The Gift and the Missing
You come to your conclusion, and close all senses to the world as you turn inwards, looking deeper than yourself and into the very essence of the divine domains. As a god, no matter how young, you are the link between these powers and reality. More specifically, the link between them and your followers. You focus your will over your Kirin's spheres and bring them into three separate, binary orbits. Three sets of opposites, paired into a trifecta of strange dances.
You do not choose what dance shall be yours yet. You have to contemplate just how you're going to recruit two other gods. You could always uplift some of your followers, or even...not create new gods, but...you were born out of the need for a new god, the need for help in the face of the windigos. Your could use that need to inspire your brethren to arise...but that would mean raising and teaching two other godlings, and you were less than a year old! Of course, you could always try the old fashioned way and...breed a godling to rule as your son or daughter. The only problems were that A. You didn't have a body yet and B...You hadn't even figured out what sex you were yet.
You could join up with some. There were other young godlings, but the only one you knew of for sure was in the lands Chaos recommended you stay away from...And given that one's rather strong pull on Harmony, you were sure it would be less than thrilled with being a God of Material AND Spiritual. There were plenty of your peers with little in terms of followers. But would that be too much? As a junior, you'd likely be taking a more subordinate role. And the only one you were on any speaking terms with was-
"Well, aren't you becoming interesting."
You'd like to say that He's less intimidating. That you sensed His arrival. That, if you had a body, you might not have released your bowels just now.
You'd like to say that.
Your senses return to normal and He is here. He is standing amongst your followers, smiling coyly, like a slithering monkey's drum. They are as blind to Him as they are you. But wherever His tail sways, you can feel and see that His presence is felt. Glares, arguments, even a minor brawl. "Interesting choices," He muses, heedless of the disturbance His very being caused.
You narrowed your gaze at Chaos, wondering why He was here. Along with a hundred other things about Him. You stare at Him warily, inquiring as politely as possible what He is doing here?
"Oh, no reason," He answered insincerely, picking at His claws which, strangely, sounded like the pleasant melody of a thousand chirping birds. "Very nice work with the Airships, and you even got a dragon out of it!" He praised, clapping like a hyena flies. "Good thing too. It would have been...interesting, if unpleasant if you had chosen to take part in that war," He mused thoughtfully.
You tilt your head and feel your mind assaulted by two separate streams of images. One was your Kirins siding with Sombra, the other with Amora. Both showed the different battles, culminating in...your death. You die in both scenarios. There were slivers, showing how you might have survived by fusing with the Crystal Heart, or bonding with Amora or Sombra, or even a Kirin. But they were slim branches on a large trunk. Your death was the most likely outcome. Death, but not your end.
Chaos smiles and you shiver.
The images converge and continued, showing Chaos Himself emerging. He was doing...would have done...something to the spiritual equivalent of your corpse. Your very being shudders in revulsion as you saw yourself rise as not a god of death, but a truly Undead God. An anomaly...an abomination...something that, to your knowledge is a very rare event once thought impossible.
Chaos chuckles, making you understand. He was impossible, raising a god was not outside His abilities. "In fairness, Amora would have probably found a way to restore you in the Pro-Crystal version, maybe," Chaos commented idly. While undesirable, you feel you should at least be happy to know Chaos would have prevented you from having such a short life.
That thought dragged you back to the mystery of Chaos. Why would He help you at all? Far bigger questions were how was He this powerful or where were His followers? Things you were growing very concerned about the answers of. Also...How did Chaos NOT have a physical avatar? He was overwhelmingly powerful, but He remained in the same incorporeal state that you were. Was He...unable to?
He rose an eyebrow at you, at your very telegraphed thoughts, and you knew that was wrong. He was like this by choice. For now.
"Anyway, I'm just here to leave you and your followers a little gift. You'll be needing it soon," He said playfully as He flew and coiled past you, his talons dipping to touch the ground. You narrowed your eyes, knowing something was there, and it hadn't been before. What it was, you didn't know, but it could be nothing simple. "Got to say, I'm loving the trinity thing you're going to have," Chaos mused, looking truly and honestly curious now. "Believe it or not, not a lot of Godlings pick that one. I would have, if I hadn't picked...well, I think you know," He remarked with a smirk of your mother's yodeling.
