Iros-est
God of hurricanes, misfortune, and chaos
Brash, loud, and wild, Iros-est is the young man's god. The god of a person who does not care if they live or die, but only that they make their presence known. That their legacy is carried on by the stories of their deeds.
Iros-est has always been dissatisfied with his place in the divine pantheon. From the moment of his birth to his current struggle to take a domain for himself, Iros-est is always reaching for more. That is what makes him popular with the ambitious - particularly those that don't give a damn who they have to step on to get what they want. And Iros-est encourages this reckless ambition in his followers, seeing them as being able to do what he cannot. In some cruel way, his followers are more free to take what they want than he will ever be, and so he encourages them to move fast and break as much as they possibly can in his stead.
Divine Domains
War, Tempest
Divine Symbols & Sigils
An iron great hammer; lightning; tigers; eels
Physical Description
Body Features
The depictions of Iros-est are beautiful - a trait that he shares with his brother, Felisis, but while Felisis is the achingly beautiful youth, Iros-est is the young man. His hair is no longer cropped close to the cheekbones, light and bouncy, but instead comes to his chin, the curls loosened and wavy. The sandy hair and freckles remain, but seem almost out of place on a face so surly and jaded, for Iros-est almost always has a frown upon his face.
(For a real world example, Le génie du mal is an excellent reference point.)
Apparel & Accessories
If one were to be taking a position of Iros-est being an antagonist - or simply disliking the god for one reason or another - Iros-est would be depicted as wearing shackles on his hands and feet, as he cannot run from the responsibilities or bloodline he so despises. It is seen as blasphemous to depict him in such a way by his followers, and even those who agree that Iros-est is a petulant child of a god, throwing tantrums that he can't get what he wants, may hesitate to depict him in such a way, lest you bring down the wrath of him or his acolytes.
The more common depiction does have Iros-est in shackles, but the chains are broken and he is free. He is not usually dressed in much armor - despite his position as a minor god of war. Instead, he wields a great hammer with wild abandon, taking out both friend and foe upon the battlefield.
Relationships
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Iros-est refuses to acknowledge Felisis as his brother - let alone his twin - and will avoid speaking or interacting with him at all costs. In fact, he will often get violent if someone brings up the familial connection. Felisis is torn apart by this rift in their relationship, but cannot bring himself to give up on his brother just yet. He will take any opportunity to try and make up with Iros-est.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
To only be the god of storms and hurricanes when Nerovae controls the entire sea drives Iros-est crazy. It makes him even more upset and angry that Nerovae could not care less what he thinks. Indeed, Nerovae, if you were to ask them about Iros-est, would only give a mild, "oh, yes, he does exist, doesn't he?" For if Nerovae does not want one of Iros-est's storms to trouble their oceans, all they have to do is raise their hand and quell it. And Iros-est will never stop seething over that.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
To Bellatan, Iros-est is like the puppy playing at war dog. To Iros-est, Bellatan is the old man with one foot in the ground.
It is rather unfortunate for Iros-est, then, that he cannot beat Bellatan in a fight. He has tried - often, in fact - to kill the man that stands between him and a major slot in the pantheon. But Bellatan can end the fight in less than three minutes. And Iros-est is always the one with his face in the mud and a sandal on his back.
His pride suffers greatly from these offenses, but Iros-est knows no other way to get what he wants.
Bellatan is well aware of Iros-est's attempts to recruit his daughter, Syria, to his cause, but their trust in one another is without reproach.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Iros-est looks at Syria as an ally. All Syria sees is a fool. He does not understand her devotion to her father - having shed himself of his own immortal attachments long ago - and he perhaps never will. Still, he pursues her as a bride and fellow conspirator to dethrone her father at every turn. To him, he is offering her a chance to become a major deity - one of a duo of war gods that can cut a path through any who dare question their power. What he does not understand in his arrogance is that her place as the Angel of Mercy and honorable death is in opposition to his domains.
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