Today, I’m pulling out one of my gods for an interview. Gabriel is the God of Destiny and the Lord of Hell. In Windemere, Hell is only the plane of fire, but there are demons and anyone killed by fire spends a little time there before being picked up by their chosen deity. He also has the power to cast magic by singing, tamed the black unicorn, and wears armor forged from the extinct Phantom Dragon. He’s one of the most powerful beings in Windemere.
So, ask your questions and see what the pompous, arrogant bastard says.
About Charles Yallowitz
Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.
Legends of Windemere 
Um, is it okay if I call you Gabriel or would you prefer to be called by your title? Do you have an ideal woman, a Persephone if you will?
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Gabriel: Calling me Gabriel is fine. I will also accept Destiny Weaver, Hell Lord, Tri-God, and any other respect name that you see fit to call me.
Me: You’re just collecting this, aren’t you?
Gabriel: Nobody else to sit in with me?
Me: The only one who volunteered isn’t allowed to play because he’s a secret. Everyone else didn’t want to make you mad. You’re on your own.
Gabriel: Perfect. My ideal woman would be my wife, Ambrosine. She is goddess of the chaos elves and a very strong, independent eternal companion.
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Ah. Thank you for answering my questions, O Destiny Weaver.
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Gabriel: You’re welcome.
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Do you and your wife have any children? What sort of rules would you impose on them?
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Gabriel: My wife and I have not decided on having children. We are able to decide when and if we have a child. No accidents or mistakes like mortals. It is a heavy decision to bring another god into the world.
Me: I’m not even sure if anyone has done that yet.
Gabriel: I sense a new idea forming. One that I better not be the center of.
Me: The only other married couple of the gods is rather tame. Might not be an issue for now.
Gabriel: As for the rules, it would depend on their powers, temperament, and what they are to be the god or goddess of. If my wife and I gave birth to a war god then teaching him or her to be kind and nice would be foolish. Though, I am a very busy god, so my wife would be in charge of the child-rearing.
Me: You could get a sitter.
Gabriel: I could also keep the whelp in stasis whenever I’m too busy. What is your point?
Me: Just a suggestion.
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Maybe they can form their children grown already and they won’t have to deal with all of that child rearing stuff. Being a child of the Gods would entail a lot of responsibility. If he/she was irresponsible it could highly influence the respect the God/Goddess maintains. What do Gods eat? Just curious. I haven’t gotten that far in the book yet.
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Me: The gods don’t get touched on much in the books. They have the law of influence that prevents them from getting heavily involved.
Gabriel: Isn’t this my interview?
Me: Sorry. Forgot we were already breaking the fourth wall.
Gabriel: We have a strict code about interfering with mortals beyond our jobs. In the past, the mortals took action and nearly enslaved us, so we have learned from our mistakes. One of our children would be kept on Ambervale and watched at all times.
As powerful as we are, we can have limits and responsibility is learned quickly. Sealing the child for a specific amount of time would get them to behave rather quickly. Yet, there has not been a god child in centuries. Many of us are ascended from the mortal coil.
In regards to food, we eat and drink what we want and it is only for pleasure. Our source of sustenance is the aura of Windemere and the connected planes. Physical food to us is the equivalent of junk food for mortals, but without negative side effects.
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Have you met Katie’s Druid?
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Gabriel: I have heard of him. An interesting fellow, but I have not had the pleasure of meeting him. This is my first time out of a story, so I have yet to make any new contacts.
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Hello Mr. Gabriel, sir. I’m wondering, are you something like a mix between Hades and Zeus from mythology? Oh, also, I love unicorns but have never heard of black ones. Wherever did you find such a creature, and why did it come to you, since I’ve heard that unicorns are only comfortable around young women.
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Gabriel: I am one of seven gods that control death, so I cannot claim to have much in common with your Hades.
Me: Same color scheme.