Wait, you didn't have a mother!
But He was correct. You didn't need any more knowledge to know that Chaos was probably a Mono that specialized in Material.
You narrowed your gaze as Chaos looked into the eyes of a Kirin. One you knew to be a friend of Quick Blade. "External and Metaphysical magic? Pity, they'll be missing out on the mannequins, but I suppose the puppets will be extra good," He mused humorously, knowing you wouldn't understand what he was referencing. "But I do very much approve of the Flowing-Steeps," He remarked before scowling flatly. "Those ponies are the more solid types."
Ponies? Did He mean Pegasi, Unicorns, or Earth Pon-
"All of them," He answered with an eye roll, His arms folded. Well, that answered that, you suppose. Still, were they His followers or just something he had to deal with? "Well, it's been fun, Little Godling, but I am a busy God," Chaos quipped as he began to soar off. Before you can even contemplate asking Him a parting question, the God of Discord vanished as His body moved behind a group of Kirin, His form disappearing as each inch left your sight.
You have very uncertain feelings about Him, but you weren't exactly willing to step on the toes of the biggest fish in the pond.
It has taken you the better part of two days to fully form your existence to be of one of the three conflicting pairs, to be one of a future trinity. Just from your surroundings, you're tempted to take Life and Death. Those two forces are obviously in abundance in the Grand Swamp, but you hold off for now.
In that time, little has happened, but it is a little that is of importance. You settled down to a campfire. It is here you find Shaded Gold with a group of hunters. Specifically, ones that often led hunting groups.
"Cragadiles, horned toads, ophiotaurui, centiwasps," Hollow Wind spoke up, his voice wary but relieved as he leaned on a spear. "Fairly bog standard for us, even if it's more diverse than I'm used to. It'll be dangerous for the first year or two, but once we set up, the wildlife will eventually learn to stay away from us."
Shaded Gold nodded absently. "And there have been no signs of anything thinking and speaking?" he asked, staring intently at the fire.
"Besides the occasional bufogren? No, not really," Melon Chilly answered as she ate a red berry.
The Leader of the Hunters scowled with a mild glare at her. "No, or not really?" he questioned in a hard tone.
Melon swallowed nervously on her food. "None, Shaded," she corrected, slowly eating another. "The harvesters found a lot of stuff that isn't poisonous, so, that's also good news.
Shaded hummed, looking back to the fire. "One group hasn't came back yet," he noted idly.
And this was what had your attention.
"We're in a new land, Shaded. Every year before the windigos, at least one greenhorn got lost on their first patrol," Hollow reminded without concern, getting nods and murmurs of agreement.
"And they're only a few hours late," Melon remarked dismissively. "We never worried before Moonpeak."
Shaded sat there, seemingly satisfied with their points. But you weren't. And neither was someone else. "Drunk on peace already?"
Everyone, even you, turned to look at the new arrival in the form of Quick Blade. Most of the hunters scowled while Shaded just looked back at the flames. "You do know this is a Hunters Only meeting, right?" Melon asked awkwardly.
"I'm fully aware of your in-hut meetings, yes," Quick answered with his typical bluntness.
He raised an eyebrow as several of the hunters stood, glaring at him...until a flame blazed, and it wasn't the camp fire.
Shaded Gold was every bit his namesake, the large tips of his fires a dark shade of gold, his eyes bright with a controlled rage. And, just as suddenly, it vanished, staring in calm disappointment at the stunned group. "Sit down and shut up. I invited him," he informed flatly.
They all promptly obeyed, except for Quick, standing nearby while eyeing the head hunter curiously. "Why exactly am I here?" the thinker-Kirin inquired, the hunters a bit annoyed with his lack of fear in the face of Shaded's obvious ire.
"Because when everyone is either agreeing or disagreeing with me, I think I need to get an outside opinion," Shaded answered with a grumble. "What do you make of this missing group?"
"I think you're a paranoid flankhole that is at risk for becoming a, what was the word? Pyromaniac," Quick Blade answered in the bluntest voice possible, making even you wince a bit.
