#Ofc honor killings and other shit are still a thing. But its important to know that coerced marriage is illegal and you are well within you

[mookuthi-amman]

Reminder that forced/coerced marriage (any marriage either party is unwilling to enter) is illegal in India. Even if relatives threaten that they can do it, its not legal. You have options to avoid it.

[demonicintegrity]

oKAY heres the details on that depressing Devildice human highschool au i made with a friend back around 2017/2018. Kinda a mess so bare with me. long post with themes of abuse, depression, and other nasty stuff.

- Lucifer Angelo grew up in a pretty bad place in Texas. The details werent fleshed out other than that it was a pretty ignorant place.

- The important fact of the matter is that his dad (who we never did settle on a name for lol) was a Christian preacher. Charismatic man, but an absolute shithead to Lucifer. Even with his other kids he was strict and pushed his ideals and plans onto them. Also had a temper and a loud voice.

- Preacher Angelo was once a pretty alright man, although very self-centered and was pretty condensing. He had a marriage early on in his life and had a few kids, named after archangels. Marriage fell through, and he starts drinking and moves on the next one a bit after. Have a couple more sons named after archangels. It also falls apart. On number 3? he has the final sons to complete his arch angel themed kids. At first it was just in honor/inspired by the angels and his Christian lifestyle, tho i think around the second marriage is where he just started getting delusional and started thinking himself as godlike and thought his sons will spread his word and whatever. Needlessly to say, his partners once they found this out went :/ and it went downhill from there.

- Man we really just took every flaw and worse thing to have in a parent and shoved it into this bastard lmao

- Lucifer was actually the product of an affair within his final marriage. Ofc cheating was a dealbreaker and they divorced. The girl he was cheating with stuck around a little bit, but died in childbirth due to complications. Thus he was left with this child that wAs BoRn FrOm SiN so he named him Lucifer. He would be his son of sin while his other sons would be Perfect People. (Even though they and their mothers started to want nothing to do with him lmao)

- He got by and took care of Lucifer decently but because this was an AU of Angst(TM) Preacher Dickhead became an alcoholic, had money troubles over time because economy troubles or whatever, and took out his temper on his son more and more. Luci was taken to church every Sunday by his dad.

- Kingsley Dyce was born in Lousiana to his parents Patrick and Fahri. We had a whole separate story for Fahri’s family and how they met, it was cute but that’s completely irrelevant right now. They lived modestly and were technically stable but there wasn’t always extra money for fun stuff and there were times were they were just getting by, but they never let Kingsley onto it.

- Kingsley (nicknamed King or KD by his friends) was a pretty cool kid. Had fun in Louisiana despite being a bit flamboyant and full of himself, made good friends. His relationship with his parents were fairly okay. He was a total mama’s boy, loves his mother to death and would do anything for her. As he became a teen his relationship with his father got a bit more strained because Patrick was a very Traditional person and into his teenage hood Kingsley had a habit of dancing not-so-masculine or modestly. He also was getting into makeup.

- Stepping back tho, as a kid he was in the church choir. His family is Catholic and his parents took him to church every Sunday. His favorite activity was to rollerskate. He and his friends were always skating to each other’s houses or skating at the rink. Skating, video games, and singing was his life.

- During his 6/7th grade his family moved to Maryland because of a job opportunity. King was suuuupper bummed. Maryland isn’t like Louisiana at all so there was an adjustment curve. Despite that, he didn’t have a hard time make friends. (insert humanized casino crew here)

- Side note: KD had a tooth gap as a kid and got braces during middle school to correct it. It gave him a lisp. He also had glasses and a questionable sense of fashion throughout middle school. This isn’t super relevant but its important to me that you can imagine this kid as the doofus he was. He also was roughly at an average height.

- In 8th grade there was a new kid that came into his class; Lucifer. Luci’s dad had also moved to Maryland for a job. Despite his entire class wondering what the hell was this southern emo kid’s problem, he wasn’t overtly bullied, just ignored. KD however, was intrigued by this asshole and made it his goal to figure out his issue and be all up in his business.

- Luci is currently dealing with some of his hardest years here. In Texas he had a hard time making friends, was bullied, and wasnt surrounded by the best sort of people. His abuse was getting worse as his father struggled more and more, and the move wasn’t the greatest fix considering he was still drinking and getting himself into debt. Luci didn’t care about school nor about life in general.  But then this asshole waltz into his life and boy golly was he feeling things about it.

