Avianor, The Timefather
The Dragon God of Skies
Avianor, known by the title The Timefather, is the Dragon Deity of Ourania, the Plane of Skies.
Avianor rules over the sun and time. It is his cycle that brings the seasons and change of day to night. With the seasons comes the harvest, and farmers give offerings to Avianor to bolster their crops, and many people pray to the Timefather to shorten difficult times and extend pleasant ones, and may leave a small offering on their birthday or anniversaries.
Avianor’s realm is run from the Sky Chamber, where he monitors the grand mechanisms behind the dance of Azimuth, the sun and stars, and the seasons. The Flying Fields of his divine domain are flush with produce and crops of all kinds, thriving in the unending sunlight.
Avianor watches over the cycle of time, and is tied to the connection between Gaia, The Allmother, and Nerull, The Scythe-Bearer. As a watcher of celestial objects, he is often enamored with Sehakora, The Maelstrom.
Description
Appearance
Avianor is shown in golden metal statuettes hung high in the places of his worship. He is a great red-feathered Dragon with wide wings in eternal flight. From his beaked maw, fiery sunlight flows.Symbology
The symbol of Ourania is a bright, multi-pointed star. Avianor is associated with yellow colors. His gemstone is the Topaz and his flower is the Night-Blooming Cereus. It is said that storms are sometimes seen as bad omens to Avianor. It is also said that rain and sunlight being needed to grow crops is proof of the connection between Sehakora and Avianor.Places of significance
Kingdom of Endor
Endor, the First Mountain
Temple of the Flowers – though not as prominent as the temples to Zenethia or Ignosia, here in the upper levels, residents of Endor can leave offerings and prayers to the other Flower Deities. These stone halls and arches have many small shrines in secluded places where small gatherings are held in honor of the Gods or to pray for their boons. However, it is said that each of the gods do have their own full temples in Endor’s lower levels, most do not know where these places might be hidden. Gate of the Maw – there are a number of pillars in the rotunda of the Gate of the Maw. Upon each is a carved depiction of one of the Dragons of Azimuth, including Avianor.Queendom of Keeleon
New Keeleon
The Augurs – a collection of religious monuments for each of the eight Dragons, made of large shards of clay. Cereus Compass – a large, decorated clay disk set in the ground north of the city that drinks in the warmth of the sun.Principles
As the Dragon of Skies, Avianor represents the provinces of the Sun, Agriculture, Time, and Change.Tennants
- Change is inevitable. Be the one to guide that change towards better things.
- Spread the light of the sun to dark places, and to those shielded from its warmth.
Holy day
At the height of the summer solstice in Jeden, Sun's Bounty is observed. Often it is a time of festivities and frivolity in rural places at the height of the noonday sun.Known Worshipers
- Captain Levka Ruslan: Soldier of Santeem Republic appointed to 5A 352 aid caravan.