Sister Shadows (Demi-goddess)

The Unseen; Goddess of Alleys, Streets, Piers, and Pathways

In a city contorted by countless pathways and alleys, this goddess’s name is said almost as widely as Mother Grace’s. Her name is uttered by those who walk the broadest streets to those who dwell beneath the rankest piers closest to the Kiss of the Lyme and who have to “dance daily with Sister Lyme,” an old Blight phrase meaning to fall into the Great Lyme River, an act that is often a person’s last.

Largely unknown outside the Blight, some suppose Sister Shadow to be an aspect or divine servant of the shadow goddess Mirkeer. However, despite The Unseen’s similar affinity to the dark corners of the world, their similarity ends there. Sister Shadow is not a deity of the night and nefarious dealings in shadow, she represents the endless shadows, nooks, and crannies and the endless possibilities they represent for survival, success, and even satisfaction. She is a goddess of not only those innumerable hordes that dwell within the corners of the city, but the potential that the city represents for those same people she embraces.

Many folk see her simply as a goddess of thieves and street gangs, but those who truly revere her see her as protector and inspiration for their lives and the chance — however slight it may be — to better them.