Characters / Codex Equus Coltic Pantheon

Here is a list of characters from the Coltic Pantheon, the ruling pantheon of the Grittish Isles.

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Coltic Pantheon

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General

• Fantastic Racism: On the receiving end; Shamrock explains to Cernunnos that Irminsul and Arvan wanted Rhiannon to come back to the Elternteil Deer Pantheon because they thought she didn't belong with "impure interlopers" like the Coltic Pantheon. This motivates Cernunnos to stop adventuring and join the Coltic Pantheon so he can protect his twin sister from future incidents.
• Fantasy Pantheon: The Coltic Pantheon is a recently-formed group of divines who decided to watch over the Grittish Isles, either out of love for the country, a need to protect it, or both. Kendell2 has stated that the Coltic Pantheon has some Celtic elements, given its Punny Name. However, it was formed so recently that many people were unaware they had a pantheon at all, which led to Crystal Prism and Midnight Bell expressing confusion when Shamrock offered the former a place in the Grittish pantheon.
  Crystal Prism/Midnight Bell: We have a pantheon?
• Karmic Jackpot: Almost all of the Coltic gods and goddesses rose to Rhiannon's defense when Irminsul and Arvan found her and tried convincing her to come back home. This would earn them the gratitude of Rhiannon's older fraternal twin brother, Cernunnos, who after several adventures would join the pantheon so he can protect his sister from future incidents with their parents.
• The Marvelous Deer: So far, the only Coltic deity to receive an official entry is Rhiannon, the Deer goddess of the Moon and Femininity. While she was incredibly flawed at first thanks to the Elternteil Deer Pantheon's toxic influence, she became genuinely benevolent after leaving home with her twin brother, Cernunnos, and settling down in the Grittish Isles once she fell in love with the place. Later, Cernunnos himself would join the pantheon, wanting to protect Rhiannon from future encounters with their parents.
• The Power of Friendship: Almost all of the Coltic gods and goddesses rushed to defend Rhiannon from Irminsul and Arvan when they found her, simply because she's their friend.
• Punny Name: The pantheon's name sounds like "Celtic". It's fitting, given that the Coltic Pantheon is populated by Codex versions of the Celtic gods/goddesses.
• True Companions: The entire pantheon is this to Rhiannon, who was once part of the Elternteil Deer Pantheon. When Irminsul and Arvan finally found her and tried persuading their daughter into coming back home, almost all of the Coltic gods and goddess rose to Rhiannon's defense, stonewalling the High King and High Queen.
• Winged Unicorn: A few Coltic deities are Alicorns, such as Shamrock, Praline, and identical twin brothers Star Cut and Alpine Butterfly.

Dagda, King of the Coltic Pantheon

Classification: Elemental/Ethereal

Portfolio: Life, Fertility, Agriculture, Sovereignty

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a god who embodies Life, Fertility, Agriculture, and Sovereignty.
• Top God: Much like the Dagda of the Tuatha de Danann, he is the primary leader of the Coltic Pantheon.

Morrigu, the Phantom Queen

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: Death, Prophecy, War

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a goddess who embodies Death, Prophecy, and War.
• Don't Fear the Reaper: Despite being a Death goddess, she's a benevolent Coltic deity who looks out for her mortal Grittish subjects.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: Averted. She is the oldest in a set of fraternal divine female triplets, so they each look nothing alike.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Phantom Queen".
• Meaningful Name: Her name is an alternative translation of the Celtic goddess Morrigan.
• Same-Sex Triplets: Subverted; she and her younger sisters are divine fraternal triplets, and thus look nothing alike.
• True Companions: Implied. Her friendship with Rhiannon later influenced her to come to the latter's defense when High King Irminsul and High Queen Arvan came to retrieve their runaway daughter.

Rhiannon, Lady of the Moon

Classification: Elemental/Ethereal

Portfolio: Moon, Femininity, Enchantment, Song

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"Let us all sing and celebrate under the gentle light of the Moon, enchanting with its feminine grace."

Rhiannon (her entry here) is the Coltic Deer goddess of Moon, Femininity, Enchantment, and Song, and is the younger fraternal twin sister of Cernunnos.

