| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''House of Pantheon/{{Sports}}'' '''Index'''\ |
| 2 | Pantheon/CombatWrestling | Pantheon/CompetitorsAndContenders | Pantheon/MartialArts | '''Non-Athletic Sports''' | Pantheon/PhysicalSports | Pantheon/{{Sportsmanship}}]] -]]] |
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| 6 | !Overdeities |
| 7 | [[folder:Lord English]] |
| 8 | '''[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIau2KHj9-I&pp=ygUOSW50ZXJtaXNzaW9uIDI%3D HONK.]]''' |
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| 10 | '''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Lord English]], God of [[StableTimeLoop Stable Time Loops]] and the [[BadGuysPlayPool Villainy of Pool]]''' (Caliborn, Lord Of Time, undyingUmbrage, MAN GAKA EXTRAORDINAIRE, The Speaker of the Vast Honk, The Angel of Double Death, Mirthful Messiah, Jack Noir, Lord Jack, Union Jack, Jack English, Li’l Cal, [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Elmo]], [[MergerofSouls Gamzee, Arquiusprite]][[note]]Which on its own is a fusion of Equius, Li’l Cal and a [[ExpositionFairy Kernelsprite]][[/note]]) |
| 11 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/he_is_already_here.png]][[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Lord English using the [=B2=] Jack Noir as a vessel.]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8169ce83_a725_4c7b_94b7_27815ebbf5b5.gif[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Caliborn, his past self.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Caliborn_6935.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 13 | * Overdeity |
| 14 | * Symbol: His rapidly flashing eyes and Cairo Overcoat |
| 15 | * Alignment: LawfulEvil (Many would argue he is ChaoticEvil, though that only applies to his goals and instability) |
| 16 | * Theme Songs: [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/english-2 English]], [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/break-shot-2 Break Shot]], [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cairo-overcoat-2 Cairo Overcoat]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xKVnJialv4E&pp=ygUVdW5pb24gamFjayBob21lc3R1Y2sg Union Jack]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oWRACManP-4 Negastrife]], [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eternity-served-cold-2 Eternity Served Cold]] |
| 17 | * Portfolio: '''StableTimeLoop, BadGuysPlayPool, [[CompleteMonster Pure Evil]], [[OmnicidalManiac Wants To Destroy ALL OF EXISTENCE]], [[{{Determinator}} Pure Determination]], SuperpowerLottery, [[CainAndAbel Killed His Sister]] who was [[SplitPersonalityTakeOver also]] his SplitPersonality and wants to [[SiblingMurder destroy her ghost as well]]''', ForTheEvulz, AxCrazy, [[RageAgainstTheAuthor Killed Hussie’s Author Avatar]], RetroactivePreparation, PersonOfMassDestruction, [[BigBad Responsible For Everything Bad That Happens In The Story]], [[DeaderThanDead Slaughtering Ghosts]], [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Dark Gods and Eldritch Horrors]], TimeMaster, YouCantFightFate, [[CompleteImmortality Completely Unconditional and Retroactive]] ResurrectiveImmortality, PsychopathicManchild, [[TheOmnipresent HE IS]] [[TheDreaded ALREADY HERE]], HeroKiller, TheJuggernaut, [[EvilerThanThou Bending B2 Jack Noir To His Will Via Using Him As A Vessel]], [[EldritchAbomination Cracking and Damaging Reality And The Void]] |
| 18 | * Domains: Time, Fate, Depravity, Death, Destruction, Evil, Omnicide |
| 19 | * Heralds: [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} The Unascended Members Of The Felt]] (Most Notably The Condesce) |
| 20 | * Underlings and Hosts: [[Pantheon/DeathManipulators Doc Scratch]], [[Pantheon/MaximumSecurity Li’l Cal]] |
| 21 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/AgeAndYouth Porky Minch]], [[Pantheon/ObsceneActions Khorne]], [[Pantheon/RuinAndDestruction Majin Buu]], [[Pantheon/DeathArchetypes Sutekh The Destroyer]], [[Pantheon/ExtraterrestrialBehaviour SCP-682]], [[Pantheon/OthernessAbominations The Evil Entity]], [[Pantheon/OtherworldlyAndUnorthodoxLocations Bill Cipher]] |
| 22 | * Rivals: [[Pantheon/{{Transformations}} Frieza]], [[Pantheon/GeneticEngineering Cell]], [[Pantheon/{{Continuities}} The Anti-Monitor]] |
| 23 | * Enemies: '''''[[OmnicidalManiac Existence itself.]]''''' At the top of the list are '''''[[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives THE HOMESTUCK KIDS]]''''', '''[[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/{{Continuities}} ALPHEUS THE WORLD FORGER]], The Hall of Pantheon/{{Metafiction}}''', [[Pantheon/DivineBehavior Lord Beerus]], [[Pantheon/PowerAndAbilities Son Goku]], [[Pantheon/MannersOfAuthority Zeno]], [[Pantheon/{{Superman}} The Superman Family]], [[Pantheon/MagicAndSorcery Madoka Kaname]], [[Pantheon/TimeTravelling Homura Akemi]], [[Pantheon/BodilyForm Lucrezia Mongfish]], Most Pantheon/{{RWBY}} deities, [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities SCP-1440]], [[Pantheon/{{Disabilities}} Barbara Gordon]], [[Pantheon/{{Philosophy}} Wonder Woman]], [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation Lucy]], [[Pantheon/SpiritualAndMentalPowers Lucy/Nyu]] |
| 24 | * Feared By: '''Most {{Author Avatar}}s, [[HauntedIndex Ghosts]] and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s''', [[Pantheon/FriendshipDynamicsMToZ The OMORI Friend Group]], [[Pantheon/{{Teleporting}} Raven Branwen]] |
| 25 | * Respected By: The Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction |
| 26 | * Caliborn is a Cherub born on a post-apocalyptic Earth far, FAR into the future. Cherubs are creatures that have [[SplitPersonality two personalities]] in them, [[JekyllAndHyde one good, and one evil]]. Caliborn was the evil one and Calliope was the good one. A Cherub's two sides are destined to [[SplitPersonalityTakeover eventually fight until one half consumes the other]]. Caliborn was able to take a shortcut using [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Sburb]] and its connection to [[LivingDream Dream Selves]] to get someone else to do it for him. However since Sburb was designed to be played with a [[UnintentionallyUnwinnable minimum of two people]], it tried to [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment punish him by making different game]] that was [[HarderThanHard virtually impossible to defeat]]. A monster would meet him and give him a choice; [[HeroicSacrifice either die right there in order to stop evil in the future]], or try to beat the nigh-impossible game. If he would succeed, ([[DefeatingtheUndefeatable and he would]]) he would be granted [[CompleteImmortality Completely Unconditional Resurrective Immortality]], and be imbued with a limitless supply of power. Enough to [[TheJuggernaut destroy whatever he wanted for however long he wanted]]. |
| 27 | --> "[[OmnicidalManiac And knowing the villain of our story, anything he wanted would be everything. And as long as he wanted would be forever.]]" |
| 28 | --> "Knowing him, in fact, proves it could hardly be considered a choice at all." |
| 29 | ** After winning the Game and gaining his Immortality, [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives John Egbert, Dirk Strider and six other heroes]] appeared to stop him, only for Caliborn to seal John and three others away for a while. Dirk and the rest were able [[SealedEvilInACan seal his soul into Lil Cal, along with half of Gamzee and Arquiusprite]]. and banish it into the void. Unfortunately, Caliborn's soul was too tenacious and determined to remain gone forever, and would [[LeakingCanOfEvil appear through Universe after Universe]] through his {{Stable Time Loop}}s and completing his rise as Lord English. Lord English would go on one hell of a rampage, destroying countless universes before being put down by John and the rest of his friends, including an alternate version of Calliope, Lord English’s sister, with John’s retcon abilities and Dave’s sword, which has aspects of Lord English’s biggest weakness, the Magic Cue Ball, playing instrumental roles in overriding English’s narrative abilities and depowering him respectively, letting Alternate Calliope kill him after he was forced into an absolutely gigantic black hole. |
| 30 | * Lord English was summoned into the Pantheon in the far future using Doc Scratch as a Host at the end of the universe. He then time travelled to the present to wreak havoc upon reality. The first thing he did was create Li’l Cal, the puppet that was responsible for Doc Scratch's existence, thus guaranteeing his summoning through a {{Stable Time Loop}}s. And given the nature of his summoning, it happening is completely and utterly absolute and unchangable. However, as of late, [[spoiler:Lord English was killed]], but thanks to some impressive planning on the part of Doc Scratch, this didn’t extend to the Pantheon. A Lord English from before the FinalBattle appeared in the Pantheon because of Doc Scratch circumventing a ban from the House of Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality via heavy manipulation of many around him and planning regarding them. Lord English, upon finding out about his future, was [[{{Understatement}} not happy]] and wants John, his friends and ESPECIALLY Alt. Calliope wiped from existence. He is continuing his search for his sister’s ghost in the Pantheon, and is waiting for John and his friends to return to the Pantheon and for Alt. Calliope to arrive so that he can take his revenge. |
| 31 | * As Lord Of Time, he has MANY time-based abilities: Be it TimeTravel, Stable Time Loops, Being Detached From Time, etc. And while vulnerable to Time Stop, don’t expect it to last: He’ll break out near-instantly and his tenacity ensures you probably didn’t get anything meaningful done while time was stopped. He also cannot be {{Ret Gone}}d out of existence, which was further cemented when he claimed the power of [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith Yaldabaoth’s]] treasure. Other abilities he has including being able to kill immortals, no matter how immortal they may be, and ghosts for one, having such immense power that he hilariously dwarfs Jack Noir who destroyed two universes, one with the Red Miles. English has also killed countless universes, ghosts and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, as well as damaged reality and ''the void itself.'' However, his power over the narrative, which mostly came from Paradox Space, is mostly absent from the Pantheon ever since the guy died, with the exception of One: A poison from his gold tooth. Simply put, it erases the narrative and concept of whoever is poisoned by it until they die, and even those immune to that sort of thing fall victim to it. He managed to take [[spoiler:an alternate timeline version of John Egbert with him using it.]] |
| 32 | ** There was once an incident where he temporarily regained all of the powers that he had over the narrative via Doc Scratch somehow linking him to the Hall of {{Metafiction}}. This included him creating multiple doomed timelines, which ended up coming into existence because those who reside in the Hall and some from outside who came to help stop him didn’t follow his designs of what he wanted, and given exactly what [[CruelAndUnusualDeath happens]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt to]] [[FateWorseThanDeath said]] [[CessationOfExistence timelines]], this was a really bad thing. It lasted until Alpheus used his {{Retconjuration}} to remove Lord English’s link to the Hall of Pantheon/{{Metafiction}}. This returned English back to his power after he returned to the Pantheon post-death. The incident was so bad that English and Scratch are permanently banned from the Hall. The Lord Of Time sees The Forger Of Worlds as a massive threat to him and wants him eradicated, seeing him as one of his most hated enemies. |
| 33 | * Quite possibly the only entity in the Pantheon to have slaughtered the story’s AuthorAvatar, or at least, the one most infamous for it. He pays the reputation no mind aside from embracing the fact that it is enhancing his infamy as TheDreaded, and something he has discovered in the Pantheon is that he enjoys slaughtering them to prove his superiority to them, just as he likes hunting down Eldritch Horrors like Horrorterrors, for fun. Worse for even the CompleteImmortality ones, Lord English’s abilities don’t give any shits about that, and can and will bypass it: There’s a reason he’s one of the only beings Chaos and Shuma-Gorath fear. He is also immune to MindControl and having his soul messed with, among numerous other things. It often takes multiple, if not many deities working in tandem to defeat this guy. |
