| 1 | [[center: [-[[{{Characters/Kubera}} Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/KuberaHumanRealm Human Realm]] | [[Characters/KuberaSuraRealm Sura Realm]] ([[Characters/KuberaSuraRealmFirstHalf Sura Realm First Half]] | [[Characters/KuberaSuraRealmSecondHalf Sura Realm Second Half]]) | '''God Realm''']]-] |
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| 4 | Main characters are '''bolded'''. |
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| 9 | !God Realm |
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| 11 | [[folder:Gods in General]] |
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| 13 | * ApeShallNeverKillApe: Played with. Their ResurrectiveImmortality means they don't have any real issue with killing each other. However, they do take the destruction of one's jurisdiction (i.e. permanent death) seriously: the author notes that when they [[spoiler:eliminated the ancient human race, they avoided going down the easy route of just blowing up their planets, as doing so would kill the gods of those planets as well]]. |
| 14 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: In a different vein from the suras. As gods, they operate on a universal scale, making their values rather different from humans'. In particular, this is why they're far more likely to put TheNeedsOfTheMany first, compared to the other races, and when they know that the soul lives on and circulates, they can be rather callous towards the idea of death. |
| 15 | ** This even comes up among themselves, as they don't always understand each other's values. For instance, Surya cares about humanity but doesn't extend the same thoughtfulness towards the suras, which confuses Indra who doesn't see why humans should be weighed more heavily on the scales and, if anything, considers the life of a single nastika to be worth more than several humans'. |
| 16 | * CantArgueWithElves: Well, gods; but yeah as a general rule the modern human race tends to take this stance about gods, and whatever they say goes, this is discussed by Siera who mentions that before the Cataclysm humans consulted and followed god's judgement without questioning it, and it concerned that they fall back into this habit so quickly once Agni reveals himself. |
| 17 | * CompleteImmortality: As long as a god's jurisdiction exists, they will regenerate and come back from the dead as many times they need. Averted in the case of smaller-scale gods whose jurisdictions only encompass a single planet: If their planet is gone, they are gone too. |
| 18 | * CripplingOverspecialization: The strongest gods - save for the primeval ones - have a single source attribute. Suras, in turn, always have at least two. If Indra were to face a Garuda, for instance, he'd be in trouble, as their clan attribute is the same as his, Sky. A possible way to overcome this is to win by raw power, but they then run into another problem as the average nastika overpowers the average god. |
| 19 | * DeathIsCheap: As per their ResurrectiveImmortality mentioned above, they behave like this. In fact, they find it funny when Agni goes berserk and kills them all. When it comes to humanity, their mentality is the same; that's why it took them so long to finally decide to do something about Gandharva. It was only when he began destroying the souls of those he killed that they decided to do something. |
| 20 | * FallenHero: To varying degrees. It eventually becomes clear that however flawed or outright callous the fifth zen gods are, they're inherently screwed over by a system that makes compassion and/or active heroism impossible, unless one wants to live with an eternity of regrets. Even gods who started off the universe as conventionally kind and pure lost that over time, whether due to the burden of immortal life or by having to leave behind those sentiments at the top. Agni is generally the one exception, and even his own faults became magnified through constant tragedy. |
| 21 | * GodIsFlawed: Essentially, their main issue. They're neither saints nor evil. They complain about work, want vacations, get jealous over each other's cool toys, have people they like, have people they don't like, etc. As Brahma puts it (after observing Agni and Yama's quarrel), you'd never believe these are enlightened beings. |
| 22 | * GodIsNeutral: The stance many of them take, provided the universe itself isn't threatened. They don't go out of their way to be dicks, most of the time, but if it doesn't bother them, then whatever. |
| 23 | * HandicappedBadass: Summoned gods are bound by the strength of their human summoner, meaning that post-Cataclysm, in practice they pale in comparison to what they could do before. |
| 24 | * InformedAttribute: While the gods are established to generally be JerkassGods, most of the ones we ''see'' are comparatively good; partially this is because the better gods are presumably more likely to answer summons. |
| 25 | * InhumanlyBeautifulRace: They are gods, after all. They can even adjust aspects of their appearances (although only a select few can change their gender.) |
| 26 | * JerkassGods: Boy howdy, are they '''ever'''. Most gods wouldn't spare a thought if nastikas go around destroying ''entire planets'' for kicks (like a certain nastika king (*cough* Gandharva *cough*) used to do), and only move their collective ass when they think it's getting threatened - see [[OpportunisticBastard Opportunistic Bastards]] below. Agni, being an exception to this rule, feels like an outcast among his own. |
| 27 | * LackOfEmpathy: When gods reach enlightenment, they lose all worldly attachment... which is a problem for beings who make up the universe. As a result, they're forced to leave behind memories and the like at the "top" and drag themselves back down with an altered personality--whatever allows them to remain in the universe. Unsurprisingly, though, literally getting rid of parts of their being has dealt serious blows to their capacity for empathy, especially when it can also be abused to ease their suffering. Visnu (or at least implied to be) acknowledges that the system was probably a mistake. |
| 28 | * LuddWasRight: As planets with human population who advance quickly are quickly noticed by nastikas and get destroyed for that, many gods hold this view about why humans should just stick to living a primitive way of life, this being the [[JerkassGods gods,]] though [[BlamingTheVictim it comes across as victim-blaming though.]] |
| 29 | * {{The Mole}}: While their morals, reasons and methods vary greatly, with the exception of Kali, the stated purpose of gods is to maintain the universe, avoid its destruction and make it last as long as possible... [[spoiler: except that among the gods there's is five of them who are actually rooting for its destruction, they even have the ability to hide their identities with a cloaking that makes it impossible to be recognized and can even be summoned in this secret form to protect their secret, so far the only confirmed one among them is God Kubera, although there are lots of hints pointing at Brahma as well.]] |
| 30 | * MoralMyopia: They almost base their whole actions on this principle, whatever they do it's for the sake of maintaining the universe or balance or any nebulous concept their realm is, but with the exception of Agni and maybe Vayu, most of them don't show the same consideration to either humans or suras and are quick to condemn them for the slightest mistakes. |
| 31 | * NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: How many of them framed and justified the annihilation of the ancient human race and the reason many of them didn't want Agni's betrothed soul to continue existing, and even before then, human souls who held grudges weren't allowed to reincarnate, instead they were grounded and used as "fertilizer" for the universe. |
| 32 | * OpportunisticBastard: It's becoming clearer and clearer that the divide between suras and gods is not nearly as clear-cut as they would have you believe. This, specially, comes into play: [[spoiler:They initially let suras attack humanity so that the humans' souls could nourish the universe. However, this backfired when humanity's accumulated grudge against the suras began to decrease the universe's lifespan, and so the gods turned on them and allied with the suras to wipe them out]]. |
| 33 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: So long as the aspect they embody exists, they will resurrect. Agni, for instance, was once napping at a star when Gandharva ''swallowed it whole''. It killed him, but he simply resurrected. |
| 34 | * TimeAbyss: The natural gods were born at the dawn of the universe. That's not to say they're the only ones; all gods are born as their jurisdiction comes into being. |
| 35 | * UnscrupulousHero: What generally makes them ALighterShadeOfGrey than the suras. While they have no issue with overlooking the suras' penchant for destruction, they're less prone to that tendency for rampant slaughter. Ultimately, they're devoted to their duty--it's just that their duty is to the ''universe'', not to humans. |
| 36 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Their end goal is always to extend the universe and its lifespan. Unfortunately for everyone else, their means of doing so can be morally dubious. It's implied that it's for this reason that few gods--if any among the fifth-zen besides Agni and potentially Yama--still have the right to enter Paradise, given the sins they've gained in the process. |
| 37 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: There are shades of this in their mentality, given that they combine immortality with also near perfect memory. Kubera feels doomed to spend eternity with his regrets, and Agni's not much different in that regard. Even Chandra, for all of his seeming callousness, implies that he's at heart exhausted with everything. |
| 38 | [[/folder]] |
| 39 | !!Primeval Gods |
| 40 | [[folder:All Primeval Gods in General]] |
| 41 | * CompleteImmortality: Even when compared to the other gods. They will outlive the universe. Death is simply not a possibility for them. Even 5th-stage gods can be killed permanently if their jurisdictions are completely destroyed (however, that would be impossible; to kill Agni, for instance, you would have to destroy all fire in the universe), but there is simply no way in absolute to destroy primeval gods. Even if they lose their corporeal form, they only have to wait a bit to recover it. |
| 42 | * DivineConflict: It's Kali against the others. |
| 43 | * GodIsNeutral: Brahma and Shiva take the explicit stance that, unlike Visnu, they won't try and extend the universe's lifespan once they're done creating it. |
| 44 | * {{Hypocrite}}: They criticized [[spoiler:Menaka]] for falling for Kali's lies, but they're not so infallible to her deception either. |
| 45 | * NonindicativeName: Zigzagged. They are called "gods" and have jurisdictions and worshippers, not unlike the proper gods themselves, but they are a completely different type of being altogether. |
| 46 | * TheOldGods: They are older than the universe. In fact, they created it. |
| 47 | * RippleEffectProofMemory: Downplayed. Even the Primeval Gods don't necessarily possess memories of previous timelines--none of them recall [[spoiler:the original iteration of the universe before Ananta reset it from the beginning]]--but it's mentioned that when the universe ends, they regain all of those memories. |
| 48 | * TeamSwitzerland: As a whole, the primeval gods do not take a side in the gods vs sura conflict. Except for Kali, who adopted a nastika name and rule a sura clan herself, but Kali is an exception to many things. [[spoiler: Subverted. They actually do have agendas, but those agendas are so far reaching and elusive to the humans, and even lesser Gods and Nastikas that most characters aren't aware of it. But the majority of the conflict in the series can be traced in one way or another to the four Primervals pushing their differing agendas onto the universe they created]]. |
| 49 | * TimeAbyss: Again, they are older than the universe. |
| 50 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Of sorts. If you think about it, they are kind of responsible for [[spoiler:the extinction of the first human race]]. Why? Since they retained the memories of their past lives in their souls, [[spoiler:suras saw them as a threat as it meant humans took suras killing any of them ''badly'', and the gods feared humans would one day rule the universe]]. Said concern ''is'' justified in the sense that, as per Shess' flashback, [[spoiler:humans were already working on weaponry aimed at destroying nastikas]]. What the primeval gods have to do with all this? Well, they could have prevented the situation from going this far if they wanted. Kubera calls them out on this, noting that they should've molded the universe to suit [[spoiler:the ancient human race]], rather than expect them to mold themselves to the new universe. |
| 51 | ** On the other hand, while it's unknown how the others felt, Brahma is revealed to have disliked them, so it's doubtful she even had any inclination to prevent this. [[spoiler: she's in fact the main reason their genocide happened, pushing Astikas and Nastikas to cooperate for this goal and doing what she could to make sure Ananta, the only one who could have stopped it at the time, would let it happen]]. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | [[folder:Brahma]] |
| 54 | !!Brahma |
| 55 | !!!Jurisdiction: Creation, Source Attribute: Creation + Unknown |
| 56 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brahma_6.png]] |
| 57 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click to see Brahma pre-timeskip]][[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8e8361b315d48c992e6014a4a918570d.png]][[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 59 | Goddess of Creation, known for being extremely neutral on the subject of fighting the sura. |
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| 61 | * AMillionIsAStatistic: Gives precisely zero fucks about the state of the universe. If Kali wants to destroy it, so be it. She'll just create another one anyway. She wasn't always this way; at the beginning of it, she was still willing to help Visnu out. |
| 62 | * ArchEnemy: Maybe not to the same extent as Visnu, but Brahma doesn't seem at all to be fond of Kali. [[spoiler:She deeply resented the fact that humans allied with her in the past universe]], and seems more worried about keeping her sealed than about the state of the universe itself. Of course, the latter may be because she simply gave up on the current one. |
| 63 | * ArmorPiercingResponse: When the Primeval Gods brought up as a hypothetical to Ananta that his mate wasn't necessarily a good person and he protested, Brahma then pointed out that the way he saw her must be akin to the way Sagara saw ''him''. |
| 64 | -->'''Brahma:''' [[spoiler:This world's Sagara would probably also never ever imagine that you turned back 10 billion years because you denied her existence.]] |
| 65 | * HiddenDepths: Despite her own ruthless and aloof personality, she appears to value ''compassion'' as a quality in others, and once considered the human race to be the greatest of her creations for this reason before they disappointed her. |
| 66 | * JerkassGods: While Brahma used to be a more proactive force in maintaining the universe, she now considers it to be unsalvageable and is mainly just waiting for it to end so she can get started on the next one. |
| 67 | * MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Agni wonders if that is the case. After discovering that [[spoiler:Menaka had made a deal with Kali]], she told her to focus on Gandharva's redemption as much as possible. However, a few millions of years later, she gave Agni a sword meant to kill him without much protest. Menaka believed that Brahma had simply given up on the universe entirely, and thus didn't care anymore about what happened to it. |
