Sëra

of Dreams, Earth-Mother, the Green, Life-Giver

Sëra is the goddess of fertility, plenty, prosperity, succor, and dreams, and in this capacity is mostly seen as a barer of life and bringer of fortune. While she assists in impregnation, she does not preside over childbirth, just as she brings good luck to endeavors without performing them for others. In this way, she enables the actions of others, whom she always expects to make the effort themselves. Sëra’s purview over life extends to maintaining life, as well. She speeds convalescence, provides rest, and thwarts disease. She is responsible for making houses into healthy homes for their inhabitants. In this way, she is the antithesis of her brother, Pazame who is largely associated with war and destruction. Still, through her brother, she yet retains a strong chthonic connection to the element they share. Sëra most often appears as a hearty and beautiful middle-aged woman, usually accompanied by her magical boar, Gulin, who is said to be able to outrun any horse.

Morality

Like so many, Sëra tends to patronize those who share in her nature – in this case, a kind, compassionate, and helpful person. Despite her marriage to Karalis, Sëra is among the only gods to completely lack a warrior aspect; she focuses solely on providing respite from suffering. So it is that she tends to prefer those who help others without reservation – Charitable –, place others before themselves – Selfless –, and who are always honest with others – Truthfulness. Those with particularly strong ties to the community – Sense of Duty (Community) [-10] – and those who conduct her many and varied rituals Disciplines of Faith (Mysticism, or Ritualism). Finally, while she does not sponsor violence, she does understand its place in the world. Still, she demands that unnecessary injury be avoided; represent this with Vow (No Edged Weapons) [-10].

Divine Servitors

Chief among the elements taken by Sëra’s divine servitors is Life. Following this in equal parts are Nature for her dominion over natural life, Good for the protection she provides, and Peace for the succor she promises. While she has dominion over all that grows in the earth, she has no command over Earth itself, yet still some of her servitors are able to control sand to an extent. These also tend to be the ones who can control dreams and have both Earth and Dream to represent this.

Shrines

Sëra does not have freestanding shrines, but every home will have a small dedicated alter with a flame – be it a candle, brazier, or full-fledged fireplace – to represent her dominion over the hearth. Additionally, council chambers always keep a similar alter to Sëra in exchange for her guidance and blessing during proceedings. Within the Pantheon, Sëra’s shrine is to the left of Karalis’ and contains a statue of the goddess, usually with her left hand resting on Gulin’s head. They stand before a clay brazier whose fire is never permitted to extinguish.

Divine Favor

Sëra hears the prayers or the tired, the dreaming, and the hurting and provides them with respite from life’s woes. Her priests are skilled healers, and her holy warriors are consummate protectors. Abilities marked with an asterisk (*) have Accessibility, Only on sleeping targets (-20%). Abilities Afflictions with Advantage (Regeneration, Regrowth, or other healing-related traits), Ecstasy, Euphoria, Sleep, or Unconsciousness; Animal Empathy*; Channeling, with Accessibility, Only while Sleeping (-20% Clairsentience, with Increased Range and Preparation Requires, Night of Dreams (-60% Damage Resistance, with Force Field; Detect, for disease, poison, etc.; Doesn’t Sleep; Empathy; Fatigue Attack with Missed Sleep and Malediction; Fearlessness; Healing; Intuition, with Preparation Required, a Night of Dreams (60% Less Sleep; Luck, with Defensive; Metabolism Control; Mind Control*, usually with Emotion Control; Mind Probe*; Mind Reading*; Mind Shield; Oracle; Regeneration; Regrowth; Resistant or Immunity to any physical or supernatural effect; Serendipity; Special Rapport, with Transferable (but not for machines Static (Divine, Magic, or Spirit Telesend*; Temperature Control, with Heat; True Faith, with Turning; Unfazeable; Visualization, with Blessing.