Putting my deity down first, civilization soon too follow [hider=Sun Goddess Ilyona] [center][h1][color=gold]Ilyona, the Maiden of Dawn[/color][/h1][hr][hr] [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/76/eb/ab/76ebabfba40fce307413662e9f44e828.jpg[/img][hr][hr][/center] [h3][color=gold][u]Name:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent]Ilyona, the Sun Goddess, Maiden of Dawn, Mother of Hallows, Lady Reaper (Pronounced: "Ill-ee-own-ah"[/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Gender:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent]Female[/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Personality:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent]Ilyona was once a bubbling girl with a heart open to the world, but it would be such that would cause her downfall from being the pure deity of the solar star. Legend has it that the endless cycle of death had constantly caused her pain since her earliest days and sought to if not remove it, at least alleviate and let people live just a bit longer. With determination, she dabbled in magics and powers she was not supposed to even be able to handle and ended up creating Hallows, undead beings with all the sentience of mortals but with an immortal lifespan. However, her magic was not perfect and through repeated death or extreme mental trauma, her creations could go "Feral", driven mad by their new cycle of undeath and suffering. As you would expect, this did not resonate well with many of the other gods, especially the Gods of Life and Death. As punishment, she would have to harvest the souls of the fallen and deliver them to the God of Death. Since then, the goddess has lost a good deal of her bubbly nature and replaced by a more serious attitude. There's always a notion of personal repenting as even now her sin as there are some gods which still do not completely forgive her. However, even if she had created Hallows from a mistake, she acts as a motherly figure to them none the less, caring for them as they are her own creation. Much of her efforts is put into making a home for the often outcasted undead as well as protecting them from those who wish them harm or exploit them.[/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Major Domain:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent]Sun[/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Minor Domain:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent]Harvest & Shadows[/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Avatar:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent] [hider=Appearance] [img]http://sf.co.ua/12/11/wallpaper-2449445.jpg[/img] [/hider] Ilyona appears as a firebird phenix with glorious red and feathers, embers constantly falling in her wake and a dazzling brilliance that surrounds her. However, she only wears this facade when going beyond her own people as she prefers not to be in avatar form, but a shorter more human like form in that case. [/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Stance:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent]Ilyona is currently neutral on who she believes deserves the throne. Part of her wants the throne but she does not believe that she is qualified or even allowed to claim it due to her past actions.[/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Relation:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent] [hider=Ideas] - She harvests souls of the dead for the God of Death - Once had the Minors of Light and Fire but was forced to give those away - Defied both the Gods of Life and Death to create Hallows, unbound undead. (Perhaps this is why she harvests souls for the god of Death) [/hider] [/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Powers:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent]Ilyona is capable of various light and fire based spells although they are greatly diminished compared to both the powers of the respective gods and her own power long ago; she can only summon blinding light, floating orbs of light and set fire to certain objects amongst few other things. She of course has the supernatural strength that all gods have, and regeneration powers allowing her to come grow limbs, and heal faster than normal.[/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Divine Arms:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent]- The Great Banner of Dawn - One of Ilyona's most holy relics, it is her staff of which she uses to cast what limit magics she now has access to and while it is decently heavy, its by no means meant for whacking people with. - Soul Harvest Scythe - The tool to which she reaps the life of those next to die, it is by far Ilyona's less popular weapon but it is her most effective weapon, absorbing the souls of the fallen to empower it, and is also a God Bane weapon.[/indent] [h3][color=gold][u]Demigod Champions:[/u][/color][/h3] [indent] [hider=Talvyrn the Dawn Guard] [img]https://atthebuzzerpodcast.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/fanart-0095-full.jpg[/img] The glorious knight of sunlight, Talvyrn represents everything saintly about his patron goddess, blessed with wings of light and plate armor fit for legends and a flaming sword, he is Ilyona's noble and honorable face who fights with undaunting courage and bravery. [/hider] [hider=Lady Malicia, the Life Hunter] [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c7/45/14/c745141775924e3fe270430d9d8d3733.jpg[/img] For every light, there is a shadow and Malicia is Ilyona's shadow for she is the one who collects the death tithe for her patron when her patron cannot and hunt the beasts which dwell in the darkest recesses. With a pair of flaming swords, Malicia is the one to expunge the evils within the shadows and collect the due of the living. [/hider] [/indent] [/hider]