Hey all and welcome to the God of Discovery Q&A
I have gathered some questions from here, other places where I’m posting, discord servers, and a few other places to answer for you while we’re all sitting patiently and waiting for arc 3.
So, let’s get started with our favourite speedster answering first and the others jumping in when he can’t.
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Q: No jumping in soft, we’re going right into the big ones! Are the mortals aware that you’re gods?
D’Argen: All mortals are aware. The way our mahee works, only we have access to magic. Even if we change our appearance or try to hide in our clothes, mortals can recognize us due to an inside feeling – another sense, if you will. We call it the mahee.
Q: Have you ever tried to pass as a mortal? Is it possible?
D’Argen: I’ve tried, but never successfully. A few others have tried as well, but to the same results. As far as I’m aware, the feeling mortals get from being around our mahee isn’t something we can control or turn off or on.
[Secret character]: I can do it. It took me thousands of years to figure out how, but I have been living among the mortals as one of them for a few centuries now and none of them knew who I was.
Q: So, since mortals are used to you walking around, does that mean you’re used to not getting big reactions?
D’Argen: I can’t speak for the others, but, personally, I’ve never had big reactions as is. Yes, I’ve had mortals recognize me and bow, but more often than not they ignore me. Very few of them actually worship me – in fact, I don’t know of any that do.
[Somewhere in a tiny village called Ambi]: Yes, we worship the God of Speed – he was here when our little one was born and he brought his father home.
Acela: The mortal cultures have changed a lot over time. Those that still live with us in our cities, the cities that the gods control, still worship us. They are used to us walking around but will still stop what they are doing and show respect. There are, however, some places further out that scorn us or shun us, or do not even believe we exist. Which reminds me, I will have to make a note of those places and send out some envoys to rectify that.
Q: How do you get your titles? I noticed earlier somebody called D’Argen “God of Speed”?
Acela: Well, most of our titles come from the mortals themselves. They believe we are one thing and give us a title in that belief. We are, however, much more than our titles. In some cases, the titles the mortals give us do not match our mahee or our powers or calling, but we will keep the title to make them happy. Most commonly though, there are either larger crowds or petitions. There are, also, some gods whose titles were given by me. Vah’mor is our Protector, I will not allow anyone else to hold that title.
D’Argen: I gave Lilian their title! I was so proud of it, until it got taken away.
Q: Your titles can get taken away?
Acela: As I said, mortals came up with most of them. If they worship the God of Light and he does not give them light, they will stop worshipping him and turn to something else. As is the case with Lilian, they were unable to match the image the mortals had set for them. Because of that, I took Lilian’s title away at their request and gifted it to another. Hiras is now the God of Spring and though she still does not match the mortal’s image perfectly, she is closer than Lilian.
Q: Moving onto some of your history: how are you born? How did you come here?
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D’Argen: I fell. In fact, you will learn more about my fall in the next arc and what that entails. Some of us floated down, some crawled out of the earth or the ocean, and some just appeared. We came here to the mortal realm in different ways.
Q: I noticed you didn’t answer my question on how you were born.
D’Argen: …
Acela: We were not. Next question.
Q: Okaay… let’s get a bit more personal. This question is specifically for D’Argen. After the events at the end of the 2nd arc, we were all wondering… were you ever aware of Thar’s feelings before this?
D’Argen: Well, I had an—
Thar: No. He did not. He was not. He still is not.
D’Argen: What? I mean—
Thar: Be honest. You had no clue.
D’Argen: No. No, I didn’t.
Q: Thar? Is this because you’ve never said it or another reason?
Thar: I never said. There was never a point. I came close a few times, in the past, but D’Argen is not exactly smart when it comes to his own feelings or others’ interest in him.
D’Argen: Hey! That is not—
Vah’mor: As much as I loathe to admit it, you are right, Thar. D’Argen has a habit of walking around completely in the nude around me. He clearly does not even consider it a possibility for someone to be interested in him that way.
Thar: He walks around you in the nude?
D’Argen: NEXT QUESTION!!!
Q: Alright, alright. We had some questions come in about your equipment. Tell us more about your bow D’Argen and Thar, your sword has been a hot/ice topic a bit.
D’Argen: Well, I change bows on the regular. I am not one that gets sentimental and keeps weapons or names them. If it works, it works. One of the things I love about my bow though is that it is collapsible. Considering I sometimes carry others on my back, having it there is annoying. Plus, the string cuts across my chest and feels heavy when I run. Master Upates created this mechanism that allows me to clip it folded against my quiver at all times and it doesn’t even get in the way when I sleep. Though I unhook the entire belt usually, for comfort, it holds the quiver, bow, and my sword.
Thar: My sword is me. It is a part of me. It is made from my blood and my mahee together. I call her Leda.
Q: Does the name mean anything specific?
Thar: Ice.
D’Argen: pfft. Very original.
Q: Another question that came in from our audience, but this one I won’t reword: “Who is the bad dude?”
D’Argen: It changes. There is an overall “big bad” for the entire story, but I have yet to meet them.
[big bad snickering in the corner]
Thar: Our biggest obstacles right now are nature. We are gods. We were not meant to live in the mortal realm, not for this long. I believe nature is rejecting us.
D’Argen: Oh! But the demons were a big one in the past. Acela was—
Acela: …
D’Argen: It’s a personal thing. Everybody decides on their own who their antagonist is. In fact, while nature was a big one for the first two arcs (and will be later again), we are going to be meeting a new one in the next arc.
Q: Lilian, this question is for you. What happened at the end of the last arc!?! Are we going to be seeing you again?
Lilian: Well… I died. But the mahee is… the mahee is special. I can say for certain that you will see me in the next arc, but cannot promise anything past that. You will just have to read and see.
Q: Alright, and now to take it down a notch a bit. These last few questions are for all of you: If you could go anywhere at all, where would you go that would make you feel safest?
D’Argen: Not a place, a movement. I keep running and I’m safe and happy.
Lilian: Back to our realm.
Abbot: In a bottle of wine.
Yaling: Home. Evadia.
Thar: Wherever D’Argen is.
Lilian, Abbot, Yaling: <.<
Q: D’Argen, you don’t eat but if you did join in: what is your favourite dish?
D’Argen: Yea, nothing. I like mead and honey, though they are sometimes a bit too sweet for me.
Lilian: Rose jam.
Abbot: Wine.
Yaling: Sunflower seeds.
Thar: Apricots.
Q: What do you all do for fun?
D’Argen: Run!
Lilian: Knit.
Abbot: Drink.
Yaling: Dance.
Thar: Watch D’Argen.
Lilian, Abbot, Yaling: <.<
Q: And to close this off, where do you all see yourselves in the next arc and beyond?
D’Argen: Well, considering how things ended in the last arc, I think I will be—
Lilian: SPOILER ALERT! And yeah, I already answered mine without spoiling too much.
Abbot: Drinking.
Yaling: Most likely drinking with Abbot.
Thar: Wherever D’Argen needs me to be.
Lilian, Abbot, Yaling: <.<
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And that’s the end of that! If you have any other questions for our characters or even for the author, drop them off and they will get answered!
Also, take a look at some character art for D’Argen, Thar, Lilian, Abbot, and Yaling.
[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1072700506188808284/1150831277109416087/DArgen_concept_2.png?width=1340&height=990]
[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1072700506188808284/1150831276018905129/Thar_concept.png?width=990&height=990][https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1072700506188808284/1150831276576755843/Yaling_Lilian_and_Abbot.png?width=990&height=990]
See you all around in the next arc! Returning in October!