Here is a list of characters from the Abyssinian Pantheon, the ruling pantheon of the country of Abyssinia.
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Abyssinian Pantheon
The Abyssinian pantheon is a group of divine cats that look after the country of Abyssinia. They were originally led by Zinabi and his consort, Fik'iri, but due to their fickle treatment of their worshipers, and letting the country be turned into a territorial vassal of the Storm Empire, the more benevolent deities launched a coup that saw the successful dethroning of Zinabi and Fik'iri. open/close all folders
General
- Cats Are Mean: Generally averted, but the God of Evil Kifu, and especially the pantheon's former leaders, Zinabi and Fik'iri, played it straight. Zinabi and Fik'iri's ferocious tempers, their rampant promiscuity, and their callous treatment of their worshipers caused many of their worshipers to abandon them for more benevolent gods. Yetareme and Prince Lenost are subversions; while they represent evil and unfettered aspects of certain domains, respectively (with Lenost being a hybrid grandson of Temnobog, a God of Evil), they both commit acts of evil to test and inspire mortals in opposing evil.
- Jerkass Gods: Deconstructed with Zinabi and Fik'iri. Their fickle and callous behavior alienated much of their worshipers, who were either cowed into complete servitude, or would turn to more benevolent gods in defiance. When they punished their worshipers by letting Abyssinia be taken by the Storm Empire, it was the last straw for said benevolent deities, who launched a coup and dethroned their superiors.
- Secret-Keeper: It's speculated In-Universe that many benevolent and/or neutral Abyssinian deities kept Pokhot's visit a secret from Fik'iri (and possibly Zinabi) so she wouldn't learn about a foreign goddess from the Bogolenya Deer Pantheon messing with her mortal followers. By the time Fik'iri learned what happened, it was far too late for her to do anything.
- True Companions: When the more benevolent Abyssinian deities learned that Wibeti has gained PTSD from years of Fik'iri's abuse and is suffering from it, they all pledged to protect her from anything Fik'iri might do to her in the future. This helped Wibeti recover psychologically, which she greatly appreciated.
Isati, the Mother of All Felines
Classification: Elemental/Ascendant
Portfolio: Summer, Strength, Parental Deity (Felines)
Rank: Antecedent
"Don't expect a friendly and playful Feline to be weak and meager. Even the feeblest cat still has her claws!"
Isati (her entry here
) is the Feline goddess of Summer and Strength, and, as her name suggests, is the divine mother goddess of all sapient feline species, such as the Wuv-Cats and the Abyssinians.Isati was born the first sapient feline in Equus, but at some point in her life, she managed to Ascend to godhood, likely with Queen Mzazi's help. She was known in the First Age as the pink lioness Kingsley, whose circle of friends included individuals of Paradise estate such as Oakly the Moose (who would become King Kaldr of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon), and Zigzag the Zebra (who would turn out to be Queen Mzazi in a mortal form and become the leading matriarch of the Zebrafrican Pantheon). Eventually, she would regain both her memories and re-Ascend to her divine station, which caused a humorous incident where Catrina, a reformed First-Age feline villainess, realized that the seemingly ordinary pink lioness in Dream Valley is actually her people's Mother Goddess.
Despite being an ancient feline goddess, Isati is a friendly and playful individual who is also warm (no pun intended) and inviting. This has caused her to not be taken seriously by others sometimes, but when truly enraged, she can be very threatening as befitting of a deity her age. The fact that she is so old also carries a lot of weight for those who know her. She is also very strong-willed and doesn't back down from even powerful threats, which inspires those around her. As the "Mother of All Felines", she loves both her divine and mortal offspring, and will not hesitate to play with them in a motherly manner, and has periodically incarnated herself as a mortal lioness to spend time with her mortal children. Many of her divine children includes those of the Abyssinian such as Zinabi, Tikuri, and Tenya, but it is her relationship with Zinabi that is prominent.
At one point, Isati left Zinabi in charge of the Abyssinian Pantheon, but she was often at odds with her son, who behaved like a vindictive, selfish, and spoiled child. Things would get worse during the Storm King Crisis — while she visited her mortal children in Zebrafrica, Zinabi let his consort, Fik'iri, talk him into letting Abyssinia be conquered by the Storm King to spite for their mortal followers for their lack of devotion and "poor worship services". This turned Abyssinia into a wretched hive of lawlessness, slavery, and crime, and angered the other Abyssinian deities enough to kick off a revolutionary coup that saw Zinabi and Fik'iri being overthrown and depowered by Jegina and Wibeti. After Isati regained her memories, she was enraged to learn what happened, and arrived home shortly after the Abyssinian Divine Revolution ended, roaring for her son and then dragging him away by the ear.
While Zinabi was punished for his actions by being incarnated as a mortal, his power and memories sealed, Isati had approved of the new leadership and gave Jegina and Wibeti her blessing. She also showed approval towards her other divine children's actions during the coup, such as Tikuri and Tenya, and admits that she would've let either of them rule the Abyssinian pantheon had she known what kind of person Zinabi was.
In terms of power, she is extremely powerful due to being 2 million years old, though she's weaker than Mzazi. As a feline goddess of Summer, she has power over heat and fire, being capable of reducing large areas to ash, badly burning Dragons and other fire-resistant creatures, and bringing forth a summer's day by clearing the sky. She often heralds these abilities with an earth-shaking roar. As a feline goddess of Strength, she represents mental and spiritual strength, allowing her to resist corruption, brainwashing, and mind-control abilities through sheer force of will. With her domain of Strength, she can empower her roar and weaken or knock out those who are weak willed within range, or encourage and boost the willpower of those she considers her allies. She also has razor-sharp claws and teeth for use in combat, which she can heat up with her Summer domain for more devastating attacks.
Despite Isati's playful and friendly attitudes, she is not to be underestimated, for she is a very ancient and powerful goddess.
