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Pantheonic Coalitions and Organizations

This category encompasses all sorts of smaller but united groups that aren't as divergent in their methods as Uprisings. Given that the Pantheon has potential for many association-based relations, these groups mainly cover smaller factions made from characters from multiple different worlds and series, for the purpose of both enabling other users to conveniently note deities with similar relations and to expand on interactions that a profile that focuses on a single character or collective would not be fit to integrate.

The types of Coalitions and minor groups that can form can vary in function, morals, and power, which can enable them to stand up to Uprising movements and sometimes have considerable relationships with Alliances, but not to the point of having direct connections with them.

Minimal Requirements for a Coalition:

  • Members from 10+ profiles: If your Coalition is too small, then it's likely best to keep the idea as a fitting set of special relations for the characters' profiles.
  • 4 or more different works featured in total: If your Coalition encompasses very few works of media in the first place, then it has the issue of being too strongly tied with one or two particular series. Crossover-focused works

Important Guideline - You do not need to ask for approval on the forum to contribute, unlike profiles!

Unlike profiles, there is no need to go on the forum to discuss who'd fit into a certain group. Given that the character in question is currently in the Pantheon anyway note , contributors are expected to instead read the guidelines below and the minimal requirements above, and decide for themselves whether the character in question is fit for a group or if your group idea fits with the standards of the Pantheon. Assuming you know what you are doing, you can freely put in your group or contribution in, without need of mentioning it in the forum. Other contributors will judge the idea, and if they like it, they'll add more fitting members in or improve it, if not, it will likely be removed (hopefully with a stated edit reason).

The same applies with editing or correcting Pantheon groups or entries for justified reasons (like if a person genuinely does not fit with a group or the provided information for them is inaccurate).

    General Guidelines for Writing Pantheon Coalitions 
While it is simpler to write in smaller Coalitions like these, there are still specific expectations and standards for to be met to prevent groups like these from getting out of hand.

  • Do not make your new group too overtly themed or skewed toward one series, character, franchise, or single piece of media. (Genre-based groups are still fine, however, if they encompass at least 4 separate series and are focused on the genre themselves.) If your Coalition or group's description focuses its overall story or direction based on a single character or group from a single work, then it won't really be deemed worthy as a genuine Coalition due to both being considered redundant note  and overbearing note  series). Of course, some Coalitions may end up having a lot of members from a franchise anyway, but the point is to avoid over-emphasizing them. If your Coalition focuses too much on characters or narratives of a single work or series, or seems too catered to a single character, then your Coalition idea is with all due respect, not worthwhile to add.

  • Coalitions should complement profiles, not compete with or copy them. Profiles should still take priority for elaborating on a deity's relations and interactions, so a Coalition's content and description shouldn't be something that could be added to a profile instead and still work just as well. If your Coalition is based on an association between a few deities with one simple relation that can be described in a small paragraph or two, it would work better off as an addition to those members' profiles. In general, your Coalition's structure and content should both be distinguished from the writing of its members' profiles, and have sufficient material to work with that isn't more fitting on profiles in the first place.

    Informal Coalition Template 
Being more lenient in structure than for other bigger factions, Coalition additions that manage to follow the above guidelines mainly require a sufficient description for what they do, and a list of deities (or members of deified groups) that would fit under them. The Coalition could split itself to multiple sections for specific types of members as well.

Minimal Example Template

Coalition Introduction + Explanation Paragraph

Coalition Section A (optional)

Section description (optional)

  • God 1's Title
  • God 2's Title
  • God 3's Title
  • God 4's Title
  • God 5's Title
  • God 6's Title

Coalition Section B (optional)

Section description (optional)

  • God 7's Title
  • God 8's Title
  • God 9's Title
  • God 10's Title

Major Coalitions With Their Own Pages

These groups are notably large enough to warrant their own pages, and as such also have more room to stand out on their own, though the usual rules still apply.

  • Pantheonic Soldiers of Fortune: A large Coalition that identifies itself as a guild of mercenaries from all over, making themselves available to clients seeking to put up an affordable bounty.

  • Magical Girl Sisterhood: A large Coalition that consists of many deities tied to the Magical Girl genre. Due to the nature of said genre's protagonists, many (but not all) are overall attuned to the Good alignment.

  • Pantheon Time Police: A Coalition of deities who serve to protect the timelines and the flow of time itself in the Pantheon from malicious or harmful time manipulation.

Minor Coalitions Section

     Minor Coalitions 

The Shopkeepers' Guild

A guild of local merchants and shopkeepers who organized together to support the commerce and economy of more local shops and markets in general, mainly their own wares however, as zany as some of them can be. Shoplift and steal at your own peril.

Consists of:

The Main Merchants The honest merchants and salesmen who you can trust in giving what you pay or sell for, even if what they sell happens to be... "exotic".

The "Pretty Authentic Well-Intended" Merchants These merchants weren't exactly known for consistently trust-worthy deals, but they really wanted in, so the other merchants had to give in.

Though she isn’t listed in each of the above lists, Chimata Tenkyuu, the Goddess of Divine Wealth, is a vital part of the Shopkeepers’ Guild. This is due to her status as a mediator between the Guild alongside other low-level and low-scale entrepreneurs and the many major corporations and rich individuals of the Pantheon, as well as being a hyper-experienced merchant herself. To that end, the Guild still accepts her as one of their own, and is often considered their greatest asset, and she thanks them in return for keeping mercantry and trading a lively business for her and her levels of faith.

