I just reread your whole lamplight au! It’s such a compelling story and world! I have to ask, do you have any plans for getting the adventurer group back together? Martyn, Jimmy, BigB, and Grian? I think it would also be… entertaining? To see Ren and Scar maybe talk again? Ren would want Scar to stand at least ten feet away from Martyn and BigB at all times. He charmspeaks (accidentally?) Martyn and Ren sets him on fire. That could be a funny way for Grian to find out that Scar is a god, too.
well, maybe, if we ever find out what what happened to BigB and Jimmy! :)
ive posted another ask about Scar and Ren, but if they meet as fire, Scar won't actually know Ren is Ren—after all, Ren wasnt someone who had any known connection to fire as a city-god, and as far as anyone knows, the god of Dogwarts is dead. Ren will be very hostile and unwelcoming toward Scar, but he has no way to communicate why he's being aggressive to Martyn OR Scar
if they did meet when Ren has a body i think Ren would be pretty immediately hostile. he will absolutely be really upset and accusatory immediately toward Scar, he's calling him out for destroying his city like immediately. i dont think he's bothering with a "stay ten feet away" bit i think he's just going to deck Scar like immediately no hesitation. his anger or hatred for Scar has not gone down at all, especially with the fact he now has Martyn to protect (and has sorta staked basically all his self worth on successfully doing so)
the nice thing is Martyn is safe from charmspeak, at least, being a deadzone! this is as nice for Scar as it is for Martyn. if he actually bewitched Martyn i think Ren would immediately make a second attempt at testing that "gods do not die" thing