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--- Quote from: The Deposed King on November 12, 2013, 12:56:52 AM ---I wonder how you'd execute that?  King Noah as a wraith perhaps or Lamen and Lemuel, guys who saw angels multiple times and still turned away because of jealousy over their younger brother, only to be cursed and all their children cursed with dark skin come back as some kind of baddie.  As well as a whole host of jewish demons and uglies who (logically for our magical) followed them over from israel?  Not sure.

In the Iron Druid series 'belief' in folklore and folk tales brought them to life, so I suppose if we're using that kind of paradigm a lot of things are possible, up to and including the Stake Puft marshmallow man of Ghostbusters.  ;)

The Deposed King

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American Gods did it similarly, to the point where if the Gods believers thought of it as a New World, they got a new version of their god, while the old one went about his business back home:
"So yeah, Jesus does pretty good over here. But I met a guy who said he saw him hitchhiking by the side of the road in Afghanistan and nobody was stopping to give him a ride. You know? It all depends on where you are."

As far as what could follow him, even absent other gods/religions, you could have any number of demons, or maybe even the Livestock that Jesus put the Legion Demon(s) when he yanked it/them out of somebody.  You could have any of the Immortals (Cain, Lazarus, Longinus, etc) show up, most of the Saints could be fair game, as well as any angels you could think of.  Having them play the part of feuding foreigners with the local Native deities and hero's getting drawn in could be fun.  I dont know enough about the Mormon side of the mythos you'd be tying it to, but there have to be hooks in there somewhere. 

Haru:
American Gods is definitely worth a read for inspiration on the matter. Not only for specifics, but the general idea of taking an idea or a god and twisting it around. It's sort of an evolution of gods.

Speaking of, you could have local legends evolve into gods or godlike creatures. A local man who saved a family from a burning house suddenly gets so much praise from newspapers and local tv stations, he is celebrated as a hero, and suddenly all that praise reaches critical mass and elevates him to god status. He might not even realize this.
Of course, there are also the stories about monsters in the woods, the shadow under the bed, the creepy man in the house on the hill and things like that, and a lot of people know those stories and even if they don't really believe them, it sticks with them and that gives them power.

The Corvidian:
Cactus Cats, Hoopsnakes, and Jackalopes.

hank the ancient:
You might also look into the "witchcraft" of the area which is as distinct as voodoo/hoodoo to the geographic range.  Diableros, Brujas, curanderos, naguals, and the like. I would recommend looking into some of Carlos Castenadas works for inspiration, but for God's sake, don't smoke the jimsonweed.

The Deposed King:
I think with the fireman he would just start finding himself at the scene of every fire as he was unconsciously drawn to them.  People see the fire and wish that a firefighter like Hank the Firefighter would show up and save gramma and pretty soon there he is.  The legend is perpetuated.



The Deposed King

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