[b]Name:[/b] Gaon Latze, the Dragon Fisher

[b]Age:[/b] Upstart

[b]Appearance:[/b]

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[b]Nature:[/b] Minor God of Fishing

[b]Personality:[/b]

Very much laid back, almost to an uncanny degree. Most of the time he sits very still in one spot with his fishing line out in front of him. Not really fishing for anything, but more like he's just letting time pass. This attitude extends to the people he meets, mostly he won't interact unless he's interacted with first. However, he actually has a perfect memory and he can also sense specific people coming as if he's in tune with the world.

When he is actually fishing, he suddenly becomes extremely alert, almost nothing will get by him unnoticed; even though he looks as laid back as he usually is. He only ever fishes when he's bored, which isn't all that rare in the end. He also fishes pretty much anywhere, for pretty much anything. He has been seen fishing for birds, giant worms, and even dragons.

He is still somewhat childish for a god. He was once a human hero who was turned into a god, and he was extremely young when he died.

He often travels all around Ceyr on various creatures he has tamed and stored in his fishing bag. He is often seen fishing for exotic things. His deer follows him wherever he goes and never seems to leave his side. He sees a lot.

[b]Skills and Abilities:[/b] 

Being the God of Fishing, Gaon has many fishing related abilities.

His main ability concerns his fishing rod. The rod itself is unremarkable, if not somewhat extravagant, but Gaon is able to form a fishing line of pure energy that won't ever break. It can be whatever colour he wants it to be, and it always forms with a hook at the end of it. Its length is controlled by his will, and he can also detach the line from his rod if he so wishes. The line disintegrates a few seconds after it is severed from the rod.

Another of his powers concerns his fishing pouch (which isn't in the picture). The small bag he wears at his side is much larger than it would appear and contains an infinite amount of bait, and several creatures he has caught and wishes to keep. The pouch is able to conjure any kind of bait, for any kind of creature. He even has bait for some gods, but gods don't take bait most of the time.

His last power is the ability to tame creatures he has caught, but this takes different amounts of effort depending on the creature. Regular fish and small marine life he can tame fairly easily. Creatures of higher intelligences increase the effort required and dragons take a huge amount of effort while anything above that is impossible for him. He can also communicate with creatures telepathically when he touches them, but for creatures capable of speech, this is largely unecessary.

He also emanates an aura of calmness.

[b]Backstory:[/b]

[hider=This is pretty long >.<]Gaon was once a very young human child. You wouldn't really be able to tell from the way he acts; as compared to gods, humans are seen to be incredibly rushed, with children being even more so than regular adults. However, Gaon is considered patient, even for a god. However, his incredible patience is one of the things that led to him becoming a god in the first place.

While he was human, Gaon was very much unremarkable. He wasn't unusual, he was but a normal human child. But the most normal people are the ones who make the greatest heroes, and Gaon was one of the first humans to prove that.

He was raised in a coastal village. The village itself was fairly small, the only reason for its existence was its prime position for fishing. The village wasn't very rich, but they got by with what they had. However, one day, disaster struck.

For seemingly no reason at all, the fish on the coast slowly seeemed to disappear. Over the course of the year, the amount of fish the fishermen hauled in daily dwindled until one day, they found none at all. Over the course of the next year, their money and food dwindled until all of the village was starving. There was no sign that the fish would return, and the village seemed to be doomed.

It was during this time, that Gaon's mother died, but not before leaving him with a parting gift. His mother told him the tale of a great Water Dragon, that was said to hold the secrets of the sea. As she died, Gaon decided that he would find this Dragon, even if it was the last thing he did.

Gathering all the supplies he could, he set off from his village to find the Dragon. He set off for the nearest city which he hoped would have enough information to point him towards the whereabouts of the Dragon. It was then that he discovered, that the mysterious disappearance hadn't been limited to his village alone.

The coastal city he had arrived in was also falling into poverty, all of the sources for their marine exports having vanished during the previous year. He learned that the situation was so desperate, that the king of the city had ordered his army to find the Dragon, and find if it was responsible for the disappearance.

Gaon begged the king to join his army, but he refused him because he was so young. Regardless, Gaon decided to follow the army to find the dragon. Some months later, and they arrived at the Water Dragon’s fabled pool. Only, the sight that greeted them was one that they did not expect.

The Dragon was said to reside in a great temple built to honour him, but when they arrive, the temple was in ruins and the Dragon was nowhere to be found. The temple had a large pool of water which was connected to the sea, but the rubble had filled the majority of the pool, leaving little hope of finding the Dragon.

Regardless, the knights attempted in vain to call out to the dragon, Gaon even joined them as they tried to coax the dragon out of hiding. Alas, no dragon appeared, and the soldiers lost their will as their commander had no choice but to start the long march home.

