Ogun

Ogun is an Orisha deity associated with blacksmithing and the newer branch of the Orisha family. He is the only member of that group said to have ascended to the Halls before the Eighth Floor. Sister Ines and Anton worship him, creating a smiting risk when their squad restores Yemaya instead of Ogun's shrine. Ogun is the god of blacksmiths and an established divine power. His ascent to the Halls distinguishes him from relatives who lost power or remained outside. That success supports a newer follower network and helps explain hostility toward older family members. Sister Ines and Anton carry Ogun's religious affiliation into the Celestial Thorn Room. Worship is mechanically consequential. Choosing a rival shrine can provoke smiting, and affiliation shapes which benefits a squad can safely pursue. Repairing Ogun's shrine would avoid the immediate punishment but offers limited additional benefit to the wider plan. Carl's group instead restores Yemaya for Eileithyia and Huanxin Jinx. The decision places strategic coalition needs over the expectations of Ogun's faction. Asojano reacts to the choice as betrayal and becomes an active opponent. The confrontation reveals that the Orisha dispute is not an abstract pantheon chart. It determines shields, attacks, boons, and the survival of people standing in the room. Ogun is not defeated or killed in the known sequence. He remains an active ascended deity. The exact sponsor controlling him, if any, and his later Ascendency actions are not fully established.

• Asojano
• Yemaya
• Sister Ines
• Anton
• Orisha Deities