Arammu (ɛr ʌ mu)

Lady Arammu (a.k.a. Mother of Mothers, Night Eyes, Heart's Guide, Destiny's Mother, Celestial Singer, Dancer by the Light of the Moons)

The goddess of love, music, dance, fate, motherhood, and the moons, Arammu is one of the more popular deities amongst the common folk, though less so amongst adventurers. As the patron of romantics and mothers her temples are very busy. Much like her father Mudutu she is a keeper of secrets supposedly knowing whatever happens under the moons.

Divine Domains

Love, music, dance, moon, fate, motherhood

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Crescent Moon

Holidays

Moon’s Light Celebration; 14th of Divy
Love Day; 26th of Epip

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Despite appearing middle-aged she is as spry as a woman in her youth. She is relatively strong for her size, but not superhumanly so. As a deity she is not subject to mortal restrictions such as aging.

Body Features

She generally manifests as a woman with a large bosom and wide hips. Her belly is a little paunchy as if from bearing numerous children. Her skin is very fair, almost translucent without a freckle or blemish.

Facial Features

Arammu manifests with a heart shaped face, with full lips and a petite nose. Her most striking feature is her eyes, one is turquoise while the other is orange-red.

Special abilities

Arammu has displayed a number of abilities in her time. She can cause any creature to fall intensely in love either with herself or with another creature. This infatuation lasts until Arammu chooses to end it. Potent though this power is she is reluctant to use it. Arammu can duplicate any Bardic Performance power at will as often and as long as she wishes. She can emit a serene glow from her body at will, that in addition to illuminating an area can dazzle any creatures she chooses. She can also force a lycanthrope to revert to the form of her choosing, and prevent it from shape shifting for as long as she uses this power. She can reweave the strands of fate for an individual, this functions as a wish spell except it requires no material components.With a touch she can heal a creature of any number of conditions, including nausea/sickness, exhaustion/fatigue, fear, amongst others. Most often used to soothe a colicky baby or ease a pregnant woman's morning sickness.

Apparel & Accessories

Arammu generally wears simple clothes either in shades of crimson and orange or turquoise and blue. With the former she usually wears a turquoise cape or cloak while with the latter it's orange-red in color. She normally wears plain sandals. Her clothes appear worn but well maintained.

Specialized Equipment

Arammu possesses three items that she normally carries with her. The first is a crystal rod topped with a crescent moon holding an hour glass that allows her to stop time for several hours at a time. The second is a diadem of gold set with a large turquoise that allows her to see into the mind of any mortal. Finally she has a golden belt tooled with intricate designs depicting the passes of the moon that allows her to appear as any man's ideal woman.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

The second child of Valeaa and Mudutu, Arammu was born on the eve of the Godswar, her birth was heralded by a double eclipse. Too young to choose a side or take part in the Godswar she instead was left to her own devices as the other gods were too busy to mind her. She spent her time watching the mortals and dancing in the moonlight.
In the wake of the Godswar her parents sent her to her aunt Rohkea for an education. A romantic from the start, she was more interested in taking on the guise of a mortal and allowing other mortals to woo her. One of these dalliances resulted in the birth of her son Voimakas. Despite her disinterest, Rohkea did manage to imbue her with a basic education. One area she excelled in was midwifery, and as her skill increased she quickly found herself fulfilling the role of midwife to the gods.

Despite her best intentions she often doesn't consider the consequences of her actions. One time Sunnis proposed a beauty contest between Arammu, Kalbu, and Sunnis. Each of the goddesses attempted to bribe the mortal judge with a gift. Kalbu promised him vengeance on his enemies, Sinnis offered him esoteric secrets that would make him a great mage. Arammu promised him the love of the woman of his choice. Arammu won the contest and in return caused the woman he chose to fall madly in love with him. Unfortunately, the woman was betrothed to a prince in order to cement a treaty. When she eloped this caused the treaty to fail, resulting in several Old Kingdom city-states begin a long destructive war.

