Trope Pantheons/Life and Death

Life and Death

Many first-time visitors to this House expect it to be a lot more forboding than it actually is. In fact, it is quite comfortable and homey, since the vast majority of its occupants don't go in for the sort of pretentious nonsense favored by some other Houses. It's also partly due to the fact that this is where mortal souls enter the Pantheon after death, and where they leave it upon being reborn. (Certain gods pass through here frequently as well.) Most of the gods of Life and Death believe in making the transition pleasant. Generally, if something is comfortable and puts people at ease, there's at least one example of it in this House. There's also people who aren't comfortable unless death isn't comfortable (hey, don't expect me to explain human psychology) so there's some of that allowed too.

The House of Life and Death is also notable in that none of its resident gods directly oppose one another. Even Ryuk and Ichigo's relationship is characterized more by rivalry than by true antagonism. Some believe that this is because the deities of this House are united in their allegiance to Death. Others suggest that it is because they recognize that their shared duties are more important than personal conflicts. Still others suspect that it's simply because Head Death punishes infighting with embarrassing demotions. Which explanation a given deity believes is generally a good measure of where they fall on the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism.

Death of the Endless
 * Overdeity (The Anthropomorphic Personification of Death)
 * Symbol: An ankh
 * Alignment: True Neutral or possibly Neutral Good.
 * Portfolio: Death (obviously), Perky Goths, Personifications of Death
 * Domain: Darkness, Death, Life
 * She has an entire army of lesser Grim Reapers, including ,The Black Racer, George Lass, The Undertaker, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Psychopomp style Shinigami, Steve, Gregg, and of course many, many little Deaths.

Saturn, Maiden of Endings
 * Greater Goddess
 * Symbol: A violet astrological sign of Saturn
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Portfolio: The Three Five Faces Of Eve, Fate, Stars, Necessity, Inscrutable Plans, Koans, Endings Happy and Otherwise, Supernatural Martial Arts, Death, New Beginnings
 * Domains: Balance, Death, Destiny, Fate, Good, Oracle, Patience, Planning, Renewal, Repose
 * Allies: The Unconquered Sun, Luna, the other Maidens
 * Followers: The Sidereal Exalted, especially the Chosen of Endings
 * Most of the deities of this house concern themselves with guiding the dead to their proper destination, the cycle of souls, and the balance between the living world and the afterlife. Saturn and her followers, on the other hand, have the task of arranging the logistics of who dies when and how. The Maiden of Endings ensures that all things end at the proper time and place, and it is largely due to her efforts the the gods of Life and Death aren't hopelessly overworked, as more mortals die or are resurrected at once in disparate locations and under bizarre circumstances than can possibly be attended to in a timely fashion.

Diabolus Ex Machina (The Plot Reaper)
 * Overdeity
 * Symbol: A black curtain, falling for all eternity
 * Alignment: Neutral Evil (Diabolus is an asshole)
 * Portfolio: Twist Downer Endings, Shooting the Shaggy Dog, Making Bad Situations Much Worse, Nietzsche Wannabes, Belief That True Art Is Angsty
 * Domain: Darkness, Death, Sadness, Suffering
 * Allies: Shinji Ikari, Mark Meltzer
 * Opposed by: Flonne, Sora Naegino, Tohru Honda
 * The Evil Twin of the Lord of Nightmares, and an emissary of Death of the Endless. Whenever Death needs souls to reap, Diabolus pulls the strings to ensure things end in the worst way possible.
 * Allegedly has a Ho Yay-filled relationship with Shinji Ikari. Despises characters like Flonne, Tohru Honda and Sora Naegino, and is looking for ways to break them to show them that all hope is hopeless.
 * Diabolus has recently revealed that he watches Gilgamesh, Bokurano, and Space Runaway Ideon religiously. Hmm...
 * Mark Meltzer betrayed his fellow Big Daddies in exchange for Diabolus sparing his daughter Cindy. As a result the poor man is now a bound servant to the Dark Curtain and can never see his daughter again.

Jean Grey-Summers, Former Goddess of Life and Rebirth (Phoenix) - MISSING
 * Greater Goddess
 * Symbol: The X-Men logo
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Portfolio: Leadership, Psychic Powers, Coming Back From the Dead, But Only Once
 * Domain: Fire, Limbo, Renewal
 * After witnessing a friendly sparring match between Phoenix Ikki and Alucard (ended in a draw, both fighters claiming it was fun. Event was also known as the Big Bang) Jean has become completely paranoid that one of them will take the position away from her. In fear, she has barricaded herself inside her temple and hasn't been seen since. This prevented her from doing her godly duties. The council of greater gods is reviewing the situation.
 * Was described to be unstable before with frequent mood (and lover) swings. Some say it was her time of the month, others that she's schizo.
 * Gone missing recently. Alucard is the main suspect.
 * Alucard could not be reached for a comment. His assistant informed us that his master is "enjoying a restful night with a warm drink".

Phoenix Ikki, Acting God of Life and Rebirth (Phoenix)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: Phoenix
 * Alignment: Chaotic Good
 * Portfolio: Mind Rape, Death is Cheap, Out of the Inferno
 * Domain: Fire, Limbo, Renewal, Destruction
 * After Jean Grey went missing and the search action by the Council yielded no results, Phoenix Ikki has grudgingly taken the position.

Kei and Yuri, Goddesses of Destruction (The Dirty Pair, Lovely Angels (Those who wish to avoid their wrath are advised to use the latter term))
 * Greater Goddesses
 * Symbol: WWWA Logo
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Earth Shattering Kabooms, Action Girls, Stripperiffic Clothing, Collateral Damage, Unfortunate Accidents Involving Populated Planets
 * Domains: Destruction, Chaos, Death
 * Opposed by: Lenneth Valkyrie
 * Ascended following a disaster that killed several former members of the pantheon. But it wasn't their fault.
 * Alexander and Gig are currently placing bets on which one of the Angels will destroy more planets, and occasionally prod them into creating more "accidents" to make their game interesting.

Altaïr ibn La-Ahad, God of Assassins (Grand Master of the Assassin Order, The Flying Eagle, Son of None)
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: A weird 'A' thing
 * Alignment: Chaotic Good
 * Portfolio: Assassination, Death, Killing, Being Sneaky
 * Domain: Death, Illusion, Mind, Time
 * As a servant of Death of the Endless, Altaïr was responsible for the deaths of every character ever to die throughout fiction. He has never taken damage in a fight and cannot be seen unless he wants to be. He also has a knife for a ring finger, which is just plain Badass.
 * Primarily kills those who would remove mankind's free will to create a forced peace (or anyone who gets in his way), believing that peace is meaningless if man doesn't choose it.
 * Rumor has it that Agent 47 is planning to usurp Altaïr to regain composure after his unfortunate movie.
 * Altaïr has since ascended to a position of enlightenment. He has also gained the services of a new prophet, Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
 * Ezio himself is also currently recruiting a small army of mortal Assassins in service of the pantheon.
 * Another rumor has been circulated that Altair would willingly resign from his position and leave it to Ezio. There is also the manner of his Civil War era prophet Connor.

Lenneth Valkyrie, Goddess of Creation (The Lord of Creation, Chooser of the Slain)
 * Greater Goddess
 * Symbol: A feather
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Portfolio: Restoring things after the end, Sword Girls, Grim Reapers, Defrosting Ice Queens, Timely Omnipotence.
 * Domain: Creation, Cold, Death, War
 * Followers: Hrist Valkyrie (Valkyrie Profile 2)
 * Opposed by: Kei and Yuri
 * Currently curses her Power of Creation since, with the Goddesses of Destruction and all the Deities of War, Evil, and Chaos, she has to recreate the Pantheon every other week.

