He Who Carries The Sun (a.k.a. Appy)
Sunlight, growth, spring and summer, music
The Lyre of Appylon, his beloved instrument, is one of his most prominent symbols and although a recreation of the original allegedly lost in the myth by the same name, is prominent in art and culture depicting him. He generally carries it at his side in his arm or on his hip.
Apples, wheat, string instruments, the sun
Physical Description
In divine form, Appylon takes on the form of an orange white-tailed deer with dark legs and a dark stripe down his back starting at the top of his head, said to be the scorch marks from the myth,
Lyre of Appylon. His antlers are also quite dark with light tips.
In mortal form, he takes on the form of a faun with shoulder length red hair, full antlers no matter the season, and speaks with a gentle voice even if whatever comes out of his mouth is nonsense.
Social
Appylon is a devout of
Mora, The God of Life, opposing many of Shia and shi's cults ideals and the reverence of death. Instead, Appylon is vocal about his reverence for life and the ideal that one's life is the part of their life worth remembering, not their death.
Like many gods, Appylon is bold in his social interactions. He is known to not bother introducing himself, which is seen among mortals either as flagrant overconfidence in his image and name already being known or as humility where he does not feel the need to overtake a situation, but never both. He strongly loves mortals, known to be kind to them and almost revere them himself, but has never outright stated such.
His mannerisms are gentle with a general aloofness to them, willing to show physically affection openly and tenderly with a kind of bold yet silent protest to the ideal that he should not be so familiar with others.
He has a soft and gentle voice
Ally / Rival (Vital)
Towards Chevalier, God of Crickets
Relationship Reasoning
They sometimes inspire each other's art and may even create art in order to try to best one another whenever one becomes envious of the other’s skill. However, this is purely done in order to push themselves to do better and they are rivals in a purely artistic sense with no ill will toward each other or the other’s art, and they help each other improve. The two gods have even performed a couple of songs together. With the most famous being the song of “Night and Day” which is also known as the song of “Day and Night”. Some mortal groups pit the art of these gods against each other in debates about which is superior due to the overlap in being associated with music and some string instruments. Some more polarized fans fashion themselves a “Chevalieron/Chevyian” or “Appylonian/Appyian.” Others see them as having some sort of natural duality with one representing the “music” and sounds of the day and the other representing the “music” and sounds of the night.”
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