Adaris (Ah-DAHR-is)
The god of nature, Adaris embodies love and reverence for the world's growing things and living creatures. They encourage both the protection of the wilderness and the conversion of arable land into farmland, seeing both activities as celebrations of nature. The cultivation and control of fields and animals for sustenance and the enjoyment of the world in its untouched state fall under this god's purview. Their male aspect presides over the pristine wilderness, while their female aspect delights in the cycle of plant and harvest.
Divine Domains
Lord Adaris concerns himself with the wilderness, deep forests, and wild animals.
Lady Adaris focuses on agriculture, the harvest, and the cycle of seasons.
Both incarnations of this god encourage clerics to follow the nature domain, and have been known to make paladin oaths of the ancients, as well as oaths of devotion.
Holy Books & Codes
Lord Adaris does not use the speech of humanoids, but communicates with his followers through patterns in nature. Thus, he has no holy texts as such. However, there have been a number of manuals for interpreting his omens written by his priesthood over the years, many of which were unsanctioned, but the most notable is the Catalogue and Mechanics of Lord Adaris' Wilds.
Lady Adaris is more direct, and her church puts out an annual almanac with the best suggested planting times, seasonal weather predictions, and commentary on the probable inclinations of foodstuffs merchants for the coming year. The Lady Adaris Almanac is available for a copper in all of her temples.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Lord Adaris is represented by a set of deer antlers, or the branches of a large tree.
Lady Adaris is represented by a sheaf of wheat crossed with a sickle.
Tenets of Faith
Holidays
Lord and Lady Adaris are celebrated at Harvestmere, the fall festival that coincides with the end of the harvest season. This holy day is both a moment to revel in the Lady's bounty and a time to reflect on the generosity of the Lord in ceding wild territory for the sustenance of the kingdom.
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