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Species	Mithran
Classification	Inmortal Nation
Origin	Born from paradox
Lifespan	Inmortal
Habitat	Anywhere their Aspect allows
Food	Belief
Description	Mithrans have no form until they have an Aspect. Before they have an Aspect, they are simply a consciousness. Once they select an Aspect, they will take millennia to take on a more distinct form, usually reflecting those they take as their foremost followers.
Procreation	Mithrans reproduce with one another rarely, producing new mithrans. They can reproduce with other Divines, though this, too, is rare, and the child's nation will follow the birthing parent. If they reproduce with anything else, the child will be an Aeonian.
Esoterica	Mithrans are first and foremost beings of paradox and raw will. This will can and will take on esoteric energies and, until such time as the mithran has an aspect, they will use any power they wish. Once they take on an Aspect, their powers and use of energies will be limited by that Aspect.
Special Powers	Mithrans, like all Divines, have Divine Will, meaning their will and thoughts can alter reality. After selecting an Aspect, their will is limited to said Aspect.
Aspect	Mithrans take on an Aspect early, but they hesitate to wield it fully until they feel safe. Once they take on this Aspect, they gain extraordinary power in everything associated with that Aspect. Aspects can be very specific ("resourceful and respectful survival hunting") or broad ("evil"), but what is associated with an Aspect varies on the beliefs of the deity's worshipers.
Gifts	Mithrans may create objects at will, but those objects they create with the intention of gifting them to mortality are called Gifts, and these Gifts have specific powers imbued only via Divine Aspect.
Belief	Mithrans need belief, but they ration it more carefully than other Divines, and thus live off it longer.
Court	Unlike with many mortals, knowing or using the True Name of a mithran will not give one power over the mithran, but the other way around. One who knows the Name of a baal becomes their Secretary, and one who speaks it becomes their Dedicate. Baals may also Choose someone and make them their Chosen, and they may Choose someone or something to be their steed, or Vahana. They may gain a Champion (and relevant subsidiaries) from one of their worshipers if one of them passes a number of esoteric trials.
Weaknesses	Mithrans do not like mortal will or blasphemy, but these do not have the power over them that they do baals and deities. Instead, mithrans resist and despise The Law.
Behavior	Mithrans are the rarest of Divines, coming from and being more primal in form and power and Aspect than their cousins. They embody their Aspects and tend them like a wise Divine would, but they work more subtly than others, letting their influence be felt more than seen.
Religion	Mithrans believe in the Book of Names and have their own religion centered upon it. It is the heart of their struggles. They form mortal religions to build their own power and sustain themselves, but they know what they say is The Truth and hold to it.
Mortal Interactions	A mithran will work with mortals in a subtle and quiet way, influencing them more than commanding them, when they can, but they still invoke and wield Divine Will if need be.
Notables	EnaMati, BaKal, AlumuEadhraKurun, Mati,Devica,Krona, TaaAaniinii, Olomsuzluk, Ettuttu, Nbt-Hwt, NagyVadaszno, Alitheia, JalibAlFajr, Sahmastu
Sample statistics	PRO ATH STR AWA WIL ROG Skills

Topic revision: r4 - 12 Nov 2021, SallyJaneBlack

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