| 68 | * NeutralNoLonger: [[spoiler: Implied. If she was the one who gave Laila her new weapon,]] then her reputation as a neutral goddess is put under question. It doesn't help that [[spoiler: she gave Agni the Sword of Hellfire and created a weapon for Kinnara to take away Airavata's name.]] Of course, [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil she could just be balancing both sides...]] |
| 69 | ** Official as of 3-159/444: |
| 70 | -->''Brahma'': I'm going to the sura realm. Looks like the playing field is too unlevel for me to just sit back chewing gum. |
| 71 | ** Heavily subverted. She was actually never neutral. from the Finite chapters: [[spoiler: From her perspective, the entire current universe is a waste and a delay, with her favored creations, the Ancient Human Race, being persuaded by Kali and thus deemed unfit by Brahma. She engineered their destruction, and no longer has any interest in the universe. However, outright acting for its destruction would have been considered a breach of the "game rules" by Vishnu and Shiva, which she did not want to risk, so she used less overt means...but now both are out of the picture. Due to having primerval insight, powers, and the loyalty of many 5th-Zen Astikas, she is actually one of the most dangerous forces pushing for the current universe's destruction)]]. |
| 72 | ** Even her seeming support of Laila is misleading. [[spoiler:She most likely supports a vengeful candidate that would likely bring about the quickest end to this universe]]. And her favoring Laila due to compassion towards Claude? [[spoiler: that might as well be due to reminding her of the Ancient Human Race, and thus hoping for some small ideological victory if Lailah remains the last one standing]]. |
| 73 | * NoHeroToHisValet: A pissed off and overworked Yama has no qualms about yelling at her. Agni himself also doesn't have that high of an opinion on her either, and Chandra doesn't hide his contempt over her inaction when the universe is in peril. |
| 74 | * ThePowerOfCreation: The source of it, specifically. |
| 75 | * SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:The more it's revealed about her, the clearer it becomes that Brahma has ''not'' forgiven humanity for allying with Kali in the past universe. God Kubera claims that they were the former universe's "victors", and that she should have created an universe to suit them, as they had earned that right. Brahma isn't having any of it - victors or not, she never forgave it, and thus didn't stop the gods and nastikas when they decided to wipe out the original human race. One wonders if her decision to remake them weak as they are now (and thus being indirectly responsible for them becoming the suras' punching bag) wasn't a form of vengeance.]] |
| 76 | * TeamSwitzerland: Maintains neutrality at all times. She set up the barrier system so that humans would be protected against sura attacks, but made the barriers dependent on humans so that the sura would have a chance to attack. This may or may not be changing. [[spoiler: Turns out to have been an act at best. She was always pushing her agenda, that agenda just had little to do with the common good of either Sura, created Gods or humans, and thus looked like neutrality]]. |
| 77 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Frequently seen helping Yama out with the Underworld's massive amount of paperwork. [[spoiler: his trust in her is implied to have allowed her to secretly manipulate the lifespan of select individuals she made use of, such as Claude, as even primeval powers cannot easily defy the laws of human death in the universe]]. |
| 78 | * TormentByAnnoyance: Most gods get her to make what they want using this trope. |
| 79 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: She's expressed to Visnu that she's tired of constantly repeating time and time again, failed universe after failed universe. |
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| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Visnu]] |
| 84 | !!Visnu |
| 85 | !!!Jurisdiction: Resurrection, Source Attributes: Resurrection + Unknown |
| 86 | [[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3d8f4f7e450d3682c27cda4bfc5928f8.jpg]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | The God of Preservation, he is most known for his ability to see the future. He was also largely friendly to everyone and everything he met. It was thanks to his protection that humanity was able to fend off the sura. He separated the realms during the Cataclysm, and then disappeared along with Shiva. |
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| 90 | * AMillionIsAStatistic: When [[spoiler:Asha asked him to save Carte.]] He claimed that he had witnessed the death of universes and asked why [[spoiler:Carte]] deserved be saved. |
| 91 | ** He displayed the same behavior towards Menaka in the past. When she begged him to help her stop Gandharva's senseless destruction (not only because of the sheer brutality of his actions, but also because she knew very well that it all would backfire on him eventually), Visnu refused. After all, [[spoiler:Gandharva was never supposed to hold so much power; it should have gone to Menaka instead. Gandharva's slaughters were, as far as Visnu was concerned, all fine and good: as long as kept doing it, he would end up dying at some point, and then Menaka would become king, just as he had planned.]] It were just some trillions of souls, after all. |
| 92 | ** Visnu worries about the universe as a whole; everything in it can be sacrificed to ensure the survival of the universe itself. |
| 93 | * ArchEnemy: Kali's, somewhat, although we never see any of them show any enmity towards the other aside from Kali once referring to him as "that blasted Visnu". It's more of a natural thing: Kali always works to destroy the universe, Visnu is the sole of the primeval gods that works to ensure its survival. |
| 94 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion[=/=]ArmorPiercingResponse: Delivered both to Menaka in the same breath. When she begged him to help her stop Gandharva's slaughters, he refuses, as Gandharva would end up dying at that pace, which would make Menaka king, thus giving them a chance of defeating Kali if Menaka achieved enlightement some day. Menaka disagrees with his reasoning: |
| 95 | -->'''Menaka''': Does it not matter to you how many are sacrificed... For the sake of extending the life of the universe...? |
| 96 | -->'''Visnu''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Do you call that a question?]] [[ArmorPiercingResponse There is no "part" which is more important than the "whole", Menaka.]] |
| 97 | * TheChessmaster: It certainly helps your cause when you can see all potential outcomes. The sole piece he can't control on the board is Kali, as even his insight has trouble with seeing futures related to her. And boy, does she milk this for all it is worth or what. |
| 98 | * TheCorruptor: Specifically saved Asha from the death of her planet and harshly trained her with toxic tests of loyalty for the sole purpose of turning her into a vicious SerialKiller who would tangentially help his plans. |
| 99 | * ExactWords: |
| 100 | ** He told Gandharva to wait as an ocean would be created for his clan one day. [[spoiler:It's still pretty much a lie by deliberate misdirection, but he never specified that he (or Varuna) would lend a hand. Eventually, an ocean ''is'' created - by Gandharva, upon realizing no help is ever coming.]] |
| 101 | ** Another Gandharva-related instance that involves a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}. In a flashback, Gandharva and Visnu are talking to each other, and the nastika complains about the pressures of kingship. He wonders what would have happened if the name Gandharva hadn't gone to him. Visnu points out that Menaka would still be Gandharva's wife, except that said "Gandharva" wouldn't be the one we know. [[spoiler:Because it would be ''Menaka herself. She'' was supposed to have received the name "Gandharva" at the beginning of the universe; through undisclosed means, the Gandharva we know and love stole this name, and that's one of the reasons Visnu hated him so much. So yes, a nastika named "Menaka" would marry another called "Gandharva", who would be the one ''we know'' as Menaka.]] |
| 102 | * EyesOutOfSight: His eyes are always covered by his hair. Considering his eyes are called an indescribable, ever-changing color in Literature/TheFinite, this makes some sense. |
| 103 | * FalseFriend: [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he actually hated Gandharva and merely pretended to be his friend because Gandharva's existence was necessary for the best future. May or may not explain the whole lie about making an ocean for his clan.]] |
| 104 | * TheGadfly: His interactions with Taksaka in ''the finite'' mainly consist of him trolling the latter at every possible opportunity. |
| 105 | * HaveYouSeenMyGod: He disappeared before the start of the story, leaving many things unfinished. Said disappearance happened during the Cataclysm, or so it is believed by many; other believe that the very fact that Visnu and Shiva went missing was the Cataclysm itself, so great was their influence. |
| 106 | * KickTheDog: To [[spoiler:Asha on Carte]]. When she [[spoiler:loses an arm]] after disobeying him, he tells her he ''could'' fix it, but she disobeyed him so he won't. |
| 107 | ** To the human race as a whole in the past, and to Menaka at the same time. As per AMillionIsAStatistic above, he refused her pleas to help with the Gandharva situation simply because it would better fit his plans. |
| 108 | * MadGod: Chandra calls him one, though he's a bit unhinged himself. |
| 109 | * ManipulativeBastard: He manipulated everyone for his own ends, but it's not clear what those ends ''are''. At this point, characters wise to his true nature know that if he tells you anything at all, it's probably some kind of manipulation. |
| 110 | * NoHeroToHisValet: Due to his easygoing nature, many suras treated him rather casually despite him being the creator of the universe. More negatively, Chandra has little respect for him at this point; while the other gods believe that the Primeval Gods have the universe's best interests at heart and would be straightforward if they did or didn't want the gods to do something (e.g. kill Ananta), Chandra's more willing to suspect manipulation at play. |
| 111 | * NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: While Visnu's Insight is incredibly potent, he doesn't actually control the future. [[spoiler:Kali in particular is a massive blind spot]]. |
| 112 | * TheOmniscient: Is treated as this thanks to his ability to see all possible futures. |
| 113 | * OmniscientMoralityLicense: He may or may not be in ownership of one, but he at least ''behaves'' like he does. Almost every major action he has taken has resulted in suffering for the main characters (in particular, the deal he made with Asha basically destroyed both Asha and Leez' lives, which had a domino effect of causing lots of other horrible things to happen as well), but according to him it is all to ensure the preservation of the universe. |
| 114 | * OracularUrchin: His preferred appearance is that of a child and he has a potent ability to see the future. |
| 115 | * TheOldGods: Even more so than the other Primeval Gods, as he can remember past universes. |
| 116 | * ParentalSubstitute: To Kalavinka. Being Garuda's close friend, he was entrusted with raising one of his kids to take them away from the dangers of the Power of the Name (whatever this means). He also briefly acted as one to Kasak, when there was a real fear he'd be killed under Taksaka's care. |
| 117 | * ThePlan: One that spans multiple universes. [[spoiler: Vishnu's primary goal seems to be creating universes where the different races cooperate. It's unclear if he wants this as a one time result, if he needs it as part of some larger goal, or if he simply wants to see it happen in as many universes as possible, but all his aims seem to be directed towards this result. This could why the Ancient Humans, with their heavy bias towards kind heartedness, or Menaka, with her pacifistic tendencies and ability to avoid violence from others, were held so highly in his eyes]]. |
| 118 | * ShipperOnDeck: Deliberately orchestrated Taksaka and Ian coming together, as means of quelling Taksaka's temper. |
| 119 | * TimeAbyss: Primeval Gods exist regardless of the current universe. Visnu, however, is a special case: he alone can remember the past universes. |
| 120 | * TimeMaster: But if he does it too much, he loses his material form. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Shiva]] |
| 124 | !!Shiva |
| 125 | !!!Jurisdiction: Destruction, Source Attribute: Destruction + Unknown |
| 126 | [[quoteright:169:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fcc356f17442fcd15708589cb94f0ab9.png]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | The God of Destruction. He disappeared during the Cataclysm. |
| 129 | ---- |
| 130 | * ArmorPiercingResponse: After the primeval gods find out about Menaka's deal with "Visnu" [[spoiler:(actually Kali in disguise)]], Shiva asks her if she regrets it, since she will die. She says that it's okay as long as she can change Gandharva. Because poor Menaka can't catch a break with this, Shiva promptly says the following in the bluntest way possible: |
| 131 | -->'''Shiva''': You won't even be able to change him completely. You will die before you can. |
| 132 | * TheFaceless: He's only shown in silhouette, or with HiddenEyes. |
| 133 | * HairTriggerTemper: The little we see of him suggests that he wasn't the calmest individual compared to Brahma or Visnu, as he's seen being easily riled up and dishing out death threats. |
| 134 | * HaveYouSeenMyGod: He vanished during the Cataclysm along with Visnu. |
| 135 | * LargeAndInCharge: Subverted. Shiva is very tall and a primeval god, but he doesn't give two shits about the universe as a whole, just like Brahma. |
| 136 | * MinorMajorCharacter: He's a Priveval God and one of the greatest forces in the universe; he's also completely irrelevant to the narrative's main conflict. |
| 137 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: None of the Primeval Gods exactly like each other, but Shiva seems to hold Brahma and Visnu's scheming natures with some level of disdain even as he cooperates with them. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Kali]] |
| 141 | !!Kali |
| 142 | !!!Jurisdiction: Entropy, Source Attributes: Chaos + Unknown |
| 143 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cbcc35816b9ee65e2bb3457d075ceb9d.png]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | The Goddess of Chaos, considered mad by the rest, and for good reason. She's Yuta's original mother. She created Taraka to protect him in her absence. |
| 146 | ---- |
| 147 | * AbusiveParent: Oh, where to start? Pretty much everything that went wrong in Yuta's life can be traced back to Kali somehow. He even calls her out on it in one of her monologues, claiming she knew very well that he would end up being miserable. |
| 148 | --->'''Kali''': My son would never want to see me. I'm sure all he remembers of me is abuse of all kinds. |
| 149 | * ArchEnemy: Visnu's. He tries to keep the universe functioning, she wants to destroy it. |
| 150 | * AxCrazy: Kali may be a character of many mysteries, but one thing was never in question: she's completely off the rocker. In a dangerous way. |
| 151 | * BeautyIsBad: Look at her. Now look at the rest of her tropes. |
