#loa lore

[brainman1987]

could I get Taishen in Tiana's blue dress? Pretty please 🥺

I hope I’ve done him justice….

[jat-a-fan-of-stuff]

Jat stop making ouaw ocs challenge impossible

SPARK!!!! Or Sparky as Gid calls her

shes a tiny fire genasi lost and looking for their mama :< but Gideon decides to help her (they are so much alike after all)

Shes a sweet and feral little bastard <3 im absolutley obsessed with her.

[laurenwalshart]

Worship of the Wild Gods/Loa

The list of Wild Gods is vast and complex. If you go to any Warcraft wiki and look up the Wild gods it becomes a maddening web that will leave you more confused than when you started. For many their understanding of the Wild Gods starts and stops with the Ancient Guardians of Mount Hyjal that fought in the War of the Ancients (Aessina, Aviana, Malorne, etc), but this isn’t the full picture of the Wild Gods as a whole.

Because of the complexity and diversity of the Wild Gods, it is a common misconception to label the Loa or August Celestials as lesser Wild Gods or something else entirely when in fact the terms are interchangeable. All of the Loa, the August Celestials,the  Ancient Guardians, greater and lesser spirits are Wild Gods. What is also clear is that there is a power of scale of the Wild Gods. Those more well known may be at the higher end of the power scale due to more followers, worship, and offerings granting them a greater portfolio of power and likely a wider reach. There may also exist greater and lesser spirits of a forest, a small grove, local temple, or a single tree that only have limited power in the local area where their followers worship them. (Some examples of this include the Great Bear Spirit in Nighthaven or the Deepwoods Spirits in Karasang Wilds)  

A more recent example that proves that Wild God and Loa are the same term came in 10.2 with a Gossiping Dryad discussing the Wild God/Loa Q’onzu. She says “I heard they’re demanding to be called a ‘Loa’ these days.” (questline “The Answers You’ve Earned”). What is interesting is that no mortals alive now seem to have a memory of Q’onzu and they claim to have existed long before recorded history. Perhaps we have never seen them on Azeroth because there is no one who remembers their name to worship them or provide offerings for them to cross from the Emerald Dream, in a similar way to how Hakkar or Mueh’alah require offerings and sacrifice to cross into our plane. 

What is interesting is that there may be one distinction between the Loa and the Ancient Guardians/August Celestials. The Guardians and Celestials may be bound to Order. It is said in Chronicle Vol. 1 “It was on the slopes of Mount Hyjal that Freya bound the spirits of her beloved Wild Gods to the Emerald Dream…” (pg 40) which includes a list of Wild Gods of both the Ancient Guardians and the August Celestials. In the case of the August Celestials they even chose to remain around a Titanic Facility. The Keeper Freya imbued with the power of Eonar the Life-Binder may be doing just that, binding primal nature spirits with order magic to make them more “stable.” (see Palawltar’s Codex of Dimensional Structure). Perhaps they are bound so they do not require as much worship to remain in reality or they are bound to maintain the order of the Titan’s restructuring of Azeroth and not seek out their own goals. We don’t truly know. What we do know is that while the records of the Titans and their Keeprs present their actions as benevolent and idyllic we know they are often half truths hiding darker experiments and much of the history before the Ordering of Azeroth. We do know life existed before Keeper Freya and as with many other points in Azeroth’s history the Titans Order the advancements of other domains and claim it as their own.  With all this in mind it appears the Loa may then be Wild Gods unbound by Order that require worship of their followers to manifest. This makes Q’onzu’s decision to be called the Loa of Change all the more interesting because Change can be Chaos and not Ordered.

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I’ve always found the concept of Greater and Lesser Spirits to be an interesting concept for Druid RP in WoW. Having a connection with one can ground your character to a specific grove, temple, forest, or jungle that they hold scared. Perhaps it is where they know the spirits well and move freely or perhaps this connection is what grants them their wild shapes instead of a big name Ancient Guardian. It also presents interesting roleplay opportunities when your character enters wilds or even biomes that they do not know and come in contact with spirits that are strangers to them. How does your Druid make themselves known or do they at all? Do they provide offerings or seek blessings to travel safely? Do they have rituals that they perform or make shrines for the Wild God they are devoted to? All small things that we don’t see in game very often or if at all, but add so much flavor.

[frutavel]

Fun OC fact of the day:

These four are technically related.

The three night elves are siblings, but if you go far back enough in the family tree it turns out they all share a common ancestor with Tau - and oddly enough the nelves are actually closer to that ancestor than Tau is. Their parents are very, very old elves, and all in all only a few generations removed from the dark trolls that bore them.

