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Dreamer
There used to be a whole pantheon of gods, but one day, nobody knows how, the gods themselves died. Now, on mount olympus, the corpses of the gods lay dead and decaying, horrible insects grow fat off of their flesh, the blood of the gods fueling their power as the monsters known as fames.
The fames aren't the only ones that can drink the blood of the gods, humans can also consume the blood to gain great power, the blood, known as golden ichor, or just ichor, can cure diseases, grant superhuman speed, strength, and stamina, and even grant special supernatural abilities depending on the god that the blood was taken from. Ichor is a rare commodity, usually only available to the rich, who pay people to get it, or those brave and strong enough to get it themselves, some people have made a business going to olympus and gathering ichor, it is a dangerous line of work, as the fames, powerful from the vast amounts of ichor they consume on a daily basis, will attack anybody trying to steal their food, these brave and strong people are called the Golden, named after the golden ichor that they risk their lives for. An experienced Golden will have consumed a large amount of ichor themselves, further attributing to their strength and allowing them to climb higher up Mount Olympus, where the more powerful gods lie, and by extension, the more fames their are.
The Golden are all skilled fighters, some vary in base strength in abilities, but generally, a Goldens power is measured in the amount of Ichor that they have consumed, weighted by which god is was taken from, for example, 1 liter of the Ichor of Zeus is worth 12 times as much as the Ichor of Dionysus, which small amounts are used in various types of expensive wines. That being said, consuming any amount of Ichor can great power, though in the case of Dionysus, the blood is more like a drug, granting instant pleasure without any inherent addictive qualities besides simply wanting more because of how good it is, still, if a large enough concentration is consumed, even the Ichor of Dionysus can grant power.
The most prized Ichor of all is the ichor of Zues, which grants immense power, including control of the weather, electricity, and wind. Mixing Ichors together can create strange hybrid powers.
The fames aren't the only ones that can drink the blood of the gods, humans can also consume the blood to gain great power, the blood, known as golden ichor, or just ichor, can cure diseases, grant superhuman speed, strength, and stamina, and even grant special supernatural abilities depending on the god that the blood was taken from. Ichor is a rare commodity, usually only available to the rich, who pay people to get it, or those brave and strong enough to get it themselves, some people have made a business going to olympus and gathering ichor, it is a dangerous line of work, as the fames, powerful from the vast amounts of ichor they consume on a daily basis, will attack anybody trying to steal their food, these brave and strong people are called the Golden, named after the golden ichor that they risk their lives for. An experienced Golden will have consumed a large amount of ichor themselves, further attributing to their strength and allowing them to climb higher up Mount Olympus, where the more powerful gods lie, and by extension, the more fames their are.
The Golden are all skilled fighters, some vary in base strength in abilities, but generally, a Goldens power is measured in the amount of Ichor that they have consumed, weighted by which god is was taken from, for example, 1 liter of the Ichor of Zeus is worth 12 times as much as the Ichor of Dionysus, which small amounts are used in various types of expensive wines. That being said, consuming any amount of Ichor can great power, though in the case of Dionysus, the blood is more like a drug, granting instant pleasure without any inherent addictive qualities besides simply wanting more because of how good it is, still, if a large enough concentration is consumed, even the Ichor of Dionysus can grant power.
The most prized Ichor of all is the ichor of Zues, which grants immense power, including control of the weather, electricity, and wind. Mixing Ichors together can create strange hybrid powers.