Jazirian

Jazirian is the God of the Life domain in the Celestial plane. They have a number of titles, including the Bringer of Rain and Storms, Liege of Air and Wind, The Winged Guardian, The Grain God, The Golden God, God of Agriculture, Earthguardian, They Who Shapes All, Guardian of the Wilds and Deeps, Keeper of the Wild, and the God of Bountiful Nature. Jazirian is associated with community, peace, parenthood, agriculture, waterfalls, springs, pools, stillness, and quiet glades.

A number of natural phenomena are credited as signs heeralding Jazirian’s presence. These include, but are not limited to, powerful storms, rain, strong wind, unexpected flowers growing with great speed, light motes, whispering winds, as well as a mysterious, green, healing aura.

When Jazirian was said to manifest on Kai, they were said to take on the avatar of a large human woman. In this form, they had shiny white hair. However, additional texts describe them as sometimes having dark hair, while other accounts depict their hair is colorless like water, and more like spun glass or flowing ice. In any case, their hair is gathered in a long braid they wrap around their head. The length of their braid suggests the woman's great age. This avatar was said to have pleasant features, brown skin, and a body that was large and toned, muscled similarly to a farmer's body, shaped by hard work. Some texts described this form as “carrying themselves with strength.” If one was to forget that they were observing a deity, they could assume the beautiful woman in front of them was middle-aged. Some even described their appearance as "a rose in full bloom." This form dressed in an unbleached linen tunic and carried a green seed pouch, slung over one shoulder. Further documents detail Jazirian as navigating fields barefoot, with their face stained with dirt, and their beauty accentuated by wildflowers and ivy weaved into the god’s long hair. They also wore a girdle embroidered with images of various fruits.

Although there are many stories chronicling Jazirian’s manifestation on the Material plane, other texts suggest that their true form is more akin to a vast, rainbow-colored couatl, simultaneously winding through the air and forming a circle with their tail in their mouth. As a result, Jazirian’s followers see the God as hermaphroditic and sexless at once.

Jazirian's realm within the Celestial plane is known to their followers as “Uroboros,” or “the Gates of Wisdom.” Uroboros is described as an invisible, intangible realm in the clouds that can only be reached by making a leap of faith off the peak of a mountain, or by flying upward until one could fly no more and plummeted toward the earth. If successful, the seeker would discover a realm of lightness, exhaustion, relief, and utter bliss. Other stories describe feathers floating through the realm, as well as ghostly serpents, couatls, and wind walkers. It is said that words become flesh in this realm. Worshippers believe that Jazirian permits malevolent creatures to enter the realm, although they must undergo tests and be given a chance to repent.

Jazirian is associated with the symbol of an uroboric couatl. With such close ties to nature, they are also connected to an extensive list of animals, plants, monsters, minerals and colors.

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Followers

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Jazirian worshipers ten to be quite loyal, with almost every worshiper within the temple havin a genuine dedication to this god and the Life domain. The following is also very large, with worship for this deity said to have more presence in heaven than it does in the mortal realm. That said, Jazirian’s followers are modest. They build temples, make congregations, and mostly worship unmolested.

Jazirian is worshiped by almost all aarakocra anywhere in Kai, and they were said to appear to them in the form of a brilliant white giant bird. The feathers that fell from their plumage during these apparitions are some of the most treasured items in an aarakocran nest.

Jazirian is considered by the Celestially-aligned people of Kai as a critical aspect of the assumed cycle of life. Private landowners and destitute farmers (perhaps as a consequence of an unproductive harvest) visit the clerics of Jazirian for any divine suggestions for aiding the harvest. If at any time plague or drought strikes the crops, farmers look to Jazirian, since they hoped they would save the harvest, due to their love of nature.

Some of their worshipers claim that their divine glimmer gives life to the natural world, and others contend that they are the creator and source of all mortal races. In some sense, Jazirian is considered the manifestation of the earth itself.

