Thread Question: >Tell us about a God or Pantheon in your setting >What do they do? >What do their followers believe about them? >Has a Holy War ever been fought in their name? >What would be their reaction?
For the Sci-Fi crowd: >Is AI a threat to organic life in your setting? >If so, what can be done about it or what's being done about it? >If not, how advanced is AI in your setting? >If someone declared a Holy War FOR machines, how would the AI react?
Well I actually used that pic to represent the big LG God in my modern setting, along with the other 8 gods that popped up one day he's only started to get a following. Pic related is what I used for the CE goddess he WWEd through the Himalayas at the setting's "start".
Levi Morris
They fought a century long war against space skynet that technically ended but is still an ongoing conflict across much of the galaxy. There's nothing that can really be done about it except denying them the land to establish a base of operations and wearing their numbers down. Not all AI stems from the same technology or even the same point in history as galactic civilizations at this point have rise and fallen countless times. There's a race of cyborgs that take augmentation so seriously they'd make a techpriest blush, and they are known to launch crusades if their supercomputer tells them to
Evan Gutierrez
Thread question: My settings is technically fantasy but there aren't any real gods in the setting, one of the major themes in a lot of the religions in setting though focuses on the veneration of the now practically extinct precursor race who kept humans as pets and slaves, of course depending where you are in the world the details vary but usually the pro-precursor religions are much friendly with each other than the quasi-nationalist religions that cropped up in a few of the successful states founded by rebel slaves Also if anyone willing to help what would be the proper size for territory controlled by nomadic tribes post the near global collapse of civilization
Jonathan Price
>Tell us about a God or Pantheon in your setting Well I am lacking names currently but I had a god figure that is representative of the sun. Creation was a war. The near infinite abstract entities that existed had no method of creating but rather morph themselves in their interests for their own fulfillment and fought each other when such ideas conflicted. This war to their knowledge was brought to an end by one entity that took the bodies of the dead gods to form a wall, locking the landscapes of gods within in with the builder of the wall. The builder silenced the fighting within to form the world as it is known now and makes his presence known to the world to maintain that peace. This builder is a parallel concept to the sun. The eyes of the gods locked out and peering through the wall are parallel concepts to the stars. The builder is constantly quiet and has not been known to react to anything since creation.
>What do they do?
They fulfill their own interests and intermingle. This intermingling forms the physical and autonomous entities throughout it. They are largely understood to be "sleeping" due to this peace but are known to react to music and sound, which is where this universe's magic comes from. It is a way to manipulate the gods to "dance".
David Johnson
Ukraine seems like a good range.
Evan Ross
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>What do their followers believe about them?
Well many views have came from the various gods that exist but the reality of their very selves being the interplay of distinct gods is relatively unknown but by darker areas with bug-like humanoids that strange and frightening sounds to morph their body and reality around them. Very few groups are "followers" of the gods but they do exist. The basic understanding of the war and the making of peace by the great builder is known. As well as the understanding of the stars, which is why it is considered taboo in most places to watch the stars. The gods above seek this world with mouth salivating and whisper secrets from above.
>Has a Holy War ever been fought in their name?
Not yet.
>What would be their reaction?
Slight, for they are still under the gaze of the sun. However if revolt were to occur it is guaranteed to be cataclysmic.
Juan Nguyen
>Also if anyone willing to help what would be the proper size for territory controlled by nomadic tribes post the near global collapse of civilization
This is heavily dependent upon the population density of the area, their method of travel, their relative strength compared to neighboring groups. If there is relatively nothing to oppose them and they are decentralized tribes on foot I'd say akin to the size of the fertile crescent.
Josiah Edwards
>Thread Question The god of life and light, Taliphos is the sole One God of the Empire of Onrenia. As the diety worshiped by the Grand Imperial Church, His presence is felt throughout the empire. According to the Holy Texts, He created the world at the beginning of time, when all was a swirling pile of darkness and death, and molded life into the dark clay of Darkness. When he molded mortalkind from the clay of darkness, He put His soul and being into each and every person, giving them the ability to do good. But because of mortalkind's origins from Death and Darkness, they would be ultimately linked with it, unable to escape their dark destiny. In Onrenia, followers of the Grand Imperial Church believe that only through the purification of the soul can the Origin of Darkness and Death be cleansed from one's soul. Ways are spelled out in His gospel, the Holy Texts of Taliphos. Currently, orders of templars that operate under the authority of the seven Arch Bishops of the Empire, who collectively answer to the Prime Cardinal of the Grand Cathedral. In years past there have been small skirmishes against the pirates of Alsentius to the southeast but nothing too large considering the mountain range that blocks the Empire off from the numberous petty kingdoms to the east of the continent. If a holy war was declared by the Prime Cardinal however, He would most likely be shocked that the Darkness inherent in mortalkind had consumed them.
>WHERE IS THE FUCKING DISCUSSION IN THIS THREAD mode Post a paragraph about a nation, past or present then ask a question to another user asking them to clarify said country. obviously you can ignore the second part for the first post