Kaharau is a dark troll who, according to legend, wanted to cheat death by becoming a loa. He sought to achieve this by having his friends and family pay him tributes in life, something that most saw as foolish or a joking manner.

The young ones took that to heart though, and a few too many eager younglings was more than enough to fulfill the old man's wish. It's said that ol' Kaharau became a trickster spirit in The Other Side, and while few know of his story, he is kept alive in legend and song and the occasional offering made by those who find some joy in his tale.

Kaharau's descendants would eventually split in two lines. One line was changed by the Well of Eternity into something entirely new, becoming the night elves that Adagio, Andryza and Rex were born from. The other line continued as they always had, and Urutau is now one of the few living grandchildren of a trickster loa.

[starryknight-dragonarts]

At a young age was traded by his parents to Heatran in exchange for a Heatran forged Sword, whether they were going to come back for him or not after the battle is anybody's guess but even with a sword made by the Legendary of the Forge they still fell in battle and the Sword was lost.

He was raised by Heatran till he was 18 spending his developing years working as his blacksmith's assistant given the name Crane Forgeron. He has the skills to be a truly Master Blacksmith and Craftsman but he doesn't enjoy doing it very much because it reminds him how he was abandoned and traded for a sword. Once he was able to forge his own path in the world he left Heatran with respect for his master and guardian but had no intention of sticking around, he wanted to see the rest of the world for himself and experience a lot of life's pleasures that he missed out on given his job's requirement for discipline. He had enough money to be comfortable for a while or be financially stable if he used it wisely, but he ended up wasting most of it within the first month being away with stuff like drinking and gambling. The one line he didn't want to cross was having unprotected sex. He likes physical pleasure and thinks himself a charmer to the ladies, but he had a shitty childhood because his parents weren't there for him and Heatran wasn't much of the nurturing type, so he doesn't want to ruin his own kids' life by not knowing them and not being there.

He spent a few years wandering around from place to place, got into music as well as mysticism, took up playing the Drums and learned about how the drums could be used to send secret messages, so he started playing on the street making a little money but also broadcasting beats with just his thoughts for somebody else to hear and pick up on, then eventually he got a response and was invited to join a Voodoo Temple. The Temple's members had been using drums for years to send secret information between members to establish meeting because their practices had been frowned upon and demonized in society as Giratina worship and Witchcraft, and then all of a sudden a stranger comes to town playing his own drums in a way that matches their codes but doesn't align with the information they were trying to convey. It confused them for a while before they figured out who was accidentally messing with their signal and that this guy wasn't doing it intentionally, he just wanted to be part of something. Crane felt welcomed by the group and began to model himself after one spirit in particular; Baron Samedi

Allow me to provide a little bit of context: In Real Voodoo there is one supreme god who created the universe but this god is indifferent to what goes on in the world, instead the world is run and watched over by spirits called the Loa which can be prayed to and appeased through specific offerings, rituals, and musical performances. There are at least 232 Loa recorded but potentially more and all of them have their own unique identities; different likes, dislikes, and powers which people invoke them for in exchange for guidance and services, and will sometimes interact with people by possessing a body and taking control. Some of these Loa are spirits that exist within nature, others were formerly notable mortal people like leaders of families or tribes, great warriors, hunters, etc…

Baron Samedi is the head Loa of the Gede Family the guardians of the past, of history, and of heritage and represent the Powers of Death and Fertility. He is essentially the Loa equivalent of a Grim Reaper. Nobody dies until the Baron buries them and then meets then on the other side. You could be saved from dying by convincing Baron Samedi that it is not your or your loved one's time to die yet and he is especially merciful to children wanting to see everybody live out a full and fulfilling life of happiness before they die, meaning because he controls who dies, he also has the most powerful healing powers curing any wound, disease, or cast hexes on anybody he deems deserves to die.

Pokemon does not nessisarily have Loa as Creator Spirits who are part of Nature since they have the Legendaries and the Legendaries are treated more as straight up Gods in a vast Pantheon, but there are multiple mentions around Ghost Type Pokemon that there is a Spirit world, so perhaps this version of Voodoo follows more of the aspect of people who have passed on are able to become powerful spirits who have specific jobs interacting with the Mortal world and can be evoked and appeased by Voodoo practitioners to do certain tasks if compensated correctly.

