Hiatea (hee-AH-tee-uh)

Hiatea is the daughter of Annam and sister to Stronmaus, Grolantor, Iallanis, the Betrayer, and Skoraeus. After she and her siblings developed an interest in the Jotunbrud, she claimed dominion over its hearths and fields, developing a strong influence over both agriculture and family life in the Jotunbrud society. Just after the war with the dragons reached its bitter conclusion, Stronmaus taunted Hiatea about her uselessness during the affair, prompting her to undergo a stunning transformation. To establish the might of her domain, Hiatea reinvented herself as an avenging huntress, capable of employing nature as a powerful weapon of destruction as well as a peaceful source of bounty. Though Stronmaus has since apologized for the incident, Hiatea has never forgotten it. She is now fiercely committed to maintaining a dual nature: nurturer and destroyer, reaper and sower. Hiatea is the only member of the Ordning still worshiped by the voadkyn, the giant-kin who fled Ostoria several centuries ago.

Earning and Losing Piety

Maat. You increase your piety score to Hiatea when you expand the god's influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

Healing a sick or injured wild animal
Stopping those who hunt for sport or profit
Proving your worth in a contest of archery
Slaying an aberration, a fiend, or an undead

Maug. Your piety score to Hiatea decreases if you diminish Hiatea's influence in the world, fail to defend nature, or offend her sensibilities through acts such as these:

Killing an animal for any reason other than necessity
Dedicating a building or making a sacrifice to any god, including Hiatea
Protecting a city or farm from natural dangers

Hiatea's Devotee Piety 3+ Hiatea trait As a devotee of Hiatea, you have proven yourself a guardian of the wilds. You can cast hunter's mark with this trait a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell. Hiatea's Votary Piety 10+ Hiatea's trait You can cast speak with animals with this trait a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned. Hiatea's Disciple Piety 25+ Hiatea trait When a beast is about to attack you, it must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature must choose a different target, or the attack automatically misses you. On a successful save, the creature is immune to this trait for 24 hours. Champion of the Hunt Piety 50+ Hiatea trait You can increase your Dexterity or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Divine Domains

Nature

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Hiatea was the daughter of Annam. Her mother was an unnamed sky goddess or, according to some myths, a mortal giant. Annam originally preferred sons over daughters, and used magic to ensure the gender of his offspring was male. Hiatea's mother hid her pregnancy from Annam and had her daughter raised by firbolgs so that Annam would never learn of her existence. When she came of age, a messenger was sent from her mother's deathbed to tell Hiatea of her true parentage. Hiatea proved herself with a series of daring feats, culminating in an epic battle with a great monster, sometimes named as a Lernaean hydra with fifty heads and sometimes as a tarrasque. She was sometimes said to have used her spear to slay an enormous hydra, preventing its heads from regenerating by cauterizing them with fire.