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• Actually Pretty Funny: She was "pretty amused" when she learned from Bossa Nova Heartstrings that a Grittish band named Fleethoof Mac made a song that depicted her as a mysterious, elusive, mystical, and seductive female figure.
• Always Identical Twins: Subverted. She and her older brother, Cernunnos, are fraternal twins, and thus have enough traits to differentiate them each other. Cernunnos is a brown-furred divine Deer stag with darker brown accents, dark brown antlers gnarled like tree branches, blazing yellow-orange eyes and body markings, and a halo made of sunlight. Meanwhile, Rhiannon is a dark blue-furred Deer doe with silver spots all over her body and face, smaller silver antlers, bright turquoise eyes, and a halo made of moonlight. Cernunnos gaining tree-like traits like leaves and bark on his antlers and body after receiving the domain of Rebirth and fusing with his dead older brother, Orion only served to widen the difference gap further.
• Alternative Character Interpretation: In-Universe. A Grittish band named Fleethoof Mac made a song that's named after her, and depicted her as a mysterious, elusive, mystical, and seductive female figure. When Bossa Nova Heartstrings learned of this and informed her about it, her reaction was described as "pretty amused".
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Deer goddess who embodies the Moon, Femininity, Enchantment, and Song.
• The Atoner: What she became after leaving the Elternteil Deer Pantheon. At one point, she entered a period of depression over guilt towards her past misdeeds, which included enabling her family's worst actions and flaws out of tradition and loyalty to them, and condoning her siblings' abuse of Temnobog. Emperor Golden Scepter comforted and encouraged her to make amends with those she hurt, as he had been through a similar situation and committed many sins himself. This is what also led to Rhiannon and by extension, the Coltic Pantheon, having good relations with the Terran Empire.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Emperor Golden Scepter comforted her after she was hit with a period of guilt-fueled depression, and encouraged her to make amends with those she had hurt in the past. This led to Rhiannon and, by extension, the Coltic Pantheon developing good relations with the Terran Empire.
• Blue Is Heroic: She's a Coltic Deer goddess with dark blue fur and silver spots, and she wears blue robes, which denote her as a benevolent deity. Even before she left the Elternteil Deer Pantheon, she possessed better morals and character than her haughty and puristic family, though she eventually realized she was enabling their worst traits via her passive devotion to their traditions and beliefs, and traveled the world with Cernunnos for a while until she settled down in the Grittish Isles.
• Calling the Old Man Out: Like Belyolen before her, she would give both Irminsul and Arvan one after they tried getting her to come home, only to get stonewalled by the entire Coltic Pantheon who came to her defense. Notably, she would compare Irminsul and Arvan to Grogar I himself.
  High King Irminsul: Is this what you and Cernunnos have been up to since you left home, Rhiannon? Spreading lies and blasphemy about our so-called misdeeds?
  Rhiannon: A lie is less damning than the truth, Father. And if I have to choose between either, I would rather choose the harsh truth than the honeyed words of deception. I may have not have much blood on my hooves, but the fact remains that for eons, I had supported those toxic beliefs and traditions that killed one of my brothers and caused another to run away in sheer terror. Cernunnos realized it after you tasked him to hunt down Kúzelník. And it took hearing the truth for me to realize it, too.
  High Queen Arvan: We would never do such a thing! To use magic in such a debased manner would make us no better than the foul goat who defiled our lands once!
  Rhiannon: And yet you did so anyway. Tell me Father, Mother, were Belyolen and Temnobog born by sheer accident? The product of a curse invented by one of our enemies? Or were they the result of our hubris and desperation? I have not met Grogar, because I was born after the wars. I only know of him through the stories you told me and Cernunnos to make us behave. But he is not here, is he? For all I know, he could have been dead for eons and we may know not a thing about it. And yet, you still bring him up, time and time again. [...] You may call yourself wise and benevolent, Father, Mother, but the world will never see you the same way once they learn of what you've done. And for all the hatred you two bear against this Grogar... I clearly and truly see no difference.
• Casting a Shadow: As part of her Moon domain, she can use darkness magic, being able to turn herself into a being of pure darkness, create barriers of darkness, fire beams of darkness from her antlers, and blind and confuse her opponents by covering them in darkness. However, she admits that Temnobog is better at darkness magic than her since he embodies mortal Deerkind's evils and flaws.
• Compelling Voice: As the Coltic Deer goddess of Song, she can sing to lull people to sleep, distract her enemies, and afflict them with fear and regret over their own misdeeds.
• Defector from Decadence: She used to be a member of the Elternteil Deer Pantheon, whose haughtiness, complacency, and reactionary and puristic views contributed to a very emotionally/mentally toxic environment for both their divine offspring and mortal followers. After eons of enabling her family's worst traits out of tradition and loyalty to them, she finally gained the courage to leave home when Cernunnos told her the reason why Kúzelník ran away from home, and let her come with him on his global "hunts". She has since realized the full scope of her own mistakes thanks to these adventures, and thanks to Golden Scepter's encouragement, she became The Atoner to make up for them.
• Fate Worse than Death: She considers being "purified" by Irminsul to be this. When Irminsul tried to purify his then-unborn son of his flaws to fulfill his desires for a flawless heir who is completely pure and good, it effectively mutilated and killed the god his son was supposed to be, as he split to form twins Belyolen and Temnobog instead. When Cernunnos revealed this to Rhiannon as being the reason why Kúzelník ran away from home, she feared being subjected to the same fate as her unborn brother should she fall below her parents' standards, and outright begged Cernunnos to take her with him on his global travels. Because of this, while she still loves some of her siblings, she understandably has a strained relationship with Irminsul and Arvan, and refuses to go back home.
• Flower Motifs: Her entry notes that she wears a necklace of white morning glories, sometimes known as "moonflowers". Morning glories represent love and affection, but also mortality and mourning due to the morning glories' short lifespan. Rhiannon was born into a Deer Pantheon that had suffered massive losses due to Grogar I, and she lost her then-unborn brother to Irminsul when her father tried purifying his son of his flaws in the womb to make him a pure God of Good. Though she loved her family very much, her support and devotion to them ended up enabling her family's worst traits and flaws because she couldn't bear breaking away from their traditions. In addition, her older twin brother, Cernunnos, died during a battle with Hydianite Covens and gained the domain of Rebirth after the spirit of his older brother, Orion, intervened and fused with him to save his life. Learning from Cernunnos that Irminsul mutilated/killed her unborn brother in the womb trying to make an heir who is perfect and flawless by his own standards horrified her so much that she begged her brother to take her away from home, which ultimately led to her settling down in the Grittish Isles.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: She initially shared this dynamic with her older twin brother, Cernunnos, with him being the Foolish while she is the Responsible. Despite being a prince, Cernunnos often shirks his royal duties in favor of exploring and going on hunts, while Rhiannon is more obedient towards her parents and dutiful in following her family's traditions. However, it's subverted once she has her Heel–Face Turn - after eons of witnessing her family's toxic behaviors, she finally gathered the courage to leave when Cernunnos revealed why Kúzelník suddenly ran away from home. The adventures she had with her brother made her realize her passive traditionalism enabled her family's worst traits and condoned their mistreatment of those they deemed beneath them, but Golden Scepter's encouragement influenced her to become The Atoner to make up for her own misdeeds.
• Forced Sleep: One of the things she can do as the Coltic Deer goddess of Song is lull people to sleep with her singing voice.
• Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: In her damning speech to her parents, she essentially accuses them of constantly using Grogar and the atrocities he did to them as justification for their own misdeeds, becoming just as bad as him in the process.
• Good Princess, Evil Queen: She's a princess by virtue of being one of many daughters of High King Irminsul and High Queen Arvan, but unlike her parents and the majority of her family, who are Jerkass Gods, she possesses better morals and character, which ultimately influenced her to leave home and become a genuinely benevolent goddess after eons of enabling her family's worst traits out of tradition. This is in stark contrast to Arvan herself, who, while not evil, is haughty, puristic, racist, and reactionary, and is responsible for imparting the same toxic behaviors onto her children out of belief that their pantheon and mortal Deerkind are superior to other mortal/divine races.
• Guilt-Ridden Accomplice: At one point, she became rather depressed from feeling guilty over her own misdeeds, which included enabling her family's worst traits out of duty and loyalty to them, and condoning Temnobog's fawnhood emotional abuse. Emperor Golden Scepter comforted and encouraged her to make amends with those she hurt, which allowed her to recover and inspired her to become The Atoner. This is what also led to her and by extension, the entire Coltic Pantheon, having good relations with the Terran Empire.
• Harp of Femininity: Her chosen instrument is a silver lyre, which, as the Coltic Deer goddess of Song, she uses to enhance her magical singing in battle. Her followers, mostly bards and musicians, use the lyre as their symbol of worship.
• Holy Halo: Like her brothers Cernunnos and Kúzelník, she has a halo adorning her head, except in her case, it's made of moonlight.