The Nameless One, God of Immortality and Torment (Lost One, Immortal One, Incarnation's End, Man Of A Thousand Deaths, The One Doomed To Life, Restless One, One Of Many, The One Whom Life Holds Prisoner, The Bringer Of Shadows, The Wounded One, Misery-Bringer, Nalar, Yemeth)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: The Symbol of Torment
 * Alignment: Variable
 * Portfolio: Alternative Personalities, Amnesiac Dissonance, Atonement, Immortality, Memory Loss, Negative Aspects of Immortality, The Nameless, Torment
 * Domains: Death, Domination, Life, Mentalism, Suffering, Time
 * The Nameless One's true nature and his ascension to the pantheon are a mystery lost to all, himself included -- his lack of a true name makes his very nature an enigma even to other gods (except possibly Death, but she isn't telling). Rumours that he possesses a Shadow Archetype known as 'The Transcendent One, god of Mortality' abound but have never been confirmed. In any case, he boasts a staggering array of skills, knowledge, and powers, enough to count as a god of almost any other pantheon, if he cared to.

Manny Calavera, God of the Afterlife
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: Collapsible scythe
 * Alignment: Chaotic Good
 * Portfolio: Film Noir, Celestial Bureaucracy, La Résistance, Killing People Who Are Already Dead
 * Domain: Departed Spirits, The Land of the Dead, Eternal Rewards, Eternal Punishments
 * Ascended to the pantheon instead of the Ninth Underworld. Is currently trying to con his way out, or if possible, Meche's way in.

Black Jack, God of Surgery (Hazama Kuroo, Dr. BJ)
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: A scalpel
 * Alignment: Chaotic Good
 * Portfolio: Do-Anything Doctors, Dr Jerks, Badass Longcoats, Morally Ambiguous Doctorates, Knowledge That It Never Gets Any Easier, Doing Anything He Possibly Can To Save People, Kicking Biology's Ass via Rule of Cool, Badass Bookworms, Screwing The Rules With Money, Televisually Transmitted Diseases, Proving That Someone Could Survive That.
 * Domains: Craft, Healing, Knowledge, Retribution
 * Followers: Fran Madaraki, Derek Stiles, Prisoner CR-S01
 * Sprung fully formed from the brow of Osamu Tezuka and later ascended as part of a deal with O-Haruhi-Sama for operating on the cancerous mole on the back of Kyon's neck. Dr. Hazama works in conjunction with Dr. Gregory House, God of Medicine on his holy mission to preserve life.
 * Black Jack is capable of operating anytime, anywhere, on anything, and under any conditions, period. Every character who has miraculously escaped death did so because Black Jack's intervention. He is to life what Altair is to death.
 * He has the power to grant those he deems worthy the Healing Touch. All Caduceus facilities have shrines to him.

The Medic, God of Harmful Healing
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: His Medigun on the "Uber" setting, his dove Archimides
 * Alignment: VERY Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Deadly Doctors, Mad Doctors, Back Alley Doctors, Combat Medics, Mad Scientists, Dr Jerks, Badass Longcoats, (lack of) Morally Ambiguous Doctorates, Herr Doktors, healing so painful it makes self-castration seem like a sensible alternative in comparison
 * Domain: Healing, Life, Death, Madness, Chaos, War, Science
 * Just like Black Jack, The Medic does not have a medical license to practice medicine. UNLIKE Black Jack, there's a VERY good reason for this fact.
 * It's true that no god in the Pantheon can deny that The Medic is the fastest healer there is, being able to heal someone to fighting strength in mere seconds. However, it's also true that every god would rather be healed by ANYONE ELSE before The Medic, and only resort to him when there's no alternatives left.
 * Notable for being a medic while having no interest in healing anyone. It's just more convenient for his test subjects to not die on him while he experiments.

Head Death, Death Bureaucrat
 * Overdeity (Control other Life and Death deities' jobs)
 * Symbol: Gray table
 * Alignment: Lawful Neutral
 * Portfolio: Celestial Bureaucracy, Obstructive Bureaucrat, Demote, promote, redemote, repromote
 * Domain: Law, Control, Bureaucracy
 * Have ability to promote and demote other deities in the same pantheon as he sees fit, except for Death of the Endless.
 * Has threatened numerous times to demote both Ichigo Kurosaki and Ryuk to embarrassing positions if they don't stop their "pointless bickering," but has yet to actually take any action against either.

The Lord of Nightmares, Goddess of Creation, Destruction, and Deus Ex Machina (Dark Golden Lord, Mother of All Things, True Lord of the Demon Race, Sea of Chaos, Source of All Chaos, L-sama)
 * Overdeity
 * Symbol: A shovel (preferably one that has been recently broken over Hajime Kanzakaâ€™s head, but this is optional)
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Creation of Universes, Existences Beyond Human Comprehension, Balance Between Good and Evil, Apocalyptic Destruction, Eerily Emotionless Deliveries of Aforementioned Apocalyptic Destruction, Forbidden Magic, Deus Ex Machinae, Comedic Abuse of Authors
 * Domains: Balance, Chaos, Creation, Darkness, Destruction, Evil, Good, Magic
 * Allies: Lina (though L-sama denies it)
 * Opposed by: Diabolus
 * As the Sea of Chaos, she is the foundation of all existence, and what any world reverts to upon being destroyed.

Kenshiro, God of Death Touches and Body Explosion (Man with Seven Scars)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: The Big Dipper/His Seven Scars
 * Alignment: Lawful Good
 * Portfolio: Badasses, The Stoic, Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken, Blowing Body Parts With Mere Touches, Bruce Lee Yells, Manly Tears, Infinite Supplies Of Clothes (In a post-apocalyptic era where tailors are rare, nonetheless!), Catch Phrase.
 * Domain: Strength, Compassion, Martial Arts, Death.
 * Was formerly a follower of Bruce Lee, until his fighting style had been proven too different for him to be a run-of-the-mill Bruce Lee Clone.
 * Occasionally sheds tears for those he's killed in battle, provided they're not nameless mohawked Mooks.
 * It is customary for all Kenshiro followers to know when their enemies are going to explode. Before that, they are to say, "You're already dead."

Nurgle, God of Decay and Plague (Lord of Decay, Master of Plague and Pestilence, Lord of All, The Plaguefather Grandfather Nurgle, Papa Nurgle)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: The Number 7
 * Alignment: Chaotic Evil
 * Followers: The Primarch Mortarion, his leigon of Death Guard Space Marines (now a bunch of bloated plague-zombies) and a whole bunch of friendly Daemons.
 * Portfolio: Cosmic Horror, Depopulation Bomb, The Virus, The Corruption, A Father to His Men
 * Domain: Disease, Plague, Pestilence, Decay, Despair
 * Loves his followers like a father. In a twisted and cosmic sort of way, can technically grant eternal life (though not immortality). Some say that dispite the way his male folowers look, his female followers could end up strangely good-looking. Surprisingly one of the more jovial and good natured gods of the Pantheon, despite his job description. However, he has a hard time figuring out why nobody wants to come near him...

