should be thanking it for making them into something amazing- there were others who needed its help, either they'll realize it upon seeing what it has done... or it'd have to force them to understand it just wants to help.
When another like itself had gotten to observe its superior humans, it thought the other would be impressed- instead its lovely creations died. It was many forms of confused, did it do something wrong? It thought it had done a good job fixing those humans, but clearly not if its equal didn't like them.
Oh well, it'd just have to do a better job- maybe then its peers will like its work. Such a shame though, it couldn't do anything with the dead. There was no point worrying about broken things, dead creatures couldn't do anything useful after all.
Others were just outright abominations- things that clearly shouldn't exist, both morally and biologically. Not even a mother would love whatever those things were.
Yet, just looking at them, it was clearly a hopeless idea to engage the things in combat. Their village was a simple one, they never had to deal with monsters or bandits before- and most certainly not on this scale.
All they could do was hide or run away, they didn't have any means of fighting back. Watching was the most they could do, but it was obvious they were just delaying the inevitable.
Out of nowhere came a strange growling, even the most expert hunters and trackers had no idea what it was- until the various monsters turned around, looking towards another of their kind.
However... there was something off about it, though the other monsters seemed to have recongized it as one of their own. The creatures continued their march, despair continued to mount, until...
The new monster tackled one of the others to the ground, the other monsters were all confused- but soon the one that was pinned stopped moving. It was an odd sight, did one of the monsters truly turn on its own?
Before their hope could rise, that 'traitor' monster was piled on... the loud cracking sounds making it obvious what had occurred. Their one spot of hope, dashed so quickly...
No one even knew what those things are or why they're here, but just looking at those monsters made it obvious. All they could do was brace for the inevitable...
There were more horrible cracking sounds, but nobody saw why- until suddenly their dead(?) monster savior latched its teeth around another of the evil ones, ignoring the harm the others were inflicting it on.
Nothing the creatures did seemed to stop their savior, despite how much it looked like it should be dead. Ultimately, those creatures fixated on the undying one, and one by one those things all met their end.
Standing over all those corpses was their monstrous savior, by any sensible standard it should of died- but it did save them, so why complain? Still, the idea of approaching it seemed very risky...
"T-thank you, uh..." There was a young man, nervously approaching the beast. Surprisingly, the beast looked back, anger in its eyes but... not aimed at them?
"M-me, m-m-monster. H... h-ate rock, n-not god." The creature pawed at the dead, closing the eyes of the others, before letting out an angry howl. "N-not f-fair, r-rock not g-god."
The creature wasn't making sense, not that anything today did. "G-go, n-not safe. G-go..." With that the savior monster begins walking away, yet the young man still called out. "We haven't even thanked you properly!"
For a brief moment, the creature looked back- but its only response was "N-not safe." So it was their mysterious savior disappeared, their village simply left with many questions and no answers...
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A/N: Overall I'm not very pleased with this, but I really wanted to write a Revenant and do something relevant at the same time, I just wanted to do something fun- please don't use this to make Baetyl harder, and I don't know what else to do regarding a Revenant. It made perfect sense Baetyl would of unintentionally created at least one.
Defiance of Death
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Once upon a time, there was an ordinary little village- not notable in any real way, it was filled with regular humans going about their regular lives. It was the kind of place individuals dreamed of one day leaving, simply because of how ordinary it was.----
Indeed, it might as well be nameless- there simply wasn't anything special enough about the village to make it stand out. To most outsiders, it was 'just another village', nothing more and nothing less.
Naturally, there were those within the village who had simple desires like beauty and intelligence, improvements to their form but only a God could cause such change.
Surely, for their little village to have its own personal God, that could only be a good thing right? As more and more mysterious changes occurred, perhaps... their little village was playing host to a God? But wherever could their God be? If they could find out, surely everything would work out just fine.
Of course, not everyone in the village believed the same things- to so casually change people like that, if it was a God did it even care what any of them thought? Gods could be incredibly dangerous beings... yet the majority of the village, the ones who were changed, mainly sided with the idea that their God must surely be a benevolent one- why else would their God grant their desires so purely?
Oblivious to the truth, they all were, until there was no chances left- for their 'God' did not believe itself evil, what it did believe was that humans are a fickle and imperfect creature- it could fix them, make them into something truly marvelous.
So why did so many try to run away from its kindness and mercy? It was only trying to help, Humanity was just a terrible design and it could do so much better. Like an artist, all it saw were blank canvases- not once did it consider the notion it shouldn't draw over someone else's art.
Honestly, they should be thanking it for making them into something amazing- there were others who needed its help, either they'll realize it upon seeing what it has done... or it'd have to force them to understand it just wants to help.
When another like itself had gotten to observe its superior humans, it thought the other would be impressed- instead its lovely creations died. It was many forms of confused, did it do something wrong? It thought it had done a good job fixing those humans, but clearly not if its equal didn't like them.
