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E'tii'stil Shadowsil 01-19-08, 10:05 AM

Deities of Mirror-Toril The soft click of a hand crossbow became audible as the magical silence was dispelled. The tip dripped a virulent venom and the shaft was white bone. It throbbed vomit green in the muted light. Aefandyln almost bodily threw himself to one side to avoid the attack, feeling the displaced air as the bolt clattered loudly against a supporting column, crumbling as did everything in that forsaken ruin. He worked his hands in mystic passes, tracing esoteric runes in the very air and incanted a string of arcane syllables. Power sighed and rippled and Aefandyln was oddly aware of a disconcerting and discomforting sensation. The walls of the planes themselves shifted and loosed, almost as if a thousand thousand Aefandylns were conjuring the same spell in a thousand thousand different realities... Eldath (NE): Mother Violence, Mother of Hate, The Lady of Poison, Maiden Discord The hateful and cruel Eldath is the emotionally crippled goddess of discord and violence. Pools churn and springs burst wherever her worshippers hold sway, each imposing his or her will upon the surrounding environment, invariably corrupting or tainting it. Nature itself cries out in pain. She is the despoiler of nature, the cruel face of an uncaring and bleak reality. She is violent to the extreme and incites strife and discord so that wars may ensure, even for no apparent reason. She teaches her followers to take everything that is before them in as violent a manner as possible and that might makes right. Wherever her clergy travels, blood inexorably flows. It is no surprise that her followers are always the most debased and worst of individuals, her flock includes sociopaths and psychopaths and indiscriminate murderers. Eldath is depicted as a stunning human female with long black hair that shines with blood, her large eyes burn blood red, spittle pools at her lips and drool descends from her mouth. It is rumored that her visual appeal is a but a veil to cloak her hideous true form. Fiendish animals, especially wolverines, are sacred to her. Umberlee (LG or NG): The Benevolent Queen, Lady Peaceful, Sailor's Friend, The Calm Umberlee is a goddess of joy and exuberance, full of life and vigor. She is always smiling and always a kind expression shines brightly on her countenance. She is the sailor's friend, the calming storm, the dawn upon the azure sea. She soothes storms and quells violent waters. She is the wind in the sails of the merchant caravel and she gifts fisherman with abundance, but always ensures that overfishing is not initiated, and always with wise and calming words, never harsh actions. She saves those who are danger of drowning and sends her animals to guide these sailors to shore. She is beloved of all who dwell underneath or cross the oceans of Toril, and all inhabitants of the sea are her precious siblings, and she protects them as only a sister or mother can. She does not discriminate and always deals fairly and justly, even to evildoers, but she is no fool. Umberlee appears in the form of a stunningly beautiful female human or elf with flowing hair the color of blue-green, sparkling eyes of one blue and one green and a ready smile. She is said to also appear in the form of a mermaid or triton. All animals of the sea are sacred to her.