Voimakas (vɔɪ mɑk ɑs)

Voimakas

The son of Arammu and an unknown mortal consort Voimakas is the god of strength, competition, dueling, and war. He is a jovial individual who lives for competition and enjoys testing his own strengths as much as those of others. In deference to him a five day celebration known as the Voimakia Festival is held in the summer, where athletes honor him by competing in various sports.

Divine Domains

Competition, strength, war, dueling

Holy Books & Codes

Pelin Säännöt―Is a collection of rules for various sports and including a treatise on various types of duels.

Voimkakas Legendaariset Matkat―This text chronicles the exploits of Voimakas from before his ascension to divinity. It also contains a number of odes to Voimakas.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Crossed swords

Tenets of Faith

• Value life and be patient.
• Strive to bring others into the light, as all beings deserve a second chance.
• Be ready to kill those who refuse redemption.
• You must never knowingly harm an innocent, or allow immediate harm to one through inaction when you know you could reasonably prevent it.
• Your strengths are a responsibility to be used to help others.
• Always strive to be better than you were before.
• Never refuse a fair challenge.
• When you cheat, you cheat only yourself.
• You can help yourself best by helping others.

Holidays

Victory at Terman; 19th of Parmouth―Is a celebration of Voimakas’s first major feat, his victory over the tyrant Kawed to free the village of Terman.
The Voimakia Festival; 1st-5th of Epip―A five day festival where athletes compete in various contests of strength, endurance, agility, and speed to see who is the best.

Divine Goals & Aspirations

Voimakas seeks to promote fair competition, but believes that to truly improve, one must seek to better oneself. Competition is merely a tool to improve one’s strengths and find one’s weaknesses. To do this competition must be fair for all involved.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Voimakas is in excellent physical condition, muscular and athletic. He’s broad shouldered and narrow hipped, and well proportioned. He is quick and agile, not slow and plodding as some might think from his physique. He has an athlete’s body.

Body Features

He is very muscular without any visible fat on him. He is fair skinned but tanned from time in the sun.

Facial Features

He has prominent eyes and eyebrows. His eyes are the deep blue of a glacier with a challenging gaze. His nose is aquiline, and he usually wears a broad grin. He has a beard that he keeps well groomed and trimmed.

Identifying Characteristics

He bears a number of scars from the tasks he performed to earn his way to full godhood, most prominent on his cheek just missing his left eye.

Special abilities

His most noteworthy ability is his prodigious strength, easily the strongest of the gods, his strength is greater than any mortal creature, rivalling even ancient dragons. However, his strength is matched by his coordination, agility, speed, and stamina. He is a consummate athlete and skilled at numerous sports and particularly fisticuffs and grappling. He’s even rumored to have invented a hybrid fighting style that combines the two.

Apparel & Accessories

Voimakas typically goes about bare-chested wearing a loincloth, boots and a bear skin and carrying a greatclub. Even in the coldest of weather he doesn’t vary his outfit. Though on occasion he has been known to where formal clothes, though he never goes anywhere without his bearskin and greatclub.

Specialized Equipment

Voimakas carries several pieces of specialized equipment most noteworthy is his greatclub Naulainen a large chunk of wood bound with bands of iron. It is a holy greatclub of speed and impact. The bearskin he wears provides protection from piercing and slashing weapons and armor equivalent to half-plate. He also wears a golden belt, named Vahvistaa, that magnifies his already prodigious strength, and a pair of gauntlets, called Murskaava, that allow him to shapechange at will, and summon a crushing hand 3/day.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Sometime, not long after the godswar Arammu had a brief dalliance with a mortal male. The name of this mortal has been lost to time, but he had a lasting impact. Shortly after breaking off her affair, Arammu discovered that she was with child. Arammu gave birth in secret and left the child who she named Voimakas in the care of a mortal couple who were unable to have children of their own. She visited every month when Kuu was new. Once his foster mother left him unattended while she gathered some herbs from her garden for a meal. A panther slunk into the cottage and would have killed the child, but Voimakas in a feat of divine strength snapped the panther’s neck killing it.

