Trope Pantheons Discussion

He was put into a contract by Ciel that forbids him from doing that.

Can I make my suggestion again? This time I know it's unique.

I mean sure, go ahead with that if you want.

Ok, let's see.

@SpaceProtagonist I'll give you the benefit of doubt, what is it this time?

Dick Hardly with From Nobody to Nightmare.

@Clovis: Remember, Cyrus has been semi-reformed thanks to Hareta. Factor that in.

Since I'm in a FF4 mood, i know we have Black Magic and White Magic as separate tropes, but I want to elect a certain duo for Black and White Magic: Palom and Porom. Any objections?

And what about the rework for Cid? What other FF Cids can join in? Or will it be just IV's and VII's?

No-s Mode

I would like a lot of assistance for this endeavor.

Cecil Harvey, Kain Highwind, Rydia, Rosa Joanna Farrell, and Edward "Edge" Geraldine, Heralds of the Active Time Battle System (Cecil: The Split Soul, the Knight, King Cecil of Baron, Kain: the Dragoon, Hooded Man, Rydia: Rydia of the Mist, Rosa: Queen Rosa of Baron)

^{Cecil in The After Years} 

^{Kain in The After Years as a Holy Dragoon} 

^{Rydia in The After Years} 

^{Rosa in The After Years} 

^{Edge in The After Years} 

• Potential/New House: Game Design
• s:

