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The Divine Tabernacle of Religion and Faith!

Out of all the Houses in the Pantheon, this is probably the one that inhabitants of the mortal worlds has the most access to. This is where people from all worlds and religions pay their respects to their gods. The House of Religion and Faith is not just one house due to the massive diversity that religions have, but is instead a massive collection of gargantuan churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, totem poles, monasteries, cathedrals and so forth. There is at least one place for every god, Good, Evil, Chaotic, Lawful or Neutral, for the mortals to pray to. In this place, you can find anything from marriages, animal sacrifices, fighting pits (for worshiping war-loving gods such as the Nordic Pantheon), holy as well as unholy rituals and so forth. It is also one of the most guarded Houses in order to make sure that followers do not clash against each other. Sometimes, gods from the other houses will visit in order to bless (or curse) their followers.

Contrary to popular belief, this house doesn't promote sacrilege, as the Gods sometimes pray to Ilúvatar. And they mostly abhor their priests (excepting Evil Gods here) to shamelessly use the word "Wololo"

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• Divine Behavior
• Divine Roles
• Godly Domains
• Holy Authority and Power
• People of Faith
• Religious Figures
• Religious Practice
• Religious Structure
• Sinners

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The Great Triad

Azmodan

Azmodan, God Herald of the Seven Deadly Sins (the Greatest General of Hell, Lesser Evil of Sin, the TRUE Lord of Hell, Azmodunk, Lord of the Court)

• Lesser Evil (in other words, Intermediate God)
• Symbol: His face
• Theme Song: Azmodan and his Boss theme
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Adipose Rex, Wants to be the Prime Evil and ursurp Diablo, Four-Star Badass, Fat Bastard, The Hedonist, Taunts to his enemies, alot, Jerkass, Large Ham, Super Arrogant due to being the representation of the seven sins, Lots of minions and resources, Fantastic Racism
• Domains: Sin, Evil, Arrogance, Minions
• Followers: All non-ascended Homunculi, The Fallen Heroes
• Heralds: His Sin Lords, Cydaea, Maiden of Lust and Ghom, Lord of Gluttony. The rest haven't been mentioned until today.
• Allies: Gul'dan, the House of Demons, the Koopalings, Pride, Lust, Father, The Old Gods (specifically Y'shaarj), The Chaos Gods, especially Slaneesh and Khorne, Lord Jaraxxus
• Sibling Rivalry with: Diablo
• Weirded out with: Murky, Artanis
• Rivals: Sans, Adria
• Evil Counterpart to: Alphonse Elric
• Enemies: The Nephalems, the majority of the House of Angels especially Tyrael, Billy Baston/Shazam, The Mane Six (Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity), Greed, Akeno Himejima (and by extension, Issei Hyodo and the ORC), Death (Darksiders), Sicily, Terrorblade, Meliodas, Uther the Lightbringer, Illidan Stormrage
• Lesser Evil, Lord of Sin, Azmodan is basically the amalgamation of the Seven Deadly Sins: Greed, Pride, Sloth, Lust, Wrath, Envy and Gluttony. Placed in his minions and his most trusted Sin Lords, these sins is what comprises Azmodan's power and at the same time caused his downfall, especially against Diablo. Worse, his pride costed him his plans and himself, though this could be because he is the embodiment of the seven deadly sins.
  • After his death at the hands of the Nephalems, he was shortly ported back into Court of the Gods, where he was judged for his sinful ways. There, they placed him as the herald of the Seven Deadly Sins.
• As one of the brightest generals of Hell, he is highly regarded as a good tactician, although no one sees him doing such. This has given a trust issue with most tacticians around the Pantheon, as he also has the tendency to spill out the plans.
• His anger immediately unfolded when he heard of the Nephalem's presence, sending unending minions and fireballs at the House of Prophecy. After the battle, Azmodan was forced to retreat back into his temple, seeing that there are surprisingly more powerful deities than what he can deal with.
  • His infuriation however reached peak levels when he saw Diablo's presence as well. While this will help settle their rivalry once and for all, he noticed that he already has a large amount of allies to help him when he decides to fight the Lord of Sin. With this discovery, he decided to leave him be, only when the time comes.
  • He has stated that it feels like a reunion in here, after seeing familiar faces of many kind, especially his sworn enemies.
  Azmodan: So many faces, so little time. My plans shall fall into their own fates.
  • For him however, he loves to gloat around Tyrael for sacrificing his anglehood to save humanity. Since this is the Pantheon however, the Angel can switch to being mortal and angel at will, given thanks to Cosmos. That doesn't stop The Lord of Sin to mock his actions.
  Azmodan: How does it feel like losing your position, for such worthless rewards. Such shame for you.
  • After being warped into the Nexus, he has finally seen other worthy enemies or worldly rivals. Somehow, he cannot really understand Murky's language but, he might have a hint on what he is.
  Azmodan: You sound like a Fallen One.
  • The same thing can be said with Artanis since the latter thinks he is a zerg.
  Azmodan: Zerg? You fail to amuse me.
  • He thinks that Uther's plight to the light is worthless on his crusade. After all, he did extinguish him in the many battles of the Nexus just to prove it.
  Azmodan: Consider your Light...extinguished.
  • Worse, when he met the Nephalem Johanna, she kept on insisting that if they are fighting together, never reveal your plans. To add even further salt to the wound, almost every villain has reminded him to never overdo himself due to his General Failure tendencies. He's pretty much annoyed with her (and by extension, every villains') comments.
• Currently, he is training the Koopalings in the art of embracing the Seven Sins. While they "failed" most of Azmodan's tests, he is somewhat amused with their shenanigans and has shown that the Koopalings have a sin that they have mastered, Greed.
  • At the same time, he has become allies with the ascended Homunculi Pride, Lust and Father. All who are representations of their respective sins. They often go to Azmodan's temple, further increasing their power from sins done from Pantheon members and mortals alike. This has gotten Azmodan's attention and is considering to place them as his remaining heralds as replacements.
    • He considers Lust's looks veeeery distracting as he either contests which is better, Cydaea or Lust. Though the both of them are okay with Azmodan as their "master".
  • He became very disappointed with Greed after the latter's Heroic Sacrifice in order to reach a godly level. Because of this, he considers him a travesty to all sinners in the world.
  • There was also a time when Meliodas was going to be considered a herald for Wrath, until he saw his true side. To this day, he is still pissed for the former's motivation of good rather than evil (despite being a representation of wrath).
• Is being considered for recruitement into the Burning Legion, commanded by none other than Lord Jaraxxus. He has politely accepted such offer and is willing to send reinforcements from Hell just to assist, though this could be a cover up to usurp Sargeras.
  • Illidan however saw this and has warned the GUAG of his plans, forcing Azmodan to "cover up" his plan. It didn't work to say the least.
• Shazam has dreaded his existence as his title is a grave sign of his former fight against the Embodiment of Sin itself. Azmodan however, has other plans for the hero.
• The rage he has against the Nephalems have extended to almost every single Nephilim in existence. So far, he has encountered three other nephilim inside Pantheon proper: Akeno Himejima, who met him in person and lost to him in a horrible way, Death, who proved him to be a great adversary, and Sicily, who can not only go toe to toe against him, but defeat him thanks to her magical-defense stats. He's not proud about the results, despite winning once.
  • This did however gave him the ire of Issei Hyodo and the rest of the Occult Reearch Club very quick after the incident with Akeno. Azmodan has been warned him several times to not mess with the Lord of Sin, or else.
  Azmodan: You dare test the Lord of Hell, boy. Because I think you have no idea what you are up against.
  • SPEAKING about the Nephilim, he has warned them to never touch a baby Nephilim, as it can lead to deathly results.
• Warning to all who wish to fight him: Never fight him in Melee combat, as his powerful strikes can leave you vulnerable and his tanky health adds up the difficulty. On the other hand, ranged attacks can make him look like a joke.
• The Mane Six are watching the Lord of Sin due to being the opposite reflections of Sin and Evil. This annoys Azmodan to a great degree, since he cannot corrupt them in anyway, unless he starts contacting aid from the Old Gods that is.
  • Alphonse Elric was even more shocked to hear an evil representation of him, due to containing all the 7 Great Virtues. Azmodan is not amused at the slightest. With that said, he's going to make his first strike on Alphonse in his to-do list.
• He has been contacted once by Orc Warlock Gul'dan as a part of his ritual of binding demons. During the ritual, it didn't go so well for the Orc due to Azmodan taking over his body. However, after that incident, Gul'dan has commented that the power inside Azmodan was worth the price.
  • After his "visit", he was met with the Old Gods, who somehow read his mind and got interested with his motivations. Y'shaarj also made a deal that the demon couldn't resist, defeat Diablo with his help. The Lord of Sin reluctantly agreed, without thinking twice. His allies have been warning him of his actions, as it could lead to an even more embarrassing defeat.
• The Chaos Gods have decided to recruit Azmodan as a Primach for their plans (some say that Tzeentch planned this). Slaneesh especially has been interested with his "sinful" actions. To say that Azmodan was quite pleased is a complete Understatement.
  • Khorne on the other hand has some interesting motives for Azmodan, though he is not going to give it away that easily. Tzeentch has revealed that the Chaos God of War is planning to use him as the next Angron. Time will tell if he will accept the offer.
• Much like every demon in the Pantheon, Terrorblade has placed him on his kill list. However, the only confusion that both him and Terrorblade share is their voices. It almost becomes hilarious when they even attempt to use Large Hams against each other, someting that irritates both of them so easily.
• While his plans during the Diablo-verse were albeit stupid for most villains, the biggest mistake Azmodan committed was that he was a Great Evil by default after Belial's death and would have been the true Lord of Hell if he stayed, which was his objective all along. There, many villains also noticed how he fell: Greed.
• Azmodan's attacks consist of a large long-range behemoth firball called Globe of Annihilation, a laser-like beam that deals heavy longing damage on a certain range, summoning of Demonic Lieutenants, and a wave of minions on the target's corners. All these attacks, and Azmodan can ruin your day, in any way.
  • Speaking of Globe of Annihilation, there has been rumors that he learned this through basketball. Hell, there are instances where his shots looks like he is making a three-point shot. This has gotten interest with the House of Sports.
  • Sans however saw him not a threat, but rather rivals, thanks to their habit of dunking their opponents, especially Sans. Rumors have also spread that they are making a Pantheon basketball team just for fun.
  • This got to the point that Azmodan actually wears a basketball uniform while battling in the Nexus, with a demon team of his own included.
  Azmodan: Boom shakalaka...
• Also has a spot on the House of Demons.
• "You thought you were so clever...".

Kiara Sessyoin

Kiara Sessyoin, Goddess of Naughty Nuns (Heaven's Hole, Last Prophet, Alter Ego, Moon Cancer, Sessyoin Lily, Beast III/R, Beast of Lust, The Demonic Bodhisattva, Melon Mountain, Cow Woman, Wench from the Gutter)

^{As Heaven's Hole}

^SpoilerAs Beast III/R

^{As the Mermaid Bodhivattva}

• Greater Goddess, Overdeity as a Beast
• Symbol: A Copy of The Little Mermaid
• Theme Song: Anima Ataraxia
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Dark Messiah, Sickly In Love With Humanity, Loving Receiving Pain and Giving It, Lustful Demons, The Corrupter
• Domains: Sex, Religion, Destruction
• Allies: Akasha the Queen of Pain, Mad Moxxi, Calistria (maybe), Anarchy Panty, Morrigan Aesland
• Enemies: Nero Claudius , EMIYA, Gilgamesh, Gaia, Viridi, Aphrodite, Shelyn, Lisa Simpson, Byakuren Hijiri, Zenyatta, Ganesha, Maitreya
• Person of Interest: Shirou Emiya, Wonder Woman
• Kiara Sessyoin was a leader of a Buddhist sect that believe the only one to achieve true enlightenment is through sex. Dress in a not so holy garment, she would entice any men and women into her wings.
• Kiara's end goal can be basically sum up as wanting the entire world to end up in a giant orgy and merge together to reach true Nirvana. Despite how it sounds like she wants to doom humanity, thats very far from the case. In her own twisted mind, she believes she helping them end their suffering. These goals have not changed as she ascended to the Pantheon.
• Had a very dark past that pretty much shaped the way she is today. She actually grew up in the decadent Buddhist sect, being expose to the rampant coitus of its members. She was also suffering from a curable disease that went untreated until late in life. She was also ignored by her by her parents. And then when she started to help people, she was hunted down by different organization. All while not understanding why she was being hunted down. Many wonder if she lead a more normal life she would have been seen as a true savior to humanity.
• Sex crazed angel Anarchy Panty really like the idea of a religion centering around having sex. The only reason why she hasn't join her yet is because of the end goal. Though, Kiara did invite her to try it out for a week. It lasted a month.
  • There are other deities out there who don't mind joining Kiara sex religion. Like Mad Moxxi who had her own trial run to get in. Not too surprisingly, succubi Morrigan Aesland and Akasha have also joined her cult. The latter she especially gets along with since both can get off through pain. But maybe her most ethusiastuc new members would be Charlie Harper, Glenn Quagmire, and Zapp Brannigan.
• It seems her sexual urges are so great that she even uses the Earth itself as her own pleasure device. This really didn't set well with Earth Goddesses Viridi and Gaia who don't like their Earth being violated. She was also been oppose by love Goddesses Aphrodite and Shelyn. While these two are ok with sex, they are not ok with ending the world in the process.
• Heard about the sexual frustration of Judge Claude Frollo. Believing she was helping his suffering, she offered her body to him. Though, nothing came out of it as Frollo was either too shocked or scared to do anything.
• Has a soft spot for the story of The Little Mermaid. In her childhood, she admired the fairy tales written by Hans Christian Anderson. She even had a copy of the book as she lay dying from a disease.
  • On an unrelated note, Kiara would deny any assumption of ever meeting Anderson or doing any with him. Nope, she has zero recollection of ever being bad mouthed by him.
• Being a fellow Buddhist, Lisa Simpson has expressed utter disgust at Kiara's own perverted views of the religion. Especially since Buddha himself abstained from any form of desires. The same goes for Ganesha who couldn't help but roll his eyes at Kiara's actions. In addition to these two, the only other prominent Buddhist practicioner in the Pantheon, Byakuren Hijiri, has effectively banned her from ever setting foot anywhere in the Myouren Temple or its premises.
  • Kiara herself does not have a high opinion of Lisa Simpson, often calling her an "omnipotent moral busybody", and sniping at her by saying "My lust can be sated. What about your need to control how others think?". As for Byakuren, she uses similar comments and questions, in addition to some real low-blow accusations of some... rather risque interactions with some humans, whether it'd be her followers or even Byakuren herself. Neither targeted party were amused by Kiara's callouts towards them, and especially the youkai monk in particular.
• Truly believes that humanity are the only beings to express emotions. Particular that of love. She especially looks down on A.I.s as she sees them as lesser beings to be use. Because of that, she can't understand how artificial beings like Yui can be given parental love from Kirito and Asuna or even robots likes WALL-E and EVE falling in love or a human like Kosmos romancing a robot like Nova. To her, it's unnatural and shouldn't happen.
  • Because of this mind set, she made enemies with the Omnic monk Zenyatta who believes that robots are able to gain a soul and develop human emotions.
• Might not look it, but Kiara has a major in computer science. Her skills are at a level in which she able to rewrite an entire A.I.'s program. So far she has zero desire to use her ability with dealing with any machines or robots. Unless it furthers her own plans.
• Kiara's pleasure isn't limited to the carnal of the flesh. She also draws from pain, both in delivering and receiving. Any battle with her would sound as if she is reaching a climax.
• Has shown a surprise interest in Shirou Emiya. Or maybe not that surprising knowing her relationship with his Archer selves. She seems to be attractive to his tragic past and wanting to "heal" that emptiness of his. Many have compare it to a twisted version of falling for a injured animal and wanting to heal it.
  • She has also shown interest in Diana of Themyscira. She wants to transformed the embodiment of truth, peace and love and into one of lust and desire so she can spread her Mad Love to the entire world. So far, any attempts to do so have failed. But she hadn't given up.
• There are two known alternative version of Kiara Sessyoin. One was part of a cult that actual had ties to an alternate version of a Shirou Emiya. This version of Emiya would have a very twisted love/hate to Kiara that ended with him murdering her and her cult and causing him to end up as an Alter. Another version was a simple therapist working at Chaldea Foundation's Seraphix project. This version, with some manipulation from the Demon Pillar Zepar, saw visions of her other selves. This ended badly as she transformed herself as Beast III/R, The Greatest Enemy of Humanity. Unlike the normal version of Kiara who love humanity, no matter how twisted, this version was a monster who saw herself as the only true human and lead to over hundreds Servants death.
• Can also be found in the Hall of Lustful Behavior.