• An Ice Person: Her Moon domain grants her the use of ice magic, much like how Cernunnos' Sun domain grants him the use of fire magic. Unfortunately, due to initially living in a forested environment, she's only able to send cool breezes through hot days and keep certain foods chilled. After leaving home and becoming a Coltic goddess, she has no such restraints holding her back.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: Averted. She and her older brother, Cernunnos, are fraternal twins, so they have enough traits for them to be easily identified. Cernunnos gaining tree-like traits like leaves and bark on his antlers and body after receiving the domain of Rebirth and fusing with his dead older brother, Orion only served to widen the difference gap further.
• Karmic Transformation: Like Kúzelník, she can punish people for their sins by using her domain of Enchantment. For example, she can use hexes to turn vain people ugly so they can learn the lesson of humility.
• Lunacy: As the Coltic Deer goddess of the Moon, she can draw upon the Moon's energy to both empower and heal herself as long as the Moon itself is out, much like what Cernunnos can do with the Sun. Her domain also gives her darkness and ice magic, as they are closely and symbolically related to the Moon. Her domain of Enchantment is also related to the Moon, as Enchantment covers things like illusions, transformation, concealment, status buffs, and hexes. Her entry notes that she became friends with Princess Luna of Equestria because of their shared Moon domain.
• Magic Music: As the Coltic Deer goddess of Song, she has abilities similar to Music deities, except her abilities rely entirely on her voice. She can use her singing voice to induce healing effects and accelerate it, ebb negative emotions like aggression, anxiety, and nervousness, and lull people to sleep. She can also sing to distract her enemies and afflict them with fear and regret over their own misdeeds. Her singing is enhanced when playing instruments, such as the lyre in her case.
• The Magnificent: Known as the "Lady of the Moon", due to being a graceful and demure yet fierce Lady of War who embodies the Moon.
• Mama Bear: When she heard of Trench Bull's extremely long history of abuse with the students of her boarding school, Rhiannon went to the Terran Empire and visited her old friend, Emperor Golden Scepter, in a motherly fury. Reportedly, she requested for him to transfer Trench Bull's soul to the Coltic Pantheon's jurisdiction upon the mare's death, so she could subject Trench Bull to a horrible fate as punishment for what she did. This means that Rhiannon felt grateful when Bossa Nova Heartstrings and Sola Mors cheered up the abused children.
• Meaningful Name: She's named after Rhiannon, a Welsh Queen who is portrayed in the Mabinogion as an intelligent, beautiful, politically strategic, and generous woman, and is often sometimes depicted as a Welsh goddess associated with horses and sovereignty. Though born a Princess of the Elternteil Deer Pantheon, Rhiannon displays many of the same qualities, and even befriended a few Alicorns after leaving home, such as Prince Shamrock, Sola Mors, and Bossa Nova Heartstrings.
• Music Soothes the Savage Beast: With her domain of Song, she can ebb negative emotions like aggression, anxiety, and nervousness.
• "Not So Different" Remark:
  • In her damning speech to her parents, Irminsul and Arvan, she compares them both to Grogar I, their Arch-Enemy - despite their hatred of Grogar I, Irminsul and Arvan had done some pretty horrible things themselves, such as purifying their unborn son in the womb to "erase" his flaws, while using their Arch-Enemy as an excuse to justify their actions. In her eyes, this makes her parents no better than hypocrites, which is helped by her suspicion that Grogar I might actually be dead.
    Rhiannon: (to Irminsul and Arvan) You may call yourself wise and benevolent, Father, Mother, but the world will never see you the same way once they learn of what you've done. And for all the hatred you two bear against this Grogar... I clearly and truly see no difference.
  • She notes to Temnobog that he and the "pseudo-Alicorn" Patchwork are incredibly similar despite Patchwork not being evil, as they were both victims of amoral people who created them in their pursuit of divine perfection. Temnobog can only see the tragedy of Patchwork's existence, but Rhiannon sees something else.
    Rhiannon: He's just like you, Temnobog.
    Temnobog: Oh?
    Rhiannon: He may not be evil, but he, too, was created as part of a mad quest to achieve divine perfection... just like you were.
    Temnobog: Hmph... At least HIS creator is dead. Mine is still living, unfortunately...
    Rhiannon: That's not all, Temnobog. He was reviled by others for his appearance, just like you... but in time, he gained the love and respect he always wanted.
    Temnobog: And yet, he is utterly alone.
    Rhiannon: In a sense, yes. But he's never TRULY alone.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When they were fawns, she was often persuaded by Cernunnos to participate in his misadventures because, by Rhiannon's own admission, her curiosity often overrode her sense of caution. Eons later, after learning that Kúzelník ran away from home because Irminsul implied during an argument that he wouldn't hesitate to purify his own children of their flaws if they fell below standards, Rhiannon begged Cernunnos to let her join him in his globe-trotting when he decided to leave home. This shows how terrified she is of being harshly punished this way by her own parents, especially when considering her dutiful and (initially) traditionalist character.
• Oh, Crap!: She was understandably horrified when Cernunnos privately revealed the truth behind Kúzelník's decision to run away from home, and the thought of being magically changed and mutilated against her will like her unborn brother should she fall below her parents' expectations was enough to make her beg Cernunnos to take her with him on his "hunts" across Equus.
• Polar Opposite Twins: Subverted. Initially, she shared this dynamic with her older fraternal twin brother, Cernunnos, being a passive, graceful, dutiful, and demure traditionalist whereas Cernunnos is a wild, impulsive, energetic, boisterous, mischievous, and somewhat rebellious Warrior Prince who prefers to go on hunts than attend to his royal duties as a divine Prince. However, this eventually gets turned on its head - Cernunnos became significantly mature, thoughtful, cautious, and quiet, especially after he gained the domain of Rebirth as well as fusing with the spirit of his dead older brother, Orion, and learned from Kúzelník why he ran away from home. Meanwhile, Rhiannon rebelled against her family and left with Cernunnos to travel the world out of fear of having herself be magically changed by her parents should she fall below their expectations and standards. The adventures she had influenced her to become more self-confident and open-minded by the time she settled down in the Grittish Isles and became part of the Coltic Pantheon.
• The Power of Friendship: Her befriending the various gods and goddesses who came to the Grittish Isles as she did and formed the Coltic Pantheon would later pay off. When Irminsul and Arvan finally found her and tried to convince their runaway daughter to come back home, the entire Coltic Pantheon rushed to defend her from her parents and stonewall them.
• Pretty Princess Powerhouse: She's a princess by virtue of being a daughter of High King Irminsul and High Queen Arvan, and her entry notes that she's extremely beautiful even as a fawn, given that she embodies all traits of the ideal Deer doe. She's also a powerful and ancient Deer goddess, and while not good in fighting overall like her twin brother, Cernunnos, she's excellent at magic and stealth combat.
• Rebellious Princess: What she eventually became. As one of Irminsul and Arvan's many daughters, Rhiannon is a princess of the Elternteil Deer Pantheon by default. Initially, she followed and supported her family out of duty, in the process enabling their worst flaws and behaviors that she witnessed for eons. But what finally motivated her to leave home is Cernunnos coming back transformed from a "hunt" and learning her younger brother, Kúzelník, ran away from home to avoid getting "purified" by Irminsul should he fall below his parents' standards. The adventures Rhiannon had with Cernunnos exposed her to things that influenced her to become self-confident, kinder, and open-minded, which ultimately led to her settling down in the Grittish Isles after falling in love with the country. And unlike many of her xenophobic family members and relatives, Rhiannon befriended various non-Deer divines after she left home, which would help her later on when Irminsul and Arvan found her and tried persuading their daughter to come back home, only to be stonewalled by almost the entire Coltic Pantheon who rushed to protect her.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Hearing that Kúzelník ran away from home to avoid having his flaws "erased" with purification magic made Rhiannon beg Cernunnos to let her accompany him in his globe-trotting, as she was frightened by the thought of being purified by Irminsul like her then-unborn brother was (which Kúzelník equated to mutilation) should she stop doing what her parents expected of her. She eventually settled down in the Grittish Isles as part of the Coltic Pantheon, and her decision to stay was backed up by her divine Coltic friends, who rushed to defend Rhiannon when Irminsul and Arvan finally found her.
• Token Good Teammate: Of the Elternteil Deer Pantheon, when she still lived with them. Although she did share her family's arrogance, self-righteousness, and puristic views, Rhiannon didn't genuinely buy into them and only supported her parents and siblings out of duty. She also never participated in Temnobog's abuse, only avoiding him out of suspicion in accordance to what she was taught. It's deconstructed in that despite her better morals and character, Rhiannon actually enabled her family's worst traits and flaws by following their traditions, and her inaction turned her into an accomplice to their atrocities and misdeeds. Rhiannon realized this later on and regretted it greatly, even being hit with a period of depression one point sometime after leaving home and settling down in the Grittish Isles. Fortunately, Emperor Golden Scepter was able to comfort and encourage her to make amends with those she hurt, which helped Rhiannon recover and inspired her to become The Atoner.
• Tranquil Fury: Her entry notes that while very difficult to anger, she falls into this when she does get angry. According to her siblings, she's "terrifying" this way.
• True Blue Femininity: She's a dark blue-furred Coltic Deer goddess who wears blue robes and a veil she enchanted herself, and also embodies the concept of Femininity, being feminine, demure, passive, and graceful in terms of personality.
• Walking the Earth: She went globetrotting with Cernunnos for a while, wanting to get away from her Abusive Parents out of fear that they'll potentially purify her of her inner evil if she fell below their standards. Her trips exposed her to a lot of things that challenged the lessons her parents taught her, and led to her becoming more self-confident and open-minded.

