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🪙 Demigods

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The result of a brief connection between a deity and a human. Demigods are mortals with the ability to harness power in the domain of their godly parent.

However, most demigods are unable to meet their godly parent their whole life. The connection between a mortal and a god is short, and the gods are fickle beings.

Abilities

A demigod’s traits can manifest at any age between 0 to 15 years old.

• Most powers are first discovered on instinct, such as vines growing to protect their child self from falling off a ledge. Once their abilities manifest, the mark of their godly parent appears somewhere on their body.
• Their powers are much more finite and restricted compared to their godly parent. When a demigod overuses their powers, they experience excruciating pain that starts to sear their body, leaving behind golden scars like cracks and veins along their skin.

Note that abilities in GG are limited in actual function when it comes to mechanics, and mostly exist for flavor and OC interaction!

Demigods in Ereve

Demigods in Ereve are treated well, adopted into one of the three pantheons and raised for the Sacra Via. Housing, education, and training is provided, granted that the demigod offers their powers to protect Ereve.

• The most common path for the Sacra Via alumni is to join the Erevian army, to protect the city-state from blights and monsters. Some demigods also become explorers, charting the lost territories and bringing back specimens for the Ereve academia.
• Other paths are socially discouraged, and may be looked down upon by others.

Ereve puts their people first and foremost, however, citizens don’t necessarily see demigods as one of their own. Some may revere them, some may fear them.

Because of this, demigods are barred from participation in politics and the assembly. They are not supposed to involve themselves in the matter of humans, and humans see the relationship between demigods as ‘symbiotic’, rather than ‘kin’.

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Demigods may reside in Ereve for a number of reasons:

• Ereve is seen as the city that’s most beloved by gods, and closest to the divine. They might want to live here, for a chance of meeting their godly parent.
• Ereve is one of the only civilizations in the world, and the most technologically advanced. Vast libraries, theatre, recreation, and a strong culture may feel like home to them.
• Their human parent is attached to Ereve and wants to stay.
• The outside world is too dangerous.
• They believe their purpose for existence was to protect mankind, and Ereve prepares them for this purpose. </aside>

Demigods and Outsiders