a bit more about the characters in Thunder & Pomp caught up in the fate of human kind
Characters in the God Squad series are human, vessels, or creatures. Vessels are humans that can pair with a god. In rare instances, they may become immortal. How the god and human personality of a vessel interact varies.
A god can choose to be in full control of the vessel, leaving the human to have no control. This is usually standard for most of the MAGs who prefer domination as the quickest means for power. King and Freya are examples of this type of suppression pairing. Sometimes, a human might choose to purposefully take a backseat, as is the case with Savi.
Sometimes the human remains in control of the Vessel and the god is chooses to be absent or only speaks directly to the human and takes a backseat approach. The human still enjoys some of the enhanced power of the god but to a lesser degree than when a vessel and human choose to work together—this takes time to develop. An example of this is Ku, who doesn’t speak to Q at all. This type of pairing only occurs in the God Squad as the MAG gods like to be in command.
Gods and human can share control; sometimes one is in the “driver seat” and sometimes the other is. The degree to which the other remains silent while sitting back varies. Nikki is an example of this type of sharing a vessel.
In rarer cases, the god and the vessel merge into one entity. For this to happen the god and human need a profound moment where their interests, passions, and personalities overlap intensely. For example, Sobek and Connor both realized they were tired of being bad people, and through their shared desire to become a better person merged into Bek Connors.
A note about names and immortality. A paired human may keep their original name, choose something new that is similar to their god’s name, use the god’s name, or choose an entirely new name. The later often occurs when the god and human merges into one. Finally, immortality only occurs when a god has a sufficient level of followers at a given time to break through the confines of reality; Lugh is an example of this.
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