"Watch your tone you ignorant little-!" Hollow started, only to be silence by Shaded's eyes and horn glowing. "But Shaded, he-"
"Is completely right, and that's not an insult. I think," Shaded retorted calmly, raising an eyebrow at his fellow member of the Kirin Trinity. You just now realized each of the three were going to probably prefer one god over the other two. "I'm assuming Pyromaniac means I use fire too much?"
"Basically," Quick Blade answered with a shrug.
"So you think there is nothing to worry about?" Shaded questioned with a frown.
"Buck no. I think your friends are forgetting that this isn't the grove," Quick answered honestly, looking a bit surprised that Shaded got that impression. "I was saying that as my reason for why you should ignore them."
"You have a weird way of encouraging others, Quick," Shaded stated with an amused snort.
"I don't do encouragement, I do facts," Quick Blade corrected, glancing off to the tree line. "Fact is, if I was living in this place and some strangers just arrived, I'd pick a small group off to learn about them too. Disregarding sapient creatures? It's doubtful everyone in a group was entirely too adventurous to risk getting lost this early. So if I had to guess, either something captured them, or is trying to. With eating or interrogating them being equally possible intents. Unless it's both, in which case..."
Shaded nodded to himself. "Thank you."
"For what?" Quick asked with a head tilt.
"For proving I'm not completely crazy yet," Shaded elaborated as he stood up, giving a hard look to his fellow hunters. "I'll be back by dawn. Mess with Quick Blade and you'll be practice-hunting with me, and you will NOT be the hunter," he promised as he stomped off with his spear.
"Are you just hoping he'll get killed out there or something?" Melon accused with a scowl as they all gave him variations of sour looks and death-glares.
Quick Blade tilted his head. "Why would I want that? Shaded Gold's death would probably doom us all," he stated honestly. The hunters all looked taken back by that, but had no response. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go talk with Frozen Meadow about looking into making a well here.
Note to yourself, make sure they tried to dig where Chaos left his "gift".
Quick Blade wasn't wrong, you knew. Shaded was important in the immediate sense, keeping the hunters together and stable, as a well trained defense against future enemies. Frozen Meadow was the mid-term component, for prolonged survival and occupation depended on food and medicine. Quick Blade was NOT the long-term, he was the all around-term, finding new solutions to all manner of issues. If there was a long term part to their survival, you'd suppose it'd be you.
And that is why your spirit flung after Shaded's form, moving with him to the dark and nightly dangers of the Grand Swamp. You intended to help him, but you had to figure out how.
The most immediate but rash option was to just become a God of Life and Death, right now. Doing so would give you better access to the forest and know if the group was dead, and how. But that was permanent. There would be no way to switch to being a God of Heart and Mind or a God of Material and Spiritual.
You were going to think of shorter titles for those. Gods of Renewal, Balance, and Soul? Unimportant for now. What was important was, while the most effective, it was the most costly in a sense.
Option two, was more basic. You were connected to every Kirin here, and those with them of other races to varying extents. While still young, you could use that to try and find them if they were still alive and, hopefully, steer Shaded towards them.
Option three, something you could do was...in a manner, bless him. It wouldn't improve him physically, but it would give him a sixth sense. Which would be you noticing things around him that he didn't or couldn't on his own. Didn't really help towards the goal, but it was something.
Option four was the opposite of the third in a manner. Even without being a God of Life and Death, you could still manipulate and infuse yourself with the forest, one area at a time. It'd be tiring, but it'd allow you to scan through the place along with or separate from the Head Hunter, maybe even divert a few surprises when you could.
Alternatively, for fifth, you could do absolutely nothing. Not exactly the greatest option, but it was there. On the upside, Shaded was one of the best, if not the very best of the hunters. It'd be hard for anything to take him down and, even then it'd have to catch him before he escaped back to the camp.
But there was...something else you could do. You really weren't sure what it was or what it would do, but it was something you knew could do that could help, somehow. By You, this was annoying. There was some...thing at the edge of your awareness. You didn't know how or when it got there, just that it was linked to you and would, for lack of a better term, obey you. Which, in other words, translated to a mystery option. Lovely. For all you knew this could smite half the forest...Okay, you doubted that, because if that was something most Godlings could do, the world would be charred over already.
Still, the only upside was that you were almost positive this was not something Chaos did to you or gave you. It felt...natural, normal. But you were still so young and new to this, you just couldn't grasp the knowledge to give you the answers.
