A thing most divine

[theoi]

YE GODS

The world once had deities. Many, many gods. Only a few are remembered, mostly through folklore, and they are all gone, in one way or another, or have changed so much in nature they can't be called proper deities anymore. In the past, deities inherently were there, or rose above their mortal peers as their fated lives unraveled and they left the material plane. Every deity had a domain over which it watched over and controlled completely, as well as a following that powered them with their sheer belief in them. As the numbers of believers dwindled, so did their powers, until almost all of the deities that were faded into Oblivion, a fate different than death, if not equally terminal for them.

THE SETUP

At some point in the past, a Nue-centric deity decided to save its position of power, the seat that defines the nature of a deity. Perhaps it planned to return later, or to appoint a successor among the ranks of Nue that still believed in it, but as time passed even the long lived Nue started to forget about it, and milenia afterwards the deity faded, yet it's seat of power didn't, although it barely was what it once represented. This seat of power would remain forgotten in a sealed temple for an untold amount of time, undisturbed and preserved, perhaps by the magical energies of the temple, perhaps by fate itself. Silent. Alone. Waiting.

THE LASS

It would just so be than a certain Harper Gray would happen across the temple while driving away scavengers trespassing on the Nue's sacred territories. An hybrid between a Nue and a Witch, Harper was "visiting" the Nue village in hopes of learning more about her supernatural roots, and as she slowly earned the trust and respect of the Nue she also made herself with the responsibility to protect them from outside harm, specially since the world was changing faster. So as she protected the temple, Harper unknowingly found the seat of power and even more, inherited it from the long faded deity, to the surprise of everyone, specially herself.

WHAT THE FUTURE MAY BRING

As Harper keeps involving herself in the coming Apocalypse, she'll slowly start amassing a gathering of believers, not just because of her righteous actions, but because that is the nature of a deity. It inspires and pulls people towards them. And as her followers grow, so will her divine powers. Slowly, at first, as they take a hold of her. However, there is a problem; because Harper is still very much a mortal, physical, living being, she can't truly become a deity, not unless she dies. This won't be an issue for a while, but as her divinity grows, she'll start experiencing flashes and dreams that will try to push her into leaving the material plane, so to speak. It's a losing battle, but one that Harper will fight for almost the entirety of the Apocalypse anyway, her sanity slowly falling apart. She will ultimately succumb though, at the very end; Harper is fated to die as a means to end the Apocalypse, becoming the goddess of Magic itself, thus keeping the diverse planes and systems that had been dangerous close to be torn apart intact.

And then she becomes the new Headmistress of the BCR? And brings Nic back to life.