• Intermediate Deities (Cecil, Rydia, Rosa), Lesser Deities (Kain, Edge)
• Symbol
• Theme Song: Battle 1
  • Cecil: The Red Wings
  • Kain: The Theme of Suspicion
  • Rydia: Rydia's Theme
  • Rosa: The Theme Of Love
  • Edge: Troian Beauty
• Alignment: Lawful Good and Neutral Good (though Kain is regarded as True Neutral due to his 'betrayals')
• Portfolio: (insert list of tropes here) 10 to 15 only
  • Cecil: The Atoner, From Dark Knight to Paladin, Noble Either Way, Defector from Decadence, Dude Looks Like a Lady, Half-Lunarian, The Good King of Baron, Ideal Hero, Sometimes Too Old-Fashioned Regarding Rosa, Cover Ability, Darkness and Light in Tandem in Dissidia,
  • Kain: From Simple Dragoon To Holy Dragoon, Name of Cain, Unrequited Love For Rosa And Hopeless Suitor, Eventually Giving Up His "Claim", Left-Handed, Feels Cecil Is Always Better, Wields A Spear But Can Also Use Axes And Swords, Jump Ability, Brainwashing Overplayed As Constant Betrayal, Has Long Hair Just Like Cecil
  • Rydia: Summoner, Leotard of Power, Forgave Cecil Pretty Quickly, Plot-Relevant Age-Up Due to Time Flow Difference In Feymarch, Took a Level in Badass, Magic-Based Powerhouse, Also The Heart, Adaptational Attractiveness, Happily Adopted By The Eidolons, Lady of Black Magic, Uses Staffs or Whips, Notable Green Hair
  • Rosa: White Magic (Complete With Holy), Staff Use And Archery, The Medic, The Chick, Being A White Mage And Fighting Alongside Her Beloved Just Like Her Mother, Happily Married to Cecil, Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold, The High Queen of Baron, Being More Modest In The Sequel, The Ingenue, Possible Actually Pregnant During The First Adventure, Team Mom
  • Edge: Highly-Visible Ninja, Badass Cape to Scarf of Asskicking, Uses Katanas In Twos or Boomerangs And Can Throw Stuff For High Damage, From Glass Cannon to Lightning Bruiser, Hot-Blooded, Uses The Power of Anger, Womanizer With A Fiery Sense of Justice, Royals Who Actually Do Something, Never Leaves the Party After Joining, Steal Ability, Maybe Ever After with Rydia
• Domain(s)
  • Cecil: Heroism, Darkness, Knighthood, Light
  • Kain: Dragoons, Heroism/Villainy, Brainwashing
  • Rydia: Summons, Dragons, Mysticism
  • Rosa: Light, Magic, Love, Prayer, Nobility
  • Edge: Ninjutsu, Royalty, Passion
• Heralds: Tellah, Yang, Palom, Porom, Cid Pollendina, Fusoya, Ceodore Harvey (Cecil and Rosa's son), The Eblan Four^* Gekkou of Fire, Zangetsu of Lightning, Izayoi of Water, and Tsukinowa as Wind (Edge's apprentices), Cuore (adopted by Rydia)
• Allies:
  • The Warriors of Cosmos: Warrior of Light, Firion, Bartz Klauser, Terra Branford, Cloud Strife, Squall Leonhart, Zidane Tribal, Tidus, Tifa Lockhart, Laguna Loire, Yuna, Lightning Farron, Locke Cole, Rinoa Heartilly, Noctis Lucis Caelum, Ramza Beoulve
  • Other Final Fantasy deities: Edward Chris von Muir, Cid, Aerith Gainsborough, Red XIII, Vivi Ornitier, Lulu, Auron, Maechen, Balthier, Ashe, Snow Villiers, Oebra Dia Vanille, Oebra Yun Fang (especially for Kain), Sazh Katzroy, Hope Esthiem, Serah Farron, Ignis Scientia
  • Others: Sora
    • Cecil: Ky Kiske, Leon Magnus, Artix von Krieger
    • Kain: Cu Chulainn, Selena Recital, Zuko, Riku, Pantheon, Davion, Rynn
    • Rydia: Chocobo, Shiva Bahamut, Odin, Xerneas, Lucy Heartfilia
    • Rosa: Estelle, Konoka Konoe, Compa, Serena
    • Edge: Bang Shishigami, Naruto Uzumaki, Ryu Hayabusa
• Rivals:
  • Cecil: Kuja (for bishiest, seriously)
• Enemies:
  • The Warriors of Chaos: Garland, Emperor Mateus, Exdeath, Kefka Palazzo, Sephiroth, Ultimecia, Kuja
  • Other Final Fantasy deities: Seymour Guado (especially for Rydia), Profesor Hojo, Caius Ballad, Ardyn Izunia, Malboro, Tonberry
  • Others: Sarda
    • Cecil:
    • Kain:
    • Rydia:
    • Rosa:
    • Edge:
• Special Relationship: Golbez (Cecil's brother, neutral terms with everyone else)
• Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that have various relationships (examples include Enemy Mine, Vitriolic Best Buds, Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, Headbutting Heroes, Friendly Enemy, Friendly Rival, Just Friends, etc.) other than allies, rivals, or enemies.
• Respected by/Respects:
• Pitied by/Pities:
• Opposed by/Opposes:
• Conflicting Opinion:
• Notes about your chosen deity
• Yin-Yang Bomb. Dragon Knight. Summon Magic. White Magic. Those were the titles that Cecil, Kain, Rydia, and Rosa held during the early days of the Pantheon. Well, Kain actually held In a Single Bound before handing it over to Pantheon.
  • New regulations however have rendered some of them unfitting, especially Rosa (short profile) and Cecil (specific to one version of him), and so another title had to be found. Thankfully, some of Cecil's friends in the GUAG managed to find one: the Combatant Cooldown System, which originated from their game, though under the name Active Time Battle System.
  • While it would be nice to ascend all the party members to represent it, eleven distinct characters is a tad too much, so a party limit of five. But who was to be the fifth? Cid already has Cool Airship, and Edward was considered fine as is, so -reason why Edge was chosen-
• Applies to the group or two or more of its members:
• Exclusive to Cecil:
  • Had once held the position of Yin-Yang Bomb after inheriting it from Leon Magnus. Cecil kept believing that Leon himself is battling his own demons. Now that the seat his vacant again with his own transfer, Cecil has taken to searching for a suitable candidate.
  • Is a member of the Sacred Knights, and one of the only gods capable of controlling its leader, Artix von Krieger, from smiting every single undead god in the Pantheon (which is not an easy task, mind you).