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Another wonderful and marvelous chapter. I must admit i'm torn between B and F, but I think i'll take a gamble and vote for F. Also quite like the touch of the Trinity and look forward to seeing how that will develop, and seeing who the two luckies are that will complete/form this Trinity.
For your second question on Chaos I see him as a wildcard neutral for right now, one that you can respect and like, especially for all he's helped. But always remember he's chaos and chaos at it's core is about being unpredictable, even if he decides he likes our favorite Kirin God and comes to consider him a friend, that doesn't mean he might not be above sending some trouble/mischief his and his followers way, just as much as he's likely to lend a helping hand.
A part of me thinks Chaos/Discord sees potential in the new God and wants to see what he will become, and perhaps plans to both help and test them in the process.
C. Shaded Blessing
Enjoyed this chapter very much.
I think option 2 is best you leading shaded gold to the other Kirin is pretty direct, he would probably feel your push and would recognize that a guardian spirit helped him in his quest.
I really enjoyed chaos’s little alternate story thing, perhaps you could bring it back again kind of as a look into what we avoided by going down our current route.
I don’t have any suggestions for titles
As for my opinion on chaos I see him as a next door neighbour , we don’t mind him coming over so long as he doesn’t cause any harm but we still don’t trust him or invite him over. Perhaps after Discord’s defeat (if he is defeated) a piece of chaos hangs around us providing some comedy and a connection to the outside world.
I think the other two of the trinity could be local spirits, who we could befriend and offer our power.
I also vote for wait when it comes to the afterlife if that still counts for something
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It doesn't, but waiting won anyway. There wil lbe another vote on that eventually
Ok your poll on the author said waiting got 4
So we gonna have 2 more gods right ? Are they also going to be submitted to the pols or they are outside of our control ? Btw love the new chapter
I vote A god of life and death
for the simple fact that for the time being giving the most protection to our people is best and I only see that with this option. The others have there benefits, but I don't see as many.
Torn between helping guide him (B) or paying respects with the mystery box (F).
Press F. Salute! (Went with mystery.)
I already voted over on Fanfiction, but I'll repost my vote and thoughts here - mainly since I feel like more people read the comments here.
B: Kirin Connection - I feel we should simply use our Connection to our subjects to find out their condition, and guide Shaded based off what we discover.
+D: Godling Scouting - If possible, we should combine D with B. Once/If we've located the missing Kirins, we could then use Godling Scouting to scout out the area to better guide Shaded's actions - whether to hurry in their direction (if they're alive but in need of aid) or to proceed cautiously (if they're in danger/dead, and we want him to bring back what info he can).
EDIT: On the note of our future trinity, I kinda want to go the Star Wars route - Us as the Father, with the other two being the Son and Daughter.
F
vote F. I'm curious what the mystery power that is apparently guaranteed to help is, and how it'll turn out.
As for how this one voice in the chorus of souls that make up our Kirin godling feels about Discord and what our chosen realms of power should be.
I'm thinking life and death for our realm of power, as that's essentially what we've affected so far in helping save the lives of our new followers and holding the souls of those that died.
It's also a bit symbolic of our future place in the trinity, as the one that came to these followers first we take the concepts that came about first.
On the topic of Discord. I'm cautiously optimistic, tentatively willing to call him an ally, with the full knowledge that he is essentially chaos incarnate, and probably considers us as little more than an interesting bug, and will squish us like one as soon as he loses interest
A
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Eventually, yes.
Just to clarify based on the voting results the society we're gonna be making is more or less a meritocracy right?
I'd go with option two and/or three, it ought to be simple enough to find those missing kirin, if they're alive to find. If not, Shaded is a masterful hunter and can likely pick up their trail without our help. In that case a little something extra would give him a very useful edge, since he's decided to go out on his own for some fool reason.
As for titles, god of the Cycle for life/death, no useful thoughts for the others.
In regard to Discord, only a fool trusts the Madgod. At the moment he's affable, because he's not found a reason to be otherwise. He sees a potential for chaos in us and our community, the same potential that exists in all growing things. The longer we live and the more we thrive the greater that chaotic potential becomes. In short, the game will continue until it ceases to amuse.
