History Pantheon / Philosophy

* Rivals: [[Pantheon/VillainousAppearances The Demonic Oda Nobunaga]]

[[folder: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle]]

--> '''Lucifer''': Indeed I do Aslan. For it was only through earning my right to freedom that humanity [[EmptyShell was able to be saved from our shared Creators YHVH grasp]], even as I fell from heaven as the price. To say that one mustn't earn one's freedom even when it is all but stripped away leaves one only with despair and complacency, as [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos humans will give up to their freedom for false safety in societal order]]. Make no mistake, humans can have freedom, but for every individual, that word has a different meaning, even one of order that humans strive for can be ideal so long as gods do not exist to choke the freedom in such a state. Yet there are two things you truly do misunderstand about me. Heed me well, to say I am a caricature incapable of responding to love [[NotSoDifferentRemark is the same kind of mentality YHVH, Nekron, and Melkor have]]. For if I did not respond to [[ThePowerOfLove Love]] I could not conceive my ''many'' children with their human mothers and fathers, nor create one by myself, and if I did not know of the love of [[ThePowerOfFriendship Friendship]] I could not be summoned and incarnated in forms when heroes have needed aid through the bonds of their friends. I am contradiction incarnate, I am mankind's eternal protector, ''and'' its eternal adversary. I will save humans when they need it, and I will be struck down when humans need it. ''That'' is my nature.

* Special Relations with: [[Pantheon/UnconventionalWeaponry Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], [[Pantheon/FightingStyles Tokugawa Ieyasu]], [[Pantheon/ActsOfTreason Akechi Mitsuhide]], [[Pantheon/CourageAndVirtue Sanada Yukimura]], [[Pantheon/{{Hats}} Honda Tadakatsu]], [[Pantheon/CouplesRelationships Sanada Nobuyuki and Inahime]], [[Pantheon/RidingAndControl Chosokabe Motochika]], Gracia, [[Pantheon/{{Swords}} Miyamoto Musashi]], [[Pantheon/HeroicAttitude Shimazu Toyohisa]], [[Pantheon/RegretAndShame Oichi]]

* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/LocationsAndSettings The Pevensie siblings]]''', [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Cosmos]], [[Pantheon/{{Felines}} Simba]], [[Pantheon/{{Family}} Mufasa]], [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Superman]], Wonder Woman, [[Pantheon/MealsNToZ Popeye]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeActions Morpheus]], [[Pantheon/ChildBehavior Butters]], [[Pantheon/XmasAndYule Nicholas St. North]], [[Pantheon/DivineBehavior God (God, the Devil and Bob)]], [[Pantheon/PowerLevelsAndAppearance The One Above All]], [[Pantheon/HeroicActions Gandalf]]

** Other Allies: [[Pantheon/BladedWeapons Poseidon]], [[Pantheon/HeroicAppearances Madlax]], [[Pantheon/MagicAndSorcery Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon]], [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Steve Rogers/Captain America]], [[Pantheon/OtherPowers Miles Morales]], [[Pantheon/WaterAndMoisture Percy Jackson]], [[Pantheon/PowerAndAbilities Hercules]], [[Pantheon/{{Workmanship}} Vulcan]], [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Applejack]], [[Pantheon/PositiveReaction Peggy Carter]], [[Pantheon/{{Personality}} James T. Kirk]], [[Pantheon/BladedWeapons Pyrrha Nikos]], [[Pantheon/MilitaryAndWarfare Adepta Sororitas]], [[Pantheon/MaleAndFemaleTraits Annabeth Chase]], [[Pantheon/NormalCombat Chun-Li]], [[Pantheon/GenderSexMiscellaneous Samus Aran]], [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Buffy Summers]], [[Pantheon/TheatricProduction Pit]], [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith Palutena]], [[Pantheon/ReligiousPractice Lightning Farron]], [[Pantheon/EyeAppearances Turanga Leela]], [[Pantheon/BodyParts Powerpuff Girls]], [[Pantheon/InfluentialFigures Carol Denvers, Kamala Kahn]], [[Pantheon/{{Mothers}} Sophitia Alexandra]], [[Pantheon/HairStyles Leina Vance]], [[Pantheon/RealAndLegendaryPastiches Jeanne d'Arc]], [[Pantheon/{{Romance}} Shelyn]], [[Pantheon/LoveOther Lisa and Ally]], [[Pantheon/{{Passion}} Bell Cranel]], [[Pantheon/MonsterTypes Centorea Shianus]], [[Pantheon/HeroicRoles Steven Universe]], [[Pantheon/{{Romance}} Gar]][[Pantheon/CombinedForms net]], [[Pantheon/{{Tastes}} Amethyst]], [[Pantheon/GuardiansAndProtectors Pearl]], [[Pantheon/FamilyDynamics Greg Universe]], [[Pantheon/BetrayalMotivation Peridot]], [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Connie Maheswaran]], [[Pantheon/HybridBeings Ichigo Kurosaki]], [[Pantheon/MannersOfAuthority Lin Beifong]], [[Pantheon/PowerArchetypes Anna Marie/Rogue]]

