Doomed siblings and i always think abt Shroudbros... Idia losing his eye the same way Anaxa did (by trying to see their siblings for the last time) but unlike Anaxa who found that "fulfilling", Idia became "greedier" bcs he still couldnt cope, strived for more, and built Robo!Ortho😔
Chucking Amphoreus Cast into Lotm | Final Pathway choice
After looking at everything I have previously yapped about and making an honest to god spreadsheet I have made my final choice about what pathway the different Chrysos Heirs would belong to in the thing that I will one day write
Tribios
Options: LoM pathways, Paragon
Reasons: Door - Passage Demigod, Error - 1000 Tribbies, Fool - Marionettes for 1000 Tribbies, Paragon - vibes
Final choice: Door | KoA Uniqueness + S1 Characteristic
Cerydra
Options: Black Emperor, Justicier, Tyrant
Reasons Black Emp. - Tyrant - personality, status, history, Justicier - Law Demigod
Final choice: Switched from Tyrant to Black Emperor | S0
Hysilens
Options: Tyrant, Darkness
Reasons: Tyrant - Sea Siren, Ocean Demigod, Darkness - Knight, Red Priest - Hysilens as the Medici to Cerydra's Grisha
Final choice: Darkness | S1 Knight of Misfortune
Phainon
Options: God Almighty, Red Priest, Hanged Man, Sun
Reasons: GA - Kephale is quite literally just the creator, Red Priest - Flame Reaper... Reaper...., Hanged Man - Dark Angel.... sacrifice.... Sun - smt smt idk anymore
Final Choice: GA... (Why is Phainon literally just Grisha wtf wtf wtf) | GOO
Cyrene
Options: Fool, Visionary, Wheel of Fortune, Error
Reasons: Fool - History time bla bla, Visionary - As I've Written..., Wheel of Fortune - Reboot smt Eternal Recurrence, Error - Worm of Time..
Final Choice: Visionary | Former S0, Current KoA Uniqueness + 2 S1 Characteristics
Mydei
Options: Red Priest, Twilight Warrior
Reasons: Red Priest - war strife battle battle Mydei is such a fucking provoker, Twilight Warrior - warrior bla bla
Final Choice: Red Priest | KoA 2 S1 Characteristic
Anaxa
Options: Hermit, Paragon
Reasons: both - reason, logic, knowledge
Final Choice: Paragon | S1 Illuminator
Cipher - Error, there has never been another option - S2 Trojan Horse of Destiny
Castorice
Options: Death, Chained
Reason: Death - Death Demigod, Chained - smt sacrifice smt ancient bane gained humanity through miracle invoker polyxia
Final choice: Chained | S2 Ancient Bane
Hyacine - Mother, there has never been another option - S3 Pallbearer
Terravox
Options: Mother, Paragon, Twilight Warrior
Reason: I was trying very hard to find something that fits
Final choice: Twilight Warrior | S1 Hand of Glory
Gnaeus (this is Nikador of the current cycle and Strife Demigod of the prev cycle)
Options + Reasons same as Mydei
Final Choice: Red Priest | KoA Uniqueness + 1 S1 Characteristic
Calypso (Cerces, Reason Demigod of prev cycle)
Options + Reasons same as Anaxa
Final Choice: Hermit | KoA later on S0
Polyxia
Options: Death
Reason: Death demigod
Final choice: Death (one of the death twins gotta stay death) | S1 Pale Emperor later on S0
Khaos (Kephale, Worldbearing Demigod of the prev cycle)
Chucking Amphoreus Cast into Lotm | Backgrounds Part 1
Omg the two hours of researching what pathway is related to what species will come into clutch in this stuff I can already feel it. Thank you past boat for suffering for my convenience
ANYWAY!! Lets try to make this make sense
Grisha isn't here. Taking his place as the liberator of humanity is Khaos (the Worldbearing Demigod of the prev cycle) Khaos is also taking Grisha's place as the dude that the chaos sea spit out.
Khaos does die just like Grisha but he didn't prepare to revive. He chose to just let himself be killed and made plans so multiple people could become S0 of the GA pathways so their remaining imprints alongside the passage of time would weaken the will of PGA so that the next person to become GA would have an easier time.
