Message-ID: <20020807190933.96591.qmail@web11101.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:09:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Welch Subject: Tech FAQ v0.7 (Pt 1.5) To: Megami ML Reply-To: megami@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk ----- 6. ARE GODS AND DEMONS RELATED? Yes, at least to some extent. As in Norse mythology from which AMG is derived, the good guys and the bad guys are not that different. They can reproduce with each other, and apparently as children gods and demons play with and can even be close friends with each other, as Urd and Mara did (V10 Ch60). It is also possible for them to switch sides (V21 Ch135), though this seems to be very rare if it's ever happened at all. ----- 7. WHY DO GODS AND DEMONS NEVER KILL EACH OTHER? Killing a goddess or demon is expressly forbidden. Sealing for 500 years, eternity, etc. is allowable, but killing is absolutely not. The Doublet System enforces this rule. Note that there seems to be no rule against killing mortals or magical/demonic creatures. Urd says she will destroy the anki in V13 Ch75 and Velsper is prepared to kill Keiichi in V16 Ch97. 7A. WHAT IS THE DOUBLET SYSTEM? The Doublet System ties the life force of a goddess to that of a demon so if one is killed, the other will die also. At an age of approximately 8 (Belldandy and Velsper appear to be about that age in V17 Ch99), a child from each side is selected to undergo the ceremony. The criteria for selection is unclear, though magical ability seems to be a large part of it. Each side knows who they have selected, but not who the other side has selected. After the young goddess and demon have completed the ceremony, their memories of the event are sealed so even they don't know who their doublet is. It isn't clear how the Doublet System was instituted or how one side or the other is kept from cheating. However, it works very well.