  • Thinks Firion has a thing for Lightning, and briefly played matchmaker. Firon appreciates it, but he has yet to succeed despite Cecil's efforts.
    • He also initially took Onion Knight's vow to protect Terra as a sign he's fallen for her.
    • This is all likely because out of all the Final Fantasy protagonists, he's the only one who's actually gotten married.
• Exclusive to Kain:
  • Other Gods look at him funny, thinking that he may betray them anytime. He claims that he has good reason to do so, and he is correct on the most part. It's just that many are wary that Melkor will to be able to make his next Face–Heel Turn a permanent one.
  • As a Holy Dragoon, Kain has a small repertoire of White Magic (Cure, Hold, Cura, Esuna, Teleport, Blink, Haste), though it's nowhere near as Cecil's.
  • When he heard word of the TV World and what it holds, Kain decided he would visit the place, as he didn't want to take the chance of another Dark Kain running rampant like before. Despite Yu's and Teddie's ^* the only ones available at the time protests, Cecil and Rosa decided to accompany them. Thankfully, none of their Shadows interrupted the trip.
    • Eventually, the party encountered Shadow Kain, who did just like any Shadow would do; try to torment his host and bystanding companions with his darkest secrets, namely his jealousy of Cecil and his lust for Rosa. While Rosa has heard of this during Kain's final showdown against his Dark self, Cecil hasn't and this was news to him[[labelnote:Why neither Rosa, Edward, Cid, nor Ceodore told him of this prior is anybody's guess]]. To the Investigation Team members' surprise (though mitigated by the fact that he's conquered it once before), Kain was able to accept it, although no Persona was bestowed due to already having done so; he just hadn't done it in front of Cecil.
  • Reportedly fell against an army of creatures known as Manikins. Upon hearing that even Cosmos was unable to revive him, the Court of the Gods began searching for someone to succeed him (back when he still represented Dragon Knight). Before they could begin accepting applicants, however, Kain crashed through the roof of the building, very much alive, apparently having leapt there from the battlefield. Turns out he just got so bored slaughtering the Manikins that he fell asleep.
  • Pantheon eventually learned from Kain the arts of a 'Dragon Slayer'◊.
  • Back when he still held the title of Dragon Knight, there was Davion, who had once attempted to claim it but failed. Unfortunately, Davion's abilities were deemed too plain to be considered for the role. But it was a denial that Davion is now glad of, now that he holds Simple, yet Awesome.
  • While he doesn't mind those who do hunt dragons, Kain is one who prefers to emulate the behavior of dragons instead of hunting them. He is intrigued with the bond Rynn has with Arokh and how the two learned to work together to save her brother. He asked her how it was like to share a bond with the dragon, to which she replied as something that was to difficult to describe. She figured it would be better if he observed how they interact with each other.
  • Kain shares his name with an ancient vampire, and neither person has been happy with doing so. The Dragon Knight believes that it only further alienates himself from his allies, while the vampire is tired of having to answer that no, he is not associated with the former. With that said, the two are not exactly enemies rather than they have different opinions on the concept of good and evil. One wants to embrace the former over the later and there other does not care about which side he chooses.
  • While he wasn't included in the initial roster, Kain had a hand in later (technically, ealier) Dissidia cycles. He is appreciative of the support he has gotten from his Final Fantasy brethren.
• Exclusive to Rydia:
  • Rydia kinda likes Ninjas, but refuses to go out with them. The whole invisibility thing unnerves her when she goes to the bathroom. Instead, she claims to have "fallen for" the childlike innocence of Negi Springfield, who reminds her of herself when she was his age…almost as if it were yesterday.
  • Has no idea of what to think of the Demon Summoning Program used by folks such as Aleph, Flynn, and Kazuya. While far more versatile and accessible, it's also far more dangerous than her own brand of Summon Magic.
  • Seymour Guado had taken an interest in Rydia, and has plotted to take her life should she learn how to incorporate Magic Dances into her summoning rituals.
  • Currently, she has formed contracts with this Pantheon’s Bahamut, the wandering swordsman Gilgamesh, and the legendary Pokémon Xerneas.
    • While Naruto offered their aid, Kurama was explicitly against becoming a Summon (he prefers Naruto only), so no contract could be made.
• Exclusive to Rosa:
  • Unlike most white mages, she's capable of actually fighting with bow and arrows. As such, she usually goes training in the House of Weapons, or even visits Merida in the House of Royalty to improve her archery skills.
  • Serena takes great inspiration from Rosa as her devotion to Cecil parallels Serena's own devotion to Ash. When Serena had told the Arch-White Mage her tale^note which reminded the arch-mage of herself, and asked if there was anything further she could do, Rosa smiled warmly and replied "Just be true to yourself; he should come around in his own time". She also warned Serena not to put up with any senselessness on Ash's part, while making sure that she didn't embrace anything senseless herself. She has offered to examine Serena for any magical aptitude.
• Exclusive to Edge:
  • -interactions with Bang Shishigami-

