Facets

The Facets are a group who sought to claim the power of the gods as their own, only to end up as their aides.

=Overview=
 * WIP; see Timeline. ok time for some straight up discord copypasting with some edits even though some of this is a little outdated
 * the facets began as a group of furries who were unsatisfied with the gods' reign, possibly during or in the immediate aftermath of some apocalypse or another like the death of the sky in particular
 * and they decided that They should be the gods, or at least take some of their power because if they were going to be so insistent that humanity solve their own problems then what right did the gods even have to their power??
 * so this squad basically conspired to [REDACTED] and spent a hot minute and a half gathering things and making up ceremonies to summon the gods' power unto themselves, donning the disguise of devout followers of their respective god the entire time to foster a spiritual bond to feed from and be able to use for the Grand Finale
 * this included just grabbing a shitton of rocks because each of the gods is associated with a birthstone cool rock commonly used for offerings and ceremonies and decorative purposes when it comes to shrines yadda yadda so on and so forth
 * each having a sort of connection to the god in question and bc so many people believe the rocks are Special™️ they are, in fact, special, at least on siderea, and if a god needs to hand you some power they'll probably give it to you in the form of a cool rock
 * so eventually they engaged in some sort of ritual or w/e with a bunch of rocks and with a bunch of followers (they had a bunch of followers, because a lot of people get mad at divine entities after great world tragedies) in order to summon the gods' powers unto themselves and use them to do as they saw fit
 * and it worked! they opened the proverbial floodgates and all of the energy came flowing through and a perfect channel!
 * they died immediately!
 * basically this was the equivalent of the facets going "i will now use the power of science and magic to turn myself into a water balloon", doing so, then going :pikoh: when they explode instantly upon being hooked up to a high-pressure fire hose
 * and from there it's sort of the initial plan here except instead of it being an "oh no some poor saps got messily sacrificed" thing it was more of an "alright here's your wish buddy", little a karma as a treat
 * though that's sort of what they Said but in truth a lot of it was also just sort of a mercy thing bc the gods recognized that they had some valid points despite the fact that the facets almost certainly had to do some Bad Things to get their whole plan underway
 * and thus it's sort of a combination of punishment & letting the facets have rights and it came at a time where the gods were getting sort of stressed about their jobs so being able to offload some of the workload on people who actively desired that workload just sort of worked in everyone's best interest
 * so saint karkinos made new vessels for them feat. god rocks specifically designed to be able to channel the energy of the gods Without exploding bc the problem is that the gods' power is more or less infinite
 * and if you aren't infinite in some capacity you are rapidly going to explode when you turn on the god faucet, so to speak
 * with the solution being to more or less set things up in a way to where the facets are literally a facet of the gods in the sense that their soul energy actively flows through them at all times; i didnt know how to explain this so i decided to make an mspaint diagram. (see pic below)
 * the facet still has their own distinct soul and identity but their patron god's soul loops through them, allowing the facet to exist and access the god's power without the facet being able to use the bulk of the god's power and be A Problem
 * it's kind of like if your heart had its own soul & consciousness except if someone ripped it out you would be completely fine bc you didn't even need it in the first place and your heart only continues to beat because you will it, meanwhile your heart needs the fuck out of you
 * the facets' bodies also function as a form of caging (see the libra core post thing), preventing them from committing war crimes although the gods didn't really anticipate them doing such in the first place considering they were well-intentioned extremists in the end
 * and likewise the gods can turn off the God Faucet, so to speak, at any time if a facet is being naughty or it's necessary for some reason
 * and if there was some sort of incredibly dire emergency the god could use the facet as a battery and likewise the facet can turn on the God Faucet a little harder should they need more power for some reason or turn it lower if they're getting lost in the sauce, or even turn it off if they want to take an incredibly intense nap but this is ill-advised considering they can't turn it back on themselves if they turn it all the way off
 * the angels work somewhat similarly in that that constant connection is still there but it's not Required for them to exist bc their bodies are a suggestion but i figure they're also likely a bit weaker in a sense because they just sort of have a Soul Bond™️ with the god in question and there's not a faucet
 * which is good bc their existences hinge less on their respective gods, things come pretty naturally to them, and they can't accidentally overdose on god juice or power themselves off or w/e, but this also means that they can't rapid-chug god sauce to become ludicrously OP in a moment of urgent need either
 * so anyway once that was done the facets were all like :tails: but ultimately set forth to try and prove the gods wrong, or perhaps right, or something, and over the years both they and the gods gradually came to see each other as not being enemies
 * and in modern times the sins of their past are all but entirely forgotten and the facets don't really hold anything against the gods anymore bc they did in fact get exactly what they wanted, really
 * spidey rock (hecate) obviously wouldn't have been part of the initial group but still exists anyway because i said so. literally. extremely a wip but i figure they were literally written into existence by siderea's will to see arachne recognized as a true god, who would thus need a facet to match the rest of the pantheon, but because mortal will is not unanimous and cohesive hecate themself isn't either and thus they have like three distinct identities/form variants because mortals generally don't even Know about facets much less what a facet should be like
 * (hehe it is a mythology gag because moonstone is also known as hecatolite and hecate is known for being a triple goddess. follow for more ocs who are like puns in a way)

=Abilities=
 * The Facets receive the Blessing of their patron god, though this is typically redundant.
 * Facets are capable of intercepting and answering prayers meant for their patron god as well as prayers pertaining to their domains. Domains are more or less just determined by the Facet's particular interests and talents, so there's some overlap amongst them.
 * They can teleport to and from the Cosmos at will.
 * Arietis created the Lustrous Regalia for the Facets, with each Facet wielding a weapon that correlates to their patron god's respective Astral Weapon.

=List of Archangels=

=Trivia=
 * The Facets are based on birthstones, specifically zodiacal birthstones. For the Ophiuchus, Cetus, and Arachne birthstones, stones were pulled from the priestly breastplate: a sacred item from which the concept of birthstones originated.
 * The Facets were initially based on monthly birthstones rather than zodiacal ones. Most characters were preserved and simply had their species and a few other traits changed, but due to this shift a few characters were lost entirely:
 * Diamond: an Aries based on diamonds.
 * Perla: a Cancer based on pearls.
 * July: a Lirgo based on rubies.
 * Upala: a Libra based on opals.
 * Zoisa: a Fadelike Scarian based on tanzanite.
 * The Facets were initially envisioned as a group analogous to the archangels. Rather than ascending upon death, however, the original Facets were sacrifices that appeared before the gods in such poor condition that Karkinos needed to create new bodies from them. Some of these original Facets were actually multiple souls sacrificed at once, resulting in amnesia or splintered memories.