I'd think her romantic interest would wander, as her chaotic and fickle nature. Could be Mongrel now, but who knows when it might turn somewhere else?Bront said:Minor addition that I thought added some extra flavor (The note about Mongrel)
That's just her current flame. Still, he's more fickle than her, which was why I found it amusing.Rystil Arden said:I'd think her romantic interest would wander, as her chaotic and fickle nature. Could be Mongrel now, but who knows when it might turn somewhere else?
Probably because in a real organic pantheon, the love/beauty goddess is always a big deal, possibly moreso than the parents of said deity. This is in part because of the importance of love and beauty to ordinary people. I'll give an example--Rae ArdGaoth said:Why did you upgrade her from Intermediate to Greater? She's the daughter of the son of Halina. She's splitting domains with her mother and father. As in, she's got the good side of love (while Amphousa has the bad side) and she's got the fey-focus (while Verdante has all of nature). I think she should be Lesser, maybe Intermediate.
Other than that, and a few spelling errors (you refer to her as Valera in one of the paragraphs), I really like this goddess.
Ah yes, deities get their power from their worshipers. I suppose then that she should at least be Intermediate.Rystil Arden said:This is in part because of the importance of love and beauty to ordinary people.
Halina doesn't even do marriage that much, she's much mother motherhood. Even if Halina did have motherhood, you would still run into the usual Frigga/Freya Hera/Aphrodite dichotomy. Traditionally in these cases, the love goddess is still a Greater deity (in fact, Freya and Aphrodite are both more popular in myth than Frigga and Hera).Rae ArdGaoth said:Ah yes, deities get their power from their worshipers. I suppose then that she should at least be Intermediate.
I'm not convinced that she should be Greater, I thought we were keeping the Greater deities few and far between. Halina covers mothers and wives and families, the sort of long lasting, enduring familial love, right? I think Valessa is kinda the crazy, passionate daughter, the puppy love, infatuation, and all that. Strong at first, but fleeting.
I think she should be Intermediate.
Ah, then you will be happy to see that other post I slipped in right before yours, suggesting how to keep the size of the Greater pool stagnant if we mustRae ArdGaoth said:Ah, no, I didn't catch the edit. That's a good reason, too. The line between Greater and Intermediate is blurring. I'm just stubbornly trying to keep the Greater deities stagnant, as we decided to do elsewhere. I'll think about it some, but I'll probably vote yes.