#feel free to go 'wow maja thats insane and makes no sense so far' cuz yeah ik 😭

[majachee]

*poked you with a stick* what's your lore

OOOUUUUUGGGGH 👁👁

Buckle up because this is a wip and a half and also I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT DOWM ALREADY

In this world, pantheons co-exist, usually peacefully. They watch over their followers and the regions they occupy. It loosely mirrors our own world, but with a heavy mythological spin and a different history. Galileo is spinning in his grave rn cuz im using mythology rules for the sun and moon.

Worship is important to a god's livelihood, yes, but only in terms of giving them a more personal connection to the mortal realms and helping them fulfil a purpose. They will not keel over and die if they are no longer worshipped or believed in, but they will often feel alienated and directionless for a while before finding a new purpose - typically staying and keeping control of the natural world with the other nature gods of Earth (ie: the sun gods and moon gods still tend to the sun and moon), tending to the underworlds/afterlifes, taking care of the mythical beasts of the region, etc. If the god has no connections to nature or underworld, they can stick around and help, wander the world and explore other regions, help out other pantheons, etc.

A pantheon no longer being worshipped is considered a "fallen" pantheon - while some of the godly families do stick together, others separate, like the Hellenistic pantheon. A pantheon no longer being worshipped is seen as a natural part of a religion's life-cycle. Humans change and make new discoveries every day, so of course their spirituality will change over the centuries. That doesn't mean it isn't feared by some of the gods, especially those who are egotistical and driven by the worship. Like the stories involving death and escaping its hold, there are gods who have tried and failed to prevent the dwindling spirituality of the populace.

A lack of worship does not dissuade the strings of fate. If a prophecy was not fulfilled while the pantheon was being worshipped, it will still come into play at a later date - at least, that's the theory.

Fate is seen as absolute by most, but by a specific few fate is seen as something that can be toyed with, and is fickle and always-changing in nature.

The story begins with a world out of balance; Ra has disappeared from the sky midday, the collection of underworlds are being ravaged and disrupted, Fimbulwinter has started in Midgard despite Baldr being alive and well, along other unnerving anomalies worldwide. It's up to our collection of literary heroes to traverse the mortal and celestial realms, meet with gods new and old, and find out what's happening! And hopefully fix it! Hopefully.... and hopefully not before making things worse. Staring at Wukong who's one of the main characters rn. Still deciding on the other guys I want him to team up with (besides the obvious JttW gang cuz of course Tripitaka sticks around)

There is a group of gods who are suspected to be behind some of these anomalies: the leaders being the grief-stricken Boreas, the veangeful Loki, and a mysterious traveller with an uncanny appearance and a silver tongue. They hold no sympathy towards the ruling figureheads of the pantheons, having been hurt and betrayed by those they considered comrades. These antagonists have emotionally manipulated several misfit/outcasted deities and mythical beings into joining them against the gods and Macaque is one of them.

So that's where he fits in. He was miraculously saved from certain death by the other two celestial primates, but their taunting and spiteful words pushed him away right into the antagonists' open arms, being used as nothing short of a disposable tool for distruction.

Others include Hypnos, Liber, Orcus, Mordred, Atë, and. Several others that i'm still deciding on/doing research for.

So yeah, not only do the heroes of the story have to figure out why the world is going wack, screw around with fate a bit, but also gotta face emotionally manipulative and manipulated assholes. Redemption arcs included.

Still planning out all the arcs of the story itself, I have the first third of the story drafted out and I do plan on making art in the future exploring certain concepts.

I like toying with fate in stories, that myth of Freyr originally surviving Ragnarok only to change his fate to DYING BRUTUALLY cuz he gave away his sword for a girlboss who doesnt like him and was way out of his league INSPIRED ME. Man decided to die by Surtr for a woman who won't call him back, for a queen who gave him a fake phone number at a bar, a girlboss who owns like 20 different guns and won't hesitate to Kill. Men.

That myth awoke something feral within me, i'm sorry.

And if these seem greco-roman and norse specific so far, that's because I spent the most time studying those and i'm still studying other mythos and religions for inspo.