The Gala Pantheon

THE GALA PANTHEONeeeeeeeee i know that there's already like a million pantheons out there that are 10x better than my ideas for this but hey i have no life so i'm just gonna create a pantheon anyways
i may or may not have based the creation process off the way how i make pantheons for my dnd games (oof-)
but without further or due let's get started :DD
i just realized this is gonna take forever to finish
look at all the work in progress sections :>
probably my most well-developed page so far oop
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OVERVIEWthe gala pantheon is a group of deities that oversee the pyrrhian and pantalan tribes alike. they are mythical beings in charge of specific aspects of existence, commonly called spheres, and it isn't uncommon to see deities being in charge of more than one sphere. the first documents of the gala pantheon date back to before the scorching, found in a ruler's old plaza where they would host galas - hence the name.
anyone is free to create a character who believes in the existence of the pantheon, but you are not allowed to change the lore or any major aspects (appearance, personality, abilities) of deities inside the pantheon.
deity and demigod slots are OPEN!!! go to this thread to submit a form!
INFORMATION ABOUT DEITIESwhat are deities?
deities are divine and sacred beings, a representation, embodiment and manifestation of the sphere(s) they control. they take on a draconian form most of the time, and can appear as any one of the current known dragon tribes. they live in a realm in the cosmos known as universum festa, often shortened to universum.
deities and the mortal world
should deities descend from the universum to the mortal world of pyrrhia and pantala, they would not take on their usual form, but instead appear as another dragon to prevent suspicion. this is called their 'commoner form', and deities appear as a very plain looking, perfectly normal dragon in this form. again, the tribe the form takes after is flexible, and depends on the deity. some deities enjoy living amongst mortals more than others; some deities may never descend at all. it is only in their commoner form that deities are able to parent demigods.
shared characteristics
no matter how much they vary in appearance, personality or abilities, deities will always share a few common characteristics that are trademark of the pantheon and set them apart from mere mortals, namely:
* immortality: this shouldn't come as much of a surprise, should it? all deities are immortal; namely, they are expected to live an infinitely lifespan. however, a deity's "immortality" doesn't come with immunity to wounds. if a severe enough blow is dealt to them, they will die.
* fast recovery of wounds: note the word choice above. i said severe. for minor injuries such as scrapes and bruises, or even some mild internal bleeding, a deity's natural accelerated healing will make short work of it. (this also includes broken bones, fractures, sprains, etc.)
* shapeshifting: as mentioned in the previous section, deities by default are able to switch to another form, which is their commoner form. obviously for deities who are in charge of trickery, mimcry or aspects of nature, they can take on far more forms, draconian, animal, whatever they please.
* teleportation: this is restricted to the universum only. deities can freely teleport and travel to whichever location/territory they please. however, this is usually limited by their gala and most deities aren't allowed to travel to the sacred/forbidden territories anyways (with a choice few exceptions)
* magic immunity: pretty self-explanatory, deities are immune to all magic except their own powerful magic. animus magic has no effect on them so don't bother trying (lol).
the galas
'the galas' are actually part of a sorting system in the pantheon, with seven galas in total, and five deities in each gala at the maximum. the seventh gala is where the most minor deities are sorted into, while the first gala is where the most major and important deities are sorted into. deities in lower galas are expected to behave respectfully to those in higher galas, and deities in higher galas are expected to treat deities in lower galas fairly and avoid discriminating them.
promotion and demotion
a deity may be promoted to a higher gala if they do something noteworthy and noble, regardless of how important the sphere they are in charge of is. examples include warning mortals of a disaster and ending up saving the mortals from the same disaster, the likes. it is considered the highest honor to be promoted to the first gala, and many ambitious deities strive for this. some have even been recorded to conspire together to make up a fake event where the deity does something 'noble' and gets promoted. unfortunately most get caught by the goddess of truth and lies, alethea (owned by mooneffects), and the punishment is either demotion or exile.
on the topic of demotion, a deity may also be demoted to a lower gala if they perform an act that is treasonous and dishonest, but not severe enough to merit exile or execution. demotion is a cruel twist of fate that many deities strive to avoid, but is inevitable in some cases.
exile and execution
exile happens when a deity commits a treasonous, dishonest or murderous crime that is too severe to be punishable by demotion alone. the deity is effectively 'kicked out' of the gala pantheon and banished to a place in the universum that is comparable to a mixture of a prison and misbehaver's way. deities there are stripped of their powers and divine status through an excrutiatingly painful process that takes a week (the feeling is described as 'fire running through your veins, with sudden, abrupt jabs of pain'), and are then imprisoned in a cell for the rest of their immortal lifespan. the only possible way to be broken out of the cell is to have the punishment lifted by a deity in the first gala.