| 34 | * He once had an alliance going with Bob, but Bob eventually learned more about Lord English than what he or Doc Scratch let on to him. When he learned just how horrible Lord English was to his sister Calliope, Bob was not very supportive at all. [[EvenEvilHasStandards He and George may have been enemies, but they're still family]]. He also learned that Andrew Hussie’s AuthorAvatar actually helped Caliborn on his quest and that Lord English's reason for killing him basically boiled down to Hussie being a [[DeadpanSnarker snarker]]. Bob ended their partnership with a blast of gunfire and shouting, even if it didn’t do much of anything to Lord English at all: |
| 35 | --> "[[BerserkButton GOD DAMMIT]] [[RunningGag I HATE TIME TRAVEL!!]]" |
| 36 | * While he is able to destroy any kind of immortal, he also has the ability to curse people with immortality. This has earned the scorn of SCP 1440 and many of the inhabitants of Remnant. Prior to learning this, SCP 1440 tried to get English to kill him, only for English to not only refuse out a Sadism, but he reinforced the curse the death entities placed upon him when he met someone who could remove it, and even admitted that he did it to the man’s face, and revealed that he had done it before to the Handmaid, which directly caused Doc Scratch’s torture of her to become worse as she was unable to die. As for most of the inhabitants of Remnant, English’ ability to do this reminds them of what the Gods did to Salem, causing an overly long nightmare between her and Ozma to occur, and Raven Branwen sees opposing him as completely hopeless, quite possibly moreso than fighting Salem in her opinion. |
| 37 | * He is very skilled in manipulating {{Stable Time Loop}}s, and has destroyed many universes using said loops. Said loop involves being summoned at the end of the Universe then travelling back in time to start his plan, which starts with spawning Lil Cal into someone's nightmares and using Sburb to bring that nightmare into reality, then use said puppet to create Doc Scratch, who would help him with all with his plan to end said universe as well as be his vessel for the summoning. And the plans DO work. He already was summoned at the end of the universe after all. Heck, Even his NAME is a StableTimeLoop. He stole it out of respect from Jake English when he was battered around by his hope powers. But Jake was named after Lord English as an act of defiance against one Lord English's underlings on an alternate Earth who fears him greatly. His ability to use {{Stable Time Loop}}s to bend fate to his will comes from him being the Lord of Time which gives him time powers and instinctive intuition on how they work. Or, as he said when he was figuring them out: |
| 38 | --> '''AS A LORD OF TIME. I THINK I'M GOING TO MASTER TIME. NOT WITH MY BRAIN. WHICH WOULD BE TOO HARD. BUT WITH MY INSTINCTS. LIKE IN A WAY THAT WORKS WITH MY NATURAL IMPULSES. SUCH AS MY AMBITION. MY WILL TO COMMIT MAYHEM. MY DESIRE TO PUNISH THOSE I DESPISE. I THINK PART OF MY PERSONAL QUEST. IS TO BECOME AT EASE WITH THE FORCES OF INEVITABILITY. INEVITABILITY THAT ALL THINGS SHOULD AND WILL FALL IN MY FAVOR. THAT ALL CAUSALITY ANSWERS TO ME. AND THAT ALL OUTCOMES NOT ONLY SERVE ME. BUT CONSIST OF MY BEING.''' |
| 39 | * He has three major weaknesses. One is that the pendulum of his destroyed God Tier Clock seems to be the origin of the Magic Cue Ball◊. Therefore any weapon that originates from said cue ball is able to judge his death to be Heroic or Just, killing him for good. Unfortunately, DeathIsCheap in the Pantheon, so that probably will not even be enough. His second weakness is that it's possible to glitch him out of reality. This is why he avoids Missingno and Vinny and wants them killed even more than most other people that he despises. He accidentally gained this weakness when he took on the name Lord English. This is because naming himself after a language gave him something in common with the TropeNamer of the LordBritishPostulate. His final weakness is {{Retconjuration}}, as he learned in his FinalBattle when John Egbert used it against him. So he loathes deities like Alpheus The World Forger and John Egbert, who would later arrive to the Pantheon, with every fiber of his being. |
| 40 | ** Speaking of John, when he and his friends did return to the Pantheon, Lord English single-handedly went to “greet” them, and created a trail of dead bodies in a massacre on the way, as he was also enraged and wanted them dead. What followed was a rather brutal battle between them which ended with many in the area dead, Lord English temporarily depowered yet managing to survive, and most of the surviving people, deities or not, very injured…but Lord English decided to spite them. Cue a fight with Her Imperial Condesce, who English unleashed from his temple. She started brainwashing a bunch of people in the surrounding area and [[BackToBackBadasses John and any of his friends that didn’t die to Lord English barely managing to defeat them all before fighing the Condesce herself.]] While they won, it wasn’t easy, and Lord English is plotting a very nasty revenge. |
| 41 | * Lord English has a rather strong connection [[BadGuysPlayPool with the game of Pool]] despite probably never even learning of the game. The Dead Session he beat was basically a cosmic game of pool, [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/6002 conquering planets in that looked EXACTLY like pool balls]], digging up bombs and using said bombs to propel planets into a black hole in numerical order (but saving the 8th planet for last) like one punts pool balls into the respective holes. [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4684 His eyes are alternating pool balls]], his mob, The Felt, are all green and named after the fabric used on pool tables, and Member 8, Snowman, will destroy the universe if she dies, much like sinking the 8-ball will end a game of pool (she isn't welcome in the Pantheon for obvious reasons), his peg leg and his cane resemble a billiard cue stick, his right-hand man, Doc Scratch, has a cue ball for a head, his weakness is a Cue Ball, a ball used to sink other balls, and to top it all off, both his and Scratch's name are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#english pool]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#scratch terms]]. |
| 42 | * Is considered to be one of the greatest enemies to the hall of Pantheon/{{Siblings}} part of the House of Pantheon/FamilyAndRelatives due to just how far he went to torment his sister. Even when she was still his SplitPersonality, Caliborn was known to leave leaving insulting messages in her [[PlayerInventory inventory]] and constantly threatening to kill her. When he finally got the means to do so, he did it without hesitation. When he gained his destructive powers, he decided that killing her once wasn't enough, so he decided to search through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds where the afterlife exists so he could blow up piece after piece of the afterlife, [[CessationOfExistence completely erasing]] them from existence in an attempt to find his sister and remove her from reality completely. Which makes it extremely ironic and karmic that his death came at the hands of Alt. Calliope, an alternate version of his sister that he killed. |
| 43 | ** And this was just ONE of the ways he tried to torment her. As Doc Scratch is merely an extension of his will, everything Doc Scratch did was also something he wanted to do. When Doc Scratch was inserted into the Troll's universe and turned what would normally be a relatively peaceful race into a bunch of war hungry galactic conquerors and doom them all to extinction, the main reason Lord English wanted this done wasn't to create the Green Sun, his power source, it was because ''his sister was fond of the race.'' Seeing that he was willing to go so far JUST to hurt his sister disgusted everyone in the Pantheon/{{Siblings}} hall to their core. And In addition to being horrible to his sister, Lord English is known for being pretty terrible to females in general. He was already quite a sexist dick when was young and only got worse when he grew up. All three known female who ever worked for him were generally nothing more than slaves and were only able to quit their jobs by dying, as he would curse them with a form of immortality that only he could remove. |
| 44 | ** As such, he has the begrudging respect of Lambdadelta, due to his willpower as well as the opposition of Sans and the Human Child due to having disturbing similarities to the Genocide Run variant of Char. Lord English also considers The Doctor to be one of his greatest enemies. Not only is The Doctor, much like Lord English, an exceptionally good at being a TimeMaster, but Lord English thinks that The Doctor is ripping off his title as the Lord of Time since he is far older than The Doctor. The Doctor has countered that since Lord English was born in the future, he was technically first, but Lord English is too stubborn to change his mind. Another one of Lord English's enemies is Professor Paradox. His knowledge of the space-time continuum gained through 100,000 years in the event horizon are managing to somewhat rival Lord English's instincts. |
| 45 | ** With the Supreme Kai of Time's existence and the fact that she is over 75 million years old, yet another virtuous "Lord of Time" has appeared to stop his wares. In fact, [[Pantheon/TimeTravelling Chronoa's]] actively trying to find a way to seal him up in the Crack of Time. Also, Clockwork '''hates''' him. Hates his incredible cruelty, hates his unfathomable abuse of stable time loops ensuring that "Parade of time" goes only the way he wants it to go, and how he uses it to cause so much destruction and HATES the fact that he really can't do anything to stop him, seeing as he is destined to appear in Alternia after his rampage in the Pantheon as well as the ludicrous ease he displays in killing ghosts. [[spoiler:Needless to say, he is VERY glad that Lord English's fate after his appearance in Alternia ended with his death, but was dismayed that he survived in the Pantheon anyway.]] |
| 46 | * There are ''some'' allies that Lord English has obtained in the Pantheon. One Deity that Lord English gets along with due to their shared bloodlust is Khorne, who LOVES what he's going to do to the Alternian race in making them into a war-hungry race and causing untold amounts of universal damage to reality. He WAS concerned about Lord English attacking the Warp in his quest to find his sister's ghost, but Lord English but those worries to rest; He thinks all the suffering the souls in the Warp go through is awesome, and if his sister IS in there, he won't mind [[FateWorseThanDeath her staying in there]]. |
| 47 | ** Naturally, he is despised by the Hall of Pantheon/OpposingFate and the House of Pantheon/ProphecyAndFate in general not only due to how YouCantFightFate no matter what when it comes to his summoning at the end of the universe, but because of how much of a repugnant, malevolent jackass he is. Nearly everyone from the House of Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality hates him. Everyone. There are three exceptions to this: Eobard Thawne, Randall Ross and Dark Danny. He can sympathize with the latter’s desire to ensure his own existence, thinks what Thawne did to Barry is completely awesome, and has a shared goal for complete Omnicide with Ross. He’s a member of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction, but he and Nekron hate each other, and Lord English’s hatred extends to the Lich and Nagash. To this end, he plans on working with SCP-682 and Sutekh to usurp control of the alliance, with this plans going up to and including getting 682 into a stronger form and releasing Sutekh from his weakened state. Doc Scratch is helping him with this. |
| 48 | ** Other than 682 and Sutekh, There are some allies that Lord English has obtained in the Pantheon. He has found some common ground with Porky Minch, for example, relating to his being an Ax-Crazy Time Traveler who hasn't matured a bit despite his absurd Time Abyss. Lord English has also barely matured since his youth due to him taking a shortcut in killing his sister, causing him to skip an important part of maturation for himself. He will be stuck a stunted miserable tool forever. This also means he can't grow the wings his species usually gets when they mature. |
| 49 | * If there is any virtue Lord English could possibly claim to have, its that he is INCREDIBLY determined. The Dead Session he was in was designed to be practically impossible, to the point that starting the quests requred doing numerous tedious tasks, he still completed it. He did the extremely boring tasks, to start the quest out practically out of spite, he did the extremely difficult and time constrained task of conquering several planets and shoving them into a black hole despite having a learning disability, he grinded the levels required to become strong enough fight the ludicrously hard end-boss, and despite having many allies in the form of The Felt and Gamzee helping him along the way, he most definitely did NOT learn the value of friendship. He did all this out of determination to gain the power to become the monster he is today. |
