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Lesser Gods

Rishid

Rishid, God of Forcing You Into Traps (Odion)

• Lesser God
• Symbol: The tattoos on his face
• Theme Song: Feeble Immortal^*Odio's Level 10 deck title from Duel Links, Odion Ishtar Duel Theme
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral
• Portfolio: Marik's Dragon, Calm and Quiet, Noble Top Enforcer, Hypercompetent Sidekick, Doesn't Cheat To Win, Specializes In Traps, Scary Egyptian Man(sort of), Snubbed By His Adoptive Father, Sympathetic Antagonists, Badass Longcoat, The Holy Beast Serket, Morality Chain, Protective Adoptive Big Brothers
• Domains: Card Games, Traps, Tombs, Guardians
• Herald: Ishizu Ishtar (his adopted sister, shared with Marik)
• Allies: Marik Ishtar (his adoptive brother) Yugi Mutou and Yami Yugi (former enemy), Anakaris, Satoko Houjou, Yveltal, Winnie the Pooh, Grumpy Bear, Yu Narukami, Luigi, N, Yui, Sakura Matou, Elena, Jacuzzi Splott
• On good terms with: The Egyptian Pantheon
• Worthy Opponent: Katsuya Jonouchi/Joey Wheeler
• Enemies: Dark Marik, The Child Abuse Supporters (especially Ghetsis), Keith Howard, Bashmaster the Unbreakable, Kinzo Ushiromiya, Dr Hax, Crixalis
• Opposes: Abusive Parents and those who'd harm their sibling
• Rishid, also known as Odion, is the older adoptive brother of Marik Ishtar and during the latter's stint as a villain, served as his main enforcer. Though seeking to become a tombkeeper like his adoptive father, the elder Ishtar dismissed him for his biological son, whom just wanted to be free of the legacy. Eventually Marik would see reason and redeem himself, freeing the family to make their own way in life. Learning that his master had ascended to the Trope Pantheon, it was only natural that Rishid wished to join him. With more time on his hands, he's gotten to spend time with Yugi Mutou and express his gratitude for everything. Unfortunately for him, Keith Howard was also part of the pantheon and sought Revenge by Proxy on him for Marik brainwashing him. Like Marik, he's not sympathetic to this.
• Though loyal to Marik, Rishid served him for altruistic reasons; he was the Morality Chain that kept the deranged, sadomasochistic split personality "Dark Marik" from emerging. It was being knocked out that gave Dark Marik the chance to to take over and thanks to Rishid that the true Marik could overcome his demons. This experience has lead him to sought out and guide Marik's new friend Sakura Matou, whom suffered a similar Split-Personality Takeover to Marik Ishtar.
• In order to protect his master's identity, Rishid pretended to be him. It was a pretty poor impersonation due to his good heart, and when Marik wanted him to play a fake Winged Dragon of Ra card things went sour. To prevent this kind of mistake, he spends time in the House of Theater learning how to improve his villain covers. In spite of being the one member of the Rare Hunters who doesn't cheat, Dr Hax still opposes him due to supporting the organization.
• His dueling strategy is almost entirely trap-based, with one of his two monsters being a Continuous Trap Card. He bolsters it with the Temple of the Kings(which also functions as his temple in the Pantheon), which allows him to immediately activate set traps and limiting the traps and spells on the opponent's side. His affinity with traps led him to meet and befriend Trap Master Satoko Houjou. The two have a Friendly Rivalry over who's the better trapper.
• He does have one true, known master; the Mystical Beast of Serket, whom gets stronger from monsters it devours. Drapion is impressed, but isn't concerned about potential rivalry since the monster needs the Temple of the Kings active to stay on the field. To this day, he considers Katsuya Jonouchi(also known as Joey Wheeler) to be a Worthy Opponent, and hopes to see him in the pantheon one day. His wait was worth it.
• Given how his dad was like, Rishid opposes the Child Abuse Supports, with the most of his contempt aimed at Ghetsis Harmonia; like his own dad he adopted N for his own purposes, though in some ways thinks he makes Mr Ishtar look good by comparison. Not a fan of Kinzo Ushiromiya either, since his issues with succession remind him of his dad a lot.
• Is protective of those whom have suffered at the hands of their parents, particularly N due to mutual hated towards Ghetsis. He's also happy to see Yui was Happily Adopted. As a protective big brother, he admires Yu Narukami. And as a dismissed brother, he can sympathize with Luigi.
• Given his desire to be a Tombkeeper, Rishid respects the Egyptian gods. He was also happy to help out with some of Anakaris' rites, though his opinion towards Pharaoh Ramses remains neutral. Living in a desert region, Rishid naturally is sick of the sandstorms that Crixalis causes.
• Has a fondness towards bears, particularly the Gummi Bears. No-one's quite sure why. Also, as one could expect from his experience with Ra he's interested in the phoenixes of the pantheon, particularly Yveltal for being a dark, yet good-hearted being like himself. Yami Yugi believe that his fake Millennium Rod is delicious cheese. It's actually plastic, but Rishid was planning to cook a cheese replica of the Millennium Rod as part of his master's planned celebration feast for defeating the Pharaoh.
• Became good friends with Jacuzzi Splot since they both have the tattoos on their faces in honor of someone they care for (Jacuzzi's sword tattoo was made so that no one would stare at Nice's burns on her face and Rishid carved the markings on his face to represent his loyalty and love for his adoptive brother). Jacuzzi cried buckets when he learned of Rishid's backstory.

