Halea

Halea is the amoral goddess of wealth and pleasure. Often regarded as the most beautiful creature of Kelestia, one whose true form would drive men mad with passion, she will usually appear to mortals in the guise of an “ordinarily” beautiful young woman. Halea is the goddess of those who would live moment by moment and those who crave wealth and the pleasures that it can bring. She is not shallow or empty-headed but a shrewd schemer renowned for her ability to seduce the reason of lesser beings with her silken voice and subtle arts.
Halea’s residence is the Crimson Chamber, where those chosen by the immortal lady enjoy an afterlife filled with sexual, culinary, and other pleasures until they presumably go mad and are replaced by new chosen.
Although many scholars do not credit Halea’s clerics or adherents with much intellectual depth, her priestesses may be found in high administrative posts in the government of Thardic Republic.

LEADERSHIP

The Salara (primate) for Hârn is the High Priestess of the Shiran temple. The Hilenea (pontiff) is headquartered in the city of Helas in the eastern Venarian Sea.

Structure

The church of Halea is a female only order.

Queen-Mistress (High Priestess)
Mistresses (Senior Priestesses)
Priestess
Acolytes

Ethics

Halea requires no particular morality of her adherents but demands unswerving devotion and loves elaborate rituals and flattery of all kinds. Many followers donate as much as half their incomes to her church. Halea is reckoned an easy deity to worship; she is the Maker of Bargains, willing to negotiate for her favors. The goddess prefers to bargain from a position of strength with those in great need of her aid. She always keeps the pacts she makes, although not always in the way anticipated. Those who would bargain with the Unchaste Lady had best hasten to fulfill their part, for Halea is a jealous mistress and quick to anger.

Worship

A priestess conducting a ceremony improvises or composes the service as she proceeds. Monthly high masses invariably end with an orgy and are well attended.

Priesthood

Halea’s priesthood is composed entirely of women of pleasant appearance. Their ritual garb is diaphanous and of all the hues of the rainbow, but the colors purple, crimson, and gold dominate. Various symbols are used, among them stylized bells, coins, and genitalia.

Granted Divine Powers

Trickery Domain
Light Domain

Sects

The Order of the Silken Voice is the only clerical order; the church has no fighting orders.

"The Empress of Opulence,
Maker of Bargains,
Guardian of the Treasure Hoardes,
Queen of Pleasures,
Enslaver of Hearts and Loins,
Unchaste Lady of Ten Forgotten Acts,
Temptress of Crimson Chamber."

Type

Religious, Organised Religion

Subsidiary Organizations

• Order of the Silken Voice

Permeated Organizations

• Thardic Republic

Location

Yashain