Justice
The House of Justice has an air of dignity and importance; the architecture owes a lot to Greco-Roman influence, with stately marble columns, floors, and molding. It shares a basement full of holding cells with the much less elegant House of Defense, and there is a lot of traffic between them. It has many functions; chief among them is judging the fates of deceased mortals, which is the reason why this House is also closely connected to the House of Life and Death. Mortals pass from that House to this one so regularly that a few of those with complicated fates have appointed themselves as tour guides.
The largest room in the House is the massive courtroom, an old place with a real sense of history. Mortals have stated their belief that the courtroom was specifically designed to make them feel small and insignificant, but it had to be big - before the Court Of The Gods was built, this courtroom was the venue for cases against gods. These days this courtroom rarely has more than a few deities in attendance. Occasionally a mortal will ascend while here, most of them to mere quasideities who quickly become official followers of more powerful gods.
Once, the House was headed and all judgements approved by Lady Justice, an old Roman goddess who carried a sword and a set of scales, and wore a blindfold to ensure impartiality. She was extremely objective, and rule bound enough to let some of the guilty get away on technicality, but as time wore on her influence waned until she left the Pantheon for Arcadia. Statues of her are still everywhere in this House. The title of God or Goddess of Justice bounced around for centuries, the various burdens and responsibilities that came with it - primarily, the obligation to look into literally every case to ensure that it was fair - making it an extremely unpopular position. Then, the spirit of a man named Steve Rogers came in for judgement, and ascended into the position. Cap is very fair, but also visibly biased towards those of the Good alignment, which actually balances out the Evil-inclined Johnson, who is the official Judge and wields nearly as much influence. As he is also active in the Defense Pantheon, he often has a hand in bringing in the accused. The actual duty of arresting criminals goes to the God of Policemen, Sam Vimes.
Not all of the Gods in this House do anything in the courtroom.
Judge Dredd, God of THE LAW (God of Nineties Action Movies)
His mortal successor, Apollo Justice, helped him ascend to Godhood.
Two of his colleagues and fellow extremely quirky defense attorneys, the blind Matthew Murdock and the medium-aware gamma powered Jennifer Walters, share his firm. They've been around for quite a bit longer than he has, and are quite skilled, but also constantly run out on "missions" and after suspects, while Phoenix is always available for nearly any court date.
Defends the accused, often able to find the true culprit. Occasionally requests Jean Valjean's advice to determine who is truly innocent.
Eventually the support of his followers led him to get a large boost in fighting ability. Unfortunately, several gods have taken this as an excuse to challenge him to battle so Phoenix thinks he was better off before the boost.
There is a prophecy stating one day he will stand opposite Phoenix Wright in a courtroom. Its a little fuzzy on which of the two wins, most assume that it cannot be solved. However in preparation the Las Vegas Crime Lab and Jeffersonian Institute are aiding McCoy's efforts. For his part, Wright seems clueless, but it's hard to say.
Won his godly title from Manfred Von Karma, the former God of Prosecutors, in an epic struggle within the (old) Courthouse of the Gods (here in the Justice House), which ended when McCoy shot Von Karma in the shoulder despite being repeatedly tasered. Rumors say that Von Karma's daughter is currently plotting "revenge".
Allies: Iron Man - on Earth strained somewhat due to Civil War, in the Pantheon strained when Iron Man built himself a Humongous Mecha and attacked Starscream after only verbal provocation... They haven't spoken since the trial, but that will change the next time they team up. Somewhere, and somewhen, in an America that may or may not be this one, the Captain serves Prez Rickard the Golden Boy. Also, Thor will ALWAYS be Cap's staunch ally.
His mortal shell was recently killed, and he can currently only manifest on Earth in dreams and flashbacks. He doesn't like to request offerings, but he greatly enjoys the grief of mortal Tony Stark, his followers requesting that he tell them about the time when he socked Adolf Hitler in the jaw, and granny smith apples. Would try to lead the House of Justice and mold them into a team, but frankly doesn't think most of the other gods are team material. It's hard enough getting them to work in the courtroom!
He would have been the God of Patriotism, but Dream talked him into taking this position. Cap was at first less than pleased at the thought of becoming yet another symbol, this one even bigger and more abstract than American ideals, but on reflection, he had always held Justice higher than his country's government.