Followers of Jazirian maintain simplicity when it comes to apparel. Druids prefer brown robes and priests prefer to wear a brown cloak with more standard livery such as a tunic underneath.

Many people come to Jazirian for help in overcoming memories of a violent past. Sometimes this is a single event, and in other cases it is the accumulation of conflicts they had fought.

Though they have a diverse collection of followers, Jazirian is fanatically worshiped by peasants, servants, druids, gardeners, and any others who earn pay from working on farmland.

Temples

Jazirian temples often have great libraries dedicated to agriculture.

Many rural communities have a designated pond or glade which serves as a holy site for local parishioners. These places are traditionally used as places to reflect and meditate. Usually a body of water (either the pond itself or a stream near those glades considered holy sites) serves as a repository for offerings to Jazirian in connection with these holy places. If no water is nearby, a special tree or bush is designated as a repository on which offerings are tied to the branches.

Priesthood

Jazirian priesthood is organized into a simplistic hierarchy, where priests report to a local high priest responsible for a realm or larger region. Most followers dwell in quiet communities with open-air sacred places of worship or in woodside cottages, far from the baseness of city life; both often containing pools of placid water in unspoiled areas. They rarely ever engage in open confrontation and always act subtly and peacefully. Many priests work to create new spells and items by which magical flight becomes possible and are sometimes given the gift to levitate by the deity directly.

The church is an approachable one, in that it welcomes all irrespective of gender expression or race. The clergy are concerned with exploration and maintaining good relations with other sentient races, particularly avian races such as giant eagles and aarakocra. They often follow migratory patterns traveling from holy site to holy site in a local area. They take care of the holy sites and ally with the local druids. Violence of any kind against an Jazirian priest is considered taboo, and murdering one is said to bring extremely bad luck. Even so, most servants of Jazirian prefer to avoid conflict rather than trying to pacify it because they understand that peace cannot be forced. They would happily preside over peaceful meetings and witness political treaties. The clergy observe and recognize the dogma set forth by Jazirian themself, and read the High Prayers of the Harvest at a perennial ceremony, which is usually at the start of harvest. Jazirian clergy are known for ministering in rural communities, and for their willingness to work in the community's fields next to the local farmers. They instruct Jazirian's followers that they should make entreaties every sunrise.

Denominations with the Holy Order

The divided clergy of Jazirian is sectarian by nature. Associates of the Jazirian canon are divided into two camps: Those with ministerial positions who advise farmers and workers all over are named "Pastorals", while the rustic, untamed conclave charged with preserving the wilderness referred to themselves, albeit insouciantly, as "True Shapers".

The deaconry has by no means any centralized governing body, and is not collective. It promotes individuality and is far less unitary than other faiths.

Clerical Practice

Clerics pray for their spells at sundown, as do druids. They usually lead dual lives as either gardeners or farmers, and are industrious people. They are expected to appreciate natural beauty and possess a feeling for meditation.

Divine Domains

Life

Holy Books & Codes

The church outlines a general set of precepts and taboos, though some of these are given to subjective interpretation since the faith is individualistic. Jazirians see wanton destruction as antithetical to the cycle of life. They are urged to nourish at least one living thing every day of their lives. They are advised to eschew fire also.

In terms of correct agricultural practice, the church advises that campaigns of replanting, prudent irrigation and crop rotation are necessary to ensure that the land is kept fertile. However, followers of Malar regarded these teachings with derision. They postulated that these practices are an abomination to the natural world and that agriculture is not conservation but manipulation, further arguing that their sect encourages exploitation and overpopulation. This, Malrites decree, is in contradiction with Nature. As a result, some proselytise to the Malrite faith, though many "Pastorals" disregarded these criticisms.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

An uroboric couatl.

Tenets of Faith

Jazirian dogma is pacifistic, and their followers only resorted to violence in defense of themselves, of their friends and loved ones, and of pools and groves. Worshipers of Jazirian could be of any alignment, but priests have always been against selfishness and malevolence. Druids that follow Jazirian remain neutral, while their specialty priests sometimes lean toward altruism and benevolence.

