Gozreh

The Wind and the Waves

Gozreh is a dualistic deity of nature, a god of the storm and sky and also a goddess of the wave and surf. Born of the ocean's fury and the wind's wrath, Gozreh is a fickle deity.

Appearance

Gozreh appears as a colossal humanoid whose lower body trails away into a mass of roiling elemental matter, but whose gender is dependent on his aspect. Her female form is associated with the sea, and appears as a young and beautiful woman with wild green hair whose torso merges with the roiling sea. His male half represents the winds and clouds, and appears as a weathered old man with a long white beard whose lower body melds into a storm cloud. Images of Gozreh typically present his two forms reaching up from the sea and down from the heavens to touch one another in midair.

History

Gozreh is an ancient deity, thought to have existed for as long as the wind has blown and the waters swelled. His faithful are to be found in all places of nature, doing her will as they have for eons. He is counted among one of the original gods that fought against Rovagug in the defense of all creation.

Relations

Gozreh mostly remains neutral towards the other gods unless they bring threats to his dominion. Despite this, he often comes into conflict with Rovagug, Nethys, and Urgathoa, for their destructive or corrupting influences on the world. He is often at odds with Abadar over the encroachments of civilization on nature, yet cordial with Erastil and Desna. Erastil, in particular, is considered somewhat of a friend, due to their shared respect for nature. Followers of Gozreh also find they have much in common with those who follow the world's other major nature religion, the Green Faith.

Providence

Gozreh shows his favor by the sudden appearance of a gentle breeze that carries with it the smell of blooming flowers, the unexpected sound of waves crashing on a shore, or dreams involving a specific, and unusual-looking animal. His displeasure is seen in the sudden appearance of extremely localized storms or other bad weather, being watched or hounded by birds or beasts, or the continuous taste of blood in one's mouth.

Servants

Nature and all its creatures are considered to be Gozreh's domain, but he favors seabirds, flying fish, and frogs. Xocothians are Gozreh's race of divine servitors. These dualistic outsiders resemble a combination of seabird and flying fish.

Unique servants

• Kraz'Tesh: This favored servant of Gozreh is an icy dragonfly-like creature.
• Personification of Fury: Appearing as an ancient elemental, a fusion of wind and wave, Gozreh's herald serves her interests across the planes.
• Saltbeard: This favored servant of Gozreh is a dour triton cleric.

Church of Gozreh

Worshipers

Gozreh is worshiped wherever nature is feared or held in high esteem. Most cloud giants worship Gozreh as Ioz'om, the Sky Father, and believe that they are all his descendants. Storm giants worship Gozreh as the father-sky god Hyjarth and the mother-sea goddess Tourithia.

Clergy

Priests of Gozreh are rugged folk and many are hermits. Men are expected to have long beards and women long hair. Seaweed, natural items, and strands of white cloth are often braided into the hair of the faithful. Formal raiment is usually long robes of sea-green, storm-grey, or sky blue color, decorated with coral or pearl.  Although most druids are followers of the Green Faith, a significant minority of them worship Gozreh instead.

Temples and shrines

Temples of Gozreh are always open to the sky and often contain some sort of pool or open water at the heart. They often appear in out-of-the-way places and are typically built using only slightly worked local materials, such as driftwood and unquarried stone. Services and occasions vary from temple to temple, though most ceremonies involve offerings, prayers, and chanting. Some temples venerate either his male or female forms and portfolio, while churches in port cities most often worship both at once.

Holy texts

Gozreh's texts are typically guides to natural life, almanacs of tides and such things, interspersed with chants and prayers and suggested offerings to the fickle deity.
Hymns to the Winds and Waves or Hymns to the Wind and the Waves: This book includes susurrant prayers, rules for personal behavior, and the respect of nature.

Holidays

Gozreh's followers celebrate Firstbloom on the vernal equinox and Currentseve on the 7th day of Budding.

Divine Classification

Greater Deity

Religions

• Aeryon
• Yelanids

Alignment

Neutral

Honorary & Occupational Titles

• The Wind and the Waves
• Ioz'om, the Sky Father
• Hyjarth & Tourithia
• She Who Guides the Wind and the Waves

Current Residence

Material Plane

Eyes

Aquatic / Fiery Red

Hair

N/A

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Aquatic / Cloud

Height

130'

Weight

25 tonnes

Holy Symbol

Pathfinder Statistics

Divine Domains

• Air
• Animal
• Plant
• Water
• Weather

Favored Weapon: Trident

D&D 5e Statistics

Suggested Domains

• Life Domain
• Nature Domain
• Tempest Domain