The Pale Horse
Matron of Death
Master of the skein of fate and the mistress of winter, the Pale Horse is the god of death. Her gaze follows and marks the end of each mortal life, watching over the border between life and death and ensuring the natural transition is undefiled. Many funerals ask her blessing to protect the deceased from the terrible curse of undeath. Those who study ancient lore believe that the Harbinger of Death was once mortal herself and is the only known mortal to have ascended to godhood. Her rise instantly obliterated the previous, now-forgotten god of death, and the other gods quickly and fearfully destroyed the secrets to the rites of ascension.
The Pale Horse tugs at the threads of fate from her stronghold of black ice within the frozen realm of Letherna, nestled in a frigid corner of the Shadowfell.
Divine Domains
- Death
- Grave
Divine Symbols & Sigils
A horse skull
Tenets of Faith
- Death is the natural end of life. There is no pity for those who have fallen.
- The path of Fate is sacrosanct. Those who pridefully attempt to cast off their destiny must be punished.
- Undeath is an atrocity. Those who would pervert the transition of the soul must be brought down.
Holidays
The Pale Horse’s holy day is called the Night of Ascension, celebrating her apotheosis. The actual date of the her rise to divinity is unclear, but the Night of Ascension is celebrated on the thirteenth day of the tenth month.
Physical Description
Identifying Characteristics
Few existing visual depictions of the Pale Horse exist; many temples merely use the horse skull as a symbol of her blessing. The few illustrations of her portray a tall, pale woman wrapped in dangling black linens, with the face of a white horse skull and her quartz-white hair straight and neverending.
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