Demigods

Satoko Houjou

Satoko Houjou, Goddess of Trap Masters

• Demigoddess (with trap skills that can fool Intermediate Gods)
• Symbol: A washtub superimposed with a speech bubble of Satoko's Noblewoman's Laugh
• Theme Song: Sukisuki Nii Nii
• Alignment: Chaotic Good, Chaotic Evil under Hinamizawa Syndrome
• Portfolio: making traps, having a formal way of speaking (with the laugh to match), being horribly broken multiple times, having a horrible grandparent (known trigger for "Infected State)
• Domains: Traps, Building, Abuse (coming out of it)
• High Priest: Testament
• Allies: Rika Furude, Mion and Shion Sonozaki, Rena Ryuguu, Raven, MacGuyver, Wallace and Gromit, N, Keiichi Maebara, Kyoko Sakura, Sayaka Miki, Homura Akemi, Terra Branford, Bryan Mills, Jin Kazama, Bruce Banner/Hulk, Artina, Cinderella, Rachel Alucard
• Enemies: Bernkastel and all other members of Trollkaiger, Scar, Ghetsis, Lady Tremaine, Vaas Montenegro
• Friendly Enemies with: Tony Montana
• Neutral with: Lambdadelta
• Worthy Opponents: Reisuke Houjou, Kevin McCallister
• Ascended after making an elaborate set of traps that ended with it exploding in Trollkaiger's face, ending it with her laughing at their predicament. Her use of making traps caught the eye of the House of Craft, and so she made her house to be next to Angus McGuyver, who she worships like a teacher figure.
• Was moved to tears, when she found the other members of the club in the Pantheon, especially Shion who finally made it out of Purgatory. She now comes and helps Rika in her temple, cooking meals for her every now and then. Oyashiro on her part had a very long talk with Satoko about how she was never cursed. Needless to say, her maternal instincts proved useful in this regard.
• Became part of the Anti Abusive Parents club because of her being abused by her uncle. She is forever grateful to them.
  • Satoko's traumatic past with child abuse reminds Kyoko of a kid she befriended in the Oriko timeline. Kyoko treats her as a little sister.
  • The arrival of Lady Tremaine and her daughters trigger another PTSD breakdown. Homura's retaliation against them, was horrifying to say the least. She has given Satoko permission to have "I was waiting for this moment" ready to play should they show up again.
• Stays far away from Bernkastel due to Bern's trolling ways and the fact that she sounds like an older Rika Furude. For Lambdadelta, it's a neutral relationship (though Satoko is thorougly creeped out by her) due to the fact they have similar voices, looks, personality, etc.
• Her trap making skills caught the eye of many Gods in the House of War (especially of Kevin McCallister) along with Rachel Alucard. Satoko just laughs at the attention, but has declined intentions to go into the House. She'd rather have fun with her friends and their club rather than get involved with their battles.
• Is a member of Lol Ranger, designation "Pink Ranger".
• Not related to Reisuke Houjou, but they seem to have bonded with each other because of their abusive pasts and their love of setting traps. Though they seem to prefer competing with each other rather than being out-and-out friends.