- The relationship at first just KD latching onto Luci and talking to him about any and everything and trying to drag him around town. Slowly, Lucifer began to be amused by this jerk and his friends. He also didn’t live too far away so KD was able to easily bike to his place even though he never wanted KD over.

- KD picked up on the abuse Luci was going through, and honestly didn’t know to confront it. At first it was just sharing food cuz Luci wouldn’t eat and chatting to him because he got uncomfortable seeing Luci alone with head down all the time. Eventually he talked to his mom about it and the two of them kept inviting Luci over. Fahri became the mom Luci never had and Patrick despite working long hours and extra shifts, would take time to give Luci practical lessons and be a better masculine figure in his life. Luci was slowly being given a family but he also was pulling away from it. He was in the midst of a depression and he was pretty mean to everyone to deal with it, and pulled to himself more as he began to love KD and his family. The new friendships doesn’t cure depression, nor was it helpful against abuse.

- TW under break for more details of abuse, neglect, depression, and suicide

- His abuse was verbal and physical. He got yelled at for being a failure, yelled at because he didnt care about school, drunk his fathers booze, got into trouble and lashed out. He got beat for back talking and whenever the drunk asshole wanted to fight with him. It had been going on for years. He was also neglected pretty bad. Food wasn’t super plentiful in the house, he lived on fast food and luci didnt know how to cook. There was more booze in fridge than food. Power/water would sometimes not be on if his father forgot about certain bills. It was bad.

- Some time during this 8th grade year he also developed a crush on KD, he didnt voice it because his dad was homophobic as shit but also because he certainly didnt know how to navigate love and didnt want to ruin his relationship with KD. So he repressed it.

- Also during this 8th grade year Luci tried to commit suicide. He had texted KD before hand too, with some note that boiled down to he cared a lot about KD but couldnt stand anything in the world/his dad/bringing KD down/whatever and it was obviously a suicide note. KD freaked out and immediately got his ass over there, kicked down the door, and found Luci in his dad’s room with his dad’s gun to his head. I don’t think we ever settled on the details of the situation but it was traumatizing for both individuals to say the least.  KD was able to talk him out of it.

- That incident made them inseparable. Luci never had someone care for him like that, cry for him like that. KD had grown attached and close enough to consider him his best friends, the incident only solidify his want to make his best friend’s life better. It was a rough few months after that and KD was sworn to never tell his parents what happened.

- TBH that was about the worse of it, this was an high school AU and high school became a bit better for them in certain regards. KD got his braces off, got contacts, and had one helluva growth spurt going into HS. Luci went deep into a punk-emo phase his freshman year which killed his fashion, but was slowly becoming a bit more confident in himself. KD and his parents were able to help him a lot. Emotional support, practical life lessons, and food was always a given.

- Its a bit of an up and down throughout high school. KD gets into makeup, heels, dancing, and bisexuality and it causes a major strife with him and his dad who wanted a “real” son. The relationship went through major struggles and would take a couple years to really heal.

- Luci struggles a bit with drinking and deals drugs and booze to get his own spending money. He starts somewhat taking his school seriously, but even though he does work in class he doesnt always do homework or projects and whatnot. He has a habit of physically intimidating other students and occasionally tries to pick fights.

- The “casino gang” also have their own things going on. If a recall correctly, Wheezy was also in a neglectful house, Pip and Dot ( ??? and Dorothy) were twins from a wealthy well off family but were ignored and were terribly bratty, Piroeutta was just an quiet Russian outcast, Mango had 7 siblings and no space to himself and who was bullied for his large off-putting appearance, Chips was just loud, and i completely forgot what everyone else’s deal was. KD and Luci mainly hung out with Chips, Piro, Pip, and Dot. They were still pretty close to the others but those four were the only ones they regularly hung out with at lunch and outside of school.

- There are a couple things that could happen throughout high school. My personal fav i can remember is a particular angst with KD trying to get with another dude and Luci being Upset and lashing out at him at a party result and ugh that scenario was angsty but also turned very cute???

- Regardless, when they do get together they’re unstoppable tbh.

- and yes, the gang would readily throw hands with anyone who said shit. Barely any of them care about suspensions.