- Adaptational Badass: She was advertised as part of the G1 "Ponyfriends" line of toys created by Hasbro at the time. Here, she's an extremely ancient feline goddess who's one of the oldest of her group, whose age and power is also within the same bracket as Queen Mzazi and Emperor Golden Scepter.
- Animalistic Abomination: She's a feline equivalent. Much like the similarly ancient Golden Scepter and Mzazi, she can assume a "casual"-looking divine form when around mortals, but her true form is described as a huge (though smaller than the older Mzazi) and ancient saber-toothed lioness whose mane burns in a shape that makes her head resemble the summer sun, while her tail and fur also burn constantly. However, as is the case with most ancient divines, she is a very benevolent, motherly, and even playful individual who loves both her divine and mortal children, and will protect them from even her own tyrannical children if need be.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an ancient Abyssinian goddess who embodies Summer, Strength, and Felines; the last part is because she is their "Parental Deity".
- Beware the Nice Ones: She's noted to be a playful and friendly goddess who loves spending time with even her mortal children, and is described as being 'warm as a summer's day' by said children. She also loves flowers despite having fire powers, with her mortal followers offering them as gifts. However, she's very strong-willed, and due to being an extremely ancient goddess who's roughly old as Mzazi, she can be very threatening when angry. One notable example had her furiously roaring for her son Zinabi and proceeding to drag him away by the ear for his actions during the 'Storm King Crisis', but not before giving her other son Tikuri an affectionate head rub.
- Calling the Young Man Out: She angrily calls out her son Zinabi for acting like a petulant, spoiled, vindictive child, using his powers for his own gain and irresponsibly letting their mortal Abyssinian children be enslaved by the Storm King out of sheer pettiness. She also tells him that he deserved his loss to Jegina and consequential depowering during the "Abyssinian Divine Revolution", before turning him into an Amnesiac God as a lesson to teach him empathy and humility by turning him into an infant mortal, with all his divinity and memories sealed.Isati: (to Zinabi) When I gave you the throne of the Abyssinian Pantheon, I expected you to be a KING, not a bully! I go to live a mortal life, and I come back to find our mortal children enslaved to a tyrant! You got EXACTLY what you deserved! You have been a petulant, spoiled, vindictive child... So perhaps it's time you learned a lesson in humility and empathy.
- Deity of Human Origin: She was originally born as the first sapient feline, but eventually managed to Ascend to godhood, likely with Queen Mzazi's help.
- Divine Parentage: Zinabi, Tikuri, and Tenya are revealed to be her biological children. While Zinabi turned out to be a very bad ruler of the Abyssinian Pantheon, Tikuri and Tenya are both genuinely benevolent and, by their mother's admission, would have made much better choices as rulers had she known how things would've turned out with Zinabi in charge.
- Ear Ache: Once she storms the Abyssinian Pantheon's divine realms in a literally heated fury, she proceeds to grab her son Zinabi by the ear and drag him away... but not before giving her other son Tikuri a Headbutt of Love.
- Elemental Hair Composition: Her default form is a pink-furred lioness with a mane and Pony-like tail composed of pink flames, and her fur rippling sightly like flames. Her true form takes it even further by having both her fur and mane burning constantly, with the latter in a shape that gives her head the appearance of the summer sun.
- Full-Name Ultimatum: After learning Zinabi and Fik'iri willingly abandoned their mortal children to be enslaved by the Storm Empire due to poor worship services, she would travel to the Abyssinian pantheon's divine realm, burning down the walls of their divine realm with sheer heat while shouting her son's name in a rage.Isati: (roaring) ZINABI EASIFA FELIDAE!
Zinabi: Mother? - Gentle Giant: As an "Antecedent"-ranked goddess, which means that she is very large in her true form (though shorter than the older Mzazi). However, she is a motherly, playful goddess who loves both her divine and mortal children, and regularly incarnates herself as a mortal to spend time with them. That being said, she is still an ancient and powerful goddess, which means threatening her or her children is a very bad idea.
- God in Human Form: Much like her friend, Mzazi, she would often incarnate herself as a mortal for a time so she could visit her mortal children and check up on them. This led to a hilarious incident where Catrina, a reformed villainess from the First Age, realized that the pink lioness wandering around Dream Valley was actually her people's Mother Goddess. Unfortunately, during another incarnation, her son Zinabi would let his consort, Fik'iri, convince him to let Abyssinia be conquered by the Storm King out of spite for their supposedly "poor" worship, enraging her enough to quite literally return to the divine Abyssinian palace in a burning fury.
- Gold-Colored Superiority: She wears divine gold barding inlaid with fire opals, and she's the ancient and powerful Mother Goddess of all sapient feline species, including the Abyssinians and Lovecats. As an example of her power, she could easily overpower and dispell the disastrous storms and floods created by her son Zinabi, himself a god of Storms.
- Headbutt of Love: While angrily confronting Zinabi over letting the Abyssinians be enslaved by the Storm King, she briefly softens to give a nearby Tikuri an affectionate head rub... before resuming her fury and dragging Zinabi away by the ear.
- King of Beasts: Her default appearance is a pink lioness with a fiery mane and (oddly Pony-like) tail, while her true divine form is a massive saber-toothed lioness with a mane burning in a way that makes her head look like the Sun on a summer's day. She's also the first feline to become sapient, and is the 'Mother Goddess' of all sapient feline species such as the Luvcats and the Abyssinians, and is worshiped by them.
- The Magnificent: Known as "the Mother of All Felines", due to having a direct role in giving sapience to all feline species on Equus.
- Mama Bear: She's enraged when she learns after her time as a mortal lioness that her mortal Abyssinian children were deliberately abandoned by her son Zinabi and enslaved by the Storm King during the Storm King Crisis — so much that she melted the walls of the Abyssinian divine realm with her sheer fury.
- Meaningful Name:
- Her mortal name, Kingsley, translates to "of the king's wood/glade/meadow" in Old English. During her time in the First Age as a mortal lioness, she lived in Paradise Estate with the First Age's 'Ponyfriends', who all Ascended to godhood under the guidance of Queen Mzazi (who incarnated herself as the mortal Zigzag at the time).