| 152 | * BerserkButton: [[spoiler:She's very offended by Leez "changing" Yuta's name]], reacting violently and ripping the offending party limb to limb. |
| 153 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: According to Yuta, she doesn't believe that doing bad things is wrong. She even lampshades it, noting that no one will ever understand her idea of justice. |
| 154 | * ComesGreatInsanity: She's a primeval goddess and madder than a hatter. Or maybe not: see the trope above. Kali may be the literal embodiment of chaos but she has a moral code of her own, as confusing as it may be, and she follows it. It's implied that the whole destroy-the-universe thing is part of it, not just something done for fun. On the other hand, some of her actions, like creating the Taraka clan out of names that were dangerous and/or defective, can hardly be explained as stable. |
| 155 | * CompleteImmortality: Kali's a primeval goddess, meaning that her jurisdiction - and thus herself - can never be destroyed. |
| 156 | * ConsummateLiar: She regularly lies about her Insights. She was also able to convince the other gods about her innocence of [[spoiler:giving Gandharva the power to destroy souls]], claiming he had stolen it. No one doubted her. |
| 157 | * TheCorrupter: She has a persuasion skill that makes her able to do this to anyone, [[spoiler:as shown with what she did to Siera]]. |
| 158 | * CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:She wipes the floor with Leez in Konchez. She even lampshades it, noting that it wasn't even using her true body, but Yuta's double.]] |
| 159 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. In her conversation with Leez in Konchez, she remarks that she knows very well the dangers of love, and that giving her son a loveless life was the greatest gift she could present him with. |
| 160 | * DealWithTheDevil: Offered this [[spoiler:to Menaka, taking Visnu's form. She would allow Menaka to bear Gandharva's sins, thus ensuring his redemption, in exchange for Menaka's remaining time.]] [[spoiler:When Menaka died, she was turned into Kali into an entity designed to protect her son - Taraka herself.]] |
| 161 | ** She also offered this to Leez, promising her a name that would allow her to stand above everyone else. It fails, as Leez has no interest in power. |
| 162 | * {{Determinator}}: Say what you want about Kali, but she'll stick to her goals. Billions of years and countless sealings haven't done anything to threaten her convictions. |
| 163 | * DidntSeeThatComing: She thought Leez would choose to kill Asha instead of Maruna when she sent her to the past. |
| 164 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Implied. When God Kubera addresses her as "Primeval Goddess Kali", she remarks that no one had been so respectful in a long time. Trying to destroy the universe several times will do that to you. |
| 165 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Hard to say. One ''could'' construe her relationship with Yuta as one of love - that is, Kali's brand of love. She did create a caretaker for him in the shape of Taraka, which makes sense as Yuta is a fundamental part of her plans, but she did give Taraka her own face, that only Yuta could see. She seems genuinely impressed by how Leez worried more about Yuta's feelings than about her own survival during their confrontation at Konchez. She considers love to be evil and dangerous, possibly because of personal trauma, and thus made sure that Yuta would never be able to love anything. So, if not love, one can say that, to some level and in a very, very alien way, she does care about him. |
| 166 | * EvilIsPetty: Delivers the above mentioned curbstomping to Leez because she dared to give Yuta another name, despite the fact that she remarked herself that Leez's interference would amount to no more than a small detour in her plans. |
| 167 | * EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Boy howdy, ''no''. She wants Yuta to be a merciless king that will know no love and care for no one. But, like pretty much everything else regarding Kali herself, this is quite complicated, starting with the fact that she doesn't consider herself evil. Yes, she wants her own son to be a universe destroyer, but, to Kali, the universe is ''evil'' - as is love, as is honour, as is everything else that is part of it. So, does she want Yuta to fit the ''conventionall'' view of good? Absolutely not. Does she want him to fit ''her own'' view of good? Yes. |
| 168 | * TheDreaded: In-universe, anything regarding her is bad news. While she's worshipped by humans, the few records about her aren't exactly praising her kindness. |
| 169 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Kali only ''seems'' to be this, and In-Universe too. Most characters only see her as a batshit insane goddess that wants to destroy the universe because that's her nature as a Chaos being. Yuta, however, says that his mother is guided by her own sense of justice, as weird as it may be, and that this is the reason behind her actions; a flashback of her supports this. Even if no one ever understands her sense of justice, Kali keeps fighting for it anyway. It just so happens to entail the end of everything. |
| 170 | --> '''Leez''': ...What do you define as evil? |
| 171 | --> '''Kali''': I don't know, many things... [[BlueAndOrangeMorality starting with that blasted Visnu... a world that should not exist, all the creatures of that world, and the values those creatures pursue throughout their entire lives. Their ideals, justice, honor, pride, relationships, and... 'love,' for instance.]] |
| 172 | * GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:On Konchez, she takes over Yuta's remote body]]. |
| 173 | * GreaterScopeVillain: The more we learn of her, the clearer it becomes that she's this. She created the Taraka clan, the ones responsible for all the shit that's going down in season three. Yuta's birth seems to have happened as a result of one of her plans as well, given how linked he is to them, and how she went out of her way to have a caretaker for him in the form of Taraka. She may not have had anything to do with Ananta's death, and therefore the whole conflict of the first two seasons - or so it seems. As Sagara remarks, the Taraka clan allied themselves with the gods to attack the Ananta clan, which ended up with the nastika king dead. If Kali had anything to do with it (which seems likely), then she definitely fits this trope, given that Ananta's death screwed over the whole universe, as without him the best possible future was no longer possible. |
| 174 | ** She's also this to [[spoiler:Gandharva. As it turns out, there was a nastika created with the goal of killing her: Menaka, Gandharva's wife. Kali tricked Menaka into making a deal with her, and, as a consequence, Menaka eventually passed away. The role of being Kali's bane then fell onto Gandharva. Furthermost, Menaka is]] [[spoiler:Taraka herself - and the Taraka clan attack was the main factor behind Gandharva being separated from Shakuntala]]. |
| 175 | * HatedByAll: No one likes Kali, not even her own son. Note that Yuta has expressed several times his love for Taraka, dangerous and insane as she may be; Kali is just that much of a bitch. It also helps that she left him when Yuta was very young. |
| 176 | * HaveYouSeenMyGod: She disappeared long before the Cataclysm, shortly after giving birth to Yuta. [[spoiler:She's been sealed away by the gods and nastikas]]. |
| 177 | * HotGoddess: Kali may be many things, but ugly she is not. Lampshaded: Taraka's fake beauty was based on Kali's own appearance. |
| 178 | * ItsAllAboutMe: The reason she's so set on ending the universe? She cannot stand the existence of any beings stronger than her. Or so it seems; see ComesGreatInsanity above. |
| 179 | * [[JerkassGods Jerkass Goddess]]: As Leez puts it: |
| 180 | -->'''Kali''': What is your honest impression of me?\ |
| 181 | '''Leez''': ...You are childish, petty, arrogant and cruel. |
| 182 | * KarmaHoudini: She's a primeval goddess; in other words, she's basically unkillable - even if she destroys the universe, there isn't really any way to punish her, except sealing, but even that never lasts: she has escaped sealing several times already. |
| 183 | * LoveIsAWeakness: And ''evil'', according to Kali. [[spoiler: It's one of the reasons why she wants to destroy the universe, among many other things. She even claims to have created Yuta simply to eradicate all the things she finds 'evil'. Although this strong dislike of love is implied to be because she knows [[LoveHurts the pain of love]] from personal experience.]] |
| 184 | -->'''Kali''': [[spoiler: (to Leez) A life without love is the greatest blessing... I know too well the harms of love, and I wanted my son to be free of it.]] |
| 185 | * MadGod: According to Gandharva, she's so bad she's had to be sealed over a hundred times over the history of the universe. And that's coming from the guy that used to destroy planets for kicks. |
| 186 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:She took advantage of Menaka's compassion - as someone who could eventually become her bane - to orchestrate her ultimate death.]] |
| 187 | ** She also showed her manipulative skills millions of years in the past during the Gandharva situation. [[spoiler:God Kubera convinced her to give Gandharva a name that would allow him to destroy souls so as to convince the gods to finally deal with him for good, and then kill someone who was stronger than her (her ultimate goal). When they asked her if she had been the one to give him said power, she remarked that no, of course it wasn't me, I don't like beings stronger than I am, why would I empower one of them even more? And they fell hook, line and sinker]]. |
| 188 | * MissingMom: To Yuta. At least she left him a simalucrum to act as his mother in her stead, who is... completely... crazy... okay, maybe not a good thing. Yuta even says she knew he would be miserable. Seems like she did it on purpose in order to shape her son. |
| 189 | * MysteriousParent: Yuta's. Although he ''does'' seem to know more about her than most, he's still in the dark regarding several of her plans. |
| 190 | * OccultBlueEyes: A marvelous pair of turquoise eyes that appear to indicate the use of Insight. |
| 191 | * OmnicidalManiac: She's considered one In-Universe. |
| 192 | * PlayingBothSides: She would neglect to nullify some skills and then sit back and watch as other destroyed themselves with them. |
| 193 | * SealedEvilInACan: A particularly ineffectual example, as she was sealed and then escaped sealing more than a hundred times since the beginning of the universe. [[spoiler:Her latest disappearance happened because she was sealed once again; she remains as such even now, and seems to have given up on getting her physical form out]]. |
| 194 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: When God Kubera comes to talk to her about Gandharva, she's completely naked. |
| 195 | * ShipperOnDeck: Completely inverted. She considers love to be a disease, and thus she's made sure to give Yuta a compulsion to eat anything he loves. |
| 196 | * SpannerInTheWorks: To Visnu, as his insight is imperfect when it comes to her, meaning that she can mess up his plans. |
| 197 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The universe has beings stronger than her? Just destroy it all. |
| 198 | * VillainRespect: Kali is moved by Leez's thoughts concerning [[spoiler: Yuta's fate, and decides to give Leez the "prize" of an opportunity to kill either Asha or Maruna in the past. Somewhat downplayed in the sense that her "prize" was one that would end in [[XanatosGambit no losses for Kali herself.]] It's possible that her respect was genuine regardless.]] |
| 199 | * WeWillMeetAgain: Inverted; the last time Yuta saw her, she told him they would never meet again. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | !!Fifth Zen Gods |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[folder:'''Kubera''']] |
| 206 | !!Kubera |
| 207 | !!!Jurisdiction: Nature, Source Attribute: Earth |
| 208 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kubera.png]] |
| 209 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click to see Kubera's child form]][[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kubera_child.png]][[/labelnote]]]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | The God of Earth, and the god whose name Leez bears; his domains also encompass gravity, wealth, and strength. |
| 212 | ---- |
| 213 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Not to Agni's extent, but he's also considered one of the troublemaking gods prone to causing dissent. |
| 214 | * TheAtoner: His current motivation seems to be to atone for killing of Ananta, although he is clearly increasingly conflicted. |
| 215 | * BigDamnHeroes: He shows up to save Leez during the Test of the Sword - from his own ally, no less. Sagara is not pleased. |
| 216 | * BlackCloak: In N5, [[spoiler:he he wore a hooded one to conceal his identity, while acting as the god Jibril summoned through dubious means]]. Amusingly, he's shocked when [[spoiler:Maruna is able to recognize him]], to which the sura points that Kubera is always dressed like this so [[AchievementsInIgnorance of course he would]]. |
| 217 | * BlingOfWar: He has a set of golden armour associated with him. |
| 218 | * BrokenPedestal: More like shattered. After coming back from the sura realm, Leez doesn't seem to be on good terms with any god (save for Agni and maybe Vayu), but given how personal their relationship was, it seems she has it particularly bad with him. It is subtly implied that the memories she recovered have something to do with this as well. |
| 219 | * TheChampion: In the past, he declared that he would be this [[spoiler:to ''Ananta'']], knowing how much the latter suffered. |
| 220 | * TheChooserOfTheOne: In a play on this, he, unable to decide, puts the choice in the hands of someone else. However, he doesn't explain the full consequences of the choice. |
| 221 | * TheComicallySerious: Much of the humour in his and Leez's antics come from how utterly straight-faced Kubera remains throughout them all. |
| 222 | * DeathSeeker: An alternate interpretation of what he's up to can be summarised as "the universe's most convoluted, indirect suicide attempt" -- Agni, for one, worries this is the case. Sagara, too, picks this vibe up... and, just doesn't care: as long as he doesn't peg it until she's finished with him, she's fine with it. |
| 223 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 224 | ** To Ananta. See his entry. |
| 225 | ** To Sagara as well. |
| 226 | *** Let's see, what do they have in common? Well, both have an Earth attribute. Both have a deep personal history with Ananta that heavily influences how they behave and are working to bring him back, and are similarly willing to take drastic measures to strengthen their firepower. Both will work with people that would normally be considered their enemies to achieve bigger goals. |
| 227 | *** But that's about it. Compared to other nastikas, Sagara is weak, whereas Kubera is one of the only seven gods to ever achieve 5th-zen, and is considered an [[TheAce Ace]] among his peers. Sagara is pure emotion, Kubera rarely shows what he thinks. Sagara loved Ananta more than anything in the world, and is willing to damn everyone and everything to bring him back - Kubera betrayed the king's trust and had him killed. Sagara is a PintsizedPowerhouse, Kubera is LargeAndInCharge. She harbours no doubts about her plan, despite being repeatedly told that she should. As time goes on, he becomes more and more conflicted towards the same thing. Both have personal relationships with people far younger than them; however, Sagara has a TheMenFirst attitude towards the rakshasas under her command. Kubera, on the other hand, willingly allows Leez to join fights she doesn't even understand. And yet, he seems to care about her, not unlike how Sagara cares about her own underlings. |
