「PERMISSIONS.」

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PERMISSIONS;

THE UNBORN GOD set, lord of the desert & war

OUT OF CHARACTER;

PLAYER: Pax
CONTACT: cryptids, or PM this account.
FORMATTING: I'm used to [third-person present tense action brackets], but I'm very flexible.
BACKTAGGING: Yes!
THREADHOPPING: Yes, unless the conversation is marked private!
FOURTHWALLING: Characters are more than welcome to identify Set from history and/or myth! I am using Mojito’s Ennead as the base for his characterization, alongside academic texts to elaborate on his characterization.

IN CHARACTER;

NAME: Set ( Seth, Sutekh )
CANON: Mojito’s Ennead
CANON POINT: N/A, varies.
AGE: Indeterminate, appears to be in his early thirties.
HEIGHT: 6’0”
BUILD: Strong shoulders, long legs, lean waist. Very athletic.

AFFECTION: For reasons, Set is rather mistrustful of given affection, and may prove dismissive of attempts. Repeated attempts may be met with hostility, if he feels his boundaries are being disrespected. He is primarily demonstrative in his own affections, though any showing of it among companions is contained primarily to shows of protectiveness, and acceptance of individuals into his “service”. Affection is primarily revealed in the way he comes to value the lives of individuals/endeavors to test and challenge them, rather than through physical shows of contact.

RELATIONSHIPS: While his marriage to Nephthys has likely been annulled as of his banishment from the domain of the gods, he has been married to her for countless centuries and has always loved her – that, and he’s also struggling with the idea that he may despise her and blame her for his pain. Initial attempts to form relationships – platonic or romantic – with Set will have to ultimately deal with his underlying issues of self-doubt, sexual abuse and Osiris’s lingering obsession.

He is known for being a god of “indiscriminate sexuality”, and throughout Egyptian myth has been noted to have relationships with men and women alike in various forms and shapes. #pansexual

VIOLENCE: Anything and everything.

As god of war and former tyrant of Egypt, Set’s history with violence is varied and far-reaching. He is a known murderer of women and children, as well as the defender of Egypt’s lands and a survivor of sexual abuse, suicide and severe gaslighting. These forms of violence all culminate in the portrayal of his character, but the degree to which they’re referenced varies depending on the level of player comfort. He's also a TANK of a creature, with the ability to shrug off damage and ignore pain simply by turning to sand.

DEATH: "Endings" are narratively important to a deathless entity, so I don't go into death threads idly. He's not afraid of death, and mentally comprehends what it is to die ( having experienced thousands of deaths in memorium.... ), it's just a topic that doesn't actively factor into anything in his mind.

TELEPATHY: Acceptable! Please reach out to me for unique challenges and consequences.

BETRAYAL: I love playing with trust and the betrayal of it, personally. Due to Set's experience with betrayals by people he (blindly) trusted, it's the surest way to sink CR immediately into the negative zone. Characters will be able to claw their way back up into his graces, given time and effort. Lots of time, effort and slowburn. I don't believe minor betrayals (i.e. lying, disrespect, selfishness) would affect him as greatly; it is major betrayals (i.e. conditional commitment, forming an alliance against him while pretending to be his companion, double-crossing) that will tarnish a relationship deeply.

PHYSICAL INFORMATION: ( APPEARANCE ) Known as the redheaded god of Egypt, Set’s appearance is at odds with the rest of the Ennead and the people of the land. He traditionally wears a black shendyt around his hips, with ornate gold jewelry adorning his neck/chest and limbs. Prior to his exile from the palace at Heliopolis, Set wore a mask in the shape of the eponymous set-animal, an unknown creature with a long nose and square ears; this was a sign of his godhood, and has been removed as of his exile.

MENTAL INFORMATION: It’s a wreck in there. Layers and layers of wreckage, leave him be.

OPT IN/OUT;

UNWANTED SCENARIOS: I'm not keen on gratuitous animal torture, but it is a soft limit when for narrative purpose.

ADDITIONAL PERMISSIONS: Please take note of my CONTENT WARNINGS below. My information for NSFW content is HERE. Please also take a look at my opt-outs/information posts for CURSES and DIVINE SYNCRETISM.

NOTES: Fight him.

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DIVINE SYNCRETISM / OMNIPRESENCE.

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The Ancient Egyptian faith supported a concept referred to as "syncretism", the practice in which different beliefs, schools of thought, and tradition were merged together into an inclusive system. This was represented among Egyptian myth via the relationship between deities being expressed as composite entities ( e.g. the god Amun, and the god Ra becoming Amun-Ra; the god Horus, and the god Ra becoming Ra-Horakty ). This also allowed for a bridging of the differing faiths of different geographic origins.

So, I play with the idea of divine syncretism loosely in RP, by manifesting it as a fun "power" that he naturally possesses: that of omnipresence, wherein he is ( written as "believes himself STRONGLY to be" ) the core/only Set, the collective archetype of his "self"*. In general terms, whether he's CRAU or not, he might get a little deja vu if he's run into the character you're playing before. He won't actively recall them, to prevent any sort of clashing with game mechanics or settings, though. All experiences in PSLs/games feed into the core of his being, and gods do not experience time in a linear fashion, so he figures he's just not actively recalling a memory.

If you want to opt-out of the "CRAU lite" power, just comment below! It's meant to be a fun option, not to godmod or powergame.