Pherena

Summary

Pherena is the goddess of adventure, freedom, luck, the moon, and change. She is the daughter of the great light and the great darkness her brother left for some unknown but positive reason and gave her his change and freedom domains. She has multiple artifacts mainly weapons but her most iconic is a coin that give the wielder incredible luck and a pommel that could be attached to a weapon and depending on specific inserts into a pommel it changes the nature of the weapon. Pherena resides within The Moon Palace.

Worshipers & Priests

Usually worshiped by travelers or adventures and those who spend most of their days on the road. There are priests of the lady but they themselves are travelers that do not stay in one place they search for bounty and treasure from around the world sometimes creating shrines for the lady along the way.

Churches

There are no churches of the lady but shrines that look like pillars with the icon of the lady at the top dotted around roads and places that see a lot of travel.

Tenets

As the silver moon waxes and wanes, so too does life.
Turn to the moon, and she will be your true guide.
Promote acceptance and tolerance.
See all other beings as equals.
Place yourself in the hands of fate and trust to your own luck.
Bear and conduct yourselves as your own masters, showing your good or bad fortune as confidence in the Lady.
Chase your own unique goals, and the Lady aids the chase.

Stories

The birth of the moon: The story of the birth of the lady (and her brother in some telling) from the union of the great light and darkness.
The gift from mystery: The story of the transfer of the domains of freedom and change to the lady from her brother before he left which caused the two moons to change from new to full as to contain the two domains as a gift left to the lady from her leaving brother.
The petition of the seasons: The story of how the lady tricked the matron of the seas to make each season different to where a tree was erected by the lady to anchor this petition into eternity and nature itself.

Description

An ethereal young woman of slender frame, dark eyes, and dark hair, wearing diaphanous robes colored white or resembling dappled moonlight, which trailed her "moondust" or "moon motes"

Artifacts

The Lady’s coin: A coin with the lady’s face on it that gives its wielder impossible luck and can be used as a throwing weapon.
Twilight’s Edge: A longsword that has both radiant and necrotic sides and attacking with one side adds the respective damage.
The Harvester of Leaves: A greatsword that embodies autumn itself that allows one to, after ending an enemy, to manipulate that end to help their allies.
Dawn and Dusk: A weapon that changes from a mace in the shape of the sun with golden spikes as its rays at day inflicting damage of light and at night a sickle like the crescent moon inflicting damage from the great darkness.
Pommel of the changing gems: Attached to a weapons handle and within the groves that takes three very expensive gems that each give different types of damage.
Staff of the four seasons: A staff that changes with the seasons each season giving different spells and types of damage.

Prayers

Prayers to the lady are not words but adventures as usually adventures will offer their journeys in the name of the lady.

Titles

Lady Luck
Bright Smiling Lady
The Lady Who Smiles
Daughter of the Night Skies
The Lunar Lady

Divine Realm

The moon palace is a beautiful marble palace within the serene lake of the plane and under the perpetual light of the two moons in a beautiful always night sky. Within contain five doors four that lead to different lands the embody each season and the fifth leads to the lady’s own manor.

Practices

The priesthood of the goddess never remains in one place and usually go on pilgrims in her name.
There is a special coin given out during each end of the season that has the face of the lady that is given as a donation to the church of the matron of the seas.
The holidays of the lady are a great hot spot for lovers and those who like romance.

Holidays

7th of Eleasis: The day of union, where people commemorate the union between the great light and the great darkness as well as the zenith of the sun, usually include a march from the cathedral of dawn to the twilight grove.
8th of Mirtul: The birth of the moon, a day to celebrate the birth of the lady usually held with festivities of tavern crawling and dancing ending with fireworks and giving out prayers to the moon and its lady. At this day adventures are more welcome than usual.
30th of Ches: The flower blooming, a day to celebrate the beginning of spring usually through flower picking and necklace making, a great day for lovers.
30th of Kythron: The strong dawn, a day to celebrate the beginning of summer where a great swimming and sailing competition is done and the winner gets a trophy and some monetary reward. This day is also a national holiday so no work.
30th of Elient: The leaf harvest, a day to celebrate the beginning of autumn where people would clean their houses from leaves and collect the most beautiful of them, and at night, they would also let some glow ants into a communal large tree a great time for love confessions.
30th of Nightal: The cold night, a day to celebrate the beginning of winter, although it is usually overshadowed by other holidays, so it is usually just celebrated by a prayer to the moon.
The Day of Transference: The day where both moons are full or new is a day to remember the transfer of the domains of freedom and change to the Lady. Usually these days are celebrated by a small gift exchange with loved ones.

Technical Stuff

Alignment: Chaotic good
Domains: Trickery, Twilight, Light, Luck, Nature