![]() ![]() A particularly noteworthy example comes in The White March Part II, when it turns out that Ondra destroyed the Engwithans by dropping what used to be Eora's smaller third moon on top of them, despite Abydon's attempts to stop her. Jerkass Gods: They consider the ideals they represent more important than individual human lives.In some cases, this is because they appropriated the names and positions of deities worshipped by other cultures. I Have Many Names: As noted below, some of the gods have many names.The gods' powers don't immediately lose power if their followers start to doubt them or change their faith, but the souls of a given god's worshipers are earmarked for that god, and the god's powers are in some way dependent on the number of souls at their command, or rather the amount of soul energy they can bring to bear, as not all souls are equally potent. God's Hands Are Tied: They have an agreement not to directly influence the mortal world with their powers since it would quickly be thrown into chaos, and thus are required to enforce their will through their followers and other mortal agents.God in Human Form: Any god can have an avatar, a physical embodiment of itself, such as Waidwen, (who claimed to be) the avatar of Eothas.The Engwithan Pantheon simply appropriated the names and positions of the deities cultures like the Huana already worshipped. God Guise: This is why they have many names.An artificial god is still a god, after all, and the origins of their divinity is an academic question at best when they can destroy your soul with but a thought. From a Certain Point of View: An argument that they hit the Watcher with after the discovery of their origins yes, they might be artificial gods constructed by the ancient kith of Engwith, but given that they are still immensely powerful beings that have Reality Warper abilities within their spheres of influence who trade in souls the way kith trade in coppers, it does make a certain degree of sense to worship them as though they weren't created by kith.The reason this is a closely guarded secret is because the godlike are effectively a repository of hidden power the gods can "call back" into themselves at a time of their choosing, reabsorbing their power. Divine Parentage: The gods and their children.Such events usually trigger some large scale cataclysm or catastrophe. ![]()
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