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[GODHOOD] Divine Profile
May. 11th, 2017 01:16 pmTitle, as named by the Divine: Sorrow's Shade, Lord of the Vale (common title simply The Shade)
Status: Minor God
Primary Domain (God Of): Death, Loss, Grief, (Twilight)
Secondary Domain (Patron Of): the grave, morticians, (the orphaned), the enslaved, the wrongfully accused, deception, (victims of torture), (abused children), revenge, victims of depression, (stillborn children), missing persons, murder victims, (newborn infants), abandoned buildings, (new homes), Spiritualism
* (all domains in parentheses are lesser known spheres of the Shade's influence)
ASPECTS OF THE SHADE
While the Shade has been mistakenly tied to numerous existing death mythologies across the globe, the follow are the aspects under which the Shade proper is known to humans or worshiped by various cults and religions:
- Gentle Death: a death god or angel who comforts those with foreknowledge of their own end. He is depicted as an angel of Christian origin with black wings, and of immense size, weeping over the deathbed. Though not widely known, it is the most common image in which he is worshiped.
- Reaper of the Wayward: an aspect of Death, specifically hunting down and capturing souls bound for Purgatory, away from the eyes of both God and the Devil. He is one of the only versions of the Grim Reaper depicted in American Western motif, a skeleton in frontier dress.
- Lord of Twilight: a neopagan god and guardian of the in-between, where day ends and night begins. Commonly mistaken for Hades, he is depicted as an arcane figure in Gothic dress.
- The Black Dog: a harbinger of death, an omen or apparition of impending doom. The representation is that of a massive black canine, but those associated with the Shade are depicted as protectors rather than aggressors, advancing not on the victim, but with their back to the victim to stand against the threat or the world at large.
- Specter Of Death: a malevolent spirit that brings doom simply with his presence. He is depicted as a wraith with flames around his head and black sockets for eyes.
- Guardian of the Forgotten: an ancient, angry spirit buried in an unmarked grave, he is often seen around other unmarked graves in cemeteries or remote areas where victims of murder, genocide, or execution are buried. He also appears to prisoners of war, victims of abduction, the elderly, the homeless, and other forgotten souls to bring them comfort and strength until they are recovered or acknowledged. He is depicted as the ghostly figure of a man with a kind expression, in modern dress with a Western bent, occasionally as an angel of Christian origin.
- Satan's Bane: a vengeful angel of the Lord said to be responsible for escorting Lucifer out of Hell after his fall from grace. His image, a Christian angel with a sword of pure light, is sometimes mistaken for that of Michael, or the angel guarding the gates of Eden against Adam and Eve's reentry.
- Angel of the Grave: a death god and divine protector of graves against robbery or defilement, a patron saint of morticians and all who care for the dead. He is depicted as a grey angel of Christian origin with shovel and scythe in hand and the face of a human skull topped by a halo.
- God of Hidden Places: a god of vengeance and truth, tasked with protecting things that are necessary to hide, and exposing secrets that are harmful to the innocent. Depicted as a soldier or warrior, in themes varying depending on the era, he is often mistaken for both the Devil and the archangel Michael in this aspect.
(more to be added as they come up!)
Status: Minor God
Primary Domain (God Of): Death, Loss, Grief, (Twilight)
Secondary Domain (Patron Of): the grave, morticians, (the orphaned), the enslaved, the wrongfully accused, deception, (victims of torture), (abused children), revenge, victims of depression, (stillborn children), missing persons, murder victims, (newborn infants), abandoned buildings, (new homes), Spiritualism
* (all domains in parentheses are lesser known spheres of the Shade's influence)
ASPECTS OF THE SHADE
While the Shade has been mistakenly tied to numerous existing death mythologies across the globe, the follow are the aspects under which the Shade proper is known to humans or worshiped by various cults and religions:
- Gentle Death: a death god or angel who comforts those with foreknowledge of their own end. He is depicted as an angel of Christian origin with black wings, and of immense size, weeping over the deathbed. Though not widely known, it is the most common image in which he is worshiped.
- Reaper of the Wayward: an aspect of Death, specifically hunting down and capturing souls bound for Purgatory, away from the eyes of both God and the Devil. He is one of the only versions of the Grim Reaper depicted in American Western motif, a skeleton in frontier dress.
- Lord of Twilight: a neopagan god and guardian of the in-between, where day ends and night begins. Commonly mistaken for Hades, he is depicted as an arcane figure in Gothic dress.
- The Black Dog: a harbinger of death, an omen or apparition of impending doom. The representation is that of a massive black canine, but those associated with the Shade are depicted as protectors rather than aggressors, advancing not on the victim, but with their back to the victim to stand against the threat or the world at large.
- Specter Of Death: a malevolent spirit that brings doom simply with his presence. He is depicted as a wraith with flames around his head and black sockets for eyes.
- Guardian of the Forgotten: an ancient, angry spirit buried in an unmarked grave, he is often seen around other unmarked graves in cemeteries or remote areas where victims of murder, genocide, or execution are buried. He also appears to prisoners of war, victims of abduction, the elderly, the homeless, and other forgotten souls to bring them comfort and strength until they are recovered or acknowledged. He is depicted as the ghostly figure of a man with a kind expression, in modern dress with a Western bent, occasionally as an angel of Christian origin.
- Satan's Bane: a vengeful angel of the Lord said to be responsible for escorting Lucifer out of Hell after his fall from grace. His image, a Christian angel with a sword of pure light, is sometimes mistaken for that of Michael, or the angel guarding the gates of Eden against Adam and Eve's reentry.
- Angel of the Grave: a death god and divine protector of graves against robbery or defilement, a patron saint of morticians and all who care for the dead. He is depicted as a grey angel of Christian origin with shovel and scythe in hand and the face of a human skull topped by a halo.
- God of Hidden Places: a god of vengeance and truth, tasked with protecting things that are necessary to hide, and exposing secrets that are harmful to the innocent. Depicted as a soldier or warrior, in themes varying depending on the era, he is often mistaken for both the Devil and the archangel Michael in this aspect.
(more to be added as they come up!)
