would you like to hear about our lord and savior arkeun (bc i sure would love to hear more about the god of shima's world)
Sure thing!! I’ll share some info about our ruler and savior for sure
Obviously, he’s the creator of Shima’s world.
The first thing he ever created were the Grandmasters, the pillars that support the world as we know it. And they were the first magical beings to be created. (Astraeus was the first among the seven to actually come into existence.)
Some time after that, he created the Rulers! Riku came first since he is the Land Ruler and while shaping their world Lord Arkeun made the ground we stand on the first thing to hold the world together.
While he does have some level of interference among what goes down in that world, he prefers to stick to the sidelines and watch. Divine intervention is a very serious matter, so only when times are extremely tough does he step in. One example of this was the worldwide conflict between the regular humans and magical beings, and that was when Lord Arkeun decided to create the Rulers to help achieve peace.
He’s a very calm person, seeing as he pretty much runs the entire world. So he’s gotta know what he’s doing and keep a level head lol.
He’s also sort of modest? Like, he doesn’t like to take the credit, he simply shrugs it off. (One time when Shima encountered him she said “You created the Rulers!” and Arkeun just goes “They were needed to protect this world” so like he wasn’t all haughty and like “Haha yeah that was me I know it’s pretty cool right” sort of thing)
He also bears a level of guilt when it comes to Riku, because of everything that has happened to him over the last millennia. Of course Riku doesn’t blame him or is mad at him for creating him in the first place, but Arkeun feels like he owes Riku for everything he has done for the world, so! That’s why, when Shizu came to Arkeun after he died and begged for some way to be with Riku again, Arkeun decided to grant him permission and reincarnated him into Shima ^^ Normally he wouldn’t do that for someone, but Shizu and Riku are a special case since they are Rulers and his “children” in a way.
Aaaand yeah! That’s all I have for now, Arkeun is one of those characters I haven’t really thought about in-depth just yet, but he does have a couple things I can talk about. :D