Sho Minazuki, God of Freakish Loners (The Rule-Smashing Pun Machine)

• Potential House: Personalities
• s:

• Lesser God
• Symbol: His eyes and scar glowing cyan
• Theme Song: The Joker
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
• Portfolio: Combat Pragmatist, Ax-Crazy, Blood Knight, Empowered Badass Normal, Covered with Scars, Katanas, Fiery Redhead, Exotic Eye Designs, Psychotic Smirk, Full of Puns And Swear Words, Put the "Laughter" in "Slaughter", Sore Loser, Shotoclone, The Villain Makes the Plot, Freudian Excuse, Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds, Plannned to Hijack Hi-No-Kagutsuchi Using Adachi's Magatsu Izanagi, Unwitting Pawn to Whom He Was Trying To Hijack, Split-Personality Merge And Thus Gaining A Persona
• Domains: Solitude, Puerility, Fighting
• Allies: N
• Rivals: Yu Narukami, Labrys, other BlazBlue deities (like Ragna)
• Enemies: Nyarlathotep, Hajime Hinata, Yuno Gasai, Tohru Adachi, Ghetsis Harmonia, Sho Minamimoto
• Barely neutral terms with: the Shadow Operatives (except Mitsuru Kirijo, whom he still opposes), the Investigation Team
• Target of Interest By: [[ Igor]], The Grand United Alliance of Destruction
• Conflicting Opinion: Goro Akechi
• Ascended some time after the incident known as the P-1 Climax. Considering his original plan to leave himself as the sole inhabit of his world to be rid of everyone that annoyed him, many share animosity with Sho and keep their distance.
• The only known way for him to be able to form bonds is through battle. Some have said he's not as hostile to those he's made these bonds and there is some degree of respect formed.
• There was a second personality within Sho, which calling himself Minazuki. He was the more calculating and likely more dangerous of the two personalities, given that he had a Persona. However, Sho hasn't been able to call him up since inheriting Minazuki's Persona as his own.
  • When his bond with Minazuki is brought up, expect a katana to be brought up to someone's neck and Sho laughing at them that he's happy to be alone beside himself.
• Dislikes the idea of allying with some of the gods who claim to share his interests. Sho is smart enough to realize that most will decide to dispose of him once he isn't needed, just like Hi-No-Kagutsuchi. Only Lucifer's offer has held any weight for him. He's also long since abandoned his old ways that would've garnered the favor of the GUAD.
  • Likewise hates Nyarlathotep since he's a troll, manipulator and the face that Nyarlathotep is the embodiment of the worst of everyone he hates.
• Bringing up that he's Not So Different from Labrys doesn't do well for his mood.
• Likes mocking Hajime Hinata for where his desire to be special got him. Perhaps enjoys mocking Hajime a bit more than others because of how similar he sounds to Yu.
• Was in possession of borrowed power which allowed him to mind-control others. It's since been lost, however.
  • Some have said that it hasn't made a difference given his joy of toying with his enemies rather than simply killing them. Sho has laughed this off.
• Accusing him of not having the gall to kill will leave the accuser with a survival knife thrown at their feet. While it's meant to send one message, those who don't get or believe it are happily challenged to a fight to the death.
• Not helped by the Morality Civil War, Sho's entrance into the Pantheon was met with much division. Of the opinions, the most notable are that some call him a Karma Houdini stating that his actions nearly caused his world to be destroyed and his unfortunate life is no excuse, while others state he hasn't crossed the line of taking a life and can be redeemed.
• Unamused with his ascension in particular was Adachi, not wanting to put up with the schemes of a kid throwing a tantrum that might drag him into it. Sho isn't happy the reunion either and has threatened to kill Adachi if he screws with what he wants.
  • This in turn got him involved against Ryotaro Dojima when he attacked the ex-cop in his presence. As he got double-teamed by the two, it confused Sho as he's sure he would've remembered Yu's uncle being a Persona-user.
  • Upon hearing that the TV World is not only in the Pantheon, but other Persona-users have since been awakened because of it (and that Yu's little cousin is also a Persona-user), he's been hoping to challenge them. However, he's disappointed when he heard that only those who came from the Persona worlds can summon them in the Pantheon proper. That said, since some of those "clients" are already fighters in their own right, he's looking to test them before seeing if he can lure them (at a later date, but not all at once) to someplace where they can summon their Personas so he can see what they're capable of.
• Sho has been voted into a competition to make the worst pun. He was eager to beat Chuggaaconroy and Ted Wiesen, but became disgruntled that his competitors also included Teddie.
• Hates Ghetsis for reminding him of his own piece of crap father. Likely because of empathy and a desire to fight whatever N can throw at Sho, N might be one of the few people that Sho gets along with.
• While Sho hates his own dad, he admits that he also wanted revenge for him as he was all that he had.
• Sho's meeting with Sho Minamimoto quickly ended with them on hostile terms. Sho Minazuki has said that "I'll Sho-w him that his number is comin' up!"
• Sho isn't sure what to think of Goro Akechi. Like him, he's had a real bastard of a father. Unlike him, Akechi didn't have the privilege of having a lot of money left behind to his name like Sho did, and Shuji was long dead by the time Sho awoke from his coma while Akechi had the chance to take his vengeance on Shido. That said, the fact that the second coming of the Detective Prince (Sho think Naoto's the better one) worked with Shido with plans to pull the rug beneath him in the last moment reminds him too much of the fact that Adachi planned to do the same to him.
  • As for the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, -what should he mock them for?-
• Batman understands what it's like to be considered a freak due to being a loner. He's attempted to fix that by surrounding himself with numerous allies both in and out of Gotham, though he doesn't think the same can work with Sho.
• Is interested with the fact that Harry Potter once initally pushed his friends away in order to protect them from Tom Riddle/Voldemort until he learned he needed their help to succeed.

