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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8565216" data-attributes="member: 58172">Regarding the Lawful alignment, that is spot on.Regarding the cosmology, it feels a bit too Greco-Roman and less Nordic.In the Nordic cosmologies, such as the Norse one, these personas are all vættir "beings", features of nature with moreorless equal standing. However, some parts of nature are hospitable to human life and other parts of nature are deadly to human life. The goð (singular and plural) are the ones who are conducive to humans, and are literally "invoked" by humans to acknowledge their constructive neighborliness. Forming a personal friendship with one of the vættir is possible, but mostly it is about being polite toward each other.The persona of the sky, or more specifically the astronomical calendar in use for agriculture, is Óðinn, who is central to Denmark but is peripheral to Norway. The Norwegians view him as treacherous, dishonest and backstabbing. The goal of Óðinn is strictly self-preservation, for himself and his group, almost at any price. He strikes me as True Neutral, utilizing both Lawful Þórr and Chaotic Loki as part of his scheming. There is even a reference to the Nornir being the salvation of humanity, which is an odd thing to say about the Nornir. But apparently the fate that destroys these personas is somehow ultimately a benefit to humanity. In any case, the Norwegians view Þórr as the Lawful reliable, even heroic, aspect of this cosmic natural order.In general, the best way to relate to these personas is like relating to troll: some troll are helpful some troll are cruel, and one does the best one can to deal constructively with them.</blockquote>

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