- I kinda forget a bit of stuff. I know misc. scenarios here and there both fluffy and angsty, but this post is already long enough lmao so feel free to hit up my ask box with any questions/comments. I dont really think Ill come back to this au?? If i do Im gonna edit a ton of stuff because looking back certain themes and scenarios seem borderline insensitive and/or poorly thought out. I did found a fic of this au on my phone with KD and Luci as adults tho and Im v tempted to rewrite some of it and finish it because it was good.

[ninjakitty15]

Chapter 20: The Masks We Wear (Loki x OFC Pairing)

"If this doesn't work, I'm so tattling on him to Tony, house arrest be damned," I muttered as we teleported to a good spot away from the city and its people but not exactly empty of bodies. "Put way too much faith in the kid, I hate kids, what makes him so special?"

"Getting cold feet, love?" teased Loki beside me as he surveyed his surroundings to see if we were in the clear.

"I think we've had cold feet long before now, you being a Frost Giant and me not having blood circulation and all that stuff with the heart and breathing and stuff," I mused.

"You don't give up, do you?"

I snorted. "Tried that, didn't work for me, something about not staying down even when buried."

"You think Parker and I are so alike which means that if you don't have faith in him, you might as well not in me."

"He's just really strong and smart, you've got a bit more going on for you that I'd be ok placing all my bets on."

"Then trust in me to ensure our safety if things go sideways for us," he offered.

"Safety isn't exactly what I'm worried about, neither of us are that easy to kill and they don't exactly want us dead last I checked."

"Then what troubles you?"

I chewed on my bottom lip worriedly. "I don't like running, even if  I had the legs for it. I also don't like being shot at and having my lover constantly be used against me."

"I recall you saying that's not the first time something like that happened."

"It shouldn't have, it's why I always try to surround myself with powerful people, so I don't have to worry about that happening when I'm suddenly a target again. I don't like that they took something I actually kind of enjoyed from you and used it to take me down, that was our thing and they essentially ruined it and weaponized it." My hands curled into white knuckled fists, power sliding down my arms from my chest and gathering into my fingers. "Up till now they were a nuisance, a loose end that just bugged the shit out of me but still manageable. Now they're prey by making it personal and I'm gonna gut them like a fish and hang them by their small intestines while I boil their eyes and rip out their lungs...or maybe I'll just make em blood eagles, in your honor."

"Why that method for me?"

"It's a favored method of the people that first worshipped you, or rather your adoptive people I should say."

"I'd say just leave that to the ones that turned on you, seems a bit much to do that to all of them, and time consuming at that as there are a lot of Hydra agents but only a handful of bad people from your end."

"Valid point, will do."

"They took something from us and made it our weakness, so together we must take it back and make it our strength."

I nodded in agreement. "And then we make them our bitch."

"We make them kneel and then we break them."

"Crush our enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentation of their bitches, the three most important things in life."

"Let's show them what happens when you anger the gods, shall we?"

"Don't have to ask twice." I raised my hands to my chest and held them apart facing each other so death magic could gather between them. From between my hands, a ball of black lightning and white smoke began to form until it was about the size of a big plump award winning pumpkin then slammed it into the ground. "Cover your ears, I'm gonna make a call." I waited for Loki to do so before waking the dead in a war cry that to the human ears sounded like a cross between a death rattle, a banshee cry, and the angry shriek of the Nazgul in Lord of the Rings. "If this works, can I just wear this for Halloween, see how many people I can fool with it? None of my own costumes can even compare."

Loki chuckled and shrugged. "Let's just see how it works here for now, Halloween later."

It didn't take long for them to come to us and I was glad the Avengers didn't show up either as they would've blown the whole plan to bits before we could get started. "Ready for the fight scene," I muttered.

"Fancy meeting you here," George, the first traitor I had seen in their base building, mused.

"This is your idea of fancy? Do you even own a suit?" asked Loki. "You seem more of a fedora and sword replica kind of guy."

I smirked at this but decided it might be better if he did in fact to most of the talking if this was gonna work. "If that's the case then he forgot to address you as m'lady, so rude of him."

"They say manners maketh men, so what does that make you?" he asked George.

George glared at Loki. "It makes me really glad we figured out how to take you down thanks to your little Norse god there."

"Little? Someone's in need of glasses if they think a Frost Giant that's a full foot taller than you is little," Loki shot back. "And who really figured it out, cuz last I checked you're just a scared little boy hiding behind a bunch of agents."

