Ford

Ford (Full Name: Forlornus Olvidum Remembro Desaparim) is a original character and contestant in the Pantheon Original Character Tournament. He was created by artist CerealBowlby on deviantArt, and is his fifth entrant into an original character tournament.

Ford became the God of Forgetfulness after getting the staff of the previous God of Forgetfulness who was completely forgotten by the pantheon. Being around since Mastodons, Ford has lived through all of human history and aims to help in various ways.

Appearance
Ford is a bipedal mastodon with a fairly large build. His eyes have yellow sclera and has brown irises. He wears a salmon coloured robe, red belt and a red fez.

Personality
Ford is an outspoken and somewhat comical diety, who likes to give lectures about history and occupy large amounts of time giving trivial facts about events and ideas throughout time. He is no stranger to serious attitudes and even anger when provoked, very often becoming grumpy and irritable over words or actions of others. His banter may the result of being forgotten time and time again by the rest of the pantheon. Often, his anger results in rash behavior and poor decisions.

He is also shown to be quite sensitive and caring, getting angry at the lack of tact the Abstracts showed announcing a tournament for the Sixth Seat after Fortuna died.

Pre-Audition
Prior to the tournament, Ford began life as an entirely normal mastodon. A comet fell to the earth, which ended up being the previous God of Forgetfulness, close to their death. After the previous God of Forgetfulness died, humans approached Ford ready to attack. Ford picked up his staff before transforming into a God. Ford monitered humanity, delaying fates such as preventing a bomber plane from getting scraped.

His fate, much like his predecessor, was to be forgotten. Despite being in the pantheon for 13,000 years, Ford was constantly forgotten, even by the Abstracts. Only Deus X and Fortuna could remember him.

Audition
Ford was in his dimension when suddenly he realised someone had remembered him. For other gods a single person difference wouldn't be huge, but for Ford, this difference was astonishing. The Conductor arrived, giving Ford a letter regarding both Fortuna's death and the announcement of the tournament for the sixth seat. Ford travelled immediately to Nirvana in anger. He was furious about how the Abstracts are opening the gates for anyone, even forces of chaos and demons.

Ford and Amorti then had a discussion regarding the tournament, Ford was first quite opposed to joining. After he thought it over, he realised since Fortuna was gone, he could prevent his fate of being forgotten. This sudden realisation and outpour of emotions was caused by a cupup. Ford then flew off in a plane, arriving in at the Temple of Gods.

Forgetfulnesss
Ford can make others temporarily forget things. He can do this as long as he can see whoever he wishes to make forget something. The extent of what he can make people forget is quite broad, but memories and things that are forgotten through Ford's influence are not forgotten forever. They aren't deleted, but hidden. It's like when you name an art file a bunch of random letters and numbers and then try and find it among all the other art files named random letters and numbers. Ford essentially hides memories by making them hard to find. Once a forgotten memory is recovered, Ford cannot make it forgotten again until after an extended amount of time, which is a strange limit on his power. Ford can make a being forget as long as he can see them. The effect of this forgetfulness does not go away when Ford can no longer see them, however. Ford can also use this ability without his staff/cane. Ford cannot make himself forget, nor can he be made to forget by other powers.

Summoning from "The Lost and Found"
Ford can summon things that have been forgotten by the public at large and use them in battle. His selection is very broad, whatever is deemed "forgotten" counts. This includes all sorts of vehicles, automatons, instruments, arcade machines, amusement park rides, you name it. Forgotten could refer to something that very few people know about, something that has been destroyed but never rebuilt, something where there are very very few physical examples remaining on Earth. Things that Ford summons from his domain are imbued with mystical effects through his summoning power. They don't need someone at the controls to move, and will move and "act" accordingly as though somebody was directing/driving them. They are not completely sentient, and lack true thought/emotion. Outside of "The Lost and Found" they may also disobey certain rules regarding how they move in real life. Trains move without tracks (or make their own track, it's up to you), boats float on unseen water. Though they can move by themselves, they can also be controlled manually! Doing this overrides the machine's ability to move on it's own. They can, essentially, be hijacked by anyone! Ford's summons can also be destroyed/damaged. Destroying a summon returns them to Ford's domain where they rest and are repaired. Damaged summons will also require repair and be marked "Out of Order". Ford needs his staff in order to use this ability effectively. Without it, he cannot access his domain remotely.