| 50 | * Zamasu sees him as everything that can possibly go wrong regarding a mortal gaining access to time travel and unfathomable divine power and went to confront him. He got killed by Lord English for his troubles despite his immortality. While Gowasu actually agrees, he is always quick to remind Zamasu that he isn’t much better. Zamasu retorted that “even if I am as bad as you say I am, at least I would leave everything else intact” to Gowasu. Other gods, like the currently mostly depowered Madoka Kaname (who has her MagicalGirl abilities back) dislike him, and Homura Akemi wants him dead, which she has found is way easier said than done. |
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| 52 | '''GIRL.''' |
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| 54 | '''YOU THERE. GIRL.''' |
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| 56 | '''GIRL, QUIT ALL THIS SCURRYING AROUND.''' |
| 57 | |
| 58 | '''DO YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN ESCAPE ME BEFORE I ARRIVE?''' |
| 59 | |
| 60 | '''HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO OUTRUN ME…''' |
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| 67 | !Intermediate Gods |
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| 69 | [[folder:The Nightwings]] |
| 70 | '''[[VideoGame/{{Pyre}} The Nightwings]][[labelnote:members]]The Reader, Hedwyn, Jodariel, Rukey Greentail, The Stowaway, Ti'zo, Sir Gilman, Pamitha Theyn, Volfred [[spoiler:Sandalwood]], Big Bertrude, Tariq[[/labelnote]], Celestial Team of {{Sports Game}}s''' (Jodariel: Jodi, [[FanNickname Demon Mom]], Curly-Horns | The Stowaway: Vagabond Girl, Moon-Touched Girl, [[HelloInsertNameHere Bae the Bloodless, Chae the Changeling, Dae the Dense, Fae the Fair, Gae the Gray, Kae the Unkempt, Lae the Lonely, Mae the Moon-Touched, Nae the Nuisance, Rhae the Wretched, Shae the Shoddy, Tae the Tattle, Xae the Poxy, Zhae the Zealous]], [[FanNickname ?ae, *ae]] | Pamitha: [[FanNickname Pam]] | Volfred: [[spoiler:Sandalwood]], [[FanNickname Fred]] | Tariq: The Lone Minstrel) |
| 71 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/19_9_6.png]] |
| 72 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Nightwings Sigil]] |
| 73 | %% [[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:The only available full picture of the Reader]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pyre_credits_5.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 74 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/98_86.png]] |
| 75 | [[caption-width-right:350:All their members (for scaling purposes). Left to right:Jodariel, Bertrude, Rukey, Pamitha, Ti'zo (right against the moon), the Reader, Sir Gilman, Hedwyn, the Stowaway, Volfred]] |
| 76 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Hedwyn]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/129_81.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 77 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Jodariel]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/130_82.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 78 | %% [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Rukey]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rukey.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 79 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Rukey]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/107_79.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 80 | %% [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:The Stowaway]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stowaway.PNG[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 81 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:The Stowaway]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/131_83.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 82 | [[caption-width-right:281:[[labelnote:Ti'zo]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tizo.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 83 | %% [[caption-width-right:259:[[labelnote:Ti'zo]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/109_95.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 84 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Sir Gilman]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pyre_20170718155915.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 85 | %% [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Sir Gilman]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/54_112.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 93 | * Between Intermediate and Lesser Deities |
| 94 | * Symbol: The sigil, a cresting moon |
| 95 | * Theme Songs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1k5SCCN1sk Never To Return]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C37PAE0CzTg Will of the Scribes]] |
| 96 | ** Hedwyn, Jodariel, and Rukey: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypvsPO2K9mI Surviving Exile]] |
| 97 | ** The Stowaway: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXgFJfsXxk Moon-Touched]] |
| 98 | ** Ti'zo: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmUuY_4Iqlk Flutter Fly]] |
| 99 | ** Sir Gilman: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0KSPMx9JA Quest for Honor]] |
| 100 | ** Pamitha: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7F_6SLuohs Talon Sheath]] |
| 101 | ** Volfred: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iD9hORtHXg Certain Plan]] |
| 102 | ** Bertrude: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grvUgzHDHC0 Snake Soul]] |
| 103 | ** Tariq: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMPFutkr_-g The Herald]] |
| 104 | * Alignment: Between NeutralGood and ChaoticGood |
| 105 | * Portfolio: RagtagBunchOfMisfits, LegacyCharacter, [[MultinationalTeam Comprised of Members From All Races]], TrueCompanions, [[spoiler:OpposingSportsTeam and ThresholdGuardians for the Rites, HopeBringer, EarnYourHappyEnding]] |
| 106 | ** The Reader: PlayerCharacter, Team Coach, three brands of Ambiguity ([[AmbiguousGender Gender]], [[AmbiguouslyBi Sexuality]], and [[AmbiguouslyHuman Humanity]]), BadassBookworm, FeaturelessProtagonist, TheHeart, [[MultipleChoicePast Multiple-Choice]] or MysteriousPast, NoNameGiven, {{Telepathy}}, [[spoiler:MaybeEverAfter With Sandra, AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence or WalkTheEarth]] |
| 107 | ** Hedwyn: [[FreudianTrio The Ego of the Original Trio]], SupportingLeader, JackOfAllStats, TeamChef, [[spoiler:TheDeserter, HornedHumanoid, [[InterspeciesRomance In Love With A Harp]]]] |
| 108 | ** Jodariel: [[FreudianTrio The Superego of the Original Trio]], TeamMom, BraidsOfAction, OurDemonsAreDifferent, HornedHumanoid [[spoiler:From Time Spent In The Downside]], MightyGlacier, OlderThanSheLooks, PerpetualFrowner, [[TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall Tally Marks on Her Breastplate]], [[FantasticRacism Prejudiced Against Harps]] [[spoiler:[[WouldNotHurtAChild But Won't Tolerate Execution Of Their Young]] [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished And Was Exiled For It]], [[HiddenDepths Foster Mother For Orphans, Among Them Hedwyn]]]] |
| 109 | ** Rukey: [[FreudianTrio The Id of the Original Trio]], DeadpanSnarker, DoubleJump (or even Triple), FragileSpeedster, LoveableRogue, MommasBoy, [[spoiler:Smuggler]] |
| 110 | ** The Stowaway: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, FriendToAllLivingThings, MagikarpPower, MessyHair, TokenReligiousTeammate |
| 111 | ** Ti'zo: UnexpectedCharacter, RidiculouslyCuteCritter, TeamPet, BigEater, CuteLittleFangs, [[DeathActivatedSuperpower Banishment-Activated Superpower]] Via [[PunnyName Imp]][[SuicideAttack losion]], EloquentInMyNativeTongue, IntelligibleUnintelligible, OlderAndWiser, ThinkingUpPortals, [[spoiler:[[FamousAncestor Descendant Of Ha'ub, the First Scribe]]]] |
| 112 | ** Sir Gilman: [[TwentyFourHourArmor 24-Hour Helmet]], CoveredInScars, FragileSpeedster, HotBlooded, HeroicSelfDeprecation, KnightInShiningArmor, LargeHam, [[PrimalFear Fear of Heights]], ThirdPersonPerson, WingdingEyes Depending On His Emotions, XMarksTheHero [[spoiler:SoleSurvivor alongside his coward of a commander, Self-Exile]] |
| 113 | ** Pamitha: HarpingOnAboutHarpies, HardDrinkingPartyGirl, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Doesn't Advocate Her Race's Blind Desire For Vengeance]], [[NoSell Resistant To]] {{Telepathy}}, [[spoiler:[[YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo Betrayed Her Sister To Save Her]] [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves Only For Both To Be Exiled By The Commonwealth]]]] |
| 114 | ** Volfred: TheMentor, TheChessmaster, AmbiguouslyGay, Aura AttackReflector, AutoRevive The Pyre, DifficultButAwesome, HeroicSelfDeprecation, FlashStep, [[TheProfessor Used To Be A History Professor]] [[spoiler:Exiled For Printing Contraband, BigGood, LetsGetDangerous, {{Telepathy}} Like The Reader]] |
| 115 | ** Bertrude: AlchemyIsMagic, BetterAsFriends With Volfred And UndyingLoyalty To Him, [[SnakePeople Bog-Crone]], SpreadShot Aura Attack, CreepyGood, CruelToBeKind, Magical Example of GadgeteerGenius, GoodIsNotNice, IWasQuiteTheLooker, [[PrehensileHair Snake-like Hair]] |
| 116 | ** Tariq: TheBard, Team Manager, WanderingMinstrel, Possible CelestialBody, MysteriousPast, SupernaturalGoldEyes, StarCrossedLovers [[spoiler:Until The End of the Rites]] |
| 117 | * Domain(s): Exile, Rites, Ball Game, Freedom, Revolution, Peace |
| 118 | * Heralds: The rest of the Downside Triumvirates, Sandra, Celeste The Gate Guardian [[spoiler:(Tariq's LoveInterest)]], [[spoiler:Oralech]], Fikani Shang (Hedwyn's girlfriend), [[https://lparchive.org/Pyre/Update%2054/35-word.png Followers of the Eighth Word]] (to the Stowaway, should she be Liberated) |
| 119 | * Allies: |
| 120 | ** The Reader: [[Pantheon/PlainNeutral (Insert Name Here)]] (possible aspect) |
| 121 | ** Jodariel: [[Pantheon/HeroicActions Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld]], [[Pantheon/FightingStyles Kazuma Kiryu]] |
| 122 | ** Rukey: [[Pantheon/LuckAndFortune Han Solo]] |
| 123 | ** Sir Gilman: [[Pantheon/OtherWeaponTropes Riven]] |
| 124 | ** Pamitha: [[Pantheon/RoyalActivities Jaime Lannister]], [[Pantheon/{{Siblings}} Mokuba Kaiba]], [[Pantheon/BetrayalMotivation Zuko]] |
| 125 | ** Tariq: [[Pantheon/HeroicActions The Bard (Wandersong)]], [[Pantheon/FantasticalJobs Edward Chris von Muir]] |
| 126 | * Enemies: Fascist/corrupt governments and supporters thereof, Captain Beatty, [[Pantheon/TyrannicalFigures Big Brother]] (especially for Volfred and the Reader, for stifling literature), {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and worshippers thereof |
| 127 | ** Jodariel: [[Pantheon/SocialAndRecreationalWork Granny Goodness]] |
| 128 | ** Sir Gilman: cowardly and/or incompetent commanders such as [[Pantheon/TacticsAndStrategies Zapp Brannigan]] and [[Pantheon/{{Reclusiveness}} Lord Djibril]] |
| 129 | * Opposed by: [[Pantheon/MilitaryTechnology SCP-516]] (Hedwyn, Jodariel, and Pamitha) |
| 130 | * The problem with {{Sports Game}}s is that most of them are of real sports and are more about the game than its players, so it was a daunting task to find proper candidates for the trope. And then scouts of the Court found the interesting tale of the [[spoiler:rise of the Sahrian Union]]. While trying to discern through conflicting stories whether or not [[spoiler:they overthrew its previous government, the Commonwealth, through peace or through bloodshed, and members of importance in the revolution]]. Further research revealed the existence of the Downside, the Rites, the Eight Scribes that created it, and the Trumvirates that partook in it. |
| 131 | * It was there that tales of the Nightwings were discovered, the Rites they participated in, and [[spoiler:the revolution they supported]], and it was there that the Court found their candidate. Or rather, candidates. As it was, due to the MultipleEndings nature of the tale, it was difficult finding the ideal method of ascending them to the Pantheon. But a solution was eventually found. |
| 132 | * After enacting their solution, all of the Nightwings have been brought to the Pantheon, all with memories of life [[spoiler:after the last Liberation Rite]] ''both'' in the Downside ''and'' in the Commonwealth[[spoiler:/Sahrian Union]]. The conflicting memories were a bit confusing to possess and among other things, The Stowaway, Hedwyn, and the Reader [[spoiler:are still human[[labelnote:*]]if the Reader isn't a Sap like Volfred[[/labelnote]]]] even after remembering remaining in the Downside [[spoiler:after the Rites have ended]], and Jodariel [[spoiler:is still a demon]] even when she remembers life after returning to the Commonwealth, [[spoiler:and won't be changing back anytime soon]]. Still, at the very least, they are all reunited. And it was surprising that Tariq has rejoined them [[spoiler:given his departure with Celeste after the Rites have ended]], but as he's technically part of the Nightwings, it made sense. |
