Veiled Maiden (updated 2004/05/04)

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The "Veiled Maiden" is the keeper and protector of sacred mysteries. The mysteries of the "Veiled Maiden" are those which mortals should seek and cherish, but not defile. She is often portrayed as zealously guarding the mysteries of night, water, fate, and the sacred feminine. It should be noted that while the Unknowable Void is also a keeper of mysteries, His secrets are often unknowable, should not be known, or cause madness.

She was the most loved of the Eldar gods, known as Ithilriel, and is most similar to Lunara. Worship ceremonies are always conducted at night, typically under the light of the moons. She represents the moving water of rivers and streams, whose touch can both sooth and heal. She is associated with other mysteries such as youth, health, beauty, music, dance, seduction, joy. In contrast, the Earth Mother represents the sea and lakes, and presides over motherhood.

She also represents the mystery of the forests, and only her gentle touch can tame the rarest and most magical of beasts. However, She also represents the huntress, protecting those who would defile Her skill with the sword is matched only by the Sun King. Even in war, She represents beauty, and She is said to have taught the secret arts of Bladesong to the Eldar.

Hyakki, the Huntress (Avathar, Alorn, Kith)

  Owlbeasts 

Hyakki is the Avathar goddess of nature's wrath, blighted forests, and the hunt. She is symbolized by an implacable antler-horned huntress with her pack of howling wolves. Hyakki hates her sister aspect of Lunara, and the sacred white owls and white unicorns of the moon goddess are always the favorite prey of Hyakki's hunters. Hyakki has been known to birth owl beasts and rare black unicorns in mockery of Lunara.

Lunara, Maiden of Song (Alorn) (updated 2007/09/17)

  Paladins of Lunara 

Lunara is the goddess of song, peace, the moons, fertility, healing, protector of sea travelers, and holy waters.

While there are nine moons in the night sky today, before the Breaking there was only one moon called Lunara. During the Breaking, Lunara the mother moon died as she gave birth to her children, but was reborn through them. The mother is often symbolized by a silver or white owl.

The priests of Lunara wear white robes and preach a litany of both peace and strength in the face of true evil. They have established many temples in the west, and conduct their ceremonies on clear nights under the moons and glittering firmament. Monasteries are common as well, where Lunara's monks practice mediation and martial arts to achieve enlightenment. The faith of the moons is popular among common folk as well, who find the calm strength of the religion reassuring in troubled times.

Lunara has many sacred animals who call her mother, such as the white owl and white unicorn, though the singing whales are also spe [ more... ]

Sharheen, Mistress of Swords (Alorn)

  Justicars of Sharheen 

In the Alorn faith Sharheen is the patron of duelists, swordsmen, generals, and other warriors who prefer to fight using skill and strategy over brute force. Sharheen appears as a beautiful six-armed woman with skin of steel wielding a half dozen swords with deadly skill. Her symbol is an stylized emblem of radiating blades, often a bladed cruciform.

Suul, the Maiden of the Mists (Baal)

In the Baal faith, Suul appears in the form of a feminine dragon shaped by fog and mists, alluring yet mysterious.

Tyaa, the Winged Maiden (Avathar, Southmaren) (updated 2004/01/21)

"Winged Maiden", "Lady of Birds", "Maiden of Omens", "Lady of Luck", "Lady of Ill Omen"

Tyaa is the goddess of night birds, fate and omens in the Avathar and Southmaren faiths. She is said to provide the faithful with a glimpse of their future with sightings of birds that bring luck, but the stories of ill omens brought by ravens and vultures are more common. She competes with Mog for control over the fates, and Her birds are ancient enemies of Mog's spiders.

Some of her birds take up residence in her temples to provide guidance to her priests, and are called the "Birds of Tyaa". She is one of the most ancient of the Southmaren gods, one of the "Lords of Air", and the seacoasts of Harnendor are lined with statues and shrines to her honor alongside the other avian gods.

Tyaa is portrayed as a woman with a raven's head and wings, wearing a feathered black cloak. The goddess can manifest her aspect in the high priestess, transform herself into a giant raven, and command all birds to do her bidding. She is s [ more... ]