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Confidentiality is obfuscate upgraded. Using it he can, as before, mislead or misinform, leading odd information trails. However, now Mystery can invoke a ban on words or information in the mouths of others. If Mystery invokes this power, then the subjects could say, never directly talk about their home town. Directions to it would be impossible for them to utter, though they could talk AROUND the subject still. This is how mysteries, religious or otherwise, could be strictly enforced. It works for speaking, writing, music, any form of communication where one could reveal information to another.

Minor prescience - part of being a god of mysteries is being able to DISCOVER them. If a petitioned or supplicant wants to know about something and asks the god for guidance in revealing this mystery to them..and Taj IC knows nothing about it....then he can invoke this power much like an oracle, and have a chance to channel some real information about the subject. This information should be determined and arranged OOC with those whom it concerns, and should be altered into a suitably 'mysterious' and obscure oracle revelation. This power is minor, meaning nothing in depth would be revealed in such an oracle, and it may not always work (much like the Pythia), particularly if a stronger god has exerted power to block discovery.

The Riddle Game as a 'power' -

Riddles were incredibly important to the Anglo Saxon and Norse cultures, among others, and have a long standing place in mythology and storytelling. This as a power is part of ancient deal made with the Primordials as a sacred but less-tribunal way of settling disputes. It is more primitive, possibly savage, but fitting and understandable to people of just about any culture. It can also be just that- a game.

Mystery is the keeper of this ritual- the obfuscator and discoverer. Invoking the game invokes his attention to it and his judging if the rules are observed. He can also declare it and oversee it between other gods.

The players declares their intention to have a game of riddles. Each makes their wager, and if both wagers are agreed (saying a noise of agreement is a necessity), the game is invoked. There is only one given 'ask me another' to either side (a mulligan). Players continue to ask each other riddles until one failed to provide a correct answer, or one cannot provide a riddle.

Breaking the rules of the riddle game forfeits the wager winnings to the other. Violence or skipping out on it enables Mystery to mete out due punishment to fit the crime. If gods are involved and Mystery is not strong enough, the ancient pacts allow him to draw on the powers of the Primordials themselves (he doesn't have to ask their permission and just has to focus to use one of their powers). If a given primordial is dead, plainly their power is not available. OOCly this could provide opportunities to talk to the primordials about the ancient pact, or suddenly they feel themselves drained one day and wonder what just happened, etc. You get the point. It is preferred, if Taj IS using a primordial's power, that OOC you contact that god's player to at least discuss if what you want to do with the magic fits what they've set up in precedent/understanding of how their god's magic works.