Loviatar

"Loviatar is a cold-hearted bully, calculating and despotic; she is the master of inflicting physical and psychological pain and torture. Bringing pain and suffering is the aim of all Loviatans, either through physical torture or sometimes more subtly and psychologically. Beauty, intelligence and acting are useful attributes of a Loviatan, but the ability to fully understand someone is the best skill a Loviatan can acquire, as knowing someone fully can help a Loviatan inflict maximum pain, one way or another."

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Divine Domains

Pain, Agony, Suffering, Torture.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

A nine-stranded whip, with barbed strands

Tenets of Faith

"The lash, fire and cold are three pains that never fail the devout."
- Inscribed on the walls of Lady's Hand Monestary
"In her embrace all names are in vain
For we are known by the Maiden of Pain
By the cries we send forth in petition and prayer
Shown by devotion in scars to bear"

Found scrawled in a journal in Lady's Hand Monestary

"The world is filled with pain and torment, and the best that one can do is to suffer those blows that cannot be avoided and deal as much pain back to those who offend. Kindnesses are the best companions to hurts, and increase the intensity of suffering. Let mercy of sudden abstinence from causing pain and of providing unlooked-for healing come over you seldom, but at whim, so as to make folk hope and increase the Mystery of Loviatar's Mercy. Unswerving cruelty will turn all folk against you. Act alluring, and give pain and torment to those who enjoy it as well as to those who deserve it most or would be most hurt by it. The lash, fire, and cold are the three pains that never fail the devout. Spread Loviatar's teachings whenever punishment is meted out. Pain tests all, but gives strength of spirit and true pleasure to the hardy and the true. There is no true punishment if the punisher knows no discipline. Wherever a whip is, there is Loviatar. Fear her—and yet long for her."
- The Whipmistress, reading during morning prayers

Holidays

"Loviatans often engage in self-flagellation, often in the morning when praying for spells. They celebrate each season with the Rite of Pain and Purity, a ritual that involves followers dancing on glass, thorns or barbed-wire while being whipped by higher-level Loviatans. A smaller ritual occurring every twelve days involves followers passing their bodies through the flames of candles."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loviatar_(Forgotten_Realms)
[2] http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Loviatar#cite_note-F.26P100-101-12

Divine Classification

Goddess

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Maiden of Pain¹, The Willing Whip²

Ruled Locations

• Lady's Hand Monastery