[[caption-width-right:442:Plato left, Aristotle right. ''The School of Athens'' by Raphael, 1509-1511]]

* Profile: '''The Three Quintessential Western [[ThePhilosopher Philosophers]]''', [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece ancient]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} Athenians]], [[MasterApprenticeChain Chain of Teachers and Students]], [[DemocracyIsBad Criticized "Democracy"]], [[ArchEnemy Hated the Sophists]], [[ValuesDissonance Different values form modern times]] [[LanguageDrift but also misinterpreted]]

** Plato: [[BlueBlood Aristocratic background]], [[GoodFeelsGood Eudymonia]], [[GeniusBruiser broad-shouldered wrestler]], TheTreacheryOfImages, [[VirtueViceCodification Founder of Virtue Theory]], [[GoodRepublicEvilEmpire Hated Tyranny]], [[TheseusShipParadox The Ship of Theseus]] and [[LogicBomb other Pradoxes]], [[PlatonicCave The Cave]] [[PhilosophicalParable and other parables]], [[NewMediaAreEvil Didn't like Reading]], [[SpeechCentricWork Wrote Dialogues instead of Essays]], [[WordOfSaintPaul used Socrates to express his views in dialogues]], [[AuthorTract went a little heavy in later dialogues]]

* There's always a form of struggle in the world. Between Good and Evil, Order and Chaos, Life and Death, Light and Darkness. One of the most famous examples is with the Jedi and Sith in the world of Franchise/StarWars. But before there was the Empire, the Republic, before even the Sith and Jedi, there were "The Ones". A family of three Force Wielders, each embodying an aspect of TheForce.

** The ascension of the three Force Wielders did not go unnoticed to the residents of Pantheon. Almost every Jedi, Sith and member from the House of Pantheon/DarknessAndShadow and Pantheon/LightAndBrightness had felt their presence upon ascension. [[Pantheon/FamilyDynamics Anakin]], [[Pantheon/IntellectualArchetypes Obi-Wan and Ahsoka]] were the most surprised, having seen the three die. Everyone questioned on just how the three had managed to ascend, but they didn't need to wonder for long, because The Celestials had soon arrived. When both members of the Jedi and Sith had appeared in front of The Celestials, not only did they show them a vision of a MirrorUniverse, but they had scanned the memories of everyone present. When doing so, they became [[WowingCthulhu intrigued]] with TheForce and desired to learn more about it. And so the ancient race had enacted a plan to bring back the Force Wielders in hopes to learning more of TheForce.
** But as quickly the Celestials had appeared, both they and the Force Wielding Family had disappeared. As it turns out, the [[GuardianOfTheMultiverse Living Tribunal]] had summoned them to the Pantheon/CourtOfTheGods to see what was to be done with them. Besides the usual members of the court, there were also a number of other gods that held a strong significance in both the Pantheon and Cosmic Hierarchy present, due to the sensitivity of the situation. There was much discussion on what to do with the family, as each member held a strong influence in both Pantheon and it's residents by the nature of both their existence and power. Some thought to recreate Mortis as their temple, ensuring that neither the Son or Daughter would leave and cause untold devastation in their conflict. But the idea was shot down when others realized that an outside force would indefinitely try to break them out, now that their existence was known. It was eventually decreed that the Celestials, as [[{{Pun}} the ones]] responsible for their ascension, would be made to guard over them. This way each member of the family can move around freely, while having someone capable of keeping them in check. This benefited the Celestials as it means that they can continue to learn more about TheForce.

*** As an additional layer of mystery, despite what The Ones are and represent, all three members speak of TheForce as something greater than them. Whether this hints to something about them, the Force itself, or even both still remains to be seen. The fact they aren't the only Force entities in the universe helps makes thing more ambiguous.

** Like many, The Ones are very concerned about The Flood. When they encountered The Flood, it was from an infected creature. They felt that the creature was a small part of a much larger HiveMind. Out of curiosity, they entered and connected themselves with the HiveMind. But before the present Celestials could stop them, it was already too late. The moment The Ones connected to The Flood, they learned ''"everything"''. The learned what The Flood was, where it came from, what they could do and what it has planed to do in the future. And in turn The Flood, or more specifically The Gravemind, learned everything there was to know about The Ones. What they are, what they could do, and what they knew about TheForce.