- Her current name, Isati, translates to "heat" in Turkish. She's an ancient Feline goddess who embodies Summer, which gives her fire and heat manipulation on top of weather powers.
- O.C. Stand-in: Outside of the g1 "Ponyfriends" toyline, Kingsley was hardly used. Here, she's depicted as a bonafide goddess who is friendly and playful, but is extremely dangerous when crossed. She's also the incredibly ancient and powerful Mother Goddess of all sapient Feline races, including the Abyssinians and Luvcats, both who owe their existences to her.
- Odd Friendship: She's close friends with the Elephant Edgar, now known as the Elephant god King Baarish, though their opposing divine natures and goddess and god of Summer and Water have earned amused jabs towards their friendship. Baarish even admits to soaking her with water a few times as a prank, though she's generally a good sport about it.
- Pals with Jesus: Justified. She and her fellow "Ponyfriends" like Edgar, Oakly, Zigzag, and Upepo were friends in their mortal lives during the First Age (though in both her and Zigzag's cases, they were goddesses incarnated in mortal forms at the time). Their friendships ended up rewarding the First Age's "Ponyfriends" with godhood, empowering them to create their own species.
- Panthera Awesome: Her true form is a saber-toothed lioness with burning fur and a fiery, Pony-like mane and tail. It's likely her saber-toothed fangs are eldritch traits that Feline deities develop as they grow.
- Parental Favoritism: She favors Tenya and Tikuri, two of her other divine children, over her son Zinabi, who was previously the King of the Abyssinian Pantheon. It's justified as Zinabi turned out to be tyrannical and morally corrupt, both as a person and as a ruler, and her leaving to spend time with her mortal children just made Zinabi even worse. She admits that had she known of Zinabi's failings early on, she would have given either Tenya or Tikuri leadership over the pantheon instead.
- Physical God: Being an "Antecedent"-ranked feline goddess, she is extremely ancient and capable of wielding incredible power when provoked, despite being normally a playful and loving mother to her children.
- Playing with Fire: As the goddess of Summer, she has this power. She is capable of creating intense, scorching heat and flames that burn large areas to ashes, including entire kingdoms if she wanted to. Notably, her power is such that she can badly burn dragons and other fire-resistant species. She can also superheat her razor-sharp claws and teeth for devastating attacks. Her entry notes she often heralds these powers with an earth-quaking roar.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: She has pink fur, as well as a pink, Pony-like mane and tail, and she's a friendly, playful, and warm-hearted goddess who loves both her divine and mortal Feline children. She's also close friends with the "Ponyfriends", fellow creators and Parental Deities of their own species; she and Edgar/Baarish in particular share an Odd Friendship due to their opposing divine natures as deities of Summer and Water, respectively. She also has a reputation as a lover of flowers, with her mortal worshipers giving flowers to her in tribute.
- Super-Scream: She can use her domain of Strength to make her roars knock out those with weak wills, or boost the heroic resolve of her allies. Her roars are also potent enough to shake the entire divine Abyssinian realm.
- Time Abyss: Like Golden Scepter and Mzazi, she's an "Antecedent"-ranked deity whose age is specified to be around 2 million years old, though she's younger than Mzazi, who's around 4 million years old.
- Weather Manipulation: As the goddess of Summer, she has some capability in weather manipulation. She can clear the sky and bring forth a bright summer's day, which she uses to bring summer to the domains of her mortal children. Her age and power are such that she can easily dispel Zinabi's disastrous storms even before his depowering, including the flood he unleashed on his mortal worshipers out of petty spite for waking him up with a festival dedicated to the gods. However, even Mzazi's storms are beyond her power, since she's two million years older.
Zinabi, the Father of Storms
Classification: Elemental
Portfolio: Storm, Wind, Rain
Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)
"Dare you stand before the fury of the storms? You'll be drowned or blown away!"
Zinabi (his entry here
) is Fik'iri's husband, the former co-leader of the Abyssinian Pantheon, and the Abyssinian god of Storms, Wind, and Rain.- Always a Bigger Fish: As powerful as he was, his mother Isati has always been far more powerful than him, having lived in the First Age with the first generation of Ponyfriends. Even at his full strength, she could dispel his storms without even trying.
- Amnesiac God: His mother Isati sealed his divine power, status, and memories and turned him into an infant mortal Abyssinian. She did this to force him to live a mortal life among his mortal subjects as punishment for his actions following his being overthrown and to teach him a much-needed lesson in humility.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Abyssinian god who embodies Storms, Wind, and Rain.
- Cain and Abel: It's eventually revealed the far more benevolent Tikuri and Tenya are his younger siblings, making him the Cain to their Abel.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Zinabi is known for his fickle, cataclysmic temper that's very easy to set off. To note, he was once awakened from slumber by his worshipers celebrating and proceeded to send a cataclysmic flood on Abyssinia in a rage. Deconstructed, as his temper is a major reason he the benevolent gods in the pantheon decide to overthrow him.
- Hypocrite: He's often furious with his wife cheating on him, but is noted as being no better than Zeus/Ouratheros when it comes to cheating on his mate with any mortal to catch his eye.
- Psychopathic Manchild: The way his mother Isati saw him after returning from her time living a mortal life to find how he'd behaved in her absence. She outright calls him a petulant, spoiled, vindictive child.
- Top God: Formerly the co-leader of the pantheon before being dethroned. It should be noted while he was its leader, he still answered to his own mother Isati, who is the Top God of all feline gods and gave him the role to begin with. He did not live up to her expectations.
- White Hair, Black Heart: He's described as having a white mane, but he's a fickle god with a very nasty temper and a long list of mortal lovers that he used for his own amusement. Fittingly, the rest of his fur is black to match his sinful deeds.
Fik'iri, the Queen of Lusts/the Deposed Queen
Classification: Ethereal
Portfolio: Love, War
Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)
"You'll do well not to spurn the advances of a cat goddess!"