Quasideities

Kevin McCallister

Kevin McCallister, God of "Home Alone" Antics (Makulky Kulkin)

• Quasideity
• Symbol: His battle plan map against the Wet Bandits, or his hands clasped against his cheeks and his mouth open in a scream
• Theme Music: "Somewhere In My Memory"
• Alignment: Chaotic Good
• Portfolio: Outsmarting Adult Criminals, And Stops Them From Getting Away With Crimes, The Runt at the End That Gets Left Behind By His Family Twice, Booby Trap Master, Naughty Is Good, Guile Hero, An Ass-Kicking Christmas, Deadpan Snarker, Rarely Trusts Adults
• Domains: Traps, Children, Houses, Creativity
• Heralds: Alex Pruitt, Finn Baxter, Max Mercer and Kevin's family
• Allies: Santa Claus, Gin, Hana, and Miyuki, Angus MacGyver, Dennis Mitchell, Bart Simpson, Woody, John McClane, Lt. Karl Fairburne, The K.N.D.
• Tolerated by: The Birds
• Conflicted Opinions from: Angela Sheehan
• Rivals: Edgar and Ellen, Mion and Shion Sonozaki
• Pities: Swiper the Fox, Rynn Jacobs, Reisuke and Satoko Houjou
• Avoids: Salad Fingers, Laetitia
• Avoided by: The deities in the Hall of Thieves that know better
• Enemies: The burglar deities in the Pantheon, Sideshow Bob, Rottweiler, The Goose, Gary Smith, Carmen Sandiego (leans towards Worthy Opponent)
• In the span of a few Christmas days, one mischievous but troubled youngest sibling of a big family found himself left behind in his home alone, and forced to deal with thieves doing what they did best. What would have been a traumatizing experience for many other kids instead became the McCallister's moment of notoriety. With only what he had available within his own home, and no support from police, he made the Wet Bandits regret ever trying to steal from his home with wits and creativity alone. Rigging the buildings the burglars attempted to break into with plenty of painful traps, the criminals who underestimated him would undergo more and more painful experiences the further they attempted to get the boy. Succeeding at stopping the Wet Bandits twice, Kevin McCallister not only saved Christmas for his family, but he even helped out a children's hospital whose charity money the Wet Bandits were trying to steal off for themselves.
• While Kevin McCallister wasn't too much of a fame seeker, his feats of turning home supplies into effective traps would catch the eyes of the deities in the Pantheon. Soon enough, he woke in his room, opened the door, and found himself in a new realm entirely. Intimidated by all the new things around him, he initially cowered back into his room, but eventually came out on his own, deciding to wander out to see what he was getting into. Soon enough, he would meet friendly deities that informed Kevin that he had become a deity for his success against the Wet Bandits, thus letting him hold the "Home Alone" Antics trope to let him become part of the Pantheon. Asking what that meant, he would receive his own temple for him to stay at, which some comment on for being like a big house, all to himself. But once Kevin learned about the ascended criminals and thieves in the Pantheon, that temple was no longer much of a welcome place to walk around in, much less for potential home intruders.
  • Kevin's main "temple" is in actuality not Kevin's main home, due to the numerous amount of traps and other home-made defenses within that it's practically impossible to traverse it normally unscathed, unless you either know it by hand, or are a god of a much greater rank capable of just walking through everything that could be thrown at you anyways. That noted, Kevin doesn't really keep anything valuable that could benefit the latter group, though Kevin intends on somehow fixing that. Otherwise, the chance that an intruder will find themselves in a hospital after entering Kevin's temple increases proportionally, if not exponentially, to the amount of time they stay in Kevin's domain. However, if you're Kevin himself or someone he wants to spare from his rigged defenses, he may take you to his true temple, said to consist of a couple of rooms, including one where he designs his infamous traps, and one resembling a room within the Plaza Hotel, among others.