As a youth Voimakas sometimes had difficulty controlling his great strength which made him somewhat unpopular with the other inhabitants of Terman, his village. When he reached the age of majority, Arammu , who continued to visit him, took him to Aklonitos to train him. Under Aklonitos’s tutelage his strength increased, but so did his control until he became a skilled athlete and warrior. When Aklonitos felt he was ready, he took Voimakas back to his home village which had come under the control of a despot, named Kawed, who ruled by strength of arms. On the 19th of Parmouth Voimakas challenged Kawed to single combat, without weapons. Laughing Kawed accepted and the two began grappling. The two fought for half a day before Voimakas caught him in a hold and snapped his back. Once ostracized by the villagers Voimakas was now a hero to the people.

While he enjoyed his newfound acceptance, Voimakas didn’t linger. He travelled the lands looking for people to help. He soon picked up a companion, Taavi, who joined him on his journeys, assisting him where he could. The two travelled, righting wrongs and liberating oppressed people. When there was no one to rescue, he took delight in open challenges to wrestle or duel. He seldom lost either, but when he did he always warmly congratulated the victor. After performing a number of great deeds his mother, Arammu petitioned her grandfather Utu allow Voimakas to join the ranks of the gods. Utu initially refused, but when Arammu persisted, citing Voimkas’s record Utu agreed provided that Voimakas could complete six tasks. The first was to capture the Tuulikki boar, a great half-fiend dire boar that was terrorizing the town of Tuulikki. The second was to build stables for queen Maarikawho had been granted a herd of immortal cattle by the goddess Eresu. The third was to exterminate the Ovokki rats, a huge swarm of rats that had overrun the city of Ovokki. His fourth task was to capture a pack of cerberi, vicious three headed dog-like fiends from the underworld. For his fifth task he was tasked to slay the Milja bear, a vicious creature whose hide was impervious to weapons and whose claws where razor sharp. The bear had been terrorizing the village of Milja for some time. His sixth and final task was to capture the Olavi goat, a giant goat who was terrorizing the island of Olavi. Upon completing these tasks Utu welcomed him into the fold of the gods.

Elevated to the ranks of the gods, Voimakas began undertaking bigger challenges. Rohkea took him under her wing and found that he had a talent for war. Of course, he retained his jovial nature, and habit of challenging worthy opponents to athletic contests.

Education

Voimakas was educated by Rohkea’s cyclops servant Aklonitos who in addition to teaching him to control his great strength made sure he had a first-class education. Consequently, Voimakas is well versed in most academic subjects, though one wouldn’t know it from his demeanor and behavior.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Most of Voimakas’s major accomplishments he did as a mortal. However, he’s accomplished a few noteworthy things since his elevation to godhood. Most notably was his wrestling match with Asbu. Asbu had claimed a mortal land as his own, Voimakas challenged his claim and the result was a wrestling match refereed by Metsäst that lasted six days. Voimakas won and the mortal realm was freed, Asbu however took revenge by burying it in a great sandstorm.

Failures & Embarrassments

As jovial as he is Voimakas is also somewhat capricious prone to impulsive acts. He has been known to take wagers on his ability to accomplish certain tasks. While he can usually comes out on top he has been known to lose on occasion. Most notably he made a bet with Sanoma that he lost. The bet was that he could swim across the Genan Sea in just six days. Unfortunately, a storm came up that caused Voimakas to get lost and end up back where he started.

Intellectual Characteristics

Voimakas is impulsive, quick to anger, but even quicker to forget his anger. His tendency to act first and think later has given many the impression that he’s a bit of a dimwit. However, his brash nature hides a keen intellect that he shows all too rarely. When he takes the time to think he can be quite astute. This often surprises opponents who think he’s all brawn and no brains.