Ichigo Kurosaki, God of Psychopomp Shinigami (Strawberry)
 * Theme Song: Number One
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: Zangetsu, and a bottle of Clorox
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Portfolio: Shinigami, Soul Purification, Really Big Swords, Superpowered Evil Sides, Ghost-spotting, Divine Empowerment
 * Domain: Afterlife, Death, War
 * Follower: Maka Albarn (Soul Eater)
 * Somewhere in the midst of shounen battles and powerups, a young looking man made an offhand comment that made Ichigo look at his fellow Shinigami and realized they weren't really helping human souls so much as having awesome battles. He really didn't like thinking about it that much, but he then realized that his own family was going to have to go through this screwed up system eventually. (Hopefully after a long and full life) so the only way to clean it up is...:grimace: become respectable and become part of the system.
 * Ichigo's crew protects other benevolent Grim Reapers when they're just escorting already dead souls to the other side. He defends against The Heartless and any other entities that consumes souls or otherwise disrupts the perceived natural process of death.
 * Ichigo is currently in a meme war (it's a fancy word for bickering) with Ryuk over what being a Shinigami means.
 * Apparently gives out the vibe that he isn't interested in girls, and thus gets extremely shy and flustered when women around him start to... tease him. Unfortunately, this made him the victim of teasing from both Excellen Browning and Selena Recital.

Ryuk, God of Monstrous Shinigami
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: A half-eaten apple
 * Alignment: Chaotic Affably Evil
 * Portfolio: Shinigami, Artifacts of Doom, Slasher Smiles, Souls, Apples
 * Domain: The Nothing After Death, Death, Trickery
 * Followers: Castlevania's Death, Risky, Malroth
 * After Light actually ascended after dying, Ryuk found himself being severely outranked by the former human he was messing with for jollies. Light showed no antagonism (he enjoys his new godhood), but did accidentally (Really! Total mistake on his part!) reveal that only being in the Pantheon might protect Ryuk. Ryuk immediately became somewhat respectable and became part of the system. (Light just smiled.)
 * In rare cases of seriousness, Ryuk will explain that the human obsession with afterlives is irrational, and he and his kind are just nature's way of cleaning up psychic residue and leftover lifeforce.
 * Also lends a hand to fledgling Shinigami and Deaths; partially to keep on the higher-ups good side, partially to mind-screw with Ichigo. (Hey, he watched Light in action and learned quite a bit.) He is, however, going to mess with them a bit. Also, if everyone dies, there won't be anyone left to die. Or grow apples.
 * Is in a meme war (he's doing it for the lulz) with Ichigo Kurosaki over what being a Shinigami means.
 * The symptoms of his lack of apples are startiiiiiing.
 * Was almost killed by Vegeta after several prank calls Gone Horribly Wrong. He has now switched to prank-calling Shockblast.

Touko Aozaki, Goddess of Backup Bodies (The Red, Dirty Red)
 * Intermediate Goddess
 * Symbol: A doll crawling out of a suitcase
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio:, Badass Bookworm, Badass Longcoat, Benevolent Boss, Someone you should NEVER insult, Cool Big Sis to everyone but her actual sister, Has a really nice car but never went to driving school, Eccentric Mentor,  ,  , Marionette Master, The Masquerade, Has a thousand and one day jobs, Meganekko, Occult Detective, Sibling Yin-Yang, Smoking Is Cool, Tall, Dark and Bishoujo.
 * Domain: Puppets, Monsters, Magic, Neutrality, Knowledge, Retribution, Freedom
 * Followers: Mikiya Kokutou, Azaka Kokutou
 * Allies: Shiki Ryougi, Rei Ayanami, Motoko Kusanagi, Shirou Emiya
 * Opposed By: Araya Souren, Cornelius Alba, Aoko Aozaki, Shiki Tohno
 * It is unknown how long she has been without her original body. It's inconsequential in the end because her puppet bodies are so well made they're almost impossible to distinguish from the original. They're all equally powerful and equally hot.
 * She got this position on the virtue of automatically transferring her complete soul to the next body when one is destroyed, no matter where it is. Other people might just have clones of themselves but can't move their soul, or have to have their minds manually uploaded to their next body, or have to settle for an inferior form.
 * Despite opposing him, she really doesn't hate Araya Souren. She mostly just disagrees with his methods of trying to reach the Akashic Records.
 * Ever since what happened to Cornelius Alba, other members of the Pantheon have been wary not to call her "Dirty Red." Dante tried hitting on her by saying it. It evidently took Black Jack a while to reattach his limbs.
 * She has a penchant for taming Eldritch Abominations and keeping them in luggage. Airport staff have been put on notice.
 * She is one of the members of the Pantheon who can get Shiki Ryougi to do, well, anything as a favor. Other dieties are still rather surprised when they see the psychotic demon hunter standing in line for a new manga release, looking thoroughly annoyed.
 * She doesn't really oppose Shiki Tohno for anything he did personally and is even willing to work with him. Unfortunately, thanks to Aoko, Shiki is forced to support her opposition by default.
 * Ever since her sister, Aoko Aozaki, heard about her ascending, she has been seriously considering actually accepting a position if only to oppose her. This of course means that Touko has been doing everything possible to block or distract her from doing so. Considering how free spirited and laid back Aoko is, this has worked...so far.
 * If Aoko actually put her mind to it, she would be probably be able to. She does have her student Shiki Tohno all too willing to vouch for her. Not to mention the power of the Fifth True Magic that has even Greater Gods concerned.
 * To compound matters, Aoko just got upgraded to Protagonist status ever since the release of her own story.

Ai Enma, Ferry Girl of Hell (Hell Girl)
 * Lesser Goddess (when powered by a contract, can reach Greater Goddess levels, depending on her target and contractor.)
 * Symbol: The Hell Correspondence website (a text field, a 'send button' and the word 'I shall exact your vengeance' on a black background)
 * Alignment: True Neutral
 * Portfolio: Super Powerful Little Girl, Sending victims and senders to Hell, Really Four Hundred Years Old, Revenge.
 * Domain: Afterlife, Sin, Death, Vengeance
 * Assistant: Komachi Onozuka (Touhou)
 * Most of her prayers are those who have been screwed up so badly in their life. They call out Ai to exact their vengeance, never mind that they'll go to Hell soon after.
 * In the pantheons, however, she also opens up a new correspondence: 'The Disgraces Correspondence'. She hears and exacts vengeance of those who thinks a certain deity have misbehaved and must be banished to the Disgraces. She doesn't require the sender to be banished to the Disgraces after their time is up, though. Ichigo Momomiya is one satisfied customer of hers.
 * When she faces those who are going to the Disgraces, her condemnation sentence becomes: "Pitiful shadow clothed in fan-hatred. Thy actions cause pantheons shame and disgrace. Thy hollow soul drowns in thy hatedom. How would you like to see what the Disgraces section is like?"
 * She is usually assisted by Komachi. However, considering she is too much of a slacker, Ai usually ends up doing most of the things by herself.
 * Was seen kissing a human girl on two different occasions. One was while both were naked. In a bathtub. No one is willing to ask what the hell was all that about.

