Mestis, God of Luck (MEHST-ihs)

Lord Mestis , God of Luck

Mestis is the God of Luck, and one of the minor deities of the universe.

Divine Domains

Business, entrepreneurship, finance, fortune, gambling, greed, luck, miracles, misfortune, probability, prosperity, temptation

Artifacts

Aurum is Mestis's cane, staff, and weapon.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Mestis is a slim, tall individual, with not much visible muscle mass to speak of.

Physical quirks

Mestis is usually seen absentmindedly fiddling with something related to a game. This can be a poker chip, an "ace" card, a gold coin, or a casino token.

Special abilities

  • Cane Mastery: While Mestis typically uses Aurum to perform magic, he is a master of using it as a physical weapon as well. He can twirl and move it however he likes, and given his godly strength, blows administered this way are usually fatal.
  • Godly Condition: Minor or not, Mestis is still a god. As such, he is afforded the same natural boosts as all of the gods:
    • Divine Form: Like all of the gods, Mestis can gather all of his essence in one place, and shift into his true form. This form is unknown by anyone other than the gods, as well as immortal races such as angels and devils; upon seeing it, an individual would disintegrate into nothing but ash.
    • Godly Detection/Perception: Mestis can sense both life force and magic, regardless of cloaking, illusion, or any other means that would render the user invisible or untraceable. The only individual he and the other gods cannot detect is Eris.
    • Godly Magic: The only one more powerful than Mestis in terms of magical power and ability is Eris.
    • Godly Reflexes: Mestis's reflexes are impossible to outpace. Only Eris is faster.
    • Godly Regeneration: Mestis's natural regeneration of injuries and wounds is much faster than that of any race, allowing him to heal even near-mortal wounds within seconds.
    • Godly Senses: Mestis's senses are among the best in the universe. This includes better sight, better sense of hearing, taste, smell, and touch.
    • Godly Speed: Mestis's speed is impossible to match. Only Eris is faster than him.
    • Godly Stamina: Mestis's stamina is nearly unlimited. Only Eris can outlast him.
    • Godly Strength: There is nearly no upper limit to the feats of strength Mestis can perform. Only Eris is stronger.
    • Ichor Properties: Rather than blood, Mestis posesses ichor, a golden fluid and the blood of the gods.
    • Immortality: While Mestis can be wounded, he can never truly die, and will resurrect even if his body is utterly destroyed.
    • Multipresence: Mestis has the ability to be in multiple places at once, doing many different tasks at the same time.
    • Omnilingualism: As a god, Mestis can inherently speak and comprehend all languages, even code languages.
    • Teleportation, Type VI: Mestis can teleport almost anywhere, covering lightyear distances on a cosmic scale. He can take mass up to the size of a skyscraper with him when teleporting.
  • Luck/Fortune Manipulation: As the God of Luck, Mestis has full control over both his own and others' luck and fortune. This has a very obvious, broad definition, but can be broken down into sub-abilities:
    • Absolute Gambling Mastery: Mestis has the ability to gamble for, and (upon winning) take anything, even theoretical or nebulous concepts. Time, youth, health, free will, love, and many others. This is one of his primary abilities, used when challenging others to games of chance.
    • Danger Defiance: Regardless of the danger involved, Mestis can enter a potentially deadly or dangerous situation and repeatedly come out unscathed. He can also bestow this ability to others, either temporarily or permanently.
    • Fate Denial/Fate Immunity: Mestis is free from any predictions or premonitions of fate that affect him. He can also bestow this power to others.
    • Luck Absorption: While Mestis's luck can't be increased any further, he can remove others' luck or make them unlucky. This effect may be either temporary or permanent.
    • Luck Augmentation/Luck Bestowal: Mestis can increase, decrease, alter or remove any individual's luck however he pleases.
    • Miracle Manipulation
    • Opportunity Sense: Mestis has the innate ability to sense opportunity in any given situation, no matter how small the chance of success may be.
    • Probability/Fate Manipulation: This is Mestis's primary ability, above all others. He can alter the probability of any event however he wants, making it so that the least likely outcome is the one that happens (within the realm of still being possible. For example, if there is truly a 0% chance that an event will occur, Mestis cannot produce that event or bring it to the forefront of probability). This ability is expansive, and covers Mestis's luckiness in combat, gambling, dodging, and blocking, as well as the fates of others, or, in other words, increasing an opponent's unluckiness. In essence: When Mestis cannot improve his own chances at winning at any given activity, he worsens his opponent's chances instead.
    • Synchronicity: Mestis has the ability to always be in the right place at the right time.