Oh well, it'd just have to do a better job- maybe then its peers will like its work. Such a shame though, it couldn't do anything with the dead. There was no point worrying about broken things, dead creatures couldn't do anything useful after all.
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Marching on a village were hideous, bizarre monstrosities- some of them looked vaguely human, in the way only a demented artist could believe a human was supposed to look like.
Others were just outright abominations- things that clearly shouldn't exist, both morally and biologically. Not even a mother would love whatever those things were.
Yet, just looking at them, it was clearly a hopeless idea to engage the things in combat. Their village was a simple one, they never had to deal with monsters or bandits before- and most certainly not on this scale.
All they could do was hide or run away, they didn't have any means of fighting back. Watching was the most they could do, but it was obvious they were just delaying the inevitable.
Out of nowhere came a strange growling, even the most expert hunters and trackers had no idea what it was- until the various monsters turned around, looking towards another of their kind.
However... there was something off about it, though the other monsters seemed to have recongized it as one of their own. The creatures continued their march, despair continued to mount, until...
The new monster tackled one of the others to the ground, the other monsters were all confused- but soon the one that was pinned stopped moving. It was an odd sight, did one of the monsters truly turn on its own?
Before their hope could rise, that 'traitor' monster was piled on... the loud cracking sounds making it obvious what had occurred. Their one spot of hope, dashed so quickly...
No one even knew what those things are or why they're here, but just looking at those monsters made it obvious. All they could do was brace for the inevitable...
There were more horrible cracking sounds, but nobody saw why- until suddenly their dead(?) monster savior latched its teeth around another of the evil ones, ignoring the harm the others were inflicting it on.
Nothing the creatures did seemed to stop their savior, despite how much it looked like it should be dead. Ultimately, those creatures fixated on the undying one, and one by one those things all met their end.
Standing over all those corpses was their monstrous savior, by any sensible standard it should of died- but it did save them, so why complain? Still, the idea of approaching it seemed very risky...
"T-thank you, uh..." There was a young man, nervously approaching the beast. Surprisingly, the beast looked back, anger in its eyes but... not aimed at them?
"M-me, m-m-monster. H... h-ate rock, n-not god." The creature pawed at the dead, closing the eyes of the others, before letting out an angry howl. "N-not f-fair, r-rock not g-god."
The creature wasn't making sense, not that anything today did. "G-go, n-not safe. G-go..." With that the savior monster begins walking away, yet the young man still called out. "We haven't even thanked you properly!"
For a brief moment, the creature looked back- but its only response was "N-not safe." So it was their mysterious savior disappeared, their village simply left with many questions and no answers...
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A/N: Overall I'm not very pleased with this, but I really wanted to write a Revenant and do something relevant at the same time, I just wanted to do something fun- please don't use this to make Baetyl harder, and I don't know what else to do regarding a Revenant. It made perfect sense Baetyl would of unintentionally created at least one.
Spooky Time
- Location
- Somewhere nearby.
[X] Plan: Spoopy Timez
-[x] Perform the Harvest Festival
-[X] [You] Shape your realm
-[X] [Jack] Direct your worshipers
--[X] Villagers
-[x] [Annabelle] Search for your friends
-[x] Perform the Harvest Festival
-[X] [You] Shape your realm
-[X] [Jack] Direct your worshipers
--[X] Villagers
-[x] [Annabelle] Search for your friends
It was finally time, you had been preparing for this night since the village elders made their offer, and the time has come to make good on your promise. This night will live on as long as you do, a holy day to be celebrated each year, and a declaration to the world of your own existence. There will be no hiding yourself after tonight, the world will know Saint Sigeric lives again, that a God of Fear has come to Blackburn.
"The kitchens have been working overtime in preparation." You heard the words of the Duchess of Dust in your mind. "The Count and Lady Broad have been running themselves positively ragged."
"Tell them to take a break," You order her. "What they've prepared will be more than sufficient for the festival."
"My lord, I have some concerns about security," Baobhan Sith soon joined in. "It seems as though there will be more people attending then expected, the Society will be spread thin keeping watch."
"Work with the Murder's Roost to keep an eye on everything." You inform her. "Crow Father, be sure to keep the Blood Knights informed of anything unusual."
"Of course my lord," Was the response. "Nothing will escape my many eyes."
"Marquess, don't get too distracted by the festivities." You informed the gangly Nightmare. "Be sure all tribute is collected, we need as much belief as we can get."
"No NEed to WORrY My lORD." The Marquess's broken voice answered. "YaMATo anD tHe hunGrY HOUSE wiLL MAke Sure No collEcTORS SHIrK THeIr dutY."
It wasn't the collectors you were worried about.