| 228 | * GodzillaThreshold: You know that Onion headline, [[https://local.theonion.com/man-always-carries-gun-in-case-he-needs-to-escalate-sit-1819577671 "Man Always Carries Gun In Case He Needs To Escalate Situation"]]? That's his troubleshooting process in a nutshell. In the past, when Gandharva was out of control slaughtering humans left, right and center, he and Agni were the only two gods that cared about the lives lost and tried to do anything about the situation. After Agni's attempt of appealing to the other gods' compassion fails (miserably), God Kubera decides that he will make the problem so big that even ''they'' will care for it. His solution? [[spoiler:To ask Kali to give Gandharva a name that allows him to destroy the souls he kills, thus creating a situation so dire that even the gods themselves will feel the need to step in]]. As he puts it himself in chapter 3-56/341: |
| 229 | -->'''Kubera''': The reason they are doing nothing is because the situation causes them no direct harm. So... The problem has to be exacerbated until they feel threatened. |
| 230 | * GoodIsNotNice: ...Maybe so? Neither "good" nor "evil" are the right way to characterize him. As of now, what he is truly up to is a complete mystery; it ''seems'' he's trying to make up for what he did to Ananta, but it's hard to tell. In the past, at least, he was this: just as taciturn as he is now, and willing to let Gandharva destroy trillions so that he may not cause even more destruction in the future. |
| 231 | * GravityMaster: He is the god of Earth and wealth, after all. |
| 232 | * TheHeavy: Averted from a point of view, played straight from another. Yes, he's the one behind Sagara's scheme to kill humans with his name and brought in suras to assist with that, the one that gave Leez most of her items, [[spoiler:and implied to have been the god that she summoned to boot]]. Besides, he was the one behind Ananta's death, thus kickstarting the whole plot. But, as Sagara complains in season two, he's not very cooperative. Despite enabling the others, he does very little to actually support their actions or even intervene with the plot, instead letting others do the actual work. His importance on the plot is undeniable, but most of the time he seems to not be sure whether of not he wants said influence to grow. |
| 233 | * LimitedWardrobe: His choice of outfit hasn't changed at all since the beginning of the universe. |
| 234 | * ManipulativeBastard: He's prone to behaving this way around others. |
| 235 | ** Both Gandharva and Maruna eventually acknowledge that Kubera will dangle whatever he needs to in front of their faces to get them to act, but has never truly made good on any of his promises to them. |
| 236 | ** He is behind the sura searching for Leez... as well as the one who gave her his name in the first place. Not to mention also saving her hide, just to complicate everything in the process and shorten her life expectancy in the long run. Yay? |
| 237 | ** When he approaches her regarding Gandharva's slaughters, Kali even lampshades it. Your manipulation game must be at another level to have a primeval god remarking on it. |
| 238 | ** During the time travel arc, he serves as an ominous and somewhat overbearing StealthMentor to Maruna, who half-seeks him out, knowing Kubera is his ticket home, and half-grows annoyed at the way Kubera keeps setting up moral dilemmas for him to arguably fail. |
| 239 | ** While it turns out that [[spoiler:some of the above cases weren't actually him but Manasvin]], it doesn't negate the fact that Kubera is still prone to this behavior. In general, the time travel arc reveals that in almost every significant event in history, Kubera had his hands in ''some'' kind of pie there, even by the standards of a god. |
| 240 | * MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Everybody who deals with him for any length of time winds up complaining about this. Agni, Gandharva, Sagara, Leez, every recorded Priest of Earth who spent quality time with him or his objects... |
| 241 | ** During the Test of the Sword, afte he tells her to simply go back to the sura realm and forget everything, Sagara even lampshades it: |
| 242 | --->'''Sagara''': HEY!!!!!!!! Have you gone mad? You have a split personality or something? You're the one who opened the door and called for me! |
| 243 | ** It turns out there's a good reason for this behavior: [[spoiler:many of his appearances weren't actually him, but Manasvin in his form]]. |
| 244 | * MrExposition: When not being mysterious, he's often the one left to explain things (to Leez, especially) due to knowing more than most about what's going on. |
| 245 | * MyGreatestFailure: It's implied that he deeply regrets [[spoiler:his killing of Ananta]]; he specifically warns Leez not to repeat his mistakes, and to stand by those who give her their trust. |
| 246 | * LapPillow: Although the gesture is not appreciated due to feeling like a "wooden pillow" he serves as one to [[spoiler:Leez after saving her from a brutal battle with Sagara]]. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial He claims that she had crawled on to his lap]] when she asks why... |
| 247 | * PassThePopcorn: He quite literally did this. Perhaps a bit of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness was at play here, but way back to their first meeting, he makes Leez face a group of suras in order to see if she can learn how to use the Golden Knight bracelet, Leez tries to convince him to help, instead when she turns to look at him, he's moved far away, with a bag of popcorn, ready to watch the "spectacle". |
| 248 | * PetTheDog: To animals and Leez. |
| 249 | * PowerDyesYourHair: His normally white-ish hair turns gold at night, along with his eyes. |
| 250 | * SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: He has noticeably darker skin than most of the cast with his iconic white hair, and the title of the series seems to be as much about him as it is about Leez. |
| 251 | * TheStoic: Agni notes that he's never seen him smile, and thinks he's lonely. Leez kinda-almost gets a smile out of him on a few occasions, but... there are the ever-present caveats attached. |
| 252 | * TakeAwayTheirName: It's implied he ''literally'' gave his name to Leez. He told her father to name his child Kubera, and from then on refused to use it for himself. He tells Leez that she can only call him 'mister', and even then, only if she doesn't attach any particular significance to it as a name. |
| 253 | * TheUnreveal: After the Cataclysm, gods of all kinds were secluded in their own realm, and could only inhabit the human realm if they were summoned by a human. If that is so... who summoned him? |
| 254 | ** Season 3 [[spoiler:heavily implies it was Leez]]. |
| 255 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: He has a monologue in which he suggest that the saddest being in the world is a god, unable to ever forget or die to escape their regrets--a clear reference to him. |
| 256 | |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:'''Agni''']] |
| 260 | !!Agni/Babo Kim |
| 261 | !!!Jurisdiction: Nature, Source Attribute: Fire |
| 262 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agni.png]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | The incomparably silly God of Fire, summoned by Brilith when she was a child. His easy-going nature is largely an act, meant to reduce the strain on her. |
| 265 | ---- |
| 266 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He's regarded as an outsider among the gods due to his emotional nature. |
| 267 | * BeingGoodSucks: [[spoiler:Both Menaka and Shakuntala]] made their LastRequest to him to not lose faith in Gandharva, knowing that Agni is his only chance for redemption. Thus, Agni does his best to honour that wish, but he knows it costs him a lot of goodwill from his allies and Brilith, and Gandharva constantly letting him down wears on him. Also, not killing Gandharva when he had the chance ultimately leads to Agni [[spoiler:giving up his right to enter Paradise]]. |
| 268 | * BerserkButton: When Gandharva [[BlatantLies claims he killed]] [[TheLostLenore a certain woman]], he immediately goes white fire (10,000+ degrees), nearly killing Brilith in the process. The other gods even refer to his "ex" as a button they can press to make him mad. |
| 269 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Brilith notes that she's never seen him mad in all the years she's known him, and likewise his fellow gods find him difficult to anger (BerserkButton aside). Actually pissing him off, though, is a ''bad'' idea. |
| 270 | * BigEater: It helps when food just burns up inside of him. During a meeting, he suggests they get something to eat, to which Brilith points out they just had lunch. |
| 271 | * BirdsOfAFeather: He was friends with Menaka, which is unsurprising when you consider their similar personalities and positions among their kind. |
| 272 | * ButtMonkey: Among the gods. When DeathIsCheap, they treat pushing him until he snaps and kills them as a joke. |
| 273 | * CannotSpitItOut: Despite being obviously head over heels for Brilith, the complications of a god-human romance prevent him from making it explicit. [[spoiler:Also, the millions of years' worth of baggage. He ultimately loses his chance.]] |
| 274 | * CluelessChickMagnet: He's stated to be rather popular among the goddesses, but notices none of them due to his SingleTargetSexuality. |
| 275 | * CovertPervert: The books he likes to read in his spare time, ''Desperate Witches'' and its sequel ''Desperate [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Priestess]]'', are implied to be of... [[UnusualEuphemism explicit]] nature. |
| 276 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Subverted. It might seem this is his reason for driving away all of Brilith's suitors, but [[spoiler:it has more to do with her being cursed with misfortune. Past experience has likely shown that any relationship will only go poorly for her]]. |
| 277 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On one hand, his alias literally means "idiot" and he acts the part. On the other hand, a PhysicalGod. |
| 278 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He proper debuts as Agni later in that same chapter, but you can catch an early glimpse of him as Babo Kim when Brilith is looking out at the crowd. |
| 279 | * ElementalHairColors: He's the [[PlayingWithFire fire power]] and he's got orange hair. |
| 280 | * EndearinglyDorky: Despite being a god, he's a giant dork, both in human guise and out of it. |
| 281 | ** One of the greatest examples would be when he fakes being one of Brilith's fans and asks for an autograph. He's later shown truly saddened by the fact that he accidentally burned it. |
| 282 | ** In the special chapter "I Love You, I Love You Not", Brilith[[spoiler:'s past life as Nameless]] makes it more explicit, thinking about how his jokes aren't really funny but he's so earnest about trying to cheer her up that she can't help but be endeared. |
| 283 | * FanBoy: His initial disguise when the temple guards find him is to pretend to be Brilith's fanboy. Turns out it wasn't completely an act; he's very disappointed when he accidentally incinerates her autograph a few minutes later. |
| 284 | * FieryRedhead: In the literal sense. Figuratively, it's actually inverted, as his anger is more likely to manifest itself as TranquilFury. |
| 285 | * TheFogOfAges: He implies he doesn't even remember his childhood, he's so old. |
| 286 | * {{Foil}}: To Gandharva: |
| 287 | ** Both are among the oldest and most powerful members of their kind. This allows them to occupy top spots in their respective species' social scale, but neither feels this is much consolation for all they have to endure. |
| 288 | ** Agni is the strongest god with a fire attribute, Gandharva is the strongest nastika with the water clan attribute. |
| 289 | ** Both are considered physically attractive by other characters, but as stated below, Agni is mostly unaware of how his appearance is perceived, while Gandharva has no qualms in exploiting it for his sake. |
| 290 | ** Both deeply loved a woman for a very long period of time. However, the ways their relationship with said people developed are starkly contrasted: Gandharva and Menaka started with BelligerentSexualTension and eventually became HappilyMarried. Agni and Brilith, on the other hand, had an initially positive relationship that soured as time passed. |
| 291 | ** Both were once outcasts among his own, but for very different reasons. Agni, as the sole god to not play the {{Jerkass God|s}} card straight, kept being driven apart from his fellow deities, while Gandharva, as a murderous tyrant, was once feared even by other Gandharva nastikas. |
| 292 | ** The relationship each of them has with God Kubera can also be described as completely opposite. Agni and Kubera were once the two sole gods to give a damn about human suffering, and seem to be on mostly good terms even if they aren't quite friends. Gandharva, on the other hand, is used and abused by Kubera, knows it, hates it, and can't do a single thing about it. |
| 293 | ** Both were once close to Menaka, but in different ways. Agni and Menaka were BirdsOfAFeather, while Gandharva was once the very opposite of Menaka's kind personality. They also respected her enough to try to follow her wishes even long after her death - but while Agni kept his promise to give Gandharva an opportunity to redeem himself because he came to truly understand what Menaka wanted for him, Gandharva followed Menaka's words without giving them much thought, and never understood the spirit of her wishes as much as the letter. |
| 294 | ** The ways they behaved in regards to humanity are also sharply contrasted. Agni is the most compassionate of all gods, and tries his hardest to shield humans from as much suffering as possible. Gandharva, on the other hand, is only now beginning to truly understand Menaka's lessons about compassion, and is having a very hard time at it. Interestingly, being what he is only makes Agni's life worse; Gandharva, on the other hand, is currently going through his own TraumaCongaLine in no small part due to how he behaved in the past. |
| 295 | ** Speaking of humanity, both have a complicated relationship with a human priestess that went from positive to negative when said women discovered the ways they had been dishonest[[note]]Teo came to despise Gandharva after the whole Kalibloom debacle, whereas Agni's relationship with Brilith went downhill after she discovered about insight[[/note]]. [[spoiler:The death of said women is a sensitive enough issue for them to drive both ballistic.]] |
| 296 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: As stated above, Agni's so old he doesn't even remember his childhood. But, as a god created when the universe began, he shouldn't have ''had'' a childhood, right? [[spoiler:Except that apparently he did. It seems Agni, as well as God Kubera and possibly others, survived the destruction of the past universe. Siera implies that God Kubera wasn't a god originally; if the same can be said about Agni, than it makes perfect sense for him to have been a child once, whatever he was, and also for him to not remember much about it. After all, save for Visnu, even the primeval gods have trouble remembering about past universes.]] |
| 297 | * GoAndSinNoMore: It never actually happens, but for most of the first two seasons he's trying to do this to Gandharva. He's not very cooperative. |
