Anir

“Luck? Oh, that’s just what you call it when you don’t understand the odds. Some think I tilt the scales for them, but no, I’m the one who built the scales. Every coin toss, every roll of the dice, it’s all mine, and fair, in its own peculiar way. You think it’s random, but it isn’t, not really. I just have a peculiar sense of humor.”
— Anir
 

Heads

  Striding the line between fortune and folly, blessing and curse, the Fated is a god of paradoxes. He is as fickle as a coin's spin, as capricious as a sudden gust of wind. His followers say he's a gambler, though whether the stakes are worlds, lives, or a particularly shiny pebble depends on who you ask. He is, in all truths, unpredictable his own.   He is a tall figure draped in a patchwork coat, stitched together from mismatched fabrics; golden silks, threadbare burlap, shimmering velvet. No piece seems to belong with the others, yet the whole has a strange, chaotic symmetry. His eyes are sharp and glint like a gambler's dice mid-roll, one black and the other a bright, laughing green. His voice is smooth, the sort of voice that convinces you to take just one more risk, though you're certain it will ruin you.  

Tails

  The Fated walks among mortals more often than most gods, drawn to places where chances are taken: the high-stakes table in a bustling tavern, the final step of a tightrope walker, the moment before a soldier's blade strikes true - or doesn't. Those who meet him often do so without knowing, catching only a glimpse of his patchwork coat as their luck turns, for better or worse.   He offers no prayers, no bargains, his is the simple uncertainty that makes life worth living or losing. Luck, he might say, is the universe's way of reminding you that it doesn't owe you anything, not even fairness.   Yet there's a kindness in his chaos, a whispered promise that even in the darkest throws of misfortune, there's a chance, however small, for the tide to turn. And so people trust in him, though they shouldn't, hoping he'll cast his coin in their favour.
Divine Classification
The Fated, God of Luck
Children

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Dec 3, 2024 18:15

That is an interesting approach on a god of luck. I will try to read more of your articles. They are refreshingly short :)

Dec 4, 2024 03:25

I'm very happy to hear you enjoyed reading about Anir, I hope you enjoy the others just as much!

Dec 5, 2024 16:40 by Dr Emily Vair-Turnbull

He's such an intresting god, probably one of your most godlike. So capricious and following his own rules.

Emy x
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Dec 6, 2024 02:33

He is quite changeable, but then again, so is luck