execution, on the other hand, is more or less equally gruesome. it is ordered when a deity commits a large, extensive crime that costs the lives of several mortals, or when a deity murders another deity. the condemned deity is forced to stand on a podium, and one of the first gala gods will take the sword of the lightborn (an enchanted sword designed to behead deities) and effectively behead the deity, killing them. this entire event is called an execution ceremony and is often attended by deities of higher galas.
disposition and behavior
deities are expected to be kind and benevolent to mortals, and respectful, corteous and polite to deities of higher galas at best, putting aside all grudges just to maintain a good image. however, other than that, their personalities run wild and most deities don't even act like dignified, divine beings - they're more like normal dragons, commoners like you and me. this disposition is obviously frowned upon by higher galas, but even their serious and kind image cracks sometimes and they let themselves go. only the first gala maintains a certain level of dignity the entire time, even when in private and amongst each other.
deities are certainly not pacifist and fights/arguments (verbal, not physical) often break out, but physically battling/fighting is scorned and even sparring is prohibited, as spilling the blood of a deity is a considerably serious offence. the only time the spilling of blood is tolerated is when an accident occurs. other than that, demotion may be ordered. while it's no secret that some deities' relationships with each other are sour at best or aggressive/antagonistic at worst, most of these hateful feelings are kept private and particularly tense and uptight deities simply either have cold, silent resentment towards each other, or give each other the silent/awkward treatment.
INFORMATION ABOUT DEMIGODSwhat are demigods?
demigods are, simply put, the offspring of a deity and a mortal. they are normal dragons, save for the fact that they inherit one power from their deity parent and share a few characteristics in terms of appearance with their deity parent. demigods are also usually hybrids, although this doesn't necessarily apply to all demigods.
demigods and the mortal world
demigods live a mostly normal life. keyword, mostly. due to their powers, they often get singled out and exploited by other dragons which causes them to live in fear and have a cynical attitude. to prevent this from happening often, alethea created an entire city that resembles possibility in architectural style, meant to accomadate all kinds of tribes. it is sprawled across an island that is somewhere in between pyrrhia and pantala. the city is named city festa, the name inspired by the pantheon's own residence, universum festa.
however, some demigods still run rampant across pyrrhia/pantala, but most of these demigods are vengeful souls, either refusing to accept their connections with the pantheon and their godly parentage, or they are out seeking to harm and destroy others using their powers. carnifex specifically looks out for these wrongdoers to punish them and keep the demigods living in city festa safe.
demigods and the gala pantheon
demigods and their involvement with the gala pantheon depends on the individual. their mortal parent may or may not choose to tell their demigod child about their godly parent; the demigod might find out on their own. regardless, those who actively seek their godly parents may earn a chance to commute with them once, at the altar of summoning (in city festa). demigods may also choose to disassociate themselves with their godly parent entirely, and attempt to live a normal life. the worse path a demigod could take is completely disbelieve the fact that they do have a godly parent - they could choose to seek out the gods for more sinister purposes, or they could live their life in utter denial.
as previously mentioned, it depends on what path a demigod chooses to take.
shared characteristics
demigods, unlike deities, have few shared traits and characteristics, which makes them easier to discern from one another. however, some common traits/things that demigods possess/will experience include the following:
* sharing some similarities with their godly parent: this usually is in terms of appearance, but it can occur in both appearance and personality. the demigod will usually share some traits with their godly parent - for example, if i were to make a demigod of kurieta, they might possess kurieta's arrogant personality and golden markings. this depends on the individual, however, and another demigod of kurieta may possess his light blue eyes and underscales instead.
* inheriting ONE power from their godly parent: all demigods will inherit ONE power from their godly parent, and depending on the individual, it may be a watered down version, original version or an even more powerful version. the only restrictions are powers that only deities should have, such as kurieta's creation of deities/mortals using a ritual. instead, a demigod of kurieta is most likely to inherit his light manipulation, which will allow them to create illusions and shields.
* 'manifestation' period: every demigod will go through this manifestation period at the age of 3. it is a week of sickness, where common symptoms include headaches and chills. the reason behind this is that their inherited power is starting to take form in the demigod's body and thus the demigod's immune system goes through adjustments, causing sickness. demigods are commonly identified using this method, being asked the question, "have you gone through a week of sickness after the day you turned 3?"
disposition and behavior
unlike deities, demigods do not place dignity, respect and courtesy as a number one priority. there is no one true culture among demigods and the way a demigod behaves and their disposition highly depends on the individual. however, one may notice that after a demigod turns 3, they may become more hesitant to hang around other dragons, become quieter and generally avoid any topics that involve the mention of powers and abliities. this is natural, due to the fact that they have now manifested their power and are unsure whether they should be trusted with this power or not, and therefore feel insecure about it, thinking they are a danger to others.
