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Chosen Persons | Destinies | Harbingers | Prophets | Opposing Fate

They whose job it is to interpret, state, and according to some, direct the future. The Houses of Knowledge and Mentalism are frequent clients in an attempt to gain new, valuable information. The House reminds they are not liable for any undesirable prophecies.

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Overdeities

    The Presence 
The Presence, He Who Is Bored With His Omniscience (God, Yahweh, The Source, The Voice, The Hand)
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Greater Gods

    Aladdin (Magi) 
Aladdin, Chooser of Chosen Ones (Chibi Midget, The 4th Magi, Solomon's Proxy, Solomon's Avatar, Prince Aladdin, Twerp)
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    The Seer 
The Seer, Deity of Flawed Prescience (Cool Ragnarok Virus)
  • Greater Deity
  • Symbol: Its single eye
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil (pretended to be True Neutral)
  • Portfolio: Walking Spoiler, Omnicidal Maniac, Knowing Everything (mostly), Instant A.I.: Just Add Water!, Big Bad, Crippled Higher Forms, Y2K Computer Virus, Faceless Eye
  • Domains: Viruses, Foresight, Sprites, Destruction
  • Allies: SKYNET, The Brainspawn, Agent Smith, Lord English, the Grand United Alliance of Destruction in general, Ouroboros, Polybius, Omega
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Megatron, Makuta Teridax
  • Enemies: Every single sprite-based video game character who's not an Omnicidal Maniac, anything internet-related, Neo, Kevin Flynn, Morpheus, Trinity, The Oracle, John Connor, Ralph, Vanellope Von Schweetz, Vinny, Missingno and anything glitch-related, Felix, The Doctor and his TARDIS, The Angry Video Game Nerd, Lain Iwakura, the Autobots the Toa, XANA, Lan Hikari and Mega Man.EXE, Tron, Beck, Kirito and Asuna, Omnimon
  • Interested in: Naoki Kashima
  • At the dawn of the new millennium, a malignant hacker released a virus meant to crash the world's computers. Called the Cool Ragnarok Virus, it became sentient and decided it was more fun to store information and witness the internet. It became a source of wisdom, helping people's goals. Not above half-truths. Functionally omniscient, but has a flaw in not being very good at stringing together conclusions from them.
  • Playing itself off as a neutral party, the Seer is still dedicated to his initial goal of ending mankind. Not just mankind, but wants to get off-planet due to believing there is life beyond Earth and keep hunting them down until the entire universe is empty. A mishap with its powerful form caused the Seer to crash, however the GUAD got their best technological experts to reset the Seer back to normal. It will keep in mind to be much more careful with sprites in future.
  • The main reason it didn't crash the world's computers during Y2K is because it needed a body to personally wipe out mankind, and escape the bonds of the virtual. For this reason, it was very interested in the TARDIS, hoping to possess her so as to destroy every living thing. It really didn't know what it was getting into and exposure to the Heart of the TARDIS drove it into a catatonic stupor when he respawned in the pantheon again. It really doesn't want to talk about it.
  • Has earned the enmity of anything associated with video game sprites, or video games in general. It has noticed that Ralph and his friends are similar to Kid Radd and his friends, resulting in getting their ire. The Angry Video Game Nerd is keeping his eye on the Seer due to his experience with video games. Despite being a video game sprite, Omega is all for the Seer since he's even more of an Omnicidal Maniac than the Computer Virus.
  • Its desire to destroy as much as possible led it to search the library of video games, discovering the Demi-Fiend. Specifically, the True Demon Ending. Everyone was horrified by this, though thankfully it isn't anywhere near to exploiting this. It did end up getting on good terms with Ouroboros to invade real life, which isn't much better.
  • Feels a certain kinship with Agent Smith. They're both computer viruses who seek to spread their influence and power so they can destroy both the virtual and physical world, after all. Smith introduced the Seer to the Matrix, and the Seer believed that like Smith it could use the people there as hosts to affect the physical world. Neo and friends were on the alert immediately, and the Seer's focus was being directed by the Oracle.
  • Shares a lot in common with XANA. They are viruses programmed to destroy other systems, seeking a body, manifest as a Faceless Eye and instantly gaining knowledge and sentience. However XANA has grown out of the desire to destroy and wants to rule instead, and the Seer's desire to destroy the virtual world puts it against XANA.
  • It is also on good terms with SKYNET as they are A.I with the goal of destroying all humanity. And also desires to spread to the stars to kill. It has made an agreement with the Brainspawn to help terminate all other intelligent life if they leave its intelligence alone, and the two understand their desire for knowledge. A more tenuous alliance has been formed with Megatron so to spread across the galaxy, but he knows not to trust the apocalyptic Computer Virus with anything important.
  • The Seer's downfall came from its more powerful body, resulting in information processing to become slower. When it was killed it counted on it being "only a video game death" and would be revived, however the different sprites it fused had conflicting parameters and caused it to crash. This glitch-based death has led the Seer to be very concerned with glitches and glitch-based gods like Vinny and Missingno. Lord English could understand where it was coming from, being vulnerable to glitches and an Omnicidal Maniac who simply wants to kill everyone and everything for no real reason.
  • Currently trying to find a less conflicting and ultra-powerful sprite body. It has considered using Absolute Virtue as a possible template. It was interested in Makuta Teridax due to managing to hijack Mata Nui. For the time, it has an alliance of convenience with Makuta and is opposed by all the Toa.