Cernunnos, Lord of the Hunt

Classification: Elemental/Ethereal

Porfolio: Hunting, Animals, Sun, Rebirth, Masculinity

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"There is nothing more rewarding than partaking in the Hunt, for the Sun yields plentiful fruit and bounties for us and our people to enjoy."

Cernunnos (his entry here) is the Coltic Deer god of Hunting, Animals, Sun, Rebirth, and Masculinity, and is the older fraternal twin brother of Rhiannon.

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• Always Identical Twins: Subverted; he and his younger sister, Rhiannon, are fraternal twins, and thus have enough traits to differentiate them each other. Rhiannon is a dark blue-furred Deer doe with silver spots all over her body and face, smaller silver antlers, bright turquoise eyes, and a halo made of moonlight. Meanwhile, Cernunnos is a brown-furred divine Deer stag with darker brown accents, dark brown antlers gnarled like tree branches, blazing yellow-orange eyes and body markings, and a halo made of sunlight. Cernunnos gaining tree-like traits like leaves and bark on his antlers and body after receiving the domain of Rebirth and fusing with his dead older brother, Orion only served to widen the difference gap further.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a Deer god who originally embodied Hunting, Animals, Sun, and Masculinity. After a confrontation with Hydianite Covens and their monster armies that turned fatal when he died, only to be miraculously revived, he gained the domain of Rebirth. It's strongly believed even by his own family that the spirit of his deceased older brother, Orion, was responsible, either by giving Cernunnos his domain of Rebirth or fusing with him in both spirit and Primordial Quintessence.
• Badass Cape: His entry notes that he wears a green thick hunting cloak with a mantle of divinely-woven leaves. He's also a powerful god and Warrior Prince whose power-set is akin to that of a Magic Knight.
• The Beastmaster: Much like his father, he embodies Animals, which gives him telepathic and empathic powers that allow him to summon and control all sorts of beasts and monsters. His entry even notes that he can form Psychic Links with animals to see and hear through them (though this leaves him vulnerable to psychic pain), and summon an entire forest's worth of animals as armies in times of crisis.
• Big Brother Bully: Deconstructed. Before the First/Second Splintering, he was this to Temnobog. Because Irminsul and Arvan taught him to hate everything that is "dark" and "evil", Cernunnos saw Temnobog as an evil abomination that must be hunted down and killed, and participated in his family's emotional abuse of his dark brother. He was also among those of his siblings and relatives who advocated for Temnobog's death after Temnobog became genuinely evil out of sheer spite and resentment. Cernunnos' abusive hypocrisy was what caused Belyolen to rebel against his family and leave to form the Bogolenya Deer Pantheon, and learning that his parents were ultimately responsible for Temnobog's birth left him feeling betrayed. It's implied that going on the hunt for Kúzelník after the latter ran away from home caused him to realize that he was wrong to mistreat Temnobog the way he did, as interacting with Prince Fanged Paw, a former Big Brother Bully himself, and learning why Temnobog was born caused Cernunnos to become cold and distant towards Irminsul. Some of his brothers and sisters have noted that he had become more regretful in private.
• Blow That Horn: Of the "Horns of Inspiration" variety. He carries a war-horn on him that, when blown into, magically induces terror and dread into his enemies while stirring his allies/armies into a righteous frenzy.
• Broken Pedestal: He was favored by Irminsul for being born a virtuous and noble god that embodied all of a Deer stag's good traits, and was molded by him to become a proper god and Prince of the forests. This led to Cernunnos developing the same haughty and puristic behaviors that affected his parents... until he learned that his brothers Belyolen (who he loved) and Temnobog (who he hated) were the divided halves of the god they were supposed to be, causing Cernunnos to feel betrayed by his parents for going back on their teachings. It's heavily implied that after hunting down the runaway Kúzelník, he learned from his brother that Irminsul created Belyolen and Temnobog out of a selfish desire to create a "perfect" heir and would not hesitate to "erase" his other children's flaws if they fell below his standards; this might explain why, after coming back home empty-hooved, Cernunnos became rather cold and distant towards his parents, especially Irminsul. After leaving home to sort through his identity confusion stemming from his fusion with the spirit of his deceased older brother, Orion and learning from Prince Shamrock about Irminsul and Arvan's attempts to make Rhiannon go back home, Cernunnos immediately stopped traveling and joined the Coltic Pantheon to protect his twin sister from his parents. He even believed that Irminsul and Arvan "deserved" being told off and driven away by the other Coltic gods and goddesses.
• Cernunnos: In this case, he's a sapient deer instead of a horned humanoid to match the setting's focus on ungulates. He's his pantheon's god of hunting, animals, the sun, rebirth and masculinity.
• Cool Big Sis: Gender-inverted and subverted. He loves his younger fraternal twin sister, Rhiannon, and trusts her enough that he's willing to confess all his fears and secrets to her, including what happened to him while he was away from home. Cernunnos also loves his younger brothers, Kúzelník and Belyolen. But he was also a Big Brother Bully to Temnobog, whom Cernunnos saw as a monster that deserved to be hunted and killed for being "evil", and participated in his family's emotional abuse of his dark brother, making it clear to Temnobog that due to being evil incarnate, he was no brother of his. The sheer hypocrisy of this distressed Belyolen, and overhearing Cernunnos and his other siblings advocate for Temnobog's death was what directly led to Belyolen rebelling against his family and leaving to form the Bogolenya Deer Pantheon. He would later come to regret his behavior after Kúzelník ran away and he hunted him down for years, exposing him to things that made him realize that his behavior was wrong.
• Defector from Decadence: He once shared his family's arrogance, self-righteousness, racism, and puristic views, and abused Temnobog for being born "evil" despite him never doing anything to warrant it. However, after Kúzelník ran away from home and he tried hunting his younger brother down at his father's behest, he was exposed to things that made him regret his behavior and become cold and distant towards his parents, especially his father. This, combined with his gaining of the domain of Rebirth from his dead older brother, Orion, the previous Deer god of Hunting and his insecurities regarding his own identity afterwards, led to him deciding to leave home in order to understand himself. This also led to his twin sister, Rhiannon, leaving the pantheon, too, when she begged her brother to take her with him, too frightened by the possibility of being magically changed by her parents should she fall below their standards.
• Driving Question: "What happened to Cernunnos while he was away hunting down Kúzelník?" is a question that befuddled his family In-Universe ever since Cernunnos came back a changed god, which isn't helped with his refusal to tell anyone but Rhiannon. Both Rhiannon's entry and his entry later on reveal that while he was searching for Kúzelník, he came across a lot of things and people that forced him to realize that he was wrong to bully Temnobog for being born and act like his toxic family; his encounter and interactions with Prince Fanged Paw might have something to do with it, as Fanged Paw is a former Big Brother Bully who changed his ways. Then there's the matter of his domain of Rebirth, which originally wasn't in his portfolio. During a fight with some Hydianite Covens and their monster armies, he got killed, and was saved when the spirit of his deceased older brother, Orion, either gave up his domain of Rebirth to him or fused with him in spirit and Primordial Quintessence. The latter seems likely, as Cernunnos gained both tree-like traits on his body and insecurities regarding his own identity afterwards.
• The Dulcinea Effect: His entry notes that he cannot resist rescuing a maiden doe from danger, and became known for his conquests involving this. His bravery and chivalry netted him quite a good amount of lovers in those he saved, resulting in scores of sons and daughters, but he's a good father and lover to them all despite the many affairs.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: He initially shared this dynamic with his younger twin sister, Rhiannon, with him being the Foolish while she is the Responsible. Despite being a prince, Cernunnos often shirks his royal duties in favor of exploring and going on hunts, while Rhiannon is more obedient towards her parents and dutiful in following her family's traditions. However, it's subverted once he has his Heel–Face Turn - after learning the truth about Belyolen and Temnobog's creation from the runaway Kúzelník, interacting with former Big Brother Bully Prince Fanged Paw, as well as dying and fusing with the spirit of his deceased older brother, Orion, during a battle with some Hydianite covens, he realized his actions were wrong and consequently became incredibly cold and distant towards his parents, especially Irminsul. It's also noted that his hunts for Kúzelník matured him significantly and left him more brooding, stern, quiet, and cautious, and he regretted his abusive behavior towards Temnobog. All these factors influenced him to pack up and leave the Elternteil Deer Pantheon for good, taking Rhiannon with him after she begged him to, and he would go on more adventures until he learned from Prince Shamrock that Irminsul and Arvan found Rhiannon in the Grittish Isles and tried making her come back home.
• Fusion Dance: It's heavily implied that when he died fighting some Hydianite Covens and their monster armies, the spirit of his dead older brother, Orion, fused with Cernunnos to save his life, giving him the domain of Rebirth and tree-like traits all over his body. The fusion also seems to have affected Cernunnos mentally, as he developed some kind of identity confusion that understandably left him worried, which became part of the reason why he decided to leave home and take up globe-trotting.
• Go Mad from the Revelation: Downplayed. He did find Kúzelník after years of searching, but learned that his brother ran away from home because Irminsul warped their then-unborn brother in the womb trying to make him "perfect" (which Kúzelník equated to mutilation) and implied that he would not hesitate to do it to his other children if they fell below his standards. This might explain how, after Cernunnos came back empty-hooved, he started becoming cold and distant from his parents, especially his father. It also became part of the reason why he eventually decided to take up globe-trotting.
• Holy Halo: Like Rhiannon and Kúzelník, he has a divine halo adorning his head, though in his case, it's made of sunlight.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: Averted. He and his younger sister, Rhiannon, are fraternal twins, so they have enough traits for them to be easily identified. His gaining tree-like traits on his body via receiving the domain of Rebirth from fusing with his dead older brother, Orion during his hunts for Kúzelník only widened that gap further.
• Magic Knight: Both he and Rhiannon are this, though he more embodies the "Knight" aspect of the two. He is capable of wielding solar magic thanks to his Sun domain, has a few Psychic Powers owing to his domains of Animals and Hunting, and can revive himself every time he dies thanks to his Rebirth domain. However, he is a powerful divine warrior, more so than Rhiannon, as even without using his domains, he is a good tracker, is skilled in archery and swordsmanship, and is dangerous in hoof-to-hoof combat.
• The Magnificent: Known as the "Lord of the Hunt" by his mortal Alvslog Deer subjects, mostly because of his love for hunting and his role in certain hunting festivals where hunters get to pursue a creature of their choosing.
• The Power of the Sun: As a Deer god of the Sun, he can use solar magic, though he often restricts himself to his domain's light-based aspects due to living in forests. He can fire beams of pure sunlight from his antlers, create barriers of sunlight, and use magical flashbangs to stun and blind his opponents. He can also turn into a being of pure sunlight. And as long as the Sun is out, he can heal and temporarily empower himself by drawing energy from it. He is known for infusing sunlight into his arrows whenever he shoots, making him dangerous against creatures of darkness. His entry notes that he can wield fire, but usually uses it to start campfires and light up hearths and torches. Only when out of the forest does he get on the offensive with it.
• Psychic Powers: Like his parents, he has telepathic and empathic abilities, though this is because he inherited his domain of Animals from his father. He also has psychic tracking that gives him flashes of his targets' trails no matter how well-hidden.
• Quest for Identity: Implied to be part of the reason why he decided to leave home and take up globe-trotting. The spirit of his brother Orion fusing with him during a battle with Hydianite Covens left him worried and confused over his own identity, which isn't helped by Irminsul and Arvan interpreting his gaining Orion's domain of Rebirth as a sign that Orion had come back from the grave to either help the Alvslog Deer Herds rise to greatness, or take revenge against his killers.
• Really Gets Around: His entry notes that he's a bit of a romantic at heart and cannot resist rescuing a maiden doe from danger. He ended up gaining a lot of lovers thanks to his bravery and chivalry, and despite his many affairs, he's a good father to all of his sons and daughters, who all embody him in some way and are collectively known as the "Children of Cernunnos".
• Resurrective Immortality: After becoming the god of Rebirth, he gained this. After being killed, his body quickly disintegrates and is absorbed into the earth, after which a tree will spring up. He'll emerge from this tree after a short while, being restored to full health as if nothing happened, while the tree he came out of disintegrates into the earth like he did. It's heavily implied that he gained this ability when his deceased older brother, Orion, gave up his domain of Rebirth or fused with him in both spirit and essence. His entry notes that it is possible for him to be killed permanently, though, as Orion died permanently fighting Grogar I.
• Secret-Keeper: It's implied that after finding Kúzelník, he decided to keep his younger brother's current location a secret, given how Kúzelník developed an intense fear of Irminsul for implying he wouldn't hesitate to "purify" his other children of their flaws should they fall below his standards. When he came back home empty-hoofed, he constantly refused to talk about Kúzelník with his family except for his twin sister, Rhiannon, with all attempts in making him open up failing.
• Super-Senses: His Hunting domain gives him good hearing, taste, and smell.
• Trap Master: His Hunting domain makes him very good at setting traps in order to catch his targets.
• Walking the Earth: He once did this while hunting down Kúzelník in the outside world, as his younger brother is the god of Sorcery and is skilled in hiding himself to prevent detection by his family. It's not known whether he successfully found Kúzelník or not, but he eventually went back home a changed god, empty-hoofed. His entry implies that he plans on doing this again out of personal need to understand himself, as gaining the domain of Rebirth changed him and his travels caused him to realize how flawed, arrogant, and hypocritical his parents are. It's also implied that gaining his Rebirth domain might've had unforeseen side-effects on his personality, as Orion fusing with him immediately after death caused him to develop some kind of identity confusion.
• You Are a Credit to Your Race: While he (initially) believed in the Alvslog Deer Herds' superiority, and looked down on both non-Deer races and those who deviated from the ways of his people, he was willing to acknowledge and respect non-Deer individuals who managed to impress him. This caused him to butt heads with his more fanatical and xenophobic relatives.