Very, very busy. Cap rarely delegates, and does most of his own paperwork. Currently looking for someone he can trust to balance out Johnson in the Court Of The Gods, as he just can't keep this up. Maybe Optimus Prime would agree...
He has recently been informed by HeadDeath that due to a minor clerical error, he technically isn't dead. Cap is currently making preparations for his return to the mortal realm.
Inspector Javert bears a near-pathological hatred for Jean Valjean that has not abated in the slightest since their respective mortal lives, but he is as of yet unable to harm his rival. Always something of a wild card.
Jean Valjean, Protector of the Unjustly Accused, Forgiveness, and Sacrifice (The Convict, M.LeBlanc, Urbain Fabre)
Some of the evil gods where mocking him for his inability to catch Lupin. Then he grabbed them by the arm, Judo-threw them to the ground and caught THEM, so they just shut up about the whole thing.
Zenigata is honest in the most ideal definition of the term: he is not a cop to enforce the law, he's a cop to enforce the ideal of Justice. As such, he's willing to let a lesser crime slide if it means dealing with a much more serious one. This attitude irks Inspector Javert, and Zenigata is not impressed by Javert's blind pursuit of the law without putting justice first. However, since both work as law-enforcement agents, they have a professional-yet-strained working relationship.
Every Lawful god in the pantheon(with the exception of the Evil ones, or Javert) has nothing but respect for Zenigata, and any time the House Of Justice needs an investigation conducted, he's the first choice for said task. They also give him lots of leeway for attempting to catch Lupin, since even if he never catches him, the amount of criminals he DOES catch while pursuing Lupin is mindblowing.
Johnson gravitates towards punishments, and almost always tries to make them far harsher than warranted by the crime. The Lawful aspect of his alignment does at least ensure that he assigns these punishments to Good and Evil alike. The God of Justice tends to modify the sentence before passing it, but now and again lets it through.
Likes to boast about having once gotten someone who was afraid of water convicted of stealing a boat.
Speaks entirely in legal metaphors, regardless of the situation at hand, whether it be an actual trial or something like, say, a children's card game.
Opposed By: People with common sense, the Chaotic Stupid (specifically Lord Djibril)
Former paladin, struck down by the light of justice during an attempt to implicate Phoenix Wright for murder. She managed, barely, to avoid Disgrace, and now works as a bailiff. Currently on probation - again - for attacking other quasideities. However, no one cared when she beat the crap out of Lord Djibril.
Recently (on a divine scale) received a serious verbal reprimanding from a man she honoured and respected as a mortal. Jury is still out on whether it will change anything.
Domains: Their Chief Domain Is Surprise, Surprise And Fear, Fear And Surprise, Their TWO Domains Are Fear And Surprise, Fear, Surprise And Ruthless Efficiency, THREE! Their Three Domains Are Fear, Surprise And Ruthless Efficiency, And An Almost Fanatical Devotion To The Pope. Their Four Domains... Amongst Their Domains... Can We Start Over?
The Inquisition used to advise Johnson on possible punishments, but he got very tired of the damned Comfy Chair being brought up.
Deeply jealous of Miyuki in that she gets both an official and a personal Cool Car, while they're stuck running for the bus.
Jeltz isn't afraid of a little paperwork every now and then. Hell...his species is (in)famous for it. On the bright side, getting trapped underneath all that red tape keeps him preoccupied from reading any of his homegrown poetry. He was this close to submitting one of his works to Yomiko's library, but the Librarian chased him away.
Is said to get a confession out of everyone. The masterminds in the pantheons do their best not to get caught, in part to stay away from him.
He has one rule: you never interrupt him during an interrogation ever. Many a poor deity-in-training has learned this the hard way.
I've heard that bad guys would rather confess than be interrogated by him, that his steely gaze can cool a room by five degrees, and that he can only be killed by a silver bullet. (They're all true, except for the silver bullet part. Might give him indigestion or heartburn, but I don't think it would kill him.)
Since the ascension of his earthly vessel Peter Falk, Columbo was offered the position of god of Making Criminals Sweat, but that would mean taking a promotion and a lot more indoors work, which just didn't feel right. He felt more at home as lower position deity in charge of granting crime-solving inspiration to detectives as they're about to leave the scene.
When he starts talking about his wife it's already too late to cover up the crime. It's like she's always telling him, he always has to tie up those loose ends; just can't leave things alone.
