Xanag
Xanag is the Touv goddess of Metals and Beauty. She represents the bounty of the earth transformed by fire (that is o say, metals) and the beauty of things made from it. Her holy symbol is a circle with seven lines radiating from it.
Xanag is depicted as a Touv woman seemingly made of gold, surrounded by a radiant light. She is indifferent to questions of morality and easily distracted by the superficial.
Xanag is the daughter of Nola and Uvot, combining her father Uvot's affinity with the land's bounty with the radiant light of her mother the sun. Xanag mated with stormy Vogan and birthed Kundo, god of noise, music, and the hardiness of building.
According to Sean K. Reynolds' "Scarlet Brotherhood FAQ," the Touv gods are spirits who dwell on Oerth itself rather than on other planes of existence.
Xanag is indifferent to good and evil, valuing beauty, art, romance, and the superficial.
Xanag's priests are workers of metal, or at least appreciate fine and beautiful craftsmanship. They teach metalsmithing and jewelry-making. Poets and lovers pray to Xanag, and priests of Xanag preside over marriage ceremonies. Their favored weapon is the short sword, and they may also wield the atl-atl, dagger, and spear. On ceremonial occasions they wear a gold helm that exposes the face but covers the cheekbones.
The creation of the Handmaiden
It is said that Kundo, god of building, created the aquamarine moon the Touv call Koxanag to honor his mother, as well as another moon, Konola, to honor his grandmother Nola. Katay remarked on how the two moons spun, and recorded their movements on a great wheel given to him by Xanag.
Berna and Xanag
Meyanok sent his young forth to corrupt the elder gods. The misdeeds of Vara and Damaran will be discussed in their individual entries, but Berna, goddess of vendettas, was sent to torment Xanag, the goddess of metals and beauty. However, when confronted with the loveliness of her great-grandmother's second daughter, Berna paused with amazement. Berna realized that even she, the personification of all hatred, could not hate so beautiful a creature, and she threw herself at Xanag's feet, offering to kill herself to atone for her unworthy emotions. Xanag took pity on her strange grand-niece, and gave her a heart made from red gold. This heart transformed Berna from a spirit of dark passion to one that represented all powerful emotions, as well as the emotion of forgiveness. This enabled Berna to finally forgive herself.
Allies
Transformed by the power of Xanag from a spirit of hate to one of passion.
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