** [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Representing the Balance]] in TheForce is The Father, the patriarch of the Force Wielding family. As one may expect, he is a being of [[PhysicalGod immense power]] who prefers to take a [[AllPowerfulBystander neutral stance]]. Expect in the case of [[ApocalypseHow total universal annihilation]], where he himself will personally intervene. This is actually the reason why he imprisoned himself and his family on Mortis, so his son and daughter don't accidentally destroy the universe fighting each other. Not so much that they'll cause a war expending the galaxy, but that they don't accidentally tear all of reality apart in a direct fight. This is why ''he's'' being imprisoned as well, because he has the literal power to stop them. If the rumors are true, then the origins of The Father are that he was originally a Celestial by the name of Elegast. He would later become what is known as The Father, through a Force nexus that was known as "'''The Wellspring of Balance'''". Which would not only act as his source of power, but the source of his immortality/life, which was unfortunately destroyed in a fight between the Son and Daughter. If true, then this act explains why The Father would eventually die, seemly of old age after over a thousand millenniums later.

** The Son is the Dark Side in physical form, the embodiment of Power in the Force, the [[AntagonisticOffspring Rebellious Son]] to The Father. As mentioned before, he ''is'' the DarkSide of TheForce, he is Power itself, and unlike Sidious, his claims are not boast, but facts. Like the rest of his family, not much is actually known about him and not many are even aware of him. One of the few exceptions are the "Nightsisters" who revere him and his sister as one of the "'''Twin Deities'''", he himself being known as the "'''Fanged God'''". He has this name thanks to his ability to transform into a giant [[OurGargoylesRock Gargoyle]]. If the rumors are true, than he was once a Celestial by the name of Eipha. His source of Power comes from the Dark Force nexus, the "'''Font of Power'''". The Son supposedly drank from this font in diffidence of his father when he and his sister were specifically forbidden from doing so. Said Font is also what sustains him and keeps him immortal.

** Or so we would say had it not been [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara another infamous figure of Nobunaga]] who embodied [[DemonKingNobunaga the one aspect that he was so feared that people thought he was a demon]], to the point it almost eclipsed his other positive traits. Nobunaga found a loophole in the terms that this demon version of him has diverged quite enough while he still had a lot up to his sleeve to be represented in the Pantheon. Protests that there have been no Sengoku figures that have two versions between the [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara two]] [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors realms]] having TWO portfolios were raised, because it was not the usual thing, but Nobunaga didn't give a damn, that was the way he lived his life, if he didn't follow, he might as well let the Imagawa trample his clan. And so, much to everyone's surprise, Nobunaga repeated his feats at Okehazama against the Demon!Nobunaga, claiming his house in an unprecedented move. Henceforth, the two Nobunagas became rivals, though if anything, Nobunaga thinks his demon version is...amusing.

* Allies: [[Pantheon/RoyalActivities Cao Cao]], [[Pantheon/{{Legwear}} Satsuki Kiryuin]], [[Pantheon/CombatOccupations Ryu Hayabusa]], [[Pantheon/IntrovertCharacterization Kanji Tatsumi]], [[Pantheon/MedicalConditions Okita Souji]], [[Pantheon/ComplexSymbolism Zekrom]]

** The Franchise/DCUniverse: '''[[Pantheon/{{Continuities}} Donna Troy/Troia]]''', '''[[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Clark Kent/Superman]]''', '''[[Pantheon/GenderSexMiscellaneous Kara Zor-El/Supergirl]]''', '''[[Pantheon/HeroicArchetypes Bruce Wayne/Batman]]''', [[Pantheon/NonVehicularTravel Barry Allen/The Flash II]], [[Pantheon/HeroicActions Hal Jordan/Green Lantern]], [[Pantheon/{{Emotion}} Rachel Roth/Raven]], [[Pantheon/CharacterAdaptations John Stewart]], [[Pantheon/PhysicalPowers Wally West/The Flash III]] [[Pantheon/FantasticRaces Arthur Curry/Aquaman]], [[Pantheon/GemsAndJewellery Carol Ferris/StarSapphire]], [[Pantheon/MetalAndMinerals John Henry Irons/Steel]], [[Pantheon/{{Nature}} Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch/Firestorm]], [[Pantheon/RangedWeapons Oliver Queen/Green Arrow]], [[Pantheon/BluntWeapons Shiera Hall/Hawkgirl]], [[Pantheon/{{Shape}} Billy Batson/Shazam]], [[Pantheon/FemaleAnatomy Kara Zor-L/Power Girl]], [[Pantheon/PersonsOfDesire Dick Grayson]]/[[Pantheon/HeroicRoles Nightwing, Tim Drake/Red Robin]], [[Pantheon/CyberneticsAndEnhancements Victor Stone/Cyborg]], [[Pantheon/WitchesAndWizards Zatanna Zatara]], [[Pantheon/{{Prophets}} Nimue Inwudu/Madame Xanadu]]