Badb, the Screaming Fury

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: Fury, War, Bloodshed

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a goddess who embodies Fury, War, and Bloodshed.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: Averted. She is the second-oldest in a set of fraternal divine female triplets, so they each look nothing alike.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Screaming Fury".
• Same-Sex Triplets: Subverted; she and her younger sisters are divine fraternal triplets, and thus look nothing alike.

Macha, the Princess of Battle

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: War, Leadership, Martial Arts

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a goddess who embodies War, Leadership, and Martial Arts.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: Averted. She is the youngest in a set of fraternal divine female triplets, so they each look nothing alike.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Princess of Battle".
• Same-Sex Triplets: Subverted; she and her older sisters are divine fraternal triplets, and thus look nothing alike.

Prince Shamrock Bloom, the Prince of Luck

See his folder entry here.

Princess Praline, the Princess of Beauty

See her folder entry here.

Bon Bon, the Faithful Designer/Princess Fasan Creideamh Grittin, the Legendary Designer

See her folder entry here.

Prince Star Cut, the Prince of Teaching

See his folder entry here.

Prince Alpine Butterfly, the Prince of Fauna

See his folder entry here.

Clover Bloom, the Humble Seer/Princess Sealladh Seamrag Grittin, the Legendary Seer

See her folder entry here.

Prince Maestro II/Metal Maestro, the Power Ballad of Desire

Classification: Ethereal/Clone

Portfolio: Music, Shadow, Desire

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"If there's something I truly desire, I want to follow in the hoof-steps of my Dad, a Prince and a hero. Not the shriveled pile of meat who ruined many lives for power and immortality."

Prince Maestro II, also known as his stage name 'Metal Maestro' (his entry here) is the Coltic Alicorn god of Music, Shadow, and Desire, and is a benevolent clone and adoptive son of Prince Maestro I.

