A week later, Skuggir found himself in front of Sid in Avalon. Sid's job is to represent Loki within the city and handle resource management and distribution within the city.
Sid had, in the past, helped kill the demon lord. His young twenties were filled with adventure and a deep curiosity for the unknown. After joining the hero Bertolio—who now lives away from the limelight—Sid started to research the gods themselves while trying to organize all the different treasures humanity was gaining throughout the slaughter of monsters.
Finding some items relevant to gods, some being cursed by them, and many replicas of legendary and mythical weapons, Sid was able to accurately categorize and label each item he had seen up till this point.
About a year ago, on January 5th of 28PDL, Sid was sorting through the vast amounts of items that City of Machina had dumped into his department. His department at the time consisted of him and his pet firespirit. In the middle of his work, a bloody red light emerged from the space around him.
The blood-red light swam into the room like a tide of blood, its color bathing the entire room. Freaked out, Sid's survival instincts made him jump from his desk and run for the door, as he could not fight an enemy he could not see.
But when he got to the door he could not open it. The door had been locked and wouldn't break even when he body slammed it with all his weight.
once the room was full of the blood-red mist, Sid heard a soft voice. the voice sounded like a small mischievous girl, its harmonic tones setting down Sid's panic and fear. "Hello mortal. I'm here to make a deal. You will serve my best interests and I will grant you a new future. A future with limitless growth in the servitude of my chosen one."
without any other thought coming into his head beforehand, Sid thought that the deal was good. Sid liked the prospect of limitless growth! but before he could think any further about who this voice was, if they were evil, or even if the person he would be serving would be nice, Sid felt his class change and the Melodic voice faintly said, "Deal." before leaving.
Rushing to check his class, Sid quickly cast the skill that had helped him and many others around him since the start of his journey when madness descended unto the earth, [Appraise].
Casting his skill on himself, Sid saw that he was no longer a {Protector of knowledge}, but {Loki's Cunning Archivist} and his [Appraise] skill had turned into [golden eye of Loki] with a description that read the following.
A golden eye was stolen by Loki as a prank, that later turned into hers when the owner refused to take their eye back as it was a reminder of their foolishness. can see the truths of the world, and reveal the secrets hidden by time and magic.
And now Sid was using this skill on Skuggir but no matter how many times he used the skill he could not get more info than Skuggir's name, and title as [Deo Favente].
as the meeting about the upcoming eclipse between Sid and Skuggir went on, a meeting was being held in the gods' realm.
standing in front of Loki, Raphael, and Thanatos, were a half dozen gods—the trio of gods were verbally fighting off the gods before them.
"you three have met with and sent down a mortal with some special powers without the approval of anyone else!" a man in an all-silver business suit and red eyes spoke. he was at the forefront of the group, and the acting leader.
behind the silver-donning man, were five gods. A wolf with pitch-black fur and eyes scattered across its body was in front of a tall old man with white hair, a golden wreath, and a toga. Next to the old-looking god was a small figure shrouded in a baggy hoodie, their face a shifting mess always adorned with a cold look of boredom.
behind the small god in a green hoodie was a giant woman. Towering in at 6'5" her size was only accentuated by the small stature of the small god leaning against them. this Goliath of a woman was covered in bulging muscles, that were on full display with a form-fitting black crop top and compression shorts.
Annoyed by their complaints, Loki who was now wearing an odd mix of black sweatpants, black boots, and a silvery compression top that was covered by a silver half jacket that had a giant white rose on the back, rolled her eyes.
Annoyed that her viewing of Skuggir had been interrupted, Rapheal tried to drive off the disturbance next to her. "If you guys are so mad about it then just pick some mortals and give them powers in your name."
Nodding their heads in agreement Loki, and Thanatos went back to watching Skuggir talk with Sid, his plans and logistics being worked out.
"Huh! Fine! We will spread the word amongst the gods, watch your pets journey." and as the man walked through the group he had brought with him, he whispered under his breath. "And his slow, painful, death."
with the news disseminating at a rapid pace throughout the god realm, gods new and old alike started to pick out dead mortals and reincarnate them with powers.
as the sun set, and Skuggir ended his meeting with Sid after learning the time and date of the eclipse and where he could perform his magic, the gods and countries of the earth all made the moves at a myriad of paces.
his existence had set off a revolution, now he needed to weather the storm of his unknowing creation.