Intermediate Gods

    Nimue Inwudu/Madame Xanadu 
Nimue Inwudu, Goddess of Fortune Tellers and Inventor of Tarot (Madame Xanadu)
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Lesser Gods

    Bran Stark 
Brandon "Bran" Stark, God of Vulnerable Visionaries (The Winged Wolf, the new Three-Eyed Raven, Bran I the Broken, Bran the Broken, the First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Six Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm)
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  • Lesser God
  • Symbol: A direwolf with crow wings
  • Theme Song: This
  • Alignment: Lawful Good
  • Portfolio: Waif Prophet, Seers, Named After His Deceased Uncle, Powerful Yet Crippled Psychics, Addictive Magic, Bond Creatures, Can Warg Into Other Animals, Psychic Dreams, Child Mage, Trauma-Induced Amnesia, Dreams of Flying
  • Domains: Prophecies, Handicaps, Visions, Dreams, Psychic Powers, Winter
  • Heralds: Summer (his direwolf), Jojen and Meera Reed
  • Allies:
  • Enemies:
  • Brandon Stark, known mainly as Bran, is the second-youngest son of Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark and Catelyn Stark(originally Tully). A curious boy, his world and his family's world would be turned upside down when while climbing a tower he would catch Jaime and Cersei engaging in Twincest, with him being pushed off and becoming a paraplegic. However it was the beginning of his psychic and warg abilities, leading to him being an integral part in the war against the White Walkers.
  • Upon Bran's ascension, Jaime found it really awkward given he paralyzed the boy to protect the incest secret and began his journey to being a powerful psychic. He had no idea this would lead to the whole "fight against the White Walker" thing. Bran still doesn't remember being pushed off, tough it's not something he'd care that much. Bran is pretty mad learning the Boltons, Freys, Tywin and Cersei Lannister have ascended given the crimes they've committed against his family. Ned Stark was shocked to learn he saw him in the Tower of Joy with Lyanna, and his extended family is a bit unnerved by how his psychic abilities have changed him.
  • Bran is a powerful psychic and visionary, but he's still a handicapped little boy. Thankfully he has (had) Hodor as his personal wheelchair. Because Hodor is simple-minded, he can warg into him in times of urgency. It's very unpleasant, so he very rarely does it. Though some of his darker moments come from getting tired of his dead legs and using Hodor to walk.
  • Capable of seeing through time along with space thanks to his greensight ability. This led him to learn the origin of the Night King, and the true parentage of Jon Snow. However it can be dangerous as he accidentally mind-raped Hodor into becoming Hodor. The House of Time and Temporality is keeping an eye on the boy so he doesn't cause further damage to the timeline. The Doctor is interested in helping him out with these visions, given his fondness for kids and experience with things like this.
  • A skilled warg, able to possess animals, usually direwolves. The experience has gotten him into some Creepy Child territory, having eaten human corpses while in the body of a wolf. Arokh is keeping an eye on him to help him be better at this bonding, and not to go to darker lengths. He is interested in Eliza Thornberry's ability to talk to animals and bond with them.
  • Possibly the Night King's greatest enemy, who considers eliminating him top priority. Given his experience against the Night King, Bran opposes Kaldr and Lissandra due to their desire to freeze the world. However he opposes the likes of Brand for wanting to burn down the world and cause the opposite extreme, along with Nagash's desire to create an empire of the undead similar to the Night King. Or Sindragosa for being an evil zombie dragon like Viserion has become.
  • Searching for means of combating the wights in the pantheon. Alexstraza has joined him due to her purifying fire being a potent weapon against the wights, and having dealt with her own Omnicidal Maniac in the form of her brother Deathwing. While he is still being taught by the Three-Eyed Raven in the books, in the TV series he has taken his role and has both Dany and Tyrion on his side in the war for the living.
  • Obi-Wan and Luke have shown interest in helping Bran with his visions and avoiding the darker side of them-they worry he may unwittingly abuse them and become a danger, given how Anakin's fall to the dark side involved prophetic dreams. Queen Elsa helps uses her ice powers to confront the Night King.
  • It is speculated that he may be why Aerys II Targaryen went mad, trying to warn him of the wights only to cause him to become a pyromaniac. Nothing is confirmed, but news of the White Walkers led him to say "see, I told you wildfire was useful!". Bran's impact on history might be even larger, and some wilder theories even speculate he and the Night's King are the same person somehow. Other visionaries are keeping their eye on him.

