Sturgeon, The Tidemother

Goddess of Oceans, Trade, Healing, Dreams, and Community

Titles: The Tidemother, The Ocean’s Calm, Oceanic Midwife, The Dream-spinner, Mother Ocean, The Voyager, The Ol' Missus, The Glasswatcher, Lady of the Lantern
Favored Weapon: Cutlass
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Obedience: Spend an hour preparing health tonics, healing potions, bandages, or any gear you might need to help others or that would help you prepare for a long journey. Once done, mark them with the symbol of the Tidemother and offer up a prayer to her glory.
Effect: You gain Stabilize as an at-will SLA with a range of Medium instead of Close. Using this, unlike normal, restores a creature below 0HP to -1HP regardless of what HP total they were at beforehand. You gain access to a Type I bag of holding that you can access in any body of fresh or saltwater big enough to fit your hand into - the contents of this bag remain consistent across multiple bodies of water, as its source is Sturgeon herself. This bag is accessible only by you, and upgrades to a Type 2, 3, and so on for every 5HD you possess. You may fashion a number of keys that, when worn or held(Depending on how you design them), allow a creature access to this bag of holding equal to your HD.

Divine Domains

Law, Travel(Trade Subdomain Only), Water, Protection, Healing, Community

Holy Books & Codes

The Tidemother's Writ

Divine Symbols & Sigils

A Ship cradled in a woman's hands

Tenets of Faith

The best cure is kindness. All deserve a chance at salvation and redemption, and all are owed the kindness of mercy.

Conquer the waves. Blaze new trails, carve new routes, and master the world atop and just beneath the waves. They are my greatest gift to you.

Use, not Overuse. Cherish the bounties afforded to you, but do not hoard them. Punish those who gather in excess or who plunder the bounties of others.

Suffering knows no borders. Care for those in need and never turn away someone in need of help. You are on the side of people - not the countries or creeds that claim them.

Strength through unity. Help bring others together, never let another bear a burden alone, and protect those who stand at your side. Make their goals your own and further the community you ascribe to.

Holidays

Tidemother's Day

Divine Goals & Aspirations

See travelers protected and kept safe and respected no matter where they may be traveling, Teach the ways of Law and Self-Control to the world, To see the creatures, life, and nature that dwells within the ocean is protected and treated with respect and to see the sick/wounded/dying/needy healed, protected and cared for.

Relationships

Leviathan, The Tidefather

Husband (Vital)

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2

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Sturgeon, The Tidemother

Wife (Vital)

Towards Leviathan, The Tidefather

5

5

Honest

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History

Born from the sacrifice of the long-dead third Primordial God, the twin Oceanic Deities were born from the original Ocean God as Husband and Wife, two beings that embodied the two-faced nature of the ocean and its patterns. As Husband and Wife do, they often fight between each other thanks to their conflicting natures, and though Leviathan often disobeys his wife and causes her trouble with his disregard for rules or laws, she loves him through it all and the two stay in a constant balance of love tempered with just a bit of friction.

Relationship Reasoning

Being the twin representations of the ocean and its contradictions and often dualistic nature, Leviathan and his wife Sturgeon are yin and yang...opposites that each represent the natures of the ocean as seen by primitive life long ago...one is chaotic and wild and destructive, and the other caring, gentle, and protective...and though they are opposites it is perhaps because of their opposition that they love each other so. Leviathan is chaotic and destroys freely, tempered by his wife's calmness and soothing nature. Likewise, Sturgeon's forgiveness and gentleness is sharpened and honed by Leviathan's wrath and destructive might which mercilessly destroys and frees all shackled or enslaved.
In this way, they are eternally at odds with each other, doomed to never truly exist at the same time, but are similarly bound to each other, in love, and work towards the same goals.

Commonalities & Shared Interests

Both husband and wife share a great love for the sea and those who travel upon it, as well as keeping it and all life that dwells within or on it safe from those who would exploit or use it for nefarious ends.

Círzithara, The Uttercold Mother

Daughter (Vital)

Towards Sturgeon, The Tidemother

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5

Honest

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Sturgeon, The Tidemother

Mother (Vital)

Towards Círzithara, The Uttercold Mother

5

5

Frank

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History

Born from her relationship with Gregaia, Lord of the Wild, Círzithara was born cursed with Uttercold, and due to its extreme danger, she had to be sequestered away into an entirely separate planar dimension where she could be kept isolated from the rest of Reality, lest her Uttercold freeze everything and render all Reality lifeless and frozen.
Though she does care for her mother, eons spent locked in her planar cage have eroded her love for her parents and replaced it with a bleak melancholy.

Gregaia, Lord of the Wild

spouse

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Sturgeon, The Tidemother

spouse

Towards Gregaia, Lord of the Wild

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All of us are but travelers at different stages in our life's journey. What can we do but give respect to that journey, and help others find their way?

— Saint Mera, the All-Enveloping

Divine Classification

The Major Gods

Religions

• Major Gods
• The Oceanic Pantheon

Alignment

Lawful Neutral

Realm

The Sea of Glass

Church/Cult

Church of the Tidemother

Spouses

Gregaia, Lord of the Wild (spouse)

Siblings

Children

• Lilac, The Idolatress
• Círzithara, The Uttercold Mother

Ruled Locations

• The Sea of Glass

Areas of Concern

Healers, Helpers, Sailors, Seafaring Merchants, Fisherman, Travelers, Those who wish to help others, Those on the road, Druids, Sea Creatures, Lovers of the Sea

Main Temple and Location

Tidemother's Temple(Located in Port Dumas in the Eastern Imperium)

Holy Animal

Dolphins, Upper Sea Creatures

Holy Colors

Light Blues, White

Holy Number

9

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