Another time there was a vain, but beautiful, mortal woman who offended her severely by repeatedly using then breaking the hearts of men. In retribution Arammu cursed the woman with a hideous appearance until she could win the love of a man. The woman horrified by her appearance left her town to dwell in a cave some distance away. One night a blind beggar stumbled into her cave during a storm. Even though he could do nothing for him the woman took him in and nursed him back to health. As time passes the two grew to love each other and eventually married. Arammu did indeed undo her curse on the woman’s wedding day as well as granting her husband his sight.

Education

Arammu was educated by he aunt, Rohkea. However, she had little interest in book learning, until she found herself pregnant. She the devoted herself to learning everything she could about pregnancy and childbirth. In addition to making her the preeminent midwife it also made her a competent healer. She and Azu often compare notes on medicine.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Arammu's greatest accomplishment was becoming the greatest midwife. But she considers any time she can help true love overcome the odds as an achievement.

Failures & Embarrassments

Arammu's most embarrassing moment is when an ill conceived promise on her part inadvertently launched the Locust War. Beyond that she has done little that was embarrassing or not.

Intellectual Characteristics

Unlike many of the deities, Arammu is not particularly smart when it comes to academics. Where she excels is her understanding of people. She has an uncanny knack for seeing beneath the surface to a person's true motives. This understanding of what drives people comes from her observations of the mortals. This observation makes her privy to many secrets about people that she rarely shares. Because of her knowledge of the mortal world she is privy to the destiny of all mortals, information she only rarely divulges, usually in the firm of cryptic prophecies.

Morality & Philosophy

As mentioned Arammu is a romantic at heart and believes that true love should conquer any obstacle even if she has to give it a little push. She believes in the importance of motherhood, that it is not just a privilege but a great responsibility. Everyone has a destiny, and to try to avoid this destiny is futile. However destiny doesn't nullify free will. Everyone has the choice of how to face their destiny. She finds slavery an abomination believing that no one is fated to be a slave, rather seeing slavery as an attempt to deny others the opportunity to realize their own destiny.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Arammu is motivated by her desire to protect lovers, mothers, and young children. She is at her core a romantic and a nurturer. She does her best to nurture love, whether a young couple's first romantic liaison or a widow and widower discovering new love in their golden years. She also watches over mothers and young children, and those that harm them risk her wrath. She occasionally intervenes during childbirth, particularly difficult deliveries to help other and child. Beyond that she is content to watch and try to understand the mortal world.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Arammu is considered the best midwife in the cosmos, and not content to rest on her laurels she constantly seeks out new information making her a healer second only to Azu. She is also privy to a great many secrets, and has a uncanny ability to discern people's motivations. She doesn't always consider the consequences of her actions, particularly the long term consequences. This is all the more glaring when it's considered she has the ability to foresee these consequences. Easily swept up in the heat of passion, she can easily be distracted by a beautiful musical performance or a crying baby.

Likes & Dislikes

Arammu is a romantic who loves the concept of love whether seeking it for herself or nurturing it in others. She likes helping bring life into the world and also learning new things that will help her. She dislikes people with no respect for the arts, particularly musical arts. If there's one thing she hates, however, it is anyone who would harm or abuse children.

Virtues & Personality perks

Arammu is a firm believer in the right of individuals to seek out their own destinies, she hates slavery for this reason. She is very protective of mothers an young children, both in the abstract and at the individual level. However, she is careful not to let this protective nature interfere with the individual's right to seek out their own fate. She is very good at keeping secrets and has access to many.

Vices & Personality flaws

Arammu is a romantic and this tendency to view the world through rose colored glasses has often led her into trouble. She will go to great lengths to aid love or if she believes she is aiding love. This has gotten her in trouble in the past and undoubtedly will in the future. This despite her ability to discern a person's true intentions. It seems she has a bit of a blind-spot where love is concerned.

Divine Classification

Deity

Religions

• Acorn Lodge

Alignment

Chaotic Good

Current Residence

Malalqamar on the plane of Olympus

Sex

Female

Gender

female

Presentation

She usually presents as a middle-aged female, though still very attractive. She dresses conservatively though still stylish.

Eyes

One eye is orange-red like Iah, and the other turquoise like Kuu

Hair

Long, wavy, raven black and usually worn loose

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Very fair almost seeming to glow.

Height

5'9"

Weight

135 lbs