Maybe this world's version of Baron Samedi is one of many Reaper spirits whose job is to help other pokemon transition from life to death, but unlike classic depictions of a Grim Reaper, Baron Samedi is not nearly as "Grim". Quite the opposite actually, he is known for being a lot fun and the life of the party. He usually appears as a tall man with a face painted like a skeleton or just an animated skeleton himself dressed to the nines in a tall shiny black top hat, dark sunglasses, smoking expensive cigars, wearing a black tailcoat jacket, carrying an elaborate cane, downing bottles of rum, and dancing, shouting obscenities and having sex etc…And in one variation of the good Baron he also rides around in a carriage pulled by a horse who is also dressed like him (Top hat, tailcoat, sunglasses, smoking expensive cigars, so on…) He encouraging people to embrace humor and absurdity in life and in death.

The basic message of Baron Samedi that "Life is meant to be enjoyed" resonated with Crane. He took on the name new name of Crane de Samedi to further connect himself with the Spirit of the Party Baron. He worked with the voodoo Temple moving up to become a voodoo priest of Baron Samedi allowing the spirit to ride him and act through him in the world, but some of the other worshippers started to believe he was actually a mortal incarnation of the Baron himself and became one of the head priests of their sect. On the side the temple helped him go to college earn his doctorate studying Music & Performative Arts, Religious Studies, and Archeology, he was given a role as a professor in the college being known as the fun professor who likes to party and effectively balancing a life of Discipline and Hedonism.

Then one night while he was partying he met a Salazzle named Bellinora Eleaika who used him as a one night stand and ditched, this wasn't the first time he had a passing encounter but he would find out later through the spirits that she had used her pheromones to make him get her pregnant, and was using her male children as slaves. He could not stand for this and left his comfortable life to try to be a father to his children. 19 years later he would eventually find his eldest daughter Kaida La Croix and involve himself in her life…perhaps a little late but better than never.

[masked-alien-lesbian]

How do you see Verity and Aislinn’s careers going post LoA2? Also how does Aislinn feel about being in a relationship with a vampire (while she’s still a human)

Hi 🦋!

Life after LOA 2:

Well, Aislinn and Verity stay at Ricci, Tanaka & Wright (or was it Ricci, [MC's last name] and Tanaka? It's been a bit since I finished LOA2) until Aislinn is diagnosed with cancer and asks to be turned. (Which came at a good time because a LOT of people were commenting that Verity didn't look a day over 30) They "retire" and move back to Montana with Gena Wright (Verity's adoptive mom and the woman who turned them) and Aislinn is turned.

Now a newly turned vampire, Aislinn is slowly reintroduced into the world of humans gradually over 10 years (which seems like a long time but is actually short for a newly turned vampire. Aislinn has an exceptional amount of control for a vampire). They take some time to travel for a little bit and than decide to buckle down. They move to Alaska, get married again and go back to law school. After graduation and passing the bar exam they end up getting hired by rival firms lol. The few times they went head to head in the courtroom were 🥵 lol but they got a kick out of it. Eventually though they move up the ladder and together started their own law firm. Until they got too "old" so they start over in a new city, new life. From time to time Aislinn gets her teaching degree and teaches law as a college professor in some life times.

In between lifetimes, so about every 30-40 years, they spend time traveling together and/or just spending time in "retirement" until they get that itch for the courtroom and they happily start over.

Aislinn on Verity's Vampirism:

There was the initial shock when realizing that some of the supernatural creatures from stories were actually real but Aislinn accepted Verity and was in fact, fascinated by them.

Aislinn found Verity being a vampire sexy. Verity could hold and carry Aislinn without ever getting tired, Verity can easily pin her down, and there's no overpowering a vampire. And when Verity fed from her, it's an erotic experience. The downside, though, was that since Verity could easily lose control during sexy times, they tend to handle Aislinn like glass. They refuse to get rough with Aislinn until well after she's turned. A kiss could turn into broken teeth, jaws, or nose. Move too fast or too hard, Verity could accidentally break Aislinn's pelvis, clench Aislinn's wrists wrong and she would snap like a twig so Verity is careful to the extreme, which irritated Aislinn at times, but after having to replace the bed and a couple of desks a few times she understood Verity's fear. [The worst Aislinn "suffered" from Verity was some light bruises, which caused Verity to spiral, but Aislinn was pleased with and quickly tried to reassure Verity she was fine, she had gotten worse bruises by slamming into her own desk]

One of the biggest cons with living with a vampire is how big of a damper the sun can be to outside activities. Even though Verity always wears their bracelet, the sun still hurts and makes them sick if they're out under it for too long. Camping and hiking on a sunny day is miserable for Verity. And Aislinn found that out the hard way after Verity tried to tough it out for Aislinn and ended up nearly passing out. It about gave Aislinn a heart attack and after getting them out of the sun and their strength back, she scolded them for not telling her how bad it was. (At that time, Verity had Aislinn thinking the bracelet gave Verity total immunity to the sun rather than just partial, because they didn't want Aislinn to miss out on activities and her hobbies) Afterwards Aislinn is always checking in on Verity, making sure to always have a pair of sunglasses, an umbrella and a long sleeve shirt on her, just in case Verity forgets. (Which is often lol because as intelligent as Verity is, they can be a little bit of airhead when it comes to taking care of themselves.)

