#Those are actually just show strands of Joel's power which keeps the islands afloat

[ducksbyday]

Hello tumblr people

I am here to grant you some fancy Stratos headcanons :D

I think it would be a cool concept if Joel's power is completely dependant on his followers. The more people offer him things and the more people sing/pray to him, the more powerful he is.

For the empire of Stratos to come into existence, Joel's followers had to build the fountain. Its the core of Joel's power and without it he's basically human. Once he fountain is build and working, Joel can raise it into the sky and start the Empire of Stratos. Start his godhood.

With this power, he can create floating islands and buildings out of seemingly nothing, but he needs the trust and love from his people to do so. They grant him that power, because Stratos is build for Joel's people. Without the people, Stratos has no purpose and neither does Joel's godhood. So no followers = no power.

When building Stratos, there is a specific order Joel needs to follow. First, the fountain needs to be raised in the sky to show his people that he is present and that he is worthy. When that is done, Joel gains his complete godhood and builds The Stratosphere.

The Stratosphere is a depiction and a "storage" of his power. The larger the stratosphere, the more power Joel has.

This also means that when Joel uses his power to create things, the stratosphere shrinks, and when his people celebrate their God, it grows.

After that he has somewhat more freedom with what to build, but most of the time he chooses to build Hermes shrine. Since hermes doesn't really have any followers yet, Joel always makes sure that he is the first one (we love supportive fathers).

When that his done, he can choose to build the Eye of Stratos -which allows him to communicate with other gods and gain power from shrines far away from Stratos-, shrines to other gods or other little things like farms and such (also his Palace, if he has enough power).

Also, if something happens to the fountain and it gets distroyed, Joel will lose his power and the entirety of Stratos will come crashing to the ground :D the same goes for if Joel loses all his followers.

So if you live underneath Upper Stratos- Well, you better start praying big lad 👍