| 298 | * GodIsGood: Out of all the gods, he seems to be the only one actively dedicated to protecting humans, such as (ironically) being the only one in the past who cared about Gandharva's slaughters. When he tried (and failed) to protect a small, remote planet from him, the local god even thanked him for bothering to look out for a relative speck in the universe he oversees. In the present, once he reveals himself to the populace, he takes a proactive role in helping them out. |
| 299 | ** Also deconstructed: Agni is one of the very few (and we mean ''very few'') deities in the ''Kubera'' universe to not play the {{Jerkass God|s}} card straight, but at the end of the day, this only makes his life worse, as he worries for things that no other god gives a shit about. And it limits his effectiveness, too: How can he protect a whole universe worthy of human beings from a species of Cthulhu-esque beings (that are, as a general rule, more powerful than him) on his own, when his brothers and sisters don't bother with even trying to do the same? |
| 300 | * GodOfLight: The solar version of this, as he's capable of wielding ThePowerOfTheSun and regarded as one of the strongest gods in terms of (pun unintended) firepower. |
| 301 | * GoodIsNotDumb: Don't be fooled by his ObfuscatingStupidity. As Agni outright states to Gandharva, he's no idiot, and he won't give people the benefit of the doubt for no reason. He may also be far more soft-hearted and sentimental than the cold and ruthless Chandra, but that doesn't necessarily make his actions less reasonable. He knows what he's doing, for the most part, and is simply willing to take the harder route to achieve it. |
| 302 | * GoodIsNotSoft: A sane enemy would rather face Agni than Chandra, but at the end of the day, Agni's duty is to protect the universe and he'll put that above just about anything else--and it would be unwise to forget that. |
| 303 | * HonorBeforeReason: He often refuses to go along with anything that goes against his sense of fairness (e.g. holding TheDreaded's child hostage). It's noted that he's sometimes left out of plans because of this, and that if the others knew just how much Agni's let the enemy walk free, he'd probably be straight up imprisoned. |
| 304 | ** A very clear example of him doing this was in regards to [[BirdsOfAFeather Menaka]] and [[OmnicidalManiac Gandharva]]. He refused to kill the latter, even after going through countless years worth of trouble to find out a way to do it, because he promised the former that he would. And he's still keeping this promise, even centuries after she died. Gandharva is getting his shit together now (well, trying), but even before he decided to be Agni's ally, the God of Fire still kept his promise. |
| 305 | * HotGod: More than one person's first reaction to [[{{Hunk}} Agni]] is to ogle him. Brilith even asks that he wear his "weird glasses" to a meeting at one point, so that [[DistractedByTheSexy Ruche's squealing]] doesn't disrupt it. |
| 306 | * HotWings: He can manifest wings of fire to fly around during combat. |
| 307 | * IHaveManyNames: PlayedForLaughs. Babo Kim is one that's stuck, to the extent that even the other gods and the nastika use it at times, but he also comes up with nicknames at random that are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Good-Eyes Kim, Artistic Kim, etc... |
| 308 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Played straight and subverted from time to time. [[spoiler: He kept his engagement with Brilith's soul, leading her to reincarnate over and over again, despite the fact that the memories from all of her previous lives were too much for her to bear. At the same time, he doesn't stop her when she wants to die after receiving her traumatic past life memories. Even then, he does not respect her final wish- to never see or meet him ever again.]] |
| 309 | -->'''Brilith''': As always, [[spoiler: [[LastRequest my last wish...]] is never to be involved with you again.]] |
| 310 | ** [[DoubleSubversion That's possibly not his fault]]. [[spoiler:After all the other gods decided to curse her, one of the very few blessings Brilith's soul received was to meet Agni as often as possible. She was cursed to meet misfortune in all of her lives; it's possible that Agni believes that he's the sole thing standing between Brilith and everlasting doom, and it's not unlikely that he is right]]. |
| 311 | ** Ultimately, it's implied that the heart of Brilith's wish is more specifically [[spoiler:not to be in a relationship with Agni again, and he honours that by never actually accepting her feelings]]. As he tells Gandharva, doing so would answer her buried desire but mean breaking his promise to her. |
| 312 | * JerkassGods: Averted, for what little good it does him. |
| 313 | * KingIncognito: Babo Kim is Agni's alter ego for when he wants to go around Atera unnoticed. |
| 314 | * LadyAndKnight: The Knight to Brilith's Lady. As with most things in this series, this eventually gets torn apart. |
| 315 | * LimitedWardrobe: Not quite as severely as Kubera, but his fashion has remained constant since the beginning of the universe. He pretty much sticks to the one outfit (two, counting his persona as Babo Kim). |
| 316 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: He was the one fifth-zen god who wasn't informed of [[spoiler:their decision to wipe out the old human race]], as he would've undoubtedly put up a fight. Chandra actually felt guilty over this, while Indra was of the opinion that Agni would just have to learn to suck it up. |
| 317 | * LonelyAtTheTop: When Gandharva laments that as a king and enemy to the gods, there's no one he can look to for support, Agni silently wonders who Gandharva thinks a god looks to, in that case. As a whole, Agni doesn't really seem to have any friends, given that Yama was the last one he could openly talk to and they lost that friendship long, long ago. |
| 318 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: More of a {{Hunk}} than the usual example, but more than one fan reported swooning when he showed up in a flashback with his long hair in a ponytail. |
| 319 | * TheLostLenore: Long ago, there was a human woman he loved. However, he hesitated to start a relationship with her, and she died before he could resolve himself. [[spoiler:Not so lost, as it turns out, because she's Brilith. The woman referred her is one of her past incarnations.]] |
| 320 | * AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Inverted. As Laila tells Brilith, her relationship with Agni can surpass any human one she has, as Brilith never has to worry that one wrong word will ruin things. After all, Agni has already heard her most private (and not always flattering) thoughts without judgment, so he's hardly about to take offence to what goes through her mind now. |
| 321 | * MoralityPet: A bit of one to Gandharva, who tries to repay Agni's sincerity with sincerity when he can. As of the Frozen Tears arc, his main motivation [[spoiler:now that he accepts Shakuntala as dead]] is to be worthy of the right to fight by his side. |
| 322 | * NiceGuy: Gandharva notes that he's the only decent god. In an universe where pretty much every one is one type of JerkAss or another, Agni stands out as someone who's well and truly nice. |
| 323 | * NightAndDayDuo: With Chandra, with Agni being the day side as the God of Fire and Chandra as the night side, being the God of Darkness; fittingly, the two of them are polar opposites in virtually every way. |
| 324 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Not all of it's faked, but every once in a while he drops the mask and you remember he is very, very old and unspeakably powerful. |
| 325 | ** He makes it clear that more of it is faked than you might expect at first after Gandharva interferes with his confrontation with Sagara -- although he seemed to have been completely taken in by Sagara's sob-story, his conversation with Gandharva, who he views as more of an equal, is much colder and makes it clear he wasn't actually buying any of it. |
| 326 | ** It's eventually implied this is how he remains in control of his power. He burns up when he's serious, so he plays the fool both to not overexert Brilith and so that he doesn't accidentally destroy anything in a fit of rage. |
| 327 | * ObliviouslyBeautiful: As a {{Foil}} to Gandharva, who takes advantage of his pretty appearance, Agni's a {{Hunk}} but doesn't seem to realize that women tend to swoon in his presence (at the very least, it's not intentional). |
| 328 | * OddFriendship: With Chandra. Agni a tall, handsome NiceGuy that tries his best to be kind and understanding to his summoner, greatly values human life and tries to solve conflcits with diplomacy before appealing to violence. Chandra is short, looks like a 14-year-old vampire, is completely willing to maim his summoner if she becomes a problem (as he has advised Agni several times to do with Brilith), doesn't give a shit about humanity (or at least not about individual lives) and has an attack-first-ask-second approach to conflict, particularly if it involves suras. Even their fighting styles mirror each other's: Agni is offense-based, Chandra's powers are mostly of the support kind. Despite all this, Agni is shown at the beginning of season three to hang out around Chandra and Laila [[spoiler:when his relationship with Brilith goes south]]. They also have a fairly good amount of teamwork and seem to respect each other's opinions, even if they disagree about (many) things. |
| 329 | * OneTrueLove: With Brilith, though with a lot of complicated feelings involved. See her section for more details. |
| 330 | * OnlyFriend: Not that either of them could actually call each other a friend, given their different stations as a god and a human, but he was Brilith's only real companion for a large part of her life. |
| 331 | * OnlySaneMan: He's just about the only player who doesn't have a major grudge and/or isn't completely dismissive of one side, and therefore tends to act as mediator. As soon as he's out of the picture, expect arguments to break out. |
| 332 | * OpaqueNerdGlasses: With hand drawn swirlies. |
| 333 | * ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: He's known as a "bum" among the gods, and several afterwords by the author mention that he literally has nothing to do in the god realm but this is his own fault because he's too honorable when there's a fight against nastikas no one ever includes him in their plans anymore since the incident where he gave his daughter back to Gandharva when a couple of gods kidnapped her as a trap for him. |
| 334 | * PlayingWithFire: He is the God of fire. |
| 335 | * PowerIncontinence: At the beginning of the universe, he was initially kept locked away in Hell until he learned to keep his powers under control, as he couldn't even touch another living being without burning them. It still comes up from time to time; it's why he plays the fool, so as to keep himself calm. |
| 336 | * ThePrankster: He's fond of playing jokes on people. |
| 337 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As a god, Agni could do whatever he wanted and no one would be allowed to complain. Because this is Agni, though, he tries to be as fair as possible and avoids jumping straight to distrusting or using people, in sharp contrast to Chandra. It's little wonder Leez despises Chandra but has no issue cooperating with Agni. |
| 338 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: It damn doesn't. Gandharva can't wait for the moment that Agni finally runs out of good will and ends his suffering for good. However, Agni ''refuses'' to do so - after killing so many people, does Gandharva really thinks that simply dying will be enough? After the whole Taraka-Siera business (chapter 3-59/344), he even begs for death, to which Agni answers: |
| 339 | -->'''Agni''': Don't use death as an escape. Instead, think about how you will atone for your sins. '''Dying is the ultimate sin for you, now.''' |
| 340 | * RescueRomance: [[spoiler:His first encounter with Brilith('s past incarnation) was when he saved her from having her soul obliterated by the other gods' decree.]] |
| 341 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: As a god, he has this. He's died at least a few times by Gandharva's hands in the past. |
| 342 | * TheScapegoat: Knowing that Leez will be ''pissed'' to realize [[EnemyMine she's going on an expedition with Maruna]], Agni offers to take responsibility for the decision, so that she won't hate Yuta who actually suggested it. Yuta, [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim who's trying to put some distance between him and Leez]], declines. |
| 343 | * SecretSecretKeeper: When he used insight on her, Agni saw some major shit going down in Leez's future. However, she remains unaware of the fact. When Chandra asks him about it, he simply says that it would be better for him to remain in the dark. |
| 344 | ** Yuta claims at some point that Agni "thinks about [Leez] a lot". One wonders if this is why. |
| 345 | * SeeYouInHell: Played straight and inverted. It's meant literally: Agni hangs out in Hell often, so if he says you'll see him there, you know he means it. However, it's common for Agni to tell people the opposite--that they'll never see him again after their death--therefore blessing them with the knowledge that they're ''not'' going to Hell. |
| 346 | * SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:He's "betrothed" to a human, meaning that her soul will constantly be reincarnated--currently in the form of Brilith. This has been a constant source of grief, seeing as how it never ends well for either of them, but he still can't let go of her.]] Note that this only will only keep happening as long as both sides still love each other; if remaining in love with someone for [[spoiler:billions of years]] doesn't make you this, nothing does. |
| 347 | * TerribleArtist: Despite his claims of greatness, he's so bad at art that even the ''nastika'' know he sucks at it. |
| 348 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: While Agni likes all food, he's most often seen eating dried persimmons. |
| 349 | * TragicBromance: What his relationship with Gandharva was shaping up to be, at least at first. Him being a god and Gandharva being a nastika - and a king, at that - made it difficult for said bromance to even ''exist'' at first. Their allegiances at the present time also put them at odds, no matter how clear it is that neither wants things to be the way they are. Gandharva finally making up his mind in season three may put them on the road to avert it, if he manages to truly earn Agni's trust. |
| 350 | ** Backstory-wise, them being leading members of enemy species was not even the cherry of the cake. Season 3 flashbacks reveal that Agni [[spoiler:despised Gandharva the most of all the gods, and only gave up on killing him for Menaka's sake. It seems his hatred calmed down at some point before the current time, which only makes his current conflict with Gandharva even more tragic to behold: despite the fact that Agni decided to spare his life and to stick to this decision even after Menaka passed away, despite the fact that Gandharva truly respects him, despite them ''not wanting it'', he and Gandharva ''still'' end up opposing each other.]] |
| 351 | * UnwittingPawn: It's implied that he, personally, [[spoiler:was the force that wiped out ancient humanity, though not by his own decision or consciousness--likely why it doesn't appear to have counted as a sin against him]]. |
| 352 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: In his human guise, he wears a hooded sweatshirt. In his more "godly" attire, he instead wears an open robe (sometimes forgoing the top entirely). |
