Auster

## History

Nothing known of this wind god's life before he became exalted into the rather fine specimen we know he is today. It is presumed that he was a native son of the North African continent who Astraeus or Eos encountered in their travels while searching for scouts to patrol the far reaches of the Titans' domain. However it was that he became a god, Notos became a god with the power of the South Wind.

In this capacity, Notos served the Olympians just as he had the Titans, exploring the lands of the south of the gods' Mediterranean holdings. Notos would develop strong relationships with the African gods, particularly his first wife — Oya, who server her pantheon as a goddess of weather. Interesting note, Oya is known as the African Buffalo Woman as she was known to transform into buffalo and regards the creature as being a sacred to her. Remember that.

Anyway, Notos spent most of times in traveling through Africa and had no small amount of adventures, but nothing impacted his life in any major way for thousands of years. During this time, he became an ambassador of a sort to the African gods and helped keep the peace in the area as best he could.

As the Greek Gods became Roman Gods, Notos became Auster — an identity that seems to have agreed with him as it became his favored name (and what we'll use for the remainder of his tale). Still, all good things come to an end, and as the Roman Empire crumbled, Auster endured. Even without worshippers, Auster had spent too long in the wilderness to find himself at the mercy of worship, so he was fine.

However, spending more time with Oya and her gods revealed to Auster that he was too good of a god for the politics that came with worship. Among the Orisha pantheon, Auster had become the God of Metalworking and Warfare, but he only used those purviews for the betterment of the mortals beneath him and not for the benefit of the gods. This was not tolerated among the Orisha and Auster's own wife conspired with the other gods to be rid of Auster.

After a heavy night of drinking, Auster woke up to find his powers sapped from him and his wrists clasped in mythril chains. As the fugue lifted from his mind, Auster realized he was on a boat headed out to sea en route to Hell, having been sold to demonic slavers with other unwanted gods of a dozen African pantheons. Among the enslaved gods, sitting next to Auster, was the trickster Anansi, who picked Auster's lock in exchange for a story.

Once freed, Auster turned his wrath toward demonic slavers. So, while Auster was busy with the slaughter, Anansi was able to free the other slaves. Once the demonic crew was gone, Auster and Anansi turned the infernal ship over to the slaves before the pair of unlikely friends took their leave on a simple rowboat.

With neither having any desire to return to Africa, the pair headed to west, eventually washing ashore on the lands of the Mayan civilization. They enjoyed the company of the Mayan gods for a time, but eventually headed south, where they lived among the Aztec pantheon, becoming proper gods again. However, with the advent of the white man on the American continents, the Aztec culture did not remain and as chaos claimed their lives there, Auster and Anansi sailed north, finding themselves becoming folk heroes to the slaves of the Caribbean. They worked to plant seeds for dismantling the slave trade, but were again forced to sail noth to avoid the many powerful enemies they made that needed slavery remain in place.

Learning just how untamed North America was, Auster's old wanderlust got the better of him and he eagerly set off to explore the untamed western wilderness, with Anansi tagging along. Shortly into the duo's travels, the pair met Wohpe, the White Buffalo Maiden of the Lakota. That's right! Another buffalo goddess! And guess what, he married this one too. I know what these goddess see in Auster, but I wonder what is that Auster sees in goddesses with a soft-spot for buffalo?

After the wedding and honeymoon, the unlikely duo became a trio. Returning to his travels, Auster became known as the folk hero John Henry, working on the railroad to ease the burden of the slaves, had a whole bunch of breezy kids, and joined his wife in leading Lakota warriors to victory in St. Clair's defeat and the Battle of Little Bighorn, the bloodies battle ever fought on American Soil.

## Role in NeOlympus

Appearances of Auster

 Abilities

* **Daimonic Physiology:** Auster is a daimon. Though born of mortal parents, he was exalted by the lost method of Titanic endowment. As a daimon, Auster possessed the following abilities, though exact levels may fluctuate or cease to function due to lack of Nektar and Ambrosia in his system.
	+ ***God of the South Wind:*** As a god of wind, Auster has incredible power to summon wind, including mega hurricane force winds that can tear flesh from bone and render buildings into clouds of debris. He can also fly a swift speeds. Though he is no longer a true god, he has found ways to maintain his powers.
	+ ***God of Metalworking:*** Auster can construct extraordinary metallic objects, even without access to a forge. With forge and working tools, Auster can create truly legendary masterpieces. However, he will be the first to tell you that he is not as skilled as other more accomplished smithing gods, such as Hephaestus.
	+ ***God of War:*** Worshipped as the Orishas' God of War, Auster can wield any weapon with expert skill and seems capable of wielding anything as a weapon, even what most may consider to be impractical weapons such as dual-wielding sledgehammers (or the unwieldly adamantine gigahammers he currently uses). His fighting skil is only matched by other legendary warriors.
	+ ***God of Warm Weather:*** Auster can prevent mundane bad weather from affecting the area around him. He can influence local temperature and calm active weather conditions happening in his locality.
	+ ***Fertility Magic:'*** Auster has the power to enrich organic matter. He can heal minor ailments and get an overall sense of the general health of all beings in his locality.
	+ ***Immortality:'*** As a daimon, Auster does not appear to age or fall ill. However, as an exalted mortal, he requires access to divine nutrients to sustain this.
	+ ***Magic:*** As a daimon, Auster can perfom all manners of simple magical tricks.
	+ ***Mythic Physicality:*** Auster is stronger, faster, and more resilient than he appears. Even among the gods, Auster is regarded as being exceptionally quicker, more powerful, and longer lasting than his peers. Still, he is not without his limits. With every years, he was growing weaker and weaker... and then the Manhattaning happened and he felt strength of his glory days return to him once again.
* **Giganthammers:** Auster often carries a pair of massive adamantine gigahammers. These weapons hit with tremendous force. Though other gods might struggle to swing such weapons effectively in battle, especially one-handed, but Auster makes it look easy as he does so with such ease that he becomes a literal whirlwind.

## Trivia

### Notes

* Auster appearance is based on John Henry from American folktale