The grayish tint of the skin is mostly the artist's coloring style, I think.<br/><br/>The 'how' of it probably not, but with how I've written/imagined it, the Godlike can't really hide what they are (outside of wearing a heavy cloak with a hood or magic), but how they came to be that is unique even if some origins will obviously mirror each other or be related.<br/><br/>The Brotherhood of Living Flame I was thinking of as a minor religion with strong 'cult' character -- followers here and there, but mostly secluded into smaller temples where they go about their strange ways. Not entirely obscure and probably known to learned people, but a random farmer wouldn't know them from Adam and probably just nod and bow. Wouldn't want to offend the gods, after all.<br/><br/>And I'd say most of them wouldn't be happy about it -- it'd be blasphemy to actually try and hurt her over it, I'd imagine, but there's always extremists (well, more extreme extremists, I mean, her temple was pretty cray-cray what with the mass-ritual offering). 'The flame must be freed' might be motivation for an antagonist related to the cult, if you'd like a plot hook. Some wiser and more open-minded followers might endorse it or just think she'd know best what to do.<br/><br/>I'll see about writing a proper bit on them once I've done the appearance entry. Probably not today though.