Submitted by: misskarenjean
The Quest: The Search for the Sacred Spaces
The Challenge: Find the homes of American Gods
This requires some prep work: read (if you haven't already) Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS (the TV show is pretty good, but read the book). Faded gods from the numerous Old Worlds of the many immigrants that people this giant land mass continue to live on in the contemporary US. Without worshipers, their powers are weakened, but they find ways to make do, in part by convening in the various tourist traps and town that still contain some spiritual residue. XPs awarded for visiting the real places named in the book, and also for finding places that COULD belong to some god (real or of your own invention) and describing the power/draw of the place for that god.
Tristan's note: This is brilliant. I freaking love American Gods. I haven't seen the show but read the book a few years back and yeah, it's a great idea, quintessential Gaiman. I will re-read it asap and begin looking for suitable places. Zora will have to read it too, so we'll try to get it on audiobook so we can do it together (otherwise I'll be on chapter two and she'll be on to her usual genre of Romance novels). We can get really creative with this one!
Challenge Accepted!
Wombat's Ruling: This may be my favorite quest yet! It's doubly apropos, given that Tristan is from the same benighted/nighted country as Neil Gaiman (see below)! I'm going to have to judge this one on a case by case basis for experience. Tell us about the places and why you picked them. If you do something creative (could be funny, insightful, deep, sad, whatever), be prepared for massive amounts of points.
