Yondalla

The Protector and Provider, the Nurturing Matriarch, the Blessed One, the Lady of Mysteries.

Yondalla is represented as a strong female halfling with red-golden hair, looking determined and proud. She dresses in green, yellow, and brown, and carries a shield. Yondalla has two aspects that the Halflings speak of in front of others: the Provider and the Protector. As the Provider, she is a goddess of fertility and growing things, of birth and youth. She can make barren things fertile and increase the growing rate of plants and animals to any speed she chooses. She can equally easily make fertile things barren, if she chooses. She can age, wither, and slay as easily as she can create, though it takes much to drive her to do this.
As Protector, Yondalla wards off evil influences and intrusions and gives Halflings the strength and determination to defend themselves. In this aspect, Yondalla most often uses her illusionist abilities to protect her worshippers.
Yondalla smiles upon her followers when they aid and help others and respect the dead. She frowns upon sacrifices and killing fellow Halflings. Her sacred animal is the dove,

Divine Domains

Family, Good, Halfling, Law, Protection.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Yondalla's symbol is a shield with a cornucopia motif.

Tenets of Faith

Yondalla has a special order of priests called "The Wayward Wardens". It is made of priests stricken with wanderlust who wish to see the world. They never settle long in one place for long periods of time. They come to the aid of halfling communities needing protection.
The Wayward Wardens are a loosely organized fellowship of Yondallan priests. Wayward Wardens serve the Provider and Protector by coming to the defence of besieged or threatened halfling communities in need of additional protectors.
Yondalla is worshipped in the homes of Halflings. Weekly food offerings are sacrificed to her.

Holidays

Halflings set aside one day a week for worship of Yondalla (they call this day "Safeday"), a day which is mostly spent in rest, playing, and eating.

Divine Classification

God

Alignment

Lawful Good

Gender

Female

Related Myths

• The Green Fields
• The Story of Littleman

Yondalla's Symbol by Sam Wood