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• All Your Powers Combined: As an Alicorn, he possesses all enhanced versions of the various magics possessed by each mortal Pony tribe, such as Pegasus, Unicorn, and Earth Pony magics.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Alicorn god who embodies Music, Shadow, and Desire.
• Born as an Adult: He was 'born' when Prince Maestro I and Prince Alpine Butterfly used their mothers' respective Armors of Virtue to purify Maestro I's original body of Mr. Scratch's malign spirit, causing the body to gain a unique soul of its own since Maestro I had already gained a new body by then. The unique circumstances of his 'birth' required him to be homeschooled by both Professor Bright eyes and Dr. Silversmith Sr. before being placed in a special school for children born in similarly strange circumstances.
• Clone Angst: Being a partial clone of Mr. Scratch caused him a lot of emotional pain, due to Mr. Scratch being a monster. Thankfully, he got over it with help.
• Clones Are People, Too: He's a clone of his father Maestro and Mr. Scratch, as he was born from the discarded body of the former and the remnant PQ of both regenerating into a whole soul, like a piece of liver regrowing. Despite this, he is very much a distinct person from them both.
• The Empath: As a god of Desire, he can sense desire in others.
• Insistent Terminology: When Moon Ray Vaughoof catches him carrying a bag of drugs with him from a party and calls it "goodies", he insists that they're "gifts". Being a former drug addict himself, Moon Ray is not fooled and rolls his eyes in response.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Ah'm not dumb, kid. Ah know what's in that bag. Give it ta me.
  Prince Maestro II: Like hell, old mane.
• Magic Hair: Being a darker 'clone' of Prince Maestro I, he has a dark blue mane and tail composed of Music energy.
• Magic Music: As a god of Music, he has abilities similar to other Music deites like sound manipulation, music-healing, and empowerment. In his case, however, his abilities revolve around Power Metal, his chosen genre, and he can invoke sonic screams with a Metal Scream.
• The Magnificent: known as "the Power Ballad of Desire", due to being a Power Metal musician and an Alicorn god who embodies Desire.
• Never Gets Drunk: His entry notes that as a divine clone of Prince Maestro I, he's unable to be affected by drugs and alcohol like mortals can. However, this didn't stop him from partying late into the night and coming back home early morning, worrying his family and friends. By his own admission, he likely would have gotten addicted to other unsavory aspects of stardom anyway if Moon Ray Vaughoof hadn't intervened on his concerned family's request and served as a positive influence for him.
• Papa Wolf: He loves his wife, Shadow Soul, and is very protective of her. A group of Alvslog Deer who tried 'purifying' her for being a demon-Pony hybrid enraged him into summoning the psychological shadows of her attackers, just to show them how monstrous and despicable they are deep down.
  Prince Maestro II: You threatened my sweet shadow because she had a demon for a father?! Let's see how you like to meet your inner demons!
• Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: His entry notes that he loves the finer things in life, which extends to his life as a rockstar. It's deconstructed in that while he's unfailingly loyal to his fillyfriend-turned-wife, Shadow Soul, his desires can make him dive into the darker aspects of his celebrity lifestyle; during his early music career, he frequently attended late-night parties and wouldn't come back until early morning. It got so bad that his family and friends had to call in Moon Ray Vaughoof to help set him straight, leading to a confrontation when Moon Ray caught him trying to sneak back home with a bag of drugs.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Yer gonna wreck yerself if ya keep goin', ya know that?
  Prince Maestro II: What are you doing here?
  Moon Ray Vaughhoof: Steppin' in on yer behalf. Yer family's worried 'bout ya, kid. Blue an' Boss told me ya keep goin' ta these late-night parties an' then comin' back spent in the wee risin' hours... An' Ah see ya brought 'em goodies wit' ya, too.
  Prince Maestro II: They're not 'goodies'. They're 'gifts'.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Ah'm not dumb, kid. Ah know what's in that bag. Give it ta me.
  Prince Maestro II: Like hell, old mane.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Now, kid. 'Fore ya hurt yerself wit' it.
  Prince Maestro II: Pfft. What do you know? This isn't going to affect me anyway.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Oh ho ho, trust me. Ah've heard that kind a' talk before. An' Ah know enough ta tell ya that yer gonna be walkin' a very thin tightrope if ya keep sniffin' that shit.
• A Shared Suffering: What started his friendship with his classmate and future wife, Shadow Soul, was the fact that both of them were born to demons (though it's more figurative in Maestro II's case) and scared others just for being related to them.
  Baby Maestro: So... your dad is a demon?
  Shadow Soul: Yeah...
  Baby Maestro: One of mine kinda was too.
• Stage Names: He took the name 'Metal Maestro' once he became a Power Rock musician, with his father Maestro I serving as his agent.
• Super-Scream: He can manifest sonic screams with a Power Metal-style scream.
• Younger Than They Look: Justified. Because his father's original body gained a unique soul after being purified of High Roller/Mr. Scratch's malign influence, he ended up being 'born' an adult with the mind of a baby. Thus, while he looked 'grown-up', his mind had to gradually develop and mature like a normal person's over time.

Slánú, the Shining Savior/the Shadow Savior

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Belief, Salvation, Light, Shadow

