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MORTAL CHARACTERS

Mortals within the game are an interesting factor, as many deities are looking to regain their power. The faith and worship of mortals is what fuel that, so there is the element of attempting to gain this from mortal characters as well as from a few NPCs.

On a whole, mortals are completely unaware that gods walk amongst them. Some have seen others do things they can’t really explain and either they become a believer in the paranormal or they rationalize some logical explanation for what they saw. Very few mortals will be allowed to come into the game having knowingly met a Green deity of any kind (and it is suggested that if this is the case, that there is pre-arranged background between the mortal and the god in question).

Characters can come into the game with any personal belief they like. They may be Christian, Buddhist, Mormon, or any other religion. They may not have any belief in a higher power at all. They may also have a belief in the Greek gods and choose to worship one or more of them.

Pantheon Helenus
There is already a group of mortals of the Hellenistic faith active within Chicago. Members of this group are open for play. Many members of this organization have a primary god they worship but they revere all.

The head Priest and Priestess are not positions that are open for application. They are NPCs and players are more than welcome to note that their characters have been inducted into the group by either figure. Induction is rather simple. There is usually a brief screening process to ensure that the character is truly interested and not simply posing as a believer for whatever reason. That’s it. The temple is open to all visitors except on days of celebration.

OLD SOULS

Old Souls are basically reincarnations of figures from Greek mythology. Everyone from Orpheus to Herakles. In The Fall (as explained in the Gods section), the heroes that were placed in the sky as constellations fell back to earth and those that dwelled in the Underworld were, basically, kicked out. All these souls were thrown into the earthly cycle of life, death, and rebirth. These souls have been reincarnated hundreds of times over, sometimes never regaining the memories of their original life.

For most old souls, the memories are little more than brief flashes in dreams and feelings of deja vu. Being in fairly close proximity to deities will aid in the recovery of their original memories, both with direct contact as well as being in the same area (such as a city) as several deities. The memories will slowly come through, as more vivid dreams, thoughts, and feelings that may seem slightly alien to them. Sometimes such things are actively triggered by certain things or situations.

Playing and Old Soul
We are offering the ability to play heroes and mortal figures of Greek mythology though the old soul character. When creating and old soul, the personality and some behavior should have some similarities to the mythology character. This does not mean that you have to play an evil character if their old soul was evil; it just makes the recovery of memories a bit more interesting for this character.

Coming into the game, many old souls do not have much of any recollection of their original lives. The most many have had is within dreams of which they do not remember much. Vague feeling and deja vu, basically. Throughout the game your mortal will come in contact with god characters and the energy of those beings will being to awaken the memories of the old soul. Many memories of the original soul’s early life (such as childhood) will be entirely forgotten.

How exactly they come back and how the character handles it us entirely up to the player. The progress in regaining memories will be slow and never instantaneous. Some characters will be able to handle it well, some will not. At first it will seem almost like there are two persons living within the same body, each having different memories and feelings. The more comfortable a character gets with the concept, the easier it will be for these two elements to merge.



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