Ekron (Ek-ron)

Alignment: Lawful Good

Domains: Fall (season), Truth, Justice, judgment, Change, Purity/purification, harvest/reaping.

Clerical Domains: Grave, Light, Nature, Tempest, War

Names: Changebringer, Divine Arbiter

Appearance

While Ekron chooses to most often appear humanoid in form, he is always depicted as being very tall and sleder, with arms and legs disproportionately long. He has leather-like golden skin, a very long face reminiscent of an Elda. He is typically robed in white, and four eyes, two on either side of his face where most humanoid eyes would be, glow with a crackling white light. He carries a staff that changes shape as he wills. There is at least one account of Ekron changing the staff into a spear, and other accounts tell of the staff shifting into a powerful longbow. A more obscure reference claims Ekron once turned the Staff into a greatsword, during The Divine Rebellion, though none have been able to validate those claims.

Divine Arbiter

Those that are charged to uphold or enforce the law often follow Ekron. Judges, guards, investigators, bounty hunters, and more are those who often pray to Ekron for wisdom, good judgement, and the ability to see the truth of the matters brought before them. Those that follow Ekron as the Divine Arbiter often ascribe to the ideals that the law should be upheld impartially and without biased, to the best of a person's ability to do so.

Changebringer

"The only difference between a grave and a rut made by a wagon wheel are its dimensions"

Cothi Moor, Priestess of Ekron

A less popular aspect of Ekron is that of change. Ekron embodies the inevitability of change, for good or ill. Those that ascribe to this most inexorable aspect of Ekron believes that change is necessary for survival. It is through change that we are forced to adapt, grow, and meet new challenges, or be broken. Those that follow Ekron believe that the day you stop changing, is the day Biera ushers you from this life.

The Lord of the Harvest

Farmers often pray to Ekron, the god of fall, for a bountiful harvest. They pray that Ekron prevents Biera's early arrival, bringing with him the first frost before its time so that it does not kill precious crops and bring with it the threat of famine. Farmers believe that it is through Ekron's will alone that the locusts of the fall do not arrive, that there is not too much rain that will rot the roots of their vegetable plants, and that the animals do not carry away too much food. Likewise hunters pray that their aim is true, that their prey do not suffer, and that they are able to find only those animals ready to harvest, ensuring that their people have enough meat, and the animal population remains well balanced. Lastly, those who hunt monsters who delight in bringing pain and death to the settlements they protect often pray that they have the strength and skill to bring such monsters down, keeping the communities they serve safe.

Tenets

These are the tenets of Ekron, of which is required for all clergy to adhere to, lest they forsake their oaths.

The Law must be impartial. The law is immutable, and the punishment must be the same, regardless of who committed the crime, or for what reason, though it may clutch at your heart to do so.

Devotion to Philosophy and Truth. Ekron teaches us to delve deep into the philisophical thought, and experiment with ideas and thought. Speak only the truth at all times, or should you not be able to, let silence reign.

The Head must rule the heart. Ekron teaches that the heart is not to be trusted, because it is fickle. It can change from one day to the next. Whether it be falling in love, or seeking revenge, those who allow their emotions to rule them, or commit crimes of passion, are the anthesis of those who would serve Ekron as a priest, cleric, or paladin. Instead, one must approach life from a position of logic, being able to set aside the emotion.

We must accept change. Ekron teaches that we must neither avoid or stop coming change, for it is inevitable and necessary. Instead, we must face it head on, with strength, confidence, and the certainty that what must be, will be.