The Custodian

The Custodian bears a grim visage, but She is by no means a god of chaos, for She is the lord of death, dreams and the afterlife, as well as the husband to the Learner. The Custodian is depicted as a person of ambiguous gender cloaked by a large burial shroud. Although She bears a frightening appearance, the Custodian is wise and kindly though She remains mysterious and tight-lipped on the secrets of death. Since the afterlife is so closely tied to the Vault of Night, the Custodian is attended by the living who look to the stars for answers. She grossly despises the supernaturallyawoken undead, seeing them as having been stolen from Her realm, the Well of Souls. So many prayers deal with the destruction of those abominations.

Priesthood

Priests of the Custodian are called Augurs due to their ability to peer into the past and make sense of events in the present. As Augurs adhere more strongly to their faith, they grow more in tune with death, though not in a macabre way. Her priests spend hours ruminating on the nature of the soul and dreams, often becoming distracted from other tasks. Much like Funerary Mages, corrupted priests of the Custodian seek to root out the secrets of death from the Custodian and are thus sometimes diverted onto the crooked path of the Dark Disciple.

Commandments

Augurs observe nothing but the utmost respect for the dead. Part of their strictures includes observing all rites of death, as well as paying their respects to the departed’s loved ones. They also oppose the Supernatural of all sorts, as these unliving pretenders usurp the Custodian’s natural order. They are cautioned to pay heed to their dreams – as dreams give an understanding to the deeper secrets of the Material Realm. Finally, and perhaps obviously, Augurs are forbidden from desecrating the graves or stealing from the tombs under the care of the Custodian.

Type

Religious, Other