Melora, The Wild Mother

Melora (a.k.a. The Wild Mother)

The realm of the Wild Mother extends to wherever the seas shift and the land grows over. Keeper of the wilderness, she represents the wild creatures of nature, the rush of the angry rapids, and the heat-harried stillness of the desert.
Elves take up her worship, as do hunters of natural lands, accepting her guidance to exist harmoniously within savage lands. Those seeking safe passage across dangerous waters give prayers to her to guide them. The druids of the Wild Mother and clerics of her lover, The Law Bearer, work together to preserve the balance of nature and civilization. It is said that the two goddesses grow furious when this balance is upset, and this fury manifests as devastating natural disasters. Seen immortalized through wooden reliefs and carved idols in hidden, overgrown groves and rural shrines, the Wild Mother often is depicted as a beautiful woman of green skin nearly swallowed by a wild, tangled wreath of hair, leaves, and vines that dwarf her lithe form.

Divine Domains

Nature, Tempest

Divine Symbols & Sigils

A laurel crown, a blue swirl on a seashell.

Tenets of Faith

• Protect the untamed wildernesses of the realm from exploitation and destruction.

• Slay abominations and other dark mockeries of nature.

• Embrace and respect the savage nature of the world. Exist in harmony with it.

Holidays

The Wild Mother's holy day is Wild's Triumph, and is celebrated on the vernal equinox, the fifteenth day of Konitan. The people of the southern wilds celebrate the Wild Mother's strength by going on a journey to a place of great natural beauty, like the top of a mountain waterfall, or the center of a desert.

Divine Classification

God

Alignment

Neutral