Path to Godhood Session 14: A Brief Marriage

Characters:

Ajax Karo   -   Gregarious Hunter and Aspiring Kostis, God of Death and Plagues
Neilos   -   Aspiring God of The Sun and Plants
Steidis   -   Aspiring God of Fire and Smiths

An Anonymous Marriage

The Syrinthan woman asked for clarificatoin on Steidis' proposed quid pro quo, while the Urbosan woman tensed up even further.  Seeing her discomfort, Steidis asked if she'd like a glass of water, but she declined with a squeak.  Neilos, still not sure if either of these women was actually the goddess Nephele, tried to detect some trace of divinity but unsurprisingly didn't notice anything.  To "clarify" his intent, Steidis stated that he was "looking for love" and waited for the others to respond; the Syrinthan smiled, while the Urbosan gulped audibly.

Still taking the lead, the Syrinthan woman agreed that something could be arranged.  The Urbosan, for her part, started sweating bullets and blushing, but stayed silent (Neilos: "These emotions confuse me").  While she understood that Steidis wanted to keep his secrets, the Syrinthan stated that she could be open about what she wanted aid with.  You see, there was a fishing village one day north of the city (Neilos: "Now I gulp audibly").

A Merchant Prince had recently acquired the land and driven the villagers out to dig a mine, but the land needed to stay pristine so that a ritual could be carried out and a prophecy fulfilled.  The Syrinthan needed them to remove the miners, soldiers, and anyone else who would defile the lands from the area, though she left the actual methods up to them.  Steidis asked if she had already tried negotiating with the Prince, and she claimed that she had, though he wasn't convinced she was telling the truth.  Now, Steidis clarified his intentions: he wanted to marry the Syrinthan woman.

Path to Godhood Session 13: A Feast of Souls

Characters:

Ajax Karo   -   Gregarious Hunter and Aspiring Kostis, God of Death and Plagues
Neilos   -   Aspiring God of The Sun and Plants
Steidis   -   Aspiring God of Fire and Smiths

The Dead God Speaks

The gods carried the deceased rival Steidis out into the swamps, away from any witnesses, and, after discussing whether their Steidis wanted to steal a replacement arm (he didn't, as it turned out), Ajax forced the corpse to answer their questions.  The dead god's eyes opened, but were clouded white despite dying extremely recently.  They asked after his prophecies, and though they were in present tense and second person, they mostly matched those that Steidis had been given.  There was one outlier: the other Steidis had one entirely different prophecy, which read "You offer thirty-three souls up to the purifying flame".

The different phrasing of the others were enough to give him some insights, however.  For one, a "twelve-legged lion" matched his need for golden hide, and likely referred to the legendary Fotian Lion, rumoured to live in the volcano above Urbos.  Second, the Edge of the World was identified as Metros, due to it being referred to as "the city of the library".  

Unfortunately, the other Steidis had apparently been a loner, and hadn't known anything as useful when it came to the prophecies of his companion gods.  The questioning continued for some time, and they gained some information: