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[Kulan] The Lands of Harqual (Updated: Feb 3/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 1498115" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>HANSA</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>God of Soldiers, God of Tremors, The Buried Soldier, The Tabaxi Hunter</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Demigod (Trapped)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Symbol:</strong></span> Longsword and flint spear crisscrossed</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Home Plane:</strong></span> Material Plane</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Godly Realm:</strong></span> Not applicable</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Alignment:</strong></span> Chaotic neutral</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Portfolio:</strong></span> Combat, earthquakes, soldiers, the earth</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Worshipers:</strong></span> Avengers, barbarians, druids, dwarves, elementalists (earth), fighters, half-elves, militiamen, soldiers, warriors</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Cleric Alignments:</strong></span> CG, CN, N</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Domains:</strong></span> Chaos, Courage, Earth, War</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Favored Weapon:</strong></span> Longsword</p><p></p><p>Hansa is most often referred to as the North God of Soldiers. Near the end of the Divinity War, Tu knocked Hansa from the sky over Harqual, causing the North God to slam into the ground so hard it left a huge crater near the northern wastes known as the Cold Barrens, buying him. Hansa has been trapped under the earth, ever since, for over a thousand years.</p><p></p><p>After initially being trapped, he tried to escape his earthen tomb for several centuries. Through the years, the barbarians of the Northlands and the dwarves of the Greystone Mountains began referring to Hansa as the God of Tremors. This new addition to his divine portfolio has kept him alive, and he has become content to wait until he gains back enough strength before attempting to break free. The North God tends to shift around, deep under the earth, causing earthquake and tremors, which can now be felt as far away as the Kingdom of the Silver Leaves and the cities of Ciros and Baermos in the Wind Plains.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, thousand of years of isolation have been hard on Hansa’s mind and he has shifted to chaotic neutral. Cronn worries that Hansa might still perish or go insane. Countless times over the centuries, one or more of the North Gods has tried to free Hansa, without success. Something more powerful than any of the Gods of Harqual keeps him trapped there. Because of the nature of his entombment, Hansa is only able to manifest, by causing small, controlled quakes or by causing the shouting of many soldiers to be heard to the listener. He cannot form a godly realm in his current state.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Dogma</strong></span></p><p>For countless centuries before his entombment, Hansa was only known as the God of Soldiers. He taught his followers the righteousness of combat and what it meant to be a soldier in the service of the North Gods. As he was chaotic good, his faith was less about structure and more about the unpredictability of the battlefield. Since the end of the Divinity War, his followers have more become more bent towards chaos and the thrill of combat. They are less concerned with good and righteousness, although the church still doesn’t refuses to accept the evil side of chaos amongst their ranks. Since his entombment, his faith has adjusted to track and warn others about the dangers of earthquakes and respect for the earth that holds the god steadfast.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Clerics and Temples</strong></span></p><p>The clergy of Hansa are a loose group of clerics, druids, and multiclassed earth elementalist/clerics. Hansa’s faith is now less structured than it was an era ago. More and more the druids that worship his earth aspect of worship are gaining strength amongst the faithful. Many clerics either became disillusioned or became avengers in Hansa’s name. These chaotic holy warriors protect the area around the Crater of Hansa, as it now called.</p><p></p><p>With the return of the tabaxi to Harqual, many of them have traveled southwest to the Storm Peninsula to battle the followers of the cat god who buried their patron. Clerics and druids of Hansa are common amongst the barbarian tribes living in and near the Cold Barrens. They often make pilgrimages to the Crater and throw trinkets and coins into it, sacrifices to the Buried Solider. (Anyone who tires to enter the Crater and take these sacrifices don’t live long. Even if they escape, an avenger will hunt them relentlessly.</p><p></p><p>Since his entombment in the Crater, several castles and temples in his honor have been built on the edge of it. These structures rarely survive the earthquakes caused by his shifting, yet his worshippers refuse to give up on building monuments and places of worship in his honor. The oldest standing temple in the region, the Rock of the Buried Soldier, was built 75 years ago and is the only permanent structure to withstand the most recent quakes caused by the shifting deity.