Apparel & Accessories

Mestis is primarily seen wearing a black suit with a black tie and a red dress shirt underneath. Occasionally, he wears a black top hat.

Specialized Equipment

Mestis's cane, Aurum, is a primarily black knob-handle cane. The top section of the cane is fitted into a golden casing, carved in the shape of two intertwining snakes, whose eyes are made from tiny purple diamonds. At the very top of the cane, a large, deep purple diamond is set into the casing. The bottom foot of the cane is a simple golden cover. This cane is both decorative and functional, as it is also Mestis's staff of choice for performing magic. The diamond, along with the snakes' eyes, will glow when being used. All parts of the cane are indestructible.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Mestis was created by Eris at the beginning of the universe, and tasked with helping create the universe. He did not intervene at first, as Evelyn and Erebos volunteered. After Evelyn and Erebos went to war due to different views between their children, Mestis was one of the ones that watched on, partly worried, but also partly curious to see how the war would end. When the Light-Dark war ended, Mestis was asked, along with the other gods, to continue making the universe. As a minor god, Mestis had less of a hand in the universe than his more important siblings.   After all was said and done, Mestis hesitated. The other gods insisted on leaving the mortal world, but Mestis was unconvinced. As if to echo his thoughts, Eris refused to follow, declaring that he would remain in the mortal world to meddle around and observe as he saw fit. The other gods (save Mestis), tried to convince Eris that leaving the world to grow on its own was the best choice, but he refused to heed their words. While the other gods took up arms against Eris, Mestis did not participate, taking neither side. He remained passive, seeing the conflict between the gods as an interesting situation, to be observed and learned from.   The War of the Gods is often colloquially called the "Ten-Minute War", due to the speed and fury with which the other gods were beaten by Eris. As with his intervention in the Light-Dark war, he was merciless and brutal in his retaliation, and it is said that after the war was over, Eris was nearly bent on erasing the universe, along with the other gods, deeming it a failure, thanks to both the Light-Dark war and the Ten-Minute war. However, he hesitated, as he cared for his new family, and Mestis, along with the other gods, begged him to reconsider. Emotionally spent, Eris acquiesced, and a treaty between the gods was formed, stating that, excepting any major existential threat to their creation, Eris was not to interfere. However, he could remain in the world of mortals to observe.   Mestis, in the aftermath, took this as a personal invitation that he, too, could remain in the realm of mortals, much to the other gods' disapproval. However, Eris, thankful to have someone agree with him, wouldn't hear any objections. Mestis has since been permitted to come and go from the mortal plane as he likes, and often pretends to be a mortal to blend in.

Sexuality

Polyromantic/Polysexual (Hetero-oriented)

Accomplishments & Achievements

  • Mediating between the other gods and Eris, talking enough sense into him to de-escalate the Ten-Minute War

Morality & Philosophy

Mestis can best be described as "lawful neutral". He's not inherently bad, but he does do things by his own code and doesn't necessarily follow all the rules he's supposed to. Above anything else, he loves to bait people into gambling with him while he's disguised as a mortal, challenging them to all manner of games of chance and luck. Mestis never asks what they're bargaining or makes suggestions, but usually the more they lose, the more they gamble in return to try and make their investments back. Once someone makes a gamble and loses, though, Mestis always ensures the deal is upheld; there's no getting out of it. However, Mestis may not always collect immediately; if he finds someone useful he may delay their debt, though never indefinitely.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

At the moment, Mestis has no real motivations or long-term goals.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes: casinos, gambling, games, seafood, winning
Dislikes: Cheaters, cruelty, statistical impossibility

Virtues & Personality perks

Fun to be around, neutral to both good and evil, doesn't gloat when he wins

Vices & Personality flaws

Sore loser, has no qualms about taking something from someone who's lost

Social

Family Ties

The other gods, as well as Eris, are Mestis's family, and although he doesn't always get along with them, he still loves them.

