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Name: Ishmael

Nicknames: Ish

Gender: Male

Pronouns: He//Him

Sexuality: Heterosexual Biromantic

Deity of: Plants, healing, and peace

Symbols: A dove carrying a fern frond in its claws

Powers/Abilities: Ishmael has power over plants, meaning he can grow and control them at will. He usually uses them as a form of entanglement for his enemies since he tries not to cause bodily harm unless he has to. When treating non-life threatening wounds of mortals in disguise, Ishmael will often wander away to “find” herbs that he grew himself seconds ago instead of using his healing power.

He can heal most wounds short of death without the aid of herbs or other medicinal supplements. His healing abilities do not extend to mental illness, a fact that disappoints him greatly. He requires physical contact in order to heal someone, but he does not have to be touching the wound to do so.

Ishmael is constantly surrounded by a peaceful aura. It remains active at all times. As one can deduct from the name, it’s an area around Ishmael about five feet in diameter that has calming effects over all who are in its vicinity. Even though it’s always active, it doesn’t have much potency when used passively. Ishmael can control the intensity of his peace aura, and every once in a while he can create a very large burst of peaceful energy. It is possible for him to pacify armies because of this. If pressed, the peace aura has potential to put its targets to sleep, or at least make them drowsy. He is always at the center of the aura, and as a result he cannot shift it from place to place. If he wanted to be sure he would pacify an entire battlefield, he'd have to be right in the thick of it.

The aura also works to calm him as well, especially if he starts having flashbacks. However, there are instances when it happens too fast for him to counterbalance.

Pets: He considers his Bushbeasts as free-range pets.

Appearance: Ishmael stays in his “mortal” form. He stands about 5’5 with a strong but slim build. He looks to be in his late teens/early twenties and has short, light brown hair styled in an undercut with a square jaw and rosy cheeks. His eyes are a bright, yellow-green color. Ishmael bears a large scar on his chest and back, right where his heart would be, almost as if he had been impaled. He wears a tan wool poncho with darker brown patterns on the shoulders with a dark brown undershirt and black pants. He’s usually barefoot.

Personality: Ishmael is a peacemaker at heart. He doesn't like conflict, but understands that sometimes it is necessary. He's generally a kindhearted individual, and tries to do good whenever he can. He isn't one for pointless fighting, but even his feathers can get ruffled sometimes. He is very defensive of his inncer circle, especially Aria. This can sometimes come across as overbearing, but he means well. Ishmael is a laid back individual erring on the side of lazy. He's not the greatest at keeping up appearances, and often shoves the day-to-day duties onto his assisstant, Milo, while he's off doing deity things in Forengard. He's trusting of others,opting to see the best in people and give them the benefit of the doubt where he can. Since he dislikes confrontation, he will often choose to prolong that confrontation as long as possible by making excuses. This can have disasterous consequences, as seen with Shiloh.

But everyone has their off days. Try as he might, Ishmael has never truly escaped the drums of war that plauged him throughout his mortal life. During periods of time where his PTSD flares up, Ishmael will isolate himself from others, locking himself in a room in his domain for hours and even days at a time. He becomes snappy and irritable, and parinoia will cause him to question his bonds with others. These episodes can throw him into funks that last for weeks afterward, and he's quick to mask it as best as he can.

Ishmael is extremely wary of deities with power over emotions, memories, and mind reading. As a general rule, he tries not to give them an excuse to poke around his head, and those who do will be met with rather unorthodox defenses, as he will bring up traumatic thoughts and memories as a way to drive them out.

Theme Songs: Black Cat by Never Shout Never, Peace Song by Never Shout Never (in that order)

Typically Worshiped By: Healers, diplomats, sick/injured people and their families.

Domain: The aggressively overgrown estate he inherited from his father. He grew most of the forest with his bare hands. In the manor itself, a gigantic tree grows out of the middle of it, making it a literal treehouse. The majority of his Bushbeasts reside in his domain, along with his assistant, the bird-human hybrid Milo.

Temples: Nothing really fancy, just some casual buildings. The nearby healers are tasked with upkeep and management of the temples, and will take shifts providing free medicinal care to anyone who happens to wander in.

Weapons: He doesn’t usually carry one, but he's very capable with most weapons should the need arise.

Backstory: Ishmael grew up in the shadow of his father, a successful war general forced to retire in his prime from a wound in one of his legs. While he displayed very un-militaristic qualities, his father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become just as powerful as he had been. So, he shipped Little Ish off to boot camp, which spat him out about six years later. His father had died in that time period and Ishmael inherited his estate. Almost immediately after he graduated military school, the country was dragged into war. He was drafted in, and because of his previous training, was given a decent rank. He soon climbed the chain of command. Even with his titles, he unofficially promoted another soldier in his place and instead became a warrior-medic, treating any and every soldier on the battlefield. He quickly gained a reputation in both armies as a neutral party and became a sort of de facto diplomat between the two, negotiating prisoner exchanges and working tirelessly for some semblance of peace. He was just about to reach a breakthrough when the opposing army’s general died suddenly, and a much more bloodthirsty one took his place. The negotiations fell apart and the armies met in battle once again. Ishmael was mortally wounded and left for dead next to a suspicious flower. He tried to eat it because he thought it looked poisonous and would kill him faster than bleeding out in the forest floor. It turned out to be an Ambrosia Flower, and he was resurrected. He used his newfound powers to incapacitate the army, and returned to the estate.

Crush: Aria

Other: Apollo