Xeres, Goddess Of Good Luck

The famed Goddess of Luck many gamblers pray to her hoping for good fortune

Mythology & Lore

Not a traditional religion as there is no temple for this deity. This is more so the belief that an entity grants excellent favour if you pray to it. Favoured amount of gamblers, thieves and the desperate. many have found financial ruin due to believing they were in her favour or possess one of her lucky relics.

Divine Origins

It was said, that one day a man walked into a tavern carrying with him nothing but a strange gold piece dangling around his neck. this man then proceeded to wind every game of dice within the tavern he then went on to win every gambling game within the settlement. All deemed the man to be left as he had nothing else on him to help him cheat. When asked how he was so lucky he responded that he was blessed by a beautiful woman named Xeres. After that, the rumour of this goddess of luck spread throughout the realm as gamblers told each other about their travellers.

Cosmological Views

Gods are beings of unimaginable energy that lat themselves to the beliefs of mortals. The faith of mortals provides a deity with not only power but the purpose. Gods can have many forms and they change them frequently. Once they have attached themself to a domain that enough mortals believe in they assume their role. For example, the divine entities might assume their place in the domain of fine cooking and win now any faith within the psychical planes tied to that domain fuels that god. Any being of raw power that does not assume godhood runs the risk of being consumed by other more powerful beings or dissipating back into raw unintelligent energy.
Although Xeres is unconfirmed as a god as she has no clerics or any confirmed interaction with mortals. Any claims of her boons have usually been dismissed as random luck.

Tenets of Faith

Pray in me and if your faith is true riches will be yours.

Ethics

As a lesser god, the only ethics her followers follow is the belief that they can make easy money if they have faith in her.

Worship

All believers do to worship her is pray for a fortune before they attempt something with an unknowable outcome.

Priesthood

There are no priests in this religion only followers.

Granted Divine Powers

Unknown, as she has yet to grant a boon- if she exists ofcourse.

Political Influence & Intrigue

Her worship is usually closeted by higher members of society as Xeres worship is usually an indicator of someone with a gambling addiction.

May your faith bend the fates.

Type

Religious, Financial

Alternative Names

Lady of Fortune