It's not just cats who have mosquitos - has anyone tried chewing catnip? Is it safe - does it work? There might just be a commercial opportunity here.....
Maybe the 'divine gold figures' would discourage an opponent from swinging his sword at the head? You don't want to get on the wrong side of divine, you know.
And of course, if you can keep the characters going, then you have an intro to the next movie in the never-ending series. Even movies that seem to end up reasonably suddenly have a follow-up when Hollywood can't come up with a new idea.