Oh, and just one more thing. Well, oh, it's probably nothing, but he couldn't help notice those nice gloves you've got there. Did you buy those? But, er, that's a really nasty rash on the wrist there. Very reddish. Now how do you suppose that happened...?
Domain: Law, Pursuit. As a city traffic patrol officer who has done investigative work on felony cases, reserves the right to work outside her domain when it's personal.
Won her position from Roscoe P. Coltrane due to greater competence both as a cop and a driver.
After being killed by Joker, she took over this position, saying her greatest accomplishment was bribing Geo Stelar to come to their school in her hometown of Echo Ridge. She came back,but still occupies this position.
She used to have to be saved by Mega Man Geo-Omega once a week, but not anymore as she has ascended to the pantheon. As the host who hijacked her body and gave Luna her powers was permanently killed, she has very little combat prowess, instead using her influence to prod the others into getting things done.
"I finally got Geo to come to school" (Sonia 21:22)
Holly J. Sinclair is still burned about losing out on this position, and blames the Toronto District School Board's strict policy against student councils' defying the laws of space and time...
Kanade considers herself a "big sister" to Luna, since they both run their respective schools' student council, though Kanade works on a significantly larger scale, mostly as an advisor.
Seems to be attracted to cute/distraught girls in general.
As the close ally and former follower of Malcolm Reynolds, he has taken the residence in the Justice pantheon to interrupt any misconduct and deliver the speech of how wrong they are.
Any ignorant fools who just got stopped usually asks about his name. Of course, his answer is...
Allies: Darth Vader, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Death Star, Imperial Missile Boat, Sauron, Tzeentch, Big Brother, Red Skull, Lord Voldemort, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, Light Yagami, Sosuke Aizen, Kefka, M. Bison, Megatron, Emperor Charles vi Britannia, Emperor Palamecia and the Dark Kingdom.
Opposed by: Lelouch vi Britannia, Havelock Vetinari, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Captain America, Batman, Optimus Prime, Josiah Bartlet, Guy Shishioh, Kamina, Char Aznable, Ryouma Nagare, Robin Hood, The Doctor.
Upon his ascension, his former minions, Vader, Thrawn, Death Star and the Imperial Missile Boat flocked to his side and once again swore their undying loyalty to him and his goals. This is source of alarm to many members of the Pantheon, since not not only does Palpatine have control over two super weapons but also Vader's 501st Legion which gives him the resources to stage his own possible revolution against the Pantheon. He is aware that Vader and the 501st are waiting to turn on him, and that Thrawn and the Imperial Missile Boat are carefully looking away should that happen.
Apparently VERY overjoyed when he's allowed to be a God, sitting on the Pantheon. Every day, he celebrates by shouting POWERRRRRRRR! UNLIMITED POWERRRRRRRR! while blasting some poor statue (and recently Maximillian's underling Selvaria Bles who attempted a coup d'état to free Maximillian from Palpatine's grip).
The Count of Monte Cristo, God of Vengeance and Forgiveness (Edmond Dantes, Abbe Busoni, Lord Wilmore, Sinbad the Sailor)
Likes to serve his revenge well-chilled, but is as willing to reward kindness done to him and his as he is to avenge wrongs. Also tends to be forgiving should his vengeance harm the innocent.
He is chosen as the God who will grant forgiveness to the Disgraces who actually repented. He has almost forgiven Nena Trinity, unfortunately she blew it, so he sent her back to the Disgraces.
Opinion is divided as to whether Ned Maddstone/Simon Cotter is a follower of the Count or his most recent mortal guise.
Is required at all investigations involving members of this house, so that he may make a pithy gallows humour comment about the situation at the point where it would be most dramatic.
Works closely with Jack McCoy, God of Prosecution; theirs is a tense but ultimately loyal association.
Allies: Carrot Ironfounderrsson. More or less Havelock Vetinari.
Enemies: Assassins, Vampires, Hereditary Nobles
Followers: Every policeman who has thought "Please let me get through this alive."
Brings in criminals for investigation whenever Captain America is busy, known for his cynical and sarcastic comments during meetings. Makes many of the more political gods nervous, as his ancestor once executed the king of the gods when no one else would.
Every day, without fail, Commander Vimes must be home at six o'clock sharp to read the book Where's My Cow? to his son young Sam. Because some things are important.
Though his Power Level sets him at the level of a lesser god, his willpower level is exponentially higher then his status indicates. It is generally accepted that in situations that directly utilize willpower, Vimes will win.