• Given that there are many talented thieves and rogues in the Pantheon that aren't as dim-witted as the Wet Bandits, Kevin has taken to further improve and adapt on his methods and defenses, learning from failures and other observations, due to all of the freedom and time he has as a Pantheon deity. Whereever Kevin decides to set up his usual designs becomes the bane of many a non-superpowered thief, and although the Good-aligned thieves don't have as much of a reason to bother him, they've tried from time and time again to find that traps he set up not only change from time to time to prevent redundancy, but trying to bypass a few can lead to some nasty injuries. One mentor that Kevin is getting along with for the sake of improving his work is MacGyver, who additionally plays games of table-hockey with him. While MacGyver respects what he does, he gives the occasional warning about making his traps too cruel, especially nothing that there may be some deities either forced to go through them by bullies and such, or otherwise may not genuinely understand the warnings that keep most pain-sensitive deities away. As such, Kevin does experiment with designs that are intended to be more precise and to focus the hurt on those who are asking for it, on top of ways to keep potential innocent wanderers in less distress.
• There have been many a doctor in the Pantheon that have complained about Kevin's designs for traps, including how lethal a few could potentially be. There was even a mortal who elaborated on how Kevin could have effectively caused fatal injuries multiple times during his time in the Big Apple, which has raised plenty of concern and terror at the McCallister. And given how satisfactory he was emotionally, perhaps to the point of sadism, though the victims weren't really nice guys. Kevin wasn't willing to let it all slide, and had a couple of his own arguments about the Wet Bandits that were victims of his craft. One, the fact that they had met before their second and more infamous meeting, where the two robbers had intentions to rob his family, and almost managed to torture him when they caught him. Two, the fact that they had intended to steal charity money for a children's hospital, which he argues was a terrible line to cross. And finally, the fact that the Wet Bandits not only pursued the money they wanted to take from Kevin, but were willing to him, so he had justification to go to such dangerous lengths. While many members of the House of Law of Justice still distrust Kevin greatly, they have acknowledged his arguments as fair, and haven't sought to punish him heavily.
  The Judge: Huh, does this boy even have a lawyer?
  • Santa acknowledges Kevin's immature but understandable and sympathetic intentions, and he's more than proud of Kevin for standing up against letting injustices happen on Christmas as well as helping out fellow children as well without expecting too much of a reward himself. Santa did have a messenger to tell Kevin that he's certainly a good-hearted fellow, but that he should be more mindful of his behavior towards others, and to do his best to ensure that his endeavors to get back at bandits do not go too far. Should that occur, Kevin just might find himself on the Naughty List. Heeding the warning, Kevin does try his best to be a better kid and to regulate his own mischief, even when interacting with the less morally conscious pranksters in the Pantheon.
• There were plenty of trap creators in the Pantheon that Kevin became curious of, with Woody being quite the contrasting type of prankster, setting up traps and other tricks within his own cranky neighbor's house, using the neighbor's own items against him instead of bringing his own. Impressed, Kevin has decided to learn from Woody, attempting to do similar but with his own twist on the thing. Despite having issues doing so at first, and almost getting caught by Rottweiler multiple times, he eventually set upon Rottweiler a whole stream of traps that Rottweiler kept getting caught in, one after another. Succeeding in outwitting the nasty neighbor, Kevin's skills at setting up traps for potential pursuers on the fly has made Kevin an even more fearsome kid to try and mess with. And he's also been advised to stay away from Laetitia, who's capable of giving out deadly gifts that ended up horrifying the boy when he saw them in action. Thankfully, Kevin has no interest in experimenting with anything supernatural of that sort any time soon.