YHVH

YHVH, Anthropomorphic Depiction of Archetypal Maltheism (God, YHWH, Yehowah, Yahweh, The Judge, Adonai, King of Light, Elohim, Sabaoth, El Shaddai, Yaldabaoth, Kagutsuchi, Arrogant God, The Three Wise Men, Refined Voice, Metatron, Shekinah, Ancient of Days, The Creator God, The Creator, God of Law, The Great Will, The Holy Grail, False God Demiurge, EMMA, The Lord)

^{Megami Tensei II YHVH}

^Sabaoth

^{El Shaddai}

^Elohim

^Yaldabaoth

^Kagutsuchi

^{Three Wise Men}

^Metatron

^Demiurge

^Shekinah

^{Ancient of Days}

^{Demonized YHVH}

• Overdeity of Law (Overdeity as Kagutsuchi, Yaldabaoth, Shekinah, or Demonized | Greater God as The Three Wise Men, Demiurge, or Ancient of Days | Intermediate God as Sabaoth, Shaddai, Elohim, or Metatron)
• Symbol: His Countenance
• Theme Music: Omega (Majin Tensei), Law (PSX version, II, Strange Journey), Major Boss (PSX version), Last Boss Battle 1, Last Boss Battle 2, LAW, Last Boss Battle Before Transformation, Last Boss Battle After Transformation, Shekinah, Law Theme, Battle - b5, Battle - b6, Outer Universe, Battle - f7 Existence of All Things, Battle - f8 One Who Stands Against God, Freedom and Security, Jaldabaoth, Demiurge I: Exodus, Demiurge II: Negai
• Alignment: Pure Law, which makes him Lawful Neutral to allies and Lawful Evil to enemies. Elohim, Sabaoth, El Shaddai, Yaldabaoth, Shekinah, Ancient of Days are Lawful Evil. The Three Wise Men are Neutral Evil. Kagutsuchi, Demiurge and Metatron are Lawful Neutral.
• Portfolio: Top God, God of Order, The Evils of Free Will, Knight Templar, Order Is Not Good, Flying Face, Disproportionate Retribution, Inconsistent Characterization, Equal-Opportunity Evil, Need For Praise, Creating Avatars, Everybody Hates YHVH, Evil Is Hammy, Greater-Scope Villain, Lack of Empathy, Light Is Not Good, The Maker, Not Quite the Almighty, Omnicidal Maniac, Visionary Villain, Well-Intentioned Extremist
• Domains: Light, Law, Order, Creation, Tyranny, Faith
• Heralds: Raguel, Mastema
• High Priestess: Goddess Ilias
• Followers: "The Loving God," The Creator, a second The Creator, The Occuria, Wick, Father of Colors, O'ne the Creator, Delaxion, Hapexamendios, One God, YHWH
• Allies:
  • Forces of Law: Metatron
  • Law Entities: Ashera, Galeem, Nerose Satanael, It (A Wrinkle in Time), Sibyl System, The Patriots, Malthael, Jyggalag
  • Law Enforcers: Darkseid, Big Brother, Dark Judges, Head Pixie, Loptr, Jubileus, CLU 2, Cyrus, Horde Prime, Rassilon, Omega, Victor von Doom, Funny Valentine, Incubators, Yu Yevon, Xehanort, Adrien Veidt, Regime Superman, Copy X, Sakazuki, The Five Elders, Shay Patrick Cormick, Ackdos Gill, ADVENT, Samaritan, Bask Om, Kuvira, Jonathan Irons, The High Sparrow, Enrico Pucci, Moebius, Lucemon, Jubileus, Angels of Paradiso, Loptr, Hotaru, and many more beings who promote Law.
  • Worshippers: Amatsu Shirou Tokisada, Jeanne d'Arc, Alexander Anderson
• Rivals: The Shadows, Chakravartin, Eru Ilúvatar, The Celestials, Vishnu, Chuck Shurley, Zanza, The Love that Moves the Stars, Perpetua
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Auditors of Reality
• Enemies: Pretty much everyone with who disobeys Order or rejectors of salvation from him.
  • Megami Tensei: Lucifer, Lilith (SMT), Beelzebub, Phantom Thieves of Hearts, Igor
  • Chaos Harbingers: Melkor, Nekron, Homura Akemi, The Four Chaos Gods, Lord of Nightmare, Demons of Inferno, Molag Bal, Sheogorath, Dharkon, Don Thousand, Dis, Hajun, Yuuki Terumi, Discord, Ten Commandments, Lucifer (Supernatural), Chaos (Sailor Moon), The Dead Moon Circus, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sleeper, Anti-Monitor, Shub-Niggurath, Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, Double Trouble, Havil, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester
  • Opposing Divines: Zamasu, Future and Present Zen'o, Gaea, Archangel Michael, Queen Sheba, Rodin, Aesir, Gabriel (Supernatural), Izaya, Amara, Lain Iwakura, Palutena, Mata Nui, Imperius, Castiel, Zeus, Thor, Yune
  • Opposing Heroes: Cosmos, Luka, Madoka Kaname, The Immortal God-Emperor of Mankind, Sparda, Sora, Killia, Kouta Kazuraba/Kamen Rider Gaim, Valvatorez, The Doctor, Master of Chaldea, Father Balder, Ultraman King, Tensou Sentai Goseiger, Dante Alighieri, Saint George and Saint Martha, Bobby Singer, Team Dai-Gurren
  • Heavenslayers: Spawn, Bayonetta, Jeanne, Loki, Dante Sparda, Vergil, Mundus, Asura, Kratos, Saint of Killers, Mateus Palamecia, Zordon
  • Others: Eiki Shiki, Shu Shirakawa, Alipheese Fateburn XVI, Etna
• Opposes: The Endless
• Opposed by: Eiki Shiki, Eliphas
• Respects: Takuto Maruki
• Disrespects: Claude Frollo
• Conflicting Opinion: Flynn, Kazuya Minegishi and Hibiki Kuze
• The divine who holds the name of God in Abrahamic religion, this version of that deity is a far cry from what most religions promote today with a "God Is Good" mindset. YHVH is a god more in line with an older and absolute archetype: a god that should be given 100% adoration by his followers and every law YHVH directs must be given adherence to unconditionally by the masses. YHVH himself has legions upon legions of angels at his disposal to spread his order across different universes, either justifiably or on a whim. Normally, YHVH would not bother with trying to "fix" a functioning society no matter the ideology behind it as long as it has structure. However, if the forces of chaos are going to spill onto the streets, YHVH's forces arrive to quell it all with the belief that uniting everybody under one direction is the ideal way to go. What this ideal direction is varies on who is in charge of spreading YHVH's law but frequently, it involves adoration for YHVH and what he does for civilizations. Many scorn YHVH for these very reasons, finding the Knight Templar nature of his army to be too imposing and frequently quite genocidal towards those who they deem as a threat. As a result, many refuse to join YHVH and even join the forces of chaos because what YHVH represents is just that unlikeable. Some would go as far as to say that YHVH is a Deliberately Bad Example of the faction he represents and only uses the ideology there to promote his own worship, a sentiment even some of his angels agree with such as Satan. Needless to say, YHVH would like to ignore those sentiments and points out he too has sent agents to stop those under his army being too tyrannical even by his standards as rare as that is. Coming to the Pantheon, YHVH outright despises the title he is given because he believes that he truly is doing just things that nobody can understand. Due to his extreme influence and effective methodology, YHVH is one leader among many Grand United Alliance of Law with the hopes that one day, all of the omniverse can be at peace under the rule of order. Being part of the GUAL leadership, YHVH represents absolute and imposing nature of law, even if he is not present to directly lead himself as he acts more of a figurehead.
  • There are many debates on what YHVH's true nature is but there are several objective truths. YHVH is an avatar of the Great Will, the will of the universe who made YHVH to rule on its behalf . The Great Will otherwise known as the Axiom itself is vaster than even the seemingly omnipotent YHVH but YHVH eventually broke away from it to be its own being, causing the Great Will to see YHVH as an enemy. YHVH is also formerly a minor deity who grew in power, not dissimilar to the era where Abrahamic religions were seen as a cult before becoming mainstream. This minor deity soon became the YHVH we know today and overthrew many pagan gods soon after directly or by proxy. Moreover, YHVH directly ties himself to the concepts of order and law through the Expanse, meaning that as long as those concepts exists in humanity, he will return which makes sense as the entire crux for civilization is orderly structure. Finally, faith itself affects YHVH and can cause his downfall, such as rejecting him enough can lead to him to lose his divine status and become a demon just like his enemies. Many try exploiting these weaknesses to destroy YHVH once and for all but the continuing presence of order does not allow him to truly die but it makes his return a lot harder to do so in the universe he dies in.
• YHVH takes on many forms just like its parent, drafting its power onto certain entities it creates willing or unwilling. Within Satan's Megiddo Ark, there exists Sabaoth, Elohim, and Shaddai who represent the punishment on defying YHVH's will. They are powerful but nothing extremely difficult. Yaldabaoth though truly embodies the worst things that YHVH can bring. Ruling Idea Space, Yaldabaoth wishes to bring the extinction of humanity by any means necessary. If any angel were to ask if this is the god they wish to follow, even they would cringe finding an answer. Kagutsuchi is a strange entity as it is entirely separate from the mythology that its name carries. It is more of an avatar of the Great Will, whose purpose is to bring the Reset Button to the world whenever it shows up. Its still seen as a YHVH avatar by association alone and even has a similar appearance even if Kagutsuchi is way more blocky than YHVH would like. Then the Mother Goddesses show up and destroy YHVH, causing him to split to several known beings: the Three Wise Men, Metatron, and Demiurge. The Three Wise Men can fuse with each other to becoming Shekinah, who is far similar to YHVH in terms of sheer power and attitude. The Three Wise Men themselves appear human and enigmatically manipulate those to freeing them from the Mother Goddesses' grasps. YHVH also has taken the form of Metatron, one of his direct subordinates as an avatar to try to restore his own power. Demiurge on the other hand is another aspect of YHVH having taken a physical form but is under the direct belief that he is the true iteration of YHVH to the point of wiping the floor with Metatron whose goal it is to reassemble their true form. Demiurge shows up again more times afterward, claiming to be god even though it is not the case. The Ancient of Days is a VERY reliable able avatar to YHVH as not only is it powerful but because it is made of an alien matter, the Ancient of Days cannot be seen by mortals regularly. There are probably more forms YHVH could take, all having different purposes and effectiveness but he would not release them unless the situation absolutely necessitates it.
• YHVH detests Lucifer no matter the incarnation. Even if he is not there, Lucifer believes that destroying the cycle of civilization will bring the best out of mankind. As much as Lucifer would like to point YHVH is the primary cause of this cycle, YHVH would like to point out humans create structural systems as they civilize. It does not even have to relate to religion as using a agnostic approach, even someone who is not an anthropologist can find that human societies universally root themselves into following laws that they share, whether that be written or cultural practices. Technically, YHVH would say that Lucifer follows law to an extent by making a structural system for his forces because without it, Lucifer's ambitions would collapse due to the chaos ironically. He sees Lucifer as a troublesome Fallen Angel who brings nothing seeks to sow disarray across worlds, then abandoning it after succeeding or failing in his grand mission. Lucifer laughs and states that is a fair assessment YHVH has but he would like to point out that that is a very narrow view on what he wants to do. Lucifer does not only want to defeat the forces of law, but to take on the Great Will itself that mandates the repeating cycles of existence and the true driver of the Law concept across their multiverse. Even YHVH is taken aback by that declaration, as his parent deity basically serves as the glue holding existence together and recounts there is only one person YHVH knows who is capable of such a feat, so he and his forces fear how far Lucifer would go regarding this plan.
• YHVH does his best to try to seem appealing to humans, as there are many cases where he or his avatar find defeat at a mere human's hand alongside the plethora of demons they gain but he still proves to very unpopular regardless. There are even people who join his cause not because they like him but they agree with the ideals on bringing order to the world, something that is detachable from YHVH. Either YHVH makes people like Flynn have a Sadistic Choice between friends or forces himself to permit humans forcing his angels to be Lighter and Softer. This inherent concern or even fear on what humans are capable of makes YHVH seem not as powerful as claims and lot more pathetic to people. That is not true, but what is true is how infinitely strong humans can become when they are given the right means to do so. Since the Pantheon litters itself with humans more than actual deities, many gods are seeing YHVH's point regarding this.
• YHVH is proud of The Alliance he has made and respects his fellow leaders behind it if not outright enjoying their presence. He personally picks who joins his side and has several qualifications on who he picks. First, you cannot be mortal. There are many lawful mortals out there willing to uphold order with their lives which he respects heavily, but he still considers them more vulnerable to fallacies and giving into chaos more than divine beings or what he calls "artificial constructs" similar to Metatron. There are exception such as a Deity of Human Origin may join but must have the psyche unlike a mortal and must follow the second qualification. The second qualification is the complete reliability behind their dedication to upholding and spreading law. This entity by YHVH does not even need to be loyal to his cause nor have pure motivations behind his spreading law, just the idea that they will uphold it equally and fairly across their domains against all opposition. Malthael, IT, and Jyggalag follow YHVH's motivation on bringing order even if it means wiping away countless lives to do so. The Sibyl System, Nerose Satanel, and the Patriots embody YHVH truly believing Utopia Justifies the Means no matter what and that those sacrifices will be better for society. Then Ashera and Galeem have the more selfishly characterization that YHVH is known for too, wanting order to revolve around themselves. There are more of those who YHVH wants to bring in the Pantheon such as Itempas, Abucus, or White Guardian but not even YHVH can start bringing them to the Pantheon on a whim.
  • Ironically, those who dedicate themselves to upholding order who loathe YHVH for his angels' methodology and his own ego. Eliphas and Eiki Shiki particularly believe YHVH's need to impose his rule across universes only brings hatred against the governance and thought there are cases where order needs to be present, him trying to make everyone worship him afterward does not relate to this goal at all. If YHVH would just tell his angels to allow cultures and governments to still be intact but provide the necessary means and advice for them to function instead of outright conquering places, people will have a less harsh opinion on him and give less controversial reasonings behind his motivations.
    Eiki Shiki: Until you learn what you are doing now brings nothing but trouble, then you will fall to rebels against you forevermore.