Gig, God of Insanely Powerful Reapers (Master of Death, Commander of the World Eaters, Indestructible Gig, Vigilance)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: A scythe with a red blade
 * Alignment: Somewhere between Chaotic Evil and Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: The Grim Reaper, Souls, The Lifestream, Insane Levels of Power, Shoulders of Doom, Wielders of Scythes, Being Sealed Away for Really Bad Behavior, Really Sarcastic Omnicidal Maniacs Who Acquire Hearts of Gold, Those Who Are Absolutely Not Heroic, Lovers of Hotpods
 * Domain: Afterlife, Chaos, Death, Destruction, War
 * Followers: Every Bleach shinigami of vice-captain rank or higher, plus a few who aren't, every The World Ends With You Reaper of officer rank or higher (plus at least one who isn't),
 * In terms of sheer destructive capability, Gig may be the single most powerful deity in the entire Pantheon. Other deities are stronger, but none of them are as willing to use their power at the slightest provocation.
 * Head Death has had to put restrictions on Gig after he had destroyed several planets and vandalized a few neighboring Houses when he found out somebody stole his hotpods. Rampant abuse of his power has started to draw unwanted attention to the House of Life and Death, threatening to blow Altair's many cover identities. Death herself has threatened to turn him back into a sword if he doesn't clean his act up.
 * There are two reasons why no one messes with the House of Life and Death, and they have nothing to do with cosmic balance. One is Gig, and the other is Virtuous. People still remember what happened to the last gods to piss both of them off.
 * Maintains a very good relationship with Kurama, who oversees the growth of hotpods, Chance the Gardener, who has has set aside a portion of the Garden to grow them in, and Takeshi Kaga, who cooks them for Gig and his followers. These three gods enjoy a kind of diplomatic immunity as a result, since no god is willing to risk the Wrath of Gig by harming them in any way.

Virtuous, Goddess of Reverse Reapers (Master of Life, Layna the Firebrand, Layna the Venerable)
 * Greater Goddess
 * Symbol: Her staff
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Portfolio: Reincarnation, Souls, The Lifestream, Wise Old Mentors, Not-So-Demonic Possession, Benevolent Users of The Pan
 * Domain: Afterlife, Healing, Knowledge, Life, Planning, Renewal
 * Virtuous is to Gig,, and Ichigo what Doctor Black Jack is to Alta Ã¯r. While they are responsible for helping the dead cross over, she determines where, when, and to whom mortal souls are born when they're reincarnated. Because of this, she has considerable influence among the various Houses; she effectively controls where all the most powerful mortal souls end up, and whether or not they remember their previous lives. Any deities who wish to incarnate themselves as a mortal must likewise go through her.
 * Link, despite also being a trope god, is such a regular repeat customer that she no longer actually does him personally, having left a metaphorical, very slow drinking bird toy over that particular metaphysical button. It's been 3000 years so far, and he hasn't noticed. It probably helps that every time he dies he is surprised to realize that he is a god, having his memory wiped each time. (The one time it wasn't, a pointy-eared newborn Hylian wailed with frustration at the thought of having to grow up and track down his sword, his boomerang, bombs, iron-soled boots, his bow...)

Maya Fey, Goddess of Spirit Channeling (Mystic Maya)
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: A Magatama
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Portfolio: Spirit Channeling, Cloudcuckoolanders, Big Eaters, especially of burgers (or ramen, if you're Japanese), Sidekicks, Pettankos, Distressed Damsels, Fan Girls
 * Domains: Mysticism, Transformation, Fey, Death, Necromancy
 * Allies: Pearl Fey (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)
 * Spends a lot of her time visiting the house of Justice, where her longtime friend and employer Phoenix Wright is a prominent god, in order to support him in his trials.
 * Pearl likes to visit her cousin a lot. She never misses the opportunity of asking around the Pantheon if Mr. Nick and Mystic Maya are an item yet, much to their chagrin.

Ned, God of Waking the Dead (The Piemaker)
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: A slice of pie
 * Alignment: Neutral Good, but really just in it for the pie.
 * Portfolio: Awakening The Dead, Parental Abandonment, Abilities With No Off Button Which Cause A Lot Of Problems, Those With No Apparent Surnames, Equivalent Exchanges, Arbitrary Skepticism, Mundane Utility, Unusual Romances, Heartwarming Moments
 * Domains: Necromancy, Death, Life, Renewal, Pie
 * Followers: Hyatt (Excel Saga), Sissel
 * Enemies: Practically none: everyone likes pie, and the gentle baker/necromancer doesn't naturally attract enemies anyway. That said, Darth Vader, God of Evil Fathers, suspects Ned of having once spat in his pie, but cannot prove it. Also--for some reason--Head Death and Death of The Endless won't return Ned's phone calls about fixing the "random proximity thing". Ned sends over regular propitiating offerings, via his mortal avatars, with no response so far.
 * Ned and his mortal ally Emerson were initially rather suspicious of Maya Fey (see above) - Emerson because her ascending at the same time as Ned and being in a similar line of work seemed like a bit too much of a coincidence, Ned because she claims to be medium and spirits clearly don't exist, unlike necromancy. However, they now seem to be getting along well - in fact, she has become one of The Pie Hole's most frequent customers.
 * Ned has recently become God of Pie, but continues to live his private life in this house.

Big Daddy, Leader of the Undead
 * Demigod
 * Symbol: Brains
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Zombie Apocalypse, Determinator, Zombie Gait, A servant of Karma, horrifying appearance, spreader of the Virus, Sympathetic POV, After the End, Kill'Em All
 * Domain: Undeath, Hunger, Learning, Apocalypse
 * While not the only sentient zombie in existence, Big Daddy carries a sort of charismatic charm to him that has other zombies instinctively follow him. While they don't possess much intelligence or inherent powers, the combined belief of a near infinite number of zombies from countless zombie apocalypses was just enough to get him into the Pantheon, which has proved to be a huge headache for the House of Life and Death. Head Death can't seem to define which half of the House Big Daddy falls under, and the rest of the deities (the ones that bothered to vote, at least) are split half and half.

The God-Emperor of Mankind, God of Posthumous Characters (The Emperor, The Immortal God-Emperor, The Machine God, The Omnissiah, The Corpse God)
 * Half-Ascended Greater God, possible Overdeity
 * Symbol: The Golden Throne
 * Alignment: Lawful Good
 * Portfolio: Posthumous Characters, Person of Mass Destruction, The Emperor, The Empire, Psychic Powers, Blessed with Suck, Authority Equals Asskicking, Rags to Royalty, Royals Who Actually Do Something (when he was still alive), Put on a Bus
 * Domain: Royalty, Death, Life, Power
 * Allies: Madoka Kaname
 * Even in his mortal form, the Emperor had the power to face not just one, but multiple greater gods at the same time. However, when he was mortally wounded in the battle with his son Horus, instead of dying and being properly ascended to the Pantheon, he was instead hooked up to a massive, infinitely complex life support machine called the Golden Throne, leaving him in a state of half death where he is neither dead nor truly alive. As such, he is only at a fraction of his full power, but should he ever experience true death, it is said that he will fully ascend and take his rightful place at the head of the Main House. As such, nobody is willing to pull the plug because they're not sure what's going to happen. Even Gig gives him a wide berth.
 * The conspiracy nuts (read: The Question) believe that hooking up the Emperor to the Golden Throne and preventing his full ascension was a plot by the Council of Shadows. However, like the rest of his theories, almost nobody believes him and his "evidence" is shaky at best.

Kenny McCormick, God Of Revolving-Door Death
 * Quasideity
 * Symbol: His hood, splattered with blood. Also nearby are two word bubbles: "Oh my God they killed Kenny!" and "You bastards!"
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Coming Back From The Dead, Getting Killed A Lot, Constant Voice Muffling, Chew Toys,
 * Domain: Life, Death, Humor, Children
 * Followers: Hyatt (Excel Saga), Phelous
 * Allies: Hong Meiling, Rory Williams (who feels sympathy for Kenny, seeing as they've both suffered cruel, normally fatal fates many times in their lives)
 * The moment Kenny ascended to the Pantheon, thousands of mortals pointed to one poor sap (that killed him) and yelled in unison "YOU BASTARD!!!"
 * Is currently in a Pantheon support group with WALL-E and the God/s of Woobies. Naturally, Death of the Endless is always stalking them.
 * There's also that one time that Death of the Endless got hit with an Idiot Ball and Kenny kicked her ass... It was undone with the Reset Button
 * Being fellow Butt Monkeys, Kenny is on good terms with Hong Meiling. Which unfortunately got him caught up to whatever abuse is subjected to China and gets killed in process, causing her to take the mantle of yelling "Oh my God, you killed Kenny!! You bastard!!!". Of course, Kenny comes right back after, but still...