Fik'iri (her entry here
) is Zinabi's wife/consort, the former co-leader of the Abyssinian pantheon, and the Abyssinian goddess of Love and War.- Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Abyssinian goddess who embodies Love and War.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Ended up in one when she tried to attack Cadence so she could absorb the latter's powers and portfolio. Because her fighting skills had gotten rusty and she lost most of her powers to Wibeti, Cadence had no problem defeating her, despite being eons younger. Fik'iri ran back to Abyssinia with her tail between her legs.
- Evil Counterpart:
- She's the opposite of Princess Cadence in every way — namely, her abuse of her position as the Goddess of Love to sleep with unsuspecting (and unwilling) mortals, and using her love magic to make devoted couples separate and cheat on each other.
- She's the opposite of Moufette as well. While they're both lustful deities who have pursued the objects of their affection, she acts like a spoiled brat and forces herself upon the people she's attracted to without their consent, before throwing them away like trash once she tires of them. She also doesn't take rejections well and her wrath regarding this is great and terrible. Moufette, by contrast, while having similar flaws, is more well-meaning and considerate, and treats those who return his affections very well. He will also drop chasing after someone and leave them alone if he gets bored.
- Expy: Of the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna, also known as "Ishtar" in Babylonian religion. Much like Fik'iri, Inanna was worshiped as the goddess of love, sexuality, and warfare, but in lore she had a pretty fickle and bitchy personality, and despite being married to Dumuzid, the god of shepherds, she treated him capriciously and cheated on him with multiple lovers.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: She lost her position and most of her power to Wibeti, who she'd bullied for years, demoting her to a minor love god in the Pantheon. She then tried to steal Cadence's power to regain her own, only to get her tail handed to her and be forced to publicly apologize to Cadence by Wibeti.
- I Resemble That Remark!: In one incident, she accused Wibeti of being a "lying, cheating, backstabbing whore" when the latter refused to give up the location of a lover she protected and hidden away from her. However, those same terms could also apply to herself.
- Jerkass Gods: Deconstructed. She's an extremely unfaithful lover who constantly cheated on Zinabi with many mortal lovers. Said lovers were frequently subjected to her lusts without their consent, and once she tired of them, she threw them away like trash. However, what she does to those who refuse her advances is even more horrible. She also was horribly abusive to Wibeti and constantly bullied her out of sheer jealousy towards her beauty and popularity among their mortal subjects. When the 'Storm King Crisis' happened, she abandoned her people to Storm Empire slavers for 'poor worship services' and convinced Zinabi to do the same. She eventually gets her comeuppance by being defeated and having her divine power stolen by Wibeti during the 'Divine Abyssinian Revolution' arc, but her actions left Wibeti traumatized to the point of having to see Mentálne in order to heal from the abuses. At least one incident involved her calling Wibeti a "lying, cheating, backstabbing whore" after the latter refused to give up the location of a lover she hid away.Fik'iri: Where is he, Wibeti?! WHERE IS HE?!
Wibeti: I DON'T KNOW!
Fik'iri: YOU LYING, CHEATING, BACKSTABBING WHORE! - Laser-Guided Karma: She often abused Wibeti, goddess of Beauty and Romance, for being more beautiful and respected. When Jegina launched a coup against Fik'iri and Zinabi, Wibeti was the one who toppled and defeated Fik'iri. Her promiscuity and her rather callous treatment of her (many) mortal lovers caused people to side with the kinder Wibeti, much to her anger and jealousy. Her attempt to regain some of her lost power by attacking Cadence and absorbing her powers and portfolio resulted in a Curb-Stomp Battle as the Alicorn Princess of Love quickly sent her running back home with her tail between her legs. Wibeti would also force her to publicly apologize to Cadence when she heard of it, adding to the humiliation.
- The Magnificent: During her rule as Queen of the Abyssinian Pantheon, she was known as "the Queen of Lusts" due to being a very lustful goddess who would force herself on any attractive-looking mortal she sees. After her defeat and dethronement at Wibeti's claws, she would be appropriately called "the Deposed Queen" to reflect her current status as a disgraced goddess.
- Never My Fault: She constantly abused Wibeti for "stealing" her followers and for being prettier than her. It never gets into her head that a prominent reason for her followers abandoning her in favor of Wibeti is her promiscuity and callous treatment of her lovers.
- Really Gets Around: Deconstructed. She constantly cheats on Zinabi and has her way with multiple mortal lovers whether they want it or not, and her promiscuity and lust is such that people have to cover their own faces whenever they pray to her to avoid catching her attention. She tosses her lovers away like garbage once she bores of them, but arguably, refusing her advances is worse since her wrath tends to be great and terrible.
- Slut-Shaming: She angrily calls Wibeti a "lying, cheating, backstabbing whore" after the latter refused to betray a lover she protected and hidden away. However, those same terms could also apply to herself.
- Sore Loser: Doesn't take her overthrow and demotion well, and tried to get some of her powers back by taking it from Princess Cadence. She was promptly sent running back home with tail between her legs and later forced to apologize to Princess Cadence by Wibeti, which only galled her further.
- Top God: Formerly the co-leader of the pantheon before being dethroned.
- Villain Forgot to Level Grind: One of the major reasons why she ultimately lost to Wibeti. Fik'iri let herself get lazy, due to being drunk on the power and advantages being a goddess gave her. So when she had to face someone like Wibeti, who was kept in tip-top shape via being constantly chased by the Great Skunk god Moufette, Fik'iri could not physically keep up with her and ended up losing the fight.
Tikuri
Classification: Ethereal
Portfolio: Bad Luck, Trickery, Protection
Rank: Divine (Tier III/Intermediate)
"Depending on where you are, when a black cat crosses the street, you can get either bad or good luck. But when you cross ME or my worshippers, then you're in for some SERIOUS bad luck!"
Tikuri (his entry here
) is a member of the Abyssinian Pantheon, and the Abyssinian god of Bad Luck, Trickery, and Protection.- Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Abyssinian god who embodies Bad Luck, Trickery, and Protection.
