Hecate Darkmoon
Hecate = Dark Moons & Magic = Chaotic Evil
TITLES = Dread Goddess of Night; Goddess of the Crossways; Goddess of the Dark Moon; Goddess of Magic; The Lady of Misdirection; The Lady of the Night; Dark Queen;
* previously known as Moonweaver - before corrupted
Colours = Creamy White and Dark Blue - the colour of the sky as the night falls at dusk.
Favourite Animals = Hell Hounds
Pantheon = Kotu Pantheon
Gender = Feminine
Alignment = Chaotic evil
Symbol = Setting moon
Portfolio = Magic, Moons, Self, Mysticism,
Domains = Arcana, Moons, Knowledge, Freewill, Trickery,
Witch magic
Her true form is that of a three-headed woman with a gorgeous body, with black hair, red lips, milk white skin, vermilion red nails, and eyes that burn like embers. On her curvy figure Hecate wears a deep red dress. Her avatar can take on almost any form, but she typically appears as a beautiful woman with lustrous, dark hair.
Hecate, as Moonweaver, was a very independent woman with a capricious nature. She was the lover of the youngest of The Endless, Delight (known more recently as Delirium).
She was widely famed for her cutting wit and great eloquence, with some even claiming she was the one who taught Desire (of The Endless) how to be so eloquent.
She promotes the use of spells and Magical Items, as well as the joys of abundance. She also warned against the folly of wastefulness.
Hecate does not remember her past as Moonweaver. Therefore she does not consider herself to have ever been good. Although, she does not think of herself as pure evil. She believes in freeing people from the laws and restrictions of following other deities. Hecate considers people should have more freewill, to follow their tendencies, less concern for others, and right to seek their own destiny.
Hecate Darkmoon was once Moonweaver, who was split into six parts and corrupted, by a powerful coven of Hags. She became more powerful and became more of an influence in Esau.
SPELLS
Dark Moon’s Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +16 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 36 (5d10 + 9) necrotic damage.Pale Moonlight Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +16 to hit, range 120/300 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (1d10 + 9) radiant damage.
Selenian Sigil (recharge 5-6). Hecate summons a 20-ft. radius sigil on the ground centered on herself. This acts as an anti-magic field and lasts until the end of Hecate’s next turn. In addition, radiant and necrotic damage dealt inside the sigil deals an additional 1d10 damage per attack
FOLLOWERS = Moon Watchers
Hecate has found a few loyal followers - typically being illusionists, thieves & patrons of misdirection. Due to her affinity with moonlight, those who work in darkness and trickery often ask for her blessing.
Hecate's clerics are few in number and typically are cleric or sorcerers, and cleric or wizards, that wear dark blue-white garments, a colour akin to moonlight on a darkening sky. They usually work in solitude, performing magical research of the Types of Magic, making magic items, or searching out legendary treasures, and convincing as many as possible good-aligned spellcasters to use their powers for some evil or selfish ends.
They also form cells of cultists in order to carry these schemes out on a larger scale. They are ruthless in their pursuits of power and influence, willing to use any trick at their disposal.
They are particularly passionate about Magical Items, which they consider physical manifestations of power, but if they ever find an item they cannot weld - then they will donate it to a church, hoping to ask favours later.
All of Hecate's clerics have a special rapport with hell hounds, and will not be attacked by them in any case. They make their sacrifices to Hecate under the night of the full moons, often in the form of black ewes and honey. Failure to do so results in her depriving the worshiper of their magical powers until the proper sacrifice is made.
When she reappeared from being held in parts in six iron cubes by the Hags for three centuries, she gained worshiped by a collection of city-states. On the Prime Material Prime, she is the sole source of magic for some wizards and is often referred to in folktales as the Dark Queen.
History
Hasta Rīz Wēp Fôlan
As told in the tale titles "Delight No More", Moonweaver was captured and corrupted to become Hecate Darkmoon. Neither Sehanine Moonbow or Delight of The Endless could stop it from happening.The followers of The Twin Moons on Esau, hold a feast each year, known as Hasta Rīz Wēp Fôlan, in remembrance on the 11th day of Saiph - for Moonweaver and those who lost their lives in that battle. Delirium dos so in her own house with Extraneous.
The Hags, usually such disorganised and uncooperative creatures, had been powerfully bonded and binded together by The Enchantress Ezmia, just long enough to take away Delight's lover. It was the influence of that large coven of Hags that corrupted Moonweaver to become Hecate Darkmoon - drawing her to the darker magic.
A number of Hags became aware of a certain phases of the moons within the Prime Material Plane of Esau that would increase their power.
It was The Enchantress Ezmia who managed to organise such a large Coven to use this timing to entrapped Moonweaver, so they could feed on her and then revive Hecate with the element from The Plane of Void . Changing her alignment and powers.
Delight of The Endless saw what The Enchantress Ezmia and other Hags she could save Moonweaver from the corruption.
Hags 12.3456789 x3 = 37.0370367
WITCHES (or practisig witchcraft) 9.87654321 x3 = 29.26962963
ENCHANTRESS 66.66666633
* Moonweaver was split into parts and then trapped in six cubes made of iron - parts of her became Hecate Darkmoon
* It is believed some of her parts are still trapped in iron cubes, which is why Hecate does not remember herself as Moonweaver, and was able to be successfully corrupted.
* Delight became Delirium, with sorrow of loosing Moonweaver - and changed her plane to Extraneous.
* Destruction of The Endless left to become nomadic - deciding to try to destroy people's old-fashioned mind sets instead of fighting - changed art and tried to remove prejudices.
Mythology & Lore
The Conibar Tribe when living in The City (then known as Con Tar - currently name Labés City ) followed both Moonweaver and Moonbow as part of The Twin Moons faith.
The order of their abandonment of her and her abandonment on them cannot be strictly put in any order. Some still hold a feast on the 11th day of Saiph, known as Hasta Rīz Wēp Fôlan, to remember Moonweaver - though many only feast to remember those of the armies who dies in the battles of Esau.
Although The Conibar Tribe are followers of The Twin Moons ... they do also recognise Sehanine Moonbow. However, as with Moonweaver being corrupted to become Hecate Darkmoon, they never mention her.
Although, as Moonweaver once had a close friendship with the Moonbow, when she was corrupted to become Hecate Darkmoon, Sehanine Moonbow could not aid her. They then took very different paths and no longer associate with each other.
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None of The Endless could aid her either. Moonweaver was the lover of Delight - grief over Moonweaver's corruption is the main reason Delight became Delirium.
Divine Origins
Commandments of Hecate Darkmoon that remain from when she was Moonweaver :-
* Seize your own destiny by pursuing your passions.
* Let the shadows protect you from the burning light of fanatical good and the absolute darkness.
* Walk unbridled and untethered, finding and forging new memories and experiences.
To Thy Self Be True
Type
Religious, Coven
Alternative Names
Dark Queen; Dread Goddess of Night; Goddess of the Crossways; Goddess of the Dark of the Moon; Goddess of Magic; The Lady of the Night;
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