Protectors Of Dreams

A union of deities whose role is to ensure that the domain of dreams is untainted, if not filled with pleasant and nice dreams, whether they're deities directly tied to dreams or characters who have experience with handling deities who attempt to instill nightmares. Generally enemies with the Inducers of Nightmares coalition.

Consists of:

Dream Guardians Those who have an official role in protecting dreams or stopping nightmares.

On-And-Off Dream Protectors This section's members don't have strong ties with dreams themselves, but have been integral in adventures involving dream or nightmare deities, and were deemed sufficient allies for occasions where more help is wanted.

Inducers of Nightmares

A team of nightmare deities who desire to bring about nightmares to haunt the dreams of the Pantheon, as well as exploiting the nature of such nightmares. Generally enemies with the Protectors of Dreams by default.

Consists of:

Itazura Griefers

A disjointed but formidable team of tricksters that don't exactly lean towards any major Grand United Alliance, Uprising, or even other group for that matter. Instead, they choose to mess around and get crazy with their own kind of flair, acting as the general annoyance group of the Pantheon. Despite the major Pantheonic groups having calmed down significantly since then (and by extension, the dissolution of factions such as the GUAG's LOL Ranger & more importantly the GUAE's Trollkaiger), they've opted to maintain their Itazura Griefers brand since they've stuck with it for so long- they did drop the color thing, though.

Head Honchos Even in a team of Trolls, there's usually some form of hierarchy to make sure that the tricks, trolls, and truances they pull off aren't too over-the-top. These members mainly serve a sort of leadership position within the group, but they're hands-off about their role as directors, and instead leave them to their devices most of the time.

Stupidity Squad Don't let that header fool you- everyone here is just as brilliantly devious as those at the top. They're only here because they're more or less not as suitable to maintain a leading position due to extraneous factors regarding themselves or some other thing.

Pantheonic Press Federation

The Pantheon’s premiere newscasting union, consisting of the most brilliant & devious minds in the journalism business, all together to promote and practice their passion for the press. Whether it'd be at the desk, on the field, or through the web, this group's members actively seek each other and the world out for all sorts of headlines, either competing or collaborating for them. Many of its members largely consist from the Halls of Investigative Work, Social and Recreational Work, & Sources of Information.

The Station They're members of the Federation that operate mainly out of the news networking stations, coordinating with the Field Crew.

The Field They're members of the Federation that work from the scenes of they events they cover.

The Desk They're members of the Federation who put out the news by other means, such as newspapers or digital articles.

The Freelance They're members of the Federation who can slot into any of the above specialties, or assist in journalism through means different from those above.

Dressed for Divinity

With Rarity's promotion to House guardian in the House of Costumes, and the ascension of Millie Collins, the former thought it necessary to establish an official organization in the name of fashion. It was decreed in a joint effort by the Houses of Costumes, Commerce, and Profession to create a pantheonic fashion industry (named Dressed for Divinity), where fashion deities can come together to recreate trends of old, or start completely new ones, and show them for the world to see.

Dressed for Divinity, situated in the middle of the House of Costumes (though plans for branching out all over the Pantheon are already in progress), is where all the dressmaking, photoshoots, catwalks, and all things fashion happen. Because the Pantheon has such a...diverse culture, there's always at least one demographic that will be enamored by whatever theme is "in" for the week. Gods from the House of Craft help provide materials for the clothes that will inevitably be weaved and sewn, such as threads, buttons, glitter, leather, everything in between, and sometimes beyond.

Of course, they aren't going to be all extravagant all the time; they still have to remember the middle class or lower who can't afford or can't bother with the very stylish. Sometimes, just being pretty or sharp-dressed is all a deity needs to be to look appealing.

And remember, this industry is about fashion, so unless a commission is specifically requested, they don't normally do (hard) armor, though magical protections (or nanotechnology) is still possible to implement into the clothes provided. That said, there will always be those pricks who would take their fights to the industry, though thankfully there is security and a few of the deities here aren't above ass-whooping.

The fashion gods are divided by aspects of the career: the designers, the models, and the rest (fashion magazine staff, advertisers, set managers, and so on).

Fashion Administration

When it comes to things fashion, these goddesses know it better than most. While it's true that Edna Mode is bored with the industry, she's still a top figure in the industry in her world, so she has a spot here.

The Designers

The goddesses (and the occasional god) who design the clothes, whether it's as a career, aspires in that direction, or even just as a hobby. Some designers may even double as model sometimes. Edna Mode isn't in this sub-group as she prefers to work on superhero costumes.

The Main Models

The goddesses (and the occasional god) who wear the designed clothes, whether simple or fancy, to make the clothes look good.

Temporary Models

On occasion, during fashion shows or even just for mannequin purposes, some deities not normally part of the industry might be called in an emergency.

Friends On Call

Other Substitutes/Part-Timers

Others

Not everyone's a model or a designer, but there are other roles to take that can be important, too.

Member Role
Betty Suarez fashion magazine editor-in-chief
Kanji Tatsumi textile supplier
Anataeus Vaya supplier of golden thread and very black thread
The 501st Legion security for hire
Vambre Warrior security for hire if Prohyas is at part-time work

Disgraces

Of course, there are those who have what it takes, but aren't let in due to other reasons, such as overall agendas, inability to keep things professional, exploiting the industry for their personal harmful plots, or attempting to swing things in their favor in the Pantheonic Wars.

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