(12-14-2016, 12:55 PM)Kilieit Wrote:Ah, fair point, fair point. I was just sort of reaching for the term of whichever deity was "in charge" of that particular month. I generally did the same thing as you described, myself. Picked a deity that fit the beliefs and character... and usually had a bit of a hidden in-joke using existing holidays for my characters' birthdays (I think Chachan's is Children's Day in Japan? I'll have to double-check).(12-14-2016, 12:34 PM)Gegenji Wrote: And so whichever month your character was born correlates to which deity is your "guardian deity."
I don't want to cause confusion - the phrase "guardian deity" is usually used by the game to refer to the deity you select on character creation, separate from the DoB you give them, to provide some extremely minor elemental resistance bonuses flavour. IDK how other people pick their guardian deity, but for me I choose a deity that resonates with the character's beliefs and history, even if they don't strictly worship them. This is unrelated to their DoB.
During the Valentione's event this year, fortune-teller NPCs referred not to your guardian deity in the context of a star sign (like the Ceremony of Eternal Bonding does), but to the deity you were born under. So even though Aghurlal's guardian deity is Byregot (and that's whose symbol showed up on his side during his wedding), the fortune-teller NPC said he was born under Althyk (because his DoB is in December), and therefore that Althyk was the relevant deity for his compatibility with his partner.
The Valentione's event was a good catch - I completely forgot that it checked your star sign. And I don't remember if I realized or not that it was based of their DoB and not their chosen deity. Nice tidbit of lore!
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