Umbrella Pantheon pt. 2
This covers many of the minor deities and obscure characters in re8 that don’t get touched on too much. As a result there was more room for me to stick my own bullshit onto them. A lot of inspiration i took from the wiki of some of these guys and adding back in some cut content just cuz its fun. These are the guys I really enjoy, the main cast is fun (and we’ll get to the Winterses soon), but having side characters I can just make shit up about is very fun.
The Uriaș Brothers / Gods of Kinship, Protection, and Culling / Alpha and Omega / Sentinel and Outrider / The Grey Pack
The Uriaș brothers are demigods who serve as pack leaders over the pack of werewolves. Vanatoare, the younger who leads hunts with his pack, and Străjer who is bound to protect the Grimm Egg. They were once an order of great knights that looked over their domain with justice and they were prime candidates for godhood in Miranda’s eyes. They became mighty warriors but unlike the Four Lords they had a very difficult time exerting control over their god forms. The other knights of their order believed that they could share the load of godhood between all of them and indeed the two brothers had more clarity, but the mundane-blooded knights were all transformed into beasts and werewolves. Some were able to retain enough insight to ride their steeds and wear armor but all others became barbarous with the most weak-willed becoming giant and savage wolves. The Uriaș brothers were saddened to see how their comrades had fallen and even lost themselves on occasion. They try to coordinate their hunts with enemy fortresses, or places that were deemed to be guilty of some crime in the eyes of their lords, in order to stave off the guilt of their savage hunts. Those with strong wills and power, like all of the upper gods or the Duke, can assert themselves as above the pack which they will respect.
The Uriaș Drac / Devil Giants / Twin Demons
The twins in the Uriaș family who completely relished and embraced their beastial nature. They inherited none of the lupine traits of the werewolves besides their voracious appetite choosing to hunt and eat innocents. They think they chart their own destinies but are frequently manipulated by the Lords to do their bidding. But one of the two, Îndrăgostit Uriaș, is enamored with Beneviento and will, by what he thinks is his own will, guard the grounds and fend off trespassers. Bucătar Uriaș, the older twin, focuses more on the cuisine and cooking side of his cannibalism.
Sturm Heisenberg / Demigod of Destruction / The Iron Storm / Forsaken Father
Karl was not taken but did not willingly go into Miranda’s arms, he was sold by his father, Sturm. He squandered his knowledge of clockwork and tinkering and hardly taught his son a thing besides pain. Instead he used his money for drinking and nearly destroyed the family business. Karl Heisenber came back with a vengeance and subjected his father to the most unholy side of his godlike power. He made him into even more of a destructive figure, a demi-god of Desolation, and threw him into his metal labyrinth where he now desperately reaches out his arms not to beat, but for anyone who would help him. Yet he is unable.
Miłości Norshteyn / The Sculptor / Maker of the Exalted Tombstones
A meek, artistic husband who was a part of a polycule including four warrior goddesses. He was considered a heretic and traitor to the gods and pantheon of the region he was from before and was banished, eventually arriving in Leagăn. He was tricked by a god and through his actions allowed for his wives to be killed and their remains were calcified. When he traveled to Leagăn he found that the four lords all had traits resembling his wives. He created complicated statues and sculptures resembling their domains that even the god Heisenberg was deeply impressed with. He locked their remains beneath their intricate tombstones. The minerals of these fallen gods could all be used to forge mighty weapons but Norshteyn rigged them with traps and checks up on them to avert grave robbing.
The Duke / Vast Merchant / The Owl / God of Commerce and Favor
Duke is a trickster god that not a lot of people fully realize. He turns into an owl for long travel carrying his cart within his talons. He is a deity that is separate from Miranda and the Dark God, which infuriates her, but she suffers his existence until a time where she can dispose of him and his wiles. He originates from a distant land and even has made trade with other minor deities but maintains his demeanor of a humble, jovial figure who delights in cooked foods. Giving the god a delightful treat or meal is a surefire way to gain his favor, but he will still feign politeness even if the meal is burned a bit. Whereas Heisenburg is far more heavy handed in his shadowy rebellion, The Duke maintains an air of aloofness to any and all conflicts and makes his favoritism a mystery, rather choosing to make any form of aid seem like something he was just going to give away in any case. He has the ability to convert any coinage to a different mint, but keeps some original coins for keepsakes.
Ucigaș / Blademaster / Grave Gardener
A lowly merchant and servant in Dimitrescu’s domain, until his family was chosen to be taken to her castle and never to be seen again. He sought out a way to receive vengeance on the god and on his journey was approached by the Dark Prometheus who stated that a dragonslaying weapon could be created but only when components from three of the Four Deities was collected: A special alloy for the dagger from Heisenberg, a special flower grown in Beneviento’s Personal Garden, which was to be synthesized with the bile from Moreau to create the poison. This long and arduous task led to the creation of the Dagger of Death's Flowers.
Ucigaș failed in the end and was struck down by the dragon. But she held a modicum of respect for him as she knows what it is like to lose daughters and recognized she caused it. So she sealed him and his weapon away in respect of the would-be dragon slayer. But the dagger would be picked up once again by the fated Cold Night, the Winter.
The First Demon and the Sword Maiden
Some of the most obscure figures in Leagăn’s history. One day an angry drunk found his way to the cradle while in a fury and came upon Necros. He tripped and fell into its embrace and came out a thing that could only be described as a demon. It returned to the place it called home and began to feast upon the people there. All soldiers were tossed aside and devoured, until a goat approached it and the demon began to cry and scream, batting at it and beheading it in the process. A young maiden saw this and remembered the names that were used towards the town drunk; “Goatfucker”. She looked into its eyes and saw that the demon’s eyes were his. She took up a sword and strapped the goat's head to a shield and fought against the demon for a day and a night as it trembled and flailed. Villagers could only look on as this woman who seemed to be battle incarnate.
She finally felled the beast covered in its blood and its calcified remains were used to create a statue in the maiden's likeness: wielding a sword and a shield with a goat's head on its face. Few reports tell of a black wound on her side given by the beast, seeing it she ran into the sun of the dawn. Necros would remember her. Some believe that the maiden will be reincarnated into another young woman who will be just as mighty. This came true in the form of War Incarnate and the One Part Mother: Mia Winters.