  • The Auditors of Reality do not see YHVH highly either for an entirely differing reason. They see him as too weak, not committing the genocide necessary to ensure order. Either YHVH should wipe out all life to ensure a World of Silence which embodies pure order or brainwash everybody to essentially be robots. YHVH would like to point that first, he only wipes out all life on a planet if he intends to replace humanity after. Second, brainwashing everybody is an option but that is not true faith by all accounts even to him. If he did not need to convince humans to embrace law, perhaps but he relies on humanity's worship to empower him. The Auditors while aligning with YHVH regardless, find contempt with his unwillingness to be as excessive as he could be (which is strange as the Auditors should not have emotions regarding this. YHVH publicly complains that he does not like entities imposing their beliefs onto him and that it intrudes on his character.
    Lucifer: Congratulations! You finally did look at the Attack Mirror for once!
• More or less sees the Yaldabaoth's existence as proof mortals need to have higher powers control them as Yaldabaoth (who is entirely different from YHVH Yaldabaoth) is more blatantly born from the collective human unconsciousness. Mortals have made idols, leaders, and systems that exploit them, and the public as a whole are unwilling to stop such exploitations because they normalize it no matter how much they bemoan over them. It is comical to him that the Phantom Thieves were given celebration only to be in a public lynching in an instant, only gaining support again when dramatic theatrics that won some over. The Phantom Thieves retort by claiming that the public being unable to think for themselves does not justify YHVH or his forces the right to inject their ideas onto others. YHVH then gave a counter to their statement to them through Metatron.
  YHVH: On the contrary, it seems like your children lack the understanding of what you are dealing with. You tirelessly attempt to target those you deem to be the hidden evils of your society. However, little do you realize that it was society itself that normalize these evils to begin with. Even to this day, not few but many areas of your world oppose racism, corruption, slavery, and other heinous acts that you deem barbaric. However, they are still functioning regardless and why is that so? Because society accepts these things as an aspect of reality, instead of blemishes that they must unite to remove. Those who indulge in these acts remain while society ignores its then, all for the sake of maintaining the ignorance. So I ask you this Phantom Thieves, did your actions truly change the world or merely yourselves? Even now the Phantom Thieves are labeled as criminals by many, despite them proving the corruption of others. Our true enemy is not these hidden blemishes but society itself! And I promise, in my ideal society I propose to spread, I will correct these systems to make the word 'outcasts' nonexistent as everybody will be find a place of comraderie through my worship.
  • The Phantom Thieves once tried to find YHVH's Palace for the theft of a lifetime but did not find it. Not because of YHVH being outside of the human consciousness (he too was born in it albeit differently from Yaldabaoth) but as a result of his Blue-and-Orange Morality, a Palace cannot be manifested. Palaces are created by those ruling it be subconsciously aware of what their doing is wrong but insist on repeating their actionns. However with YHVH, he does not find a single fault with any action he does, only the regrets of mistakes that beset him being these unkept desires YHVH holds. By logic, if the Phantom Thieves did find his Palace and rob him of his desires, YHVH would end up even more omnicidal and competent as a result instead. Upon this harsh realization, the Phantom Thieves decided to a discard that infiltration.
  • Many people see Takuto Maruki as a potential law advocate along the same lines as YHVH. He did succeed what the God of Control try imposing onto Tokyo and is willing to overwrite the free will of then entire world, but Maruki is NOT a law person by all accounts. His methods may be similar but his wanting to bring happiness to everybody by fulfilling their wishes does not relate to what YHVH's forces are doing by taking advantage of pandemonium to be the governing body of humans. As if it even matters to him as he cannot care about a Forever War between law and whatever when he has to make a living with being a taxi driver. YHVH would like to acknowledge Maruki on his grand ambitions for bringing salvation to humanity and finds disappointment he lost the resolve to carry out his plan.
• Sees Melkor as just another creature of chaos to remove from the world. Whatever allies Melkor has, YHVH believes that some may be beneficial as allies of his own or he needs to eliminate because they are unruly like their current leader. It is highly questionable to YHVH that people follow Melkor, knowing that Melkor only wishes to destroy existence in the end. Moreover, he has some degree of respect for Cosmos, as she has is able to unify so many people with differing ideals under one banner, an impressive feat that even he sees as an invaluable asset. It is disappointing that she opposes his rule, as sees her potential on keeping order throughout many realms a perfect ally to have. When many of both Cosmos and Melkor's allies went to either YHVH or Lucifer, YHVH went to yawn at the latter's temper tantrum for how childish he became.
  YHVH: Foul beast of Ilúvatar. Do you not comprehend what you seek? Law and Chaos are as eternal as Good and Evil. It matters not that neither myself nor the fallen one is removed. The ideas that shape us both are woven in the hearts of ephemerals and immortals alike; others shall come, and through them, we shall be reborn, as long as the will of the universe calls upon us! Are your pride and arrogance so vast you would dare to believe you could stop a war so long, it cannot be measured in linear time, and so vast, gods have gone mad trying to grasp its scope? That we care about your petty grievances? How many would embrace the idea of evil as you do as their final goal? When the time comes, you will stand alone whimpering. Grovel and curse in silence, and let the grand war continue forevermore.
• YHVH's and Darkseid's relationship is a complex one as while the two of them call each other allies, they cannot meet with their same goals. YHVH wishes to bring order across the universe, preferably under his command but as long as chaos does not reign he accepts any reality. Darkseid though wishes to take the free will of everybody with the Anti-Life Equation which he infamously seeks. Darkseid by all accounts is more of the tyrant between him and YHVH because at least YHVH has the courtesy to give mercy beforehand. Although YHVH does not think Darkseid can truly embody the archetypical being of order if the New God were to reign, YHVH would not contest Darkseid's contest. They both seek the same goals with entirely different outcomes, it would only harm both of them to argue. Darkseid while respectful to what YHVH represents, went to ask what would happen if the Anti-Life Equation were to control YHVH. YHVH went to reply that such an attempt will likely bring a war that would encompass the entire omniverse but for now, they can at least deal with those concepts later.
• YHVH holds a very negative opinion on Madoka Kaname, a girl who YHVH sees as someone who sees as a perverter to the natural state of the universe for a selfish desire, thus dooming countless future generations. It more or less began after YHVH heard the Incubators out and learned of their plans to prevent the heat death of the universe by creating and sacrificing Magical Girls for eons. YHVH, while not comfortable with the idea of these sacrifices, understands the weight behind it and deems these girls' deaths were necessary for the betterment survival of all future life. The Incubators even said they wish to find alternative solutions to this issue but if they found it, then they would not be in the predicament where they are. This solution became null when Madoka became a goddess, creating a system instead that involves hunting down Wraiths and achieves the same goal at a slower rate. YHVH would forgive it more if Madoka in her infinite omnipotence and omniscience comparable to his, FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM THE INCUBATORS GAVE. He gets there are even limits to what a god can do but he is sure she could have found an answer to what this issue but did not since Madoka cannot stand idly by on the suffering of girls like her. Then there is Madoka's girlfriend (as everyone knows), who he considers even more selfish than Madoka: Homura Akemi. Not only did Homura pull the Reset Button on everything Madoka made but also went onto what he sees as enslaving the well meaning Incubators and made the reality Madoka made never happen, thus making the world even worse off than when it beforehand. At this point, YHVH was willing to have Madoka just be given her powers back if it meant removing Homura from power, but he feels like Madoka will not take the opportunity to destroy her old friend out of some goodwill that he would like to say should have been gone. YHVH said to his forces to have Homura and even Madoka taken when the time is right so he can ensure try fixing the mess they made, and maybe EVERY Magical Girl to try to "fix" them as well. This made many of the girls' allies and anybody who does not like the idea of the kidnapping young girls oppose him as a result.
• Kouta Kazuraba, otherwise Kamen Rider Gaim seeks to end the cycles of suffering of the Pantheon and finds that YHVH is an inherent factor in why the Pantheon becomes such a shitshow eventually in potential futures. One outcome has YHVH one day have his army try kidnapping Pantheon members, robotizing them to be part of his army which leads to a full-scale war to Unwilling Roboticisation as many mortal Pantheon members as possible. Another one has YHVH dying, and his Knowledge that contains his power goes all around the Pantheon which causes a violent hunt for his power within deities who could potential bring out supreme power at any given moment. The point is, Kouta thinks that if he does not steer YHVH's motivations, the Pantheon will end up in a horrible predicament that would cause everybody to suffer. He cannot even face YHVH head on even though he is capable of doing so as Kouta's direct influence may bring about one of those futures. YHVH would only like to say how impressive the former mortal's new omniscience is like, and would also like to comment on his ridiculous clothing. YHVH finds mortals that ascend to godhood have horrific fashion sense. At least there is contextual reasoning behind his force's appearances but that cape the Kamen Rider wears is a sin by itself.
• One of the few gods to tell Mr. Rogers where to stick it (to paraphrase) when Rogers tried stopping the Order Versus Chaos conflict that was seeping into the Pantheon. While YHVH is powerful in his own right, consensus chalks the action up to YHVH's delusional inability to comprehend the fact that ANYONE could be stronger than him. Still, he did appreciate, however slightly, Rogers' willingness—nay, devotion—to help others. As a gesture of respect, he sees Rogers off when he did depart from the Main House after willing choosing demotion through Metatron and even sent a nice fruit cake Mr. Rogers enjoyed quite well. The cake was made from the various Forbidden Fruits YHVH always tests civilizations with, just to see if Rogers prone to temptation as other humans can. The issue is as even Satan pointed out, YHVH never informed Rogers its true nature so he basically never committed an intentional sin at all. YHVH retorted that being unaware makes it still count but Satan gave his own retort that if YHVH intentionally failed to disclose important information, HE is just as bad as a sinner. Backing off his petty plan to discredit Rogers afterward, YHVH wished he did not make Satan so precise on his judgements.
• YHVH hold several mix feelings on three particular mortal followers in the Pantheonin that considers him their god. Amatsu Shirou Tokisada says he believes that YHVH will bring salvation to the world, but if not then the Japanese Christian would rely on his methods to do so. Anderson, while still holding the YHVH's trust, maybe too much of a Wild Card for YHVH to consider truly reliable. The man's sheer dedication to slaughtering evil forces may be seen as a plus though. Then there Jeanne d'Arc, who YHVH went onto predict to be a boon to his ranks. By convincing her he is the god she worships, Jeanne obeys his orders... mostly. She's still very much conflicted on serving those in Good or Law, a conflict she constantly challenges herself with. It is not like Jeanne herself did saintly things entirely during her travels across France but at least she did it in the name of unquestionable faith to God. With the Pantheon having so many voices running around it, she cannot decide if her decision is just right. YHVH would like to keep Jeanne close but knows if he does not tug at her that hard, thinking that some information he is not meant to know will leak out through her. Claude Frollo on the other hands has faith is unyielding but YHVH does not want to give Frollo salvation as he went to fall victim to his temptations that instead of pragmatism, went on a persecution rampage so bad that he made chaos across Paris by nearly burning it to the ground. YHVH is not letting that man cause another Tokyo Millenium if he runs rampant, so he makes Frollo eternally repent for his crimes by praying.
• As a result of him allying with both Rassilon and Omega, YHVH made enemies with the Doctor. As quirky as the Doctor is, YHVH is aware how much of a threat the Time Lord is and went to inform his forces that no matter what, avoid involving the Doctor at all costs unless necessary. Even though coveting Time Lord technology through his new allies are enough to satisfy any conqueror, YHVH wishes to use the regeneration aspect of the Time Lords to not rely on humanity's faith to revive himself. He may not be able to die as long as order exists but it takes a long time to bring himself back anyhow. He wants another revival technique to fall back on, so YHVH covets the Timeless Child which he came to learn of. The Timeless Child is a prophetic Time Lord that can do things like grant regenerations, so YHVH wishes for the Timeless Child's powers. Fortunately, he does not know who the Timeless Child is in the slightest. He may be god but he ironically lacks omniscience.
• YHVH does have a few virtues to him. Unless he deems it necessary, YHVH will not senselessly sacrifice his forces or his worshippers for his goals unless he needed to. He is merciful to those who oppose him, giving them ONE chance before marking them for death (on a good mood at least). He also does not hold prejudices against people in the slightest, even if they did not worship him originally (he demands said worship once they are made aware). All he asks for them is that they help spread the word of Law to others and uphold said convictions. Most of these traits are shown off by his worshippers to see how great YHVH is... only for the atrocities to come up moments later. Another complexity to YHVH is his stance on order-focused societies that he has not touched. YHVH does not just approve of tyrannical governments, but also societies in general that wish to spread their ideals of order to others. Even if said society's values conflict with another, YHVH will still harbor respect towards both for spreading Law. Though if he would have to choose, YHVH would pick tyranny over benevolence as he sees democracy as too slow and ineffective while tyrants are more competent when it comes to spreading Law around their domains and expanding them. Plus, if a rebellion takes place, most of the time afterward the overtaking group uses the same tactics their former oppressors use because it is just that helpful. The use of Law is a tool that YHVH as he says represents and truly believes that his obeying it and himself consequently is the ultimate salvation.