Holidays

Firstflow

A festival held at varying times when the ice breaks up and begins to flow at the conclusion of winter.

The Greening

A festival preceded by Firstflow in which excessive consumption and uninhibited behavior is encouraged. Abundance was an important part of life worshiping Jazirian. A rite of passage for many of the faith is concerned with Holy Communion. Newly married couples are instructed to spend their first night in fresh fields, supposedly to guarantee a fertile marriage.

The Dance of Swirling Winds

Held semiannually on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, it celebrates the changing of the seasons in honor of Jazirian. The winds always blow strongly on such days when followers gather. Celebrants offer beautiful feathers and perform an aerial ballet danc to the music of wind instruments played by others.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Jazirian's worshipers suggest that the god's true form is that of a vast, rainbow-colored couatl, simultaneously winding through the air and forming a circle with their tail in their mouth. As a result, the deity is considered hermaphroditic and sexless at once. Jazirian was also said to have taken on the avatar of a large human woman.

Body Features

When they used to manifest their avatar, they were described as having pleasant features and brown skin. This avatar body was large and toned, muscled similarly to a farmer's body, shaped by hard work, and carried themselves with strength. If one was to forget that they observed a deity, they could assume the beautiful figure in front of them is middle-aged. Some even described their appearance as "a rose in full bloom."

Facial Features

Their avatar was said to have shiny white hair (although other accounts sometimes suggested they haddark hair, while others still describe their hair is colorless like water, and seems more like spun glass or flowing ice). In any case, their hair was said to be gathered in a long braid they wrap around their head. The length of their braid suggested the woman's great age.

Special abilities

Manifestations

Favored animals

• Birds
• Grasshopper swarms
• Tressyms
• Larks
• Robins
• Red hens
• Bears
• Raccoons
• Stags

Favored plants

• Seeds
• Daisies
• Water lilies
• Water lotuses

Favored monsters

• Aarakocra
• Aasimar
• Air elementals
• Androsphinxes
• Avorals
• Cloud giants
• Djinn
• Dryads
• Giant owls
• Griffons
• Hippogriffs
• Lammasus
• Lillends
• Pegasi
• Storm giants
• Talking trees
• Unicorns

Favored minerals

• Aquamarine
• Blue topaz
• Clear quartz
• Hornbill ivory
• Sapphire
• Turquoise

Favored colors

• Sky blue
• Forest green, white, yellow

Miscellaneous

• Powerful storms
• Rain
• Strong wind
• Unexpected flowers growing with great speed
• Light motes
• Whispering winds
• Green healing aura

Apparel & Accessories

Jazirian's manifestation was described as wearing an unbleached linen tunic and carrying a green seed pouch, slung over one shoulder. They were said to walk the fields barefoot, with their face stained with dirt, their beauty accentuated by wildflowers and ivy weaved into the god’s long hair. Other texts note that they also wear a girdle embroidered with images of various fruits.

Personality Characteristics

Virtues & Personality perks

Jazirian is considered by their followers to be a wise, intelligent, and contemplative being. They are described as a pacifist who avoids hostile action, even if threatened. Although said to be shy, quiet, and enigmatic, they possess unknown depths of character and unexpressed resolve that can not be broken. Jazirian is also said to protect rivers, streams, and druids' groves.

Divine Classification

Deity

Alignment

Lawful, Celestial

Church/Cult

Gods of the Celestial Plane

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Bringer of Rain and Storms, Liege of Air and Wind, The Winged Guardian, The Grain God, The Golden God, God of Agriculture, Earthguardian, They Who Shapes All, Guardian of the Wilds and Deeps, Keeper of the Wild, God of Bountiful Nature

Current Residence

The Celestial Plane

Pronouns

They/Them

Gender

Femme

Hair

Shiny white hair (sometimes dark, or colorless like water), gathered in a long braid they wrap around their head

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Brown skin