Hope you a great day/night! 🫶🏽

[hisnamewasphil]

I’ve been binging the hell out of Prime and Mikey has only replied to me three times, but I have a heart attack every single time.

[the-girl-who-didnt-smile]

The Original Color of Erzulie Freda (Hazbin Hotel)'s Magic

(these are all referring to DeviantArt OCs, not the actual lwa)

At the beginning of time, Erzulie Freda's magic was actually the color rose. Maman Brigitte's pink magic is a different hue, but Erzulie Freda's rose magic was the same hue as Erzulie Dantor's red magic. The only different was the shade, where Erzulie Freda's magic was lighter and Erzulie Dantor's magic was a darker shade of red.

After their bitter argument, Erzulie Freda split off from Erzulie Dantor. This caused her magic to change in color from rose to light blue. She split off from Erzulie Dantor because she is the most emotionally intelligent of the Loa; this was her way of trying to respect her sister's boundaries.

Should the twin sisters ever reconcile, Erzulie Freda's magic would go back to being rose in color.

[serpenlupus]

Akunda vs Kimbul

So I’ve had to postpone a bunch of projects  because I just, don’t have enough time. But there is a headcanon explored on the Kaia comic that I really wanted to share and talk about with others, so I’m gonna go ahead and just do that XD

I think that the Temples and cults of Akunda and Kimbul on the desert of Vol’dun are not there despite it being a place for criminals, but actually take a function there because of it. Let me explain!

So, for starters, I always found it curious that Akunda was stated to be the Loa of Storms and new beginings (edited for correction), and took away the painful memories of those who asked for it in his temple. Like, weirldy convenient that people that are sent to this place because of their “mistakes” or wrongdoings can just, forget about them.

Then on the Temple of Kimbul you have his teachings written on a visible spot and being very focused on courage, strength of will, not thinking you’re above nature, and just generally very noble values? And I’m assuming those are the ones the followers held when the Temple was inhabited.

And there is their placement on the map. Here I put my character on the entrance of each temple, in front of each Loa, and then compared.

It gave to me the impression that they were possitioned opposites of each other both geographically and also “morally”? As in, if we follow the logic of the Temples being there because of the outlaws, in one place they’d be forgetting their past pain and starting anew, while on the other they’d be faced with a specific set of morals that could revolve about facing their wrongdoings and rectifying them. Like, imagine rehabilitation.

Runing away from your mistakes vs facing them, sort of metaphor

(Obviously the out of game, IRL reason as to why the lessons of kimbul are so visible is for the player to have clues to complete the shrine of the ring quest, and Akunda erases memories to have to recover them for an important character, but I’m jsut havig fun here so xD)

Although, I don’t think all of the outlaws that Zuldazar sent to Vol’dun would go to either of the temples, nor all the people living in those temples would have been criminals. There’s always exceptions and variety.  We also don’t exactly know what crimes entail banishment to Vol’dun, and if you know about caste social systems you know some ““crimes”“ can be bullshit, so... I won’t speculate on that end.

There’s also an object called [Chain of Exemption] that implies you can only leave Vol’dun with a special permit, so I’m guessing an exiled couldn’t easily leave Vol’dun, or maybe could never leave, but life on the temples is a better alternative than the desert for sure (this item was added on shadowlands though).

The fall of the temple of Kimbul must have upset the balance at some point, given how he refused to accept new followers until the last ones were avenged. And we don’t know when exactly the Sethrak started to turn hostile (I didn’t consider Sethraliss in this equation because I couldn’t find a Troll follower of her in game), so this is a headcanon I have of the past of Vol’dun, and not of current. It gets a bit more explored in the comic as I say, but this is the gist of it ^^

What do you think, too far fetched? Maybe some of it makes sense? Let me know xD

Also, noticed the modus operandi of the Naga when it comes to Kimbul and Gral? Kill their followers while the Loa is away, leave their temple in ruins? What’s that about, are we gonna get more of Naga vs Trolls in the future? I think I’ll have to make another post regarding that.

[zyhaanz]

Have a tiny feeling Zul could and would have done this

[manifesttwinflamesss]

848 angel number

[jat-a-fan-of-stuff]

Jat stop making ouaw ocs challenge impossible

SPARK!!!! Or Sparky as Gid calls her

shes a tiny fire genasi lost and looking for their mama :< but Gideon decides to help her (they are so much alike after all)

Shes a sweet and feral little bastard <3 im absolutley obsessed with her.