Domains: Disguise, Secrets, Intrigue, Corruption, Manipulation, Death
Allies: Everyone, if only they knew it. Enjoys playing chess against the Count Of Monte Cristo and The Emperor.
Followers: No one, though they might think otherwise.
Enemies: Loathed by the idealistic gods.
For settings on the cynical end of things, there is a need for trickery, subversion, corruption, and misdirection to get things done-when one cannot simply bull their way through for whatever one needs, guile is necessary. The Deceiver has recently arranged to be appointed god of these things, though in truth it is "merely" a Cosmic Horror. It is seldom to be found, let alone in his office-it's much more likely to be found sitting behind someone else's desk.
Keeps the Pantheon clean of vermin, such as proto-gods, visitors, and condemned criminals. Does not patronize the cafeteria, for reasons unknown to its fellows.
Strictly speaking, not a deity concerned with justice in and of itself, but The Deceiver's methods are all too often necessary to bring justice about. Inhabitants of Police Procedurals are noted for railing against him. . . when they're not cribbing his notes.
Judging by the fact that they seem to pronounce everyone as innocent (and treat them as if they were guilty), it's entirely possible that they don't understand law at all.
Or maybe that in their twisted justice system innocence is punishable and guilt is rewarded.
Each Quintesson has five personalities, making it difficult to tell exactly how many there are. They were permitted to enter the Justice section anyway; after all, Harvey Dent got in.
Are currently suing Primus for the rights to Cybertronians, which they claim they created millennia ago. Primus claims they were made by stealing from him, citing IDW comics as evidence. The Quintessons respond that that's only one timeline, and they deserve monetary compensation for all the others that lack such evidence (as well as the Transformers from said timelines). Primus claims it applies universally. The lawyers for both sides continue to rake up significant profits. And so it goes, as the trial enters its eighth year.
The going is especially slow becuase the Quintessons keep forgetting that as the plaintiffs they aren't the judges, and keep declaring Primus innocent, and that as such he should be fed to a planet-sized robotic aligator-shark thinggy. This irritates the Judge immensely.
after finding out how he was Padding his accomplishments with brainwashed demons]])
The Yama of the Paradise land of Gensokyo, and the representative of Yamas within the Pantheon. Her job is to judge the dead to be "White" or "Black". That is, good or evil. As the Yama, she has the singular power to unerringly judge any person or deed to be "White" or "Black". There can be no overturning her decision; the result she declares is the "truth". Once a soul has been judged by the Yama, there can be no appeal; no tournabout. The judgement is final.
However, despite her professionalism when she is on the job, she spends her time off lecturing the still-living on how to correct their lives. It his her opinion that Hell exists so that no-one sins, not to punish sinners, so she does what she can to make sure as many souls as possible can be judged "White" when the time comes.
The authority of the Yama is absolute. Everyone, from the lowest insect to the highest of gods, are judged by the Yama when their time comes. No life is truly eternal; no person can avoid their destined appointment with the Yama.
Despite this, she has immense trouble keeping her own ferryman Shinigami in line.
He found the rules of the Pantheon better than the rules of C-Sec or Citadel before his deification. Still, Garrus just likes to be into vigilantism more and the Pantheon approves him to be one. Though overall, he also has a great trust on Commander Shepard, mainly.
While there are some evil beings who would take advantage of Batman with his no-killing policy, this doesn't work with Garrus. In fact, if he kills a criminal, it shall be nasty. Both have worked together, whereas Garrus steps in the line where Batman refuses to cross.
Garrus can often be found hanging out with the Punisher and The Basterds, sharing stories or partaking in marksmanship contests.
His current target is that one God that ALWAYS eludes punishment: Mayuri. So far, Garrus usually failed, but one day...
While he didn't bring this open a lot, Garrus' scarred face was restored after deification, but due to the sudden betrayal of Litchi Faye-Ling, Garrus ended up eating a God-powered missile on his face and recreated his scar, and most of his followers dead. Even though Litchi has currently repented and stayed in the GUAG as 'Token Evil Teammate' for punishment, Garrus remained bitter on that and nearly had her scoped and dropped, but was stopped by Shepard. However, as the status remains on the air, Garrus planned to become her executor if she ever strays.
Is in a middle of calibrations. Wait for response if you pray for him.