| 133 | * Applies to the team or some of them: |
| 134 | ** The Nightwings' temple takes the form of the Moonlight Alcove, the sanctuary the team rest in while waiting for the stars to herald the next series of Rites. They also have their blackwagon they use to travel across the Downside. It even has flight capabilities, and when in flight, the Reader occasionally directs their craft to other flying vessels/deities that happen to be in the area either to grief or greet them, depending on their mood, but also knows to flee if one decides at attack the blackwagon. |
| 135 | ** Thanks to the endeavors of [[spoiler:Barker Ashpaws of the Dissidents]], they are aware of the Rites being considered a game [[spoiler:not just in the Downside after the Rites ended, but also]] in the world(s) outside their own. In fact, the House of Gaming and Technology are collaborating on creating a simulation of the Rites, and folks have compared it as a fantastical version of basketball. |
| 136 | *** Of course, given just how many different kinds of lifeforms (especially non-organics such as {{energy being}}s and robots) are in the Pantheon, a lot of work in the simulation had to be done to account for all of them and to give proper pros and cons of each (though the giant one such as Cybertronians and great dragons can't participate). And that's not counting the humanoids who can cast abilities without weapons, which aren't permitted in the Rites. Some are inconsequential (like [[Pantheon/OffensivePowers Yang Xiao Long's]] damage-based Semblance, which is pointless since one hit from an opponent's aura is instant banishment), others might give an edge, while yet others might even [[GameBreaker break the game]] (like [[Pantheon/CombatClothing Ruby Rose's]] Speed-based Semblance) unless properly {{nerf}}ed. |
| 137 | ** Eventually, the Sim-Rites Program was completed. The Nightwings are already in by default, but anyone else who wishes to partake in the experience has to register first as a Triumvirate[[labelnote:caveat]]As with the Nightwings, a minimum of three is required, but one can have as many members as they wish[[/labelnote]]. Unlike the cases where Sir Gilman and Pamitha left their own groups to join the Nightwings, changing Triumvirates requires a lengthy procedure, so it's best to form large teams if they're more likely to play together (e.g. the Investigation Team and the Shadow Operatives, or the Mane Six and the Cutie Mark Crusaders). {{Mons}} of deities, if they don't have a limited summon time (like an SMT!Demon or a Franchise/{{Digimon}}, but not a Persona or [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Eidolon]]), participate as separate team members, but only if their owner/summoner/partner is taking part as well[[labelnote:example]]Veemon can only play if [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Daisuke]] is playing too, but he can take part with or without his Digimon[[/labelnote]]. |
| 138 | *** Within the sim, participants are donned in raiments reminiscent of those the Nightwings posses, but in color themes decided by the Triumvirate they represent. New masks and raiments were also designed to account for those who aren't human (Nomad like Hedwyn or Savage like the Stowaway), Demon, Cur, Wyrm, Imp, Harp, Sap, or Bog-Crone. And the "Book of Rites" each player has to hold will float close by for those who lack the appendages to carry them. |
| 139 | *** Trinkets/mementos held by/in the possession of a player and/or Triumvirate get added in their inventory as equipment that can mildly enhance one's abilities, aid in the Pyre's survivability, give advantages at the cost of getting a handicap, or hamper the enemies' capabilities, though some of them are limited to certain people. For some, this means having a small set. For others (like [[Pantheon/TheWorldEndsWithYou Neku and friends]] with all their Pins), this gives them a large repertoire to choose from. |
| 140 | *** The simulation ensures that during any Rite, only one player per Triumvirate moves at a time by locking the others in place when one has already decided to move. Coordination and trust is vital, and can be made easier with an assigned teammate not actively participating serving as a Reader (coordinator), who can mind-read their teammates and telepathically communicate with them (those who already have such abilities can use them in the sim even as a player). |
| 141 | *** After each Rite, victory or defeat, all participants (save the maxed-out Nightwings) earn Enlightenment, which eventually unlock Masteries (maximum of 4, with a chain of wins required to change that up) unique[[labelnote:*]]Or at least as much as one can do that proceduraly.[[/labelnote]]to each player. All other members of both teams get Inspiration, which become Enlightenment should they participate in a Rite. They also earn points that can he spent on (temporary possession of[[note]]to keep it available for all Triumvirates and maintain gameplay balance[[/note]]) [[https://pyre.gamepedia.com/Items various trinkets the Nightwings have used]] throughout ''their'' Rites. These points can also be used to borrow other Triumvirates' trinkets, as long as both sides can reach an agreement. |
| 142 | *** Another feature from the Rites mimicked into the Sim-Rites is the Titan Stars Challenges that can be called upon [[SelfImposedChallenge for the sake of, well, a challenge]], as well as bonus points for trinket loaning. However, to avoid any implications of [[CondescendingCompassion unwanted pity]] or [[IAmNotLeftHanded overconfidence]], the Nightwings aren't allowed to use this feature, but all other Triumvirates can. |
| 143 | *** There is no equivalent for Ascension Rites, since the Sim-Rites are meant for fun. |
| 144 | ** One additional benefit the Nightwings got along with their ascension is to grant them the ability to project and cast Aura like if they were in the Rites (the Stowaway once defended the camp from Howlers this way, and Sir Gilman burst obstacles (and his former fellow Pyrehearts when they pursued him) hindering the Nightwings). These attacks are only as strong as a shove or physical charge from them, and in Ti'zo's case, since his Implosion is a SuicideAttack in the Rites, it merely renders him winded for a bit here. |
| 145 | ** The Reader's telepathic powers are common knowledge now, though they don't often use it. What isn't often known, though, is that [[spoiler:they can also manipulate the minds of those they read]]. [[spoiler:Few even know that Volfred also has this power, and he has less scruples when it comes to utilizing it against enemies to MindProbe them]]. |
| 146 | ** Due to having been exiled for literacy and [[spoiler:promoting literature against the government specifically]] respectively, the Reader and Volfred have it against Big Brother for stifling people's literacy. |
| 147 | *** With literacy not being illegal, it's been considered that the rest of the Nightwings be provided language writing lessons. |
| 148 | *** Other folks they oppose include corrupt cops and politicians (like Lendel of the Accusers and Manley of the Chastity), summoners of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s (like Udmildhe of the Withdrawn), those consumed with hatred and desire for war (like Tamitha of the Essence) most {{Eldritch Abomination}}s (like the Downside Titans), and oppressive governments (like the Commonwealth). |
| 149 | ** Due to its extreme prejudice against traitors to their nations, the Nightwings are advised to stay away from SCP-516 when possible, particularly Hedwyn ([[spoiler:deserted his post in a war]]), Joadriel ([[spoiler:unauthorized release of [=POWs=]]]), and Pamitha ([[spoiler:betraying her sister (and her nation), even if in an attempt to save her from death]]). |
| 150 | * Exclusive to The Reader: |
| 151 | ** Rumored to be an aspect of (Insert Name Here), the Reader's past is inconsistent (like if they were an old farmhand or a war orphan), if it's even known. What is known is that their crippled condition (as a result of being cast down or from old age) prevented them from participating in the Rites. With the upcoming simulation, they can have a chance of experiencing the Rites for themselves. |
| 152 | ** When not with their fellow Nightwings, or sometimes with one/some of them, the Reader can be found in the House of Knowledge... reading. Given they had probably lost their own library to the Commonwealth, it's relieving to be able to choose what literature to learn from. Of course, they know there are some works to avoid. |
| 153 | ** Never takes off their cloak, making much of their identity a mystery. Those who saw beneath it have deigned to keep it a secret, and the nature of the Reader's character makes it inconsistent. |
| 154 | ** Occasionally, when given some alone time, the Reader consults with a green crystal, which is found to be inhabited by a wraith named Sandra, of the Beyonders Triumvirate. |
| 155 | *** However, after an incident which ended up with the Beyonder Crystal nearly shattered, the Reader went around to find a way to protect it without interfering its ability to communicate with them. They eventually found one, and it came with a bonus of being able to summon Sandra from the crystal at times, though she's still bound to it like a genie in a lamp. Regardless, the Reader has become a lot more careful. |
| 156 | *** No, she won't be conducting Scribe Trials for anybody else; those days are over, the Sim-Rites already got that covered, and the Reader isn't that trusting of the Crystal to anybody other than themself. |
| 157 | * Exclusive to Hedwyn: |
| 158 | ** Sometimes practices his cooking skills at the House of Food after rumors of how bad he was at it spread. He insists that was because of the Downside's food being pretty unpalatable overall. As such, he ends up not having much good ingredients, and he had been trying his best. |
| 159 | ** Has drawn the scorn of those who despise [[spoiler:soldiers who go AWOL]], a crime that Hedwyn was exiled for, [[spoiler:and it got his comrades killed]]. Worse is that it was for something such as love, and with someone from the other side, no less. |
| 160 | *** That said, the Good-aligned deities in the House of Love commend him for finding himself a beloved so dedicated to him that [[spoiler:[[YouAreWorthHell she would willingly follow him to the Downside]] if he doesn't end up Liberated]]. |
| 161 | * Exclusive to Jodariel: |
| 162 | ** Due to having participated in wars against the Harps on behalf of the Commonwealth, [[FantasticRacism she has trouble with trusting]] [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies harpies of any sort]]. It took a long while (and the Reader's guidance) before she can even consider trusting and working together with Pamitha ([[AbortedArc assuming neither get Liberated before then]]). |
| 163 | ** Prior to and during the war, she's adopted and cared for orphans, among them Hedwyn when he was young. As such, she's gotten acquainted with and gets along with not only some of the children who can get past her imposing appearance, but also other orphanage protectors like Julis-Alexia and Kazuma Kiryu. |
| 164 | *** [[spoiler:While it's what got her exiled]], she draws the line against those who [[WouldHurtAChild would execute children]], [[spoiler:even if they're from the enemy side]]. |
| 165 | ** As someone who [[spoiler:would found a quasi-police force in the new Sahrian Union if she gets Liberated]], she has cordial relations with law enforcement deities ([[CorruptCop as long as they don't exploit their authority]]). |
| 166 | * Exclusive to Rukey: |
| 167 | ** It's not much, but there's been one little thing noted about Rukey; his stylish mustache, or the occasional lack of it, which depended on the Reader's critique of it. |
| 168 | ** Having once been [[spoiler:a smuggler of goods]], he gets along nicely with Han Solo; on top of their (initial) careers, both have also taken part in a rebellion against a corrupt government ([[spoiler:even in the off-chance that Rukey never gets Liberated, he's still helped the Reader who would eventually lead the Nightwings and help Liberate his teammates, and Rukey would still be among the players to stand by their side]]). |
| 169 | ** At present, when not with his fellow Nightwings, he works as a merchant, mainly of trinkets (which ''can'' be used in the Sim-Rites, but at a premium) and other merchandise inspired by Falcon Ron's. That said, given that competition in the House of Commerce is much fiercer, he isn't as dedicated to it as he normally should. |
| 170 | * Exclusive to the Stowaway: |
