@khazdmazerb well if I haaaaaave to (/j thank you for asking)
TLDR; set in a fantasy universe, his name is Vangelis and he’s a celestial being banished from the heavens for rebelling against the other celestials and giving magic to his people (elves). He becomes part of a polycule with some other ocs of mine, Dezriel (elf) and Will (human).
Long version (and I do mean long) with backstory lmao:
Set in a fantasy universe, every race used to live in harmony until disagreements divided them into the human, elf, orc, and fae kingdoms (other outliers exist like mermaids and such but they’re not as involved in the politics).
The main disagreement between each set of creatures was the idea of religion. There was some initial talk of each group practicing separately and peacefully, but the humans were pushy; they thought everyone should believe what they did -in a singular God and heaven- and practice believing in a way they saw fit. When the others didn’t agree, the humans declared war in the name of their deity.
The humans greatly outnumbered all of the armies combined. They murdered civilians, destroyed villages, burned temples and churches, anything to assert their divine right to defend their God. In the end, it was clear the humans had won. They offered a peace treaty to each of the groups -a kingdom of their own on small patches of land with freedom to govern and practice their religions as they saw fit, but only if they agreed to offer their services and skills to the humans (elves for their magical talents, orcs their craftsmanship and artistry, fae their agriculture experience, etc). With the only other option being death, the leaders of the non-human kingdoms agreed.
Vangelis and the other Gods specifically:
The disagreements about religion were silly actually because…they’re all true!
The Celestials worked together in peace for a while, until God started to become greedy. His creations were quickly populating and conquering lands in his name -this flattered him. He believed that he should be admired above all others, that he should hold higher status than his fellow creators and oh hey wait! We just heard that story!! It’s mirror you see. The celestials designed their creations in their own images and then history repeats itself etc etc do you see where I’m going with this
Anyway. Vangelis ends up being the celestial to rebel and stand up to God, so he did something that he knew would upset him: he granted magic to his own creatures. Going forward, the elves had magic, long lifespans and were unnaturally pleasing to the eye (think like. Almost uncanny valley perfect). This did in fact piss God off -these creatures were now more powerful than his own and had many advantages!
Vangelis was banished from the Heavens for his actions, the other celestials too afraid of the same fate. Showing himself to his creations was out of the question -he was beyond their comprehension. He tried taking a vessel for himself, but the gifts he’d graciously bestowed upon the elves had made them strong -he could not possess them. He was stranded, forced to wander unseen, unheard, untouched for centuries.
Until a scandalous night between an elf and a human resulted in the birth of a halfling. A halfling without magic.
And so Vangelis crafted a prophecy and delivered it to the elven king: he would rise again via an orphaned child and bring honor and justice to their people, but it would take a lot of power, and he would have to take a life -presumably the child’s life- to do it.
Being so far from his source of power in the Heavens, delivering the prophecy zaps most of his energy, and he’s forced to exist in a nearly unconscious as a form of preservation. It was frustrating, but he supposed it was alright -he’d have to wait until his chosen vessel was old enough speak and use its limbs anyway. It would look ridiculous and be generally inconvenient to possess a literal baby, after all.
Turns out, his recharge time is 21 years, and suddenly Dez is all grown up. Vangelis, conscious enough now to observe his surroundings, grows attached to his soon-to-be vessel.
And there’s a whole lot more but eventually he ends up NOT killing Dez (our magicless half elf main character) and becoming part of a polycule that restores peace and the beginning of equality to the kingdoms :)
