Delilah

by Andalite

Hallow and Eve (descendants)

## Appearance

Delilah is often depicted as a tall, curvaceous, beautiful woman with dark, curly hair, neon green eyes and a mischievous smile. She is known to wear red and black, often with gold jewelry or accessories. Sometimes she wears a golden crown or carries around a scepter, but not always.

She is also known to turn into black smoke when she travels, and has taken mortal form on occasion.

Delilah's seal is always crafted to be broken down the middle, ever since her betrayal. Be it on lucky tokens, paintings or her own temples, the old were cracked by her actions, and the new are made to match, in memory of Delilah's Betrayal. None are *ever* left whole.

## Personality

Unpredictable and mischievous, she will play whichever side seems more fun. Known to flip a coin to make decisions, even the goddess of fate isn't really sure what she plans to do form moment to moment, and neither is Delilah, often acting on a whim. She seems to care little about anyone or anything, just wanting to have fun, be it in the form of going out with mortals or massacring thousands, and she holds no guilt about it.

Some say she isn't quite sane, sometimes talking about invisible words, futures and pasts or other meta things like the Truth. She is aware of the fourth wall, and that partially drives her flippancy.

She seems to have a long-time crush on Xanthus, though this is most likely because he is a challenge and refuses to return her advances. If he did, she would undoubtedly lose interest.

As no one but her really knows the Truth, she feels quite alone about it. Any who she tells or who find out quickly go mad - even other gods - and she is forced to erase their memories of it, leaving her the only one who can ever really know.

She has been known to make deals with mortals, promising them revenge, wealth or whatever in return for their soul after they die.  Should they agree, they will automatically spend one hundred years in the slums after death, and after that, they become her servants which she will do with as she wishes

## History/Myths

Delilah's Betrayal is the recounting of Delilah's rampage, ruining the time of peace made by the gods as a whole. Given the broken seals, it is wildly believed that this myth is more or less true.

The Luckiest Man is a children's story that has been passed down through the generations. It may have stemmed from truth, but no one is sure.

## Info

### Dominion

Delilah is the goddess of Chaos, Karma, Mischief, Lies, Trickery, Destruction, Luck and the Eternal Flame. She is mostly known as the goddess of Chaos, and is concidered one of the darker, less trustworthy gods who you don't want to vex, or gain the attention of.

To the Sea Kingdom, she is known as the goddess of Luck and Karma first and foremost, and is beloved and thought of as a good sign if you meet her, even known by the nickname Delia outside of prayer. This is an example of her playing both good and bad, as the land and sea see her two very different ways.

Her sacred animals include cocroaches, platypus, mosquitoes, okapi, jellyfish, raccoon, hyena and the chameleon.

Her symbol is a golden swirling flame carved onto a black base (sometimes onyx, obsidian, or painted wood).  It is always broken in half, to signify her easily broken promises, loyalties and Delilah's Betrayal.  It is the same on her temples.

### Abilities

Aside the usual deity abilities, Delilah has power over chaos, luck, fire and lighting. Her musical laughter will drive mortals who hear it insane, and she can turn into black smoke when teleporting.

Her chaos magic can make others' - god or mortal - abilities have unexpected effects or turn out differently than intended, and she herself isn't entirely immune to this either.

Additionally, when near the fates or their domain, she can see the Words - basically forms, threads and character pages - and read them at will. She can also se Andalite's unposted notes. No one else is entirely aware of this, as it is connected with the Truth, Delilah's meta-knowledge, and any besides her who learn this truth are driven insane, including other deities.

Delilah has a limited ability to mess with code, though she doesn't really understand it, and can use this to erase other's memories of the Truth, should they learn it, returning them back to a sane, yet ignorant state.

As her decisions are random (a flip of a coin) most of her actions cannot be predicted by any future-seers, fates, or Andalite.

### Weaknesses

Being in the light of a full moon will force her to tell the truth. This has been utilized in several myths, though she may still try and twist her answers and responses so she isn't *technically* lying. She will feel compelled to answer whatever is asked of her.

If she is bound or locked in a place with no holes she can't teleport. She is like smoke and can seep through the smallest crack or crevice, but if smoke cannot escape, if the enclosure is airtight, she cannot get out through teleportation. Additionally, if the area is too small to return to a corporeal form, she may be forced to stay in her smoke state, which will weaken her severely, as she won't be able to break her way out. Some myths revolve around her being trapped in a corked bottle by mortals, who then force her to grant their wishes. This may be the origin of Genies in mythology and stories.

## Priests and Priestesses

For Priests/Priestesses of Delilah

-  Anyone of any standing, be they old, young, royal, common, male or female, can become a Servant of Chaos.

-  First, they must find a Chaos Priest/Priestess, and get their blessing to join.  This may come with a task or trial decided by the Priest/Priestess, usually made up on the spot.  It could be anything from slaying a dragon to jumping.

-  That's it, you're now a Servant of Chaos.  Congratulations, this will go on your record when you die, and it won't look good for you in your trial, but Delilah is more likely to try and save her Servants from harsher punishments, and you will likely end up her Servant in the Afterworld as well.  This may be a worse fate than the Slums, there are mixed theories on that.

-  Being a full-fledged Chaos Priestess is a little more effort.  You must first create some big spectical for Delilah, to get her attention. It could be good or bad, burning down a village, or hosting a festival in her name.  Something to make her notice you, and show that you aren't afraid to publicly show your support, and confirm loudly that she will have your soul after death.

-  Then, comes the meditation. You must go somewhere crowded, preferably noisy and packed with people moving around, and focus.  No one really knows what you're meant to focus *on*, some say they focused on Delilah herself, others focused on their display for her mentioned earlier, and more yet just focused on some riddle they were trying to work out and did this step by accident

-   If Delilah accepts you, she may show up to you in your meditation. She may also accept you through a vessel, such as a servant or priest of hers, but either way, only you will be aware of their presence.

-  After that, you can do anything you want.  Delilah will have your soul, so your trial will be a moot point.  You can kill another Chaos Servant and get away with it.  You can try to overtake a kingdom and the other gods can't send you to Xanthus, because you are property of Delilah. You have absolute freedom.

-  It is said that if you get high enough in the rankings of Chaos, you will be blessed (or cursed) with the Truth, but only the highest Chaos Prieste/Priestesses know what that is....

## Trivia

- There is also a shop in Shining Heights named after her, called 'Delilah's Delights'.  It sells pranks, gags and other fun stuff, as well as things like temporary memory granters and DVD versions of peoples lives.

- Her name came from the song "Hey there Delilah"

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