He glared at the god before pulling out a fancy tech gun I could only assume was the same kind that shot me and turned me mortal temporarily. "Tell me who's scared now, eh?"

"I'd say the one holding a modified gun because he couldn't take down his intended target like a man, cowards tend to favor guns. It takes a real man to fight someone close range, armed or not," I replied smoothly.

The other agents surrounding us all had their similar fashioned guns aimed at us but made no move, most likely believing we would come quietly. Joke's on them, Loki especially knows I never come quietly, I'm a real animal then, dead or alive. George of course, being the easily offended, butthurt little boy he really was, did however make a move and fired his Loki magicked gun angrily with what he probably thought was his grrrr face but just made him look like a kid that was told he couldn't have cookies before dinner. Loki was thrown back by the energy blast emitted from the gun and landed on his side a few feet away from me while I stepped forward, a dagger in each hand and put myself between Loki and George.

"Try me, mortal," I sneered.

That was when one of the agents took aim at me and I felt something sharp and metal attach itself to my neck, for a split second my skin felt hot and burning before it went back to cold and calm again. One dagger went back up my sleeve as I reached up and yanked off a tiny metal electro disk thing that had been used on Loki not too long ago. I held it between my index finger and thumb curiously before crushing it in one hand and glaring at the agent that shot me.

"You missed," I told them dryly.

More agents and George as well surrounded Loki while only a few surrounded me. Loki however waited till they were closer to him before slowly getting to his feet and brushing himself off with an eyebrow arched in challenge.

"Was that supposed to scare me? You know I own a screampark, right? Jumpscares won't work on me."

George shot at Loki again and then fired a normal revolver gun at him right after, the bullet or whatever was being used as a bullet bounced off him as did the energy gun. Loki then lunged forward, grabbed George by the throat with one hand and broke the wrist of the hand holding the energy gun, the revolver dropping the first time he was grabbed. While he was doing that, I turned my attention to my own little group of agents that were using all kinds of different means to electrocute me, even one of those wire tazers cops use to detain without killing people, even though it can kill people if the voltage is high enough or you have one of those heart monitor things. I simply tore the wires attached to me off myself before slashing my way through the little crowd I had with the hidden daggers until I was the last one standing. I then looked over to see how Loki was doing again to find most of his agents were down and out and it was just George left standing.

"That's all you came with? Really? I'm very disappointed in you, Georgie, I thought you knew it takes an army to take down the leader of one," Loki told him.

"That should've worked, you are each other's weaknesses."

"I've got a question, I thought if I cut off enough heads, more would take it's place, isn't that their motto? Why are there no more heads?" Loki asked.

George glared at him and pulled out his ceremonial dagger with his one good hand just as I silently was walking up behind him, his attention on Loki just as I needed it to be. Green magic then enveloped Loki for a moment which caused George to freeze as he wasn't looking at who he thought he was then.

"Hiya Georgie," I murmured behind George just as magic danced along my body as well thanks to Loki and Peter's plan. George spun around just as my battle outfit changed and right as he saw what I really was, before he could use his dagger, my hand was in his chest, clutching his soul and this time I wasn't leaving it in. My entire arm shifted into a skeleton's as I pulled it out of him, he barely had time to scream in unimaginable agony before he crumbled just a shell, his soul still in my skeletal hand. Any lingering Hydra agents that somehow survived being broken or slashed between the two of us were then destroyed as I used the power of the soul in my hands to incinerate them from the inside out before scattering what was left of the soul.

Loki stared at me in a mixture of awe and something else I couldn't quite place before walking over to me. "Your arm..."

I held it up and wiggled the finger bones tauntingly. "I couldn't resist." I knelt down and shoved the bony bits into the earth, drawing power from the dead within it to help me heal and when I pulled my arm back out, it had all the needed parts of flesh, blood, muscle and tendon again. "Tis but a scratch."

"What about that whole display of power before they got here though?"

"That was me making sure I had ground coverage so they didn't have backup after we were done with them and then a little something special after that."

"Why do I get the feeling we'll see what you did on the news or be sought after by the Avengers for it?"

"Because when are my methods ever orthodox?" I retorted.

"I knew there was a reason I like you."

"Pretty sure it was the mindblowing sex, be honest, when was the last time you even got laid?"