Is recently seen hanging around, perhaps romantically or sorts, with one of his 'best friends' Tali'Zorah. They're seen watching a grand version of 'Fleet & Flotilla' played in the Theater Pantheon.
Once deification, Haggar elevates Metro City into a Holy City, purging it from the Mad Gear gang. But then, other evil entities have targeted it. Haggar is always ready to toss them away from Metro City.
When not doing paperworks, Haggar spends his spare time in either visiting his mortal daughter Jessica, or piledrivingMOTHERFUCKIN' SHARKS.
There were rumors that he might've lost position after being beaten by King II in a wrestling match. An interview later, it is both agreed that both Haggar and King gave their all for a great wrestling match and they're equal in power. They became friends afterwards.
Valvatorez, God of Promises (Tyrant Valvatorez, Mr. Vampire, Prinny Instructor)
Greater God (Over Deity should he ever regain his Tyrant powers)
His loyal servant, Fenrich, has been trying to get Valvatorez into the Main House for quite some time. However, Valvatorez is quite content where he is and reiterates his duty as the God of Promises, much to the annoyance of Fenrich.
Fenrich got his wish when it was discovered (due in no small part to testimony from Zetta) that Valvatorez was much more powerful than he lets on, namely that he canonically is nearly equal in power to the Nipponverse big three (all greater gods residing in the house of life and death, otherness, and theatre respectively) despite his de-powered state.
Despite this, Fenrich is already plotting to push his lord further, stating that his lord should not be second to any god. Again, Val is more concerned about upholding his duties as God of Promises than anything else.
Ever since his promotion, there have been some dreadful rumors being spread about him, namely one that his Tyrant state is every bit as powerful as Tyrant Overlord Baal.
During his spare time, Valvatorez can often be found in the House of Food proclaiming the benefits of sardines and sharing his vast knowledge on them. Those who come out of his lectures often end up knowing more about sardines in one sitting than they would have in their entire lifetime. Most tend to try to ignore him while those who are a little more picky tend to get really irritated, though some are starting to believe his claims when taking into account that the sardines may indeed be key to him retaining much of his strength without the need for blood. It's false. The true reason for his immense power as Tyrant is due to using multiple power sources (blood, fear energy, Heroic Will Power, and the power of camradiere which ironically is the power source of human heroes). His De-power is due to the loss of blood. He still has access to Heroic Will Power and the power of camradiere.
Although himself no great investigative mind (though not incompetent), Lestrade was elevated to represent those investigators and law enforcement officers who, often through no fault of their own, have been completely overshadowed by a brilliant (and often amateur) detective. As such, he tends to regard many of the other members of the House with an air of resigned skepticism.
On the few occasions he is reasonably confident of one of his theories being correct, it can almost be expected that another member of the House will soon shoot it full of holes within short order. This doesn't seem to bother him as much as you'd think, since he's more than used to it by now.
After much speculation as to what his first initial represents, most within the House have settled upon calling him 'Greg' or 'Gregory' if they need to. He doesn't appear inclined to correct them, though this may simply be because he's so used to being corrected in general that he's given up on the point.
Often acts as a go-between whenever the House of Justice needs the use of the skills of Sherlock Holmes, from the House of Knowledge. The other members of the House claim that his experience and understanding of the Great Detective enable their collaborations to run smoother. Lestrade, rather more cynically, believes it's simply because he's the only one who can put up with Holmes' ego, and none of the others can stand him.
, an old Roman goddess who carried a sword and a set of scales, and wore a blindfold to ensure impartiality. She was extremely objective, and rule bound enough to let some of the guilty get away on technicality, but as time wore on her influence waned until she left the Pantheon for Arcadia. Statues of her are still everywhere in this House. The title of God or Goddess of Justice bounced around for centuries, the various burdens and responsibilities that came with it - primarily, the obligation to look into literally every case to ensure that it was fair - making it an extremely unpopular position. Then, the spirit of a man named Steve Rogers came in for judgement, and ascended into the position. Cap is very fair, but also visibly biased towards those of the Good alignment, which actually balances out the Evil-inclined Johnson, who is the official Judge and wields nearly as much influence. As he is also active in the Defense Pantheon, he often has a hand in bringing in the accused. The actual duty of arresting criminals goes to the God of Policemen, Sam Vimes.
Not all of the Gods in this House do anything in the courtroom.
Judge Dredd, God of THE LAW (God of Nineties Action Movies)