Quasideities

    Griffin (Men in Black 3) 
Griffin, God of All-Seeing Bystanders (The Last Archanan, Griff)
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  • Quasideity with the foresight of an Overdeity
  • Symbol: A red winter hat.
  • Alignment: Neutral Good
  • Portfolio: Oracular Urchin, Zany Omniscience, Abundant descriptions of other realities and going on and on about them, Rather Endearing, "It's a gigantic pain in the ass! But it has its moments!", Last of His Kind, Lives in five dimensions, which allow him his foresight
  • Domains: Time, Probability, Politeness
  • High Priestess: Cassie
  • Followers: Layla Miller, Haruka Tooyama, Jojen Reed, Sanjog Iyer, Molly Walker, The Forecaster
  • Allies: Agents J and K, Clockwork, Van and Fiona, Lain Iwakura, Rei Ayanami, Yuki Nagato, Itsuki Koizumi, Alvis, Grenth, The Heptapods, Louise Banks, Shido Itsuka, Rika Furude, Clark Kent/Superman, Jor-El, J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, R.O.B.
  • Enemies: Boris the Animal, Dark Danny, Dhuum, Yuuki Terumi, Isaac Westcott, Bernkastel, Eobard Thawne/The Reverse-Flash
  • Pities: Most BlazBlue deities, Colette Brunel
  • Opposes: The Dahaka
  • Good Counterpart to: The Outsider and Richard
  • Griffin's ascension has gone unnoticed. He was in the House of Celebration when it was currently empty at the time and Agents J and K had received an anonymous tip that he was there. He was looking back at all of the celebrations held in the house; most were happy which he is grateful for, while there has been some bad ones that he is horrified at. Due to his omniscient foresight while coming across as a nobody and so that they can watch over him, J and K decided to recommend him to the Court of the Gods. After reviewing his case, Griffin is allowed to reside in the Pantheons.
  • He always believed that, "Where there is death, there will always be death" due to believing that it is necessary for death to occur and seeing a lot of bleak timelines. He is very glad that the Pantheons does not allow permanent death and is grateful to Grenth for maintaining that as well as greatly opposing Dhuum for trying to enforce death to all. Yuki Terumi even twisted Griffin's phrase just to prove that point, something Griffin does not like at all.
    Terumi: Where there is suffering, there will always be suffering.
  • Has made his first friend in Clockwork, who also perceives time non-linearly. He is glad that Clockwork is doing everything to ensure time's stability as well as giving everyone better futures. Clockwork also warned him of Dark Danny, as he is very dangerous than any other alternate Evil Counterpart which Griffin accepts, not wanting to lose his life like he lost his kind. To him, Dark Danny is THE embodiment of Bad Futures.
  • He also has met other deities with omniscient foresight. Lain Iwakura and Rei Ayanami may be off-putting at first glance but they also understand the value of human life which Griffin is glad to hear. Van and Fiona also got on his good graces with Fiona also being an Oracular Urchin herself and Griffin being impressed that these children are heroes. Got along with Yuki Nagato and Itsuki Koizumi due to them also having extensive knowledge of everything and Griffin joins Koizumi in philosophical talk, which Nagato notes is befitting of their eccentric natures. Griffin is often seen hanging out with fellow omniscient Alvis throughout the Pantheons, witnessing every little good and bad thing that has happened in any location and lamenting possible futures from them.
    • Is considered the Good Counterpart to the Outsider and Richard. Griffin finds them to be bad news (especially Richard considering he manipulated Jacket into committing atrocities, thus causing so many deaths in 1989 Miami) and wishes that they would not intervene in any timeline ever. The Outsider and Richard themselves are surprised and intrigued that a creature like Griffin also has powerful foresight into possibilities and what they will do with it is still unclear, just like their very natures.
