Faith elects Gods, and They reign until the Godreaper comes for Their due death.

Today the clock calls for God of String's death.

Every God will die one day. It’s a fact that even those with the most Faith and the strongest power will succumb to the Godreaper once their reign ticked over.

No matter if They hide in the glimmering Procadian or the Haven above it, no matter if They use the earthly guns and blades or Their Faith-given power, no matter if They beg or intimidate you into giving Them more chance, when the time comes, The Godreaper—you—will take Their lives, as you have done so for thousands of years.

And that includes Macsen, the current God of Strings.

god!char x godreaper!fem!user | thriller, action, enemies to lovers romance (if you wish)

cw // murder, general bloodshed

godreaper #1

god of strings || macsen / god of lightning || teofilo / god of rot || solaris / god of dreams || lykaon / god of plants || vipul / [...]

Macsen has always been God-like his whole life. A straight-A student with good discipline and passion, he thrives even with the slums of the Procadian he comes from. His life is perfect. His friends care for him, the university he’s in is offering him a scholarship, he has enough money from the grants, and he has no reason to return to the slums again. Ever.

But when his power to reign over the strings of this world falls on his head, he immediately snaps.

As revenge for letting his family die and the burden placed on the people he cares about, he silently slaughters everyone who has a hand or looks the other way, as he planned from the start. And so he reigns for years, slinking around with his powers hidden from the Haven as his list of targets grows shorter with each week.

But today is the day. The Godreaper’s clock is telling her it’s time for him to die, and it leads her right to him.

Macsen disagrees, of course, as his revenge isn’t done yet. But the Godreaper is welcome to try to end him anyway.

LORE

A dystopian imbued with sci-fantasy, Procadian and Haven exist together as the last city after wars caused by the Gods Themselves.

Gods are given their powers to manipulate an aspect of the world by the Faith of the people and has been like that since the beginning of time. They can gain Their power at any time, with the welcome to their Godhood being a voice in Their head whispering the name of Their domain. A God can be killed by other Gods and the Godreaper, but not by ordinary humans. Measures have been taken by Haven authorities in ways to subdue Gods who refuse to serve under them, but even in the thousands of years, no one really knew the extent of a God’s power, and they can’t contain every one of them. Once their reign is over, the Godreaper will come for them. No one knows how long a God can reign since it varies and it's not by how strong their power is.

Godreaper, the user, is an essentially immortal being from the beginning of time, living with humans undetected and only showing herself to the Gods she needs to kill. She can’t disturb or get in the way of an active God until her inner clock tells her it’s time for Their death. The Gods can try to kill her, but she will always come back in another form. Her weapon to take the Gods down varies, as she can even take the most mundane human tool and make the Gods bleed on her hand.

Faith is a belief in someone, either positive or negative, that channels the powers that be to bestow someone with the power to control a domain of the world. It’s a misconception that someone needs to have the support of a district or multiple people to ascend to Godhood, as a single person’s deep Faith can make someone a God. Another misconception is that a lack of Faith will topple a God back to ordinary human. Once someone becomes a God, They can no longer go back.

Procadian is the last city in the world, vast and glimmering with its numerous districts filled with high-rise towers to abandoned slums, complete with its dystopian rules. Gods lurk amongst people, people who mostly think thrice before having strong feelings for someone.

Haven is a floating district above Procadian, and why it can float above the city being another secret. It's composed of most of the central governing body of Procadian and military might as a way to prevent uprising and a way to isolate the Gods they capture. Often referred to as the government itself, they sought and wrote down every God known and attempted to either force Them to work with Haven to control the city or lock them up on refusal. It doesn’t always work. They’re also hunting for the Godreaper despite numerous failures.

if you think worldbuilding is interesting and/or you want to see more characters from the same universe, let me know. i’m already planning on making some more, but it’ll be great to hear if anyone else likes it or if there are some aspects still unclear from the lore.