Thanks Fortuna.
I feel like you and others go into this class and expect a literal bouncer for a club (just a joke). We know basically nothing about this class. We know the name and that Gil was once upon a time supposed to be one. All other infos we have are made up over time by people who tackled this class. I am aware of the interpretation of "gatekeeping a hero's progress", but I personally find that too restricting. If Gatekeeper is basically a class for monsters that have to be slain than that seems like a useless class, because now we enter the territory we had recently with the Monster Class, just a bit smaller in the pool of candidates. I think Gatekeeper is a 'Guardian of a designated place' more than anything else. Therefore the Guardians of the Throne of the Supreme King of Greek Mythology seems a good candidate to be one.
Here are all the Gatekeepers on this forum (from Cas2, this thread and the monthly one, copied from my recent thread, thanks for letting me use it):
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper – Annie Moore (Statue of Liberty) by Shiki-pon
Gatekeeper – Phix by Shiki-pon
Gatekeeper – Scylla by ItsaRandomUsername
Gatekeeper – Abre du Tenere by Kabalisto Koga
Gatekeeper – Cadmus by Hound of Ulster
Gatekeeper - Ka'ahupahau & Kahi'uka by RoydGolden
Gatekeeper – Spenta Mainyu by Chuck12
Gatekeeper – Ziz by RoydGolden
Gatekeeper – Daena by DelRey
Gatekeeper – Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr by Morg van Destro
Gatekeeper | Rider -- The Pallanides by DelRey
(chronological order even)
As you can see the interpretations wary, from literal guardians of a gate, to real and metaphorical guardian deities to your interpretation of gatekeeping monsters.
And I see less of a connection between Watcher and Gatekeeper, but I dont use your interpretation. I see more of an overlap between Watcher and Voyager, both being connected as 'a hero of the journey' and 'watching the hero's journey'. And for Gatekeeper there is an overlap with Shielder imo. While Shielder is the hero of the shield, the aspect of 'protecting' and 'guarding' is likened to a shield that is then crystallized to a shield. In retrospect that shouldve been addressed in my recent Shielder and Lancer sheets, but oh well, one project at a time.
I made this sheet out of 4 deities, because all four are linked. They are the children of Pallas and they are the guardians of the throne of Zeus. That is straight out of Hesiods Theogony. They barely appear outside of their job as handy-men for Zeus, that are part of their job as attendants of Zeus and mostly together. The most famous of them is Nike, yes, but her fame is more due to the modern shoe brand and modern statues than her presence in mythology. She appears at the wedding of Cadmus and is the charioteer of Zeus. Similar stuff for Kratos and the game, which was just a throwaway joke (nice that you noticed it). I had to look up the claim that he is pulled by the winds, because i never heard of it and my research says it is from Smyrnaeus from 'The Fall of Troy'. I claim myself to be decently knowledgeable in many mythologies, but i never heard of that. I was more familiar with what Hesiod wrote, who is more famous in that regard. Even if we consider it canon, Nike is still the charioteer and the three others the chariot. If it is pulled by wind horses or not doesnt make a difference. And yes I made them all four women because I wanted too. They are obscure deities that are established to be Titans, so they are machines and basically genderless little drones in my interpretation (see the blog). Making them pretty women to appeal to Zeus is just an excuse yes, but i wanted to use that faceclaim and no other group of four worked. And in that case the Anemoi would not have worked, because a) I have a different vision of them and b) they are all considered male, so your point about the gender would appear again.
'daimon' is an ancient greek word for spirits and personifications. The topic of what and what not in the Nasuverse are demons is a topic that led to stress in this thread a while ago and I do not care about those smaller things. For Gatekeeper, they are demons in terms of personality, but not literal ones.
Like I said before, I get why people think they should be just Rider, but I will continue to stand on my hill and die on it that Gatekeeper is valid enough and when the chance arises I will make another Gatekeeper so others may take up the Class (and to steal the Gatekeeper Crown from Royd, who made the best GK's so far)