Gaon however, didn’t give up. He set up camp in the ruins with what little supplies he had gained from the city, and spent many days staring into the pool in the hopes of finding an answer. During those few days, a small deer from the nearby forest kept him company as he stared in vain at the rubble-choked pool.

One day, as he stumbled about the ruins of the temple, he found his answer. He found ancient scrolls, detailing the practices of the monks of the temple. He found within those scrolls, that they used to bring a sacrifice to the Water Dragon, more specifically, young deer.

Even as he read it, the deer that had become his companion for the past few days butted its head affectionately into his side. He spent the next few days starting into the pool again, mentally preparing himself for what he had to do.

The next day, he took a piece of rubble and killed his only companion. The next part wasn’t any easier.

The monks used to sacrifice their animals on a submerged altar, but the rubble eliminated any trace of the altar, and the water was extremely deep. If Gaon held the deer in the water, he was likely to lose it to the depths. He had to find something else. Using a large bamboo pole and a coil of rope, he created the very first fishing rod. He tied one end around the neck of the deer, and the other tightly around the bamboo pole.

After it was done, he pushed his friend into the water, held the pole in front of him to keep the deer level and waited.

He waited for an hour, and another hour. He waited for 3 hours, 4 hours, and then even 6 hours. He waited for the Dragon to come for another 10 hours. He waited an entire day and the Water Dragon didn’t come. But he didn’t falter, he didn’t have anything else to live for. He kept waiting with his line outstretched, for another day, 2 days, 4 days, until finally, he got a bite.

Suddenly, something pulled hard, and Gaon almost fell off of his perch. In the water below, he saw a huge shadow of a long serpent like creature. He could feel it pulling on the rope, as if in curiosity. Suddenly, it rose from the water, its leering eyes directly in front of Gaon.

[b][i]”Why do you seek me, human?”[/i][/b] It said.

Gaon told him about how the fish had disappeared from all of the coastal cities, and asked if the Water Dragon had a way of bringing them back.

[b][i]”The fish do not wish to return,” [/i][/b] the Dragon said, [b][i]”They are tired of you humans constantly taking away their families for your own personal profit. They will never return.”[/i][/b]

Gaon pleaded with the Dragon, but it was all for naught.

[b][i]”You cannot persuade me, human.”[/i][/b] It said angrily. [b][i]”Why do I even waste time with you?”[/i][/b] With that, it sunk into the waters. But it didn’t know it still had the rope in its stomach, and Gaon was still holding onto the pole.

He held on as the Dragon surged through the seas, he held on as the Dragon swam through storms, whirlpools, and even typhoons until one day, the Dragon had enough.

The Dragon burst out of the water, and plucked Gaon off of his back with one of his claws.

[b][i]”WHY DO YOU PERSIST, HUMAN?!”[/i][/b] It shouted angrily.

But by now, Gaon was a complete mess. The exhaustion was finally taking its toll, and the pole he held onto was slick with his blood. He could barely think straight, and his previous life in the village seemed so far behind him. But even as he was held aloft by the great Dragon, he still held a shred of consciousness left, and he realized something he’d known for a while now.

[b][color=thistle]”Because I have nothing else to live for.”[/color][/b] Gaon said finally.

And then he died. And the Water Dragon let his body fall into the sea, the waters washing it clean rod clean. It’s unknown exactly what the Water Dragon did afterwards, but slowly the fish returned to the ports, and life slowly returned to normal for the coastal cities. The body of Gaon was never found, and all that remained was his fishing rod which washed ashore in the village he was born in.[/hider]
[b]Connections:[/b]

Hiraga: He hasn't really ever seen her, but he knows that she is the first ancient god. He sometimes runs into her followers while fishing in Ceyr who are always eager to tell him about her.

Danives: He saw him one time from afar

Voena and Itone: Someone told him about them one time after he caught a giant squid

Sohena: He caught an elf accidentally and he told him about her

Agimar: He fished one of his followers out of a river once and it thanked him by telling him about Agimar

Dust: He heard about him when he asked someone from a nearby town about the Desolace

Varavana: Has no idea who he is, but saw him more than a few times

Yakushi: Gaon's only heard whispers of her, but she sounds pretty nice all things considered

Neveras: No one's ever told him about Neveras and he doesn't talk to other spirits generally so he knows pretty much nothing about him

[b]Other:[/b] He wasn't there for the War, he's pretty damn young.

Also, though he is technically a god of fishing, he's not exactly known as such and the credit for the fishing rod went to the person who invented the fishing reel. He's more of a legend really, seeing as no one was there when he died. He's basically an urban legend at this point because he's only ever been running around fishing weird stuff.