Path Skills: Empathy, Persuasion
Virtues: Egotism and Kinship
Scent of the Divine: Olives in hot air, with a murmuring crowd
Theoi Motif
The most high may grant their favor to those who beseech them.
The mythos of the Theoi is replete with tales of transformation, old forms changed into new entities. Gods take on the shapes of animals and humans, weather and geography, even abstract forms such as thoughts or emotions.
They also transform others, turning foes into beasts, lovers into flowers, and heroes into constellations. This Purview governs both kinds of transformations, allowing Theoi Scions to emulate their parents’ mutability.
Theoi Signature Purview: Metamorphosis
The Theoi are perhaps unique among all other pantheons for
their facility with shapechanging — both their own, and that of others. Indeed, rare is the story of any of these Gods and Goddesses that does not involve a transformation or a disguise or some sort, even as things that bear not even the slightest resemblance to the humanoid form. While the half-mortal form of young Scions is not quite so fluid, they are nonetheless far more malleable than any ordinary mortal, and as they grow in power they will be able to slip between forms with ease — or trap others in forms not their own.
The Theoi are mighty, but they are also very human, and are known for intervening in mortal affairs at a rate almost unheard of in some other pantheons. When one’s own powers have come up short, the Gods may well be inclined to tip the scales. Of course, the Theoi are mighty, but they are also very human.
Pettiness is one of their chief attributes, and while they listen for prayers they are hardly at the beck and call of every schlub on the street. Wasting a deity’s time is an excellent way to offend them, and in such a case the best possible outcome is the Gods simply ignoring the petitioner. Scions of the Theoi have less to worry about when invoking the favor of the Gods, who are usually inclined to smile on their children. The downside is, of course, that the Theoi are, generally speaking, not good parents, and even when they mean well are moody and unpredictable when angered — Demeter may have pulled out all the stops to get Persephone back, but she almost killed the World to do it.
Metamorphosis Innate Purview
Your mutable nature lends itself to disguise. When you conceal your identity by any means, trivial characters automatically fail to see through your deception. When you roll to disguise yourself or present yourself as someone else, you ignore any Complications from changing height, size, race, sex, or even species.
VIRTUES
Egotism vs. Kinship
The Theoi struggle between their individualistic arrogance and the demands of storge, familial love. The former means they occasionally tend towards truly monstrous overreactions. The latter means they’re quite good at ignoring the outrageous outbursts from the former Virtue.
Theoi, of Greece & Rome
APHRODITE, GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY
Aliases: Venus
Callings: Lover, Guardian, Creator
Purviews: Beauty, Fertility, Passion (Desire), Passion (Love), Prosperity
APOLLO, GOD OF MUSIC, PROPHECY, AND HEALING
Aliases: Phoebus
Callings: Healer, Judge, Sage, Shepherd
Purviews: Artistry, Epic Dexterity, Health, Sun, Magic
ARES, GOD OF WAR
Aliases: Mars
Callings: Warrior, Lover, Guardian, Outsider, Destroyer
Purviews: Chaos, Fertility, Order, Passion (Rage), Passion (Valor), Prosperity, War
ARTEMIS, GODDESS OF THE HUNT
Aliases: Diana
Callings: Hunter, Guardian, Healer
Purviews: Beasts, Epic Dexterity, Health, Moon, Wild
ATHENA, GODDESS OF HEROES, WISDOM, STRATEGY, AND LAW
Aliases: Minerva
Callings: Guardian, Warrior, Sage, Shepherd
Purviews: Artistry (Weaving), Beasts (Owl), Epic Dexterity, Order, War
DEMETER, GODDESS OF AGRICULTURE
Aliases: Ceres
Callings: Creator, Guardian, Judge
Purviews: Earth, Epic Stamina, Fertility, Order
DIONYSUS, GOD OF REVELRY
Aliases: Bacchus
Callings: Lover, Liminal, Sage, Outsider
Purviews: Artistry (Theatre), Chaos, Deception, Fertility, Passion (Ecstasy) , Wild
HADES, GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD
Aliases: Plouton, Pluto
Callings: Judge, Leader, Liminal
Purviews: Darkness, Death, Earth, Prosperity
HEPHAESTUS, GOD OF CRAFT AND INDUSTRY
Aliases: Vulcan
Callings: Creator, Trickster, Sage
Purviews: Epic Stamina, Fire, Forge, Fortune
HERA, GODDESS OF MARRIAGE
Aliases: Juno
Callings: Judge, Lover, Leader, Shepherd
Purviews: Beauty, Fertility, Health, Order, Passion (Fidelity), Prosperity
HERMES, GOD OF BOUNDARIES AND TRAVEL
Aliases: Mercury
Callings: Trickster, Liminal, Sage, Psychopomp
Purviews: Death, Deception, Epic Dexterity, Journeys, Prosperity, Magic
HESTIA, GODDESS OF THE HEARTH AND SACRIFICE
Aliases: Vesta
Callings: Guardian, Healer, Judge
Purviews: Fire, Fortune, Order, Prosperity
PERSEPHONE, GODDESS OF THAT WHICH RISES FROM THE EARTH
Aliases: Kore, The Maiden
Callings: Judge, Leader, Liminal
Purviews: Death, Fertility, Health
POSEIDON, GOD OF THE SEA
Aliases: Neptune, Earth-Shaker
Callings: Guardian, Hunter, Leader
Purviews: Beasts (Horse), Epic Strength, Earth, Water
ZEUS, GOD OF THE SKY
Aliases: Jupiter
Callings: Leader, Lover, Trickster
Purviews: Deception, Epic Strength, Epic Stamina, Fortune, Order, Sky
HECATE, LADY OF THE CROSSROADS
Aliases: Brimo, Perseis
Callings: Healer, Liminal, Sage
Purviews: Beasts (Dogs), Darkness, Fortune, Journeys, Moon, Stars, Wild, Magic
TITANS
CRONUS
Aliases: Khronos, King of the Titans, Saturnus
Callings: Adversary, Destroyer, Tyrant
Purviews: Death, Deception, Earth, Epic Stamina, Epic Strength, Fertility, Frost, Order, Passion (Hunger)
Virtues: Rapacity, Dominance
ECHIDNA
Aliases: Dracaena, She-Viper
Callings: Creator, Guardian, Monster
Purviews: Beasts (Serpents), Chaos, Darkness, Epic Stamina, Fertility, Fire, Passion (Maternal Love), Wild
GAEA
Aliases: Allmother, Gaia, Ge, Mother Earth
Callings: Creator, Primordial (Earth), Tyrant
Purviews: Beasts (Black Sheep), Earth, Epic Stamina, Fertility, Fortune, Health, Prosperity, Wild
PHOEBE Purview: Fortune
Virtues: Foresight, Kinship, Dominance.
RHEA
Purview: Earth
Virtues: Fecundity, Kinship
TYPHON Purview: Fire.
Virtues: Fecundity, Submission