Dravon
Dravon manifests as a lean figure of indeterminate gender, their form seeming to blend with shadows and darkness. Their skin is obsidian black with a subtle sheen, occasionally revealing swirling patterns that resemble star-filled darkness when they move. Their face remains largely concealed by a hood or by shadows that cling to them unnaturally, with only their eyes clearly visible—piercing silver irises that reflect light like a predator's in darkness. When they speak, their voice seems to come from everywhere and nowhere at once. Dravon typically wears form-fitting garments of deepest black that absorb rather than reflect light, adorned with subtle silver embroidery depicting constellations associated with secrets and hidden knowledge. In most depictions, they're shown with multiple arms, each holding different tools of their trade—a dagger, a vial of poison, a key, a scroll of secrets, and a mask—symbolizing the many ways secrets and death can manifest.
Worship of Dravon is necessarily secretive and fragmented. Their followers include assassins, spies, secret-keepers, those who work in shadows, and those who fear what lurks in darkness. Devotional practices involve whispered prayers at midnight, the ritual burning of written secrets, and leaving offerings at shadows' edge. Many adherents maintain small shrines hidden within their homes—often concealed in secret compartments or false walls—featuring black candles, obsidian figurines of panthers, or silver daggers that never draw blood but serve as symbolic vessels for secrets.
Temples to Dravon exist hidden in plain sight—disguised as ordinary buildings, located in deep underground caverns, or concealed within the temples of other gods. These spaces are architectural marvels of secrecy, featuring hidden passages, whisper chambers where confessions can be made anonymously, and sanctums accessible only through elaborate puzzles or tests of stealth. The design often incorporates acoustic tricks that prevent eavesdropping and light-absorbing materials that create perfect darkness. The heart of each temple contains the "Well of Shadows," a bottomless-seeming pool of liquid darkness where the most dangerous secrets are ceremonially discarded and kept from the world.
During Dravonis, even public acknowledgment of the god becomes more accepted, with communities extinguishing lights to embrace the protective aspects of darkness. Secret exchanges of gifts symbolize trust, while assassins' guilds and spy networks observe sacred truces. Those who fear the shadows may leave small offerings near dark corners—tiny silver daggers or black candles—to appease rather than worship, hoping Dravon's agents will pass them by. In some regions, people whisper a secret to the night air during this month, believing Dravon collects these offerings to strengthen the veil of privacy that protects all secrets.
Divine Domains
Secrets, Assassins, and the Night
Holidays
The Shrouding (17th of Dravonis) - A day of secrecy and remembrance for lost knowledge.
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