#kormir

[clemmykins]

The Crossing

[mystery-salad]

Lost, forgotten...but never gone

[cathedralofeternalradiance]

Headcanon time: Blessings of the human gods

Okay okay I may have gotten myself hyped from the post @synchrosgw2 made about Lyssa (check here!!!) and though it’s god-related, it’s not about that theory, but yeah, inspo where inspo’s due.

But I did have thoughts about how being blessed by a certain god/dess manifests in real life. I hc there’s a social ritual of joining a church and declaring yourself blessed by that particular god at the age of 8; this is because most gifts manifest themselves by that age and if they haven’t, you kinda pick one (and changing churches if you’ve made a mistake is a bit of a pain in the ass honestly and involves tons of new ritualistic stuff.) There’s a grand celebration (if you can afford it) and there are families for whom this blessing is hereditary, or so it socially stands; this is most prevalent in priestly families and to give you an example, Nyra was named after her mother’s late cousin, Alysannyra Gwent, and lady Gwent was born in a family that mostly worships Lyssa -> her name being Alysannyra (which is translated as “to Lyssa (be) the glory.”) But this is social rules, not actual magical thing.

So how does it magically play out? Spoilers for PoF.

Simple. Enhanced abilities to do something that technically belongs in that god’s realm. Let’s see how this works on my two humans, Nyra and Ren.

1) Nyra was blessed by Lyssa, even if you’d not be too far off if you thought she was blessed by Dwayna due to her guardian magic (I hc there’s a link between Dwayna and light, hence her being a guardian deity.) Lyssa is usually associated with mesmers and water elementalists, illusion, water and beauty, but also chaos, and that’s where Nyra’s gift is. She thrives in chaos to a degree that’s not quite natural. She has a much easier time making sense in chaotic/high stress situations (even if she’s not immune to the effects of too much stress, as seen in Icebrood.)

Chaos also seems to be radiating off her; a combination of being a chaos-magnet and her personality brought about the disruption of the natural world order. As subtle as this gift is, it’s not without it’s impact.

2) Due to being an illusion-based mesmer, Ren thought for a long ass while her goddess was Lyssa too. But it took a trip to Abaddon’s temple in season 3 (a rewrite of the horrible Livia situation I’m working on that features gods sending visions, Nyra and Ren working together, maybe some Mirka in there too) for her to realise that no, her patron god was Abaddon all along; for all his death, he still affects some mortals by the residue power in the world that survived, what, 2 centuries after his death.

And it manifests in her ability to hide the truth aka lie. She is an exceptional liar. If we were to compare her and El, who are both great at lying, Ren beats him  because of this. You can’t really catch her tells and she seems to have an ability to track her own lies in a way that would fool 99% of the population. Again, it’s a combo of this + her personality that makes her so good at her job.

So, someone who was blessed by Balthazar might have an earned reputation of being unbeatable on the battlefield; someone blessed by Dwayna could be very very good at healing, Melandru could be very good at being a hunter to the point of being able to parallel norn, etc.

Does this mean that by Balty dying humanity was bereft of these gifts? No! Like with Abaddon, the number of people with Balty’s gifts will only be smaller, not non-existent, and other gods are still around and kicking, though priesthood of Balthazar would like to say otherwise. This is their main point for Nyra being a traitor of humankind but it’s like,, factually incorrect.

[diesvitae]

"I am Kormir, spearmarshal of the Sunspears, those sworn to defend the lands of Elona. Darkness has befallen our lands. Gather your strength, our time of reckoning approaches." Sponsored by ArenaNet

[commander-titania]

its a miracle amara even exists considering magnhars fuckin inability to talk like a normal human being

[brax-was-here]

Kormir - Sunspear

Kormir - Goddess in full regalia

[republictrooper]

Finally playing through the Path of Fire in GW2 and...

The Human Gods just kind of piss me off? 

I mean, what the hell?

One of your own breaks free and threatens to destroy Tyria and the rest of you just... leave? 

Without even telling anyone? Like I get the impression if the Commander hadnt managed to catch Kormir before she left they wouldnt have directly told anyone?

Like. What the HELL?

I’m angry on behalf of their worshippers.

At least Kormir has the decency to feel kinda icky about it, but like. Cmon. At least tell us what you hope to accomplish. All this aimless mystery about “other responsibilities” is silly at best.

Anyway, this is why The Spirits of the Norn are best (At least until the Icebrood Saga, when I’m sure we’ll find out they’re kinda horrid too).

[jerjja]

[BEAN] mood of the fuckin’ day: bein naked in the goddess’ library with ya sister on ya shared bday