• The moment that made YHVH one of the more central figures in the Pantheon ties to a person given mention prior: Eiki Shiki. Put under trial Court of the Gods, there were several incidents that people suspect YHVH may have been the cause of that put the balance of the Pantheon at risk. These Noodle Incidents include making an asylum using deities as experiments in some hybrid between mind controlling them and distorting space-time to do so, the brining of members of his forces to the Pantheon when they did not go through the proper ascending process, and being suspect to an insurrection to overtake the Pantheon. The efforts of Eliphas, Shu Shirakawa, and Dante Sparda gave YHVH a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown to the head to the point of rendering YHVH a floating yellow head in a container as if he were a discount Zordon. The trial of YHVH did take a week and many of YHVH's forces under Metatron did their best to refute the evidence given against their god. Everyone tuning into seeing the trial, Eiki Shiki went to declare YHVH... not guilty due to a lack of sufficient evidence implicating YHVH to be the main instigator. The shock from the conclusion went to wash itself across the Pantheon, to the point a mob was going to rush in to the Main House where it all began. YHVH went onto take advantage of the situation, issuing a statement that went onto empowering him due to the newfound faith towards him, gaining the respect of many sympathizers in the process who went onto joining YHVH's mission on spreading order.
  YHVH: Do all those who hate thyself blind themselves to the madness! It is not the masses power to judge if I am guilty for crimes, but the justice systems that you adhere too! Eiki Shiki, Yamaxaadu is not at fault for being an impartial judger of crimes! If I were a guilty man, then will all of you in your seething rage be here to bring chaos? Nay! Neither you know my true character nor do you seek to know as your opinions are already set! This trial is all spectacle to you rather than a true belief in justice! Would you like it for me to grovel for my sins if I were the guilty? I cannot fulfill your wishes now but I can plead that all of you must not take innocence on the order that you all agree to! If you do, your crime going against the governance of the Pantheon will be similar to the crimes you accuse me of! I see that satisfaction you all have must be quite deep, if it drives you to wage war with the will of justice itself.
• Attempting to have angels join his side proves to be much more difficult to YHVH. Many angels believe in concepts like goodness and goodwill more than what YHVH offers, and those who do believe in maintaining order do think YHVH represents it at all. Archangel Michael in the Pantheon turns out to be entirely different than the Michael YHVH has in his forces and this Michael completely opposes everything YHVH stands for. Rodin is a Fallen Angel that YHVH went to personally see but even with the good incentives YHVH sent, Rodin blew him off. YHVH wishes angels had the same mindset as someone like Malthael has... whose alliance with YHVH cost him the cooperation of Imperius. Sometimes, YHVH wonders if the world just hates the path towards law nowadays.
• Etna went onto hacking YHVH's public profile to show off his Demonized Form and went onto labelling him as a demon instead of a god to mock him. She was given strict warning immediately by her friends to cut it off as fast she could before YHVH himself will give her a rather imaginative punishment for what she done except he will have complete justification to do so. She blew them off, something she would later regret once she was found out by YHVH's security team. Moments later, Etna was stricken with a curse that reset her stats, skills, and abilities back to Level 1 and not being able to gather experience of any kind to regain her levels. She went to call for every favor she could to get the curse broken, making her a bit of a laughingstock in the process for her foolish actions. After finally grinding her way back to her peak condition, the curse hit her again, as final spite from her rather pissed victim. Killia went to break the curse out of pity and while everything went back to normal for Etna, she has PTSD every time she hears YHVH's name.
• YHVH has a little bit of amusement and disturbance at Lucifer's children. Not that having children is unfamiliar to YHVH but Lucifer has so much progeny, his angels should be wary of all of them but the issue is that most if not all of them never follow their father's path. At most, they recognize him as their father and even rescue him but never aiding Lucifer's quest to bring chaos across space-time. One of Lucifer's most prominent children in the Pantheon is Luka who YHVH is unsure is even one of Lucifer's children which he just made up to manipulate the poor lad. He would want to tempt Luka to joining his side to be the hero he initially went on his adventure to be but even YHVH finds complete appalment upon seeing the amount of disgusting sex Luka has with monster girls to the point that YHVH wonders if the Luka is emotionally functional. YHVH holds more concern for Lucifer's child than anybody in Luka's own life. It may be odd to be fraternizing with the brood of the enemy but if YHVH is willing to extend a hand to the reincarnation of the King of Bel then he might as well do so for a child of the devil.
• The god the sees potential of planting his word towards the Imperium of Man, as the people there need to fervently follow a new leader not that their God-Emperor and whoever else is notably divine have notable presences within the current Imperium. All that YHVH needs to do is show up at the right time when the Imperium is at a pretty vulnerable place, make their miserable lives better and then structure around the culture for his forces' new rule. The biggest hurdle however is again, forces of chaos but more like the forces of the Chaos Gods this time who strike even to YHVH as particularly heinous. The Immortal God-Emperor upon learning this plan went to reaffirm that no outside influence whether that be gods, xenos, or materialism will corrupt his subjects. He went as far as to declare YHVH a Chaos God himself but embodying order instead of the hell the other Chaos Gods bring. YHVH would commend the extreme loyalty the Immortal God-Emperor has to have such loyalists but going by his description on how Chaos Gods are made, then the Imperium itself might be creating a new one due to the passion the Imperium has for what it stands for and the hatred against all outsiders to humanity.
• YHVH does not want to start a battle with the Endless, not out of fear but knowing that there would be no point in doing so. As the Endless are incarnations of aspects of reality, he knows even if he does want to remove some of the Endless to suit whatever needs he may want, Endless of them like Death and Destruction will not ever go away even if you erase the personalities of every human out there. He just has to accept that they will likely be there when he wins, a fact he is not happy about but cannot find a way out of because there can only be one Top God ruling the cosmos. At least he is aware none of the Endless have those world-conquering ambitions.
• YHVH are amongst many who have concerns over the idea that two small beings have a stranglehold over the entire universe of Dragon Ball, being capable on eliminating even the strongest of beings out there. The fact that they were willing to wipe all of existence if one specific chosen action did not happen at the end of the Tournament of Power solidified that both Zenos aren't responsible enough for the power they carry and must have their power be put in check. There is the Grand Minister who does that but if the Zenos are willing to do something, nothing can stop them. YHVH would deny this fear is born due to Zeno potentially destroying every iteration of himself across existence all the way back to the Axiom where he belongs.
• Thor really hates YHVH, not just because his father opposes the god. It is due to the fact a Thor born from the Expanse became an agent to YHVH and presenting him under the disguise of an ambassador to bring about the Great Cataclysm for the world. For short, the demon Thor went to cause the nuclear holocaust. YHVH would like to point out to Thor probably thought making paradise would be better than the world be at constant fear of demons running amok. Thor would like to retort that bring what is essentially Ragnarök to everyone is not an ideal solution either. Odin himself though said to his son to just stick his hammer up YHVH if he were to ask Thor to join him. Thor did throw a hammer at Metatron for that offer as Odin foresaw but Metatron at least did anticipate an attack beforehand as he went to use Tetrakarn on himself. Thor went back to Asgard with a giant hammerhead-shape bruise across his forehead.
• Dante Alighieri does not consider YHVH to be "the true God of the universe" as he would like to say. It is mostly due to the lack of seeing the Holy Trinity within YHVH's true form as already seeing The Love That Moves the Sun and the Other Stars makes Dante understand from his soul what God truly must be. He calls YHVH a demon is disguise, tempting others with false premises instead of doing the true goodness man must strive for. Also, Dante would like to say if YHVH is truly a god, then why must he look as simple as he is? What Dante saw within the Highest Joy is so grand, he cannot express his God's form properly. But for YHVH, he can clearly comprehend a giant lemon with a face being the one who calls himself God. YHVH then came to wonder if he should have made himself blue if his appearance would lead even the highly religious Dante to give him such shallow critique but Satan said to YHVH that would just make people compare him to a blueberry instead of a yellow floating Patrick Stewart head.
• YHVH does not generally bother in other multiverses' affairs unless he can see some sort of benefit from it. Despite this, even YHVH felt the aftereffects of the Fifth Smash Bros Tournament, how grand and promising it was and then it all went to hell when Galeem wiped out every universe that was connected to it. It even distantly affects his multiverse through the Phantom Thieves, even though it did not give any effect onto the Expanse fortunately. That shocking event went to catch YHVH's eye and he personally went to visit its perpetrator, to try to have Galeem join despite all of the danger surrounding it the ball of light. Galeem, seeing that YHVH will allow the fulfillment of the World of Silence that Galeem desires, went to join YHVH's alliance much to the horror of everybody. Not even YHVH became sure he would succeed at such a foolhardy negotiation. Though YHVH would like to invite Galeem at events, the ball of light just sitting there shining really makes no room for social interaction.
• There was one time where the universe he made for himself went to have random intruders appear suddenly, all due to Rick Sanchez accidentally dropping a beer onto the Interdimensional Travel Device he uses. Rick and his grandson Morty came to see a million giant heads staring down upon them. With the belief that they were facing down Cromulons again with another rap battle, Rick and Morty went to beatboxing the song they won the Cromulons over with last time. Upon hearing the rap, YHVH went to stare down at the two, contemplating on what the do with the two wanderers.
  YHVH: Your rhythm is a mess and your song reeks of repetitiveness. Leave now and forevermore, and pray your salvation may be found after that atrocious song.
  Morty: Hey! I'm proud of the beatbox noises I made!
  YHVH: Then you have a sad life if that is what you are proud of.
• Started taking an interest in the Master of Chaldea, analyzing their actions to see how was the Master of Chaldea was able to command so many people from every walks of life join their cause in saving all of existence from the Beasts of Humanity. YHVH wishes to test the Master of Chaldea eventually by trying to hack into a Singularity to take place in a universe where chaos is rampant, and the Chaldean must find a way bring order across it. Of course, YHVH would stay at the sides to see the progress but has high hopes for the (generally mediocre) mage. YHVH also seeks to test one of Ritsuka's most promising followers, The Singularity in a similar test too but perhaps with less demanding efforts. The ability of those who tie to Mobile Phone Game can gather powerful parties when given an influx of cash, so YHVH wants to see how far they can go.
• YHVH claims to the Shadow that he predates even the Empty, a fact that is incredulous for anybody to believe. The Shadow would like the point out that YHVH said by his own admission that he in an Anthropomorphic Personification of law, meaning how can that YHVH predate nothingness if that is the case. YHVH eventually went onto this long rant on how his making came to be. He considers even nothingness gains a form of structure towards it, then that would mean if nothingness is present, that is a form of order that exist. The sheer Insane Troll Logic YHVH held made the Shadow go back to sleep, wake up for a second, just to ask if YHVH went to snort some godly drugs do think that even bases itself in logic. YHVH's reliance on human belief also brings question, "How can YHVH preexist before nothingness when he says he is made by humans?"
• Seeing the Magnetic Hero nature of Sora who travels across worlds, YHVH invests in his adventures. Not because he likes to see a spunky hero go across various worlds to save them, but because of wanting to witness Sora's potential outshine. Sora's power to connect with others makes YHVH wonder if it is a potential tool to use to control others, thus uniting worlds under the name of law. Sora does not even know YHVH is recording is actions but YHVH knows he will inevitably. Hopefully for him, Sora is open to his suggestions.
• YHVH eventually did die again, but the consequences regarding THIS particularly death are far reaching to the point YHVH may no longer be functional enough to lead his own army. Seeing the Nahobinos fight for the Throne of Creation, YHVH went to "solve" their conflict by splitting Nahobinos to demons and humans. Despite sitting on the Throne of Creation, YHVH would lose to Lucifer and his forces at some point. Lucifer then did what is likely his greatest feat and made a grab for YHVH's divine power. Devouring YHVH's Knowledge, Lucifer became a being comparable to YHVH and await for humans to bring forth a new world of their choice. This defeat is so devasting, the forces of law were wondering if their leader is able to come back ''at all' due to his defeat. Of course, YHVH would normally restore himself after a long time even if someone takes his Throne of Creation but since Lucifer did devour his power, that may mean one needs to challenge Lucifer to do so. Lucifer technically beat YHVH on the Power Levels scale if not only prove his superiority by defeating him somehow and adding YHVH's power to his own makes the Throne of Creation not even a necessary thing to gain. Many angels have given up on YHVH's return with going as far as to replace YHVH to serve their same role, and many of YHVH's current allies in the Pantheon are scrambling to take his place due to these shocking events. Maybe YHVH could come back considering regardless but Lucifer's Knowledge eventually made its way to the victorious Nahobino, thus YHVH's too. Who knows when the Nahobino will allow YHVH to revive himself.
• "Praise my name! Witness, bathed in the glory of my countenance! Praise my name!"