The Nightbringer, God of the Fear of Death
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: A Scythe
 * Alignment: Lawful Evil
 * Portfolio: Cosmic Horror, Mind Rape, AI Is a Crapshoot, Cybernetics Eat Your Soul, Robot War, Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Domain: Death, Torment, Hunger, Conquest
 * Though not actually Death (a lot of people seem to make that mistake), The Nightbringer is responsible for traumatizing proto-life so horribly that almost every living being (with a few exceptions) is cursed with an instinctive fear of Death.
 * Angry at always receiving Death's mail by accident, The Nightbringer has threatened to devour Head Death if the issue isn't resolved.

The Director, God of Euthanization (Shouty Guy)
 * Quasidiety
 * Symbol: A TV with a face.
 * Alignment: Lawful Evil (Believes himself to be Lawful Good)
 * Portfolio: Those Who Kill For The Greater Good, Speaking Very Loudly And In Complete Gibberish, Ending Stories In Pointless Ways, Very Creepy Atmospheres
 * Domain: 'Healing', Chaos, Death
 * Allies: Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Diabolus Ex Machina
 * Followers: None that have been confirmed as such.
 * Enemies: Dr. Black Jack, and anyone else that disapproves of shooting cancer patients in the face.
 * Due to his, ahem, 'unusual' medical practices, The Director is not thought highly of in the House of Life and Death, or anywhere else, for that matter. Even the few villains that find him amusing watch him from far away, lest they be subjected to his ear drum piercing rants, and receive a headache rivaling the ones received after a conversation with Azathoth.
 * About once a week, he goes on walks around the House, diagnosing anyone he meets with Cancer, and then shooting them in the face. This is completely harmless, but really annoying.
 * The Director was once interviewed by Aya Shameimaru, who asked him why he feels euthanization is necessary. His answer was: "CANCER?! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT A CANCER IS?! CANCER IS A SMALL PIECE OF DEATH THAT SLOWLY TAKES OVER A BODY!" This was the last question asked, since Aya was rendered deaf for the rest of the day.

Shiki Tohno and Shiki Ryougi, God and Goddess of Direct Death (Tohno: Satsujinki, Ryougi: "")




 * Lesser Deities
 * Symbol: A fruit knife over a red jacket
 * Alignment: Neutral Good (Tohno), Chaotic Neutral (Ryougi)
 * Portfolio:
 * Both: Magic/Mystic Eyes of Direct Death, Knife Nut, Split Personality, Badass, Determinator
 * Tohno: Supposed Ordinary High School Student, Parental Abandonment, Interspecies Romance, supposed Badass Normal, Chick Magnet, Restraining Bolt
 * Ryougi: Katanas Are Just Better, Heir to the Dojo, Red Right Hand, Blood Knight,
 * Followers: Soifon (Bleach)
 * Tohno's second personality manifests as Shiki Nanaya, a Neutral Evil killer who has a habit of slaughtering people For the Evulz and being a cynical bastard.
 * Black Mage is very, very jealous of their mastery of Stabbity Death; and has tried to wrest the Portfolio from them. But when he tried using the Hadoken on them; Ryougi stabbed the Hadoken to death.
 * Word of advice: Don't try to hurt someone they like. Even if you're supposed to be immortal. It never ends well and everyone's afraid they'll go after the universe someday.
 * Lately, Tohno has taken to laughing quietly whenever he sees Combat Potemkin. When asked why, all he would say was "Reminds me of dodgeball." No one knows what he meant by that, except for Shirou Emiya.
 * Other deities maintain a healthy wariness about these two. With only a few exceptions, they can "kill" nearly anything that exists (Ryougi's extends to concepts of all things), including those much higher up than they are.
 * Alucard seems to actually have taken an interest in Tohno, given the fact that the man's killing of Nrvnqsr Chaos means that he could possibly kill him without having to deal with the whole countless lives mumbo jumbo.

Kyosuke Nanbu, God of Improbable Death-Cheating
 * Theme Song: Steel Beowulf
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: The Alt Eisen Riese.
 * Alignment: Lawful Good
 * Portfolio: Ace Pilot, Devil's Luck, Cheating Death, Tranquil Fury, Gambling
 * Domain: War, Luck, Death
 * Allies: Excellen Browning, Axel Almer, Sanger Zonvolt, Justi Ueki Tylor
 * After spending time as Tylor's follower, Kyosuke is suddenly deified. The first thing he experienced when being deified was being brutally mauled by Kratos, including getting his mecha's torn limb to limb, and the head too, and then he was personally beaten to a pulp until he is rescued by his allies. Kyosuke only came out with some broken ribs.

Grigori Rasputin, God of Refusing To Just Die. (The Mad Monk, Russia's Greatest Love Machine)
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: The flag of the Soviet Empire or a Green Reliquary.
 * Alignment: Neutral Good to some, Neutral Evil to many others, probably just True Neutral.
 * Portfolio: Prolonged Death, Faith Healers, Historical Figures Shrouded in Myth, Cruel And Unusual Deaths
 * Domain: City, Magic, Death, Prophecies of Doom, Healing, Lust.
 * Has never been seen in the same room as: Alan Moore
 * His main Pet the Dog moment in life was healing Tsarevich Alexei Romanov during a life-theatening bout of hemophilia. Although, this may have in fact been a gambit to ensure the Tsarina's loyalty and take control of the Russian Empire.
 * Also has a spot in the House of Heroes and Villains.

Raoh, God of Death By Awesomeness (Ken-Oh)
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: His statue posing his death pose.
 * Alignment: Lawful Evil
 * Portfolio: Badass, Aloof Big Brother, Cool Horse, Power Up With Love, Noble Demon, Too Cool to Live.
 * Domains: War, Battle, Death, Family, Travel
 * Followers: Ken (Shinkon Gattai Godannar), Ouka Nagisa (Super Robot Wars)
 * Allies: Elzam V. Branstein, Lu Bu, Kenshiro
 * Was a candidate to various Pantheons, such as God of Brotherhood, but Byakuya came first
 * Used to be the God of Awesome Horse Owners until the opening of the Beast House. Raoh lets Koku-Oh itself ascend and yells "Of all things that I did in the Pantheon, including getting myself denied of two Houses, I HAVE NO REGRETS!!". So awesome that the Gods immediately gave him ANOTHER place, this time quite possibly permanently.
 * Right after that, some of his followers in real life went on to hold a funeral for him.