| 171 | ** Will answer to any of the following names (which are all pronounced as if rhyming with "gray"): Mae, Kae, Dae, Xae, Tae, Shae, Rhae, Lae, Chae, Nae, Zhae. Due to much potential for confusion or derogatory puns, the following have been removed (i. e. she's been instructed not to treat these as addressing her by name): Fae ([[Pantheon/GameCharacters there's a Manakete]] who goes by that name already), Gae ([[HaveAGayOldTime sounds like "gay"]]), and Bae (very memetic). |
| 172 | *** That said, given certain things like her {{leitmotif}}, and what she's addressed by the game if the player enters Versus Mode without loading a Campaign first (or at least one where the Nightwings find her at that point in the story), the majority default to Mae, and it's used in documentation, though the other names are still used. [[Pantheon/NamingAndEpithets Isis]] hasn't deigned to confirm if this is indeed her true name or not. |
| 173 | ** Occasionally, she can be found preaching (not to an overbearing extent, of course, after the first few times) what she knows about the Eight Scribes' teachings, if she isn't marveling at all the things the Pantheon has to offer. |
| 174 | ** Used to eat the least she can, because she disliked to hurt animals to eat meat. [[Pantheon/MusicalCompositions Angès]] understands that feeling, having had a similar thought process and vegan diet before [[spoiler:''Ringabel'' of all people]] snapped her out of that when she and her party had been stranded out at sea and there was only fish to eat. |
| 175 | * Exclusive to Ti'zo: |
| 176 | ** Despite his diminutive size and cute appearance, Ti'zo is actually not only very intelligent, but long-lived as well. The only thing keeping him from being as revered as [[Pantheon/{{Language}} Yoda]] is the fact that he can't speak the same language as Commonwealth exiles (and by extension the rest of the Pantheon). For some reason, he didn't get the same [[{{omniglot}} gift of tongues]] most every deity in the Pantheon gets. Only telepaths and Tariq can communicate with him easily. |
| 177 | ** Occasionally, he can be found swimming in lakes or shorelines to catch fish to eat. And even some other things even he's not meant to eat. |
| 178 | ** And when in the House of Food, he can end up consuming quite a lot for his size and his fellow Nightwings (usually the Stowaway, the Reader, or Volfred) have to keep him in check. |
| 179 | * Exclusive to Sir Gilman: |
| 180 | ** When he isn't practicing speedy movements with Rukey, Sir Gilman can often be found perched at above-average elevations (perhaps even on other living beings if they're all right with it) to tame his fear of heights. |
| 181 | ** Having been under the service of a cowardly commander (in a race full of glory seekers), he has zero tolerance for such and think they're undeserving of their rank. Lord Djibril is on the top of that list. |
| 182 | *** Those who show incompetence or are otherwise unfit for command or have no business in it are those he won't tolerate, either, such as Zapp Brannigan. |
| 183 | ** While regaling his (and the Nightwings') tale amongst fellow soldiers, or at least those who would listen, when he reached the part where [[spoiler:he underwent voluntary exile]], one of them recalled an event experienced by Riven; she [[spoiler:had underwent self-exile too]], when her country used chemical Warfare to win a battle that destroyed allies and enemies alike. As a proud warrior, she found such tactics dishonorable. |
| 184 | * Exclusive to Pamitha: |
| 185 | ** When it came to caring for a sibling who's... admittedly not the best of people, Pamitha thought she was alone in this regard. As it was, that's not the case in the Pantheon. As such, she can understand the situation of Jaime Lannister (though she's weirded out by the incest he has with [[Pantheon/{{Contempt}} Cersei]]) and occasionally share drinks with him. |
| 186 | *** She also gets along with Mokuba Kaiba (even if [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Seto]] isn't exactly evil anymore) and Zuko (even though he didn't start his pity until after [[Pantheon/VillainousAttitude Azula]] went mad for a while, and even hated her back then). |
| 187 | ** Coming from a race filled to the heart with vengeance, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch while not harboring much of them herself]], Pamitha pities those who can't bring themselves to let go of [[RevengeBeforeReason their grudges over any sort of logic]]. Especially if they have enough [[HonorBeforeReason honor not to accept any easier ways to achieve it]]. |
| 188 | ** Due to her wings having been clipped by the Commonwealth before being cast down to the Downside, you won't see her flying high in the sky, though she can remain midair for a moderate amount of time before needing to land. |
| 189 | * Exclusive to Volfred: |
| 190 | ** While he opposes corrupt governments, [[VelvetRevolution he'd prefer that coups against it be planned out and done peacefully]], though he's smart enough to know if that isn't an option, and is merely disappointed if that's the case. |
| 191 | ** He has aptitude as a leader, both as deviser of [[VelvetRevolution the Plan]], and the fact that [[spoiler:he becomes Prime Minister of the Sahrian Union should he be Liberated]]. |
| 192 | ** If the ground is soft enough (i.e. not much harder than rock), he can quickly burrow himself and resurface a short distance away in an emergency. |
| 193 | * Exclusive to Bertrude: |
| 194 | ** Bertrude's trade revolves around potions, talismans and other powerful magic items, so she can sometimes be found at the House of Magic. |
| 195 | ** Some folks think [[spoiler:her fireproof ink]] shouldn't have worked since that logically should've [[spoiler:ended with burnt books and a puddle of ink on the floor where they lay]]. Unless [[spoiler:the ink was specially hexed]]. |
| 196 | ** Something a little more significant than Rukey's mustache (or lack thereof), sometimes Bertrude is plagued by nightmares and sometimes she isn't. As it turns out, it's a side effect of being from multiple timelines, as there are three outcomes to when she asked the player to invoke Yslach while playing against Udmildhe of the Withdrawn [[GodIsDead to break the cultist's faith]]; either victory is achieved, loss is suffered, or the Reader chose not to risk it. |
| 197 | *** As such, she's become a subject of interest to the Pantheon's dreamwalkers, either to propagate the nightmares (like [[Pantheon/DreamsAndNightmares Freddy Kreuger]]) or to quell them (like [[Pantheon/{{Fantastical Beasts}} Princess Luna]]). As such, her dreamscape has become their battlezone a ''little'' more often than usual. |
| 198 | ** While pretty slow normally (both in her age and as a Bog-Crone), she can surprisingly pounce forward with considerable speed otherwise. |
| 199 | * Exclusive to Tariq: |
| 200 | ** [[spoiler:Without the Rites to constrain him to his duty]], when he isn't [[spoiler:spending time together with Celeste]], Tariq roams the Pantheon, relaying tales of the Nightwings and the Rites through his songs. |
| 201 | ** During his wanderings, he ran into the Bard, who had heard of his songs, was entranced by what Tariq was singing, and wanted to know more. He would also guide the Minstrel to Edward's temple to share his tale. |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | !Demigods |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[folder:The Nitro Squad]] |
| 207 | '''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Isabella, Megumi, Ami and Liz]], Divine Quartet of PitGirls''' (The Trophy Girls, Nitro Squad, [[FanNickname Bandibabes]]) |
| 208 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nitro_squad.png]] |
| 209 | [[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Ami, Isabella, Liz and Megumi.]] |
| 210 | * Demigoddesses (Lesser Goddesses when wearing their Motorsport suits) |
| 211 | * Symbol: A modified go-kart and four umbrellas |
| 212 | * Theme Songs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIk2AaHKqyk Tiny Arena / Turbo Track]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZRfwyS8m2U (Pre-Console Mix,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXY61ukt0j8 Nitro Fueled Remix)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1nKGaWevKE Slide Coliseum]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y70FfrFyzyI Nitro Squad]] |
| 213 | * Alignment: NeutralGood |
| 214 | * Portfolio: AmazonBrigade, MsFanservice, [[HumanoidFemaleAnimal the most humanoid animal characters in the series]], PromotedToPlayable in ''[[VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled Nitro-Fueled]]'', BadassDriver, {{Statuesque Stunner}}s, MultinationalTeam, [[{{Tuckerization}} Named after women who worked at Sony at the time of CTR's release]], |
| 215 | ** Ami: AmazonianBeauty, {{Eagleland}}, TheLadette |
| 216 | ** Megumi: GenkiGirl, TheCutie |
| 217 | ** Liz: TheTease |
| 218 | ** Isabella: RambunctiousItalian, WrenchWench |
| 219 | * Domains: Fanservice, Racing |
| 220 | * High Priestess: [[VideoGame/RidgeRacer Reiko Nagase]] |
| 221 | * Allies: |
| 222 | ** From the ''Crash'' universe: '''[[Pantheon/BeastOther Crash Bandicoot]]''', '''[[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Coco Bandicoot]]''', '''[[Pantheon/{{Headwear}} Aku]] [[Pantheon/LivingObjects Aku]]''', [[Pantheon/BeastOther Polar, Pura, Baby T]], [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Crunch Bandicoot]], [[Pantheon/TheatricProduction Penta Penguin]] |
| 223 | ** Other: [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Mario]], [[Pantheon/UnconventionalWeaponry Diddy Kong]], [[Pantheon/SupportPowers Androids]] [[Pantheon/{{Siblings}} 17 & 18]], [[Pantheon/GamingGenresNtoZ PaRappa the Rapper]], [[Pantheon/RidingAndControl Captain Falcon, Dominic "Dom" Toretto]], [[Pantheon/TheatricProduction Brian O'Conner]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive]], [[Pantheon/{{Heirs}} Princess Peach]], [[Pantheon/CharacterChanges Pauline]], [[Pantheon/BodyParts Lola Bunny]] |
| 224 | * Rivals: The Monstars |
| 225 | * {{Friendly Enem|y}}ies: [[Pantheon/BodyParts Ripper Roo]], [[Pantheon/RangedWeapons Dingodile]], [[Pantheon/CausesOfMadness Doctor Neo Cortex]], [[Pantheon/FightingMindsets Tiny Tiger]], [[Pantheon/{{Voices}} Doctor N. Gin]], [[Pantheon/SingularSymbolism Dr. N. Tropy]], [[Pantheon/GeneticEngineering Doctor Nitrus Brio]], [[Pantheon/{{Reptiles}} The Komodo Brothers]], [[Pantheon/{{Firearms}} Pinstripe Potoroo]] |
| 226 | * Enemies: '''Nitros Oxide''', [[Pantheon/{{Challenge}} Emperor Velo]], [[Pantheon/{{Headwear}} Uka]] [[Pantheon/LivingObjects Uka]] |
| 227 | * OddFriendship: [[Pantheon/TechnologicalExperts Sombra]] (Liz) |
| 228 | * On the hit list of: [[Pantheon/TaintedLaw Rosco P. Coltrane]] |
| 229 | * The Nitro Squad, composed of Ami, Isabella, Liz and Megumi. These four girls are evolved bandicoots who were originally just there to give the trophy to the winner of a race and look pretty, but they were all tired of doing nothing but that and decided to join another fellow Bandicoot, Tawna, to form the Nitro Squad. Needless to say, Crash and company were happy to have the girls join them in their quest against the smug Gasmoxian racer and later were awarded a place in the pantheon thanks to their former position as PitGirls. |
| 230 | * While they are considered part of the good guys, some of them, particularly Ami and Megumi, are on good terms with the other villains from their universe. Even then, Aku Aku is their patron mask whenever they compete in the tournament and none of the five are fans of Uka Uka and definitely not on friendly terms with Nitros Oxide after what he attempted to do with Earth. Same goes with Velo and his entourage. |
| 231 | * Initially, Tawna was part of the group as she technically was the one leading them as part of Nitro Squad. However, she later decided to strike on her own after many cited that she technically never fit the title of the group considering she never gave trophies in the first place. Tawna is still considered an honorary member and visits often. |
| 232 | * While they focus mostly on racing, they do tend to return to their PitGirls roles from time to time (Except Ami, she just wants to keep racing). They also have tried competing alongside other kart racers outside of their universe like with Mario or Diddy Kong and even in racing other deities that don't use go-karts like Captain Falcon, Brian O'Conner and Dominic Toretto. According to Mario, they are some of the fastest kart racers he's ever faced, largely thanks to their mastery of a technique that they called Blue Fire. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQMldGo_BJA This video in particular]] shows Ami's skill in using this technique, though the other four were also reported using it from time to time. |