[suboficialflores]

Once upon a time I was a Spanish lecturer at a university. They trusted me with 100-300 level classes (lol wild)

Then I was pulled into a Title IX investigation that really had nothing to do with me, and like an idiot I did what I thought was the right thing

If a professor rapes a student and another professor asks you to testify on behalf of the student, you may get fired as retaliation (even though that’s illegal)

Last I knew, the accused professor is still tenured

[screbel]

goddd I hate lost ark players. "nobody asked for cyberpunk cowboy skins" do you hear yourself? the cyberpunk cowboy skins in the game which has a whole chunk of lore dedicated to cyberpunk cowboys from cyberpunk country where cowboys are from??? and you don't want them?????? shut up shut up

[corkinavoid]

Quick question

I have three things on my mind:

1 - Horror Castle AU - Tim (possibly with a secretary/bodyguard/other Bat) has come to Vlad's castle to discuss some deal between DalvCo and WE, met Danny (possibly also Dani and Dan, possibly some of them, or all of them de-aged), heard some disturbing shit, got curious and stayed for dinner to learn more. I may or may not add Al Ghul Twins, LoA, Lazarus Waters, cannibalism, plain horror stories, and just creepy af vibes here. Approximately a one-shot. Vaguely inspired by this prompt but does not follow it closely.

2 - Call for Adventure AU - in the middle of conflict between Infinite Realms and Earth, Tim had been taken hostage by denizens of the Realms. Danny, the peace-keeper and a future King, steals him away with a portal, but it backfires, and both boys are stranded who the fuck knows where, while Danny is wounded and unable to make portals for some time. Now, they have to work together in order to make it back to Earth before Infinite Realms wage war. And it's all fantasy-world flavored, with magic lore and cultural differences. Yes, they end up falling in love.

3 - Other Call for Adventure AU - basically the same thing as one above, only it's not fantasy-world flavored, it's futuristic-space-odissey flavored, with cosmic horrors, spaceships, Tim being the genius tech mastermind that relies on science and machinery while Danny is a species native to space. Danny is the cosmic horror, yes.

The question is, what should I focus on first? I'll probably end up writing both (the call for adventure is either fantasy or space, so it's not three but two ideas, really), but I can't do them at the same time, unfortunately.

Also, no matter what you choose, it will be a while before I post it anyway.

[the-girl-who-didnt-smile]

On the Avatars of the Loa (Hazbin Hotel)

The Loa (Non-Canon Hazbin Hotel Fanfiction) are enormous “clouds” of colored magic that project magic avatars into three-dimensional space to interact with humans. Being intermediaries between uppercase God and humans, they are required to pick avatars that take on human forms. 

The only exception is Damballah, for he is the original prototype with additional features no present in the other Loa. He is the only one who was allowed to select anything he wanted for his avatar. The default, “true” form of his avatar is actually his giant white snake form (this man really likes being a snake!) He shapeshifts between this and his naga form because he likes the convenience of human hands. He will also begrudgingly shapeshift into a fully human form when necessary. He tends to assume a half or fully human form when interacting with humans, out of courtesy (he is a very courteous man).

The Loa can shapeshift their avatars into whatever they want, at the cost of a tiny amount of magic. This cost is so small, it’s totally negligible. However, they are not allowed to assume a shapeshifted form for “too long”. This phrase “too long” is pretty fuzzy. Basically, the longer they stay shapeshifted, the more likely it is for uppercase God to “ticket” them. It’s not like they are incapable of staying shapeshifted for extremely long periods of time, it’s that they risk getting caught and penalized by uppercase God. He doesn’t really care if the shapeshifted form is human, but he has an issue with non-human forms (there is a man in the jazzband who REALLY likes being a dog…he is not allowed to stay in that form for “too long”!) Uppercase God is pretty lax with this rule. In all of eternity, there have been few to no instances where he’s had to “ticket” someone for being shapeshifted “too long”.

If any of the Loa want to change the default, “true” state of their avatar, they can do so at any time. However, they have to get approval from uppercase God / Bondye. Uppercase God is the only one who actually has the power to change the default states of the Loas’ avatars. The Loa themselves are denied this power (technically, they have the power to do this, but this power is suppressed). Uppercase God turned off this feature in his creations, to ensure they are human in form for most of their existence. It’s really not an inconvenience, because the approval process is very quick. From the perspective of a human (or, any human-like being), it’s just instantaneous! Uppercase God just has to check that the desired, new avatar is human in form. As long as it meets this criteria, he approves the change.