Lethara

The One Who Waits

Lethara is the goddess of death, wisdom, and judgment. The serene arbiter who guides all souls at the end of their mortal path. She is the quiet force at the heart of the afterlife, neither cruel nor kind, but unshakably just. Where others see endings, Lethara sees passage. She is the stillness after breath, the listener at the edge of all things, and the one who ensures that every soul finds its place.

Appearance

Lethara is often depicted seated upon her throne at the peak of the Spire, a monumental structure that rises from the soul-realm of Abbadon and pierces the veil between planes. Her form is shrouded in flowing robes that drift like mist, her face half-veiled, with eyes that hold the stillness of the grave and the clarity of final truth. In some depictions, she holds a book inscribed with every mortal name, while others show her with outstretched hands, one open in welcome, the other closed in finality.

Dogma

Lethara teaches that death is not to be feared, but understood. It is the moment of perfect balance. The final truth in every story. Her doctrine holds that every soul carries the weight of its choices, and that true justice is not about vengeance, but about alignment: the soul must go where it belongs. She abhors undeath, seeing it as a defilement of the sacred cycle. Her silence is not apathy, but profound understanding. In death, all masks fall away.

Worship

Though she does not demand worship, Lethara is widely revered. Her followers include mortuary priests, judges, seers, and those who guide the dying. Clerics of Lethara are keepers of death rites and protectors of the soul’s passage. They light candles for the dead, speak the names of the forgotten, and guard against necromantic corruption. Shrines to Lethara are often found near graveyards, crossroads, or beside rivers, places where one phase of life gives way to another.
Her teachings are collected in The Final Testament, a somber text inscribed with parables, meditations, and invocations meant to prepare both the living and the dying for the journey ahead. The book is never copied by hand, only whispered word by word in ritual, so that each version bears the mark of personal grief and memory. Lethara’s most sacred day is The Night of Candles, held on the longest night of the year. On this night, followers place lanterns along roads and waterways to guide wandering spirits to rest, and offer quiet prayers for those who passed without rites. No voices are raised, no feasts held, only silence and flickering light, as the world honors the weight of its dead.

Relations

Lethara stands apart from many gods, yet is respected by nearly all. Her role is absolute, and her judgment unchallenged. She holds no enmity for the living nor favor for the dead, her concern is only for the balance between. It is said that only once did she intervene directly in the world: when Mor’Kuul, the Primordial of Death, threatened to flood the realms with undeath, although she and all other gods were unaware of the primordials role in this. Still Lethara raised the full power of the Spire to seal the breach. Since then, even the gods speak her name with care.

Divine Classification

Old God

Alignment

Neutral

Realm

Boneyard

Honorary & Occupational Titles

• The One Who Waits
• Lady of the Final Step
• Mother of the Spire
• The Spirequeen

Pathfinder Statistics

Divine Attribute: Constitution or Wisdom
Divine Domains

• Death
• Fate
• Healing
• Repose

Divine Font: Heal
Divine Skill: Medicine
Favored Weapon: Dagger
Cleric Spells: 1st: mind link, 3rd: ghostly weapons, 4th: vision of death

D&D 5e Statistics

Suggested Domains

• Death Domain
• Grave Domain
• Life Domain