Ao'di's Grainkeys

Ao'di, being one of the three primary societal deities, has amassed a significant following throughout the established western regions. However, the teachings that her devout prescribe take a less traditional route than prayer. Donned in pewter-eyed half masks, deacons and priests of her order bear an oath of silence so to respect her domain of mystery. They are often seen travelling to the homesteads of farmers. Their arrival beseeches permission to walk the grower's fields; these walks often take an erratic arrangement of stops and turns to signify the passage through her labyrinths.

Being the goddess of mystery, luck, and harvests, it is beneficial for Ao'di's clergy and a kingdom's farmhands to share a cooperative respect for each other. Once a clergyman has visited a crop they return to a church site and attempt to recount the same walk during a vivid dream state. Churches of Ao'di are never built up, rather they are always represented as bunkers or dugouts, chiefly because this signifies a strong connection to the land. Additionally, these sites are intentionally designed with perplexingly complex room systems and numerous decorative mirrors. After a priest recounts his or her steps in dream state they await the next waxing moon to be visited by the worker of the crop. It is at this time that serfs arrive in flocks to deliver alms and receive the premonitions of their harvest, and sometimes more discreet details. Since the holy workers wear masks these serfs identify them by finding their respective grainkey.

A grainkey is a woven lock of grains bestowed onto a clergyman before their walk through a crop. These simple garments are worn on their belt and, upon return to a church, hung on a chamber door as a gesture of meditation. They are a holy symbol that represent a safeguard of ill omens, should one tread wrongly.  Should a priest not receive a grainkey they are encouraged to still walk the passage and recount whatever may come, albeit stories tell of youthful members of the order that have remained in their dreams long enough to turn weathered and grey.  Such is the risk of following in her tracks.