soo... I couldn't help but notice you were thinking about the children of Nyx 👀
this is old but i'm thinking about them again and more specifically about their power so enjoy this
momus does not often rely on this ability to do his dirty work because often just saying something is enough; but he truly can invade the inner recesses of the mind and torment a person from within. if confronting them verbally with their deepest flaws isn't enough, he can make them endure, see, and experience them viscerally. he's not a god of madness, but he's pretty damn close.
thinking about oizys snapping. she does not inflict misery the same way others might do so (nemesis, keres, etc). she is representative of the emotion, a conduit of sorts, a person who carries within her the weight of all the misery in the world. she does not like to cause pain - but if tested, she absolutely could. she was made to withstand it. imagine the destruction she might cause a person if they could feel everything she did, if only for a second. don't test her, honestly.
i think in a similar fashion, nemesis can also deeply influence the emotions of others. sometimes she enacts vengeance on her own terms - sometimes she manipulates the bloodlust, anger, and vindication in others to achieve the same ends. she can make you see red, but she uses this sparingly. nemesis is, naturally, quite balanced.














