Church of Lashbor Mog

Lashbor Mog

Childbirth, Fertility, Healing

The orcish people traditionally come from communities and civilizations that honor strength and prowess in battle. But there is still an important aspect of their culture that is overlooked and that is the reverence for mothers and caretakers. They fall under the protection of Lashbor Mog, a goddess that is the pure manifestation the strong connection all orcs have for these ideas. She is one of the few female goddesses of the orcish pantheon but often considered one of the most important.
Several stories are told of who Lashbor Mog was in life. One speaks of her as a slave interred by humans only to find love amongst them. Though the romance ended with her escape and the death of her lover for his part in it. Some versions of the tale say she went back for revenge but most cast her in a more benevolent light, believing she forgave and turned to caring for her tribe in the aftermath. Another speaks that she was once a mother-to-be but the child was lost when it came to term. She then dedicated her life to serving as a midwife, ensuring other orcish women did not suffer the same tragedy. Some versions even say she delivered babies in the midst of battle, on the battlefield itself. Yet others speak of a healer who saved her clan from annihilation, venturing up and down a mountain - her clansmen fought for dear life against a dragon. She dragged one hundred of them from that perilous peak, rescuing them from death and tending their injuries. Her clan was spared destruction because she was brave enough to bear no blade and instead save lives.
These tales are true to an extent, but not because they are Lashbor Mog’s but because the orcish people lived and experienced them. These beliefs and ideas brought form to the orcish matron when the old gods fell. Lashbor Mog now offers blessings and protection to those that fight to protect their families, expectant mothers, and those that tend to the sick or wounded.

• Domains: Celebration, Charm, Dream, Fate, Life, and Love.
• Oaths: Ancients, Devotion, Glory, Redemption, Watchers
• Sanction Orders: Marshal, Witch Hunter
• Alignments: Chaotic Evil, Chaotic Neutral, Chaotic Good

Symbols of Lashbor Mog

The holy symbol of Lashbor Mog is an orc depicted with six arms holding a wrapped child.
The favored animal of Lashbor Mog is the warg.

History

Dogma

Home Plane

Lashbor Mog originates from the Ethereal Plane, brought into the universe as an embodiment of desires and belief. Since then she has gone on to join with the rest of the orcish pantheon within the Maelstrom. From there she offers her protection to the material plane and her faithful, doing what she can to protect the other mothers of the world from otherworldly threats.

Appearance

Lashbor Mog is depicted as an orcish woman, sometimes pregnant, sometimes not. Regardless, she is almost always shown in the presence of children and taking care of them in some way. She had a dark green skin tone with black hair and is often garbed in light clothing, tied to the culture or style of the settlement.

Relationships

Temples and Shrines

Regions of Popular Worship

Followers

Many of Lashbor Mog’s followers are orcs and their tribes who worship her amongst many. However, unlike most other orcish deities she receives prayers from outside orc communities. As a goddess of fertility and childbirth, expectant mothers and midwives often offer prayers to gain protection for themselves or their unborn children. Some women also pray to Lashbor Mog in hopes of conceiving or finding a partner to have children with.
Some followers also pray to the orcish matron with hopes of being reborn. Those at the end of their lives who have not found an end in honourable combat or been riddled by sickness. They hope that the matron will allow them to return to prove themselves once more as the child of another.

Tenets

• Blood and Scars. Pain is an element of every moment of our lives, from the day we are born till the day we die. Embrace that pain, scars be they from labor or war are marks of devotion.
• Repay Your Debts. Everyone is born helpless, you are offered the gift of protection from birth. Repay that gift and all others with your life.
• Honor the Cycle. Death is not the end, but another beginning. Give every warrior a fitting death, and honor those who have passed.

Sins

• Slaughtering the Young. Children are sacred gifts from the matron. It matters not if they are your enemies or beasts, you dishonor yourself to even consider stealing from them their life and purpose.
• Stealing a Warrior’s Death. A warrior who has died on the battlefield need not return from it, he has brought honor to himself and fulfilled his purpose. Do not rob him of that.
• Flight instead of Fight. Abandoning your purpose, clan, or duty is a grave dishonor. You turn your back on those who rely on your most of all.

Official Languages

• Common
• Orcish