Burning Feather
Burning Feather
Burning Feather is the goddess of all forms of intoxicants, euphorics, narcotics and hallucinogens. She’s also known as the White Lady because of the arctic white of her hair, robes and featureless eyes.
Burning Feather travels Creation, appearing wherever intoxicants are consumed in quantity, whether for recreational or medicinal uses. She can appear in a hashish house in Great Forks or the finest hospital in the Realm. Those who wish to address prayers to her must typically do so while under the influence of an intoxicant. Rarely, she may answer a sober supplicant who seeks intense or mind-expanding experiences.
Most petitioners call upon Burning Feather to ask for exceedingly rare intoxicants such as the pollen of ice ferns or the hallucinatory venom of the great rasp spiders. If Burning Feather believes a supplicant is truly dedicated in his quest for controlled derangement of the senses, she may send him visions. The visions will direct him to perform some task for Burning Feather, after which she will reward him with what he desires. The tasks test her petitioner’s resolve and endurance (such as spending a week under the influence of a powerful opiate such as heroin) or his ability to perform a difficult and important task (such as navigating a difficult river during a flood or leading soldiers into battle—while under the influence of a strong mind-altering drug). Other tasks include allowing her to possess the petitioner so that she may act anonymously (at least to the eyes of Heaven or the local spirit courts), or she may ask for a specific, apparently simple, action that will no doubt have profound consequences.
Burning Feather’s requests are intended to advance her goals—anything from defeating Celestial rivals to blocking attempts to outlaw intoxicants and thus depriving her of worshipers. She typically has many such schemes going on at once, and seemingly random tasks are always tied directly into one of them. If she asks a vendor to recite poetry to a prince, that poetry may imply blackmail, or it may be a hidden message to an ally. More rarely, she sometimes asks a truly attractive supplicant to become her lover for a week, or even as long as a season. Few remember much of these trysts, but many go mad from the sometimes deranged and excessive sensuality. Most become celibate because no mortal love can possibly compare to what they’ve experienced.
Relationships
Honorary & Occupational Titles
The Lady of Intoxicants, The White Lady
Age
appears 40
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
she/her
Eyes
Featureless white
Hair
Arctic white, but otherwise of a style that fits the cultural context
Height
6'0"
Weight
slim, fit
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