Raven Queen
Portfolio: Death, burials/graves, winter, eventual fate
Domains: Death, Grave, Knowledge
Description: The Raven Queen looks after the souls of the departed. She escorts those who die to their fitting afterlife. She does not restrict use of resurrection spells and sees them merely as a tool to prolong one’s natural life. However, undead and creatures who hang onto life through unnatural means repulse her and should be returned to their fitting resting place. She can seem cold and aloof because that is the nature of her domain but is still beautiful and cares deeply for her clerics, paladins, and undertakers who help deliver souls to their rest.
Holy Symbol: A black icon of a ravens or a piece of a ravens (a feather, claw, skull, etc.)
Worship: Prayers to the Raven Queen are usually used for burial services, asking for the peaceful transition of a soul. People may also entreat the Raven Queen to grant the courage and steel their soul for a future battle that It can remain untainted till death. A marriage ceremony facilitated by a priest to the Raven Queen would ask her to bestow a long life upon the couple and entwined their fates in this life and the next.
The Wanderer
Portfolio: Travel, exploration, mirth, trickery, curiosity, parties
Domains: Knowledge, Trickery
Description: It is said that once, in the far distant past, The Wanderer traveled the world, seeking the secrets of the Song of Creation. Some say it is her mastery of The Song that led her to godhood.
Her followers believe The Wanderer often travels the world on foot in the guise of a mortal. She is a seeker of knowledge and mysteries, and loves to party. She is a shapeshifter, and serves as patron to shapeshifters who use their powers to explore and learn about the world, and to entertain. But she is also a patron to all travelers. Her followers often leave a space for her at a table, for any wanderer could be The Wanderer.
It is also said that she serves as a guide to the dead, seeking out lost spirits and taking them to their place in the afterlife.
Her followers say that she is best worshipped on the road and on the dance floor. She is Chaotic Good.
Holy Symbol: A Winding Path, or a Goblet
Worship: A cheer or a toast raised to her name during a party, or stopping to pay reverence and give a small offering to one of her many roadside shrines. People most often pray for her protection before setting out on a journey.
Galloran
Portfolio: Guidance, Protection, Debt, Twilight.
Domains: Death, Knowledge, Life, Tempest.
Description: Galloran is a neutral god. He does not see a difference in creatures. If they travel his waters he will protect and guide. He is the father of the tides. He protects people at sea, but he also embraces those who die at sea. He may guide you to harbor or he might serve your end. The ocean can be cold but also forgiving. The ocean does not discriminate, all may travel across its expanse and in the face of a watery grave there is no difference.
Holy Symbol: The bottom is an anchor and at the top of the anchor there is an octopus on its head.
Worship: You ask the ocean for safe travels and calm tides, and good wind. You can write it on a piece of paper and put it in a bottle to be thrown at sea, or place it in a bowl and pour water over it.
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