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Slánú (her entry here) is the Celestial Griffon goddess of Belief, Salvation, Light, and Shadow, and someone who remained unbroken despite enduring unimaginable hardship and suffering.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Celestial Griffon goddess who embodies Belief, Salvation, Light, and Shadow. The last one came from absorbing the power of a Shadow deity (or many of them) while trapped within Vicearch Iniquitous.
• Bargain with Heaven: Interesting variation: After being consumed with all the other gods by Vicearch Iniquitous following Princess Radiant Rapier's disastrous campaign in Malregnar and managing to resist all of Vicearch Iniquitous' attempts to break her within Her dark glory, Slánú managed to impress Vicearch Iniquitous enough to be offered a deal: If she could redeem 1000 damned souls whom Vicearch Iniquitous had consumed (out of uncounted tens of millions) over Her existence - 1000 of the most depraved and monstrous of the damned Malregnar could offer - and send them to Virtuecrat Fairytale as per their ancient agreements, Vicearch Iniquitous would cease actively tormenting Slánú and her comrades as punishment for their incursion, although still imprisoned inside of Her. It is believed this was meant to be a Snipe Hunt from the start, but Slánú managed to do the impossible anyway and Vicearch Iniquitous would keep Her end of the bargain.
• Beyond Redemption: Defied by her. Slánú does not believe anyone, no matter how monstrous, are beyond redemption (although she accepts sometimes that option simply isn't practical/applicable compare to stopping the wicked dead and cold), and even offers this to Vicearch Iniquitous who ate her and her comrades in Radiant Rapier's disastrous Malregnar crusade and spent thousands of years tormenting them over it. Although Iniquitous naturally turned down her offer, the Vicearch allowed her to make a bargain and try to redeem 1000 (out of the uncounted tens of millions) damned souls whom Iniquitous had also consumed, in exchange for her and her comrades being spared any more direct torments from Vicearch Iniquitous. While it was hinted this was meant to be a Snipe Hunt on account of just how monstrous and depraved those shades are, Slánú would prove her faith in redemption by succeeding in spite of all suffering and hardship she endured, and Vicearch Iniquitous would keep her end of the bargain.
• Caged Inside a Monster: Slánú and her comrades after they were all consumed by Vicearch Iniquitous, where they endured horror and agony without end for thousands of years
• Casting a Shadow: One of Slánú's domains after being freed from Vicearch Iniquitous' body is an ability to manipulate shadows, having somehow absorbed the domain from one or several gods of shadows Iniquitous had also swallowed and assimilated into Herself. While still nascent to her ability, Slánú has already developed ways to use it such as combining with her domain of Light to cast a highly-destructive Yin-Yang Bomb.
• Deity of Human Origin: Slánú was once a mortal Griffon priestess whose faith and devotion, sincerely good character, and adept mastery of light and holy magic eventually earned her demi- and then full divinity.
• Defiant to the End: In the fateful disastrous crusade into Malregnar which she participated in, Slánú went out trying to purify Vicearch Iniquitous Herself just as she is defeated and devoured by the dreaded God-Eating sovereign. And then she kept going inside of Vicearch Iniquitous for thousands of years.
• Determinator: In spite of enduring unending horror and agony within Vicearch Iniquitous during her and her fellow comrades' captivity there, Slánú powered on through her tribulation through sheer force of will and resolute faith, never giving up for a moment the hope that one day she and the others would be freed, even helping her fellow gods hold on to their resolve and sanity despite all attempts by Vicearch Iniquitous to crush that hope and break her completely, earning Her interest and impressing Her. She managed to keep this up for thousands of years before Radiant Rapier's deal with Vicearch Iniquitous finally set her free.
• Eaten Alive: Slánú was part of Princess Radiant Rapier's campaign/crusade to finally bring Vicearch Iniquitous to justice, and when it ended in disaster with all their champions and mortal/angelic armies killed, Slánú was devoured along with the rest of the incursion forces' divines by Vicearch Iniquitous.
• Fate Worse than Death: Suffered one with all her comrades when Slánú and the other gods who were part of Princess Radiant Rapier's crusade against Malregnar were defeated and devoured by Vicearch Iniquitous, within whom they endured 'horror and agony without end' for thousands of years. It took Slánú's every effort and resolve to keep her and her comrade's hope and sanity alive and intact before Slánú was finally freed.
• Holy Burns Evil: Slánú's affinity for Holy (and Light) magic allows her to purify taint and burn away Evil beings, although it was ultimately no match for Vicearch Iniquitous' sheer malignance and was unable to save Slánú from being defeated and devoured like her comrades.
• God-Eating: On the receiving end of this courtesy of Vicearch Iniquitous. Interestingly, Slánú would come out of her ordeal with an extra domain allowing her to control shadows, leading to some speculation that Slánú had absorbed that domain from one or multiple gods of shadows that Vicearch Iniquitous had consumed in the past.
• Hope Bringer: One of her domains covers Hope, making her a divine version of this trope by default. In spite of being quite literally Eaten Alive and assimilated into Vicearch Iniquitous' being, Slánú managed to keep her fellow consumed comrades from losing hope or their sanity despite their unending torment single-clawed while also keeping her own, believing resolutely that one day they would be free, all in spite of Vicearch Iniquitous' attempts to crush that hope and break her completely.
• Light 'em Up: One of Slánú's domains is Light, allowing her to create light constructs, shields and beams.
• Nice Guy: Gender-inverted variant. Slánú is one of the nicest and friendliest gods depicted in the Codexverse, always having faith and hope in others and the better nature inside others. This makes all her subsequent ordeal after the disastrous Malregnarian campaign all the more tragic, and her refusal to succumb to the doom and despair of her situation with her utterly unyielding conviction all the more impressive.
• No One Gets Left Behind: Being freed from Iniquitous after millennia of imprisonment and torment inside Her, Slánú would after a year of recovery follow and aid Radiant Rapier in her Redemption Quest of hunting down those damned and criminal mortals/gods who are on the run from Malregnar to exchange for their comrades. Though her comrades unanimously agreed and insist she would be the one to be liberated first after all she did for them, Slánú would not abandon those still imprisoned inside the dreaded Vicearch, waiting for their own salvation, and will not rest until like she promised them they are all freed.
• Post-Victory Collapse: More a 'Post-survival collapse', but after being vindicated in her faith that she would be saved (and especially happy that Radiant Rapier would be the one to do so), Slánú spent a better part of year in a healing coma just to recover her ordeal.
• Religion is Magic: Her domain of Faith grants her and her followers various divine miracles and powerful magic which increases in potency the stronger their faith is, although it goes beyond religious faith in the divine and also covers faith in general, such as in friends and family.
• Wowing Cthulhu: Despite her long imprisonment and torment inside Vicearch Iniquitous, Slánú's adamant will and unyielding hope even before Vicearch Iniquitous' personal efforts to break and crush them managed to impress Her enough for Her to offer a Bargain with Heaven, and was impressed further when Slánú succeeded in what was originally intended to be a Snipe Hunt. All this led to Her agreeing to stop actively tormenting Slánú and her comrades (though still imprisoned with Her), and later when Radiant Rapier comes to exchange prisoners for her comrades, allowed Slánú to be the first of the consumed gods to be set free.

Queen Cù-Faire, the Werebeast Queen

Classification: Ascendant/Ethereal

Portfolio: Transformation, Protection, Werebeasts

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Queen Cù-Faire (her entry here) is a Were-Alicorn goddess of Transformation, Protection, and Werebeasts, and is both the progenitor of the Faoladh strain of Werewolves and the queen of all Werebeasts in the Grittish Isles.