Then we have the Chrysos Heirs as an organisation
The Chrysos Heirs is an organisation that Khaos founded to essentially kill gods once they get out of control including himself. They're like Rose Redemption but for everyone
This also means that any S0 is not allowed to be apart of the Chrysos Heirs anymore and Spectators are used to implant psy cues to make sure they overlook the existence of the Chrysos Heirs organisation
The leadership of the Chrysos Heirs went like:
Calypso - Seliose - Cerydra - Aglaea
Calypso at some point stepped down, Seliose went mad and then became a S0, then Cerydra took over and also became a S0 so she stepped down and Aglaea took over
Polyxia and Castorice are human survivors that ate beyonder characteristics and lost control. Later on they regain their sanity thanks to Khaos and join the Chrysos Heirs. They also serve as angels under Khaos.
Calypso was a human slave under the sanguine. She is also a member of the Great White Brotherhood (organisation of the Seven Lights of the Spirit World) and a founding member of the Chrysos Heirs. She made great contributions to the development of potion formulas. For a long time she was a KoA but became a S0 later on to prevent the creation of the Hidden Sage. While Khaos was alive she also served as an angel under him.
Seliose and Cerydra were slaves under the elves. Cerydra, due to being the child of a human and elf, was forced into serving Queen of Calamity Cohinem. Secretly Seliose and Cerydra joined the Chrysos Heirs and eventually lead the revolt of the slaves under the elves when Khaos attacked them.
Seliose was a KoA of the Tyrant pathway under Khaos. Cerydra was also a S1 Angel of the Tyrant Pathway but she wasn't an angel under Khaos. Seliose lost control after Khaos died and killed Cerydra due to the law of beyonder convergence and became a mad S0. Cerydra already made preparations to switch to Black Emperor before Seliose killed her so she revived as S0 Black Emperor. (There is a lot of time between Seliose losing control and Cerydra being killed btw)
Mydei was the descendant of a human slave and a Weather Giant. He was born as a s7 Pyromaniac (I don't remember what the ancient name for this one way) and later on rose to KoA. He did not serve under Khaos
Gnaeus was a human slave that speed ran the path of the divine and became a KoA in record time. He was an angel under Khaos
For the record the angels under Khaos were treated and treated Khaos the same way as they did in hsr canon. So like comrades, friends, allies. Not god believer. This was for Khaos' humanity (he was struggling with it a lot)
Simon glares at him, his lips pursed, and the fangs along his cheek grimaced. After a beat, he finally speaks. "After all this, there's still kindness in your eyes. Pathetic."
Grace wilts and tries to bite back the tears. His teeth worries his bottom lip until it splits, and he winces at the bitter metallic taste it leaves in his mouth. He can't focus on Simon, no matter how much he wants to. He has to push on.
33,550,336 is a perfect number. And you know what they say, practice makes perfect. Surely that applies to saving the universe.
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The blanket scratches his skin. The sensation is far floating away though, as if it's someone else the fabric rests on. Blearily his eyes creak open, every movement is strenuous and tremendous, and he wonders how he survived in space for years on end, let alone trying to wake up each morning. There is an IV in his wrist and a monitor off to the side that pings off foreign symbols. Eridian, he reminds himself. Faint sunlight streams in from the window across from him, and he can make out the watercolor background of an ocean.
I love the ocean, he thinks pleasantly, his head beginning to swim.
"Grace is awake." Rocky's voice comes from another room, but he recognizes the chirping tones immediately. He almost wonders why the Eridian sounds hesitant.
"Hey bud," Grace croaks out, wincing at how dry his throat feels. "How long have I been out for?"
The skittering of rock against the tile comes first before the alien does. Rocky's carapace pops into view as he skirts into the room, a shimmering coat of a xenonite suit covering his body. He stretches up on his hind legs, two forelegs grasping onto the edge of a bed. There are a few tones he makes that are unrecognizable, before he asks again, "Is Grace really awake, question?"
"'Course I am," Grace smiles, he tries to move his hand to give the alien an assuring pat, but finds there's not enough strength in his limbs to do so. Instead the call of the bed is far, far more tempting.
"Grace has been asleep for 259,200 seconds," Rocky says, creeping up a little closer to Grace's side. "Was awake previously for less than 2340 seconds before this."
"Mm, tired," Grace agrees. He can feel it. The weariness calls to him like Rocky's voice. It is a dulcet thing that makes him think if he closes his eyes and only listens to it, he won't have to worry about anything.
"Grace, Grace say something." Rocky's voice is a little desperate, and he adds a soft ♪ ♬♬♩ at the end. Is that 'please' and something else in Eridian? He can't remember.
