Demigod

* Scions (2nd-4th)
* Legacies (5th-Further)

### Summary

Half-human children of deities who inherit the powers associated with their godly parent.

**Demigods**, or **Half-Bloods**, are divine hybrids born between pagan gods and humans. They are known for inheriting their divine parents' powers while also possessing human souls and mortality.

## Overview

A **demigod** or **demigoddess** is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a deity and a human, or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "divine spark" (spiritual enlightenment).

An immortal demigod (-dess) often has tutelary status and a religious cult following, while a mortal demigod (-dess) is one who has fallen or died, but is popular as a legendary hero in various polytheistic religions. Figuratively, it is used to describe a person whose talents or abilities are so superlative that they appear to approach being divine.

## Summary

Demigods have always been a part of history and have existed since the creation of humans, since the moment when the immortal gods began to lust after attractive mortal men and women.

Since archaic times, they have been revered as legendary heroes and mythological founders of great cities and civilizations, with many demigods even achieving *apotheosis* through the worship by latter descendants.

Due to the ancient laws of the Angelos Concordat, the gods became incapable of interacting with the actions of human civilizations, and thus, required their demigod children to interact with the greater courses of history. Because of this, demigods have always been crucial members of human history, with many famous historical figures being demigods-in-disguised.

## Appearance

Demigods are completely indistinguishable from humans, though many have noted that they are significantly more beautiful and attractive than normal humans. Unlike their godly parents, they do not have a divine form, but some demigods do inherit some physical traits similar to that of their godly parent, or rather, similar to the physical appearance that their godly parent decided to asume at the time.

## Characteristics

Demigods are the end result of a god and a human having a child together. And because of their divine heritage, they possess enhanced physical capabilities, as well as inheriting some supernatural powers over the divine domains their godly parent control.

Depending on the nature of the religion/mythology that their godly parent belonged to, the supernatural abilities the demigod inherited can vary. For example, demigods of the Greco-Roman gods can inherit multiple powers from their godly parent, while demigods of the Mayan gods can only inherit *one* power from their godly parent. In addition, it is implied that the divine parent also has influenced over which power that their demigod children can inherit.

While most demigods are created much like regular humans, certain gods can create demigod children in unnatural ways. For example, due to her myth portraying her as being born from Zeus' head, it grants Athena the ability to merge her thoughts with her lovers' to create her demigod children. In addition, gods regardless of genders are capable of impregnating their lovers, regardless of their biological genders.

When a demigod reaches a certain age, normally around the time they start puberty, their powers start to manifest, though for more powerful demigods, theirs will appear much sooner. At this time, they will release a scent that monsters and daemon are able to detect and this scent will become stronger as they mature and gain more control of their powers.

Depending on their divine parent's ranks within the godly hierarchy, their scent might be weaker or stronger when it comes to attracting monsters. For major gods, especially chieftain gods, their scent acts as a beacon to attract monsters. For minor gods or divine spirits, however, their scent is significantly weaker and, depending on how powerful the demigod is, can be overlooked by monsters entirely.

For the most part, they tend to inherit something more from their godly parents other than just their supernatural powers, such as physical traits or personality quirks. However, due to the gods' preference to mortals who share the same interests as them, their characteristics can also be attributed to a combination of nature and nurture.

According to Azazel, due to their immense potential as half-humans and half-gods, the system of Entelecheia has made it so that the demigods are born... "broken" so as to not disturb the natural order too much. This "brokenness" manifests often as either physical handicap, medical issues, or mental issues, as the blood of humans and gods are not meant to be mixed. Despite this, however, not all of their disabilities can be identified by mundanes due to the effects of the Mist, and thus, lead to them often being misdiagnosed by doctors.

## Sub-Species

### Descendants

#### Scion

**Scions** (後継, *Kōkei*) are the direct descendants of demigods, consisting of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They inherit most divine powers from their demigod ancestors but possess little to no weaknesses often attributed to demigods. According to Chiron, what determines the power of a Scion is not how pure or divine their lineage is, but rather their own will and determination.

#### Legacy

**Legacies** (遺産, *Isan*) are the distant descendants of demigods, consisting of their great-great-grandchildren or further descendants. They sometimes inherit some of their godly ancestors' power, though not every legacy has any supernatural ability due to the divine blood become diluted more and more after every generation of reproducing with humans, however, if a legacy's parents are powerful enough, then the legacy's abilities will likely be on-par with their demigod ancestors.

### Spirit Inheritor

**Spirit Inheritors** (魂の相続者たちスピリット・インヘリター, *Supiritto Inheritā*), also known as the **Heirs of Soul**, are the reincarnations of legendary demigods from mythology who can use a portion of the divine powers of their past self. According to Chiron, unlike their past-self, the parental bonds between them and their godly parents aren't biological, but rather spiritual, as they helped create their souls.

## Trivia

* The duration of a demigod pregnancy varies from divine parent to divine parent, though for most parts, the duration pregnancy for male demigods tends to range somewhere between 3-7 months, while the one for female demigods tends to be significantly shorter.
	+ Due to the gods' power to split their consciousness into multiple bodies, it is possible for the goddesses to carry multiple pregnancies simultaneously.
	+ In addition, Mother Earth Goddesses can actively control the length of their pregnancy, accelerating or decelerating it so as to not disturb/freak out their mortal lover.
* Because demigods are commonly referred to as "half-bloods", certain people whose parents aren't the same race tend to take offense to the name.
* Even though all demigods were capable of great achievements, in the original Greek and Roman myths not all of them were gifted with special abilities, and when they did, it was because their divine parent willed it so, like a blessing. An example of this was Euphemus, one of the Argonauts, whose father, Poseidon, granted him the power to walk on water.
* The earliest recorded use of the term occurs in texts attributed to the archaic Greek poets Homer and Hesiod. Both described dead heroes as *hemitheoi*, which did not literally mean a divine heritage, but instead referring to those who demonstrated "strength, power, good family, and good behavior", and after death, they could be called *hemitheoi*, a process that has been referred to as "heroization".
	+ Pindar also used the term frequently as a synonym for "hero".
	+ The Latin word for them is *semideus*, which the poet Ovid also used to refer to less important gods such as dryads.