Farobia, the Green Goddess
Goddess Farobia
"I am the brave ones, I am the ones you fear."
Work In Progress (if deity, goes above Physical)
Divine Domains
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Tenets of Faith
Holidays
Divine Goals & Aspirations
(Deity)Physical Description
General Physical Condition
wordsIdentifying Characteristics
Facial Features
Body Features
Physical Quirks
Special Abilities
Apparel & Accessories
Specialized Equipment
Biography
Early Life
Education
Employment
Accomplishments & Achievements
Failures & Embarrassments
Mental Characteristics
Intellectual Characteristics
Morality, Philosophy & Taboos
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Personality, Quirks, & Vices
Likes
Dislikes
Social
Religious Views
Social Aptitude
Wealth & Financial State
Family Ties and Contacts
Mannerisms
Hygiene
Speech
Hobbies
Divine Domains
Courage/Fear, and the Elves of the Forest [Wood Elves]
Divine Symbols & Sigils
The color green
The wind.
A leaf.
A spider.
A Badger.
The South-East and the North-East.
A green trio of triangles, each bearing a primary symbol of the gods of Wind, Forest, and Shadow.
The wind.
A leaf.
A spider.
A Badger.
The South-East and the North-East.
A green trio of triangles, each bearing a primary symbol of the gods of Wind, Forest, and Shadow.
Tenets of Faith
There must be something to fear, in order to be brave.
There must be someone willing to be brave, for fear to exist.
Courage unbound by Wisdom is relentless crusading.
Courage unbound by Power is relentless foolishness.
Fear unbound by Domination is meaningless.
Fear unbound by Secrets is without a purpose.
There must be someone willing to be brave, for fear to exist.
Courage unbound by Wisdom is relentless crusading.
Courage unbound by Power is relentless foolishness.
Fear unbound by Domination is meaningless.
Fear unbound by Secrets is without a purpose.
Holidays
Night Terror - A night where the people of Tormyra and the Tormian faiths dress up in costume to confuse the entities they fear, there are great festival events about facing one's fears and overcoming them, as well as a tradition of planning on facing another fear in the next year.
Divine Goals & Aspirations
To maintain balance between Power and Wisdom, between Courage and Fear, and between Secrets and Domination.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Farobia appears to be made of wood, wind, and shadows. Hair of shadows, skin of wood, and movements of wind, with her eyes betraying her as greater than the gods of Winds, Forest, and Shadows, according to old poems.
Body Features
She appears as if what she wears is carved from living wood, draped in fabric made of weaving plant-based fabric with shadows. Her "skin" appears like peeled lumber but is also scarred, as if she had fought battles in the past.
Identifying Characteristics
Her golden-green eyes, and the Holy Trinity insignia on the left hand of her Champion.
Apparel & Accessories
She tends to dress in practical robe-like garments for living in the woods, but they are clearly made of otherworldly plants and shadows.
Mental characteristics
Morality & Philosophy
As a Goddess, she seems to seek balance in the world, mostly by balancing fear with things to combat fear.
Divine Classification
Goddess
Realm
Church/Cult
Children
Eyes
Glowing gold, if one were to somehow be able to see beyond the bright golden light, they would see a golden pair of irises tinted with a hint of green.
Hair
Shorn hair with rough ends, as if the hair had been cut without caring about appearances. It is the color of shadows, and even as short as it is, it moves regardless of the wind.
I like the tenets and the somewhat circular nature of the first two. She seems a bit of a nature god, but I'm unsure as to any more specifics than that. Why is she worshipped by her followers and Wood Elves? What has she done for them, or what stories do they tell that lead to her continued adoration?
All of the gods of the Elven Pantheon are actually facets of nature, actually. I had gone with the idea of fears and trying to live with your fears, and since many common phobias are natural in nature (spiders, insects, the dark, the dead, etc.) And the wood elves are elves who love on the woods (and some other fuzzy undefined stuff as of this writing), so they seemed like the most likely to be devout to her, as what better way for say an arachnophobe to say they are brave, than to live in the woods where giant spiders live? She also has a Champion whose soul is believed to be reincarnated, but always to a Wood Elf. Most of this is still raw from the source of inspiration - Legend of Zelda's Farore, Goddess of Courage - but I was starting to hit some writing blocks and figured I should toss this up for commentary. Thank you for yout comments and for helping me move along!