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palipunk · 10 months
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‘I could fix her’ babe she just overthrew the chantry and made herself Divine 
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atherix · 1 year
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if its not a bother, would you mind talking a little about angels and the similar lower deities of the midnight universe? i was rereading some of your previous answers abt the pantheons and the lower deities sound sooo interesting, especially the ones under the death pantheon.. are we ever gonna meet any angel or reaper characters? (me when angels are used to represent death goes crazy goes crazy goes crazy)
Oh sure! We've actually met a couple, in fact. Well, one, more like- Wilbur's an interesting case, but Phil is ofc an Angel of Death :) I think anyone who knows any Philza/Mumza/SBI lore already knows this, and I was pretty heavy hinting in Midnights Past that Phil and Wilbur Are Not Human, so there we go, we've already met a lower deity and a.... whatever Wilbur is :) I mean. What do you call the son of a lower deity and a god?
So lower deities generally work directly under the deity/god of their pantheon. They're semi-immortal and can be made when a god chooses a Supernatural OR Natural to serve them, as well as being born to a lower deity (as Wilbur and Tommy are). Their semi-immortality lasts only as long as their god favors/blesses them, and like Vampires they can't die from aging (as long as they have Death's blessing, once she revokes that they become mortal again, though they get to keep their magic) but only from outside forces (discluding sickness- Vampires can still get sick but lower Deities cannot, as they have divine protection). Angels of Death and Reapers (Reapers WILL be explained later, because oh BOY Reapers... Reapers, oh man, I can't wait to explain them but I can't right now because it's a huge spoiler) are basically what the first Vampires were trying to emulate/become. Angels of Death are often considered Harbingers bc they have extremely destructive magic, including Wither magic, and once upon a time were basically Judges, who would bring destruction/death upon those who don't pass their tests. This isn't really done anymore, of course- it's more of an... early society thing. To keep things... in order. The gods can be loving and kind but no one ever said they were merciful.
Of course there are Lower Deities of other Pantheons, but... again, a lot of them I can't actually. Go into. Like, I can't go into the Lower Deities of the Watchers without major spoilers. There are Angels for practically every Pantheon except Fae and Watchers, and they're often viewed as vessels for/eyes of their god, but ya know. Death Angels are probably the scariest because of what they've been tasked with.
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