Edited by nightelf37 on Nov 9th 2018 at 10:21:26 PM

@The PAYDAY Crew: To sum up, in PAYDAY 2, the White House Heist, which is arguably the longest and probably the most difficult (especially if playing on Solo/No Mercy), is the final heist for the entire gang. They steal the papers inside the PEOC, which has their criminal sheets, which allows them to retire as criminals. The true ending reveals that most go their separate ways after celebrating in a beach and Bain is still alive. Oh and there might be another sequel, thanks to the canon ending having a hook.

Just saying, there are people who have their canons kind of mentioned but not too affected in their chosen tropes. I’d say stick to The Caper, or at least give them Bank Robbery if you are not feeling it.

Um, Dick who?

Edited by HamanaHamanaHamana on Nov 9th 2018 at 5:46:58 AM

@Space Protagonist Not a good choice. I feel that Dick is too much of a one-shot bad guy to get in. Sure, he's different from other PPG villains, save, I guess HIM, but...

Also, I think it's 3 strikes for him. Is that right, I didn't count.

Dick Hardly from Powerpuff Girls.

Edited by mariovsonic999 on Nov 9th 2018 at 5:48:08 AM

The three strikes rule works once a day. He still has two shots.

If you really want Dick in, a good alternative would be giving Dickson an alternative trope. Like In the Back or Parental Betrayal

Technically, Dickson was a adoptive parent, but the latter trope still works.

Edited by Siegfried1337 on Nov 9th 2018 at 6:13:06 AM

I see. Okay, I guess the latter would be okay for Dickson.

Even before Dick Hardly was brought up, looking at it he fits Parental Betrayal better.

Ok, who is moving Dickson?

At the least he needs an intro text change.

Shizuka Hanekura, Divine Bringer of Preemptive Shut Ups (Akatsuki, Xiao)

