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[callada]

How many gods inhabit Earth? Is their magic - or your magic, I guess - different from the magic humans from Earth use here?

[notthatjason]

A lot. For the Romans and Greeks, there are the 14 major Olympian gods and then anywhere from 30 to 60 minor gods. I was working on a project related to all of this back home, but I can't remember all of their names without my notes.

[After being here, he'd come to consider whether or not other mythology's gods existed, but he couldn't say for sure if that was true, so he left that out.]

I don't know of a lot of humans that can use magic, honestly. I guess it would be different. My abilities are tied to what my father's domain is, which is why I can control the winds and generate lightning. I don't think I could cast a spell to make people fall asleep or anything...if that's what you're getting at.

[callada]

I had wondered if magic was just common on Earth. It surprised me when I got here how many people seem to use it.

Anyway. Thanks for explaining. Your world gets stranger and stranger to me every day. What role do the gods play in your world? It sounds like they must interact with humans somewhat often.

[notthatjason]

I feel like the people who have ended up HERE are kind of unique, but I could be wrong.

[Seriously, with how many of them seemed to be the heroic/adventure type? That seemed skewed somehow. He knows the Underworld he's familiar with is much smaller in terms of the number of heroes in Elysium vs the folks who just end up in the neutral part or even the hellish parts.]

They oversee their specialties and maybe deal in bigger picture events -- major conflicts or big disasters -- but most of the day-to-day on Earth is left to the regular humans. They interact with humans when it suits them, but it's not like there are THAT many demigods around. At least, not compared to the population of the entire world.

[callada]

It's definitely not random, the people who show up here. Don't know how or why it all works, though.

Do regular humans know the gods are in the world?

[notthatjason]

No. There's a magical force we call the Mist that can twist your perception and it's pretty effective on mortals. So they don't often know there are monsters and gods around, though there are always exceptions.

I wouldn't be so open about it under normal situations, but I decided pretty early on that there was enough weirdness happening here that trying to conceal what I am was a pretty stupid idea. I can help more people if they know what I can do and being a demigod certainly isn't any weirder than some of the other people and things I've learned since being here.

[callada]

Reasonable enough. And sorry, I didn't mean to turn this into an interrogation or anything. Just never heard of something like it before.
Thanks for explaining.

[notthatjason]

No big deal. I'd rather be up front about it anyway.