- Beware the Nice Ones: While benevolent and well-meaning, he is a god of bad luck and won't hesitate to inflict on those who had it coming, either those who threaten his worshippers, arrogant bullies in needing of being taken down a peg, and even his own people if they stray from righteous paths and need to be taught a lesson.
- Cain and Abel: He's eventually revealed to be Zinabi's little brother, making him the Abel to his Cain.
- Trickster God: Was this among the Pantheon. Defends his fellow gods and their worshippers with liberal application of bad luck and also acts as a Trickster Mentor to mortals.
Jegina, the Lord of Heroism/Thunder
Classification: Ethereal
Portfolio: Courage, Heroism, Storms
Rank: Divine (Tier III/Intermediate)
"Thunder - THUNDER - THUNDER! Let courage roar - HO!"
Jegina (his entry here
) is the current co-leader of the Abyssinian Pantheon alongside Wibeti, and is the Abyssinian god of Courage, Heroism, and Storms.- Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Abyssinian god who embodies Courage, Heroism, and Storms.
- Expy: A Divine, Abyssinian version of Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats. He even has a similar quote to Lion-O's.
- Superior Successor: To Zinabi, who was the former Top God of the Abyssinian pantheon.
- Top God: Is the new co-leader of the Pantheon after overthrowing his predecessor. Notably, while he shares leader role with Wibeti, they're not romantically involved and she is instead involved with Moufette.
- Unstoppable Rage: Learning of his superiors act of abandoning their people to the Storm King caused him to fly into such a rage that he delivered a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown to his nemesis Sharun and destroyed his physical form, forcing the mummy to spend time regenerating for a while. Ouch.
Wibeti, the Divine Beauty/Beautiful Queen
Classification: Ethereal
Portfolio: Beauty, Romance, Love, War
Rank: Divine (Tier III/Intermediate)
"True beauty and love come from the inside, not just the outside."
Wibeti (her entry here
) is the current co-leader of the Abyssinian Pantheon alongside Jegina, and is the Abyssinian goddess of Beauty, Romance, Love, and War.- Act of True Love: As a Love goddess who believes in True Love, she would bless weddings and relationships, and would often go out of her way to protect loving couples from Fik'iri's attentions despite the abuse she would receive from her jealous rival.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Abyssinisan goddess who initially embodied only Beauty and Romance. After defeating Fik'iri during the "Abyssinian Divine Revolution" arc and absorbing her former superior's power, the domains of Love and War are added to her portfolio.
- Beauty Equals Goodness: Due to being a goddess of Beauty, she's extremely attractive even by divine standards, and one of her titles was "the Divine Beauty". She's also a kindhearted and long-suffering goddess who will do anything to protect her mortal subjects, despite knowing it'll get her bullied by Fik'iri. After overthrowing Fik'iri during the 'Abyssinian Divine Revolution', she would become The High Queen of the Abyssinian Pantheon, which would make her even more beloved by the mortal Abyssinians.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: She regards Moon Ray Vaughoof as a family friend because previously, he was among those who helped her recover from Fik'iri's abuse and comforted her when she broke down crying during a psychiatric session with him and Mentálne.
- Captain Ersatz: Of Penelope Pussycat, who was constantly chased by an adoring skunk. Unlike Penelope, however, Wibeti eventually returned Moufette's affections and even started dating him... after having Changeling Queen Pentatomidae teach him a lesson by subjecting Moufette to her horrid stench, so he'll learn how his girlfriend felt towards constantly being subjected to his natural stench.
- Chekhov's Skill: Her many chases with Moufette gave her extreme agility, speed, and stamina even by divine standards. This allowed her to defeat Fik'iri in a fight later on as the older goddess had become extremely rusty from hedonism and laziness, making Fik'iri prone to wearing out much faster than someone far skilled than her.
- Dark Is Not Evil: She's a piebald Abyssinian goddess with black fur and white markings, which makes her resemble a house cat. Despite this, she's a kindhearted and long-suffering goddess who endured abuse from Fik'iri just to protect her mortal subjects, and she would become The High Queen of the Abyssinian Pantheon as a whole after overthrowing Fik'iri during the 'Abyssinian Divine Revolution'.
- Emotion Bomb: As a goddess of Romance, she can induce romantic feelings in others.
- Glove Slap: She challenged Fik'iri to a duel for the Abyssinian throne by taking off her High-Class Gloves and slapping one across Fik'iri's face as payback for all those years of bullying and abuse.
- God Is Good: She's described by her entry as the "polar opposite" of Fik'iri, who treated her lovers like garbage and often had her way with mortals just because she found them attractive. Because of this, Wibeti is trusted more by her worshipers as they could pray to her without having to hide their faces out of fear of being raped by a lustful goddess. When Wibeti overthrew Fik'iri during Jegina's coup, her popularity increased even more.
- Good Parents: To her young daughter, Shifa' Alhabi Moufette. Despite Alhabi not fitting the mold of traditional Love deities, she still loved and accepted Alhabi regardless of it, and is quite proud of her daughter's achievements.. When Alhabi's powers started manifesting at a very young age, she informed Moufette of it, which led to Alhabi gaining a mentor and Honorary Uncle in Moon Ray Vaughoof. She would also work together with Alhabi in helping locate and treat Fik'iri's victims so they can recover from being abused/raped.
- Love Goddess: She's a goddess of Romance, which gives her abilities like causing romantic attraction in others, and using a form of future sight to see all potential romantic relationships a person can form with others. After defeating Fik'iri during the 'Abyssinian Divine Revolution and absorbing all of the latter's divine power, she gained all the powers Fik'iri had as a Love goddess.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: At one point, she receives a brutal beating from Fik'iri, who is incredibly pissed with her for hiding the latest object of her lustful attraction and refusing to give up his location. She's so traumatized by it that years later, she breaks down in tears while watching a memory scene of the incident with Mentálne and Moon Ray Vaughoof during a psychiatric session with them, prompting Moon Ray to comfort her.