LORE AND MYTHSthere is a lot of Very Hot Tea going on in this pantheon
stay tuned for
part one in this clownery :)
THE PANTHEONcurrent
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kurieta (mooneffects)
- major god of creation, light and mercy.
- rank: first gala
- offspring: alethea, nequitia, tba
- appearance: snow white mainscales with golden markings, golden horns, spines and wing membranes. light blue eyes and underscales. wears a golden sword sheathe that contains the sword of the lightborn.
- tribe base: sandwing
- personality: arrogant, biased, indifferent, stubborn, refuses to listen to others' opinions; kind and benevolent to mortals
- abilities: create deities/mortals using a ritual, manipulate light to create illusions and shields, see the amount of good in someone (light-reading)
carnifex (mooneffects)
- major goddess of destruction, darkness and vengeance
- rank: first gala
- offspring: alethea, nequitia, tba
- appearance: black mainscales with red markings and wing membranes, dark gray horns, spines and underscales. red eyes with blue hints in them. sharp, spear-like spike at the end of her tail.
- tribe base: nightwing 
- personality: mischievous, reckless, ruthless, impatient, short-tempered, sarcastic; evil and scary to mortals when she's actually not
- abilities: destroy deities/mortals/any living thing by draining the life energy out of them, manipulate darkness to create illusions and weapons, see the amount of evil in someone (shadow-reading)
alethea (mooneffects)
- major goddess of truth and lies
- rank: first gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: light gray mainscales with white underscales, horns and feather crest. white feathered wings and white feathers at tip of tail (she is NOT a tempestwing spark or an aviwing. the combination of kurieta and carnifex's genes caused her to have feathers). warm amber eyes.
- tribe base: nightwing
- personality: kind, benevolent, knowledgable, easily stressed, can snap easily under pressure, sensitive
- abilities: psychic hyper-empathy (able to feel the emotions of everyone else around her), mind reading, lie detecting (able to tell who is telling the truth and who is lying by using a combination of the previous two abilities)
chroso (pluto)
- major god of time, space and prophecy
- rank: first gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: eastern dragon-esuqe. skinny short fram;, mane and tail tuft are black w/ stars. main scales are deep navy blue, white horns, claws, and spikes. has silver markings down their back and tail.
- tribe base: n/a 
- personality: a little nervous because of their reponsibility, but still has that important vibe. easily angered with remarks about his stature. will go on and on about astronom and prophecies for hours. extremely intelligent.
- abilities: can look back on previous and future timelines, travel through space, and manipulate time (fast forward, rewind, pause, etc.)
aeva (droplet)
- major goddess of peace and balance
- rank: first gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: pastel blue mainscales, like a light cyanish color, grey-blue underscales, white spikes, seafoam overscales and antennae. hazel eyes, wears tons of bronze necklaces with skeleton keys, and quartz hanging from them, with bracelets to match them. wears a cloak made of shimmering ivory colored fabric.
- tribe base: silkwing
- personality: placid and easygoing, a nice dragon overall but incredibly serious when it comes to her abilities. has a strange affinity for dogs, has two and loves them more than her friends.
- abilities: spark positivity and hope, influence emotions and thoughts
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aquaria (owl)
- major goddess of the ocean, water and rain
- rank: second gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: sleek, lithe, and shining. her scales constantly change all the colors that a seawing can have, so she represent all of the sea. With some consentration, she can make herself one color, but this takes a lot of effort on her part.
- tribe base: seawing
- personality: sweet and matronly, and doesn't like to mess around. but when she wants something, she is not afraid to take it, or unleash her wrath. 
- abilities: manipulate and create water, including freezing it, taking it away, (causing a drought) and adding too much (causing a flood)
kosmimia (blujay)
- major goddess of the ground, rocks and jewels
- rank: second gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: shiny scales that are iridescent. she's pretty slim, but is pretty strong. she has tight scales, kind of like a lightwings'. she also has transparent wings that look like jewels. her scales also have jewels and pretty rocks embedded in them.
- tribe base: n/a
- personality: can be very mysterious sometimes, but also can act like a bit of a celebrity.
- abilities: create, manipulate, move, destroy (etc.) rocks, jewels, soil (etc.)
houkai (garnet)
- major god of fire, flames and rebirth
- rank: second gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: deep red scales that seem to be glowing from the inside, to the touch he is very hot but not to the level were it would burn someone, orange eyes with pupils that look like flames. wears an ash black cloak; and the edges of his scales seem to be lined with copper.