Religious Views

Self, Eris

Social Aptitude

Mestis is extroverted, and tends to take control of the room, whether the social gathering he's at is his or not.

Mannerisms

Mestis likes to talk with his hands, and also enjoys adding flourishes to his movements from time to time. He talks smoothly and confidently, and has no trouble buttering people up to get what he wants.

Relationships

Mestis, God of Luck

Son (Vital)

Towards Eris Vaericalleido Anamaegius, God of Magic

4
4

Honest


Eris Vaericalleido Anamaegius, God of Magic

Father, Creator (Vital)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

5
5

Honest


History

Mestis was created by Eris at the beginning of reality. Mestis and Eris are somewhat close, though Mestis doesn't actively engage with or play with Eris as some of the other gods do. He does, however, use probability to perform "magic tricks" for Eris.

Felicia, Goddess of Love

Sister (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

2
2

Frank


Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Trivial)

Towards Felicia, Goddess of Love

-3
-3

Frank


History

Felicia and Mestis were created together by Eris at the beginning of reality. While Felicia considers Mestis attractive, she doesn't care much for his personality. The only time she gets in contact with Mestis is when she needs something, hoping that he'll turn the tides in her favor with his abilities. As one might expect, Mestis hates being only seen as a tool to Felicia, and more often than not, he'll deny her requests, or even worsen her luck on purpose.

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Important)

Towards Erebos, God of Darkness

3
4

Honest


Erebos, God of Darkness

Brother (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

2
2

Honest


History

Mestis and Erebos are siblings, and were created by Eris at the beginning of reality.

Shannon, Goddess of the Moon

Sister

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

-2
-2

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother

Towards Shannon, Goddess of the Moon

-2
-2

History

Shannon and Mestis were created together by Eris at the beginning of reality. Shannon and Mestis, while not openly hostile, don't care much for each other. Shannon dislikes Mestis's gambling and the way he plays with people's fates, and Mestis finds Shannon to be hypocritical, since she preaches professionalism while displaying clumsiness and forgetfulness.

Arcturus, God of the Sun

Brother (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

2
-3

Frank


Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Trivial)

Towards Arcturus, God of the Sun

-2
-2

Frank


History

Arcturus and Mestis were created by Eris at the beginning of reality. Mestis finds Arcturus annoying in every sense of the word. Arcturus is constantly lecturing him about his morality and about gambling, which Mestis has long since learned to tune out. They rarely see eye-to-eye on anything.

Nicknames & Petnames

Mestis often calls Arcturus "Arch" or "Archie", as well as "pops" or "gramps".

Electra, Goddess of Electricity

Sister (Vital)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

4
4

Honest


Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Vital)

Towards Electra, Goddess of Electricity

4
4

Honest


History

Electra and Mestis were created by Eris at the beginning of reality. Electra gets along well with Mestis, and fully understands that, if one isn't willing to lose something, they shouldn't be gambling at all. Mestis, in turn, appreciates Electra's party animal nature, and can usually count on her to bring in business to any of his establishments.

Amanda, Goddess of Wisdom

Sister (Trivial)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

-2
-2

Frank


Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Trivial)

Towards Amanda, Goddess of Wisdom

-2
-2

Dishonest


History

Amanda and Mestis were created together by Eris at the beginning of reality. Amanda has a marked distaste for everything Mestis stands for, seeing luck as unimportant over skill. She also hates his gambles and the games he makes mortals play, knowing that it usually ends poorly for them. Mestis dislikes Amanda purely based on how often she lectures him, and will usually try to escape at the earliest opportunity.

Nicknames & Petnames

Mestis calls Amanda "Mandy" when he wants to annoy her.

Terra, Goddess of Nature

Sister (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

2
2

Honest


Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Important)

Towards Terra, Goddess of Nature

3
3

Dishonest


History

Terra and Mestis are siblings and were created together by Eris at the beginning of reality. Mestis appreciates Terra's caring nature, but Terra sees Mestis's gambling games as underhanded and deceitful. She isn't openly hostile, but she does subtly disapprove of his activities and the effect they have on mortals. She is one of the few people capable of making Mestis feel guilt over his actions.

