Vile Villains Volume 3: Garreth

His unorthodox views on the nature of the universe, life and everything have done Garreth no favors when it comes to how Gods view him. In addition, his willingness to believe the best of Titanspawn and Titan cultists has earned him a poor reputation among the supernatural community. So who, exactly, has Garreth on their shit-list? Let's find out.

Results of the Trial

Well, things were close there for a while. Marti bribed Ares into swapping his vote and Athena came up with a compromise that got Apollo and Artemis to agree. Finally the Dodekatheon decided not to throw Garreth into Tartarus, just to arrange things so that if he works with the Titans again, he'll instantly die.

More problems resulted from the bribery than the trial itself. Marti's bribe to Ares was starting a civil war in North Korea, dedicated to the War God. The rest of the Band, including Garreth, took exception to the callous decision and a big fight broke out.

As a result of that and the on-going tension between Boris, Johnny and Marti, Marti will be leaving the Band. His replacement (since his player isn't going anywhere, we like him) is going to be a Polynesian Surfer God. We'll see how he works out, but he seems like far less of an abrasive dick than Marti. Should be fun!

Randall is still settling in and getting used to everyone, as well as letting people (Boris) get used to him. It's an on-going process.

The Trial of the Century

Everyone is getting ready for Garreth's trial. I don't know that it's really going to be so much of a "trial" as just trying to convince enough Gods not to kill him. There aren't laws or anything and there's no objecting when people get out of line.

This is really gunna test the social characters to see what they can do. Oh, and Garreth of course, to see if he can bend far enough to make his Pantheon think he's more than just a crazy, dangerous lunatic.

Now, some of you may be asking: Did I push Garreth into this situation to punish him? No. Not really. I did push him into this situation to force some growth, though. He's set himself up in an incredibly vulnerable position. He doesn't have any allies among his Pantheon. None of the Dodekatheon have any reason to like him that much, since he thinks very lowly of them and makes no secret of it.

What's it with people stabbing kings in the back?

Hey folks, I'm Johnny's player.

So, after that session, having his his third most trusted friend turn out to be trying to keep a Titan Avatar as a house pet, and having his second most trusted friend just up and leave, Johnny is a walking combination of conflicting virtues.

He wants to just summon Strife and sic him on Garreth and the rest of his organisation for being so damn stupid, but he also would hate to see the Greek brutally murdered.

So, he is just storming off to Ireland to take the middle road. He is still telling on Garreth, but he is going to a Deity who won't just up and murder Garreth without thinking. He's off to Tara to try to speak with Danu. And to check that he can be Ard Ri.

In a nutshell, he is blindingly pissed at Garreth, but his loyalty prevents him from just having his head taken off. Added to the fact that the last two-ish weeks have been really difficult, he is just storming off to Ireland to make himself king in a attempt to cheer himself up.

I'd say it won't work. And things are just getting worse for him over there. Artan is attacking him because he broke a Geas, he is expressing feelings for someone (although I don't know if that will last) for the first time in what is close to ever, and he has to speak with a family member. Even though it's Danu, talking with the Tuatha never seems to end all that well. Hell, speaking to any God/dess never ends well for him.

Should be cool to see where this goes.