• House: Character Actions(?)
• Rank: ???
• Symbol: A pink ninja star and kunai, alternatively, the Log Horizon symbol
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Constantly kneeing those who try to say something before they can finish, Uses the term 'Ninja' despite not really being one, Badass Adorable, Female Gamer, Used a Male avatar Pre-Catastrophe but later found it uncomfortable afterwards, Views herself as Shiroe's ninja after he helped her with her avatar situation, Does not like her short stature
• Domains: Ninjas (Really should be Assassin-Trackers), Running Gags, Roleplayers
• Allies: Shiroe (Her Lord), Kirito and Asuna -Insert some of Shiroe's other allies here-
• Enemies: Nobyuki Sugou, The Incubanators (Both are mostly One-Sided), Howard and Kreese
• Avoids: RENA RYUGUU, Junko Enoshima and Monokuma
• Wary Of: Sebastian Michaelis
• Opposes: PERVERTS!!!! (Those that are good-aligned are more along the lines of Teeth-Clenched Teamwork)
• Commonality Connection: Emilia Justine, Peko Pekoyama, Lucina, Karen Kohiruimaki
• It was a normal day (or at least as normal as it can be in the Pantheon) when a particular Assassin-Tracker had complained about being cheated out of a position (that she wasn't particularly fond of, but details). After a long back and forth between the Judges and herself, one of them was about to say something that would've been particularly stinging to the Assassin-Tracker, when she kneed them. After a bit of looking into the animated adaptation of her story, they decided to ascend her as the representative of Preemptive Shut Ups, and not just because the other gods didn't want to be kneed in the face.
  • Of course, the moment her ascension was confirmed she ran off to find out where her lord (Shiroe) was. He was both happy, yet extremely embarrassed when she showed up in front of him and re-instated her vow to be his ninja. It is currently unknown whether he actually vouched for her ascension or not, though there have been rumors of them wanting to find positions for the rest of Log Horizon...
• Has met up with Shiroe's allies, although somewhat jealous of some of his female allies (but not without pity towards Kotoura for what she went through pre-ascension), and she gets along with most of them. She's actually pretty amazed with Shiroe's pupil, Han Jee-Han for quite literally living in an MMO in his daily life.
  • Of course, she was made aware of Nobyuki Sugou through Kirito and Asuna. And needless to say, she was not amused with his Attempted Rape towards Asuna. She swore to not knee anyone who tries to say something perverted as hard as she normally does for two whole weeks because of how disgusting she views Sugou. Some of the gods just hope Sugou isn't aware of her due to how young she looks.
• Speaking of which, she does not like perverts. She is known to somehow knee anyone who tries to say something perverted in her presence, and knees them before they can finish. Thankfully, the "Curse of Akatsuki" hasn't set in to punish all open perverts, though it is a worrying possibility.
  • She can't knee perverts who keep their dirty thoughts in their head. She doesn't bother dealing with them since she doesn't want to see what goes on in their minds anyways.
    • Once had overheard Howard and Kreese commentating and needless to say, she didn't like their extremely crude style of commentating. They nearly were about to say something perverse, and she somehow tracked where they were and kneed them. A session of interrupting the two talkative announcers before they could say anything perverted ensued. The two tend to share the sentiment of disgust with her, mostly due to her tendency to interrupt, as mentioned.
• Given her experiences with Henrietta back in Elder Tale, she tends to avoid the Goddess of Cuteness Reactions, Rena Ryuguu. Knowing of the "Other Side" hasn't helped her opinion.
  • She would however, prefer to be taken home than be around Junko Enoshima. Given her own Height Angst that could be exploited by the Ultimate Despair, she's not taking any chances with her OR her successor.
• Doesn't like how Kyubey sounds like her when speaking Japanese, especially considering what it does. The weasel doesn't share the sentiment. It just finds her too reactive.
  • Has also seen Sebastian Michaelis around sometimes, and while she's impressed with his dedication with his master Ciel Phantomhive, she can't help but to just be utterly unnerved by his presence, and thus tends to avoid him. On Sebastian's end, she sounds awfully familiar to another one of Ciel's servants...
• Has found common ground with other deities who have similar experiences or duties.
  • She understands Emilia's difficulties with being able to bring oneself to hate someone due to understanding that there is good in the person you want to dislike. Emilia does in fact return the sentiment, even if the scenarios for not being able to hate a person are different.
  • She and Peko Pekoyama have been exchanging bodyguarding tips with each other to better themselves at their duties, as well as talking about their crushes on Shiroe and Fuyuhiko respectively.
  • Admires the fact that Lucina was able to masquerade her voice as a male's much better than she could ever do, even if she doesn't particularly like how Lucina was pretending to be a historical figure. In return, Lucina has offered Akatsuki help with swordplay.
• Unsurprisingly, she gets along well with LLENN, mostly because of their height issues, albeit on different ends. After hearing of the rolling for avatar thing Karen had to go through, Akatsuki has begun trying to petition Avatar Customization for the VR MMOS in the mortal realm. Time will tell if this will work out.

Edit: More updates.

Edited by PokesonicLegend on Nov 10th 2018 at 8:43:25 AM

Actually, Karen's GGO avatar wasn't by choice. She actually went through 37 (or was it 35?) other games before she was "rolled" her short avatar. That was why she stuck around with that game. Trivia: her first times around resulted in her getting shocked her her avatar's appearance that her Amusphere detected the heart rate spike and removed her for safety's sake.

Edited by nightelf37 on Nov 10th 2018 at 12:36:17 AM

Trying to break from my writer's block by adopting one of the ideas Clovis likes to throw around. Any suggestions, specially regarding the best house for him?

Daniel "Dan" Dreiberg, The God Who Is Badass on Paper (Nite Owl [II], Sam Hollis)

