Ioun, The Knowing Mistress Character in Bavo'Sand | World Anvil

Ioun, The Knowing Mistress

Ioun, the knowing mistress is the goddess of knowledge and learning, she isn’t native to Bavan people but appear so long ago that she might as well be.    The Worship of Ioun came about from the very early days of The Republic of the Sands, with the very early experiments with transportation within the mists and circles. Ioun was attractive to those early explorers via magic, they were learning and gathering knowledge.   Description She is seen as Older woman of long, wavy silver hair. Her skin is weather and wrinkled around her almond eyes with purple irises.   Personality   Is seen as wise and often gives advice to the other gods and either mortals who petition her with good intend.   Abilities   Relationships

Divine Domains

Arcana, Knowledge,

Holy Books & Codes

The Sagacious Libram. This holy book describes how to gather information, preserve knowledge, and encourage learning. The Libram is unusual in that its meaning and content seem to hold a different meaning to each individual reader. The language of The Libram is such that it seems to contain countless hints, legends, and even rumours. Clerics of the faith believe the words within the book are not only divinely inspired but magical as well. These words offer up secrets and valuable clues to Ioun’s followers, but only those devoted and vigilant to seek them out.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

The Third Eye

Tenets of Faith

Seek the perfection of your mind by bringing reason, perception, and emotion into balance with one another. To a cleric of Ioun, there is no greater gift than their mind. All of their clerics are expected to spend their time and efforts dedicated to learning as well as sharing knowledge. The faith seeks to help people to avoid extremes of emotion, with emphasis on planning and preparing rather than reacting to a situation. Most clerics of Ioun know a number of languages and are considered well versed, if not experts, in several areas of knowledge.   Accumulate, preserve, and distribute knowledge in all forms. Books, scrolls, and even oral stories are sacred to Ioun and his followers. Although this has always been an important tenet of the faith. Countless books have been lost, destroyed, or forgotten. Entire libraries lie buried or ruined. Clerics of Ioun are required to do what they can to recover knowledge, protect it from harm, and distribute their teachings. This concept points towards a fundamental belief of Ioun – the more you share knowledge, the harder it becomes to destroy or corrupt.   Be watchful at all times for the followers of Vecna. Oppose their schemes, unmask their secrets, and blind them with the light of truth and reason. Ioun and Vecna are ancient rivals. Although neither god espouses great passion or intense emotion, these two deities truly hate each other. Their bitter rivalry extends throughout the mortal religions of both gods. Whenever priests of Ioun encounter followers of Vecna, the outcome inevitably escalates to violence. Vecna’s faith represents an anathema to the god of knowledge; the two deities stand for widely divergent views towards knowledge and information.

Divine Goals & Aspirations

Safe-guard the knowledge of the multiverse
Divine Classification
God
Children

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