• Kevin seeks to be popular among the members of the House of Childhood and Adolescence, but it's primarily to be able to stick up for other children like him. Having gone through quite some rough holidays dealing with thieves, he's more than willing to help out other children who want to deal with troublesome adults. He's an avid support of the Kids Next Door and their pursuit of justice against the tyranny of malicious adults as well, providing assistance whenever he can. While he doesn't plan to be as generous with support toward the more chaotic and immoral children in the Pantheon, he likes to hang out with Dennis the Menace, and Dennis in turn doesn't target Kevin's temple when he wants to slingshot some windows. He also found Bart Simpson to be a pleasant mischief maker to be around, at least most of the time, to the dismay of Sideshow Bob. There's also Edgar and Ellen, who believe that Kevin's mischievous reputation isn't as deserved as theirs is. From time to time, the twins will try to out-prank him, but Kevin always has something prepared for them. They have managed to catch Kevin off-guard with their tricks, though whether it's been worth the times they've been hospitalized from either their traps backfiring or trying to outsmart Kevin's house defenses and failing, they can't say for sure.
• While he's not against befriending adults, it's rather clear that Kevin doesn't want to rely on adults. He definitely has no interest in having the cops do what his house traps can do and some, though he's not adverse to letting them do their work. He's open to the advice and support given from adults, but it's usually with some uncertainty and doubt. There are adults he has felt completely comfortable being friendly with, mainly Old Man Marley, an old man falsely suspected of being a serial killer, but ended up saving Kevin's life, as well as an unnamed Pigeon Lady who too saved Kevin's life, as odd as she was herself. Kevin's considered making them his heralds, but isn't sure of whether they'd approve. Some of the adults in the Pantheon that have earned Kevin's absolute respect and admiration for are Hana and Gin, as well as the teenage Miyuki. While they initially didn't seem to be the type of people he'd be friends with, especially not Gin, learning of how the homeless trio returned the baby Kiyoko to their parents did touch his heart (even to the point of forgiving Gin), to the point that he even invited to his true temple for a temporary stay during a nasty Christmas blizzard in the Pantheon, through a route that kept them safe from Kevin's machinations. The three visitors thanked him dearly for his miraculous saving from the blizzard they caught up in, and while they didn't have much to give back at the time, Kevin hadn't sought taking from them anyway. He was even completely oblivious to all of the good luck the three had during Christmas, not that luck is something his works should require for delivering pain to unwitting robbers.
  • Somehow, his friendship with the Pigeon Lady had spared him the wrath of the humanity-attacking Birds, who appeared before him in a great swarm, attacking every other human being near him, but consistently ignoring him. He attempted to plead for the Birds to stop, but his pleas were in vain. The Birds may take some sort of liking to him, but Kevin doesn't intend to reciprocate such sentiments due to their danger to fellow humans. The Murkrow Flock don't fare well with him too much better, since they used to try and steal from his as well. Since he was already planning some designs to counter the kinds of bandits that thought staying off the floor was sufficient, Kevin simply made them more effective against flying targets. To save the grief of a Murkrow that could've been a victim, he threw a rubber chicken at one in front of some Murkrow to demonstrate. Needless to say, they were smart enough to get the warning. Another bird that Kevin has a much more infuriating relation to is The Goose, who is among those who aren't necessarily indestructible or immune to pain, yet they've managed to get past all of Kevin's defenses just to snatch something out of Kevin's hands, to the boy's frustration. Can you him for investing hours into anti-goose traps?
