Deities of Arcadia

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Long after their followers, worshipers, and cults had broken apart, the deities of the old world, fearing they themselves would fade came together and decided to create a new world, in their image. The new Utopia, the humans spoke highly of, so they could finally be restored and continued their existence, for you see, the Gods of the old world were not truly immortal, as long as mortals validated their existence. Hundred of years ago, they had found a multi-nexus world, fitting to their liking, Arcadia. The only problem being that most of the Gods disagreed on how to control this new place to channel their power. In result, the city utopia was split into four sections, representing four major division with the Gods. Calliope, Verdandi, Methuselah, and Sídhe.

Though with a new land, connecting to many worlds and different times, in order to keep the land itself, literally stable, the Gods had to give up their powers, binding the world, in a rare joint agreement. Although limited in their powers and not as all-knowing and omnipotent as before, the Gods would keep their immortality, bound to the land they created. However, the eldest of the Gods, Brahma, managed to intact his fellow Brethren to keep a few of their powers, only on certain occasions, due to Brahma seemingly holding no absolute allegiance to either deities or mortals. For this reason alone, the city of Arcadia has been left to function, almost on it's own, sometimes in periods of chaos and sometimes in periods of peace. Some of the Gods heed sympathy to mortals, some do not. And more likely than anything, most Gods do not agree with each other. In the grand spectrum of things, this doesn't prevent the Gods seeking power from the mortals who sometimes are more powerful than a God that come across Arcadia.
Simply, the Gods will offer bargains, to sway people, offer protection, to keep balance, or to create pure chaos. It is up to each citizen of Arcadia, tied to a God to beware their choices, because there are two sides to each coin, as they say. They, of course, do not flaunt their real names, take the name of citizens, and change their appearances to blend in more.

Divisions of the city really represent forces of Gods (some of them unnamed, but they do exist), sometimes alone by themselves, or sometimes in pairs.

Gods of Calliope

Walking amongst mortals and shape-shifting...

Loki

     is the Norse god of deception and mischief, a giant/deity, moving freely 
     between gods and clearly doing all he can to stir things up between them. 
     Despite much research, "the figure of Loki remains obscure; there is 
     no trace of a cult, and the name does not appear in place-names." Sources 
     inconsistently place him among the Æsir; however, this may only be 
     due to his close relation with Odin and the amount of time that he spends 
     among the Æsir. The foster brother of Odin, loosely attached from 
     his own family, he runs rampant among mortals. Like other deities in the 
     Eddas, Loki is described with many names: Lie-Smith, Sly-God, Shape-Changer, 
     Sly-One, Lopt, Sky Traveller, Sky Walker and Wizard Of Lies among others.

     

     Loki was not so much a figure of unmitigated badness as a kind of celestial 
     con man. He would often bail out the gods after playing tricks on them, 
     as illustrated by the myth in which he shears Sif's hair and then replaces 
     it, or when he is responsible for the loss of Iðunn's apples of youth 
     and then retrieves them again. Loki is an adept shape-shifter, with the 
     ability to change both form (examples include transmogrification to a salmon, 
     horse, bird, flea, etc.) and sex. 

Gods of Verdandi

The eldest god, and the god of creation. Your governor of Arcadia.

Allegedly, he created himself, mixed legends, some say he was born from the lotus that grew from Vishnu as he dreamed of the universe, others say he was born from water. Traditionally, he is depicted with four arms and a body. And due to his position, he is the eldest deity in Arcadia, and has had a lot of saying in it's current function. You can also look at him as the-not-so-there "governor", if that even fits the term. Shiva himself has cursed him from being worshiped by mortals.

Just like in the old world, he prefers to let his creations run on their own free will. Brahma is firm in this belief, that all the people in Arcadia are to have their own free will. On the other hand, being the creator and father figure, he does not immediately side with the citizens of Arcadia quickly. Nor does he with his fellow deities.

Powers: Out of all the Gods, he has none, his only being that he can control the other Gods, if he so chooses it. The other could be said for his incarnations, if they were currently in the city. Plights can be made, but it is noted he can get easily annoyed and has the tendency to brush things off.

Status in Arcadia: He is the illusive Governor...though that term might not fit him, he just likes it. He would appear to be the mediator, at times, but more than naught, he carries the philosphy of 'leave me the fuck alone, figure it out for yourself". But the strain behind the other Gods, every so often, brings him back to handle them all. Has noted dislike of Methuselah and the Gods who control that area.
Appearance: He was given the ability to change his appearance once, and tends to look like a man with a goatee, tattoos, and wears the clothes to suit a rock star.
Civilian name: Barry Devon (which can be a bit of a play on "Braham" and "deva")

Represents Verdandi -- not by choice, however.

Methuselah

The land that is largely considered cursed, rumored to have ties to the Underworld. Not surprising, this cursed section of land -- which can be argued either way -- is home to the deities revolving around the Underworld and the land of the dead.

Sídhe

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