• House:
• Lesser God
• Symbol: His ship, Archie
• Theme Song: Rescue Mission
• Alignment: Lawful Good
• Portfolio: Badass on Paper, Animal-Themed Superbeing, Adorkable, Crimefighting with Cash, Gadgeteer Genius, Rich Idiot With No Day Job, Superior Successor to the original Nite Owl, Impotency, Unkempt Beauty
• Domains: Heroism, Badass, Losers
• Allies: Rorschach (the only guy Rorschach considers a friend, in fact), Batman, Blue Beetle, Decidueye, Kaepora Gaebora, Owl, most of the good deities at the house of Science
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Doctor Manhattan, The Comedian
• Enemies: Grand Duke of Owls, all the evil aligned DC Comics deities
• Conflicting Opinions: Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan
• Ascended in recognition of all his good work as part of the Crimebusters, though his title recognizes along with his actual useful skills that helped him stand out as a Badass Normal, how he got disillusioned with said crimefighting, thinking that developing cutting edge tech to beat up lowly thugs was a waste of resources and too limited in scope to make any real difference.
• During his forced retirement, Dan did many things but still felt empty. Thankfully, the promise of having actual threats to fight in the Pantheon, many of whom he can beat in spite of his lack of powers, makes him happy to be useful as a deity.
• The first person to visit Nite Owl upon ascension, as expected, was his old partner Rorschach, with Dan being the only person the noted misanthrope could ever call a friend. The Comedian also visited, in spite of previous personality clashes with Dan.
  • Regarding the other two ascended Watchmen, Dan is on two minds. Ozymandias had good motives for his "peace at the cost of many lives", but Dan is unsure whether he idealized mankind, or deformed and mutilated it instead. And Dr. Manhattan has a few things against him, as he's too detached from mankind, killed Rorschach, and caused the New 52 reboot.
• Easily got along with Blue Beetle, the character which he was based on, and Batman, from whom Nite Owl is basically an analogue. His engineering and physics prowess made Dan quite popular in the house of Science, although Dan's strong morality makes him reject any Mad Scientist or downright evil deity who asks for his help.
• Given his owl theme, Nite Owl has enlisted Decidueye as a sidekick, and both Kaepora Gaebora and Owl like to visit Dan's temple. Nite Owl is only disappointed that of all owl-specific tropes, the only one with a deity is Ominous Owl, giving him more reason to fear and hate the Grand Duke of Owls.
• A noted ornithology enthusiast, Dan can often be seen in his off hours observing the House of Birds.
• While his beloved Laurie\Silk Spectre doesn't ascend, Dan is at times seen courting any superheroine with entry-level powers to engage in some crimefighting and sex, in that order.

I need to focus on this more.

Chaosmon, God of Failed Fusions

• Greater God
• Symbol: The heads of BantyoLeomon and Darkdramon
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
• Portfolio: Failed Creation of a DNA Digivolution, Humanoid Abomination, Game-Breaking Bug, BAN-TYO Blade, Gigastick Cannon
• Domains: Fusion, Bugs, Blades, Cannons
• Allies:
• Rivals: Omegamon
• "Chaosmon" is a codename for Digimon what "should not exist". More specifically, it is a kind of Digimon what has gone through DNA Digivolution but instead of emerging as a new being with one Digicore, the two Digicores are left separate, thus giving birth to an incomplete creature. As such, they are essentially treated as bugs by the Digital World. The most common type of Chaosmon is a fusion between BantyoLeomon and Darkdramon.
• As of now, there does exist a different variant of Chaosmon called Chaosmon: Valdur Arm what is a DNA Digivolution of Darkdramon and Valdurmon. However, there isn't that much further information about the fusion.

You probably should mention Mido, because the Cathedral of Shadows has a chance to create a fusion accident.

Also starting work on the Payday gang. Anyone got a good photo for them?

Edited by Siegfried1337 on Nov 9th 2018 at 11:26:32 AM

You could have it view Zamasu as a Chaosmon on accident, much to his disdain.

@ Shizuka: Howard and Kreese are crude as they come with their Announcer Chatter. With the way they do things in the Pantheon, they don't necessarily need to be near her physically to make all sorts of perverse comments to be kneed.

Haven't seen any good images that include the other members besides the four.

John Wick, Jacket, Ethan and Hila should be removed since they have their standalone profiles.

Scarface could also be taken out depending if he is Tony Montana or not

@ Nite Owl II: Wonders why in the hell does Negan remind him of The Comedian...

Should add a photo of his film counterpart in the file as well...

The Order is open. I call dibs. Been wanting to ascend these guys for a while now...

FAS-ACA3 Scarab, FAS-FSP5 Khopesh, and FAS-BOR7 Horus (The Faro Plague, The Faro Swarm, Scarab: Corrupter; Kopesh: Deathbringer; Horus: Metal Devil, Titan)