Nekron, The Physical Embodiment of Darkness, The Nothingness Before Life, Leader of the Black Lantern Corps.
 * Possible Overdeity (Has been described as the Darkness, as seen above, and as being existence)
 * Symbol: Black Lantern Power Battery/Scythe/Dark Matter
 * Alignment: Unknown (Super Chaotic Evil/Neutral Evil). Considers himself to be a force of order, but doesn't consider himself as evil.
 * Portfolio: Eldritch Abomination, Omnicidal Maniac, Resurrecting Dead Heroes, Zombie Apocalypse, Evil Is Deathly Cold. Feel free to update with more info.
 * Domains: Death, The Nothingness before Life, Dark Matter
 * Followers: Black Hand
 * Opposed By: All members of the Pantheon are targeted by him, including the various Deaths.
 * If there existed something before life itself, and even the Pantheon itself, it was darkness. When emotion first came to be, with the first sentient life, the Darkness responded with creating Nekron. Seeking to return the Universe to the peace and order of the darkness, Nekron is the ultimate representation of the absence of life.
 * Being the leader of the Black Lantern Corps, and being able to cause any and all the dead to rise (excluding Don Hall), many members of the Pantheon fear whether or not Nekron will expand the Black Rings' influence, and resurrect all the most powerful beings who have ever died across the Pantheon . He claims they have nothing to worry about, not enough powerful beings have died yet, and that he'll wait a few decades more for heroes to expand his dominion a bit more by returning form the dead and/or killing foes.
 * He and his followers are excluded from the Grand United Alliance of Evil becuase its members are afraid that Nekron will just take it over and assimilate them into his evergrowing undead army.

The Abhorsen, the Gods of Repose or the Anti-Gods of Undeath
 * Quasideities
 * Symbol: A bell
 * Allignment: Never Evil, that's for sure.
 * Portfolio: Improbable Weapon User, Instrument of Murder, Dark Is Not Evil (Played with. Necromancy is evil unless it's being used to undo necromancy)
 * Domains: Magic, Repose, Music (They wish they had Sun)
 * Followers: The living Abhorsen and his or her apprentice, duh. Also, anyone who opposes the undead.
 * Opposes: Big Daddy and recently Nekron
 * A long line of necromancers that used their magic to undo the work of other necromancers, each would instantly ascended upon dying and passing the Ninth Gate, often dragging undead abominations with them. They work to make sure noone opposed the natural order of things, although they are a great deal more lenient to those who pose no threat to the living.

The Entity, The Embodiment of Life
 * Overdeity
 * Symbol: The White Lantern
 * Allignment: True Neutral
 * Portfolio: Back From the Dead,
 * Domains: Space, Life, Light
 * Opposes/Opposed by: Nekron
 * God spoke: "Let There Be Light", and there it was. The Entity is the White Light, the one from where all life began in the DC Universe.
 * Whether or not it is a force for good has been called into question, after the White Ring

The Undertaker,  The Reaper of Men and the Chaser of Wayward Souls (The Demon of Death Valley, The Last Outlaw, Big Evil, The Phenom, The Deadman, The American Badass, Mark William Calaway.)
 * Theme Song: "Rest In Peace"
 * Greater God, but gains the power of an Overdiety during Wrestlemania.
 * Symbol: A stylized uppercase T with an x going through the bottom.
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral, though in the past has been Chaotic Good and even Lawful Evil.
 * Portfolio: Dark Is Not Evil, Our Zombies Are Different, being Buried Alive and Coming Back From The Dead afterwards.
 * Domains: Death, Darkness
 * Opposed by: His brother Kane, Paul Bearer
 * His job is mainly to collect souls and bring them into the afterlife, thereby making them 'Rest In Peace'. He keeps these captured souls in an urn and draws strength from them when he needs it, though in its absence he learned to draw strength from his followers as well. As a minion of Death of the Endless, he was assigned to collect souls from the WWF in 1990 along with manager Paul Bearer (himself a necromancer), who he later had a falling out with.
 * He briefly broke away from Death's control at the end of 1999 (after he was defeated in a brief skirmish with a man who had escaped from Hell and his brother) and regained his mortality, though after he was killed in a Buried Alive match by his brother Kane in 2003, Paul Bearer managed to pull some strings and resurrect him, essentially regaining his old position in the Pantheon.
 * Kane has challenged him for this position many times, and in 2010 with the help of Paul Bearer, Kane almost succeeded by burying him alive. But, like the several previous times he was buried alive, he got better, and Kane's powers quickly decayed once again at the hands of Edge.
 * Even though Kane is the devil's favorite demon, the devil still addresses Undertaker as "sir".
 * During the time of Wrestlemania, The Undertaker is known to be nearly undefeatable against any force. Many gods of the Pantheon belives that defeating him during Wrestlemania will elevate them to the status of Overdiety. But as each year had passed, as each Wrestlemania came and went, as each challenger stepped forward, mortals and gods alike, as every trick in the book (both fair and foul) was throw at him, as close as victory neared itself towards Undertakers opponent, the results has always remained the same: The challengers defeated by the Demon of Death Valley, only to add more fuel to his dark powers.
 * When the sun is suddenly blocked out (or if the lights go out in whatever building his target happens to be inside) as the gong is heard in the middle of the darkness, one can only expect the Deadman to appear once the lights come back and for him to unleash his wrath on any nearby target.
 * Undertaker was once aided by Chuck Norris in a Casket match against Yokozuna where his godhood was on the line. The relation between these two gods are still unknown after the battle.

Gregg, the Grim Reaper
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: His face; a skull covered in a hood
 * Alignment: Lawful Neutral
 * Portfolio: Smart-Arse Remarks, Hating Cats, Just Doing His Job, Not Being Very Scary For a Grim Reaper
 * Domains: Death
 * Another one of Death's lesser Grim Reapers. He gets stuck with most of the dirty work, such as sorting out the cats (who have nine lives, making filling out the paperwork a living Hell), making sure the squirrels get as many lives as they think they can get away with, and taking out zombies, which being undead are even more trouble than cats. Needless to say, he does his job only begrudgingly, obeying the "powers that be" and not even getting paid very much.
 * Also dislikes always having to tell his clients not to laugh when they find out he's only about four feet tall, has a high-pitched British accent and has a normal-sounding name like Gregg. But just what is a grim reaper supposed to look like?
 * Hates those bloody cats...

Tiny Tim, God of Depressing Future Deaths and Terminally Ill Children
 * Lesser God, Intermediate God on Christmas Day
 * Symbol: A solitary crutch leaning against a vacant chair
 * Alignment: Lawful Good
 * Portfolio: Five hanky moments, happiness and selflessness despite poverty, ridiculously cute children, stories whose surprises are widely known, futures that can be changed.
 * Domain: Death, killer child illnesses, depressing futures.
 * Opposed by: Nearly all evil deities, especially those embodying incorrigible greed.
 * Wandered into the pantheon one day coughing up a storm. So many gods and goddesses sympathized so deeply with him he was given honorary godhood.
 * Has the most power and influence on Christmas Day.

Mami Tomoe, High Prophet of Early Deaths
 * Theme Song: Credens Justitiam
 * Demi-Goddess
 * Symbol: A Yellow Soul Gem in front of a block of cheese with a bite in it.
 * Alignment: Lawful Good
 * Portfolio: Magical Girl, Gun Slinger, We Hardly Knew Ye, Cool Big Sis, Badass (via adaption), The Mammaries, Victim of a Gruesome End, Tea Drinking, Tiro Finale
 * Domain: Magic, Death, Guns
 * Followers: Gai Daigoji (Martian Successor Nadesico) (Who, while loyal, is kinda disappointed that Mami isn't a Super Robot otaku)
 * Allies/Friends: Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, Kyouko Sakura, Iroh, Nanoha Takamachi, Rushuna Tendou, Paio II, Noel Vermillion, Litchi Faye-Ling, Archer, Fate Testarossa
 * Ascended to the Pantheon after aiding in the defeat of a mad prophet called Oriko Mikuni and her mass-murdering, insane compatriot (Kirika Kure) while she kept her resolve to fight as a Puella Magi rather than snapping and killing her teammates... again. Mami is thankful to the young Yuma Chitose for keeping her on the right path.
 * She has no malice towards her mortal killer, Charlotte the Dessert Witch, in fact Charlotte has become something of a pet of hers, which she loves in an unconditional fashion. In turn, Charlotte is rather protective of Mami's well-being... And gets a lot of cheese.
 * Being High Prophet of Early Deaths, Her task in the pantheon is to hear the life and times of the forgotten... to allow their passing. If she deems them worthy, subjects can be given a chance to fight for their credentials (which was denied in the mortal life). This has the attention of The Forgotten One, Satsuki Yumizuka; Whom searches for Mami in the land of the lost.
 * Part of her past time is spent practising Gun Kata with both Rushuna and Noel, particularly to increase her awareness in combat, is a regular customer at Iroh's tea-hut, meets with Litchi and Paio II ( the three of them are becoming known as the 'Boobie Trio') regularly. Mami made lots of friends since her Ascension and is really glad she won't be alone any longer.
 * This is very important as
 * Nanoha and Fate once watched how Mami died once. They were REALLY scared. It seemed to provoke their motherly instincts, but they're not sure why. Mami doesn't talk a lot about that...

