Alakra, God of Time
The steady march of time in Aedelor is unique among the planes of existence. Outside of Aedelor, time is inconsistent and may flow forwards, backwards, faster, slower, or not at all, all relative to Aedelor and at the whim of many forces including those of the gods. The flow of time on Aedelor is carefully maintained by Alakra, God of Time, who uses his power to keep time progressing steadily. The process requires a steady decay of Alakra's power, and will eventually lead to his destruction. Alakra is not the first to take up this duty, and no one knows what will happen if another doesn't take up the responsibility after Alakra.
Divine Goals & Aspirations
When an entity enters Aedelor from another plane of existence, it is typically Alakra, God of Time, who dictates when they arrive in Aedelor. However, maintaining the steady march of time is an arduous task that keeps Alakra very preoccupied, so it is not entirely uncommon for creatures entering Aedelor to arrive at a time they were perhaps not meant to be (either by accident, or at the whim of another deity or powerful creature). Alakra has many minions watching for this kind of thing, who will alert Alakra when grievous instances of time displacement occur.
In these cases, devout clerics of Alakra in Aedelor will be tasked with finding and... "correcting" the displacement. In extreme cases, Alakra may even send divine timekeepers to Aedelor to remedy the error. Devils, genies, hags, and other manipulative and tricky creatures are well aware of this and may try to send plane-travelers to times in which they do not belong such that Alakra will take action against them.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Alakra is credited by some as being the glue that bound all of the overlapping inner planes together to form Aedelor. Additionally, due in part to his steady flow of time weaving through Aedelor, dragons would not arrive on the plane for over a thousand years after its creation.
Vitalinus, Godqueen of Aelum, wanted to be able to influence matters of time in an attempt to give good dragons an edge in arriving on Aedelor and locating the Shards of Sarasaamun, before evil dragons or indeed even giants could get their hands on them. In her attempt to do this, Vitalinus seduced Alakra and conceived Kisama.
Zazelthul, Godking of Nihil and Vitalinus' antithesis, used his considerable power over void energies to curse Kisama, causing her to come into existence at the end of time, experiencing all of time backwards. Zazelthul tried to bribe Alakra to join his court for the opposite reason of Vitalinus, saying he could undo the curse and return Kisama to him. Alakra blamed both of them and refused to join either court.
Kisama, as a result, has seen infinite possible ends of the cosmos, experiencing each as she travels backwards through time, learning each possible ultimate fate of every being as she goes. For this, she became Goddess of Fate. She appears as a human woman as large as a mountain, with billions of strands of hair. Each strand is someone's, or something's, fate which she constantly braids to intertwine their stories.
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