- Not Afraid of You Anymore: After eons of enduring abuse from Fik'iri for being far more beloved and beautiful than her, she eventually outsmarted and defeated her tormentor during Jegina's divine coup, and took her power and place as the co-leader of the Abyssinian Pantheon. However, it's tragically subverted — even after overthrowing Fik'iri, the abuse left her with strong PTSD, having nightmares of their previous interactions and becoming fearful of the possibility of being confronted by a fully-restored Fik'iri. It later got so bad that she had to seek out therapeutic deities like Mentálne and Moon Ray Vaughoof in order to overcome her trauma.
- Rain of Arrows: After absorbing Fik'iri's powers and becoming a War goddess, she can summon rains of flaming arrows.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful!: Defied. Despite being a goddess of Beauty and therefore one of the most beautiful Abyssinian goddesses ever, she refuses to use her beauty selfishly to get what she wants or persuade lovers into sleeping with her like Fik'iri does. This would eventually work extremely well in her favor, as many mortal worshipers of the Abyssinian pantheon would flock to her and other benevolent deities in the pantheon, and would attract even more after she defeated Fik'iri and became the new Queen of the pantheon.
- Seers: As a goddess of Romance, she has a form of precognition that allows her to see potential pairings a person can have that are both fulfilling and true, which she uses to nudge people towards those who she believes might fit them best romantically.
- So Beautiful, It's a Curse: Wibeti was beloved by her worshipers for being beautiful and benevolent, but this caused her to be constantly abused by Fik'iri, who was jealous for being more popular and beautiful than her. She got her payback in the end.
- Spontaneous Weapon Creation: Justified. After absorbing Fik'iri's War domain, she gained the ability to summon magical copies of weapons from thin air.
- A Taste of Their Own Medicine: Following her victory over Fik'iri and promotion to Queen of the Abyssinian Pantheon, she would agree to being Moufette's boyfriend, having seen how genuine his love for her was when he lent her his aid. However, to teach him a lesson for all the times he chased her and subjected her to his horrible stench, she would have Changeling Queen Pentatomidae chase Moufette around in the form of a stinky Great Skunk goddess. This makes Moufette realize how insensitive he was to her the entire time, which led to him apologizing for his behavior and making efforts in controlling his stench.Wibeti: Now you know how I felt whenever you came near.
- Top God: The new co-leader of the Pantheon after overthrowing her predecessor, Fik'iri. Notably, she's not romantically involved with Jegina, instead being in a romantic relationship with Moufette.
- Victor Gains Loser's Powers: Because Tikuri tricked both Zinabi and Fik'iri into permanently transferring their divine power over to the victor(s) if they lost, Wibeti ended up absorbing a huge portion of Fik'iri's power upon defeating her (and humiliating her opponent in the process). As a result, Wibeti's existing power became far stronger and she's promoted to the rank of "Tier IV" power-wise, while Fik'iri's might was significantly diminished to the point where she was demoted to the status of a lesser Love goddess.
- What You Are in the Dark: Wibeti is a long-suffering and merciful goddess who would do anything for her worshipers, even if it'll earn her more abuse from Fik'iri. As a love goddess who believes in True Love, she would protect lovers from Fik'iri's lust and spite, even enduring a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown for hiding the location of one male Abyssinian and his lover in one incident. And while she did have relationships of her own prior to hooking up with Moufette, Wibeti never used her divine power to have their way with her own lovers and was completely faithful to all of them. This is what earned her more worshipers even after becoming the new Top God of the Abyssinian pantheon.
- World's Most Beautiful Woman: She's described as being supernaturally beautiful even by divine standards. This constantly provoked the wrath of Fik'iri, who would abuse her for being more beautiful than her.
Shifa' Alhabi Moufette, the Healer of Broken Hearts
- See her folder entry here.
Fit'ineti
Classification: ???
Portfolio: Speed
Rank: ???
Tenya, the Bringer of Rest
Classification: Ethereal
Portfolio: Sleep, Rest, Dreams
Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)
"'Sleeping on the job' IS my job. Or at least a big part of it."
Tenya (her entry here
) is the Abyssinian goddess of Sleep, Rest, and Dreams.- Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Abyssinian goddess who embodies Sleep, Rest, and Dreams.
- Cain and Abel: Zinabi is revealed to be her older brother, making her the Abel to his Cain.
- Cats Are Lazy: Subverted. She spends most of her time asleep, yet this is because she's a benevolent goddess of Sleep and Dreams whose role is to protect her mortal subjects from nightmares by overseeing their dreams. Due to differing views on work and sleep, non-Abyssinians see her as a very lazy goddess, yet her own people are okay with this because in their culture, there is no "right" time for sleeping. Once, she put herself in a deep sleep in order to do her role better, but this wore away at her sanity. Her grateful subjects made a promise for her to take an hour-long break in return for them staying awake during that time, something that she deeply treasures.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Her entry describes her as a black cat with starry fur and regal robes. Despite her coloring, she's a very benevolent goddess of Sleep and Dreams, and is devoted to helping her mortal Abyssinian followers.
- Divine Parentage: She's speculated In-Universe to be the mother of Prince Lenost, the Abyssinian-Deer-Draconequus god of Avoidance, Sloth, and Rest, through his mother, Pokhot, who slept with Tenya in the form of a handsome Abyssinian male after being impressed with her benevolent diligence and compassion.
- Dream Walker: Like Princess Luna, she can move through the dream realm to protect mortals from their nightmares and help them sleep, which is what partially led to her befriending the dark Alicorn. In one incident, she teamed up with Luna by using her abilities to fight Night Terror, an evil Deer-turned-dream demon, which ended with Night Terror's defeat and him being thrown into the real world, where Yarost, Temnobog's eldest son, was waiting to collect his soul.