"I don't have to answer that or to you for that matter."

"When someone openly dismisses a simple question, that usually means the answer is the obvious one you don't want to admit. No further questions, your honor, the defense rests."

"Come here." He grabbed me by my hoodie and pulled me flush against him for a kiss. "Would've done this sooner but I don't love myself that much."

I snickered at this. "If you don't love yourself, you're not fit to love others. So can we switch bodies for halloween? Seems only fair I should have more fun being in you for once when it's always been the other way around in the bedroom."

"We're not switching bodies in the bedroom," Loki stated quickly.

"No no, even I wouldn't do me."

"We'll see when the holiday draws nearer. Should we tell the spider child his plan worked?"

"Do you have a phone? Hydra stole mine."

He held out a hand and produced one with magic, even going as far as putting Peter's number in it for me out of sheer memory as Peter had offered it to us despite me telling him I didn't possess that technology currently. I then entered Peter's number and waited for it to ring and him to pick up which he did with a hesitant hello.

"Bitch, we lived," I stated smugly.

"It worked? I mean, of course it worked or I wouldn't have thought it up...it did work right?" Peter asked.

"It worked like one of Rihanna's hit singles."

"What will you do now....also did you hear there's been hordes of zombies storming random buildings?"

"Trust me, Pete, they ain't random."

"That's you doing it?"

"That's me hunting down Hydra from afar."

"How will the zombies know it's Hydra?"

"I asked the victims of the organization if they wanna get revenge on them, judging by your report their answer was yes. Remember, Avengers might have a Hulk but I have an army."

"Does that mean you won't return to the Avengers compound?"

"I'm not a team player and I don't expect others to fight my battles for me and I still have to sort out the remaining traitors but yeah I'm not going back, I'm just gonna lay low and wait for those bastards to come to me like an ant-lion. You take care, kid, don't get killed, I'm not bringing you back."

"I'll try not to, good luck, Nell."

I ended the call and looked up at Loki.

"Where shall we go now?" he mused.

"Take me down to paradise city, where the magic's strong and the girls are witches, oh won't you please take me home?" I sang.

He grinned, wrapping both arms around me as green magic swirled around us. Hydra-0, Gods-2.

[kewltie]

im soooooooooo glad that two scenes when up next to each other in time bc I JUST LOVE PARALLELS HELLO!!!!

marriage ceremony, highlight: 

cd!donghae is always extra (look that boy may not want attention but man he does everything that cause the opposite to happen) but essein??? EQUALLY EXTRA. i mean who even thought consort candidates should even fight each other to get the hand of their ruler?? tho that tradition has died out (bc peace & consort no longer holds it original power) but past!!essein were so badass tbh. AND WHY WOULD YOU EVEN BUILD A FUCKING TEMPLE ON AN ACTIVE VOLCANO AND MAKE IT TRADITION FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY TO GET THERE WTF. 

which lead to our next point: the essein are super super (!!!!!) devout ppl so much so that they build a temple on an active volcano believing wholehearted that their god will protect him... and well it rumbles and scared donghae to shit but it hasn’t kill anyone yet in thousand of years so i guess proven right??? :D

donghae 10000% does not give a shit about essein’s gods but he understand their important to these ppl so although he does walk the walk he really reaaaaally isnt that sincere. that will change with time!!

gods ARE HUGE thing in this world but that was in the past now the world can of split b/t those that still believe and revere them to those that think they are decoration bc while esse entire infrastructure rely on magic and will of the gods so ofc they still hold the gods in high regard but in other part of the world where technology has triumph over magic (which is selective, rare, and hard to train/use) everybody catch on that advancement so why pray to the gods for rain when you can build an aquaduct and bring it to your drought written lands?? so more advance the nation (which is mainly the bigger/powerful/rich ones) the less the gods have any influence. but since essein are ‘isolationist’ they disregard any advancement and still practice the old ways, so that’s why the gods are sooo super important to them and IT HASN’T FAIL THEM SO WHY FIX IT???? 

donghae’s nation, nave, actually straddle that magic/tech divide so while they have advance tech from the bigger countries trickling in but bc donghae’s father is devout, religion and the worship of ion is important to donghae and his family.... but as you can see that no longer matter to donghae bc he had long turned away from them bc they are useless in his eyes ///o\\\\. 

