Talk:Day 251-260/@comment-101.191.188.135-20151106201727/@comment-124.83.16.225-20151107075048

Oh, no, no, no. They ARE set up on a whim. Or rather, it's not predestined. If someone is born with a blessing, they're definitely being prepped up for a psalm. However, they can also just be blessed because they caught the attention of a god, maybe because they appeal to the god personally or because they seem like they'll be a strong character for a psalm (the latter is more likely than the former; it's actually quite rare for a god to bless someone who's not strong or doesn't have the potential to be so). The God of Light explains how gods choose the characters for their psalms in his sidestory.

In Rou's case, one of the conditions for his rank up to Overlord actually implies that the gods are collaborating for his psalm, which would explain why Opushii was born with her blessings.

In any case, there's no requirement that someone's induction into a god's psalm has to be planned beforehand. It's just something a god decides to do when they want to do it.