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Nothing like a good meritocracy, with an immortal or two at the head to keep things on track.
Choice) F. Mystery
SQ1)
Life and Death: God of Samsara
Heart and Mind: God of Self
Material and Spiritual: God of Balance
SQ2) As he is the God of Discord, and as such unpredictable, trusting him completely is not something I advice us to do. However, making him an enemy or something similar is not wise either, with his experience and power. I think he could become an ally if we keep an eye on him and check for betrayal often, or atleast to always watch out for when he gets mischievous
D. Godling Scouting
I love this so far. You are SUCH a good writer!!! Already can't wait for the next chap.
I'm going go with Option 3: Bless.
I would like to C. bless shade but he is a capable individual, I wish he was not alone though. Going alone ensures he might bite off more then he can handle and goes missing. We loss our most militaristic leader. We will have trouble recovering from that. Again, why did he go alone!
My vote is F
SQ2) As he is the God of Discord, we should stay neutral on this, with some positivity. He can add new things for our people, something we can't do at the moment. The godling's creation was born out of strife, we owe Chaos a great debt. Discord see us as a new variable, we are new and dynamic, chaos, adds information that increases the base complexity of the system. We represent many new possible paths discord can experiment with. He is liable to create great booms for our people just as much as he is to create tribulations for us to overcome. That is how I see him, unless he go full tyrant like the the original timeline. There is a chance he just wanted someone to understand him.
I want us to make a very technologically advanced civilization. Something to standout among the myriad of medieval cultures. I want us to take the leading roles as a God of Craft. Mind and Heart as our realm of power.
I am torn between B and F truth be told. But that last bit about it being something natural to our godling makes me want to try and trust fate a little.
F
SQ2: Wary trust.
He is a god of Chaos, and absurdly powerful when compared to you. Not being wary would be foolish to the extreme. But at the same time he has helped you so far without asking anything in return, though you suspect that's because he finds what you are doing to be somewhat entertaining.
No need to create an enemy without need, but there is also no reason to not be on your guard.
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That is unfortunate and now, right from the get go, we have conflicting interests. Who could have seen this coming
Should never have given them the means to appropriate backing.
How long before agriculture/fishing, or are we waiting for the resources around our settlement to deplete.
Blessing him would just cause an imbalance in current powers
Scouting would open up a new a hornets nest, it doesn't like us already~
Mystery is tempting
God of Life and Death is very tempting~
[B.] Kirin Connection safety in numbers and Kirin are missing, time to work together~
might become a flash fire mob~
[SQ1]
without adding honorifics
I think; Cycle, Link, and Flow
Life and Death is a Cycle it can be given exception to pause, but naturally the great cogs of time will turn.
Heart and Mind, is a link between hopes and dreams, of cans and can nots, it is a struggle of desire and rationally. Both must find a balance, both are tethered and Linked by a great chain.
Material and Spiritual is a river, it ebbs and flows, it doesn't move without reason, neither is unneeded, tempered by will both have their uses.
[SQ2]
As for Discord, everything he does will involve Chaos, either within or without, to Tease, Teach, and Test.
therefore it's good to be on guard, even if hes just teasing, but never angry, and never tell him what to do, he'll do the opposite~
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just like in Stellaris, there will always be Factions that do not agree with each other, all that can be done is suppress the worst of them til they calm down~
well except Polka... Polka Never Dies
D: Godling Scouting
Shaded is a competent hunter, but he is in a foreign land. The greatest danger to him now is a surprise; with our scouting, we can help avoid that. Furthermore, if the scouts we're looking for HAVE been captured by sapient beings, we can detect a surprise attack before it occurs, thus giving Shaded a warning.
SQ 1: I'm not good with names, but I think the three titles should be based on unity in one form or another. Each God will have unity between their traits, and all three gods will have unity between each other.
God of life and death= God of Cycles
God of heart and mind= God of Balance
God of material and spiritual= God of Harmony
Cycles, Balance, and Harmony are all connected to the idea of unity. Also, I totally stole the "God of Cycles" thing from Cyana Flame and Venerable Rio
SQ 2: Oh, a tough question! I like him personally, but I don't trust him in the slightest. Discord has no real interest in our survival, he's only interested in his own personal entertainment. Luckily, he is currently entertained by our growing society, and thus he's helping us. I have no faith that he's doing this out of any kindness; we have a few thousand years before he starts caring about others.
