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

The natural world is yours, as the child belongs to the parents

Shape the world around you, but do not try to change its essential nature

Delight in growing things of all shapes and sizes, as all have a part to play in the grand dance of life

All life is precious, do not end it needlessly

Lord:

Law is well and good, but its rule ends at the edge of the forest

Wild things speak a language older than mankind, and reveal much if watched carefully

The truth of the world is this: all creatures must eat

Lady: 

Cultivation and careful taming bring the world into harmony with people

Understanding nature brings people into harmony with the world

Everything has its season, respect for this principle makes life easier to live

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.

Divine Classification

God

Religions

• The Chatia Empire

Realm

Sacunica, The Divine Sea