Cegilune

Cegilune is the hag deity of larvae, hags, and the moon. She is the patron goddess of all hags, including night hags.

Description

Cegilune appears as a filthy hag with yellow-brown skin, she may also appear as a young human or elf woman, or as a homely old lady. Very rarely, she'll manifest as a scruffy orc or goblinoid woman. In all of her forms, she carries a small iron pot

Relationships & History

Cegilune is believed to be related to the sylvan deities; some say she is the dark twin of the queen of the fey, herself. It is alleged that if either her sister or Cegilune were to die, both goddesses would perish.
Cegilune has no allies, although she has dealings with some of the evil gods of the giants, she is said to have mated with Grolantor, and as such is considered one of the ancestresses of the hill giant race. She may be one of those who tutored his brother Karontor, she has many enemies among the sylvan gods.

Followers

Cegilune is feared by sylvan beings as a dark and bloody stalker, and even hags despise their goddess, hating her for what she has made of them, respecting only her power, they fear her greed, believing she will take from them that which is rightfully theirs.
Cegilune rules the night hags with an iron hand, sending them forth to gather larvae for her use.

Mythology

According to myths told by the ogres and hill giants, Cegilune was once a beautiful, silver-haired goddess of the moon, her priestesses were granted special powers to further her worship: those known as the Songs of Cegilune were granted beautiful voices, her prophets were given the ability to walk on water, and her protectors were given great strength.
As the Age wore on, fickle Cegilune grew complacent, and new deities usurped her worship; as her veneration declined, wrinkles began to appear on her lovely face, and those priestesses she called her daughters began to age as well. Enraged, Cegilune dispatched her daughters to slaughter hundreds of her former followers.
This expended most of her power, leaving Cegilune and her daughters wrinkled crones. Other deities, enraged by this violation of the sanctity of the Prime Material Plane, rose against her and drove her into the underworld. With this final corruption of their goddess, the daughters of Cegilune were corrupted as well, the Songs becoming green hags, the prophets becoming sea hags, and the protectors becoming the dreaded annis.

Divine Domains

Larvae, Hags, the Moon

Divine Symbols & Sigils

An overflowing black cauldron

Divine Classification

Lesser Deity

Religions

• The Exile Gods