• While it's not a particularly hostile relationship, Kevin doesn't have any particular fondness of his big family, or the House of Family and Relatives for that matter. For him, his family, while caring at times, it's usually the source of much grief from the likes of them, being annoyed by both siblings and parents, to the point where it played a major part of Kevin's overall distrust toward adults. Due to beginning to prefer the time spent alone, he decided against ascending the other McCallisters as heralds. His perspective baffled Angela Sheehan since on her Christmas days, she would in contrast, hope to reunite with other family members, notably her father. And while she does understand having annoying siblings, she doesn't hold the same negative sentiments that Kevin has with his other siblings like Buzz for example, where she's had a more amicable relation to her own brother Pat. Kevin on the other hand doesn't really say much to address her thoughts since she doesn't understand how unbearable his own family can be at times. Additionally, learning of another kid to willingly live alone, Rynn Jacobs, he ran into the normally secluded girl while looking for more materials in the House of Craft, and from there, had learned of her rather frightening story of losing her own mother and dealing with someone who wasn't just out for her home, but for Rynn herself, on top of the fact that she ended up killing him through potassium cyanide, though not necessarily on purpose. While initially intimidated by her, the idea of accidentally being responsible for the death of their own parent made Kevin feel much sorrow for Rynn.
• A few deities have caught Kevin's attention to their reputation for stealth and evading traps, specifically Solid Snake, Big Boss, and Raiden, who would all have their own ways of bypassing Kevin's more infamous traps. While Kevin doesn't want to antagonize or experiment on those individuals for the sake of training his designs, given that they're not as dumb as the Wet Bandits and would not appreciate the kid getting in their way, he does observe recordings of their own infiltrations. He hopes to get what he can analyze from said infiltrations in order to make more effective house contraptions that would counter their strategies, for the purpose of hindering those who would use such tactics for immoral motives, of course. And then there's Carmen Sandiego, who decided to take a shot at Kevin's challenge for fun. While she too found traversing Kevin's temple to be difficult, with plenty of moments of barely avoiding or just scraping by some traps, she showed up in Kevin's room holding a few of Kevin's belongings, before putting them down and leaving without stealing anything, but not without stating that Kevin by stating that he would've been an interesting recruit for ACME. With Kevin considering her a Worthy Opponent, he aspires to improve enough to put a blemish on Carmen Sandiego's thieving record.
• A few victims of Kevin's work had found themselves bound to come back regardless of the effectiveness of the boy's work. Swiper the Fox, due to his compulsion to steal, attempted to sneak in, but always got himself in much pain getting caught by the traps Kevin sets up. Despite it all, he just can't fight the urge to try and come back and steal stuff. Kevin eventually took pity on him and set up a screen which plays a recording of himself saying "Swiper, no swiping!" multiple times, which has fortunately managed to save Swiper plenty of needless suffering. And then there was Salad Fingers, who may or may not have his own reasons for entering Kevin's temple. He may get easily caught and subdued by what Kevin had set up for more sane thieves, but it hasn't scared him off. In fact, Salad Fingers has found the experiences rather pleasing for the most part. The day Kevin saw the tall man happily covered in sharp traps and later learning about who the guy was, many got to hear Kevin's famous scream in person.
• While startled by the extent to which Kevin is willing to put his opposers through, Jimmy Hopkins does admire the idea of punishing the most stubborn criminals with just enough pain to make them feel regret for their poor moral choices. On top of giving Kevin advice about effective trap designs, and nods to individuals that deserve a bit of what Kevin can create (Gary Smith was plenty miserable about getting painfully ejected from his own temple after Kevin found it), Jimmy also helps Kevin manage his mischievous side, reminding him that he should balance his desire to improve his traps with the acknowledgement that Kevin's creations are at their core a tool of deterring, not eliminating. Another individual capable of much deadlier traps, Karl Fairburne, has also given this advice himself, noting that while his traps are explosive and much more lethal, he's doing it to fend off Nazis and other fascists, and the kinds of people their plans and methods target are different.

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