Kirana, The All Mother.
Kirana, The All Mother
"Kirana, the first of the Twelve divine beings, was also the first to embrace and embody the eternal light of the High Heavens. It was among the radiant cloudscapes and glimmering waters of this holy plane, that She constructed the Sunfire Citadel and forged her alliances with Ephondris and Maleara, the two other deities that reside along side Kirana in the Citadel." ~ Thaldrin Gorik, First High Priest of Kirana.
Kirana believes that Mercy and Truth are the core virtues in the perfection of the mortal soul and She expects Her followers to act as paragons of these virtues. Much like the sun, the All Mother can be benevolent and warm, or harsh and unforgiving. She is an exacting and demanding goddess who strives for perfection and often succeeds. Though they may not admit it, many of the other gods admire and respect Kirana's ability to stay a course. As well as Her determination to perform any action She determines is right. Her proudest creations are the Sun and the mortal Conscience. It is a precept of Kirana that: "It is the Conscience that chooses the right path, and the Sun that illuminates the way." The day is Her domain, and She encourages the many activities done in its glorious light.
Kirana demands that Her followers devote their lives to the promotion of all that is Good and Light, as well as expunging evil and darkness wherever it may be found. Evil must always been encouraged to reform whether by word or by force. Mercy, however, must always be shown for those who may be redeemable. She leaves the decision of those that deserve Mercy to Her followers. Often times her common followers will lean on Kirana's paladin's for this decision, as they are the arbiters of Her divine judgement.
The All Mother also commands the Solars of the Dawn Guard, noble fallen warriors She has raised into Her angelic vangard in defense of the High Heavens. Though retrieving these valorous souls from the Halls of Eden, where Iraleth Goddess of War and Thunder, honors the victorious dead with eternal revelry, is difficult. Iraleth casts a high price for Kirana's requests, and as such it takes a tremendous amount of energy from the All Mother to raise these warriors into the Dawn Guard. Such trips are becoming more and more scares in the decades since the Planar Confluence. But Kirana's trips to the Halls of Eden are always memorable, and a reminder to Iraleth of the All Mother's power.
Kirana very rarely interferes with the lives of mortals, but when on the rare occasions She does grant Her divine grace it is often times a grand display of Her power. Demons, Devils, and the creatures of Chaos have fled before Her retribution, and that of Her followers. But as the Darkness and Chaos of the darker powers begin to take hold of Vanigraad once again, her interventions seem even less common, even to Her clerics. The Sun, a symbol of Her grace, seems do grow dimmer with each passing day. Her followers know, in the depths of their hearts, something is coming, and the prepare feverishly to sustain Her holy Light.
Divine Domains
Light, Mercy, Truth
Divine Symbols & Sigils
- Sunburst Sigil
- The Sun
- The noble Kirin
- Solars
Tenets of Faith
- Mercy to the redeemable
- Fire and Ruin to those who further Darkness and Chaos
- Truth, at any cost
Divine Goals & Aspirations
Kirana believes that only a world bathed in eternal Light will bring peace to the Planes, as such Her and Her followers pursue the spread of Her word as the one Truth of the world. Such that Her Light may touch all the dark corners of Vanigraad, and the Planes of Existance.
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