| 233 | ** Speaking of races, they are very competitive and don't like losing, Isabella being the [[SoreLoser one that hates that the most]]. The exception would be Megumi, who is nice to everyone even when [[GracefulLoser she loses]] |
| 234 | * After forming the Nitro Squad, they adopted a motorsport outfit that seems to give them superpowers. The GUAG considered recruiting them for the Pantheon/GUAGRelationshipEnchancers but they ended up turning down the offer and they want to remain independant. That said, they are still willing to support the GUAG in any way they can. |
| 235 | * It's no secret that in the past they used to be more provocative with Liz and Ami being the more notorious ones (not helped by the fact that Liz started posing for an adult magazine). Nowadays they are a lot more toned down in appearance and that also gave them more chance to [[CharacterizationMarchesOn be fleshed out more personality wise]]. |
| 236 | * Through a chance meeting, Liz ended up introducing Lola Bunny to the rest of the squad and they immediately took a liking to her given their similar roles. Lola also warned them of the Monstars after hearing of what they went through after Oxide challenged earth to a competition similar to what the alien group did to the Looney Tunes but she clarified they got better after they were beaten. The girls mantain a cordial rivalry with the Monstars as a result. |
| 237 | * Some people suggested that Coco could join the team as well and the girls welcome her with open arms should she want to join but she has declined the invitation, preferring to form a team with her brother. They respect her opinion and have tried to recruit other females into the group. |
| 238 | * The girls often wear matching outfits depending on the situation. For example, once the Neon Circus arrived as a Grand Pix, they decided to dress as performers but for some reason, a lot of people kept confusing Liz for Sombra. The two actually got to meet each other before the Circus arrived and are actually good friends even if Sombra works for quite the shady people but Liz doesn't really mind. |
| 239 | * People tend to get Isabella confused with Tawna given their [[{{Expy}} similar appearance]]. They don't really mind the confusion and always brush it off as a silly mistake. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Richard Petty]] |
| 243 | '''[[UsefulNotes/RichardPetty Richard Lee Petty]], God of UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}}''' (The King, [[Franchise/{{Cars}} Strip Weathers]]) |
| 244 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/richard_petty.jpg]] |
| 245 | [[caption-width-right:350:Petty in front of his STP Chevrolet Monte Carlo after winning the 1979 Daytona 500]] |
| 246 | * Demigod |
| 247 | * Symbol: Any one of his Petty Blue cars, most notably his 1970 Plymouth Superbird |
| 248 | * Alignment: NeutralGood |
| 249 | * Portfolio: '''[[BadassDriver The Most Accomplished Driver in All Of NASCAR]]''', CoolOldGuy, [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority Drives a Custom Blue (and Red since 1972) Car]] |
| 250 | * Domains: Blue, Championships, Motorsports, Racing, Winning |
| 251 | * Sponsor(s): Petty Enterprises/Richard Petty Motorsports (former, in the real world), STP (in the Pantheon) |
| 252 | * Heralds: Lynda Petty (his wife), Kyle Petty (his son), Lee Petty (his father) |
| 253 | * High Priest: [[Film/DaysOfThunder Cole Trickle]] |
| 254 | * Followers: All NASCAR drivers, especially those from his heyday |
| 255 | ** Real Life: David Pearson, Dale Earnhardt, Junior Johnson, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip, Cale Yarborough, Rusty Wallace, Fireball Roberts, Bill Elliott, Bobby Isaac, Mark Martin, Benny Parsons, Davey Allison, Jeff Gordon, Alan Kulwicki, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart |
| 256 | ** Fictional: [[Franchise/{{Cars}} Strip "The King" Weathers]], [[Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby Ricky Bobby]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Tony Fast]] |
| 257 | * Allies: |
| 258 | ** Fellow Racers/Speedsters[[note]]including but not limited to[[/note]]: '''[[Pantheon/CommonColors Lightning]] [[Pantheon/LandAndSeaTravel McQueen]]''', [[Pantheon/RidingAndControl Captain Falcon, Dominic Toretto]], [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Mario, Sonic]], [[Pantheon/{{Unpopularity}} Luigi]], [[Pantheon/TheatreAndSpectacle Mickey Mouse]], [[Pantheon/TheatricConvention Kermit the Frog]], [[Pantheon/CheatsAndGlitches Vanellope Von Schweetz]], [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} Hello Kitty]], [[Pantheon/BeastOther Crash Bandicoot]], [[Pantheon/CriminalPunishment Jensen Ames]], [[Pantheon/LandAndSeaTravel Subaru Nakajima]], [[Pantheon/{{Destinies}} Scootaloo]], [[Pantheon/OtherEmotions [=PaRappa=]]], [[Pantheon/MagicAndSorcery Sakura Kinomoto]], [[Pantheon/RangedWeapons the Angry Birds]] |
| 259 | ** Others: '''[[Pantheon/{{Craft}} Emmet]]''', [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Jade]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeSettings Max Rockatansky]], [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} Spongebob Squarepants, Ash Ketchum]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Willy Wonka]], [[Pantheon/RoyalActivities T'Challa]], [[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Wreck-It Ralph]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive]], [[Pantheon/CyberneticsAndEnhancements Krim Steinbelt]], [[Pantheon/{{Siblings}} Android]] [[Pantheon/SupportPowers 17]] |
| 260 | * Business Partners: |
| 261 | ** His Board of Directors: '''[[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Buy n Large, Scrooge [=McDuck=]]]''', [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} Pepsiman, The GEICO Gecko]], [[Pantheon/EconomicMindsets Cynthia]], [[Pantheon/SocialAndRecreationalWork Ronald McDonald]] |
| 262 | ** Others (mostly TeethClenchedTeamwork): [[Pantheon/SocialAndRecreationalWork Aerospace Sanitation Inc.]], [[Pantheon/MannersOfDeath Nappa]], [[Pantheon/BusinessesAndCorporations Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]], [[Pantheon/VillainousArchetypes Lex Luthor]], [[Pantheon/CommercialAttitude Mr. Krabs]] |
| 263 | * Rivals: Practically none, racers respect him too much and if there happens to be one, chances are it's a FriendlyRivalry. |
| 264 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork (others): '''[[Pantheon/GeneticEngineering Cell]]''', [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Looten Plunder]] |
| 265 | * Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/MagicCasters Calypso]], [[Pantheon/VillainousArchetypes Needles Kane]], [[Pantheon/EvilActions Dick Dastardly]]''', Lord English, [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Mr. Burns]], [[Pantheon/CheatsAndGlitches The Godmodder]] |
| 266 | * Respected by: All racers in the Pantheon, good or bad |
| 267 | * Pities: [[Pantheon/DraconicBeings Bowser]], [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Chester A Bum]] |
| 268 | * Opposes: [[Pantheon/{{Colours}} Char Aznable]] and by extension the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil, cheaters like Keith Howard, [[Pantheon/CommercialAttitude Wario]], [[Pantheon/{{Mentalism}} Waluigi]], as well as '''[[Pantheon/FightingAndCombat Bane]]''' |
| 269 | * On Speaking Terms With: [[Pantheon/CommercialArchetypes The Courier]] and the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfGood, every [[spoiler:real world]] President of the United States (special guests at his races) |
| 270 | * (Very) Annoyed By: [[Pantheon/MannersOfDeath Creepers]], anyone who destroys his speedways |
| 271 | * Looked Down on by: Evil-aligned deities in the House of Pantheon/{{Royalty}}, especially [[Pantheon/RoyalActivities Aerys II Targaryen]] |
| 272 | * Conflicting Opinion: [[Pantheon/LandAndSeaTravel Travis Bickle]], all the ascended commentators he works with (including Vince [=McMahon=], John Madden and Jim Ross) and news correspondent [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation Kent Brockman]] |
| 273 | * The King. One of the greatest drivers to ever grace motorsports history. Born on July 2, 1937, Richard Petty is the son of Lee Petty, the NASCAR racer who won the first Daytona 500 and racked up 3 championship wins. Richard would [[SuperiorSuccessor surpass his father]] the moment he got into the trade; 200 race wins, 7 championship wins and 700 top-ten finishes. In fact, his total wins are '''double''' that of [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers the one in second place]], his [[TheRival arch-rival David Pearson]]. He was rated as the most popular NASCAR driver nine times for his [[ImYourBiggestFan utter devotion to his fandom and long hours signing autographs]]. Retiring in 1992 and taking the reins of his family business, Petty Enterprises (now Richard Petty Motorsports), the racing team currently fields the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro [=ZL1=] for Bubba Wallace in the Cup Series. |
| 274 | * The House of Sports felt disquiet at the limited range of sports in the Pantheon and sent a sealed invitation to Petty to become the God of NASCAR and bring motorsports into the Pantheon proper, as instances of racing here are few and far between. He accepted the offer, which by all accounts seemed near impossible as the Pantheon is pretty much a CassandraTruth. They had sent their Courier, a cowboy-esque figure, but it was on a good day. Petty in his cowboy stetson probably thought [[CommonalityConnection he had something in common]] with him. |
| 275 | --> '''Petty:''' I thought it was [[CassandraTruth a dream]], or something. This [[Franchise/TheLoneRanger Lone Ranger]] guy suddenly comes in my room and tells me of this place where I could meet all these fictional characters and...take NASCAR to a place it's never gone before. I just felt this connection to him, and I trusted him. He brings me out to the garage, and I see the car I used in the 70s. But it had this [[PowerGlows mystical stuff]] blowing out of it, and I suddenly realized he wasn't joking. ([[MirthlessLaughter chuckles]]) Almost thought it had gotten stolen mid-auction! |
| 276 | * Arriving in his 1970 Plymouth Superbird, which came with the package, he proceeded to do a celebratory burnout across the Pantheon's main street, which attracted a large crowd of spectators and admirers. He had a good reason for it: the second he stepped into the car, [[FountainOfYouth he returned to the way he looked in his prime]]. Amidst the crowd of admirers, one stood out to Petty in particular, a stock car and now veteran racer Lightning [=McQueen=]. Petty immediately recognised him as the character he had 'raced' with in the ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' movies as Strip Weathers. Since Lightning didn't know that, he kept calling him Mr. The King and wondering out loud why he spontaneously appeared in the Pantheon. |
| 277 | ** This took a while to be resolved. [[NobodysThatDumb Not that Lightning was daft or anything]], but NASCAR was not known as NASCAR in his homeworld and as stated above, full-on motorsports was literally a non-entity in the Pantheon so he was uncertain of any deity similar to him being ascended. Lightning has come to highly respect The King as his own racer separate from the one in his homeworld, talented in his own right and devoted to his fans and the cause of NASCAR. He invited Petty to stay with him in his temple while his temple in the House of Sports was being completed. They enjoy a FriendlyRivalry and a kinship that Petty doesn't feel with anyone else, because Lightning is the only NASCAR-esque deity besides him in the Pantheon. |
| 278 | * Said temple is an expanded version of the Richard Petty Museum, showcasing the storied history of the automobile, the legacy of the Petty family and overviews on other varieties of motorsports (UsefulNotes/FormulaOne, UsefulNotes/FormulaE, UsefulNotes/IndyCar) with replicas (some ''replicas of replicas'') of his old cars as well as those of his many competitors, with the Plymouth Superbird he got from his House front and centre. Lightning's sponsor, [[spoiler:Tex Dinoco]], funded the construction of a wing dedicated to the history of the Piston Cup, including an area designated for high-tech racing simulators for deities from the House of Pantheon/{{Gaming}}. |
| 279 | * He takes the sport of NASCAR very seriously, and frequently visits the House of Pantheon/{{Commerce}} to broker deals with the many large conglomerates there and encourage the creation of racing teams to represent Pantheon deities proper. Buy n Large, the de facto largest corporation in the Pantheon, has partnered with Petty in hopes of raking in profits from what they foresee as a new sports boom. With them essentially being TheFaceless, the company sends proxies to deal with Petty on developing various new technologies such as a new car model, downforce and aero packages as well as special regulations designed to accommodate the variety of potential racers in the Pantheon. |