| 353 | * WorthyOpponent: To Gandharva. It got into some really convoluted and complex frenemy territory maaaaaany centuries ago, and just keeps getting more... solid. |
| 354 | |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Varuna]] |
| 358 | !!Varuna |
| 359 | !!!Jurisdiction: Unknown, Source Attribute: Water |
| 360 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/varuna.png]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | The God of Water. She is known for her extreme ruthlessness against the sura. |
| 363 | ---- |
| 364 | * ActionGirl: A Fifth-Zen goddess who battled and killed many suras. |
| 365 | * CelibateHero: Mentioned in the author's afterword that she has no interest in dating. |
| 366 | * TheDragonslayer: Although it was due to elemental advantage (as she's the Goddess of Water and the Vritra clan has Fire as their shared attribute), Varuna once managed to kill a Vritra nastika all on her own. |
| 367 | * ElementalHairColors: Blue, for water. |
| 368 | * FantasticRacism: She has killed the most sura out of all the gods. |
| 369 | * GenderBender: [[WordOfGod According to the author]], Varuna is one of the gods capable of this; however, her gender identity and preferred form is female. |
| 370 | * JerkassGods: Among the gods seen mocking Agni for empathizing with humans in flashbacks. |
| 371 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Even though she is someone who killed off the most suras and was described unfavorably by Makara, she was one of the few gods who actively went against Gandharva's many killings and annihilations of humans along with Agni and Kubera.]] |
| 372 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Is usually shown wearing a tiered dress. As some flashbacks suggest, this doesn't seem to stop her from wearing them to battle. |
| 373 | ** Somewhat downplayed as the dress in question [[ActionDressRip appears ripped in an implied battle scene as well]] (although this was in silhouette). Also, she usually wears armor on top of these outfits. |
| 374 | * MakingASplash: Varuna-attribute magic allows one to control and freeze water. [[SarcasmMode One wonders why]]. |
| 375 | * NeutralNoLonger: Although she was initially indifferent to the suffering of humans, [[spoiler: when Gandharva started annihilating human souls, Varuna began to speak up against it. When her offered solution was argued over by the gods, Varuna, along with Agni and Kubera, began pushing for the death of Gandharva.]] |
| 376 | * NoodleIncident: Five centuries ago, when the battle for Ananta's life was being fought, Varuna came close to killing Vasuki before Taksaka rescued him, and may have been responsible for the wound that incapacitated him for combat for the remainder of the battle. Her reaction to Taksaka's interference is one of deep annoyance; if she simply hates Vasuki as much as any other nastika or if she has some particular grievance against him is unknown. |
| 377 | * SmurfettePrinciple: She is the only female 5th Zen god. |
| 378 | * TomboyishPonytail: In nearly every appearance she makes in a flashback, she has long hair tied into a ponytail. |
| 379 | * UnlimitedWardrobe: Can change into any outfit she pleases, as she's a god. However, Varuna generally prefers to wear hanbok-like clothing, and when in combat, wears armor. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Vayu]] |
| 383 | !!Vayu |
| 384 | !!!Jurisdiction: Unknown, Source Attribute: Wind |
| 385 | [[quoteright:298:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2020_06_09_3_159_vayu_webp_webp_image_300_300_pixels.png]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | The God of Wind. Currently helping the Kinnara Clan against the Tarakas in the Sura realm. |
| 388 | ---- |
| 389 | * BlowYouAway: His element. |
| 390 | * CatchPhrase: "There is always a reason for the misfortune we must bear." |
| 391 | * EnergyBow: The god-level item he created (the Neutral Bow) is this. |
| 392 | * GodIsGood: He answered a relatively recent summon to save the people of Carte, is used as an example of a lenient god who's okay with people modifying his items, gave Rao (who by all accounts was a good guy) the Neutral Bow, and is willing to assist reasonable sura such as the Kinnara Clan (and as soon as he finished with that, he asked which human planets needed help). He's also one of the few gods who tried to bless [[spoiler:Brilith's soul as the SoleSurvivor of the ancient human race]], rather than curse it like most gods. |
| 393 | * HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:He was the first god to be betrothed, but had to let go of his love when the other gods decided to annihilate the ancient human race. Despite what Vayu had left behind at the top, it's clear that losing her still destroyed him inside.]] |
| 394 | * HiddenDepths: While traveling through time, Ran and Maruna meet Vayu in a BadFuture where he was summoned, in which Maruna concludes that the gods (i.e. Vayu and Chandra) have no idea that this universe is about to end, or else they'd probably be panicking for their own lives. [[spoiler:He's wrong, however; Vayu, and presumably Chandra as well, simply chose to keep fighting to the bitter end as is their duty, demonstrating that the gods aren't so selfish as Maruna and Ran might believe.]] |
| 395 | * ImmortalsFearDeath: In the BadFuture of an AlternateTimeline, [[spoiler:this is subverted, despite Maruna's assumptions.]] |
| 396 | * TheMentor: Implied to be one for Leez. Apparently he taught her much about fighting and even earth silent magic while she was in the sura realm, and even gave her a bit of life advice. It's unclear how close the relationship was, however. |
| 397 | * NotSoStoic: Despite appearing unflappable, he can show outbursts of emotion, particularly where [[spoiler:his betrothed was concerned]]. |
| 398 | * SensorCharacter: He's the expert in detecting others' presence, among the gods. |
| 399 | * TheStoic: He's not very emotive, which can contribute to him coming across as cold. |
| 400 | * TookALevelInJerkass: While hardly cruel--compared to most of the other gods, he's still [[GodIsGood rather nice]]--Vayu's personality changed after becoming enlightened and leaving behind what he needed to at the top. Thus, he went from a pure-hearted god to one who operates by the ideal of "responsibility", and can come across as perhaps overly stoic at times. [[spoiler:This is what ultimately drove a rift between him and his betrothed, who feared this happening.]] |
| 401 | [[/folder]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | [[folder:Indra]] |
| 404 | !!Indra |
| 405 | !!!Jurisdiction: Unknown, Source Attribute: Sky |
| 406 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/indra.png]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | The God of Sky. He was appointed to be the king of the gods by the Primeval Gods. |
| 409 | ---- |
| 410 | * BrokenPedestal: |
| 411 | ** Very downplayed among humans, but here. Indra was previously seen as benevolent, but refused to answer a single summon since the Cataclysm. He's still the second most popular god, just behind Visnu, though. |
| 412 | ** During the incident that caused humans to forsake Fiendish magic, [[spoiler:the other gods find out he was responsible for destroying eleven planets - one of them with a full population of humans - and then lying to them about it while trying to frame Ananta. This causes almost all of them to lose faith in him to some degree, though Surya, Asvins, and Yama take it the hardest.]] |
| 413 | * TheChessmaster: One of the most manipulative among the gods. It's implied [[spoiler:he meddled with ancient humanity's weapon that caused Agni to go out of control]], and he [[spoiler:annulled Vayu's betrothal behind his back to ensure that Vayu's partner could be eradicated]], on top of trying to lure a special sura out via using Raltara as bait--all three of these basically happening concurrently. That's not getting into the [[spoiler:Fiendish magic incident]], which he orchestrated behind the scenes. |
| 414 | * TheDreaded: Suras are rightfully afraid of Indra especially, given his position as the king of the gods and his sadistic tendencies. |
| 415 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Despite Indra's complete LackOfEmpathy, he can at least ''act'' friendly, even cheerfully reminding Surya he forgot his spear and throwing it back at him after Surya had stabbed him with it. |
| 416 | * {{Foil}}: To Chandra, as the fact that they have much in common--being the most ruthless and cold-hearted among the fifth zen gods--makes it very noteworthy when they disagree, highlighting the core differences in them: Indra who will actively commit atrocities for his goals (e.g. took the lead in [[spoiler:cursing the soul of Agni's betrothed]]), is completely subservient to the Primeval Gods, and discarded his conscience, versus Chandra who is more passive in his own sins/less prone to going out of his way (e.g. though he didn't argue against it, it's implied he actually didn't participate in [[spoiler:cursing the aforementioned soul]] either), has chosen to defy Visnu, and lives with his guilt. Their conversation in the bonus chapter ''Dawn of the Gods'' sums it up: |
| 417 | -->'''Chandra:''' You have to take responsibility for the [[LackOfEmpathy mindset]] you created like that. Don't make excuses blaming the top or regret your actions even in the future. |
| 418 | -->'''Indra:''' Right back at you. Don't regret not doing as I did earlier. |
| 419 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: To an extent. While Indra's popular among humans, who don't know his true nature, the other gods' opinion of him tend to range from contempt to a cautious respect mixed with discomfort at best. |
| 420 | * GodOfLight: The day/sky version of this, with a cheerful (however shallow) attitude to go with it. |
| 421 | * HairTriggerTemper: In contrast to Agni, Indra is noted to anger easily but is also much easier to calm down. |
| 422 | * {{Hypocrite}}: At least according to Manasvin. |
| 423 | * JerkassGods: As the leader of the astikas, he's the spearhead of many of their atrocities or questionable acts, such as [[spoiler:exterminating the old human race and then cursing Brilith's soul, or murdering an entire planet of humans and then framing the Sura to provoke the Fiendish magic incident]]. What pushes him further ahead is that he tends to be rather self-righteous, if even cruel about it; tellingly, even Chandra, for all of his faults and involvement in Indra's plans, looks better next to him. He can be a {{Jerkass}} to his fellow gods as well, as by his own admission, he doesn't get along with [[NiceGuy Agni]], and he dismisses Chandra's suspicions about the Primeval Gods as silly conspiracy theories to the other god's face. |
| 424 | * KickTheSonOfABitch: The author mentions in a blog post that when Ravana tried seducing all of the fifth zen gods, Indra led her on before betraying her, which would be a dick move to anyone but [[AlphaBitch Ravana]]. |
| 425 | * LackOfEmpathy: A literal case, as it's all but said that he deliberately discarded his compassion and the like at the top, meaning that he's genuinely incapable of those things now. |
| 426 | * LightIsNotGood: The God of Lightning is one of the worst JerkassGods in a story that goes out of its way to portray how almost every god is a jerkass. |
| 427 | * LoveIsAWeakness: When Indra comments on the suras' loveless lives and Chandra calls him out on [[{{Hypocrite}} discarding his own love]], Indra's response is that it would only get in the way at this point. |
| 428 | * NecessarilyEvil: How he views the gods' role. He accepts that in the process of extending the universe, they'll be weighed down by the sins of their actions, but that's part of their duty. |
| 429 | * PuppetKing: As per {{Word of God}}, this seems to be the case, the primevals may have given him the title of king to dump all their paperwork on him. On a less humorous side of this, several hints and comments suggest that he's completely subservient the primevals [[note]]or least one of them, heavily hinted to be Brahma[[/note]] and pushes their agenda among the gods through his position as king, [[spoiler: including the annihilation of the ancient humans and possibly the fiendish magic incident as well, if Kubera's suspicions are proven true.]] |
| 430 | * ReallyGetsAround: Implied, as he's infamous for his love scandals among the gods. |
| 431 | * ShockAndAwe: Indra-attribute magic is electricity-based. No wonder, as he's the God of Lightning. |
| 432 | * StepfordSmiler: Almost always smiling, though it rarely means anything good for the other party. |
| 433 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Implied. It's never specified if he was ever exactly kind, but Vayu states that leaving behind what he did at the top twisted Indra into someone very different. |
| 434 | * TopGod: He's the king of the gods. (Although it's possible the Primeval Gods dubbed him such just as an excuse to dump work onto him.) |
| 435 | * YouDidntAsk: Due to the nature of Raltara's existence, Indra eventually forgets about her after capturing her, not noticing when she's rescued by the sura he was trying to lure. When he finally realizes millennia later, he asks why Chandra didn't let him know, to which Chandra replies with the fact that Indra had clearly been doing fine without recalling any of this. |
| 436 | [[/folder]] |
| 437 | |
| 438 | [[folder:Surya]] |
| 439 | !!Surya |
| 440 | !!!Jurisdiction: Unknown, Source Attribute: Light |
| 441 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/surya.png]] |
| 442 | |
| 443 | The God of Light. During the Cataclysm, he provided Saha On with an oracle. The contents of the oracle are currently unknown. |
| 444 | ---- |
| 445 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Surya surprises everyone by being the first god to [[spoiler:retaliate against Indra after the latter confirms being the culprit behind the Fiendish magic incident, stabbing him immediately with the spear]]. |
| 446 | * GodIsGood: At the very least, based off flashbacks and mentions of him, he's one of the only gods who sympathizes with Agni's compassion and believes in humanity's autonomy: |
| 447 | ** Like Vayu, he is one of the few gods to bless [[spoiler:Brilith's soul]] rather than curse it. |
| 448 | ** During the Fiendish magic incident, [[spoiler:he straight-up refused to listen to Indra's excuses for why he had murdered an entire planet of humans, then lied to the rest of the gods about it and tried to frame the Sura. He even ''impales Indra with his spear'' on the way out.]] |
| 449 | ** ''However'', he refused Saha's three attempts at summoning; having Surya around could probably be of great help, even more with Saha as his summoner. Had Surya accepted, [[spoiler:who knows if Saha would have even died]]. So yeah, Surya is no Kali, but he's no Agni, either. |
| 450 | * GodOfLight: The most straightforward version of this, being the god of the literal light element. |
| 451 | * GoodIsNotSoft: You know the device Laila received in season three? He created it. And used it to hand Chandra his ass. The catch? Said device deals damage based on how much the target ''repents'' their sins. Agni even calls it unreasonable. To this day, merely seeing it makes Chandra afraid. Surya may be nice (for a god), but he's not to be trifled with. |
| 452 | * HeroicNeutral: [[spoiler:Refused to take part in killing the ancient human race.]] |
| 453 | * LightIsGood: The God of Light seems to be a pretty nice guy. He's certainly no Kali. |
| 454 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Long hair and very easy on the eyes. |
| 455 | * OddFriendship: Apparently gets along quite well with Chandra, his polar opposite. |
