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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8339289" data-attributes="member: 6796468">So... the deities I initially chose, and the Tempest, represent things that people do not have control over, for the most part.The Dweller as a death-entity trapped in the afterworld, becoming a psychopomp, represents Death. You can fight death, you might even win for a while. But eventually we all perish. Everyone falls into the Underworld and we tell stories to make it more palatable. The Weaver works alongside the Dweller, giving mortals "Meaning" in life and death. That we have a specific end, a specific life, allows for a fatalistic nihilism where one will fulfill their destiny and die when the time comes.The Mountain as an uncaring force of creation and destruction represents obstacles beyond our power, but also Earthquakes and Thunder. Battles between the Tempest and the Mountain ring out with the impact of his weapons.The Serpent represents survival in harsh environments. Outside of arctic places there are always snakes and scaled beasts. But it also represents wisdom, betrayal, and the inherent danger in the world that you can't always control.The Beast is every vicious animal, poisoned plant, and Australian Death-Cuddler out there willing to end your entire existence in half a blink. He's every night's terror and howl of wolves or jackals just outside the gate.The Witch is everything we -don't- understand. Oh, she gave us magic. But that's like handing fireworks to a child. The child doesn't truly understand what he's got in his hands, the dangers of it, or how it works.The Tempest is the storm, the wave, the tide, the cycles of life and death. The tornadoes that destroy villages, the hurricanes that wipe out communities. Gale winds and lightning-fire with no more care for what it strikes than a falling tree.And the Flower represents our attempt to control it all. To elevate ourselves to it's level and hold some foolhardy hope that we can keep the Beast at bay. Death from taking us. The Storm from destroying all we hold dear. Or the Earth itself swallowing us up, whole.S'why I didn't really go in on the Blade. Sorry, [USER=6915329]@Faolyn[/USER]!</blockquote>

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