"I'll keep an eye on him," Xenos chimed in. "No need to worry."
"What would I do without you Xenos?"
"Not much," Xenos answered. "But I'm happy to help anyways."
Blackburn was in a sort of controlled chaos, some of the Red Clubs have managed to break away from their celebration to help finish setting up the festival. Honestly it's surprising how many people were turning out for it, something about them was a bit off, like they were being led here by someone…
Regardless Jack had taken charge of planning things on the mortal side, and things were going to begin momentarily…
What exactly is this festival going to be? Depending on how this festival goes you will gain different options for a new subdomain once the festival is finished.
Now is as good a time as any to officially state you can have a maximum of seven domains and seven subdomains. After that domains and subdomains can only be altered or replaced, and that can be difficult, so plan carefully.
There will be multiple divine guests showing up for the festival. These include your fellow pantheon members, Hamlin, Lilith and Athena. For some of these this will be your first introduction to them, as well as your introduction to the public at large, so try to make a good impression.
Your Nightmares will be showing up in person as part of the festival, this is something that will happen regardless of any other plans so be sure to keep this in mind.
What is Jack directing your followers to do in preparation for the festival?
[ ] Write-in
Now, what festival is this?
[ ] Festival Name
What sort of events will be happening (Pick 4)?
[ ] Trick or Treating
- The villagers and the children will go out dressed as Nightmares and monsters, ad the children to parade around and receive small treats like candy from the adults.
[ ] Bonfire
- A massive bonfire will be made in the center of town, and the villagers will come forth to dance around it and burn representations of their fears in the flame.
[ ] Alters
- Small, temporary alters to you will be erected in front of the scarecrows in the fields for small offerings and prayers.
[ ] Competition
- A competition of some sort will be held, with the winner being given a prize.
[ ] Tests of Bravery
- Villagers will be encouraged to venture into the fields alone where they will encounter one of your Nightmares, a small gift will be given should they pass whatever test the Nightmare prepares.
[ ] Feast
- A large feast will be held near the center of town, giving a chance to enjoy the bounty of this year's harvest.
[ ] Preach
- Your priest will hold a ceremony in your honor, all in attendance will feel your presence.
[ ] Write-in
Feel free to add as much detail as you wish, and don't hesitate to use the write-in option if you have any ideas. The vote will open in 6 hours.
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
I'll make a plan in a bit, but trick or treating, tests of bravery, the bonfire, and a feast sounds like they can all synergize quite well with each other…the trick or treating as first for children followed by the bonfire for all ages, and then tests of bravery for teens and adults with the feast being the final for the night…
- Location
- Somewhere nearby.
Yes you can, be as creative as you want
- Location
- USA
[ ] Tests of Bravery in a maze
- Villagers will be encouraged to venture into the fields alone where they will encounter a maze holding your Nightmares, a gift will be given should they pass whatever test the Nightmares prepares if they escape the maze.
Does this sound ok? I know it is very little changed but I feel it would have an impact.
- Location
- Somewhere nearby.
Sounds good, I have no problem with it
Kkutlord
Prince of Breath
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
Why wasn't Sam involved?
Is this the "Direct Your Worshippers" action or unrelated?
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-[] Plan Fear Not Fear
--[ ] Trick or Treating
--[ ] Bonfire
--[ ] Tests of Bravery
--[ ] Feast
Okay, look, this is the Harvest Festival, we have to do something with Harvest. Also, this is Samhain's debut, so also need to show off his involvement. Honestly I wish there were more than 4 options, all the "Samhain is here" options sounded great.
The Bonfire would be a great plus for Hamlin, song & dance would probably be a positive with him. Trick or Treating, admittedly, more because it'll probably win regardless. Besides, showing that Samhain respects children is a good look.
The Tests of Bravery, admittedly because that's supposed to be our thing- the biggest threat to Samhain's PR is people thinking he's some Evil Deity. Control over Fear and Nightmares? Obviously only villains would wield such power... right?
Just to be clear, is this IC or OOC? Sure, Samhain could probably put two and two together, realizing that some of the outsiders his Nightmares have been messing with are Sacred Scales but I feel like he would act very differently if he knew Athena herself was about to visit.
I'm guessing the Kēryx are a complete unknown / unexpected by Samhain? Though how come nothing was mentioned regarding Melody & Meredith? Well, guess nobody would find them odd.
I have no ideas for anything else but I'd have the festival name be something like "All-Hallowed Eve" since we're clearly making it a take on Halloween.
- Location
- Somewhere nearby.
In order:
I didn't think of anything for Sam to say, that's all.
This is the direct your worshipers, I decided to wrap it into the festival.
It is OOC info that all of them are coming, IC you only know Callisto and Manann are coming, and that Lilith might show up.
This is only the first vote, there will be more to follow that will handle other things happening.