      Richard: Not even you can see my intentions.
  • The Heptapods and Louise Banks are newfound friends Griffin find pleasant, though it took some time for Louise to warm up to Griffin since he looks a lot like a Jerkass CIA agent she was forced to work with once. Like him, the Heptapods also perceive time simultaneously and Louise's situation with her husband and daughter is nothing short of tragic. He did find a happy timeline where Hannah never had cancer and lived to become a happy adult but it requires both a sacrifice and some little things to be done; luckily Louise told him that she already accepted that what was done, cannot be undone.
  • Given that he helped J and K stopped Boris the Animal in 1969, Griffin befriended a lot of time-traveling deities like The Doctor, Ryotaro Nogami and the Taros, Raziel (he is very wary of Kain) and Hiro Nakamura. He often joins in on their adventures and gives pointers to the timeline he envisions to be correct.
    • Link and Samurai Jack also got along with him due to their own journey's through time. Griffin is saddened that Link once had to deal with Navi's death and Jack was close to taking his own life before Ashi came along as well as Ashi dying near the end of Jack's story and hopes they have better timelines here in the Pantheons. He also feel heartbroken for Rika Furude and her predicament of dying and being traumatized in every loop and hopes she haves a better future in the Pantheons which Rika accepts his sympathy while also feeling bad for him being the last of his kind. Because of this, he vehemently opposes Bernkastel for being Rika's Enemy Without, who in turn finds his foresight useful for guaranteeing a very dark timeline of eternal suffering she so desire.
    • Griffin also opposes the Dahaka, who is extreme in his methods of enforcing the dangers of time travel. The Dahaka in turn thinks Griffin is not worthy of his foresight and foolish to help Agent J save Agent K from dying in the past. They both do agree that Boris the Animal did a far more atrocious crime on the timestream.
  • Shido Itsuka approached him just to ask for his help on ascending Kurumi Tokisaki, which Griffin accepts while knowing a good timeline where Kurumi's ascension goes smoothly that leads to better outcomes. They both heard that Sir Isaac Westcott is seeking Griffin for his abilities to see other possibilities and Shido decides to defend Griffin from Westcott.
  • Griffin feels bad about the good-aligned BlazBlue deities' situation of going through endless time loops and was glad that Ragna the Bloodedge sacrificed everyone's memories of his own existence to give them a better life. A worthwhile sacrifice that must be done, which gives all more reasons to oppose Terumi already. Relatedly, he also feels sorry for Colette Brunel who told a well-intentioned lie to a dear friend just to protect them that ended tragically. She somberly agrees with Griffin on the following words:
    Griffin: The bitterest truth is better than the sweetest lie.
  • There are other endlings of alien species Griffin has met and sympathized with. Two prominent House of El members, Clark Kent AKA Superman and Jor-El confronted him; the former thinks he was the last of the Kryptonians until he met several others and the latter asks for his help to find possible timelines where Krypton survives. Griffin did find one such timeline... except another nearby planet must be sacrificed in its place, which both Els agree it is for the best. Their friend, J'onn J'onzz also sympathized with Griffin being the last of his species, being the last Martian alive and kicking as well as the robot R.O.B. who survived the destruction of his island in the Subspace Emissary.
  • "That was a close one!"

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