The Crows of Elewe
The priests of Elewe Caraelque teach that the Trickster of Twilight, patron of outcasts, sends a guide to those who have been shoved aside and cast into the night. An orphan is thrown onto the streets and left to starve, a thief stares at a family with second thoughts about stealing to survive, and a refugee wonders if they will ever find a place to call home after yet another is lost. They all see the same sight in the deepest moments of twilight: a proud crow with kind, silver eyes. The first sighting brings nothing but the hope for a brighter future. The second brings something that the outcast needs to begin their journey out of the night. The third visit is when the crow begins leading them back to the twilight, that time between day and night where one can choose their own path forward.
Among the members of organized criminal enterprises, Elewe's crows have become the subject much superstition. Ironically, given that Elewe Caraelque is a goddess of thieves, these beliefs are often negative. Many thieves' guilds believe them to be harbingers of bad luck, the sight of one foretelling a job gone bad. This bit of superstition frequently holds true as the intelligent crows recognize that to help the thief with doubts and allow them the opportunity to choose their own path forward, they must be separated from the guild that pushes them further into the night. A crow sent to guide a guild thief in the middle of a heist might let out a well-timed cry that alerts the guards and make the entire job go sideways. Due to this, many guild crews simply curse their ill luck and call off whatever operation they had planned at the first sight of a crow, silver-eyed or not.
Comments