| 280 | ** Several other companies have gotten in on the action, mandated by the Pantheon/CourtOfTheGods to prevent Buy n Large from gaining a monopoly in the stock car racing department, [[BatmanGambit which is what Petty was hoping for]] to generate interest. Pepsiman and the GEICO Gecko, representing real-life companies., with the latter being title sponsor for the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEICO_500 GEICO 500]] at Talladega Superspeedway, were among the first to sign on. Cynthia (the Sinnoh League Champion) became a shareholder to bring Pokémon representation into the company, and Ronald [=McDonald=] (or at least a proxy) joining because '''[[Pantheon/PantheonLandmarks McDonald's]]'''. With the support of the good-aligned deities of the House of Pantheon/{{Commerce}}, Scrooge [=McDuck=] signed on the new board of directors for the Pantheon Association of Stock Car Racing (PASCAR) and gave the company some much needed credibility. |
| 281 | ** Officially announcing plans to organize the Buy n Large PASCAR Cup Series for the year 2025, their first decision was to restrict power-ups such as mushrooms to certain races, such as the Nintendo 600 (sponsored by the race's video game deities). For simplicity's sake, the overall sport is still referred to as NASCAR. |
| 282 | ** More unsavoury companies such as [=LexCorp=] are barred from the board of directors on principles. He's willing to let them bankroll teams in future races, but not anything further. Eugene Krabs wanted to be the title sponsor for the Cup in 2025 but was refuted on account of his penny-pinching nature ruining his employees (only the StatusQuoIsGod quotient and Spongebob's loyalty keeps them in his restaurant). Aerospace Sanitation Inc. is useful for cleaning up any disasters that are likely to occur in his speedways, but tend to attract just as many. Mr. Burns is on the blacklist from participating in any way, shape or form, since he is so unequivocally unscrupulous and evil. |
| 283 | ** The biggest problem currently is designing the new [=BnL=] Pantheonic Speedway, the site of the tentative first race, the inaugural [=BnL=] 500 to withstand damage from the ForeverWar taking place in the Pantheon. At least two reconstruction efforts have already been made: the first time was when a random [[Pantheon/MannersOfDeath Charged Creeper]] landed in the grandstands and killed fifteen employees including the visiting surveyor, the second was when Bowser crashed the opening ceremony and set fire to Victory Lane, angered that he hadn't been invited [[VideoGame/MarioKart as a racer]] like Mario and Luigi had. Petty [[ThrowTheDogABone took pity on him]] and offered him a sponsorship role once he had the proper funding to create his own racing team. Bowser did try starting his own [[VideoGame/HotelMario hotel chain]] once. With all the logistical debacles occurring, the speedway is currently a dirt track with some paved areas surrounded by temporary grandstands (Victory Lane is the only completed part, somehow). |
| 284 | *** Petty himself requested for someone from the House of Pantheon/{{Craft}} to take charge after the Creeper incident, pretty much starting to feel frustrated after one of his assistants starting buying off low quality Vibranium in desperation and sinking PASCAR's profits. The always kindly Emmet responded and rebuilt the foundations of the speedway with unbreakable LEGO. He wanted to have the whole speedway made out of LEGO, but Petty drew the line at that. |
| 285 | ** Then, there's the problem of finding a suitable broadcasting team. Currently most of the sports broadcasters in the Pantheon are wrestling announcers, and Petty takes a slight offense at that. Until he can ascend them, limited access is allowed to his assorted followers who served as commentators post-racing career, with his son Kyle Petty serving as a color commentator. [[spoiler:Before you ask, Darrell Waltrip is currently enjoying a well-deserved retirement]]. With the decline of NASCAR in the real world, they frequently grapple for ratings. |
| 286 | * [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Jade]] and [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation Kent Brockman]] are a godsend to him, with Brockman gaining full broadcasting rights to PASCAR (Pantheon race) and NASCAR (Fox and NBC in the real world) under the same banner. Jade frequently holds interviews with Petty. |
| 287 | * For the sake of fairness, Petty is merely a part-time racer in Pantheon sporting events. He's mostly busy running PASCAR and preparing for the Cup Series in the near future, but never forgets to practice every weekend. The current line-up down for the first [=BnL=] 500 is here:[[labelnote:roster]] |
| 288 | --> Buy n Large #00: unknown |
| 289 | --> Duff Beer #1: Duffman (fielded in secret by [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Mr. Burns]], the nuclear plant barred from entry) |
| 290 | --> GM Goodwrench #3: Dale Earnhardt (non-ascended) |
| 291 | --> Cabbage Corp #4: unknown Earthbender (fielded by [[Pantheon/ChefsAndEstablishments the Vendor]]) |
| 292 | --> Starlight Plaza #5: [[WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}} Turbo the Snail]] (non-ascended) |
| 293 | --> The Pokémon Company #7: unknown Pokémon, likely a Deoxys (fielded by [[Pantheon/EconomicMindsets Cynthia]]) |
| 294 | --> Krusty Krab #8: [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Tony Fast]] (fielded by [[Pantheon/CommercialAttitude Eugene Krabs]]) |
| 295 | --> Duke Studio #10: [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Mr. Satan]] (fielded by [[Pantheon/MannersOfDeath Nappa]]) |
| 296 | --> Slaughter Race #12: [[Pantheon/CheatsAndGlitches Vanellope Von Schweetz]] |
| 297 | --> GEICO #13: [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} The GEICO Gecko]] |
| 298 | --> Furious Fender Racing #18: [[Pantheon/RidingAndControl Dominic Toretto]] (part-time) |
| 299 | --> Hasbro/Takara Tomy #20: [[Pantheon/NegativeReaction Hot Rod]] (guest racer) |
| 300 | --> Chattanooga Chew #21: David Pearson (non-ascended) |
| 301 | --> Sega #23: [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Sonic the Hedgehog]] (part-time) |
| 302 | --> The Walt Disney Company #28: [[Pantheon/TheatreAndSpectacle Mickey Mouse]] |
| 303 | --> [=KaibaCorp=] #30: unknown (fielded by [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Seto Kaiba]]) |
| 304 | --> LEGO #32: Max (LEGO Club, non-ascended) |
| 305 | --> Aerospace Sanitation Inc. #38: unknown |
| 306 | --> [=LexCorp=] #40: Lionel Luthor (allegedly) |
| 307 | --> STP #43: '''Richard Petty''' (part-time) |
| 308 | --> 7-Eleven #45: Kyle Petty (part-time) |
| 309 | --> Future Industries #48: [[Pantheon/NiceAndNasty Asami Sato]] |
| 310 | --> Dinoco #51: [[WesternAnimation/Cars3 Cruz Ramirez]] (non-ascended) |
| 311 | --> Trix #54: [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} The Trix Rabbit]] (guest racer) |
| 312 | --> The Jim Henson Company #58: [[Pantheon/TheatricConvention Kermit the Frog]] |
| 313 | --> Sanrio #60: [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} Hello Kitty]] (guest racer) |
| 314 | --> [=PepsiCo=] #61: [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} Pepsiman]] |
| 315 | --> Wonka #64: An Oompa-Loompa (fielded by [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Willy Wonka]]) |
| 316 | --> Ames Engineering #77: [[Pantheon/CriminalPunishment Jensen Ames]] (part-time) |
| 317 | --> Nintendo #81: [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Mario]] |
| 318 | --> Super Mario Bros #83: [[Pantheon/{{Unpopularity}} Luigi]] |
| 319 | --> Bowser Hotels #85: [[Pantheon/DraconicBeings Bowser]] |
| 320 | --> Project D #86: [[Manga/InitialD Takumi Fujiwara]] (non-ascended) |
| 321 | --> Hetap #89: A Cell Jr. (fielded by [[Pantheon/SupportPowers Android 17]] and [[Pantheon/GeneticEngineering Cell]]) |
| 322 | --> Kwik-E-Mart #90: unknown (fielded by [[Pantheon/BusinessesAndCorporations Apu]]) |
| 323 | --> Octan #92: Acceltron (fielded by [[Pantheon/{{Craft}} Emmet]] on behalf of President Business) |
| 324 | --> [=McDonald's=] #94: Bill Elliott (non-ascended) |
| 325 | --> Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment #95: [[Pantheon/CommonColors Lightning [=McQueen=]]] |
| 326 | --> Crash Team Racing #96: [[Pantheon/BeastOther Crash Bandicoot]] |
| 327 | --> [=McDuck=] Incorporated #99: [[Pantheon/RidingAndControl Launchpad [=McQuack=]]] (part-time)[[/labelnote]] |
| 328 | * Certain guest racers star in races on invitation. This includes Wally West, the Fastest Man Alive, and Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive, who are otherwise too busy because of their duties defending the Pantheon from threats (Wally is in the Pantheon/GUAGSuperheroDivision and Shinnosuke the SandBox/GUAGSpecialCrimesDivision). |
| 329 | ** Cell registered one of his newly-created Cell Jrs. in the race under Hetap just for funsies, but discrepancies with the Cell Jr's identity caused Android 17 to be brought in, as his children are Cell's original spawn. They share ownership of the team but 17 refuses to run it directly because Cell ate him before. Cell is far more active in running his team, though it's more of [[MachiavelliWasWrong a rule by fear]] kind of thing since Cell could easily level the speedway. |
| 330 | ** The Angry Birds are still undergoing evaluation for their cars since they are made of wood and not structurally sound, even if DeathIsCheap in the Pantheon. |
| 331 | * He despises cheaters and evil-aligned sports athletes. Naturally this makes him hate his neighbour Lord English, who he feels is undeserving of his BadGuysPlayPool trope and ought to be kicked out for his utter desire to destroy [[OmnicidalManiac EVERYTHING]]. Waluigi and Wario are on his shitlist for being [[ShadowArchetype shadowy versions]] of the racers on his circuit and causing havoc. |
| 332 | * On a whole different level is Calypso and her dangerous destruction derbies. Petty knows how dangerous and deadly motorsports can be, as his follower Dale Earnhardt can attest to, but Calypso puts his champions through literal '''hell''' so the winner can get some [[{{Irony}} dark perversion of their most desired wish]]. Calypso is hence banned from every race and instance of motorsports in the Pantheon, as are all his sadistic champions, including Needles Kane. |
| 333 | * Petty had quite the [[NearDeathExperience closest of calls]] when Bane staged a terrorist attack on the [=BnL=] Speedway in the vein of Film/TheDarkKnightRises. Batman managed to beat him to a pulp before his henchmen could install landmines and time bombs in the newly installed LEGO foundations. Petty is grateful to the Dark Knight and offered Wayne Enterprises a place on the board of directors for his 'rich boyfriend'. He politely refused. |
| 334 | * Was instrumental in coaxing Jensen Ames out of retirement and his mechanic career to race in the [=BnL=] 500. Jensen, seeing how important the cause of motorsports was to Petty and out of respect for the man, has consented to be a part time racer with his local mechanic shop sponsoring. The same can be said for Dominic Toretto, though his more active involvement in cars makes him more willing to support Petty's cause. |
| 335 | * Travis Bickle's psyche has perplexed him greatly. While Petty understands his frustration at the many examples of corruption he sees while driving his taxi, he doesn't approve of the way he intends to use violence to end violence, insisting he gets some help. Travis just thinks Petty's a sentimental buffoon. |
| 336 | * His usage of 'The King' nickname has provoked a lot of controversy in the Pantheon, especially from actual monarchs. While the benevolent ones are willing to live and let live, and the evil ones just put him out of their minds, the ever-sensitive Mad King, Aerys Targaryen ordered his immediate execution. Needless to say, no one bothered to listen to him. |
| 337 | * Ultimately, while Richard Petty's role has changed quite a bit in the Pantheon, he is a racer through and through and will work to further the cause of NASCAR and motorsports. He hopes to get all of his followers ascended someday. As the man himself would say: |
| 338 | ''[[CatchPhrase No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.]]'' |
| 339 | [[/folder]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[folder:Saki Miyanaga]] |
| 342 | '''[[Manga/{{Saki}} Saki Miyanaga]], Goddess of TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}''' |
| 343 | [[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saki.png]] |
| 344 | * Demigod |
| 345 | * Symbol: a 1 of Circles mahjong tile |
| 346 | * Alignment: NeutralGood |
| 347 | * Portfolio: Mahjong, {{Joshikousei}}, [[ArtisticLicenseStatistics Making Statisticians Cry]] |
