Gods
The divine powers whose rules protect the transferred NPCs, and who must be held off until Ascendency begins.
Story so far
The rules of the gods are clear: NPCs are Untouchable until Ascendency actually starts. That protection is the legal footing for landing all of Larracos in the cotton fields of The Twelfth Floor ahead of time.
But the crawlers did not trust it to hold. In the meantime, Juice Box's squad of Changelings retained the ability to change into Basilica Guards so they could hopefully keep the gods at bay should any rules change. Ferdinand, for his part, announced he was heading to the twelfth floor to bang some hot goddess chicks. Ysalte, the dead goddess of Larracos, is proof that gods on these floors can die.
Role
The powers presiding over Ascendency, whose rules the crawlers exploit and whose compliance they do not assume.
Relationships
Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
- The deities whose appearances draw changelings to their deaths, and around whom the real war is forming.
- The pantheon's rage at Yarilo's death, announced in the same message that damns him to Nothing.
- Two deities converge on one floor in the same hour, one to claim a crawler and one to burn a world.
- The divine powers whose rules protect the transferred NPCs, and who must be held off until Ascendency begins.