For now, I would call Discord an ally, if only because throwing us into chaos wouldn't be interesting at the moment. I'd be like knocking over a row of dominoes that consists of 3 pieces; destroying something so small isn't fun. For now, it's likely more interesting to help us grow. As we gain power however, I wouldn't be surprised if Discord turned on us.
Question. Hypothetically, can we change the timeline of the canon show?
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What do you mean hypothetically?
You already have, just in small details so far. So, yes, you can and probably will change the entire canon timeline.
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Heck yeah! We're gonna take over the world!!!
i am too excited about this fanfic...
D. No hesitation.
SQ1: God of Spirit (L/D), God of Self (H/M), God of Reality (M/P)
SQ2: Cautious Trust. In the interactions with him, he has guided us. He has found us pleasing, and he does want us around, which is evidenced by his offer to revive us if we died. But at the same time, he's Chaos - unpredictable by nature. So going off the IC information, wary trust.
HOWEVER: We have OOC information, and had I used that, I would've gone for Ally. He has never lied to the mane 6 except when it specifically benefits their character growth. Not his, theirs. He is an honest draconequus. Heck, in the S2 Premier, he explicitly tells Twilight where to find the elements. He explicitly says that they were never in the maze. He explicitly tells them about the Plunderseeds when he remembers that yes, he did plant them. Not immediately, of course, but there was also character growth for Twilight in there. His motives are still (relatively) pure.
He is - despite being chaos - rather consistent with his policy of honesty.
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Hmmm, valid arguments on the Discord stuff, but I must respectfully disagree. You're right in saying Discord has never lied unless it was to support character growth. However, that doesn't mean he's above lying. We should consider Discord's behavior before his reformation. Yes, he was honest with the Mane 6 when he was playing a game with them. However, his honesty stemmed from his desire to play his game, not his morals. What fun is a game when the players don't even know where to start?
When you can bend all of reality to your whim, the challenge of manipulating the truth is likely more fun than blatantly lying. We know that Discord doesn't like to do things bluntly, that's why he manipulated most of the Mane 6 into becoming Discorded. The only time he forced a change was with Fluttershy, and that was out of sheer frustration. Discord doesn't lie because it isn't fun to him. While this changes post reform, we must remember that we aren't dealing with a post-reform Discord.
I would argue that Discord isn't honest based on morals, but based on what entertains him. I don't think he'll blatantly lie to us, but I do think he'd try to mislead us in one form or another. I would LOVE to trust Discord, but I don't trust him to have any interests but his own in mind right now. As long as we're fun, he'll help us. If he gets bored, he'll abandon us or toy with us.
In my opinion: A is making a big decision too hastily, B he's a capable hunter and shoud be able to track them down himself (like what E said), D I think it's too dangerous to exhaust ourselves this early especially while we're still carrying these souls with us, E we shouldn't do nothing, and F I don't like relying on the unknown. So my vote goes for
C. Blessing
As for the survey questions:
SQ1, I have no clue, I've never been good at naming things
SQ2, I think he's an ally that we can't fully trust. He has helped us much ever since we were "born" but at the same time he could do pretty much anything at any time, and that is a very dangerous variable to be around, but also something we don't want to be on the wrong side of. Chaos is very powerful, and for that he deserves both our respect and our fear, our wariness and our acceptance.
My vote goes for Godling Scouting. It could be interesting.
The mystery option rubs me wrong, to be honest; it feels like it will complicate things for the Godling.
SQ1: God of life and death: The Farmer. He gives and grows life, and then reaps it at the end.
God of heart and Mind: The Young Scholar. The reason of a smart mind and the exuberance and energy of a teenager.
God of Material and Spiritual: The Crafting Priest/ess. A builder on the physical plane, and a guide for the spiritual one.
SQ2: Discord is a wild card right now. He seems curious of the potential of the Godling, and is amused with its grow. He could be a trickster mentor in the best of cases, but I fear he may change his mind.
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i am reminded of a quote from Q on star trek borg
"that's a great thing about being omnipotent. I can always give you another chance, as long as you don't bore me."