Dessert Witch Charlotte, Bringer of Early Deaths
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: A slice of cake next to Mami Tomoe's decapitated head
 * Alignment: Chaotic Evil
 * Portfolio: Worms Of Unusual Size, clown-themed abominations, looking cute only at first sight, monstrous true forms, conjuring desserts (even though her favorite food is cheese), eating humans, decapitation, bringing about despair and fear into a seemingly light show
 * Allies: Mami Tomoe (?)
 * Enemies: anyone she chooses to make her next dinner
 * Together with Mami Tomoe, they form the duumvirate of Early Death: Mami as the Victim, Charlotte as the Bringer.
 * Upon ascension, Mami has managed to gain Charlotte's affections with tons of cheese, and the two are now inseparable.
 * Never comes anywhere close to Homura, still remembering all too well her death by high explosives.
 * Many have learned at their expense that beyond Charlotte's seemingly innocuous, weak outer body lurks a grotesque, fearsome monstruosity, with a massive mouth full of razor sharp teeth and a big appetite.
 * Commonly visits the House of Food and absolutely razes everything cheese-based they prepare. Nobody calls her out on it, because nobody wants to in turn end up in Charlotte's belly.
 * Has an uncharacteristically huge legion of followers which insists she is actually really nice, has a very sad backstory and overall is pretty Moe.
 * Since Mami hangs around with Litchi a lot, Charlotte ends up playing with Litchi's other friend, Reptile, a lot. They like having eating contests, fight for food, but none could headchomp the other.
 * Since Mami hangs around with Litchi a lot, Charlotte ends up playing with Litchi's other friend, Reptile, a lot. They like having eating contests, fight for food, but none could headchomp the other.

William T. Spears and Grell Sutcliff, Replacement Gods of Psychopomp Shinigami
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: Pruning Pole, Glasses | Chainsaw
 * Alignment: Lawful Neutral | Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Shinigami, Improbable Weapon, Serious Business | Ax Crazy
 * Domains: Death, psychopomp
 * Due to Kurosaki Ichigo and the fact that most of his time as a Shinigami was spent fighting a war, and not performing his duties as a Psychopomp, William T. Spears and Grell Sutcliff were asked to serve as Kurosaki Ichigo's replacement(s) in the Pantheon of Life and Death. As Ichigo still maintains his position in the Pantheon, it is uncertain how long their positions will last.
 * William prefers to not be in the Pantheon at all, only focusing on his duties. Even so, he couldn't say no to Death of the Endless when she asked him to join. Grell, in contrast, leapt at the chance. She seems to have taken an interest in Ichigo.

Shikieiki Yamaxanadu, Highest Judge Of The Court Of Paradise
 * Overdeity
 * Symbol: A par of scales. One bowl is black, the other white.
 * Alignment: Lawful Good (but when she is on the job, she must judge as Lawful Neutral)
 * Portfolio: Judgement, Nagging, Workaholism
 * Domains: Law, Inquisition, Death, Repose
 * Allies: Komachi Onozuka (Direct subordinate) King Yama and Koenma (Fellow Yamas )
 * The Yama of the Paradise land of Gensokyo, and the representative of Yamas within the Pantheon. Her job is to judge the dead to be "White" or "Black". That is, good or evil. As the Yama, she has the singular power to unerringly judge any person or deed to be "White" or "Black". Once a soul has been judged by the Yama, there can be no appeal; no tournabout. The judgement is final.
 * However, despite her professionalism when she is on the job, she spends her time off lecturing the still-living on how to correct their lives. It his her opinion that Hell exists so that no-one sins, not to punish sinners, so she does what she can to make sure as many souls as possible can be judged "White" when the time comes.
 * The authority of the Yama is absolute. Everyone, from the lowest insect to the highest of gods, are judged by the Yama when their time comes. No life is truly eternal; no person can avoid their destined appointment with the Yama.
 * Despite this, she has immense trouble keeping her own ferryman Shinigami in line.
 * While she carries the title of "Highest Judge", she only judges dead souls. Her power to see the true nature of any soul means that no prosecution or defense is necessary in her cases. Her only job is to judge a soul's nature and usher them to their final destination.
 * There have been rumors of the Yama making unjust judgements on a whim, out of jealousy. There is however no evidence of this whatsoever, and those rumors have never been confirmed.

Death, God of the Necro Non Sequitur and Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts
 * Overdeity
 * Symbol: Metal bars driven through a skull (Final Destination 5 poster)
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral / True Neutral
 * Portfolio: Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts, Necro Non Sequitur , Eldritch Abomination
 * Domains: Elaborate Deaths, Gorn
 * Having starred in a franchise involving increasingly brutal and elaborate deaths, this version of Death's induction into the Pantheon was taken with relative fear from many, especially those who have cheated death.
 * He has had an eye for most, if not all of the Superheroes, villains, and other characters from all genre who have come back to life from death, but Death Of The Endless has made certain to keep him in check.

J.T. Yorke, God of Those Killed Off for Real (James Tiberius Yorke)
 * Demigod in most of the U.S., Intermediate God in Canada and those parts of the U.S. that get CTV over-the air or on basic cable. Yeah, Teen Nick's in the cable nosebleed section...
 * Symbol: A green penis pump
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Portfolio: Woobies, male A-Cup Angst, Dropped Bridges, Wham Episodes.
 * Domains: Death, Theater, School
 * Letitia Cropley has asked him to teach her how to make Kraft Dinner with mushrooms, but what he'd really like to teach is Media Immersion.

''', God of ... Death'''
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: An Absurdly Sharp Scythe
 * Alignment: Lawful Neutral
 * Portfolio: Absurdly Sharp Blade
 * Domains: Friendly Death,
 * Allies: Death of Rats, Death of Fleas, Mort, Quoth, Susan, Rincewind

Artina, Goddes of Killed Off Cuties (The Angel of Avarice)
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: Her pony tail wrapped around a med kit
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Portfolio: Killed Off Cuties, Unjustly punished kind acts, Good Samaritans
 * Domains: Good, Healing, Protection, Suffering
 * Allies: Flonne (chain of command), Valvatorez, Ramza Beoluve, Marona, Raspberyl, Robin Hood
 * Enemies: Mayuri, Nurgle, Sheriff of Nottingham

Hades, God of Villainized Death Entities
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: His Flaming Hair
 * Alignment: Lawful/NeutralEvil (difficult to tell. While his interests are purely self-serving, he has an odd tendency to uphold his part of the bargain.
 * Portfolio: Death Gods Vilified Due To The Human Fear Of Death, Christianity Screwing Around With Other Religions, Deals With The Devil, Disneyfication.
 * Domains: Evil, Death, Power
 * Allies: Ryuk, any vilified death god
 * Enemies: The original Hades from Greek mythology, any death god from any mythology (they don't like the image he brings), most benevolent grim reapers.
 * Hades is good friends with Ryuk.