| 348 | * Domain: Sports, Mahjong, Strategy |
| 349 | * Followers: Nodoka Haramura (her consort and Head Acolyte), [[Manga/TheLegendOfKoizumi Junichiro Koizumi, Hitler, The Pope, Yulia Tymoshenko]] |
| 350 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/FriendshipDynamicsMToZ Meruem and Komugi]], [[Pantheon/CompetitorsAndContenders Miho Nishizumi (Anglerfish Team)]] |
| 351 | * Won the godhood from a much-vaunted Interdimensional Tournament of Mahjong, largely staying out of the proverbial bloodshed and defeating most other Mahjong masters too busy jockeying for position. She was defeated by Manga/{{Akagi}} in the final four match (the other two contestants are [[Manga/TheLegendOfKoizumi Junichiro Koizumi]] and her own sister [[IceQueen Teru Miyanaga]]), but won the godhood anyway since the adjudicators from the House of Justice caught Akagi cheating and Saki's points was still unchanged after a mahjong equivalent of a massacre, thus demonstrating her absolute mastery of the game. |
| 352 | * Himeko has expressed interest in her and her partner, although it's still too early to say that they will be allies. The same could be said for [[Pantheon/{{Popularity}} Nanoha]]. |
| 353 | * She often gets lost in her own temple. This led to Nodoka leading her by the hand when she visits other Houses. |
| 354 | * Due to her skill with the technique, "Tsumo after a kong" is part of the standard prayer for her followers. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | !Quasideities |
| 358 | |
| 359 | [[folder:Rei Kiriyama]] |
| 360 | '''[[Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion Rei Kiriyama]], God of TabletopGame/{{Shogi}}''' |
| 361 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ReiKiriyama_5240.jpg]] |
| 362 | * Quasideity |
| 363 | * Symbol: A shogi board, rivers, cats, cuckoo birds |
| 364 | * Alignment: Between TrueNeutral and NeutralGood |
| 365 | * Portfolio: BrokenAce, NoSocialSkills, FriendlessBackground, MinorLivingAlone |
| 366 | * Domains: Shogi, Sadness, Loneliness, Friendship |
| 367 | * Heralds: The Kawamoto Family, Harunobu Nikaidou |
| 368 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Elizabeth Harmon]], [[Pantheon/BetrayalMotivation Zuko]], [[Pantheon/{{School}} Jimmy Hopkins]], [[Pantheon/InternalPowerSources Twilight Sparkle]], [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} Phantom Thieves of Hearts]], [[Pantheon/FightingStyles Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Pantheon/{{Transformations}} Tohru Honda]] |
| 369 | * Opposes: [[Pantheon/FamilyAndRelatives The Child Abuse Supporters]] |
| 370 | * Rei Kiriyama is an introverted boy who lost his family at a young age. He was adopted by Masachika Kouda, a shogi teacher and 8-dan player who saw promise in Rei. Rei turned out to be a prodigy and became one of the few kishi to turn professional while still in middle school. However, Rei's personal life was very troubled as he had difficulty connecting to others and making friends. His foster father's blatant favoritism of him over his biological children also made Rei feel guilty and like he had no place to belong to, so even as he attained financial independence and became able to live on his own, he felt depressed and unfulfilled, and fell into a slump in his career. Unexpectedly, he found himself becoming involved with his neighbors, the Kawamoto family, consisting of three orphaned sisters and their sweetmaker grandfather. He is also steadily but surely making friends with some of his fellow kishi, most notably his self-styled rival Nikaidou. Although Rei is self-conscious about intruding upon others in any way, he is starting to find solace thanks to the people around him and become able to move past his bleak mindset. |
| 371 | * Shogi can be seen as both Rei's salvation and the source of many of his issues; it's thanks to the game that he didn't end up getting lost in the shuffle of the foster system when he became an orphan, but his complete devotion to the game in his childhood (born more out of desperation to not be discarded than out of love for it) to the exclusion of most other activities (besides helping around the house) led to him becoming quite stunted when it came to forming relationships with others in his peer group. It doesn't help that he also feels like he tore apart the Kouda family over the game. Thus, one could say he has a love-hate relationship with it, and so he is pretty conflicted to ascend to the Pantheon (after a series of exhibition matches against all the deities and Heralds who could play the game decently) while being professed as the god of the game. In addition, if the point is to elect gods, he wonders why a random 5-dan like him would ascend instead of some famous player from the past, or even the current Meijin, Souya Touji. |
| 372 | * Rei is startlingly similar to Elizabeth Harmon, one of the top chess players present in the Pantheon. Both suffered the tragedy of losing their families during childhood (with Elizabeth's circumstances being even darker than Rei's since his biological family was a pretty happy one, while hers was completely dysfunctional), and both turned to their board game of choice to make something of themselves. They also have pretty poor showings when it comes to connecting with others, which ironically may have helped them bond with each other, since they could understand where the other was coming from. While they may play different games, they don't think it's a waste of time to observe and critique each other's playstyle in order to improve themselves. Rei feels like Elizabeth could use developing a much better attitude about losing, though; coming from a culture where saving face has a lot of weight, he always feels awkward when he sees what a sore loser she can be. |
| 373 | * He still maintains contact with his foster family despite how strained things are between them. His relationship with his foster sister Kyouko in particular is very strange. Kyouko deeply resents Rei for taking her father's attention away from her and her brother, since they could never measure up to him in shogi and eventually quit. Nevertheless, she does seem to care for Rei as an older sister, although as adults that only ever seems to manifest in a very twisted and toxic manner, since Kyouko likes to play mind games with Rei. Rei in turn worries about Kyouko making a mess of her life just to spite her father. As far as conflicted heroes with troublesome sisters go, Rei found that that's nothing compared to what's going on with Zuko and his sister Azula, who have a much more bitter relationship and, at least on Azula's side, think nothing of murdering the other. While the two boys talked about these relationships, Zuko said that he blamed his monster of a father more than anyone for how Azula turned out, leaving Rei to muse that that could be true for his father as well, as he promoted competition in shogi among his children, although he hesitates to declare it out loud due to the gratitude he still feels for taking him in when he had lost everything. |
| 374 | ** Despite his mixed feelings for his foster father, Rei has a pretty well-defined opinion when it comes to the Kawamoto sisters' absent father, a manipulative deadbeat who abandoned his children for a new wife, only to come crawling back to them in hopes of having them support him without putting in any work of his own. He is one of the few people Rei truly despises, and so he harbors similar contempt for the self-styled Child Abuse Supporters (which includes Zuko's father) and other parents in the Pantheon who abuse their children, particularly those who put on a benign mask to take advantage of them for self-serving reasons. |
| 375 | * Being an awkward and lonesome boy, Rei was a magnet for bullies when he was younger. He learned to deal with it by essentially blending into the background, so his present classmates might as well be unaware of his existence. He was far more stricken when he found out his precious friend Hina (the middle Kawamoto sister) was being targetted by a ring of bullies. He did everything he could to support her and comfort her (which he still feels wasn't much), feeling relieved when it all finally ended and Hina was back to being her usual sunny self. Hearing that there are such things as gods of bullying in the Pantheon, Rei seems to have found a new determination to do his part in denouncing and condemning bullies, though he also realizes a scrawny guy like himself isn't going to be winning any fights against these people. Still, he does his best to do what he knows he can do, and has voiced his support for Jimmy Hopkins to keep the bullying going on in the Pantheon under control. Jimmy thinks that Rei is a cool guy for that and for lending a friendly shoulder to a girl in trouble, even if he also thinks he's kind of a dork painting a target on himself. |
| 376 | * Making friends with a juvenile delinquent (for that is what Jimmy is, hidden good intentions aside) could not prepare the meek and mild-mannered Rei for when a yakuza walked into his temple and politely but still terrifyingly requested a game. Rei was too scared for his life to say no, though despite that he managed to focus on the game at hand; he wasn't a pro for nothing. He went back to being scared when he defeated Kazuma and wondered if that was when the yakuza would kill him in revenge, but Kazuma only remarked upon the moves they both used and then shifted to talking about how he heard Rei was an orphan turned shogi prodigy. Kazuma said he came from a similar background and then told Rei he could come to him for help if anyone ever gave him any trouble. Rei in turn would play more shogi matches with him as Kazuma wants to keep his skill sharp, and there's nothing like dueling a pro to achieve that. Rei thus felt assured that Kazuma was actually a good man, even if he still feels terrified when he gets to see Kazuma's displays of physical prowess. |
| 377 | * Occasionally he takes the Kawamoto sisters out to enjoy the Pantheon and so it happened that Momo (the youngest sister) became fixated on certain pony deities, which of course means Rei gets to see a lot of said ponies, which might normally be to his chagrin if he didn't value the Kawamoto's happiness so much. At any rate, he definitely didn't expect to find commonalities with the arguably more sensible of them, Twilight Sparkle, who was, like him, a task-driven loner throughout much of her life until she met her five now-best friends, who helped her become a more well-rounded and mature pony. Rei thinks he has yet to develop so decisively, but he knows something about him is changing from spending time with the Kawamoto family. |
| 378 | * Got a good-natured challenge from the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to face their shogi-playing friend and brilliant strategist, Hifumi Togo. Rei ultimately came out the winner, but acknowledged Hifumi really made him work his butt off for it, and also her chuunibyou tendencies during the game had kind of thrown him off; he has met his fair share of eccentric kishi, but not quite to such a distracting extent. After the game was over Hifumi turned serious and told him about how her confidence in her skills was shot after finding out her mother had been fixing the games for her. Rei felt a rare surge of anger at this on Hifumi's behalf; he thinks that if he discovered someone had been rigging the game he had built his life around, his entire self might be completely destroyed and he might even do something insane in response. Given that's fortunately never happened to him, the only thing he can really tell Hifumi is not to give up and that they should practice together more. |
| 379 | * Rei has gotten used to living alone, as that was his desire so he could make as little trouble for others as possible, but he's not necessarily good at taking care of himself, being quite lazy about cooking, for instance. Tohru Honda is someone who has had the experience of living alone for similar reasons as Rei, though only for a short time she was allowed to stay in the Sohma estate. Seeing as how they are both orphans who found a place they could truly belong to with different families, Tohru has taken to sometimes dropping by Rei's temple and doing random chores about it, which isn't as intensive as it sounds as Rei's living conditions are quite spartan, and telling him to eat healthy. Rei is taken aback by just how cheerfully obsequious Tohru and worries that he might be taking advantage of her kindness, constantly telling her there's really no need for all she does for him, only for Tohru to tell him that those who are alone in the world must stick together. Rei can't manage to respond to Tohru's determination, so she lets her do what she wants. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
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