i thought about how a big country like essein manage to keep communication with its vast territories since they don’t have the advancement from the outside world (which use something similar to the telegram/phone). AND I REALIZE oooh essein are heavy reliance on their beasts/monsters and tamed to do manual labor and assist in ordinary living so communciation and transimission??? aiayas--giant eyeball bats with hive mind and ability to transmit info/image easily so yes i hope to explore more creatures in the world of esse :)))) IT’S SO MUCH FUN. 

the mountain that donghae climbed is shallowly inspired by china’s mount tai which has 7k-ish stone step to climb to the top!!!! IT’S REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND A MARVEL 

no gods, highlight: 

it’s not explicitly stated in the text (i think, i haven’t decide yet) but during his years of captivity donghae suffered from sever depression and suicide ideation :((((.  i soooo hope it’s clear that it's heavily hinted throughout the series 

when he was captive of his brother he wasn’t  physically torture or punished but he still suffer from severe abuse just not a physical one but mainly emotional/mental abuse (which is not a form that we see a lot in writing sadly) and it’s just as bad if his bro beat him. the thing is donghae’s father lost the war against his own son and therefore many ppl in his family are executed and DONGHAE HAD TO WATCHED IT HAPPENED and the sole reason he’s alive is bc his bro god a an unreasonable grudge on donghae and kept him alive just to fuck with him. he’ll come to donghae’s room and tell him father’s death?? UR FAULT. older brother dying?? ALSO YOUR FAULT. everybody that die??? YOUR FAULT. the reason our country was in a civil war?? IT’S BC YOU EXIST IF YOU DIDN’T EXIST I WOULD NEVER CHALLENGE FATHER AND NOBODY HAD TO SUFFER. imagine day in and ay out someone tell you this your fucking self worth and sense start to warped and you start to believe it IS YOUR FAULT even though it ISN’T AT ALL. and not only he kept you captive and feed you all these lies he isolated you from everyone and the few you get in contact with (i.e. the servants) the moment you make talk/friends with them they get kill just TO FUCK WITH YOU BC YOU CAN’T HAVE FRIENDS AND NOT EVEN A DROP OF JOY FROM CONVERSING WITH ANOTHER HUMAN. and if you try to escape??? BIG MISTAKE you do anything wrong in his eyes he pick the ppl you knows/care about (your wetnurse, ur old servants, etc) that are kept in his prison and take them out and make an example of them INSTEAD OF YOU bc your actions LEAD TO THEIR DEATH... so yea he doesn’t outright physically hurt donghae but hurt his heart and self worth instead and it’s sooo incredibly that donghae  even thought he’s out of nave now... he still fucked up in many ways :((((((((((((((( and it’s long road to recovery before he can see that he’s amazing and a survivor!!!!!  

donghae’s awkwardness/social inept with ppl through much of the first three arcs (??) is attributed to after years of isolation from other ppl so while he was bright and social in the past... now he’s just a pale imitiation of his self but every now and then we SEE THAT TRUE SPARK OF HIS THAT BEEN HIDING ALL ALONG LIKE CHALLENGING HIS RIGHT TO MARRY HYUKJAE AND LIKE FUCKING WINNING IT EVEN THOUGH HE’S SCARED TO DEATH BUT HE’S MORE SCARED OF BEING ALONE AGAIN NOW THAT HE FOUND PPL HE CAN RELY ON \\\O//. 

‘my god died a long time ago’ is honestly one of my fav lines bc it actually talk about two things 1) is that donghae denoucing the gods didn’t begin when his father died but his mother’s death actually. that was when he prayed and prayed for her to recover from her illness but that never happen and since then he realized gods are whimsical beings they only deem to visit you when they want to and not BY UR TERMS. 2) donghae loves his father V V V V MUCH, he admire him for being such a noble and righteous person and was very close to him so while donghae turned away from the gods he put his father on a pedestal and in a way he’s donghae’s god now and when his father died.... so did his god. 

 kyu’s and the crew celebrating ion is actually pretty common thing for them not only to honor donghae and his family’s god but since they are so devout in their beliefs and believe all gods are important they are respectful of even to foreign gods. esse, throughout history, had acquired a lot of territories (mainly smaller islands surrounding their mainland) and each ones of them have their set of beliefs and religion and though they are adsorbed into esse, they are still allow to worship their original gods alongside essein’s 12 holy deities that are super suppppppper important to them.