The Holy Quintet

Not to be confused with the other Holy Quintet.

Mata Nui

Mata Nui, the Benevolent God (The Great Spirit, The Being, not the Island)

<sup>Toa Mata Nui (and Click!)

Prototype Great Spirit Robot</sup>

• Overdeity^*When in his Toa form he lacks most of his Overdeity power, but the Ignika makes up for it
• Symbol: The Kanohi Hau, the Great Mask of Shielding
• Theme Song: (as the Great Spirit) Legend of Mata Nui, (as a Toa) Bye Bye Babylon
• Alignment: Lawful Good
• Portfolio: The Abel to Makuta Teridax's Cain, Deus est Machina, God Is Good, God of Good
  • Great Spirit: First Church of Mecha, Genius Loci, God's Hands Are Tied, The Gods are busy Sciencing, Gods Need Prayer Badly, Humongous Mecha, Living Ship, Planet Spaceship
  • Toa: Ascended Extra, The Atoner, Brought Down to Normal/Brought Down to Badass, Cool Mask, Mask of Power, Naïve Newcomer, Super-Empowering
• Domains: Destiny, Elements, Heroes, Machines, Science
• Followers: Every Being in the Matoran Universe
• Allies: the Toa Nuva, the Turaga of Mata Nui, the Toa Mahri, Cosmos, Primus, Jeanne d'Arc, Optimus Prime, Simon the Digger, Kamina, Jean-Luc Picard, Emmet, Gandalf
  • Partner: Arceus
• Enemies: Teridax and, as a result of his actions, most other Chessmaster Magnificent Bastard-types, Darkseid, Megatron, Unicron
• Odd Friendship with Satsuki Kiryuin
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork / Headbutting Heroes with: YHVH
• Membership: Grand United Alliance of Good and Grand United Alliance of Law
• Mata Nui's ascension was met with much rejoicing from the Toa Nuva. Though they were surprised when he met them in his Toa form. He explained that his true form is far too large to interact with most members of the Pantheon. That and his actual body is on a scale far too large to even see most members of the Pantheon.
  • Somehow Click, Mata Nui's Scarabax Beetle Pet and Sidekick came with him. He's incredibly happy at this.
  • Makuta Teridax has now joined the Pantheon, something which Mata Nui is not happy about - particularly considering that he was assigned the trope that he is now God of, Hijacking Cthulhu, as a result of his takeover of the Great Spirit's body. Mata Nui is determined to ensure that nothing like that will ever befall anyone again, and with his newfound allies at his side and lessons learned on Bara Magna fresh in his mind, he is more ready than ever to stand up to the task.
    • Part of that standing up to the task is in Unity; having recognised the worth of the miniscule beings inside him that kept him working and safe for a hundred millennia, Mata Nui knows that his people are more than capable allies in any conflict against his brother. It is by his influence that the Turaga of Mata Nui and Toa Mahri have ascended - a decision that he is pleased with not only due to their utility but also since he can now actually get to know more of the greatest heroes of his universe.
• The reason why the Kanohi Hau, Mask of Shielding is symbol of the Great Spirit Mata Nui, is because their functions are the same: to protect.
• Because of the Great Spirit's truly massive size, he does enjoy spending time with Primus due to being of similar size and disposition towards their subjects, though their reasoning for their non-interference are slightly different: Primus dislikes interfering on a non-interference clause, Mata Nui is simply mostly unaware of the beings in his body.
  • Due to Mata Nui and Primus' alliance, he has an enemy in Unicron and Megatron.
• Jean-Luc Picard immediately took a shine to the Great spirit, due in both to having similar philosophies and Mata Nui having a voice that Picard could trust immediately.
• Arael shows an odd interest in Mata Nui, due to believing that the Great Spirit may be a Seed of Life. Mata Nui has no comment on this, as he doesn't understand exactly what a Seed of Life is. Eventually it was explained to him, to which he explained while his Duty was similar, it was not the same.
  • Despite this, his relationship with Shinji, Rei, and Asuka is on mostly good terms, due to his naturally benevolent nature. His relationship with Kaworu is a bit different, as there's something about the boy that just seems... off to Mata Nui.
• Team Dai-Gurren (mainly Kamina and Simon) were interested in how a robot of his size was able to operate without Spiral Energy. Mata Nui explained that his body runs on Energized Protodermis, which is comparable. He did warn them not to touch it, as it's effects are incredibly unpredictable.
  • Kamina also decided to make Mata Nui an honorary member of the Dai-Gurren Brigade, in any of his forms. (Kamina would prefer his 40-million feet tall body though)
• He ended up having a surprising friendship with Satsuki Kiryuin, due to their shared trait of dominating a sentient being to their will. Though he didn't enjoy learning Satsuki did it for power, as his reasoning for dominating the Ignika's will was born from a need to survive and having multiple minds in one body is fairly counter-intuitive for survival. Though he did eventually come around after learning exactly why Satsuki needed to dominate Junketsu. They have remained friends and allies since, and Satsuki is in the process of having Mata Nui meet her group, causing Mata Nui to be surprised that Gamagoori is bigger even than him.
• Due to being another LEGO-originated God, Mata Nui gets along incredibly well with Emmet. Mata Nui also approves of his creative ideas when it comes to design, as creativity has benefited his own followers.
• Mata Nui has already informed the Treasury Keepers that the Ignika won't be put in The Great Treasury, despite it being a Weapon of Mass Destruction, as the Ignika is an essential item for his body, not to mention it being where his spirit and consciousness is also kept. That and keeping the Mask of Life in a room with other things is a very, very, VERY bad idea. Just ask the Cursed Great Being.
• Mata Nui is in a unique position due to being a member of both the Grand United Alliance of Good and Grand United Alliance of Law, as while he understands the GUAL's spirit, he dislikes its manner. Due to this, he tends to be a bit distant when dealing with members of the GUAL.
  • However, he has struck up a friendship with one member of the GUAL: Jeanne d'Arc. They quickly became close allies because of their shared outlook on things, and due to the fact that Jeanne reminds Mata Nui of Kiina. Though their time spent together has amused many due to the size disparity between them, in either of his forms. As she's 5'2 and he's 7'6 as a Toa, or 40 Million feet as a Great Spirit.
• Mata Nui once encountered Eliphas and Eiki Shiki. After a introductions from the other two and a short discussion, Mata Nui learned of the plan to reform the GUAL. He agreed to help, and also informed Eliphas that while order is good, chaos is also a necessary and fundamental force of existence. Balance between the two is better than having one or the other, as he pointed out what happened with Eliphas' Astral World.
  • Despite not having died permanently (he did die once, but was brought back with Matoro using the Ignika to revive him), Eiki Shiki decreed that his spirit was undeniably White.
• Recently became friends with Artanis, as they are both leaders attempting to save their people from destruction; not to mention there was something about Mata Nui that reminded Artanis of Ouros, the last benevolent Xel’naga. One time, Artanis asked Mata Nui if the Great Beings were an alternate iteration of the Xel’naga. Since Mata Nui did not know much about his creators, he admitted it was a likely possibility.

