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[Kulan] The Lands of Harqual (Updated: Feb 3/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 1498148" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>HELA</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Goddess of Peace and Healing, The Flowing Peacebringer</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> Dove over the rolling sea</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 good</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Portfolio:</strong></span> Healing, peace, the Sword Gulf</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Worshipers:</strong></span> Druids, elementalists (water), good swashbucklers & sailors, healers, merfolk, monks, pacifists, shoal elves</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Cleric Alignments:</strong></span> NG, CG</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Domains:</strong></span> Chaos, Healing, Ocean, Peace</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Favored Weapon:</strong></span> Net</p><p></p><p>Hela is the North Goddess of Peace and Healing. However, sailors and the aquatic races living near the Sword Gulf often refer her to as the Flowing Peacebringer. Near the end of the Divinity War, Thera separated Hela’s godsoul from her divine form and bound her to the waters of the Sword Gulf. Hela’s consciousness and morality remains intact, if not her original alignment (NG). She has given up the idea of escaping her watery tomb and has come to love the denizens of the Gulf.</p><p></p><p>Hela is able to manifest herself as a wispy, watery woman walking along the shore of the Sword Gulf or on the rolling sea as a dove, flying close over the waves. She is only able to manifest over waters of the Sword Gulf, in this way, and cannot form a true Avatar. The watery woman on the shore cannot speak but she can gesture and/or flow with the water to provide clues to her faithful.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Dogma</strong></span></p><p>Hela teaches her followers that peace will bring true joy to their lives. She does this by example. It would have been easy for her too have become violent and wicked after being trapped, but she prevailed in her own morality. She teaches that even the roughest pirate can be swayed towards the healing process of peace. She teaches respect for those living in and on the waters of the Sword Coast and the need to bring the healing arts to such individuals.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Clerics and Temples</strong></span></p><p>Hela’s aquatic clergy and cultist bring the concept of peace and the healing arts to the merfolk, shoal elves, and any other aquatic race that accepts them. Her land born clergy have adapted to a sailing way of life in order to be closer to her essence. They try to bring her love for peace to rough living sailors of the Sword Gulf, which has been hard, to say the least, but not impossible. After a thousands years of living by example, they have won over many converts. Even a few roguish swashbucklers have been swayed by her faith’s influence.</p><p></p><p>As with her brother, Hansa, Hela’s faith has changed to include druids as well. Surprisingly, the Flowing Peacebringer attracts many monks into her faith, who live by and teach a form of martial arts that uses non-violent movements to overcome ones foes without hurting them. This martial art is called Dove Hands over Water and has become quite popular amongst the citizens of the Monarchy of Avion and, more recently, the Kingdom of Ahamudia.</p><p></p><p>Temples to Hela are quite common through those lands that are on the coastline of the Sword Gulf. These temples are always against the shoreline, just above where the tide comes in, built on solid islands out at sea, or floating on the waters of the Sword Gulf. These temples often act as lighthouses as well for sailors to find their ways. However, the floating temples are different in that they are mobile platforms that travel from place to place. Under the waves, many natural caves and coral reefs have been hallowed in Hela’s name and are gathering places for her peaceful aquatic followers.</p><p></p><p>The most famous temple of Hela is the Lighthouse of the Peacebringer. It sit along the coastline near the City of Gillian, also known as the City of Sailors. The city can be a hard place at time but the clergy of the Goddess of Peace and Healing have nothing to fear from the rough and tumble sailors. Indeed, the populace of Gillian considers it good luck to have a peace cleric on board any ship putting out from port. As a result, Hela’s clergy are often protected from those not in the know by ‘a sort of man whom you wouldn’t expect it’. A citizen of Gillian would never hurt a cleric of Hela, ever!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 1498148, member: 2012"] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]HELA[/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I]Goddess of Peace and Healing, The Flowing Peacebringer[/I][/SIZE] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Demigod (Trapped)[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Symbol:[/B][/COLOR] Dove over the rolling sea [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 good [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Portfolio:[/B][/COLOR] Healing, peace, the Sword Gulf [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Worshipers:[/B][/COLOR] Druids, elementalists (water), good swashbucklers & sailors, healers, merfolk, monks, pacifists, shoal elves [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Cleric Alignments:[/B][/COLOR] NG, CG [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Domains:[/B][/COLOR] Chaos, Healing, Ocean, Peace [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Favored Weapon:[/B][/COLOR] Net Hela is the North Goddess of Peace and Healing. However, sailors and the aquatic races living near the Sword Gulf often refer her to as the Flowing Peacebringer. Near the end of the Divinity War, Thera separated Hela’s godsoul from her divine form and bound her to the waters of the Sword Gulf. Hela’s consciousness and morality remains intact, if not her original alignment (NG). She has given up the idea of escaping her watery tomb and has come to love the denizens of the Gulf. Hela is able to manifest herself as a wispy, watery woman walking along the shore of the Sword Gulf or on the rolling sea as a dove, flying close over the waves. She is only able to manifest over waters of the Sword Gulf, in this way, and cannot form a true Avatar. The watery woman on the shore cannot speak but she can gesture and/or flow with the water to provide clues to her faithful. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Dogma[/B][/COLOR] Hela teaches her followers that peace will bring true joy to their lives. She does this by example. It would have been easy for her too have become violent and wicked after being trapped, but she prevailed in her own morality. She teaches that even the roughest pirate can be swayed towards the healing process of peace. She teaches respect for those living in and on the waters of the Sword Coast and the need to bring the healing arts to such individuals. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Clerics and Temples[/B][/COLOR] Hela’s aquatic clergy and cultist bring the concept of peace and the healing arts to the merfolk, shoal elves, and any other aquatic race that accepts them. Her land born clergy have adapted to a sailing way of life in order to be closer to her essence. They try to bring her love for peace to rough living sailors of the Sword Gulf, which has been hard, to say the least, but not impossible. After a thousands years of living by example, they have won over many converts. Even a few roguish swashbucklers have been swayed by her faith’s influence. As with her brother, Hansa, Hela’s faith has changed to include druids as well. Surprisingly, the Flowing Peacebringer attracts many monks into her faith, who live by and teach a form of martial arts that uses non-violent movements to overcome ones foes without hurting them. This martial art is called Dove Hands over Water and has become quite popular amongst the citizens of the Monarchy of Avion and, more recently, the Kingdom of Ahamudia. Temples to Hela are quite common through those lands that are on the coastline of the Sword Gulf. These temples are always against the shoreline, just above where the tide comes in, built on solid islands out at sea, or floating on the waters of the Sword Gulf. These temples often act as lighthouses as well for sailors to find their ways. However, the floating temples are different in that they are mobile platforms that travel from place to place. Under the waves, many natural caves and coral reefs have been hallowed in Hela’s name and are gathering places for her peaceful aquatic followers. The most famous temple of Hela is the Lighthouse of the Peacebringer. It sit along the coastline near the City of Gillian, also known as the City of Sailors. The city can be a hard place at time but the clergy of the Goddess of Peace and Healing have nothing to fear from the rough and tumble sailors. Indeed, the populace of Gillian considers it good luck to have a peace cleric on board any ship putting out from port. As a result, Hela’s clergy are often protected from those not in the know by ‘a sort of man whom you wouldn’t expect it’. A citizen of Gillian would never hurt a cleric of Hela, ever! [/QUOTE]
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