Zhevore, Compassion Incarnate

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It was not the darkness that embraced me, in the end, as I fell into despair, but the open arms of Zhevore.

No more would I feel the chill of winter, nor the pang of hunger, for he has pulled out for me a seat at his own table...

— Survivor's recollection of the northern famine

Zhevore, Compassion Incarnate is the deity of nurturing and sacrifice. One of the Incarnates of the New Age, Zhevore was among the great deities that arrived with the coming of Vosra, the New Dawn.

The domains of love and life are where Zhevore finds his claim and greatest influence, as his presence is said to inspire and cultivate both wherever he extends his hands.

Warmth in the Dark

Zhevore represents one of the human traits believed to have carried the troubled populations of the Nameless Age into the present era: Compassion. Compassion for one's fellows, care for those in need, and sacrifice for those one values are all traits and acts valued most by this deity. The tenets of Zhevore highlight the importance of working collaboratively to a common good, rather than leaving fellows behind to the darkness that threatens all.

Pantheon

Incarnates of the New Age

Classification

Greater Deity (Incarnate)

Symbol

Broken bone, wrapped

Associated Colors

Green, yellow

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Forms of Love

Worshipers of Zhevore hold close the concepts of love and sacrifice, but these are observed differently throughout the world.

Cultural context morphs and shifts these concepts, making for a diverse spread of shards of Zhevore throughout the world.

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Tenets

The tenets of Zhevore revolve around love and sacrifice, and caring for the people of the world, especially within one's own communities. He bids his followers to nurture life and make sacrifices in the name of the greater good, that darkness may never claim an abandoned soul.

Domain of Life by Strixxline

Extend your hand to your kin, in their time of need.

Grieve not for your sacrifices, when they live on in another.

Do not lay idle in your comfort while another falls to darkness without.

Meet suffering with compassion, for it may one day become yours.

Cherish your communities, for divided you are conquered.

Betray not your kin, for you betray yourself first and foremost.

Leave space at your table for the weary traveler, and the gods will for you.

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Fractured Compassion: Shards of Zhevore

With Zhevore's global influence, he appears in many regional pantheons around the world, taking on various forms in accordance with the beliefs and needs of his faithful. Each shard proclaims the same tenets, but places different degrees of emphasis on each, ascribing alternate meanings to some in the process.

Shard: The Insatiable

Pantheon: Myths of Oblivion's Wake
Domains: Gluttony, Sacrifice

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In the null-magic lands of Yulrorim, the gods stir within the dread of Oblivion's Wake. When the Leyline of Oblivion swept through the land, much of Zhevore's domain crumbled alongside his people. Desperate tributes and fevered prayers bore a new shard of Zhevore, weighted down by desperation and darkness.

The offerings Zhevore was given in these days were tainted with the void, which sat heavy within the pit of the god's belly, both heavy and empty in equal measure. When the offerings were deemed insufficient, human lives became the next alternative. The shard of compassion tore into his faithful one by one, attempting to feed the tearing void within, only to find the effort futile. The Insatiable, a husk of his divine origin, now wanders the scarred fields of Yulrorim, jaw and fingers stained in wine dark blood after ripping out his own teeth in the shame of what he had done.

Savelan Tome by Strixxline

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More shards of the incarnates are being uncovered with time.