- tribe base: skywing
- personality: very harsh and stern, does not like dragons that are weak / useless, favours those who are strong / want to be strong, if he favours someone he will protect them, is easy to please, believes that everyone has a second chance however if that second chance is wasted he shows no mercy.
- abilities: generates scalding flames that can reduce a grown (mortal) dragon into ashes, is able to manipulate flames his own flames at will, however is unable to manipulate other dragon's fire (unless they have sworn loyalty to him), fireproof, has been known to sometimes revive dragons with his special flame but the amount of times is limited (1 every 100 years)
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kato (mooneffects)
- major goddess of art, music and celebration
- rank: third gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: light pastel pink mainscales with white underscales, horns and spines. tail is the colors of the rainbow. eyes constantly shift colors in a rainbow gradient. wears a pouch with paintbrushes and paint that never runs out inside.
- tribe base: silkwing
- personality: obnoxiously optimistic, makes a big deal out of nothing, excitable, creative, hates rules, never serious, philosophical (whenever she's making art/music)
- abilities: can turn whatever she draws into reality, sirentongue (can compose songs/melodies that bewitch even deities into doing whatever she wants), illusion making
shikyo (starfish)
- minor god of death
- rank: third gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: tall, sleek, muscular, high cheekbones, narrow head, long, sweeping horns, claws and spines like shuriken blades, purplish black scales, black-blue undersides
- tribe base: nightwing
- personality: gloomy, morose, morbid, negative, pessimist, detached, rarely feels emotion
- abilities: reaps souls, can travel between all the worlds, wraith form
yumi (starfish)
- minor goddess of love and beauty
- rank: third gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: appearance differs depending on each's own perception of true beauty (so will she look like babey boy felix to me? XD)
- tribe base: rainwing
- personality: haughty, possesive, snobby, flirty
- abilities: sirentongue, love magic, matchmaking
tromára (vy)
- minor goddess of fears and terror
- rank: third gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: she has the body of a NightWing, with pitch black scales and red eyes and stars in her wings. she also has some red shading on her scales and some holes in her wings, making them look tattered. 
- tribe base: nightwing
- personality: deceitful, manipulative, and she finds scaring others fun
- abilities: can create illusions of other dragons' darkest fears. she cannot create illusions of anything besides frightful things; her power is limited.
syco (sby)
- major god (male but identifies as non-binary) of trickery, misdirection, imitation and deception (replacement of nequitia)
- rank: third gala
- offspring: tba
- appearance: nightwing body shape but modified, with their two horns twisted together like snakes to form a single one and two tails. their scales are charcoal grey with bursts of bright colours (red, blue, and purple) in several places. their jet-black underwings lack starry scales, instead having silver bursts. eyes like a snake's, circular brown-yellow with black slits for pupils.
- tribe base: nightwing
- personality: mischievous, annoying, acts childish, funny but rude
- abilities: turn invisible for long periods of time, shapeshift into a larger amount of things than other deities, make copies of themself for a certain period of time
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nequitia (mooneffects)
- minor goddess of mimicry, trickery and deception (demoted)
- rank: seventh gala
- parents: kurieta, carnifex
- offspring: tba
- appearance: dark gray mainscales with lighter gray underscales, horns and spines, and purple glowing markings. purple eyes. wears a black cloak with a silver wolf shaped clasp around her neck.
- tribe base: sandwing
- personality: secretive, introverted, independent, ambitious, selfish, arrogant
- abilities: can mimic the voices and appearance of any dragon she's seen from memory, emotional manipulate and convince those she talks to, turn invisible (immune to detection via other deities' magic)
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THE UNIVERSUMfirst gala
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second gala
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third gala
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fourth gala
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fifth gala
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sixth gala
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seventh gala
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neutral territories
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sacred territories
work in progress
forbidden/cursed territories
work in progress
CREATION RULES
*3 deities per user
*5 demigods per user
*no hybrids
*no fanon tribes
*names of greek, latin or japanese origin are encouraged
*names taken from pre-existing mythologies, whether historic or on this wiki, is strictly prohibited
*please don't copy-paste your character from another pantheon to enter into this one, that's not creative
*be as imaginative as possible with your deities' appearances but don't go too overboard (such as giving your character color-changing scales when they're not a rainwing, etc.)! i reserve the right to modify your deities' appearances as i see fit, but i will always ask whether you're okay with the changes i made first
*please at least read the sections "information about the deities", "the pantheon", and "creation rules" first before submitting a form
*please read the forms submitted beforehand to get a general idea of what you can create and what you can't create
*no reservations, sorry! it's on a first come, first serve basis
*since the pantheon is public, it should be understood that your deities are automatically free to use by anyone
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