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#1 ripvanwormer Sep 15, 2005 21:57:05

This is a work in process, but I thought I'd post the first part rather than just letting it sit in my GMail account forever Astrology, Divinity, and Mankind by Yestro Bilnigd The fixed and wandering stars are associated with Lendor the timekeeper and Celestian, patron of all astrologers. Yet they each have distinct characteristics that make other gods interested in specific stars, especially the wanderers, the sun and the moons. The Mistress and the Handmaiden Associated with magic, mystery, and madness, the twin satellites of the Oerth are objects of both reverence and foreboding. The mysterious gods of the therianthropes - Squerrik, Balador, Ferrix, Daragor, and Eshebala - are associated with them, though each the shapeshifting races may be tied to both moons, either, or none. Of the gods, Pholtus is associated with both the sun and the moons, considered to be the one who rescued them when they were stolen by demons in the dawn time. The time they spent in the Abyss, according to the priests of Pholtus, explains the dark nature that shares the moons with the light. The sun, of course, burns away all impurities. Luna. Called the Great Moon and the Mistress, silvery Luna is associated most of all with the goddess Ehlonna. She represents fertility, growth, and romance. Luna has a dark side, too, and is associated with the Queen of Air and Darkness of the Unseelie Court and Cegilune, patron of hags and bride of Incabulos,.Luna has a more powerful effect on the tides than her Handmaiden, and she is associated with womens' fertility. While Luna is often associated with sylvan things, the dwarves believe her to be literarly forged from mithril by their god Moradin (or, sometimes, Fortubo). Wee Jas and Istus are also sometimes associated with Luna, and Xan Yae is considered the patron of Luna's shadows. Xan Yae is, like the moon, the Perfect Mistress. Celene. The Lesser Moon or Handmaiden is considered to be the more ethereal and spiritual of the two, associated with strange or prophetic dreams (as opposed to the commonplace dreams governed by Luna). She is associated most of all with Sehanine Moonbow of the elven pantheon (and to a lesser extent her consort Corellon), but she is also linked with occult things of the Deepoerth - the demoness Lolth, the kuo-toa goddess Blibdoolpoolp, the mind flayer god Ilsensine and the elder god known as the Watcher in Darkness. Among humans, she represents messengers and alchemists. She is universally seen as the more magical of the two moons, and despite her servitude of the Great Moon she is usually seen as the older of the two sisters. In the Baklunish pantheon Geshtai is associated with Celene, especially in her role as the diviner of hidden wells. Aquamarine Celene is seen to govern long sea journeys, where even her minor tides are still of vital importance, and is thus associated with Osprem. Celene governs the more secret activities performed by midnight, and therefore is sometimes associated with gods like Olidammara, Rudd, Kurrell, Pyremius, and Syrul. The dwarves believe Celene is a precious stone or ore, sometimes called moonstone or moonmetal. They speak of it in awed and fearful tones. Sometimes it is thought to be jade. The Golden Orb Sol. The Sun is, of course, associated most of all with holy Pelor, though Pholtus also claims him to some degree. The sun represents harmony, royalty, strength, and healing. It is the bane and anithesis of darkness and undeath. It is purification, exorcism, and the holy arts of resurrection and rebirth. The Five Wanderers Edill (Velnius, Phaulkon, Kord, Io). The Dragon Gnibile (Nerull) Saturn. Nergal? The Reaper Conatha (Phaulkon, Xerbo) The Sailor Ginsel (Zilchus, Hextor, Heironeous) The Knight Borka (Gruumsh, Maglubiyet, Erythnul the Many) The Blackguard The Hidden Wanderers Greela (Boccob) The Spectre (Vecna) The Twelve Lairs of the Zodiac