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• All Your Powers Combined: As a Were-Alicorn goddess she has both the combined magics of all mortal Pony tribes, and the combined abilities of all Werebeast strains through her domain of Werebeasts.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Were-Alicorn goddess who embodies Transformation, Protection, and Werebeasts.
• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Cù-Faire's Cutie Mark is a full moon inside a protective barrier. While the moon is strongly connected with werewolves and other supernatural creatures, she never lost sight of her humble origins and continued protecting the innocent.
• Barrier Warrior: As a goddess of Protection, she is capable of casting powerful protective shields.
• Beware the Nice Ones: While she does have her flaws, she is a genuinely sweet, friendly, and motherly goddess who protects the innocent and sees her werebeasts as her own children. She also has a soft spot for children in general. However, when enraged or confronting truly evil individuals, she can be extremely brutal, violent, and vicious on par with the likes of "Altocard" and Victorious Princess. She also has no qualms over eating her enemies and has a nasty temper when set off, though she generally focuses her aforementioned traits on truly wicked people.
• Body-Count Competition: Apparently engaged in a competition with Atlocard while both rampaged against evildoers. They tied, though Atlocard is still on the fence of whether the ones that 'wussed out' count.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Even before her divine Ascension, Cù-Faire often trounced her opponents easily due to her being an Alpha Werewolf, making her stronger than even ordinary Werewolves.
  • Following her and her group's were-transformations, Cù-Faire confronted the pirate Tobhta, who sacked her village and killed many of her neighbors. While Tobhta initially put up a decent fight, she was able to tank his attacks thanks to her Healing Factor, causing a fearful Tobhta to flee and hide. She easily located him thanks to her enhanced senses, and what happened afterward was quite gruesome.
  • Cù-Faire also clashed with Broken Fang, then known as the Reichist supervillain Baron Blutmond, several times during and after the "Second Great War". While a formidable opponent himself due to being a Were-Pony supersoldier, he couldn't best her due to her having already Ascended to godhood by then.
• Deity of Human Origin: Cù-Faire was originally a mortal Shireish Pony living in a seashore village. Captain Tobhta's brutal attacks kicked started a series of events that led to her becoming an Alpha Werewolf and an Alicorn goddess of Tranformation, Protection, and Werebeasts.
• Doomed Hometown: In her mortal youth, Cù-Faire lived in a small Shireish village located by the seashore. Unfortunately, it came under attack by the ruthless pirate Captain Tobhta, who not only pillaged the village, but also drove most of its residents into the sea to be eaten by sharks. While Cù-Faire and a small group escaped, the tragedy they suffered led them to pray to the wolf god Madadh-Allaidh, who granted them all a form of lycanthropy so they could serve as his champions of divine retribution; in her case, she became an Alpha Werewolf. Cù-Faire and her group eventually avenged their fallen village by massacring Tobhta's pirate crew, with Tobhta himself meeting a particularly grewsome fate at Cù-Faire's claws.
• Emergency Transformation: During various incidents like the "Winter Wedding Incident", Cù-Faire offered mortally wounded soldiers the chance to continue fighting as werebeasts of their choosing. Many of them accepted, and several of these converted soldiers used their new forms to not only assist in taking down the Interregnum, but also become superheroes.
• Friend to All Children: Cù-Faire is rather fond of children, and often protected and cared for them. This is what led to her befriending the vampiric Victorious Princess.
• From Zero to Hero: Cù-Faire started out as an ordinary Shireish Pony living in a small, seashore village, until the ruthless pirate Captain Tobhta attacked and killed many of her neighbors. This kicked off a series of events where she became a heroic Alpha Werewolf and, later, a Were-Alicorn goddess who continued protecting Shireland and Trotland up to the present day. She also became the ruling Queen and mother goddess of the Faoladh, benevolent werebeasts who sought to protect the innocent as she did.
• Gentle Giant: As a goddess from the First Age, Cù-Faire is naturally very large, with all of her Werebeast forms being slightly larger than even Princess Praline's Werefox form. While she does have flaws, she is a sweet, friendly, and motherly goddess who desires to protect the innocent and treats all her Werebeasts as her own children. That being said, she can be extremely brutal and vicious if need be.
• God-Eating: Cù-Faire has eaten multiple gods throughout Known History, which lends to her Nigh-Invulnerability as both an Alpha Werewolf and an Alicorn goddess.
• God of Good: As a goddess, Cù-Faire embodies the positive, heroic sides of Werebeasts, as Transformation and Protection are part of her divine portfolio. While she does indeed turn people into werebeasts, she only does so to save people from grievous injuries, and only if they consent to it. She is also capable of White Magic through her domain of Protection, casting protective wards, charms, and barriers to protect those under her care.
• Good Is Not Soft: She's undoubtedly benevolent and heroic, but she's brutal and very willing to brutally kill genuinely evil people on a scale rivaling Atlocard.
• Healing Factor: As an Alpha Werewolf, Cù-Faire possesses a powerful healing factor, allowing her to shrug off even fatal wounds like they're nothing. This allowed her to survive an otherwise fatal blow and everything else during her fight with the pirate Tobhta, whom she gruesomely killed shortly after.
• Interspecies Friendship: While both of them started out as Ponies prior to becoming Alicorn goddesses, Cù-Faire is an Alpha Werewolf, whereas her friend, Victorious Princess, is a Vampire. She also befriended Princess Praline and her mother, Princess Bon Bon/Fasan (both of them Werefox goddesses), Prince Alpine Butterfly (a pure Alicorn), and Cernunnos (a Deer god).
• Interspecies Romance: She's a divine Alicorn and Alpha Werewolf who dated the Vampire "Altocard" multiple times. This led to her becoming one of few people "Altocard" will actually listen to.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's foul-mouthed and aggressive, and has a nasty temper (though thankfully it takes a while to be set off). She also has no qualms being brutal to her enemies — even eating them herself. However, she is also a sweet, friendly, and motherly goddess who desires to protect the innocent, and focuses her brutality on those who she found to be genuinely wicked and evil.
• Lady Swears-a-Lot: While a sweet and friendly goddess, she isn't afraid to cuss and has a rather colorful vocabulary. This is one reason why "Altocard" became genuinely fond of her.
• Large and in Charge: As an Alpha Werewolf, Cù-Faire is a head taller and much stronger than normal Werewolves, as Tobhta discovered with fatal consequences. Following her Ascension, she grew even larger due to how divine aging works. Presently, she is the ruling Queen of the Grittish Isles' werebeast population, with even those outside the nation worshiping her as their mother goddess.
• Made of Good: She has a white mane and tail made of Protection energy.
• Magic Hair: She has a white mane and tail composed of Protection energy.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Werebeast Queen", due to being the ruling Queen and creator of all benevolent werebeasts in the Grittish Isles, Shireland, and Trotland.
• Mama Bear: Cù-Faire treats all of her werebeasts as her own children, so naturally she is enraged when someone hurts them for no good reason. When the Interregnum started hunting down her werebeasts just for being supernatural creatures, she developed a grudge against them, but was ultimately forced to hide and act in secret to avoid detection. With help from benevolent heroes and factions like the Custodes Magicum, the Hellsing Organization, and others, she played a role in the Interregnum's destruction and avenged her fallen werebeasts.
  Cù-Faire: They took a lot of me whelps from me! Ah ain't takin' that lying down!
• Monster Lord: She was a Werewolf Alpha and Monster Progenitor prior to her ascension to godhood, and now is the queen of all Werebeasts in the Grittish Isles, and one of the most powerful Werebeasts alive.
• Monster Progenitor: She's the progenitor of the Faoladh, Trottish, and Shireish werewolves, all who are benevolent guardians.
• Morality Pet: Cù-Faire is notably one of few people "Altocard", a powerful but very unhinged and bloodthirsty vampire, is genuinely fond of, having dated each other multiple times. Thus, she is one of few capable of making him actually listen to reason and temper his raging flaws.
  "Altocard": (on Queen Cù-Faire) How can I say no to that beast of a mare?
• Mystical White Hair: Cù-Faire has a white mane and tail made of Protection energy. She's not only an ancient Alicorn goddess who originated from the First Age, but she's also the mother goddess and Queen of the Faoladh, benevolent Werewolves commonly found and revered in Shireland and Trotland.
• Noble Wolf: Despite being an Alpha Werewolf who can be absolutely vicious and brutal in a fight, Cù-Faire is at her core a sweet and friendly mare who desires to protect the innocent. Many of the werebeasts she created take after her, being either her own chidren or people who chose to become werebeasts out of desire to do good. Notably, in stark contrast to other parts of the world where they are seen as savage beasts, in Shireland and Trotland they are collectively known as the Faoladh, revered as protectors. They also revere Cù-Faire as their Queen and mother goddess, making her a feared and respected figure in equal measure.
  Queen Cù-Faire: Now listen here, lass. I know how werewolves be where ye come from, but 'round these parts? Good boys me pups be!
• No-Sell: As an Alpha Werewolf, she possesses a powerful Healing Factor. This allowed her to shrug off Tobhta's attacks like they were nothing, leading to her killing the ruthless pirate captain in a quick but rather gruesome way.
• Off with His Head!: This is how Cù-Faire kills the pirate Captain Tobhta. After Tobhta fails to inflict any lasting damage on her, he flees and hides in his own ship. Cù-Faire easily catches up to him, shrugging off all his attempts to shoot at her with his bow, and gruesomely rips off his head with the spinal cord still attached.
• Our Werebeasts Are Different: She was originally turned into a werewolf to end the reign of a brutal pirate, and then ascended to embody Werebeasts, and can just turn into any of them she desires.

Mareya Zaleska, the Monster Princess

Mareya Zaleska (first introduced here) is the werebeast/vampire hybrid daughter of Queen Cù-Faire, the Werebeast Queen and Atlocard, the 'Crimson F***er'.

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• Beware the Nice Ones: Unlike her infamously unpleasant and violent father, she's a very nice, polite, and friendly deity. She is, however, the hybrid daughter of one of the most powerful werebeasts and one of the most powerful vampires around, and can be every bit as brutal and violent if you get on their bad side.
• Hybrid Monster: Mareya is a divine werebeast/super vampire hybrid.

Aisling, the Dream of the Future

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: Sleep, Dreams, Promise

Rank: Divine (Tier I/Godling; resembles a “Greater”-ranked deity)

Affiliation: Draconic Pantheon, Coltic Pantheon (main)

"The future is always full of promise if you're willing to believe in it."

Aisling (her entry here) is the Ryujin goddess of Sleep, Dreams, and Promise, and is a member of the Coltic Pantheon with unusual origins.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Ryujin goddess who embodies Sleep, Dreams, and Promise.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Dream of the Future".

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