Morinth, Goddess of Death by Sex (The Ardat-Yakshi, The Demon Of The Night Winds)
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: Herself disguised as her mother with a sick, twisted grin
 * Alignment: Chaotic Evil
 * Portfolio: Death by Sex, Disguise, Black Widows, Domination
 * Domains: Domination, Evil, Death, Power, Art, Music
 * Followers: Black Widows, Ardat-Yakshi on the prowl
 * Can kill you in a number of ways (guns, biotics), sex is just assured. Nothing can survive having sex with her, not even Zeus.
 * Revels in the kill, particularly attracted to wild, dangerous, and creative people, and may play with them for quite a while before finishing the job, usually with sex.
 * Her disguise is nigh full-proof and she is almost impossible to track until after she kills. Tracking her down can take centuries, and even the best information brokers in the galaxy, who believe they know everything, can be fooled by her disguise. However, those who actually see her get a sense of Uncanny Valley which they can't quite place... Except Commander Shepard.
 * Thus far, the only 'squadmate' that Shepard is not pleased at. It goes otherwise too, Morinth isn't that loyal to Shepard.

Ridley The Unkillable
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: His head.
 * Alignment: Chaotic Evil
 * Portfolio: Joker Immunity, That One Boss, Continuing to Exist Despite Getting Killed, Surviving That, Being A Complete Monster For the Evulz, Arch Enemy, Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons, Axe Crazy, Being a Badass, Being Awesome By Virtue Of Being Terrifying
 * Domains: Battle, Evil, Destruction, Conquest
 * Followers: Kraid, The Space Pirates, and occasionally Metroids, Sigma; Is himself one of The Joker and Mother Brain.
 * Allies: Gauron, Ganondorf, Jean Grey (as Dark Phoenix), Kenny, pretty much anyone who routinely Survives That and/or uses the afterlife as a revolving door.
 * Arch Enemy: Samus Aran.
 * Is one of the few who can regularly go head-to-head with Samus Aran, and no matter how hard she kills him, he still somehow survives it to hunt her down again, although it seems that he may have finally learned his lesson not to mess with her.
 * Is in a contest with Kyosuke Nanbu to see who's better at Surviving That. Ridley's currently winning, but only because he's managed to survive Planetary Explosions.
 * Appears to have been Killed Off for Real in Metroid: Fusion.... but he then promptly Ascended to the Pantheon, and can now go head-to-head with Kratos, Yui Ikari, Kenpachi Zaraki, Asura, and Shizuo Heiwajima without getting killed. Note that they usually kick his butt, but he puts up a fierce fight and no matter how soundly defeated, is somehow still not dead soon after.

Death the Horseman
 * Overdeity (The other Anthropomorphic Personification of Death)
 * Symbol: Death's Sickle
 * Allignment: True Neutral (or so he claims)
 * Portfolio: Blue and Orange Morality, Cool Car, Non-Malicious Monster, Tall, Dark and Snarky, Touch of Death, The Omniscient, The Grim Reaper
 * Domains: Death, Fundamental Force of the Universe
 * Allies: Death of the Endless
 * Enemies: Lucifer
 * He first showed up at the Pantheon in a White Cadillac Eldorado with "Oh Death" by Jen Titus playing on the radio. He was given a wide berth when he stepped out of the Cadillac. Sam and Dean left in the Impala in a hurry when they heard of his arrival.
 * While they do have conflicting ideals about the significance of life, he gets along quite well with Death of the Endless, who jokingly refers to him as "Uncle Death" because of his 'aged' appearance.
 * There are ways to bind him to one's will, but since he warned the Winchesters that they would "die before they start" if they did so a second time, the Pantheon agreed that no one should attempt to bind him.
 * It is known that he likes the pizza in a pizzeria in Chicago. He had said pizza with Death of the Endless when he arrived, along with Pickle Chips.

'''The Golden Spider,


 * Overdeity
 * Symbol: Golden Spider Web
 * Allignment: Neutral Good,
 * Portfolio: Trickster Mentor,
 * Domains:  Naraka
 * Followers/
 * Enemies:
 * After kidnapping Mithra from the House of Magic, The Golden Spider set up shop in the House of Life and Death, but he has aims for the Main House.
 * He is virtually the only known individual in the Pantheon to talk down to Melkor of all people, and does it to his face,  and with Melkor having been created by Eru, the "Lord of the Rings" universe's God, he is above him. To quote what he said: "I am the Creator of all life in my world; you are merely a creation of your God". Melkor has apparently vowed to squash him for this "insult".
 * He tends to distance himself from Nekron, and has been seen making a spider's web in a tree near The Entity's residence, claiming that, he's comfortable around the White Light Entity.
 * He has earned Asura's great ire for kidnapping Mithra, but they must settle their score in their own world before settling it in the Pantheon. As far as the outcome, the Pantheon consulted The Fates: the last images seen were
 * "This is going to be fun", was the one comment The Golden Spider made on this subject.
 * After his defeat at the hands of Asura, The Golden Spider has had very little to say due to coming down with a case of acute 'Missing half of your face' syndrome.

Johann Faust VIII, God of Necromancy and Loving the Dead
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: His distinctive weapon, which is somewhere between a Sinister Scythe and an axe
 * Allignment: Chaotic Good / Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Badass Bookworm, Mad Doctor, Combat Medic, Being Awesome While Being Terrifying, Being Unsettling Even After A Heel Face Turn, Never Giving Up On Resurrecting His Dead Wife, Love-Driven Madness, Dark Is Not Evil, Sociopathic Heroes Who Grow Out Of It
 * Domains: Death, Love, Medicine, Romantic Loyalty
 * Allies: Yoh, Anna
 * Followers: Gendo Ikari, Maximillion Pegasus, Jade Curtiss; Shinra Kishitani (in terms of being a Mad Doctor and a complete Determinator in getting his Love Interest Celty to like him back)
 * Enemies: Anyone who dares insult or attack his wife Eliza; also, anyone who would hurt their own loved ones - Relius Clover in particular, for
 * Despite that they admire his success and are his biggest followers, Faust does not get on well with Gendo Ikari and Maximillion Pegasus. While he does approve of their resolve in seeking reunion with Yui and Cecilia, he detests their methods and how overly complicated they make things.
 * When he found out about Shinji Ikari's rampage to get Rei back, he had mixed feelings - again, he approved of Shinji finally growing a spine and putting his own humanity on the line for love... but at the same time, he believes that causing The End of the World as We Know It is going a bit too far. Nevertheless, Faust understands that Shinji (probably) didn't intend to initiate Third Impact, and so it evens out.
 * Upon learning of what Relius Clover did to, Faust immediately set out on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge, as   is simply unforgivable and offends every fiber of his being.
 * Faust applauds Jade Curtiss for his brilliance and, but wishes that the latter scientist would put his brilliance to the use of advancing modern medicine, and also harshly scolds him for having given up on resurrecting his mentor.
 * Once Faust joined the pantheon, he insisted on his quarters being near the graveyard of all those that have been Killed Off for Real and/or left Deader Than Dead. The reason for this is more of a practical one than a personal one - as a skilled necromancer, should someone seek a fight with him, he has the ability to animate a legion of corpse soldiers, and to combine them into a colossal undead abomination.