Gabriel: Zeus is a difficult one because while I am the most powerful god, I do not rule. Ram the God of War presides over our gatherings. I am far too busy to watch over the frivolous gods. I would say I am closest to a combination of Odin and the Fates. I control destiny, which is why I hold such power.
Me: The unicorn question is pretty good.
Gabriel: Our unicorns are different in that they are attract to anyone of pure thought. Those are the white unicorns. There are other colors, but white are the ones most common. The black unicorn was attracted to my ambition and drive. It challenged me to break it to my will, which I did. That was before I ascended to godhood. This one was the last of its kind after poachers ransacked the herd. They were . . . dealt with.
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I see. You said there are seven gods of death, are you in charge of the other six?
So, obviously you were not born as a god, but how were you chosen for godhood, and are there any gods who were born as such?
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Gabriel: Each god of death is responsible for a plane of death. I rule Hell, the plane of fire. I watch the souls of those consumed by fire until their chosen god claims them. This is in place of the lost death god, which I am still working on finding a replacement for.
Me: Careful of spoilers on the next one.
Gabriel: I can be brief. I was not chosen for godhood. I strove for power and influence, which led me to claim the mantle of God of Destiny. I was born with more power than anyone else in the world, so I naturally gravitated toward godhood.
I am not sure what you mean by gods born as such. The older gods were created in their current form and many of our ranks arose from the mortals after earning their place. That was before my time as a god.
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Lost death god? For people who die after getting lost, like in the woods? Well then, I wish you’d hurry up and find someone. I’m going to be gathering cows for the rest of the week, and me getting lost is almost inevitable.
Oops, didn’t mean to get you in trouble with that question. Sorry about that. But your answer was very interesting. It gave me as many new questions as it gave me answers. For sake of no more spoilers, I won’t ask the other questions, though.
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Gabriel: I mean that the god of death disappeared and has not been seen in centuries. We assume death or permanent stasis. It happened during the incident that destroyed many gods, but we could never confirm that death god’s fate.
Me: I’m not even sure who the death god is any more.
Gabriel: Crimson Wisp, you fool. Study your notes.
Me: There are so many of them.
Gabriel: It is a slow process to pick a god of such importance. It is more about nurturing and developing such a being. It is in the works.
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Oh! That’s terrible! Gods can die?!?!
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Gabriel: Under certain circumstances. Gods can kill other Gods and there are methods to putting us into stasis.
Me: Nothing is impossible when magic is involved.
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Ah, magic. Of course.
Well, thank you sir, it has been lovely chatting with you. Hope you have a nice evening.
(You too, Charles!) 😉
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Why are you such a Bastard Gabriel
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Gabriel: That judgement depends on which side of destiny you are on. People forget that I create the villains and the heroes of the world. I play both sides and keep the balance. The heroes cannot win every time or the world would fall into chaos. If that makes me a bastard then so be it.
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Ahh but who chooses my destiny? I did not choose pain for example. So who decided? You Gabriel?
And the world is already in Chaos
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Gabriel: I am afraid I have no control over the destinies of your world. My realm is Windemere and that is the only place that I hold sway. Again, my apologies that I cannot be more help.
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So how can one get to Windemere
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Me: There was a portal, but it caused some trouble and I had to close it.
Gabriel: Caused some trouble? You nearly destroyed the world when you made that.
Me: I wrote my way around it.
Gabriel: Does this count as spoilers?
Me: Not really. I haven’t decided on if I’m going to use it or not.
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🙂 Just to pause for a second..
Good fun and you are GOOD! lol
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Thanks. 😀
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Cool 🙂
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Gabriel, are kind of pizza do you prefer?
By the way Charles, just started reading Beginning of a Hero the other night. I should have a review up within 2 weeks. Look out for it. 🙂
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Gabriel: I let the pizzeria decide. Some days it is nice to let free will take over.
Me: Good to hear. The sequel should be going live by the end of the month.
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