The Moriya Shrine

Sanae Kochiya, Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya, Holy Trinity of Gathering Faith (Sanae: Deified Human of the Wind, Miraculous Living God, Newbie Goddess of the Mountain, Sanae Kotiya, Lady Sanae, Miracle★Sanae | Kanako: Avatar of Mountains and Lakes, Guncannon | Suwako: The Epitome of Native Gods, Suwacko, Swackers, Kero-Chan)

Sanae Kochiya

Kanako Yasaka

Suwako Moriya

• Intermediate Goddesses (Kanako, Suwako), Lesser Goddess (Sanae)
• Theme Songs:
  • Sanae: Faith is for the Transient People
  • Kanako: The Venerable Ancient Battlefield ~ Suwa Foughten Field
  • Suwako: Native Faith
• Symbol: The Moriya Shrine Gate
• Alignment: Neutral Good (Sanae), Lawful Good (Suwako), Lawful Neutral (Kanako, though some see her as Lawful Evil)
• Portfolio: Gathering Faith, Animal Motifs, Friendly relationships between mortals and gods, From Outside To Gensokyo
  • Sanae: Miko, Blow You Away, Cloudcuckoolander, Iconic Sequel Character, Violation of Common Sense, Jumping at the Call, Liking Humongous Mecha, Fish out of Water
  • Kanako: Blow You Away, Profiting from Faith, Deity of Human Origin, One-Man Industrial Revolution, Unwitting escalation of events, Modernized God
  • Suwako: Benevolent Curse goddess, Rings of Death, Supernaturally Young Parent, Composed of Faith, Casting a Shadow, Dishing Out Dirt, Green Thumb, Extra-ore-dinary, Making a Splash
• Domains: Faith (All), Miracles, Deity Friendships (Sanae), Snakes, Qian(乾), Technology (Kanako), Curses, Frogs, Kun(坤), Earth, Mountains (Suwako)
• Allies: Kasen Ibaraki, Princess Sakuna, Amaterasu, Holo, the Guardians of Childhood, The Acolyte and the Radiant Goddess
  • Sanae: Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sumireko Usami, the Campers of Camp Half-Blood, Gilgamesh, Hercules, Perseus, the Knight, Nate Adams, Hilda, Keiichi Maebara, Yu Narukami, Yosuke Hanamura, Riko Sakurauchi, Rika Furude, Rei Hino/Sailor Mars, Mitsuha Miyamizu, Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi, Sei Iori and Reiji, Team TRY Fighters, Coop, Jamie and Kiva
  • Kanako: Chimata Tenkyuu, Al'Azir, Susie Haltmann
  • Suwako: Toph Bei Fong, Greninja, Hypnotoad, Tsuyu Asui, Tiana and Naveen, Frog, Toad, Kermit, the Plantars, Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright, and Marcy Wu, Shirley the Medium
• Admires: All mecha and mecha users, including the Hall of Types of Mechas (Sanae)
• Enemies: The Nameless God, the Radiance, Hades (Kid Icarus), Nehelenia, Voldemort, Maleficent, Dr. Facilier
• Rivals: Byakuren Hijiri and Toyosatomimi no Miko, YHVH, Aqua (Konosuba), Yato, the Master (ActRaiser) (one sided, from Kanako)
• Opposes: Bernkastel (Sanae), Cirno (Suwako)
• Keep distance from: Kratos
• Commonality Connection with: Pharaohs (Yami Yugi, Anakaris, Cleopatra, Tutankhamun) (all), Hercules, Achilles, Perseus, Zagreus (Sanae), Zeus, Cronus (Kanako)
• The power and influence of religions and their gods are heavily dependant on how many people believe in them. If there is little to no faith from the people, then the religion may splinter and fade to obscurity and the gods may die. This scenario was plagueing the Moriya shrine, whose influence was waning in recent years. The current head god of the faith, Kanako Yasaka, decided to take the shrine, as well as the original god Suwako Moriya and shrine maiden Sanae Kochiya to Gensokyo, a secluded land where the forgotten beasts, myths and legends of Japan reside. Making residence on the Youkai Mountain, they begin to convert the denizens of the mountain to followers of their faith. Visitation to the Hakurei Shrine dwindles, and Reimu is informed by Sanae to shut down her shrine. Incensed by her message due to the importance the shrine has in Gesokyo, she and Marisa travel to the Youkai Moutain to face off against the newly encroaching religion. Both sides began to mend relationships after Reimu and Marisa defeat Kanako, and Sanae became a regular participant in investigating strange events in Gensokyo. Meanwhile, Kanako's attempts to modernize Gensokyo lead to a chain of events where she empowers Utsuho Reiuji by making her swallow the sun god Yatagarasu, which resulted in a geyser blowing Byakuren Hijiri's ship out from its underground tomb thanks to her newfound power, which then lead to Toyosatomimi no Miko to awaken in Gensokyo.
• The House of Religion And Faith is home to many temples and shrines representing many diverse religions across worlds, so it is no stranger to sudden appearances of new establishments and beliefs. However, no one could've expected the appearance of a new geological formation in the House. A mountain suddenly emerged from what was once an empty plain in the House, prompting many curious onlookers to gawk and climb the mountain. Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame quickly knew just what this sudden event means, so they flew over to investigate. To their lack of surprise, it turned out that it was the doing of Kanako Yasaka, who wanted to spread her faith around by creating a new location to attract new followers. Sanae Kochiya and Suwako Moriya quickly greeted the two and the many others who climbed the mountain. The Court of the Gods agreed to let the Moriya Shrine operate their business in the Pantheons as well as grant them divine titles. While Sanae used to hold the title of Human-Deity Companionships, she has successfully requested to swap out her title and share Kanako's and Suwako's title instead, as well as serving as Guardians of the House.
• Ever since their initial altercation, Sanae became good friends with Reimu and Marisa. Sanae occasionally drops by Reimu's temple to hang out, as well as helping her with gathering faith for her shrine in turn. While they do have their more antagonistic moments, they are quickly resolved by a quick danmaku duel. Sanae also tends to tag along with the two during some "youkai exterminations". She also gets along well with Sumireko Usami, who like her also hails from outside Gensokyo. Sanae was quite surprised to hear about how things changed ever since the shrine moved to Gensokyo, particularly all the technological advancements she doesn't have much access to anymore. As neighbours on the Youkai Mountain, she, alongside Kanako & Suwako, is on friendly relations with known hermit and youkai sage Kasen Ibaraki. Kanako, being the pragmatic type, sees the others in terms of how they can bring more faith to the shrine. While Suwako treats the other Gensokyo deities rather pleasantly, she does not extend this pleasantness to Cirno, whose frog-freezing hobby angers her to no end. Whenever she spots the ice fairy encasing any frogs in ice, she retaliates with a flurry of bullets, leading to many scuffles. The trio have become fierce rivals with fellow faith-gatherers Byakuren Hijiri and Toyosatomimi no Miko, not helping their rivalry is that both represent more popular religions like Buddhism and Taoism while their faith is rather niche. Kanako refuses to give up on the competition, so any meeting between them tends to get passive aggressive at the very least.
• The divine trio arrived to the Pantheon with the express purpose of harvesting more faith from the populace, and as such continue with their mission to this day. Kanako spends her time scheming on how to generate more faith, giving orders to Sanae and Suwako about any actions they should take. As Kanako and Suwako rarely leave the shrine, Sanae is resposible for traveling throughout the Pantheon advertising the faith and shrine, encouraging mortals to make pilgrimages and support her gods. If a mortal happens to be disrespectful to any of the three and the faith, Suwako will make sure to curse the mortal as payback. As of now, they gave gained a sizeable following amongst the mortal population. That said, they do encounter much competition from other divine beings who siphon off of belief and faith, with their relationships with them varying considerably.
  • Knowledge of the presence of Shintoist Deities like Amaterasu and Susano'o did not escape the ears of the Moriya Shrine. While Kanako predictably sees them as opposition in her quest for more faith, Sanae and Suwako were more open to meet up with them and forge a bond of sorts with them. Ameterasu was quite receptive towards the two, with Sanae even petting her in her wolf form, and occasionally visits the shrine to chat with them. Susano'o, however, was being his regular arrogant self with them, which turned them away from him makes further communication with him rather difficult, so they just avoid approaching the storm god from now on. Being the daughter of a war god and harvest goddess, it didn't take long for Sanae to meet Sakuna and strike up a friendly relationship with her. Sakuna brings some of her harvested crops as offerings to the shrine whenever she visits, and Sanae sometimes helps her with managing her rice fields.
  • When the goddess Aqua of Kazuma's party ascended, she quickly set out to create a pantheonic branch of the Axis cult. Her activities ended up drawing attention from the Moriya Shrine, who took offense at the new competitor in the realm. Sanae sent herself to talk with Aqua about her cult, which she expected to be a somewhat manageable affair. However, Aqua was incensed to hear about another divine following in the Pantheons, and tried to fight Sanae only to be hit by a spray of danmaku from the shrine maiden. The two groups remain on heated terms with Aqua trying to sabotage them on a regular basis which is repayed with Kanako and Suwako cursing her. As a god without a shrine or a faith, Yato has made it clear that he will surpass them as the most revered in the pantheonic realm (well, even though he more often than not is a volunteer to Reimu’s shrine). While Sanae takes him seriously, Kanako just sees him as entertainment due to his many screw ups. Holo isn't as indignant as the water goddess or the god of calamity; rather, she's quite intrigued by the shrine's focus on blessing the land for good harvests, not unlike her who served as a harvest deity for a small village. As such, she doesn't place herself as a competitor to the faith, and thus isn't a rival in Kanako's eyes. The Guardians of Childhood are also spared from her crosshairs, as they relate to how she needs belief to exist, much like how they need the hope of children to continue existing. Thus, no scuffles ensue should they visit. Sometimes she drops by to simply relax in the temple grounds. Meanwhile, Kanako is jealous of the Master for His methods of collecting faith and his immense power as a result, and is considering taking a page out of his book by erecting statues of herself all over the Pantheon.
  • Alas, with competition comes great enemies, for there are gods who hunger for worhsip and will stop at nothing to gather followers and faith no matter what, horrible disasters be damned. YHVH happens to be a massive thorn on the shrines side, as his megalomaniacal desire to subjugate everyone under his absolutely rigid rule where he is worshipped for eternity automatically makes him a big threat to the shrine’s operations. Thankfully with recent implications and restructuring of the GUAs as a whole, he no longer leads the GUAL, and is instead run by a much more bearable & understandable leader, Gensokyo’s own Eiki Shiki, much to Kanako's relief. Another god they watch out for is the Nameless God, who has imprisoned every other god in its world and took all the worlds payers onto itself. Such a feat makes the trio incredibly fearful and wary that he might pull off the same trick and steal their accumulated faith. As the Radiance requires others to remember her to exist, this only made Kanako more than willing to completely snuff out her memory with her own so she would never steal their light. Plus, her spreading her Hate Plague around would be very bad for them.
• The three of them see and treat each other as a loyal, close-knit family, far beyond the expected "God and worshipper" dynamic. This relationship is more than just a Family of Choice; Sanae happens to be of a divine heritage as Suwako's distant descendant, hence why she has her miracle powers. When not carrying out their duties, the three spend their time together as a family. With a place teeming with gods, it's not impossible to meet someone who are associated with the divine. Sanae is the most proactive in meeting them, as Kanako and Suwako spend more time at the shrine compared to her. Of note are the teenage campers of Camp Half-Blood, who are all descended from the Greek gods themselves, and thus have powers. Such a commonality allowed them to become fast friends, with them talking about all sorts of regular teen topics. Speaking of the Greek gods, Hercules, Achilles, Perseus and Zagreus happen to be just a mere few who are born from the gods. Sanae has heard many tales of them except for Zagreus, for some reason. The pharaohs of Ancient Egypt intrigue her greatly; human incarnations of a god? Now that's something! While their birth was more unconventional, the Knight, born of the brood of the Pale King and the White Lady was quickly considered to be super adorable by the shrine maiden, and the Knight is now welcome at the shrine. Them opposing the Radiance is also a bonus; something to defend the shrine should disaster strike. She was very surprised to find out about the romantic relationship between the Acolyte and the Radiant Goddess, for she has never heard of anything like that before. The two, in turn, treat and regard her well, finding her divine heritage just as interesting. Lastly, Gilgamesh was taken aback by Kanako's ways of harvesting faith and Sanae's own quirks, but took a liking to her for her polite and respectful demeanor. And finally, Kratos... while the man has managed to temper his infernal rage, his reputation as a god killer precedes him with Kanako and Suwako on the watch just in case they become his new targets.
• Once a long time ago, Suwako was the ruler of a small nation, but everything changed when the gods of the Yamato came to assimilate the land into one greater country named Japan, Kanako being one of them. She and Suwako fought, with the battle ending with Kanako using a thin vine to rust Suwako's rings. Suwako graciously accepted her loss and let Kanako take over, yet in practice they rule together due to the humans refusal to worship a god who cannot control the troublesome Mishaguji. In a way, Suwako is still the true head of the shrine, with Kanako merely being the face and handling the "sales". A similar cycle happened twice in the Greek Pantheon; Cronus overthrew his father Ouranos, and was later overthrown by one of his sons Zeus. While they haven't crossed paths much, Kanako is intesely jealous of how the Greek gods are still highly remembered and looked on fondly by humans despite their religions fading into irrelevance in the modern day.
• Exclusive to Sanae:
  • Sanae is the one and only shrine maiden of the Moriya Shrine, who performs the typical shrine maiden duties of maintaining the shrine, worshipping the gods, spreading word of her faith, and exorcising any malevolent spirits that harm the shrine. With there being plenty of other mikos around in the Pantheon, she couldn't resist the chance to meet with them in person and see what they're like. One such girl she befriended is Rika Furude, who finds the green-haired girl to be strange, but nice, though Sanae can't help but feel like she keeps seeing a lavender haired girl with horns near Rika sometimes. She finds Mitsuha Miyamizu's kuchikamizake fascinating, her body-swapping situation even moreso. Rei Hino's psychic and magical powers also impressed her greatly, and she's thinking of dragging her to fun youkai exterminations one day to see her powers in action. Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi... aren't supernatural at all, but Sanae likes dropping by them anyway. Kagami was surprised to see her fly at them, remarking that she looks like a video game character Konata would be obsessed with, while Tsukasa thinks she looks cool.
  • The Moriya Shrine was originally located outside of Gensokyo, so Sanae lived a relatively ordinary life as a teenage girl. As an immigrant to Gensokyo, she has experienced plenty of Culture Clash with her new surroundings. While she was seen as a living goddess in Japan for her miracle powers, she isn't seen as so special in Gensokyo due to many of its residents having fantastical powers. Having knowledge of things that are absent in the culturally and technologically frozen Gensokyo spurs her into trying to explain details about modern living and scientific concepts to the denizens of the land, but this tends to befuddle them more often than not. On the other hand, she isn't used to certain things in Gensokyo, such as there being far more drinkers than she is used to in the outside world. This predicament isn't so pronounced in the Pantheon, as the realm is populated by many deities who hail from modern day Japan. That said, there are a few who share similar stories about moving to a more rural area and adjusting to their new lives there.
    • The first such person she met was one Keiichi Maebara by recommendation of Rika, who moved to the rural town of Hinamizawa. She was impressed that his very presence provided a breath of fresh air to the increasingly stale vibe of the town, plus gaining plenty of new friends along the way. Yu Narukami and Yosuke Hanamura also are city folk who moved to the rural Inaba, Yu due to his parents working overseas, Yosuke simply was transferred alongside his family. Sanae thinks their Personas are cool and finds Yu to be strangely charming, while Yosuke grumbled a bit about how cooler Gensokyo sounds. She also gets along with Riko Sakurauchi, a City Mouse who now lives in a coastal town. This does make Sanae think of a question: Does Gensokyo actually have a coastline? Eh, she'll figure out later. Lastly, Hilda has sort of the opposite story; she lived in the fantastical wilderness and moved to a city later, though this didn't stop her from encountering all sorts of supernatural creatures. Curious as ever, she now has the immense desire to see what the youkai are like in Gensokyo.
  • While Sanae may be busy with her job, that doesn't mean she's idle. Whenever Reimu and Marisa go to investigate strange events caused by youkai or other kinds of supernatural creatures, there's a chance that Sanae would join them on their expeditions as additional muscle. This is how she met up with fellow youkai investigator Nate Adams, who initially mistook her for a green and blue Reimu. Sanae was fascinated by his Yo-Kai Watch as well as his many Yo-Kai friends, so she's always happy to let him visit the shrine so she can meet more of the Yo-Kai. Witnesses say that Sanae tends to be quite... eager during these incidents, having a rather manic and offbeat demeanor during battles and scuffles. When questioned about this, her only response just puzzled people more:
  "You can't let yourself be held back by common sense in the Pantheon, right?"
  • Sanae's powers revolve around causing miracles to occur, which she mainly uses to manipulate the weather, such as summoning rain during prayers. Whether or not the miracles are harmful or beneficial is irrelevant; as long as the events have a chance of occuring, Sanae can will them to happen. Every miracle needs time for it to be manifested; simple miracles can easily be invoked in a single word, but unlikely, complex miracles can take days to come into effect. Bernkastel happens to have very similar powers; if there's even the smallest change of an event happening, she can will it to happen. Such a power is similar to a certain Witch of Miracles, Bernkastel, though unlike her she can manifest miracles instantaneously. Sanae is incredibly on edge regarding her; not only does she look too much like Rika, her cruel personality makes it possible that she could use her miracles to bring ruin to the shrine. She prays that that day would never come, but you can never be sure when it comes to someone so unpredictable. Bernkastel, on her part, is merely amused by her relative weakness. Needing a few days just to make something happen? How pathetic.
  • Prior to her migration to Gensokyo, Sanae would indulge herself in ordinary teenager activities like consuming manga and anime. When Hisoutensoku suddenly appeared in Gensokyo, Sanae believed it to be a Humongous Mecha just like the ones she saw in fiction, and decided to take a closer look. Having heard of actual mechas residing in the Pantheon, an ecstatic Sanae traveled to the House of Machinery and Technology to see some some giant robots, and she was certainly not disappointed when she entered the Hall of Types of Mechas. Sanae was excitedly flying around the Hall, gawking and admiring the mechas and asking the sentient machines and pilots all sorts of questions, much to their surprise. One such mecha she gushed over is the MEGAS, to the exasperation of Kiva and joy of Coop and Jamie. After all, chicks DO dig giant robots! Something that has caught her eye is Gunpla battles, where people use plastic Gundam models to compete in championships for fun. Having watched Sei Iori, Reiji and Team TRY Fighters compete in matches, she wasted no effort in becoming a fan of them and learning how to play gunpla from them.
• Exclusive to Kanako:
  • After the events of Mountain of Faith, Kanako had begun researching ways of gathering more faith for the shrine. One of these ventures led her to making a deal with the market goddess Chimata Tenkyuu, where a market would be held at the shrine which became tangled up in an incident of its own. Despite this setback, the duo are now amicable collaborators, seeking new opportunities both in Gensokyo and in the Pantheon, particularly in the House of Commerce. On the flip side, however, there's The Master in the Hall of Game Characters; she's rather envious of how He is able to collect a lot of faith in order to reach higher and higher power levels. To that end, Kanako decided to follow His example of erecting statues across the Pantheon, but to her likeness instead of His, though He doesn't seem to pay too much mind.
  • At some point, Kanako had been able to move more than enough chess pieces to result in a win-win-win scenario one time, engineering a scenario involving the inauguration of a cable care ropeway at Youkai Mountain. Not only did she bolster the faith of the Moriya Shrine, she was also able to solidify the tengu's power, instill fear in humans from entering their tengu territory, and maximize kappa profits in the process in a sneaky but clever way. The Hades of Kid Icarus found this a very amusing display and has offered to help expand upon underhanded techniques like this, wanting to see just how complicated and crazy these schemes can get. Kanako has blatantly and openly stated, however, that she would rather lose all faith and disappear than to be in cahoots with that Hades, making her and the other members of the Moriya Shrine direct opponents of him.
  • Is welcome, though rather sternly by most of its gods, to the Hall of Wind and Air, as she does carry the capabilities of harnessing the wind. Al'Akir in particular finds the goddess to be rather keen and intelligence, but rough around the edges when it comes to planning. In return, Kanako considers the Windlord to be quite the brute when it comes to presentation and ego, though she is one to have an ego of her own, which amuses Al'Akir. Surprise surprise, they've become decent friends through this, much to the rest of the hall's displeasure.
  • When it comes to new solutions, Kanako is one to quickly deliver herself to fresh considerations, committing to contemporary techniques for faith collection. In that case, she finds herself often in the House of Machinery and Technology for ideas, thinking that the advancements of multi-dimensional innovation would help further her case. Specifically, she consults with those from the Hall of Technological Experts for modern ways to bring faith back to the Moriya Shrine, with mixed results. One such example of a good alliance came from Susie Haltmann, who agreed to be a business partner of the Moriya Shrine in return for knowledge about the inner workings of Gensokyo and access to Kanako's fusion reactor as a power source.
  • Of the many different forbidden templates, one of the more (in)famed ones is that "It's a Moriya Shrine conspiracy", and while that is not wrong, it's kind of not specific enough. Stemming from the transportation of the shrine to Gensokyo, to Kanako granting nuclear power to Utsuho, resulting in the Palanquin Ship being blasted out of the ground into the sky, and then Kanako offering to renovate the ship into the Myouren Temple in a rather contentious location...well, you can figure it out. This has made her quite the conversation topic among other deities, as they muse over the idea that many a Pantheonic trouble having ties to Kanako somehow.
• Exclusive to Suwako:
  • Suwako is the original god of the Moriya shrine who holds power over the earth. It's far broader than just Dishing Out Dirt, as she is capable of fertilizing the ground, draw water from underground and sprout trees in an instant. Of course, the good old "manipulate dirt and rocks" technique is always useful for combat purposes. She has been welcomed into the Hall of Earth and Rock far more warmly than Kanako was in Wind and Air. There, she met notorious earthbender Toph Bei Fong, bumping into her as she was training. She was greatly impressed by her skill in manipulating the earth, even moreso when she found out that she was blind and uses her powers to see instead. Toph, in turn, was interested in figuring out how well and Suwako can fight, and thus challenged her to a battle. After an intense showdown that rearranged the very battlefield they stood on, they became friends and sometimes spar with each other whenever they get bored.
  • Contrary to popular belief, Suwako is not the goddess of frogs. She is very fond of them however, with her wearing clothes having frog decals, hopping like a frog on the ground, and protecting any and all frogs from harm whenever possible (especially from a certain pesky ice fairy). This affection extends to all other frogs in the Pantheon; whether they're toads like the Hypnotoad and Toad, Frog Men like the Plantars, frog-like mons like Greninja, those turned into frogs like Frog, Tiana and Naveen, muppets like Kermit, or have froglike powers like Tsuyu Asui, she has pleged to love them and protect them from harm. Trying to hurt them while in her vicinity is just asking to be in a world of hurt. Speaking of the Plantars, she was introduced to three humans named Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright, and Marcy Wu through them and got along very swimmingly, with the trio finding her cute and cool and Suwako wanting to visit Amphibia one day and see all the frogs, toads and newts herself.
  • Suwako is one of the few people who is able to tame and control the Mishaguji, snakelike gods with the power to curse others. With the Mishaguji now forever loyal at her side, she has the power to curse others, usually those who stop worshipping the shrine, rival shrines and those who hurt frogs. Her ability to tame these curse gods is why she rules alongside Kanako, as the gods and humans weren't happy with a successor who couldn't control the Mishaguji. But just as she can curse others, she can administer blessings to the land, ensuring a good harvest. Shirley the Medium is another giver of curses, and often bewitches those who anger her like "the stupid one". Suwako has sometimes popped by her shop to purchase some wares and ask her to curse certain people who have disrespected the shrine and faith. However, there are many who use curses for malevolent purposes such as Nehelenia, Voldemort, Maleficent, and Dr. Facilier, who are entirely willing to torture all kinds of people, including children, for their twisted pleasure and goals. Such twisted souls have automatically been marked as enemies of the shrine, as it's entirely possible for them to curse the shrine and bring it to ruin.

Palutena

Palutena, Goddess of Light (Lady Palutena, Pretty Palutena, Professor Palutena, Know-It-All Palutena, Goddess of Obvious, Goddess of Light, Number 54)

