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[sythyry]

God Poll 1+0: Accanax

It is clear, from the comments, that some of you are ambivalent or downright displeased with the World Tree gods. Well, those of us who are their creations, clients, and playthings sometimes feel the same way. So I will ask a poll about each one. The results, perhaps alas, are not binding.

Accanax

Status:	Creator God, or, equivalently, Verb God
Domain:	Destroc, the Verb "destroy"
Prime Species:	Accanax alone created the Khtsoyis. It seems that this creation was not wholly satisfactory, and so, later, he and Reluu jointly created the Gormoror a few years later.
Appearance:	He sits in the high sky, appearing as a clot of darkness. When he is in a good mood, it is shot through with silver filigree.
Creations:	Accanax is the author of a great many monsters. Now and then, he creates a hundred new species in an afternoon. His creations are generally hasty, awkward, and ill-conceived. They are often stupid, barely fit for life, quite violent, and suffer greatly (e.g., venom bears, whose cheeks are perpetually wounded, meaning that the bears live a life of constant pain.) But they are no less dangerous for all that.
Benefices:	There are plenty of things that ought to be destroyed, and Accanax is just as happy to sponsor their destruction as the destruction of anything else. In my own skyboat, we have a vast source of curses and magical troubles; Accanax has given me a great blessing for breaking curses, or will have given once I get the several weeks to make it.
Commandments:	I've been given as direct a commandment from Accanax as anyone has, namely, "I like what you're doing; keep it up." He is hardly a domineering, all-controlling god.
Job:	Accanax, like the other creator gods, simply maintains his Verb and creates things. The Noun Gods actually keep the universe running.
Dark Trinity?	He's certainly qualified to be in the Dark Trinity.

[Poll #1404897]

Comments

[stormydragon.livejournal.com]

When I suggested killing the Gods, I wasn't seriously suggesting you should replace them; it was just my sarcastic way of booing at the villains.

Ultimately, the core of drama is conflict; your gods are great at causing conflict, which is why your stories are so interesting.

So while, as a person, I'd like to see the philosopher's colony work out, as a reader I think that would be really boring.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

[*grin* Sythyry was interested, at least. Zie suggested this series of polls. For my part, most of World Tree serves dramatic purposes -- but the residents are aware of that to some extent, and not particularly happy about it. Which fact serves the current story arc's dramatic purposes! -bb]

[read-alicia.livejournal.com]

"the residents are aware of that to some extent, and not particularly happy about it."

As created beings, why did the gods not account for this and give them some coping mechanism? Which would make them more alien and lovingly role-playable than they already are. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

[kris-schnee.livejournal.com]

They did -- the capacity for humor!

Here's a question for future polls: how would each of these gods react to someone who performed a satirical puppet show about them?