Qhil
God of the seas
Excerpt from a dramatised account of a storm
--aghast we looked upon the visage of the sea, whereupon a beast neither man nor spirit arose. Its eyes were hollow, glowing white as it looked upon us. Its hair resembled more reeds than hair, long tangled green mixing upon braids and weeds. Its skin was that of the ocean itself, dark and mottled with green, foam dripping down its skin. The sailors cried out, begging for mercy from a beast unknown. The storm struck wild around, great rods of lightning reaching down to smack the waves as they turned dark and rose to meet the sky. The captain cried out, holding an amulet with a black iron-wrought design on its face to the vision, howling into the storm what sounded like a prayer in some foreign tongue--
Qhil has always been worshipped, from the moment people began to cross the sea, she has had followers. It's only in the past few centuries that her worship has been actively supressed. The inciting incident for this was, of course, the regicide of Jestoania's king in 1402.
Divine Domains
The sea and mer; patron god of sailors
Artifacts
Iron-wrought amulets wash up occasionally, marked with blood and forged in a cross shape; supposedly they invoke storms.
Tenets of Faith
"Give your blood to the ocean, and she will trade with you something greater"
Relationships
History
When Julia was thrown overboard, she expected to die. She did not expect the sea she loved so much to extend a hand in kind, offering a new, different life. She accepted. She gave up her arm, and gained a second life.
Not kind, not cruel either, but a third thing: indifferent.
Divine Classification
God
Realm
Spouses
Julia Tyrone
(Wife)
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
She, Her
Sex
Female
Eyes
Glowing white
Hair
Long and black, tangled with reeds and aquatic plant life
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
A muddy green and brown
Height
8'
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