Hi all!
This is the first of two blog posts about the Gods in Game of Air and Lightning. This one centres around Bolt, and their faction.
Bolt values those who are ambitious, creative, loyal and curious. When babies are born, they will often claim those who they deem to have a higher value of these qualities.
However, many Bolts are accused of being aggressive, arrogant and stubborn. Bolt sees these vices as a fair trade off as long as their virtues outweigh their vices.
The symbol of the Bolt faction is a blue lightning bolt, which appears on the forehead when a child is born. When in a Game, Bolt members are blessed with the power of lightning. Bolt does not focus on what factions the parents belong to when choosing new recruits. They only focus on what the baby's future personality might look like.
Bolt does this by briefly looking into the future of each child to decide if they would be a good fit. If they don't fit the above qualities, then they are left for Aerus to claim.
Those that belong to the Bolt faction are brought up with rituals and stories that involve Bolt participating in daring adventures. All rituals performed are to increase their faith in their God, and boons may be offered depending on what is asked. During a Game, Bolt will allow most rituals as long as their own faction members are not harmed.
The Bolt faction is the more powerful faction as they have won the Game far more than Aerus. This gives them much more power on Earth and as such they rule most of the planet and decide most of the laws.
Bolt very rarely reveals themselves to their followers, and they don't walk in their dreams. They only help their faction with boons, not outright advice. Although they are witnesses rarely, it is said that they take the form of a one-eyed pegasus.
That's it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading! See you next week.
