Why is Tukohama Tiny and Kitava Huge?

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From "Kitava's Hunger I":

Arohongui, Daughter of the Moon, was preparing for a feast to celebrate Tukohama's return from his war on the First Ones of the Ezomytes. Tawhoa, Son of the Forest, asked each of the birds to sacrifice one of their kind for the feast. He gave these offerings to Arohongui who cooked them in a great fire-stone pit.

Seeing all of those plump birds cooking made Kitava very hungry, and he offered to watch them, to make sure they didn't burn while Arohongui rested during the heat of the day. Arohongui thanked Kitava for his kindness, but while she slept, Kitava ate the cooking birds, flesh, bones, gizzards and all.

Upon waking, Arohongui was furious to find Kitava had lied to her, for saying that he would watch the birds when he truly intended to eat them all up. When Tukohama arrived home in his mighty canoe, Aohongui asked him to punish Kitava for his selfish gluttony.

Tukohama, our Father of War, agreed and pulled the sharpest tooth from his own mouth. He then asked Arohogui and Tawhoa to hold Kitava fast while he cut Kitava's face with the tooth. Two slashes that blinded Kitava and formed a bleeding cross upon his face.

From that day forth, Kitava would never be able to promise to watch that which he truly intended to consume.

Narrated by Slave Utula
Transcribed by Irwen of Theopolis

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鬼殺し wrote:

I'm going to guess it's because Tukohama has been in the Beast's thrall for a long time and like most of the other gods newly Awakened from that crippling, draining state, is far, FAR from his true power. How else could the pissant Exile take them down so easily? You didn't really think we were killing gods in the truest sense, did you?

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鬼殺し wrote:

In contrast, Kitava has been imprisoned in Oriath; it's heavily implied he was stuck in that Innocence statue all this time. But even if not, he has had a very healthy following in the form of zealots like Utula. I'm not sure if Wraeclast adheres to the commonly held system in fantasy that more worshippers=stronger god, but given Innocence is so damn strong when he first escapes and takes root in Avarius, I think there's a lot of evidence to suggest it does.

That'd be my educated guess why Kitava is huge -- he has an active religious base and that base loses its shit when Innocence dies. Notice how so many of Innocence's worshippers are almost instantly converted to Kitava's cause after Innocence dies? All those kills, all that feeding. Shit like that is basically a battery to Kitava the Ravenous.

Tukohama is the Karui god of war. I don't believe there has been much war in Wraeclast since the Purity Rebellion, and certainly not many Karui are actively worshipping or invoking him. So when he awakens, he finds himself very much lacking a faith-based power source. Kitava, on the other hand...invoked by those poor slaves daily.

And you know why the Marauder says nothing when Tukohama dies. The Marauder says nothing from Act 5 onwards. That will change.

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鬼殺し wrote:

And you know why the Marauder says nothing when Tukohama dies. The Marauder says nothing from Act 5 onwards. That will change.

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primaeva wrote:

You guys don't think this is more a matter of limited design budget and the straightforward decision of "Part II boss > Act boss"?