| 456 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives Indra one during the Fiendish Magic incident after [[spoiler:running him through with his spear and seeing that it does no harm, stating that someone like Indra who lacks the courage to carry guilt has no right to speak of greater causes]]. |
| 457 | * RefusalOfTheCall: Answered none of Saha's summons. It's never explained why, although his belief that humans should be self-autonomous may play a part. |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Chandra]] |
| 461 | !!Chandra |
| 462 | !!!Jurisdiction: Nature, Source Attribute: Darkness |
| 463 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chandra_5.png]] |
| 464 | |
| 465 | The God of Darkness. He was summoned during the Cataclysm, but accidentally killed his summoner by using up their lifespan because the rules of summoning had changed. |
| 466 | ---- |
| 467 | * AccompliceByInaction: Inverted. Accidentally killing humans through collateral damage is a sin but failing to save them isn't, making Chandra hesitant to act as he fears being further blocked from Paradise. |
| 468 | * AmbiguousSituation: We never really learn if he was among the deities that [[spoiler:cursed Brilith's soul]]. The way it was portrayed makes it seem that he didn't, but, considering Chandra's personality and the reason the others did it in the first place, it's far from unlikely. Later reveals that he feels guilty for his sins only muddle the water further. |
| 469 | * BadBoss: PlayedForLaughs as he tends to be physically rough with Ran (a RunningGag is Ran thinking something he doesn't like and him blasting Ran for seemingly no reason, given that Ran doesn't know about insight), though it's mentioned in the afterword that he wouldn't be so violent with someone that his attacks would do real harm to. |
| 470 | * BoringButPractical: Gandharva can turn into a giant shrimp-looking thing that dwarfs planets, Agni can literally [[spoiler:banish any being into nothingness]], Sagara can destroy mountains with a movement of her wrist... Chandra creates magical amplifiers with his darkness. And they're ''damn'' effective. Any attack that's amplified by his powers increases manifold. |
| 471 | * ButtMonkey: Ultimately, Chandra doesn't get much more dignity than Agni, both deserved and undeserved. Agni and Laila often make fun of or undermine him, half of the Primeval Gods are against him, it's implied that the other gods regularly dismiss him as a silly conspiracy theorist, and him being more of a SupportPartyMember renders him defenseless when his peers threaten to kill him. To top it off, another character even describes him as someone who will essentially always lose, and he's one of the few major characters to [[spoiler:die in present day]]. |
| 472 | * CastingAShadow: As the God of Darkness. |
| 473 | * {{Chuunibyou}}: Implied with his decision to appear as a 14/15-year-old (i.e. the age of a second-year), which the author did as a joke, combined with his ImmortalImmaturity. |
| 474 | * ColdEquation: Oh, ''yes''. Chandra very much upholds this mentality, which is one of the reasons he's so unpleasant; he's very much willing to sacrifice the few to save the many. Case in point, when Shess goes berserk due to a psychological transcendental in season three, he's completely fine with [[spoiler:letting Leny die]] to bring him back, as an out-of-control stage four Rakshasa in the middle of a human city isn't quite great. |
| 475 | * CreepyGood: Face it, few of the people he's defending would volunteer to spend a whole hour near him without other reasons, god or not. Chandra. Is. Creepy. |
| 476 | * CreepyShadowedUnderEyes: Guy looks like somebody who doesn't know the meaning of the word "sleep". |
| 477 | * CripplingOverspecialization: Gods of darkness specialize primarily in transcendentals and he's no exception... which makes things awkward whenever he's up against [[PowerNullifier Tarakas]]. |
| 478 | * DarkIsNotEvil: The God of Darkness may be an utterly insufferable ass, but he's not evil. Most of his more questionable acts were not out of malice but rather out of a ruthless sense of pragmatism, and, ultimately, he's still out to do what will benefit the majority. |
| 479 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: He's rather frustrated that Laila doesn't treat him like a god, whereas even Agni gets respect. It completely flies over his head that her treatment of him is very much a result of [[JerkassGods his]] [[YouKilledMyFather treatment]] [[TheUnapologetic of]] [[PunyEarthlings her]] [[AMillionIsAStatistic (and everybody else)]]. |
| 480 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Eerie to the point of downright creepy. |
| 481 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Seen (implied to be) kissing Laila, shirt unbuttoned, approximately 5 minutes after she summoned him. When Claude interrupts them, he calls him a "lower life form" and threatens him. All of this happens within ''three panels''. |
| 482 | * EveryoneHasStandards: The infamously cold-hearted Chandra, at the beginning of the universe, was unnerved by how much Indra left behind at the top. In general, while Chandra typically goes along with Indra's plans, he's often seen trying to temper them somewhat. |
| 483 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that he could easily overpower Laila, he lets her kill him, accepting that she's found a better card to play and no longer needs him--as well as the fact that she hates him, letting go of his denial.]] |
| 484 | * {{Foil}}: He's introduced to be Agni's opposite, with the two of them being the main summoned gods on Willarv for a large part of the story. Their fighting styles complement each other (firepower vs. support abilities), while Chandra also counteracts Agni's kind, easygoing nature by being callous and authoritative; in other words, they're practically good-cop-bad-cop in god form. |
| 485 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: While he has plenty of worshipers, among the main cast (who actually have to interact with him and work with him), only Agni is actually friendly with him. |
| 486 | * GodOfDarkness: The literal edition, of TheSacredDarkness vein--while there is a gloomy association with darkness, with even Chandra acknowledging the Temple of Darkness as "cheerless" and his lack of popularity, he's not regarded as any less significant or worthy as a god. |
| 487 | * HandicappedBadass: Visnu sealed away his most powerful transcendentals, but he's still quite useful in a fight. |
| 488 | * HatedByAll: Chandra is a god, which means he has worshippers (and even then, he's noted to be less popular than a lot of gods). But out of those that ''know'' him personally, Agni is the only one that shows him any kind of respect that isn't forced to do so. Face it, Chandra is a bitch - an opinion Leez doesn't even bother hiding. The worse case of this is probably Laila herself, that only shows him a modicum of respect (and he refuses to see that this is what their relationship is based upon). |
| 489 | * HeroicSacrifice: Downplayed, what with being a god (since that means he cannot die permanently as long as his domain exists), [[spoiler:but he uses one of Kali's fragments to defeat Kadru and save what's left of Atera, knowing that this act could very well end with his death--and it does.]] |
| 490 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 491 | ** When Laila obtains a weapon that harms those who feel guilt over their sins, ''Chandra'' of all people is notably afraid. Eventually, it becomes clear that Chandra isn't unfeeling, as so much that he puts up a front that he is. |
| 492 | ** He was also the first astika to reach enlightment. Take that as you may. It's shown in full force when [[spoiler:Kadru attempts to devour him. Kadru initially brushes off enlightenment as overrated... before he finds himself overpowered by what he finds]], proving that no matter how immature Chandra may act, he does in fact deserve his position as a god. |
| 493 | ** As with Vayu above: a time-traveling Ran meets Chandra in a BadFuture and swiftly becomes furious at Chandra's usual patronizing {{Jerkass}} behaviour, while Maruna thinks about how the gods don't realize that this universe is doomed as there's no way they'd stay calm in the face of impending erasure. [[spoiler:Except they ''do'' know, implying Chandra of said timeline chose duty to the very end, rather than try to save himself, and putting a new light on his earlier lecture to Ran.]] |
| 494 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: When the chips are down and Chandra listens to his heart over his head, he can be capable of surprising altruism, such as [[spoiler:defending Atera, a city he logically considers insignificant, to the very end]]. |
| 495 | -->'''Agni:''' You're an idiot too, Chandra. |
| 496 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 497 | ** How ''dare'' Laila not swoon over him when all he did was to kill her mentor and not even blink about it. And ''of course'' he has the right to despise Gandharva for killing humans and not giving a shit about it. |
| 498 | ** On a lesser note, Chandra wastes no opportunity to criticise [[SingleTargetSexuality Agni]] for being too lenient towards his summoner and actually caring about her opinons, when Chandra himself is completely in denial over how much Laila despises him. |
| 499 | ** He doesn't spare two fucks about individual human lives, but dislikes Leez for not being "pious enough"; keep in mind that she only adopted said stance after seeing this very attitude in several gods and nastikas. |
| 500 | ** Fugue-state Leez also calls out his ColdEquation thinking by asking him if he would be willing to sacrifice ''himself'' for the greater good the same way he sacrifices others. He doesn't have an answer. |
| 501 | ** On the positive side of things, he's constantly criticizing Agni for being soft-hearted, but he himself isn't always as ruthless as he tries to be. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Agni calls him out on it]]; see HiddenHeartOfGold. |
| 502 | * ImmortalImmaturity: For all that Chandra likes to act like he's the sole adult in the room, there's more than a bit of this to him. He becomes fixated with favorite "toys" despite his best judgement, dismisses and belittles others like he's telling them the hour of the day, and thinks he's completely right about all things all the time. The way he [[spoiler:treated Laila's mentor, too, is very reminiscent of a child discarding a broken toy]]. Besides, his constant complaints about Laila not treating him like she should treat a god, despite the fact that he treats her like shit, has much in common with a child being pissed that they won't be treated as an adult because of their own immaturity. |
| 503 | * ImmortalsFearDeath: Like with Vayu, [[spoiler:it's implied that he subverts this in the other timeline Ran and Maruna encounter.]] |
| 504 | * JerkassGods: Chandra embodies everything that people (those who know, at least) hate about gods: callous, unempathetic, and believes AMillionIsAStatistic. He's even a jerk to his ''summoner'', although less in comparison to others. It must be said, however, that compared to a few (namely, Brahma) that don't even ''try'' to stall the universe's end, Chandra is almost a saint. That alone should tell you all you need to know about gods in the ''Kubera'' universe. |
| 505 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Chandra has a tendency to piss everyone off with his attitude and understandably so from their side, but ultimately, his point is less to be antagonistic and more of a blunt truth. |
| 506 | ** His ColdEquation thinking often has shades of this. [[spoiler:Sacrificing Leny]] to stop a berserk Shess is horrifying, but he's completely correct that more people will die if they don't act fast, and nobody else has any better ideas. |
| 507 | ** When he calls out Ruche's [[GlorySeeker bragging]], he points out that [[spoiler:Saha should have been protected]]. |
| 508 | --->'''Chandra:''' So basically you want me to see you as a hero for saving people? ({{Beat}}) I appreciate your efforts, but you failed to protect the most important thing... |
| 509 | ** He calls Parr and co. out for enabling Leez's delusions, stating that although they think they're being considerate, they're only dragging her psyche further into insanity. Considering that at the end of the day even Leez seems to be aware that she can't live in her delusions forever, the series seems to be more on his side for this than not. |
| 510 | ** While Chandra's not exactly acting in good faith, Leez has no rebuttal when he points out that since her return from Konchez, she hasn't done much to contribute to the group at large and anyone could go around giving a DeathGlare to people they don't like as she has. |
| 511 | * KickTheDog: In a series where many characters try their hardest to kick as many dogs as possible, Chandra is close to being the utter king of this trope. The worst instance can be argued to have happened around the time of the Cataclysm, when Laila's mentor summoned him to deal with a horde of suras attacking Rindhallow - [[spoiler:Chandra had her killed due to using too much power, and, upon seeing what he had done, ''badmouthed the dead woman in front of her crying disciple'', claiming that the then young Laila would one day end up summoning him as well]]. He did this for ''no reason''. Though with the later reveal that [[spoiler:thanks to Visnu he already knew for a fact that she would summon him and one day kill him]], the scene takes on a new light in hindsight, as he may have been trying to [[spoiler:essentially provoke Laila to see how things turned out]]. |
| 512 | * LackOfEmpathy: He thinks Laila should just "get over" the fact he accidentally killed her mentor during the Cataclysm. He also suggests that Agni should just let Brilith die and get a new summoner. It reaches a near boiling point in the Enemy arc, where an alternate timeline Chandra pisses Ran off so badly with how little he cares over the latter's children's deaths that Ran starts entertaining thoughts of revenge. |
| 513 | * MadGod: He's a bit unhinged. Compared to others in the setting (looking at you, [[OmnicidalManiac Kali]]), however, he's as good as you get of a god. [[NiceGuy Agni]] is, after all, the exception to the rule. |
| 514 | * NecessarilyEvil: His exchange with Indra implies that, much like with Indra, this is how he views his role by now. After [[spoiler:defeating Kadru]], all Chandra can do is tiredly declare that to be "another beast" he has to carry. |
| 515 | * TheNeedsOfTheMany: Chandra operates ''hard'' by this principle; his focus is on how to save the largest amount of lives in the long run, even if the price in the moment would be horrifying to anyone else. It's why he clashes with the Primeval Gods, as he disagrees with the way Visnu prioritizes protecting a single "chosen" universe at the expense of sacrificing countless other junctions. |
| 516 | * NightAndDayDuo: With Agni. One case can be seen when Chandra extinguishes all the fires in Kalibloom--he's doing it to prevent Agni from arriving quickly, but the oblivious humans wonder if Chandra just needs it to be dark for his own element, for whatever reason. |
| 517 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:He's hesitant to protect people as he might cause collateral damage and add to his sins? Of course his HeroicSacrifice, as his single most noble action in the present, does ''exactly'' that. And as Taksaka observes, he'll be blamed and resented for those deaths, even though realistically those people--and far more--would've died by Kadru's hands anyway had Chandra not done what he did.]] |