</p><p></p><p>Many shrines and temples are springing up in the lands of Avion and Nasundria, as well as the lands surrounding the Storm Jungle. The City of Ilasi in the Monarchy of Avion has the largest temple dedicated to Hansa. The Hall of the Tabaxi Hunter is a simple stone and earth building that stands two stories tall. It is always a constant buzz of activity, as avengers prepare to make excursions into the Storm Jungle to <em>‘give the tabaxi some payback’</em>. The City of Nasundria has several shrines dedicated to Hansa within its walls, as do Anthmoor, Hutmallia and Eversink. The only other temple to Hansa is in the City of Tallawan. He is considered one of that city’s patron deities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 1498115, member: 2012"] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]HANSA[/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I]God of Soldiers, God of Tremors, The Buried Soldier, The Tabaxi Hunter[/I][/SIZE] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Demigod (Trapped)[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Symbol:[/B][/COLOR] Longsword and flint spear crisscrossed [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Home Plane:[/B][/COLOR] Material Plane [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Godly Realm:[/B][/COLOR] Not applicable [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Alignment:[/B][/COLOR] Chaotic neutral [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Portfolio:[/B][/COLOR] Combat, earthquakes, soldiers, the earth [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Worshipers:[/B][/COLOR] Avengers, barbarians, druids, dwarves, elementalists (earth), fighters, half-elves, militiamen, soldiers, warriors [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Cleric Alignments:[/B][/COLOR] CG, CN, N [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Domains:[/B][/COLOR] Chaos, Courage, Earth, War [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Favored Weapon:[/B][/COLOR] Longsword Hansa is most often referred to as the North God of Soldiers. Near the end of the Divinity War, Tu knocked Hansa from the sky over Harqual, causing the North God to slam into the ground so hard it left a huge crater near the northern wastes known as the Cold Barrens, buying him. Hansa has been trapped under the earth, ever since, for over a thousand years. After initially being trapped, he tried to escape his earthen tomb for several centuries. Through the years, the barbarians of the Northlands and the dwarves of the Greystone Mountains began referring to Hansa as the God of Tremors. This new addition to his divine portfolio has kept him alive, and he has become content to wait until he gains back enough strength before attempting to break free. The North God tends to shift around, deep under the earth, causing earthquake and tremors, which can now be felt as far away as the Kingdom of the Silver Leaves and the cities of Ciros and Baermos in the Wind Plains. Unfortunately, thousand of years of isolation have been hard on Hansa’s mind and he has shifted to chaotic neutral. Cronn worries that Hansa might still perish or go insane. Countless times over the centuries, one or more of the North Gods has tried to free Hansa, without success. Something more powerful than any of the Gods of Harqual keeps him trapped there. Because of the nature of his entombment, Hansa is only able to manifest, by causing small, controlled quakes or by causing the shouting of many soldiers to be heard to the listener. He cannot form a godly realm in his current state. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Dogma[/B][/COLOR] For countless centuries before his entombment, Hansa was only known as the God of Soldiers. He taught his followers the righteousness of combat and what it meant to be a soldier in the service of the North Gods. As he was chaotic good, his faith was less about structure and more about the unpredictability of the battlefield. Since the end of the Divinity War, his followers have more become more bent towards chaos and the thrill of combat. They are less concerned with good and righteousness, although the church still doesn’t refuses to accept the evil side of chaos amongst their ranks. Since his entombment, his faith has adjusted to track and warn others about the dangers of earthquakes and respect for the earth that holds the god steadfast. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Clerics and Temples[/B][/COLOR] The clergy of Hansa are a loose group of clerics, druids, and multiclassed earth elementalist/clerics. Hansa’s faith is now less structured than it was an era ago. More and more the druids that worship his earth aspect of worship are gaining strength amongst the faithful. Many clerics either became disillusioned or became avengers in Hansa’s name. These chaotic holy warriors protect the area around the Crater of Hansa, as it now called. With the return of the tabaxi to Harqual, many of them have traveled southwest to the Storm Peninsula to battle the followers of the cat god who buried their patron. Clerics and druids of Hansa are common amongst the barbarian tribes living in and near the Cold Barrens. They often make pilgrimages to the Crater and throw trinkets and coins into it, sacrifices to the Buried Solider. (Anyone who tires to enter the Crater and take these sacrifices don’t live long. Even if they escape, an avenger will hunt them relentlessly. Since his entombment in the Crater, several castles and temples in his honor have been built on the edge of it. These structures rarely survive the earthquakes caused by his shifting, yet his worshippers refuse to give up on building monuments and places of worship in his honor. The oldest standing temple in the region, the Rock of the Buried Soldier, was built 75 years ago and is the only permanent structure to withstand the most recent quakes caused by the shifting deity. Many shrines and temples are springing up in the lands of Avion and Nasundria, as well as the lands surrounding the Storm Jungle. The City of Ilasi in the Monarchy of Avion has the largest temple dedicated to Hansa. The Hall of the Tabaxi Hunter is a simple stone and earth building that stands two stories tall. It is always a constant buzz of activity, as avengers prepare to make excursions into the Storm Jungle to [I]‘give the tabaxi some payback’[/I]. The City of Nasundria has several shrines dedicated to Hansa within its walls, as do Anthmoor, Hutmallia and Eversink. The only other temple to Hansa is in the City of Tallawan. He is considered one of that city’s patron deities. [/QUOTE]
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