#pelor

[circle-of-wildfire]

arrival of dawn

[shellem15]

"If the gods become mortal, there will inevitably be at least 20 random dudes claiming to be the mortal incarnation of the Dawnfather at any given time." Yes. And one of them will be Asmodeus.

[floweroflaurelin]

What cannot be seen is not gone forever.

[johnnyspells]

Downfall: Part Two

[akitalockwood]

The key to beating artblock is getting really attached to the human child avatar of Pelor who knew

[burr-ell]

asmodeus spitting that "i will ALWAYS hate you", pelor just thundering "do not lie to me" and assuming his true form, asmodeus's presence dissipating. just shot after shot without missing

[astrangertomykin]

After Downfall the weight of Deanna "Are you worth saving?" to the Dawnfather just sits so much heavier. The Dawnfather, who stood as Aeor burned, and wept because he wanted to save them all, regardless of their actions or beliefs - the people of Aeor who sought his destruction, his siblings who turned their back on them, his brother who spat venom in his face and caused their sister so much pain. Of course he didn't like being asked if he was worth saving, he is the embodiment of compassion & mercy, and everyone, no matter who, deserves a chance at survival. It's not the question is about him, it's the fact it was even asked at all.

[toaarcan]

Molaesmyr, or "Why wiping out a city is okay if you're me", by Ludinus Da'leth.

I was waiting for a drop like that, to be honest. To find out that Ludinus has already done what was, for the gods, their darkest moment, and for him it was Tuesday.

The gods destroyed Aeor because Aeor was pointing a gun at their heads, for them it was self-defence and they still tried to find other options first. Ludinus destroyed Molaesmyr to try and reach the moon, and wrote it off as an acceptable loss.

And the thing is, the people of Molaesmyr were just as, if not more helpless against Ludinus than Aeor was against the gods! Aeor had a god-killing weapon in their basement that they were gearing up to use! And when the gods did attack Aeor, they had to do so in mortal form, which rendered them much weaker. For the first half of the battle in the Factorum Malleus, Aeor is winning, the gods are losing HP and falling to bad saving throws and getting interrupted at every turn. It's only once SILAHA gets free of the stun and manages to drop his Meteor Swarm on the wards that the tide turns.

There was no such chance for Molaesmyr. They probably didn't even know what he was doing until he'd already exploded their homes. They weren't pointing a gun at him. They were just in the way.

But it's okay when Ludinus has vastly more power than anyone else and throws their lives away to achieve his goals.

I think gods like the Dawnfather, the Everlight, the Arch Heart, the Lawbearer, the Knowing Mistress, and the Matron of Ravens care vastly more about the mortals that Ludinus claims to champion than he does. I think it broke their hearts to kill as many as they did, while for Ludinus, it was easy.