Here's a question thats been of some interest, both ICly and OOC: are the Bloodstars "gods?"
With a loose definition, one can say yes. Many animist religions refer to any object of worship as a god. Its why some forms of Christianity and Islam have issues with idols and icons, as they become rivals gods when they are worshiped.
The stars have personalities, but have yet to be expressed as sentient entities. The idea of a god typically starts off as something rather alien, inhuman, and unknowable, and progresses to a persona that one can even identify in the burn patterns of toasted bread. I'd actually like to see the evolution of that. The reason it hasn't yet is probably due to the absence of sacred art, which is usually the first to depict things like Fortune, Nemesis and Victory as living breathing knowable beings, who then become bona fide gods, instead of the abstractions they start out as being.
But this is a topic for another thread.