Melinda, Goddess of Air

Sister (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

3
3

Honest


Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Important)

Towards Melinda, Goddess of Air

3
3

Honest


History

Melinda and Mestis are siblings, and were created together by Eris at the beginning of reality.

Nicknames & Petnames

Mestis's nickname for Melinda is "Mindy".

Thetos, God of Sleep

Brother (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

3
3

Honest


Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Important)

Towards Thetos, God of Sleep

2
2

Honest


History

Thetos and Mestis were created by Eris together at the beginning of reality. As Mestis makes Sophia happy, Thetos is inclined to appreciate Mestis in turn. They get along well.

Lilith, Goddess of Poison

Sister (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

2
2

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Trivial)

Towards Lilith, Goddess of Poison

-1
-1

History

Lilith and Mestis were created by Eris at the beginning of reality. Mestis does not dislike Lilith as much as the other gods, but still hesitates to regularly interact with her. Lilith, on the other hand, admires Mestis's unbiased and chance-based way of doing things, and sees him as a potential ally if things ever go south between her and the other gods.

Mestis, God of Luck

Patron god (Trivial)

Towards Deremos Graham Avencia

3
3

Dishonest


Deremos Graham Avencia

Worshipper, business partner (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

1
1

Dishonest


History

At an unknown time after he became the Sin of Greed, Deremos attracted Mestis's attention, and struck a deal with him. The details of this agreement are unknown, and Deremos gains a notable scowl when discussing Mestis to anyone. However, it can be assumed that Mestis has had some part in Deremos's ventures and his fortune.

Relationship Reasoning

Deremos seems to need Mestis in some capacity in order to grow and maintain his businesses and corporations.

Commonalities & Shared Interests

Gambling, winning, business, profit

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Important)

Towards Thesilia, Goddess of Water

4
4

Honest


Thesilia, Goddess of Water

Sister (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

4
4

Honest


History

Mestis and Thesilia are siblings, and were created by Eris at the beginning of reality.

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Vital)

Towards Sophia, Goddess of Dreams

5
5

Honest


Sophia, Goddess of Dreams

Sister (Vital)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

5
5

Honest


History

Mestis and Sophia are siblings, and were created by Eris at the beginning of reality. Mestis likes Sophia, like most of the other gods, and Sophia thinks Mestis is "mysterious and cool".

Nicknames & Petnames

Mestis occasionally calls Sophia "Sophie".

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Trivial)

Towards Silas, God of War

-5
-5

Frank


Silas, God of War

Brother (Trivial)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

-4
-4

Frank


History

Mestis and Silas are siblings, and were created by Eris at the beginning of reality. Like with most other gods, Mestis has a marked distaste for Silas, and Silas, in turn, doesn't care for Mestis either.

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Vital)

Towards Keona, Goddess of Fire

5
5

Honest


Keona, Goddess of Fire

Sister (Vital)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

5
5

Honest


History

Mestis and Keona are siblings, and were created by Eris at the beginning of reality. Perhaps due to their extroverted and fun-loving natures, they get along quite well.

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Important)

Towards Helene, Goddess of Peace

4
4

Honest


Helene, Goddess of Peace

Sister (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

4
4

Honest


History

Mestis and Helene are siblings, and were created by Eris at the beginning of reality.

Mestis, God of Luck

Brother (Important)

Towards Evelyn, Goddess of Light

5
5

Honest


Evelyn, Goddess of Light

Sister (Important)

Towards Mestis, God of Luck

4
4

Honest


History

Mestis and Evelyn are siblings, and were created by Eris at the beginning of reality.

Age
N/A
Birthplace
N/A
Spouses
Children
Pronouns
He/Him
Sex
Male
Gender
Male
Presentation
Masculine
Eyes
Grey, droopy
Hair
Long, straw-colored, ponytail
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
White
Height
8'6 (259 cm)
Weight
280 lbs (127 kg)
Known Languages
All
Ruled Locations