| 518 | * NotSoAboveItAll: As is noted, he tries to be TheSpock and usually succeeds, but he loses sight of this whenever something catches his interest (e.g. Laila, as he's in denial over her true feelings towards him). |
| 519 | * OddFriendship: |
| 520 | ** With Agni. See his entry. |
| 521 | ** A Q&A mentions that he and Surya are friends, despite their extremely different outlooks on life and a history of Surya apparently thrashing him. |
| 522 | * PetTheDog: |
| 523 | ** Well, okay, the warning he gave Laila (to never tell anyone she's [[spoiler:a Kubera]]) when she was a child ''could'' be seen this way. He seems to genuinely care about her to a certain level, especially considering [[spoiler:Visnu warned him long ago that she would end up killing him]]. |
| 524 | ** In a low-key example, one bonus story has him send out various characters on an expedition, giving them receiving three options in a letter on the basis that their free will is respected: 1) to go to the Land of Neverending Winter, 2) to go to the South Pole, or 3) to tell him to f*ck off in person. Considering the options and how much of a slavedriver Chandra is known to be, the bit about "free will" seems like a poor joke, as the series lampshades... but it turns out [[NoBadassToHisValet Tilda]] chose option 3 and Chandra actually accepted her refusal, so the expedition members surprisingly ''did'' have the freedom of choice. |
| 525 | * ProperlyParanoid: The other gods are dismissive of his concerns about Visnu, but Chandra is so wary of the Primeval God in question (along with "Time" in general) that he made a god-level item to detect if time travel was happening. As the reader knows by this point, however, he was completely correct to assume that this was a possibility. |
| 526 | * PunyEarthlings: He considers humans to be lower lifeforms. Said attitude is the root for Leez's despisal of him (and every god or sura that holds the same opinion). [[spoiler:Interestingly, this may not apply to the ancient humans, as when Kadru criticizes the gods for looking down on nastikas, Chandra's response is that only ancient humanity has the right to judge the gods.]] |
| 527 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: He's long since grown disillusioned with the Primeval Gods and even told Visnu that he might one day turn against him. It's why, unlike Agni, Chandra doesn't care about aiming for the "best" future foretold by Visnu, as he disagrees with the latter's OmniscientMoralityLicense. |
| 528 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Downplayed. He's a jerk, but he's not evil. |
| 529 | * TheSpock: Motivated by cold logic, unlike the more sentimental Agni. Or so it seems; Chandra's no robot, and has feelings of his own that sometimes guides his decisions - he only accepted Laila's summoning because she interests him, after all. |
| 530 | * SupportPartyMember: While he does have offensive transcendentals of his own, it's more effective if he amplifies others'. |
| 531 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: |
| 532 | ** With Agni, at times. For the most part, Agni doesn't mind Chandra, but they're on opposite ends of the empathy spectrum and it shows. Also, Chandra kind of ruined his life and is unapologetic about it, so there's that. However, they are also friends of a kind; see Agni's entry under OddFriendship. |
| 533 | ** With Laila, who loathes him utterly for killing her mentor. |
| 534 | * UnscrupulousHero: Utterly ruthless and unpleasant, but there's no denying that at the end of the day, he's out to do his duty. |
| 535 | * WalkingSpoiler: That he has a role at all reveals that Laila ends up summoning him. |
| 536 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He's okay with letting Samphati nuke Atera out of existence if it means killing her, as a Fifth Stage Garuda Rakshasa could prove to be a pain in the ass in the future. Chandra is this to the max, although he's more of the "roll with what he's given" kind than of the "plans atrocities for a good goal" kind. That's one of the things that make him such a bitch. |
| 537 | * WouldHurtAChild: Or rather, Would Guilt-trip a Child into Allowing Herself to Be Killed For The Greater Good, [[spoiler:as poor Leny found out]]. That's not to say that Chandra wouldn't hurt children personally - or anyone else. Chandra has a goal in mind, and that goal is protecting the universe and the biggest amount of lives possible; if he has to kill children, adults, the elderly, or literally whatever else to do it, you can bet he'll hardly give the matter a second thought. |
| 538 | [[/folder]] |
| 539 | |
| 540 | [[folder:Yama]] |
| 541 | !!Yama |
| 542 | !!!Jurisdiction: Death, Source Attribute: Death |
| 543 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yama_2.png]] |
| 544 | |
| 545 | The God of Death. He holds final dominion over all mortal souls; not even the Primeval Gods can oppose him. |
| 546 | ---- |
| 547 | * ButtMonkey: Most of the times he was shown, he was being this. He's normally so overworked that it leaves him almost permanently stressed out. Agni recently beat his ass to get him to do something that his conscience would never allow him to do normally. Other gods that do agree to help him with his work frequently end up leaving due to some distraction. In the past, they kept asking him to [[spoiler:sever Agni's connection to Brilith]]. The recent Taraka attack caused his already high amount of work to skyrocket, and he's being constantly pestered by summonings that he refuses to accept. Instead of spending his time in the beautiful god realm, he's mostly in the very unpleasant Underworld. The very nature of his job means that he can't allow himself to be as compassionate as Agni is. No wonder he's almost perpetually irritated; being Yama is not easy. |
| 548 | * ByTheBookCop: Other gods are constantly harassing him to extend the lives of favored mortals, and he is constantly denying them. It's not that he's cruel, he just wants everyone to follow the rules. |
| 549 | * DeathTakesAHoliday: After Agni beats him up [[spoiler:to extend Brilith's lifespan]], he goes on strike, forcing his assistants to work extra hard. |
| 550 | * EverybodyHatesHades: Averted. Yama is stern and unfriendly but treated with no less respect than the others (aside from his job perhaps being a thankless one) and is portrayed sympathetically. It's clear he has compassion and that's exactly why he's so strict: it'd be painfully unfair to favour one human over another in his case. |
| 551 | * GodIsGood: He was very much this in the past, being one of the few gods who was willing to place compassion and understanding over cold, ruthless logic about TheNeedsOfTheMany--God Kubera even notes his respect for Yama for this reason. He eventually hardened his heart and can come across [[JerkassGods as the opposite now]], but he's still overall one of the most conventionally ethical gods, and his HiddenHeartOfGold still crops up. |
| 552 | * HeroicNeutral: [[spoiler:Refused to take part in killing the ancient human race.]] |
| 553 | * JerkassGods: To a much lesser extent than some other gods we know of[[note]]Yes, it's Chandra, who else?[[/note]], but Yama eventually decided to let go of most of his feelings (including compassion), which Agni criticizes him for. However, Yama verbally deconstructs this to the Fire God: He's the God of Death. If he cared so much about individual lives like Agni does, he would have gone insane eons ago. If he wasn't this, how would he manage to do his job? |
| 554 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Grumpy and strict, but takes his job seriously compared to the more hedonistic lifestyle of the other gods (and he's one of the few who doesn't use the "top" to make his life easier). His ByTheBookCop attitude also means that although the other gods want him to [[spoiler:break Agni and Brilith's betrothal]], as he's the only one other than the two who can do so, he refuses even though he seems to disapprove of the relationship nowadays. |
| 555 | * LoopholeAbuse: While he's generally a ByTheBookCop, he's not above doing this when he thinks it's necessary, Most notably, during the lead-up to the incident where humanity forsook Fiendish Magic, [[spoiler:Indra murdered an entire planet of humans and framed the sura for it; he knew Yama would be able to eventually find out he was responsible by interrogating the souls of the dead, but assumed the processing beforehand would take so long that it would be too late. Yama, suspicious about what was going on, was able to identify him almost immediately by skipping the processing step entirely and condemning every human who had died in the incident to Hell so he could interrogate them immediately.]] |
| 556 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:His decision to release the grudge-bearing souls of (old) humanity, rather than eradicate them, was well-intentioned but ultimately led to the entire race's descent into madness, which in turn was why the gods wiped them out. With that said, Kubera still praises his choice and thinks highly of Yama for making the ethical decision in the moment, rather than being concerned with only the bigger picture like most other gods.]] |
| 557 | * RedHerring: He's not the god Claude made a deal with, though that should have been obvious taking into account Yama's personality, as said deal went against everything he stands for. |
| 558 | * RefusalOfTheCall: Never answers a single summon. As he puts it, he can't weigh one human's plea against another, and so if he can't answer all of their calls, then he might as well answer none of them. |
| 559 | * ShipperOnDeck: Of sorts. Despite his current exasperated attitude towards Agni and Brilith, he was the one who [[spoiler:tried to bless Brilith's soul so that she could at least be reunited with Agni as often as possible]]. |
| 560 | * TookALevelInJerkass: In the past. He used to be more openly compassionate, but grew cold to cope with his job. Agni admits that he can't fault Yama for it, but also can't help but lament losing the last person who understood how he felt. |
| 561 | * TranquilFury: He doesn't outright show it, but he is ''pissed'' about [[spoiler: Indra killing the lives of 11 whole planets, including one populated by humans]], and although nothing about his outward demeanor changes, he never stops glaring at him and in one panel, you can see how tight he's clenching his fist. |
| 562 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Agni used to be good friends, but as Yama hardened his heart to deal with his job, they seemed to have drifted apart. |
| 563 | * YearInsideHourOutside: Time in his residence travels much slower than in the human realm. |
| 564 | |
| 565 | [[/folder]] |
| 566 | |
| 567 | !!Fourth Zen Gods |
| 568 | |
| 569 | [[folder:Asvins]] |
| 570 | !!Asvins |
| 571 | !!!Jurisdiction: Unknown, Source Attribute: Resurrection |
| 572 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/90c9e1b4282b527e4cc7bbdd8e9d58d2.png]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | The God of Restoration. She filled in for Visnu after his disappearance during the Cataclysm. |
| 575 | ---- |
| 576 | * GodIsGood: Like Surya, she refused to hear [[spoiler:Indra]]’s excuses for [[spoiler:destroying an entire planet of humans as well as several sura planets and framing Ananta]]. |
| 577 | * HealingHands: ''Hoti Asvins'' restores people and objects to their 'optimal state'. |
| 578 | * NavelDeepNeckline: Wears a very open shirt, exposing her torso all the way down to her navel. |
| 579 | * PowerNullifier: ''Bhavati Asvins'' seals transcendental skills. |
| 580 | [[/folder]] |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[folder:Marut]] |
| 583 | !!Marut |
| 584 | !!!Jurisdiction: Unknown, Source Attribute: Destruction |
| 585 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marut.png]] |
| 586 | |
| 587 | The God of Decay. She filled in for Shiva after his disappearance during the Cataclysm. |
| 588 | ---- |
| 589 | * CuteAndPsycho: Seems to look and act like a GenkiGirl from what we see of her, but she has the same enthusiasm towards [[DeathIsCheap the idea of dying]] and all of the spells associated with her are notably unpleasant. |
| 590 | * GirlishPigtails: Has these at the beginning of the universe. Apparently, they're something of an old shame for her now. |
| 591 | * HiddenDepths: The first sign that she's not solely CuteAndPsycho is when Indra throws Surya's spear back at him--the moment is somewhat PlayedForLaughs, but Marut freaks out when it almost touches her, indicating that she feels guilt over her sins. |
| 592 | * JerkassGods: She and Chandra are among the most outspoken against [[NiceGuy Agni's]] attitude. Though, just like Chandra, she proves to be capable of surprising compassion when the situation calls for it. |
| 593 | * TookALevelInKindness: In contrast to her seemingly remorseless attitude at the beginning of the universe, the present shows a more thoughtful, conflicted side to her--though this was implied as far back as the Fiendish Magic incident, where she was uncomfortable over internal discord among the gods and feared Surya's spear. In the current day, she even [[spoiler:defies the other gods to help Leez and co., despite her evident terror]]. |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder:Ushas]] |
| 597 | !!Ushas |
| 598 | !!!Jurisdiction: Dawn, Source Attribute: Sky + Light + Fire |
| 599 | The Goddess of Dawn. |
| 600 | * GodIsGood: [[spoiler: One of the few gods who blessed Brilith's soul]] rather than cursing it like most other gods. |
| 601 | * GodOfLight: The dawn version, born as a byproduct of various other light-associated gods (i.e. fire, sky, and light). |
| 602 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: While she didn't ''die'', she gave up most of her power to save Maruna when he died as a child, reducing her to a useless baby-like chibi form for as long as he lives.]] |
| 603 | * LightIsGood: The Goddess of Dawn, and [[spoiler: blessed Brilith's soul instead of cursing it like most gods.]] |
| 604 | * LiteralSplitPersonality: While she's born from Indra, Agni, and Surya--dawn from sky, fire, and light--it's heavily implied that she's [[spoiler:also the embodiment of what Indra left behind at the top]]. |
| 605 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: It's hinted that when "young", she tried to be this, as she actively wanted to meet each god but lost interest in the callous Indra and in Agni once he found happiness with his betrothed--while Yama, as the resident grump, continuously retained her attention. |
| 606 | * MoralityPet: She's the only person who can pick a fight with Indra and get away with it, and he'll usually make some effort to not upset her and her alone. |
| 607 | * NightAndDayDuo: Is ''literally'' this with Ratri, the Goddess of the Night. |
| 608 | * PimpedOutDress: Is seen wearing a decently layered strapless dress, accompanied by large earrings. |
| 609 | [[/folder]] |
| 610 | |
| 611 | [[folder:Ratri]] |
| 612 | !!Ratri |
| 613 | !!!Jurisdiction: Night, Source Attribute: Darkness |
| 614 | The Goddess of the Night. |
| 615 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being the Goddess of the Night, and having a rather [[InTheHood sinister and mostly hidden appearance]], she is one of the few gods who took pity on [[spoiler: Brilith's soul and blessed it.]] |
| 616 | * GodOfDarkness: The night edition, who possesses the Darkness attribute. |
| 617 | * GodIsGood: [[spoiler: One of the few gods who blessed Brilith's soul]] rather than cursing it like most other gods. |
| 618 | * InTheHood: Is seen wearing a hood and mask in a flashback. Fitting, seeing as she's the goddess of the night. |
| 619 | * NightAndDayDuo: Is ''literally'' this with Ushas, the Goddess of Dawn. |
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