Morality & Philosophy

He is good and believes that most beings are inherently good, though he is wise enough to know not everyone will accept a chance at redemption. He gives everyone the benefit of the doubt at first and believes in second (but not third) chances. He is honorable and charitable often using his great strength to aid those in need, and expects the same of those who choose to follow him.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

As a mortal Voimakas sought to use his prodigious strength to aid the less fortunate. Now as a god he cannot aid mortals directly instead he seeks to inspire other mortals to use their strengths to aid others. His greatest opponent as a deity is the evil god Azag, and the two have had numerous battles, both directly and indirectly.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

As the god of competition, he is quite good at all sorts of athletic competitions, both one on one and in teams. He also has a good grounding in strategy and tactics from his great aunt Rohkea, and while he doesn’t revel in battle, he recognizes the need for war and is quite competent as a general. Finally for all his ability he is a good loser, always warmly congratulating any who can best him in a fair contest. If he has a fault, it’s his impulsiveness a tendency to smite first and ask questions later. He is also somewhat brash and prone to accepting wagers without thinking things through.

Likes & Dislikes

Voimakas loves competition, and even when not competing directly enjoys watching others compete. He likes travelling and assisting the downtrodden, and now that he cannot interfere with the mortal world directly settles for inspiring others to do likewise. He dislikes cheating and cheaters and believes that any contest should be as fair as possible, though he recognizes that like himself, some are gifted with greater abilities. He hates bullies of all sorts, a position that often puts him at odds with Asbu and Azag.

Virtues & Personality perks

His greatest ability is his great strength and overall athletic ability, but even greater is his willingness, even desire to use his great gifts to aid the downtrodden. He has a soft spot for outcastes having once been an outcast himself. He is kind and charitable and always has time for a tale of woe.

Vices & Personality flaws

Voimakas is brash and impulsive. While intelligent and educated he doesn’t always stop to think, which means he can often be easily tricked, though once he finds out his wrath is as great as his good nature. He is quick to accept a challenge or a wager, again not always thinking things through.

Social

Contacts & Relations

Voimakas is a firm ally of Rohkea and often serves as one of her generals. He is also on very good terms with Mudutu. He is naturally on good terms with his mother Arammu.He is a good friend of Narum and the two often have adventures together. He is a staunch ally of Kello and a devoted servant of Utu. He is a fierce opponent of both Azag and Asbu and has come to blows with them on multiple occasions. He is also an enemy of Ukkonen due to his alliance with her sister Rohkea. He’s an enemy of Asmodeus because he has sided with the gods of good. He’s also one of the few gods who is noticed by Tiamat in fact he has fought her several times and will likely fight her again in the future.

Servants:

• Ermengardis―Patron saint of duelist, Ermengardis was a swordswoman in life who never refused a challenge and seldom lost.
• Tryggvi―A fast runner in life Tryggvi is legend for running 25 miles in 2 hours to bring reinforcements for his people who were besieged by hobgoblins.
• Laokoon―A titan known for helping the less fortunate, he encountered Voimakas in his mortal days and the two became friends. He continued to serve Voimakas when he became a deity.
• Eila―A general in life she serves Voimkasa in death as a field marshal to the forces he commands and his right hand.

Family Ties

As the son of Arammu, Voimakas is the nephew of Emku, Kello, and Laki. He is the grandson of Vaalea and Mudutu and the great-grandson of Utu and Eresu.

Social Aptitude

Voimakas is a friendly and outgoing individual. He sometimes comes across as egotistical, but that’s because he likes talking of his accomplishments and often comes across as boastful. Despite this he’s very confident, which makes him a popular individual. He’s quite an extroverted individual though a bit rough around the edges, he is versed in etiquette but being impulsive he often forgets his manners.

Divine Classification

Deity

Religions

• Church of Voimakas

Alignment

Neutral Good

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Prince of Power, The Great Athlete, Grand Referee

Sex

Male

Gender

Male

Presentation

Masculine

Eyes

Deep blue and challenging

Hair

Long straight and blonde

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Fair, but always tanned.

Height

6' 11"

Weight

325 lbs.

Aligned Organization

Church of Voimakas