- Heavy Sleeper: Justified. While she spends most of her time asleep, she's actually working pretty hard. Her role is to oversee the dreams of mortal Abyssinians and protecting them from nightmares, which is exactly what Princess Luna also does every night. Non-Abyssinians see her as one of the laziest goddesses on Equus, but this is largely due to Culture Clash as in Abyssinian culture, there is no "right" time for sleeping, as cats can sleep up to 23 hours a day. Her breaks are when she wakes up to relax.
- This got deconstructed in one incident, where she fell into a self-inflicted deep sleep in order to do her role, but this started wearing at her sanity. Out of concern and gratitude for their goddess, her mortal worshipers and subjects made her promise that she take an hour-long break for herself in return for them staying awake exactly for one hour. Because of this, she's very protective of this one hour, as she sees it as a very precious gift to be treasured.
- Interspecies Romance: One In-Universe theory regarding Prince Lenost's birth is that she sired him through a visiting Pokhot, who was so impressed by Tenya's diligence and compassion that she slept with her in the form of a handsome Abyssinian male. Tenya knew of Pokhot's evil nature, yet accepted it due to one of her peers being Yetareme, the constructive god of Cheating, Villainy, and Hatred.
Yetareme, the Scoundrel
Classification: Ethereal
Portfolio: Cheating, Villainy, Hatred
Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)
"Being a cheating, villainous scoundrel is what I do best. If I ain't hated while I curl my whiskers, I ain't doing my job!"
Yetareme (his entry here
) is the Abyssinian god of Cheating, Villainy, and Hatred, and despite his portfolio, he's a benevolent member of the Abyssinian pantheon whose role is beneficial.- Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Abyssinian god who embodies Cheating, Villainy, and Hatred.
- Break the Haughty: Invoked. He often serves as a divine patron for "jerk rivals" and self-absorbed sports teams, but as a "constructive Evil" god, it's only so he can lead them towards humility in the end.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Being an Abyssinian god who follows the philosophy of "constructive Evil", he has some standards.
- His entry notes that when fighting villainous groups, he often does so because he finds his opponents truly sickening "even by [my] standards", and has enough charisma to incite those around him to focus on a specific foe.
- He was one of the gods who joined Jegina's side during the "Abyssinian Divine Revolution" conflict, being angered and disgusted by Zinabi and Fik'iri's lazy, selfish, and cruel incompetence as leaders of their pantheon, and helped fight against the opposing forces.
- He called out several Poenan deities and their mortal followers for being Hypocrites, claiming to be protectors of the innocent yet targeting those same innocent people the moment they're perceived to be "evil" in their eyes. This led to a wrestling-style match that sent the Poenans packing and nursing their wounds in shame when they tried targeting him and his worshipers for being evil.
- God of Evil: Subverted. While his portfolio contains malevolent domains like Villainy, Hatred, and Cheating, he is actually like Temnobog, serving as a constructive force that tests and inspires even his fellow deities so they could become strong enough to get through any obstacle. Beneath his "heel" persona, he's a very benevolent and kind-hearted deity who genuinely wants to help everyone grow, physically and mentally. He even spends time with heroic deities like Jegina and Entasi during his off-time.
- Hate Plague: Weaponized. As the Abyssinian god of Hatred, he can magically stir up hatred among others, though he doesn't like doing this.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: In-Universe. His entry notes that he behaves like a Card-Carrying Villain who relishes in doing evil acts like cheating, lying, and playing dirty, and being an underhanded jerk in general. However, he's really a compassionate and kindhearted god who acts the way he does so he can motivate heroic mortals/deities to get stronger and become better at fighting genuine threats. His favorite method of doing this is acting as a Heel wrestler, as he loves professional wrestling.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: Subverted. Despite appearing like a hulking and imposing tiger-like god with black fur and red stripes, he's really a good guy. He only acts like a Card-Carrying Villain who is hated by everyone so he can motivate heroes to get stronger and become better at fighting genuine threats.
Prince Lenost, the Sleepy Prince
Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant(?)
Portfolio: Avoidance, Sloth, Rest
Rank: Divine (Tier II/Lesser; formerly a demigod)
"It's good to take breaks every so often... just don't be like me."
Prince Lenost (his entry here
) is the Abyssinian-Deer Draconequus god of Avoidance, Sloth, and Rest, and is a joint-member of the Abyssinian and Bogolenya Deer Pantheons.- Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a joint-Abyssinian-Deer Draconequus god who embodies Avoidance, Sloth, and Rest.
- Apathetic Citizens: A justified and invoked example. Because he embodies the wicked/unfettered aspects of Avoidance, Sloth, and Rest, his role is to punish those who let themselves be ruled by their inner sloth and apathy. His family members and infernal champions/subordinates constantly ignore the suffering of those damned shades who end up in his hell-fief, resulting in them living in their own filth, having shoddily-built structures crumble and fall upon them, being thrown into dangerous situations, or endlessly overworked by cruel slavemasters while having their pleas for help go unanswered... just like what the damned shades themselves did in life.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: He befriended Moon Ray Vaughoof because the latter was kind enough to listen to his troubles and helped him overcome his psychological avoidance of his siblings so he can forgive them for bullying him. Moon Ray also taught him how to use water magic that came with his domain of Sloth.
- Berserk Button: Downplayed. He doesn't like people interrupting his naps/breaks, and will become irritated and snappy if they do.
- Bystander Syndrome: As an evil god of Avoidance, Sloth, and Rest, he invokes this as part of the punishments he dishes out towards slothful, apathetic damned shades who end up in his hell-fief. He, his family, and his infernal champions/subordinates are completely apathetic to the damned shades' suffering and constantly put them in dangerous or otherwise extremely degrading situations, while ignoring their pleas for help.
- Combat Clairvoyance: As a god of Avoidance, he has precognitive powers that detect approaching dangers and attacks, allowing him to evade them before they could hit him. However, his foresight can only detect immediate threats, not things like slow-acting curses or a treacherous friend who puts on facades until they stab him in the back.