• Greater Goddess
• Symbol: Her staff
• Theme Music: Solo Menu, Destroyed Skyworld, The Return of Palutena; Boss Fight 2 (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
• Alignment: Lawful Good (Chaotic Evil when possessed by the Chaos Kin)
• Portfolio: Hot Goddess of Light, Gold and White Are Divine, doesn't like being called ma'am, Light Is Good (unless when possessed by the Chaos Kin), Genki Girl, The Gadfly, Cute Clumsy Girl, Lethal Chef, possibly assuming a beautiful appearance to avoid scaring people, Forced to Fight Pit Under the Chaos Kin's Control
• Domains: Light, Attractiveness, Divinity
• Allies: Pit, Dyntos, Viridi (bordering on Friendly Enemy), Cosmos, Athena, Zelda, Liara T'soni, Lucina, Angelo, Byleth, Princess Celestia and Luna, Zagreus, God (from Bruce Almighty), Ezalor, the Luminary
• Enemies: The Chaos Kin, Hades (both the one from her universe and the other one), Medusa Gorgon, Hela, that other Medusa, Ganondorf, Shang Tsung, Nightmare Moon, Fused Zamasu, Chernobog, the Dementors, Oryx the Mod God, Gods that specialize in Demonic Possession
• Rival: Solid Snake
• Odd Friendship: The Nasuverse Medusa
• Opposes: Panty Anarchy
• Banned from: The House of Food
• In the airborne land of Skyworld, there presides a Goddess who watches over her world, being an ever present force of Good. This is Palutena, the Goddess of Light, and master of the flightless angel Pit. Having been imprisoned by the Goddess of Darkness Medusa, Palutena had to be rescued by Pit, who had been banished to the underworld. The two are known for being... inactive since then (and have gone inactive after their first outing in 25 years), but they've been given a consolation that they're willing to take. Many divine beings are known for having great power. Some are also known for their great beauty. As the Court of the Gods needed someone that is not only already considered a deity but also associated with light, they decided to give the title to Palutena since she's already hailed as that in her home world. This decision was fueled by how she continues to be referred to by that title even in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Palutena is pleased to know that she's recognized as such, since she takes pride in the light. Pit was surprised to see that she has ascended. She had this to say to him:
  "Oh, I'm not here to save you, Pit. I'm here for a little, uh... divine intervention."
• The Goddess of Light did not take kindly to the news that the Chaos Kin had arrived in the Pantheons. She has since been sending out her Centurians to warn everyone of its presence and abilities in hopes of minimizing whatever damage it could bring about. It has since been on the run, searching for whatever dark corner that it could bide its time. Sadly, she'll also find out that the Pantheons are home to villains that are just as bad, if not worse than what she's had to deal with.
• She is not allowed in the kitchens of the House of Food after this happened. She can't really blame the ones in charge, since she can't toss the blame for that incident on anyone other than herself. From that House, she's learned of the Dementors, who often eat the souls of whoever they come into contact with. Considering what they do and how fearsome they are, Palutena has made sure to warn Pit about them, saying they give Eggplant Wizards, Tempura Wizards, and even Orns a run for their money.
• Thanks to this◊, some deities have started to pair her up with Lucina. When this was presented to them, Lucina was completely flabbergasted at how that moment was recorded. She insisted that the whole thing was an accident and that it shouldn't be used as prove of anything. Palutena thinks it's Actually Pretty Funny, but it also shouldn't be used to suggest anything romantic between them.
• Palutena was surprised to meet up with Athena considering that they shared some things in common. Palutena hopes that this Athena won't indulge in the same actions that a certain other incarnation did in one world. Considering how this Athena is one of the only people in her Pantheonic lineage to have a strong sense of morality and responsibility, she has nothing to fear.
• Naturally, she wasn't happy to hear that the Hades from her world was in the Pantheon. She was even less thrilled when she found out that there was another Hades. She also learned that the latter can take on another form when he decides to get serious. Unfortunately, as much as he's less malevolent than others, Palutena found the latter form of Hades kind of a bore. Thankfully, the Zeus from the second Hades mentioned turned out to be surprisingly benevolent compared to his usual depiction. This one is unambiguously the Big Good of his respective world and sympathizes with her situation of being Taken for Granite after having her soul in danger. He's willing to provide her with Thunderbolts in case she comes across another major threat.
• In relation to Hades, one world has him with a somewhat obscure son named Zagreus who is very amicable and easy-going. Upon learning of the Hades that Palutena has had to deal in her world, he gives his sympathy. Likewise, Palutena is willing to give blessings of her own to Zagreus should he ever need to escape a prison, and unlike other deities, she won't get upset if he chooses someone else. It helps that he's quick to feel responsible if he's ever Innocently Insensitive.
• A similar thing happened after she encountered two different Medusas. She doesn't like either of them and has been making sure they don't cause a lot of trouble. In particular, Medusa Gorgon attracted quite a bit of vitriol from Palutena due to her being The Sociopath. The only reason why things didn't get really hairy is because Medusa knows what Palutena did to the one from her world and wants to avoid that same fate. However, when Pit told her about a different Medusa that wasn't as bad as the others, she decided to meet up with her. Following the initial meeting with Rider, Palutena gets along rather decently with her. It helps that she's able to avoid turning people into stone and is a Punch-Clock Villain at worst.
• She ended up getting possessed by something known as the Chaos Kin back in her own world. Thankfully, she was freed from its control by Pit. Given what had happened during the time she was possessed, she doesn't like gods that specialize in Demonic Possession. Its arrival has not gone unnoticed by her. After being controlled by that thing, Palutena has made it a priority to oppose it however she can while also keeping her distance to avoid a repeat of what happened last time.
• Has taken part of the Smash tournament with a moveset that is more diverse compared to the other participants. She is only allowed to choose four different moves at a time before battles though. Recently, she's been forced to combine some of her moves together due to no longer being allowed to choose.
  • Speaking of the Smash tournament, Pit can access a secret taunt to ask her for aid, communicating with her and Viridi. When Solid Snake heard the news, he was not amused that they took his job at codecs. Palutena likes the idea of relaying information to Pit on who he's fighting (provided it's not her), but she can understand why he'd be upset.
  • She's also noticed how Star Fox has a similar gimmick for their own stages. They're impressed, but not surprised that a Goddess managed to have a larger scale version of the same thing that they did. Additionally, they're not even surprised that divine figures exist at all, considering the massive, colorful cast of characters in Smash.
  • Palutena has also taken note of Byleth's presence here, since they're known for housing an entire Goddess inside of them (albeit one with amnesia) that can rewind time. Byleth, while not a very talkative person most of the time, notes how much Palutena resembles the Archbishop Rhea of the Church of Seiros. From the long, green hair, to the saintly appearance. Palutena is pleased to hear how there's someone out there who she reminds someone of.
• Although she wasn't ascended when it happened, she was present alongside other Nintendo deities◊ when they mourned the passing of a certain man.
• Like Viridi, Palutena wasn't amused to hear that one Panty Anarchy has been trying to seduce Pit. For one thing, Panty is a late teenager while Pit is still a minor (by angel years). And second... she has no standards whatsoever. Panty thinks Palutena needs to get a life, and isn't afraid to call her "ma'am" just because she can. Being even more unamused, Palutena laments the fact that Panty couldn't at least be more like her sister Stocking (or at least, what she pretended to be).
• She has been offered the services of Angelo himself, seeing her as a worthy Goddess to serve, and recognizing her mind control was something that his crush Jessica was forced through once. She just playfully chuckles at his offers, but still has him on standby should his help be needed. In addition, Palutena has taken note of the Luminary, who is heavily associated with light being a force for good. He's not one for words (at least not in his current age), but he makes it clear that he appreciates her presence and services.
• One villain that caught Palutena's attention was Shang Tsung. His tendency to shapeshift into whoever he wants makes her wary of whoever is in her presence, especially since he can steal other people's souls. Refusing to fall victim to that a second time, Palutena refuses to fall for his superficial charm due to his chronic betrayals.
• During her travels, Palutena came across Celestia and Luna. The former found a lot to relate to in Palutena, but she wasn't fond of her occasional pranks and teasing towards Pit. Recently, Palutena has had a Jerkass Realization about how Gods tend to get mortals caught up in the middle of their struggles and disagreements. She pities Luna for falling victim to her Superpowered Evil Side Nightmare Moon (who seems to have become her own entity), having been in a similar position (or should we say, possession). The princesses appreciate the sentiment, and look forward to their next encounter.
• As is the case with countless figures, Palutena is at odds with Zamasu. On top of the Long List of crimes he's committed (at least one of which she can relate to), his hatred of mortals is so strong, that he wants to kill everyone for letting mortals be evil and Gods for letting them do so. Palutena thinks that he's just looking for an excuse to kill as many people as possible based on his questionable logic, and was nothing more than a bomb waiting to go off before his fall. His beliefs are just an exaggerated version of Viridi's view of humans, except Zamasu doesn't even see value in having henchmen to care about. Vishnu is but one of many other Gods who can oppose him, and Palutena is grateful that they're around to maintain (relative) stability in the Pantheons.
• Predictably as the heroic Goddess of Light, Palutena found a natural enemy in Chernobog, the Black God. As if his appearance wasn't enough of a red flag, he has the tendency to make himself seem even slightly less evil than he already is only to subvert whatever kindness he pretended to have. Even her Hades wasn't this sadistic. Without uttering so much as a word, he made her glad that he has a weakness that she (and others) can exploit. The seemingly limitless resources of the Pantheons can make it easy to draw out the full extent of Palutena's abilities. One such example is Ezalor, whose very existence prevents his world from falling into darkness.
• During her exploration of the Pantheons, Palutena came at odds with Oryx the Mad God. While not quite true to his title, he's insane enough to try to Take Over the World that he's from and has a habit of relying on his henchmen (or his simulacrums) to fight his battles for him. Palutena sees this as cowardly, since she mostly just relies on Pit with her blessings to take on her foes. The only time that her centurions were actually put on the front lines was when Pit needed them to carry a platform that he was standing on. There's also the whole feeding humans to his minions. It's a good thing Pit has experience in taking down godly figures, or she'd have to call Dyntos for another set of trials.

The Bind Between Faith and Machine

The Adeptus Mechanicus

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.

The Adeptus Mechanicus, Great Legions of the Mechanical Religion (The Mechanicum, The Cult Mechanicus, The Cult of the Machine, AdMech, Toaster Fuckers)