• Description: Faro Automated Systems' glitched Chariot automatons
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Domains: Genocide, Planet Killers, Glitches, Robots
• Portfolios: Chariot Automatons That Are Remnants Of The Old World, Have Plenty Of Firepower, Are Hacker-Proof, Can Enslave Other Machines, And Can Consume Organic Matter
• Combat Schematics:
  • Scarab/Corruptor: Lightning Bruiser
  • Khopesh/Deathbringer: Fake Ultimate Mook, Nonstandard Character Design, Weak to Fire
  • Horus/Metal Devil: The Dreaded, Giant Squid, Humongous Mecha, It Can Think, Produces More Faro Machines, The Unfought
• Bane Of: Aloy
• Coveted By: Ultron, Sigma, Triborg, SKYNET (once they can modify the tech for theit use)
• The Chariot line of war machines peacekeeping automatons were the ultimate advancement in Faro technology, developed and creates under the direct supervision of Ted Faro himself. At his insistence, he demanded that the Chariot line has several key characteristics built into the machines; the polyphasic entangled waveforms made the Chariot line hacker-proof, the ability to enslave other machines, and the ability to use Earth's biomass as fuel. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?? Cue the infamous glitch in the Hartz-Timor Combine's Chariot bots, which would ultimately become the Faro Plague. in a little over a year, all life would become extinct.
• The Grand United Alliance of Good has been making preperations at Aloy's reccomendations in the event that the Faro Plague has come to the Pantheon. GAIA's deactivation codes are a start, but the Pantheon has deities that can reinforce the deactivation codes. Batman, Ironman and several other deities have been working around tbe clock to have several contingency plans i place. Several of the military deities wants to use Faro's polyphasic entangled waveforms anti-hacking programs for their own tech. After seeing how the Faro Plague made Metal Gear go haywire, the idea was scrapped.
• See the small speck on the Horus' picture file? That's a human being on scale. The Metal Devil is big enough to crawl over mountains, its tentacles can drill into even the most secure mountain fortresses...which means that Stargate Command is toast.

Edited by RokuAlhazared on Nov 10th 2018 at 9:08:17 AM

Im confused?

Was there any progress for the Undead house?

Edited by WhirlRX on Nov 10th 2018 at 10:17:14 AM

Nightelf: The only ones in the FF4 case that I believe would deny godhood would be Porom and Yang; Palom, conversely, would be all "gimme, gimme, gimme!" Unless there's an event in The After Years that softens Palom's position.

I would be behind your proposal for the twins as a compromise, except that Quan Chi already has Black Magic. And all of the applicable Twin Tropes are also taken.

Regarding Yang: you could make a spiel about him being too humble to accept a post in the Pantheon, being Master of Fabul is enough for him, but "we would all know" that he refused because his wife fears that he would have an extramarital relationship with a goddess and kept him home. But, again, TAY should govern.

As for the Cids, I believe that a General Test should be applied to determine which Cids stay ascended:

• If a Cid made any airship that the party uses in that Cid's game's original release, then that Cid ascends.
• If a Cid didn't make an Airship but owned or helps maintain a party's airship in his game's original release or if a Cid is Retconned to have made a Party's Airship in an Updated Re-release or a Videogame Remake of that Cid's game, then that Cid becomes a Herald to all of the Cids that qualify in Clause 1.
• If neither of the 2 above clauses are true for a given Cid, that Cid gets booted.

Which leads to this determination:

1. : Only appears in Remakes (and Dissidia), but is said to have created the Airship: Herald
2. : He "owned" the airship that would later go to the party, but no word about how it was made. Herald
3. (Haze): Owned one and Upgraded another. If depends on whether "Upgrading" a Sailing Ship to an Airship would count as "Creation" or "Maintenance". He is a Guest-Star Party Member, though. For now, Herald
4. (Pollendina): Designer and Party Member. Ascends. His two helpers would be his personal Heralds.
5. (Previa): Maintains the one found in the Catapult. Herald
6. (North March): Not related to Airships at all, being more of a biochemist. Struck
7. (Highwind): Designer and Party Member. Ascends. Shera would be his personal Herald.
8. (Kramer): First up, he's a Headmaster, not an Engineer. Secondly, his "ship" is a hovering fortress that he doesn't maintain. Struck
9. (Fabool): Designed the Hilda Garde class of Mist-free Airships. He is also a Guest-Star Party Member. Ascends. Zebolt would be his personal Herald.
10. : Recovers and Captains the Fahrenheit. Same scenario as Haze & Previa: Herald
11. : Airship Designer. Ascends by my rule.
12. (Dr. Bunansa): Much more interested in the power sources for the airships as opposed to the airships themselves. As such, he parallels North March and, thus, is Struck.
13. (Brigadier Raines): Commands the Sanctum Skyfleet, but no word on the fleet's making. Herald
14. (nar Garlond): Founded the Garlong Ironworks which makes armaments, including airships, for Eorzea. Ascends. The employees of the Ironworks become his personal Heralds.
15. (Sophiar): Deals more with cars than airships, but is still a mechanic, and the player's car can be upgraded in a sidequest. Herald

TLDR: In addition to 4 & 7, I believe that the title should also be held by Cids 9, 11, and 14. Cids 6, 8, & 12 should be removed with the balance being General Heralds.

Oh, i was talking about the Payday Crew.

Those four are guest characters so they shouldn't included in the group profile.