- The Corrupter: He's believed In-Universe to have been responsible for the moral corruption of an Alvslog Deer King, who became so slothful out of pride and complacency that he let his own kingdom be overrun by dangerous threats of all kinds. It got so bad that when Grimgard the Latest killed/purged the Alvslog Deer King, the latter's subjects gratefully pledged their loyalty to the conquering Overlord despite their herds' infamous xenophobia.
- Divine Parentage: One In-Universe theory depicts him as the son of Tenya and Pokhot, who slept with the former under the guise of a handsome male Abyssinian. This would make Pokhot both his mother and his father if true.
- Emotion Bomb: His Sloth-based empathy allows him to project an empathic aura that causes people within it to become more lethargic and apathetic. This has the benefit of countering Passion deities like Touha.
- The Empath: As a god of Sloth, he has empathic powers that detect and encourage Slothful thoughts and emotions. He can also project an empathic aura that causes people within it to become more lethargic and apathetic, which has the benefit of countering Passion deities like Touha.
- The Gods Must Be Lazy: Justified in his case. He's a god of Avoidance, Sloth, and Rest, which makes him perpetually sleepy and lazy by nature. However, it's subverted as he's just as hardworking as the rest of his infernal family and dedicates himself to tempting mortal/divine heroes with his evil... it's just he approaches his work differently. He believes there's no bad time to rest, which is culturally acceptable in Abyssinia, and once he's done working, he'll go to sleep for a while before he resumes working again. His behavior also ties into the benevolent aspects of his domains, as Avoidance, Sloth, and Rest allow people to avoid difficult situations and rest after a hard day's work, which energizes them. Unfortunately, his slothful nature got him bullied by some of his more active siblings despite Sloth being one of the sins Temnobog embodies, which drove a wedge between him and his family for a time. It wasn't until he befriends Moon Ray Vaughoof that he realizes his avoidance of his siblings wasn't helping either, so he forgives them for their bullying.
- Heinz Hybrid: He's part Deer-Draconequus through Pokhot, and part Abyssinian through an Abyssinian parent. Whether he's truly a son of Tenya or one of Fik'iri's depraved mortal Clerics is unknown.
- Invisibility: As a god of Avoidance, he can make himself and others invisible, with the bonus ability to mask his presence from sound and heat-based detection.
- Intergenerational Friendship: He's much younger than Moon Ray Vaughoof, who is a "Tier IV"-ranked Alicorn god, yet they're able to become friends because Moon Ray helped him overcome his psychological avoidance of his siblings and forgive them for bullying him.
- Interspecies Friendship: He's an Abyssinian-Deer Draconequus god who befriended Moon Ray Vaughoof, an Alicorn, because the latter helped him overcome his psychological avoidance of his siblings and forgive them for bullying him.
- The Magnificent: Known as "the Sleepy Prince", due to being a perpetually sleepy, lazy god of Sloth and Rest.
- Making a Splash: As part of his Sloth domain, he can use water magic, which is thematically tied to Sloth's nourishing and corrupting/drowning aspects. He can do things like summon rain, fire streams of water, teleport through water, and create water cyclones. He can also automatically generate water for drinking. Combined with his domain of Sloth, he can inflict various status effects with water upon contact, such as making his targets become lethargic, confused, or sleepy. Much of his experience with water magic was gained from learning under Moon Ray, his friend and an older Water deity.
- Meaningful Name: His name means "sloth" or "laziness" in Czech. He's a 'constructive Evil' god of Avoidance, Sloth, and Rest who represents the consequences of being slothful to unfettered extremes.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: As an Abyssinian-Deer Draconequus, his chimeric traits are based around animals that are associated with Sloth and Rest, or are otherwise nocturnal. He has the right front leg of a three-toed sloth, the right wing of a bat, the left wing of an owl, and the left hind leg of a fox.
- Perception Filter: As a god of Avoidance, part of his Invisibility powers includes masking his presence from sound and heat-based detection.
- A Taste of Their Own Medicine: Due to being slothful by nature, any effort he makes in being hardworking and diligent would be offset. This led to him being bullied by his more active siblings, who assumed he was not working as hard as them in spreading 'constructive evil' and held him with contempt as a result. When Pokhot finds out and chews out her children for it, Lenost is permitted to punish his bullying siblings as he saw fit. He does this by casting a spell that made them so lethargic that they can't work or even do the things that they enjoy, forcing them to see what being a god of Sloth feels like from his perspective. Lenost's siblings realize their mistake and apologize to him for their bullying, though it would take a while for him to actually forgive them due to psychologically avoiding the subject.
- Telepathy: As a god of Sloth, he has telepathic powers that detect and encourage Slothful thoughts and emotions.
- Your Normal Is Our Taboo: Partially why he got bullied by his siblings in the past. In Abyssinian culture, there is no 'bad time' to rest/sleep, so Lenost's slothful nature is perfectly acceptable. And while Sloth is one of the sins that Temnobog embodies, it got Lenost bullied by some of his more active siblings, who looked down on him for not 'working' as hard in spreading constructive Evil as they are. This provoked the wrath of Pokhot, who chewed out her children for their hypocrisy and permitted her son to punish them by cursing his siblings with lethargy.
Kifu
Classification: [TBA]
Portfolio: Evil
Rank: Divine (TBA)
The Abyssinian god of Evil.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Abyssinian god who embodies Evil.
- God of Evil: Played straight. Unlike Yetareme, who embodies Villainy yet follows the philosophy of "constructive" Evil, he's genuinely and self-destructively evil, and performed acts of cruelty and sadism on his mortal subjects for his own amusement. He also fought for Zinabi and Fik'iri during the "Abyssinian Divine Revolution" arc.
Adanyi
Classification: [TBA]
Portfolio: Hunt
Rank: Demigod
The Abyssinian goddess of the Hunt, she's known among her mortal followers for her wild and sadistic temperament.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Abyssinian goddess who embodies the Hunt.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: During the 'Abyssinian Divine Revolution', upon realizing that she's facing Moufette and remembering the last time they met, she fled the battlefield in blind terror while screaming "Not him!"