The Adeptus Mechanicus preparing for battle

Belisarius Cawl, the Archmagos of the Mechanicus

• Theme Song/s: Children of the Omnissiah. When in combat: Noosphere
• Greater Legions, with Belisarius Cawl being Intermediate God
• Symbol: The Machina Opus◊
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral
• Portfolio: A Machine Cult dedicated to technology and worshippers of the "Omnissiah", believes all technology have a Machine Spirit, restricts new technology to absurd levels, creators of various Forge Worlds, despises psykers of all kinds, views humans are simple tools including robotization of said humans, obsessed with Dark Age-era technology and refuses to create new ones out of fear, might be secretly worshipping the C'Tan known as the Void Dragon on Mars
• Domains: Technology, Religion, Cybernetics, Transhumanism, the Omnissiah
• Heralds: The various forces and sectors of the Adeptus Mechanicus: the Centurio Ordinatus, Collegia Titanica, Auxilla Myrmidon, Legiones Skitarii, Legio Cybernetica, Ordo Reductor and Imperial Knights, as well as various military and non-military sects.
• Allies:
  • The Imperium of Man and loyalists: The Immortal God-Emperor of Mankind, Malcador, Vulkan, Sanguinus, Marneus Calgar, Captain Titus, the Blood Ravens (Gabriel Angelos, Indrick Boreale), the Adeptus Sororitas
  • Others: Very little, unless one pledges their faith towards the Cult Mechanicus that is.
• "Temporary" Alliance with: Eldrad Ulthuan, Trazyn the Infinite
• Opposed by: The Martian Manhunter and other inhabitants of Mars (the Martians, Mars People, White Martians and Marvin the Martian), the New Alliance of Free Stars, the Lobotomy Corporation
• Opposes: 2B, 9S and A2, Alice
• Additional Relationships: The C'Tan (particularly the Void Dragon)
• Interested in: All Cybertronians, Bionicles and Gundam users, the Xeelee, the Celestials (both for their technology specifically), the Cybermen, John-117/Master Chief
• Enemies:
  • From the 41st-42nd Millenium: The Chaos Gods (Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh) and their servants (Ezekyle Abbadon, Typhus, Fabius Bile, Lucius the Eternal, Eliphas the Inheritor) including the traitor Primarchs (Magnus the Red), all xenos forces (Asdurbael Vect, the Tyranids, Warboss Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka)
  • Others: Brainiac, The Church of the Broken God, the Borg, the Tenno, the Grineer, the Corpus, all forms of AI (SKYNET, Ultron, SHODAN), the Event Horizon, the Chimera, the Combine, the Hierarchs (and by extension the Covenant), the Flood, Atriox
• Base of Operations: Mars
• Prior to the rise of Humanity, there was a time where the humans from Terra colonized Mars as they slowly developed space travel to conquer other worlds. It was in the colonization of Mars where the inhabitants of the planet would start a new culture as it and Terra were developed separately. Those within the man-made atmosphere of Mars would create a culture dedicated to technology and all of its aspects. This would peak within the Dark Age of Technology, a time where humanity was at its' zenith, but also started the downfall as various psykers appeared all over the human colonies, with those in Mars and Terra also facing a civil war in the form of the Men of Iron, dubbed the Age of Strife. In addition, the lack of maintenance for Mars' atmosphere has left it in a state of disrepair and eventually malfunctioned, with many inhabitants facing the death of their once favored home, but that would escape them, as a cult of survival, a Cult Mechanicus, was formed to rally all remaining survivors on Mars on the condition that their faith would be centered around the cult. The ones who pledged their faith lived as those who opposed them died fighting for survival. The cult would be vindicated and became the birthplace of what would be now known as the Mechanicum.
  • Following the establishment of the Priesthood of Mars, the Mechanicum were bitter enemies with Terra as the Techno-Barbarians took over. Most of their journeys to Terra was to seek technology that was lost at the end of the Dark Age but was a fruitless cause. It was not until the Emperor rose up and restored Terra to order that the Mechanicum became cooperative to him. Most described to him as the "Omnissiah", able to repair technology with a single touch. With his agreement for the Mechanicum to aid in Humanity's rise while also upholding their sovereignty, the Mechanicum became a vital ally to the Imperium by the 30th Millennium, in the form of the Treaty of Olympus, though not all within the organization celebrated it and would become the source of a schism between the various sectors of the Mechanicum. This bore fruit within the Horus Heresy, as the Mechanicum had a revolt against those who sided with Horus, those who sided with the Emperor and those who are neutral. Thus began the Schism of Mars, an echo of what would be the later battles they would face within the next Millenia. In the middle of the conflict, there were two members vying for the title of Fabricator General, thus creating an unresolved equation. The solution, despite fears of a power-grab by certain factions and long-term independence, became the creation of an Adeptus: the Adeptus Mechanicus.
  • With the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, the Adeptus Mechanicus has continued its long-standing mission to gather as much lost technology as well as STCs, known as the Quest for Knowledge, a part of their religion. Despite having many schisms all challenging the core tenets of their religion, the Mechanicus are still operational, but are a far cry from their glorious age millennia ago, as well as that the faction's ability to maintain their greatest technologies (such as the Golden Throne) slowly failing and unable to repair it. The Mechanicus would not be of great importance until the 13th Black Crusade where Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl appeared to the various generals of Cadia, telling them of a secret construct within the planet that can help turn the tide of the Black Crusade. Despite the assistance from two unexpected Xenos alliances and the usage of such construct, the planet fell and began the Age of the Dark Imperium. All was not lost as years beforehand, he and Primarch Robute Guilliman had planned of a secret project that would help bolster the weakened Space Marine Chapters in times of crisis. This would become the basis of the Primaris Space Marines and became the mainstay for most Chapters, though not all accepted it, especially those who wish to preserve their own brothers, creating a conflict between Firstborn and Primaris Marines. With continued experimentation to battle against the enemies of Mankind, the Adeptus Mechanicus lives on.
• With the Imperium of Man scattered across the galaxy all due to factors outside of their control, several of their main forces have been cut off from the support of their main homeworlds. One explorator fleet hailing from the Adeptus Mechanicus' homeworld, Mars, was unable to report after a warp storm engulfed it. Despite the Mechanicus' attempts to search for one of their own ships, no traces of a crash nor debris were reported, and as such was declared lost. Six months after the declaration, a transmission from said fleet was received and prompted several warfleets to the transmission's location, of which a large opening, almost seen as a warp storm was discovered. The fleets passed through but oddly enough, no warp activity was detected upon passage. The warfleets discovered Mars, or rather, the Pantheon's version of Mars, with the explorator fleet having crashed into the planet. Upon scouting the planet, they have confirmed it to be the same planet but without any form of industrialization, an almost close replica of Mars before the Dark Age of Technology. Before any moves were made, another transmission was picked up, and upon close translation, shocked the present members of the fleet.
  Teleportation.... complete. Ascension.... complete. Godhood.... complete. Welcome to the Pantheons, members of the Mechanicus.
  • The ascension caught the Adeptus Mechanicus by surprise, as they have not faced an adversity of different proportions. The warfleet considered the Pantheon to be another form of xenos that had yet to be discovered, while others believe they may have been tricked by the Chaos God Tzeentch into another delusion. The fleets, after desperation, decided to activating all weapons and firing at possible targets within their vicinity. This hostility would fade as an unexpected presence lit up in one of their flagships, revealing it to be the God-Emperor himself. The Mechanicus, having been shocked that the Omnissiah has appeared to them after years of fighting, shut down all their weapons and followed the Emperor's decree. This led to the Adeptus Mechanicus using the Pantheon's rendition of Mars as their base of operations, with reinforcements assisting them after creating several radio beacons to alert others of their presence. Soon after, several Mechanicus fleets arrived and the Adeptus Mechanicus have been properly established, all according to the Emperor's plan.
• Following the establishment of the Mechanicus within the Pantheon, a large chant has been made within the corners of the plane, believing to be the Imperium chanting in unison about their ascension. While the Mechanicus are heavily aligned with humanity, not all from the Cult are friendly to regular humans, especially those without any form of knowledge they seek out. Intense political tribulations have occurred many times between the Fabricator-General of Mars towards the High Lords of Terra, to the point that the Mechanicus have avoided participating in some battles within the 41st Millennium until reparations are made and, in some reports, have ceased the support of certain Space Marine Chapters out of spite, such as that with the Marines Malevolent. Some even argue that the Adeptus Mechanicus are heavily independent to humanity that, should the Imperium be at its' last legs, the Mechanicus can survive without the Imperium but the latter would be dead without the Cult on their side, thus creating shifty tensions between the two factions. Being the Imperium of Man's only source of technology has given them enough reason for their contractors not to piss them off.
  • Tensions aside, both the Mechanicus and the Imperium have several reasons for working with each other which is the eradication of both servants of Chaos and their immense hatred for any xenos lifeforms. The Forces of Chaos have hurt the Mechanicus quite plenty, best evidenced by the Collegia Titanica, their premier tech division responsible for creating massive god-machines known as Titans. Half of the Collegia turned against the greater Adeptus Mechanicus during the Horus Heresy and following the aftermath of such, these Titans are no longer in production, with most being preserved to only be used of great urgency. Even after that disaster, the presence of the Dark Mechanicum, Mechanicus tech-priests that have withdrew support from the cult to join against the Imperium's fall, have made the Forces of Chaos one of the Mechanicus' primary targets, alongside their desire to recover the lost technology from the Horus Heresy. The Cult also sees the warp as a corruption of the machine-spirit, one of the key characteristics related to their religion.
  • As for the xenos forces, the Mechanicus have harbored great hatred for any other alien lifeforms but have kept their duty in attempting to study xenos' technology. While not forbidden per-se, it is heavily frowned upon to utilize alien technology to Imperium tech, believing it to be sacrilege to the tech's machine spirit. In terms of the xenos forces they have encountered, only Aeldari, T'au, Votann and Necron technology have piqued their interests with the Tyranids being fully fleshed and Ork "technology" being a bafflingly crude mish-mash of various items that most have deemed it worthless to study it. The T'au and Necrons in particular hold quite an interest, as T'au technology continually adapts and varies based on specification (as well as being less religious) while Necron technology holds some of the most powerful devices that even outpaces their own. The latter of which is of great importance with the discoveries that a C'Tan known as the Void Dragon is sealed deep within Mars and that during the 13th Black Crusade, Trazyn the Infinite was among the few who aided Belisarius Cawl in activating a pylon matrix that would have sealed the Warp for good until it was destroyed alongside the planet. His forces would soon be rescued by Eldrad Ulthuan, who sent him back to Robute Guilliman after the battle.
• Before the Mechanicus arrived, Mars was relatively peaceful, with little activity aside from those who originally came from said planet, of which the peace did not last thanks to the Cult's rapid industrialization of the planet. In fact, one of the main complaints many sent towards the Court was the Adeptus' unnecessary tampering with it, the first complaint and warning being sent out by the Martian Manhunter. While he understands the Imperium's mindset and grim necessity, he sees the work they have done to his home planet to be deemed unacceptable, made so much more when various of the original inhabitants of Mars worked with the Martian Manhunter to kick them out of the planet. This turned out to be a grave mistake as the Mechanicus had already prepared various weapons against them, even using the fabled Titan war-machines during the battle, thus kicking the various Martian deities out of it. This encounter with him became the Mechanicus' first foray into the Pantheons and it's large variety of aliens and technology.
  • Being placed within the House of Religion & Faith did not stop the Mechanicus from their long-standing war against most, if not all, alien lifeforms within the Pantheon even with some aliens willing to help the Imperium and those who are very much neutral. After their crash course into the Martian Manhunter, they were notified of a far more powerful alien heading directly to Mars, with the Manhunter hinting of a being known as Brainiac. Their first encounter with him nearly lead to a loss, but was able to repel his invasion, despite heavily losses from their various divisions. Several battle reports have slowly confirmed that Brainiac is not only a foul xeno but has conquered many planets, with him seeing the Imperium as a blessing in his quest to collect more planets. Their encounter with him has made them vindicated on their stance to kill all aliens, added with that his collection oddly reminds them of Trazyn's collection in Solemnace. Soon after that, their attempts to expand the Cult have been halted as various attacks from other alien lifeforms were detected though were more controllable than Brainiac's invasion. Reports of attacks by the Chimera, Combine, Covenant, Flood and Borg Collective were noted and had been dealt with. The one issue the smaller sects of tech-priests have to deal with is how to incorporate such alien technology into their research, between Chimeran drones, Combine synths, Flood biology, Covenant plasma weaponry and Borg systems, without notifying the larger heads of the Cult.
  • Not all aliens acted violently towards the Mechanicus, though still found them frustrating to deal with. The New Alliance of Free Stars are the only neutral alien "faction" they have faced and while they did not respond with a hail of plasma fire, are forced to compete with the Adeptus Mechanicus in their desire to study the technology of their precursors, with the Chmmr seeing a physical similarity between each other, having portions of flesh and technology within their bodies. Scouts belonging to the Cult were found observing Bionicles and Cybertronians and were caught, with some being killed off by the antagonistic factions of their races, and some hauling corpses belonging to the two. There were also sightings of Xeelee and Celestials tech being tampered by the Mechanicus, though not too much of an issue as both the Xeelee and the Celestials see the Mechanicus' attempts to study their tech to be fruitless, all thanks to the religion that they serve that restricts the creating of new technology, let alone one derived from xenos.
• The Cult Mechanicus, their state religion, is one of the Mechanicus' greatest strengths, and is arguably their biggest flaw. Their religion states that all machines have some form of spirit, a machine spirit. This machine spirit is what fuels their desire to preserve their technology, with the older ones being more sought after and preserved and studied for ages to come. It also derives from their search for knowledge, both from the Dark Age of Technology and even those that predate humanity. However, this also means that new technology is forbidden, with fears that said technology and said spirit could be corrupted, and that most of the practical technology have already been invented, lessening the need to innovate, thus requiring an absurd amount of loopholes just to label newly discovered innovations as old tech. These tenets are often a source of challenges and schisms that have damned the Mechanicus for many years, even weakening their logic such as the one time where they made a deal with the Dark Eldar to repair the aging Golden Throne. Some have started innovating following the Third Tyrannic War and the aftermath of the 13th Black Crusade, heralded by Belisarius Cawl and the Primaris Space Marines.
  • Out of the various aliens and religious movements that have challenged the Adeptus' religion, only two have stand out, one coming from a Church that hails a being called "Mekhane" as their god, and another who have modified themselves as "Cybermen". The Church of the Broken God have respected the Adeptus Mechanicus to a supportive extent which ceased the moment they opposed their "Omnissiah" and attempted to convince them to support Mekhane instead. This response lead to the Adeptus immediately branding the Church for their heresy. Meanwhile, the Cybermen, despite having removed the entirety of their flesh and individuality, have little views on their religion and finds it abhorrent, though deeply respects their attempts to roboticize themselves. This was not equally received well on the Adeptus' part and sees them to be a borderline extreme, to the point that Cawl made the argument that without some of the Mechanicus' individuality, they would have succumbed to their schisms long ago. The only interest the Mechanicus have regarding the Cybermen is their technology being far sturdier than theirs.
  • The religion also have made a complete ban on all forms of Artificial Intelligence, stemming from the Age of Strife and the Men of Iron that revolted against them, so much so that AI for them means abominable intelligence. Servo-skulls and Servitors are not AI, as they are heavily engineered cyborgs, though this is as far as the Mechanicus can go when it comes to automated intelligence. The Pantheon's large array of AI, from SKYNET, Ultron and SHODAN has reignited the Adeptus' AI ban that they have prioritized the destruction of these three specifically, which did not help when they uncovered what these specific AI did, whether that be SKYNET successfully wiping more than half of humanity during Judgement Day, Ultron's contempt for humankind and his attempts to rectify it and SHODAN's god-like complex, which ended up attracting several tech-priests into her servitude, thus calling them Hereteks, reserved for those who stray too far from the Mechanicus' religious tenets. The AI targets became six when several Skitarii forces engaged three YoRhA models, named 2B, 9S and A2, and after studying their protocols, deemed them very dangerous as they assume that despite their creation meant for the "glory of mankind", no human was rescued from the three. The presence of a Logic Virus from the three only made matters worse, which made them assume that said models were responsible for their humanity's extinction. 9S claims that the Adeptus' protocols are heavily outdated and is forced to hide from them under their fears of constant prosecution and hunts.
• Explorator fleets have doubled ever since they discovered the Pantheon in the hopes of finding universes with powerful technology, one of which found another version of Mars, but inhabited by the Grineer. When confronted, the Grineer responded with a hail of bullets before being summarily blasted by plasma from orbit. Since then, this universe, that has been the home of the Tenno. have started becoming a mining operation, which lead to frequent clashes with the Grineer, with the Corpus joining in after the Mechanicus raided one of their storage outposts. Observations have compared the Corpus akin to the Leagues of Votann, a technologically advanced race motivated by massive greed for profit. After having multiple bouts against the two factions, the Tenno had enough and decided to begrudgingly work with the two factions to drive the Mechanicus out, even using the Infested to buy them some time. Eventually it succeeded but while they were fighting, explorator fleets have arrived with more potential targets.
  • After the Covenant attacked, they traced the location from where the slipspace jump occurred and locked the coordinates down for warp jump. Three weeks after, news of a large-scale war occurred between three fronts, one from the Covenant, another from the Flood and one from certain Covenant separatists, labelled "Banished". After being kicked out from the Tenno-Grineer-Corpus conflict, their eyes have set foot into claiming this version of the Milky Way Galaxy. The resources found in this one is rather exotic, with Covenant plasma technology being a boon to their aging plasma generators and the Banished tech being a far more refined combination of differing tech, almost comparable to that of the Orks, but with actual logic. The UNSC, who are rather neutral to the Adeptus Mechanicus' presence, have kept their eyes on the remaining Spartans, especially those from the SPARTAN-II program, fearing that they can brute force their way into getting any details regarding the Master Chief.
  • The other explorator fleets that arrived mentioned of a new phenomena of war machines related to the Imperial Knights and Titans. The trend of mecha have reached into the ears of excited tech-priests, with some eager to capture a few of these "Gundams" for research. When news of this reached towards Char Aznable, he was repulsed at the prospect of giving a gundam to what he calls "outdated mechanical madmen" and made a new order to restrict any gundam under the hands of the Mechanicus. Another explorator fleet arrived but unlike the others that promised resources and war, this one was of terror as the remaining survivors of the fleet warned them of an ancient starship that had massive warp energies all over it. The survivors managed to capture a clean image of the ship, the Event Horizon, and concluded that the ship could have originated around M3, the millennia when humanity would discover the Immaterium. Orders have been received to hunt down and destroy the ship by any means necessary.
• Knowledge is power, a common notion shared by those who wish to study and pursue the undiscovered. To the Mechanicus, knowledge is where everyone is judged upon. Little did the Cult know that knowledge is also a weapon and could spell doom to themselves, such is the case with Alice, a deathly-ill princess who wanted to know more of the Earth, eventually chasing down every book she read and created the Book of Truth. Transcribers have tried to decipher the book's contents but are careful not to alert themselves to her, seeing what she has done to the humans in her world. Most of the Mechanicus have suggested throwing one of the most powerful Titans and Ordinances against her but are fearful as all the attempts done by the humans on her realm were consumed regardless of what they did. They have warned not to pursue the book, else the Cult would face their own demise at the hands of a knowledge-hungry princess.
• One of the biggest technological discoveries the Mechanicus have made did not come from the explorator fleets, nor from hostile alien contact, but rather on the concept of Singularities. This phenomena was discovered upon contact with the Lobotomy Corporation, after having their finished decree towards the Church of the Broken God, where they witnessed several members of the Church, in actuality are L Corp agents in disguise, acting oddly before leaving. After one too many forced cybernetic "enhancements", the agents spilled the beans and mentioned of absurdly physics-breaking tech in one of the cities controlled by the Corp. Soon after, they discovered several tools in this setting that they have observed: Cogito, HP Bullets and WARP Trains, all of which defy the logic that they had learned in their days with Terra and Mars. Some have attempted to smuggle these discoveries into their research but were apprehended afterwards. L Corp are careful though, should they start killing tech-priests that they capture, the Mechanicus is more than willing to break into their world through brute force, even if they have no choice but to release all of the abnormalities they have contained.
• One of the agreements the Emperor has approved was that those who reside within the 41st-42nd Millennium are to be allowed a break from their wars if they are to stay in the Pantheon. The Adeptus Mechanicus is not spared from this and the entire machine workforce was placed under suspension in certain days. The attitudes exhibited by Mechanicus members are... eccentric to say the least. The Tech-Priests do the usual work but they seem to have an odd satisfaction regarding toasters and wanting to use them for their own purposes, hence "toaster fuckers" being a thing. Skitarii Legions have denied visitors entrance to their temples many times, to a rather, deadpan way. And both the Fabricator of Mars and Cawl themselves have a few loose screws on their heads, the former having been abusing the ancient tehcnology known as the Proteus Protocol with him coming back alive even after self-destructing several times, and the latter having several versions of himself ingrained into his mind, almost similar to another being called the Master.
  Cawl (during his more... hilarious moments): Line open. Hello! Belisarius Cawl speaks. What do you require? FUCKING WHAT?!
  • The Fabricator General's usage of the Proteus Protocol is what prompted a redeemed version of Magnus the Red to allow one of the Emperor's trusted Custodes into claiming said tech in the Noctis Labyrinth, in the hopes of reviving the Emperor into a human form. Cawl got involved after the General decided to inform him of the Custodes attempt to reach through restricted tech. What ensured was a battle involved large amounts of dead Skitarii and melted Custodes corpses, as Cawl's strike force was far more powerful and is, in some people's words, too overpowered^note The AdMech are known to be ridiculously too powerful during 8th Edition, though it got nerfed in later versions, though this "timeline" uses 8th Edition balancing, hence Cawl's strong force. So powerful in fact that even when the Custodes got the upper hand, Cawl managed to successfully kill the Custodes "Kitten". The last vision following that disastrous news was that the Emperor burst into a supernova, with the fate of all those within Terra unknown after the incident.
• I craved the strength and certainty of steel, I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal…
  
  

Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

Magos Dominus Faustinius

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