Gaia

Gaia (GUY-ah) is the goddess of Earth, Agriculture, and Spring. Gaia is a divine being that was born at the creation of the universe and is one of the original nine deities.

History

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Relationships

Gaia is the wife of  Uranus and the mother of the Titans who, in turn, birthed the Olympian Pantheon.

Gaia tries to remain amicable with most gods, though she aids Elys, Uranus, and Ymir in keeping Surtr locked in Muspelheim. The only god she is openly hostile towards is Devona, as she cultivates blight and disease amongst living things.

Appearance

Gaia appears as a greyish-brown skinned woman with emerald green eyes and dark copper hair. She wears a simple dress of medium green with olive trim. She is generally depicted as bare-foot.

Church of Gaia

After Elys, Gaia is the most commonly worshipped god, and, generally, most farmers and laborers worship the two in tandem. Among laborers, she is more prevalent as she created the wood and stone with which they work, while farmers pray to her and Elys together as Gaia grants them fertile soil and bountiful harvests and Elys grants them sunlight to help their crops grow.

Clergy

Gaia has very few dedicated clerics, thus druids make up a large portion of her clergy along with rangers. What clerics she has tend to dress in a humble habit of medium green, and generally reside in cities, where most of their flock are builders, carpenters, and masons, or as a solitary priest tending to a small shrine within a temple or chapel dedicated to Elys.

Druids of Gaia tend to reside in large groves near to civilized areas, where they can be easily accessed by local residents. These groves tend to be operated in tandem with druids of Elys.

Temples and Shrines

Most of Gaia’s worship happens out of druid groves situated near civilized lands so they may easily access their flock, and vice versa. These groves tend to be large and polytheistic, often having druids and rangers dedicated to  Aslan, Elys, Eventa, and Selena, and, in colder climates, druids of Ymir as well. While these groves may occasionally host druids dedicated to Uranus, the Skyfather’s faithful tend to prefer being deeper into the wilderness.

Gaia does not have many temples, and those that do exist tend to be small and humble stone structures. Priests of Gaia tend to maintain shrines to the Earthmother within places of worship dedicated to Elys.

Basic Information

Titles
Earthmother

Pantheon
The Elysiar Pantheon

Gender
Feminine

1st Edition Pathfinder Statistics

Alignment
Neutral Good

Symbol
A scythe over a bushel of wheat

Home Plane
Olympus

Portfolio
Agriculture, Earth, New Life, Spring, Weather

Domains
Animal, Community, Earth, Plant, Protection, Weather

Subdomains
Caves, Cooperation, Family, Feather, Growth, Insect, Seasons, Storms

Worshippers
Builders, druids, farmers, masons, woodsman

Worshipper Alignments
CG, LG, NG, N

Favored Weapon
Bountiful Harvester (Scythe)

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