Erathis, the Lawbearer
Goddess of Civilisation and Invention
Description
Erathis is the god of civilisation. She is the inspiration for the founders of cities, authors of law, and defenders of social and cultural advancement. She also holds patronage over invention, making her often the muse for genius creators and innovators. Rulers, judges, and patriotic citizens revere her, as well as great artificers and craftspeople. Her churches can be found in most of Albion's great cities. Following her tenets, Erathis promotes the concepts of community and order to her followers. She teaches that an individual's efforts can always be made greater through the efforts of larger groups. Additionally, because she opposes the untamed spread of the wild in favour of more habitable land, she asks her followers to seek out these wild places and bring civilisation to them, whether that be a for simple a faming village or a great metropolis. She teaches her followers that settlements are centers of culture and innovation and must be protected to allow the people of Albion to thrive. As such, she expects her followers to defend the civilised lands of the world in her name.Tenets of The Lawbearer
- Work with others to achieve your goals. Community and order are always stronger than the disjointed efforts of lone individuals.
- Tame the wilderness to make it fit for habitation, and defend the light of civilisation against the encroaching darkness.
- Seek out new ideas, new inventions, new lands to inhabit, new wilderness to conquer. Build machines, build cities, build empires.
Piety Abilities
Erathis' Devotee
Piety 3+ Erathis traitErathis grants you insight into how people communicate. You gain the ability to cast Comprehend Languages with this trait, requiring no material components. You may cast this spell in this way a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Erathis' Votary
Piety 10+ Erathis trait
You gain advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks while you are in a city. In addition, when you fail an Intelligence check or Intelligence saving throw, you can reroll the die, and you must use the new roll. Once you use this reroll, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
You gain advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks while you are in a city. In addition, when you fail an Intelligence check or Intelligence saving throw, you can reroll the die, and you must use the new roll. Once you use this reroll, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Erathis' Disciple
You gain the ability to cast Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum with this trait, requiring no material components. Once you cast this spell in this way, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Champion of The Lawbearer
Piety 50+ Erathis traitYou can increase your Intelligence or Charisma score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.
Holidays
High Crown
Eradies 14th SeedbloomThis holiday, held in the name of Erathis, the Lawbearer, celebrates the inauguration the first High Ruler after the end of The Confluence and the abdication of the Beaumont family, the original ruling family of Concordia. Each year on this day, a jubilee is held to honour the current High Ruler of Concordia. Typically, this involves street parties across the continent, however Easthaven's streets are completely transformed to celebrate the monarchy. The High Ruler also makes an address during this time, which is magically broadcast to other settlements, and a large festival is held in the capital for the continent's most patriotic city.
History
The Prime Millenia
During Albion's earliest years, as intelligent life began to spring forth across the world, Erathis guided these people towards building communities and eventually forming their first empires. She helped them to cultivate laws to safeguard themselves and inspired them to create their earliest traditions, cementing their cultures within Albion's history.The Age of Ascension
To Be Confirmed.The Post-Aspect Era (The Era of Restoration)
With The Aspect Wars concluded, Erathis looked to the future of Albion and what effect the last century would have on its people moving forward. Acknowledging the need for order after decades of chaos, she pushed her followers to rebuild what they could of the ruined civilisations of the world and reestablish both the governments which maintained them as well as the customs and traditions they once held. More recently, she has also sent her followers, alongside the followers of Corellon and Ioun, out to attempt to rediscover as much lost technology and innovation from this time as possible, in an attempt to bring Albion back to the state of order and progress it had once been.Worship
Places of Worship
- Edict House. The largest church to The Lawbearer in Concordia located in Shawcross.
- The Edifice of Order. A church dedicated to both The Lawbearer and The Platinum Dragon located in Wesdale.
- The Shrine of Progress. A temple dedicated to The Lawbearer in Concordia located in Caer Carden.
- The Sundry Hall. A communal religious space in Wesdale where worship towards The Lawbearer can be observed and practiced.
- The Tabernacle of Faith. A communal religious space in Newport where worship towards The Lawbearer can be observed and practiced.
- The Wayfinder's Sanctuary. A communal religious space in Mossgate where worship towards The Lawbearer can be observed and practiced.
Notable Worshipers
- Archbishop Raylen Creed. The highest-ranking member of the church of The Lawbearer in Concordia and the bishop of Edict House in Shawcross.
- Bishop Dalton Rudderford. The resident bishop of The Lawbearer at The Shrine of Progress in Caer Carden.
- Judge Gregor Redtide. The highest-ranking judiciary in Newport.
- Mayor Torbera Ironfist. The ruler of the town Linstead.
Divine Classification
Creator God
Religions
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Current Location
Children
Gender
Female (she/her)
Knowledge and Order
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