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[Kulan] The Lands of Harqual (Updated: Feb 3/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 1514137" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>ISSEK</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>God of Healing and Protection, Lord of Tortured Souls, Issek of the Jug, The Suffering Healer</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Intermediate Deity</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Symbol:</strong></span> Amphora</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Home Plane:</strong></span> Alternate Material Plane (Nehwon)</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Godly Realm:</strong></span> Tear of Sorrow</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Alignment:</strong></span> Lawful good</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Portfolio:</strong></span> Healing, protection, tortured souls</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Worshipers:</strong></span> Healers, monks, paladins, anyone who is suffering torture</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Cleric Alignments:</strong></span> LG, LN, NG</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Domains:</strong></span> Good, Healing, Law, Protection, Travel</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Favored Weapon:</strong></span> Light mace</p><p></p><p>Issek, or Issek of the Jug as he’s known throughout the Outer Planes, is the North God of Healing and Protection. Issek is a strange deity from an alternate Material Plane known as Nehwon. He was the first god to come from beyond the World of Kulan to join the North Gods. He has a strange alien-like control over the God Hound, Tok. At least one of his Avatars must remain in Tok’s presence at all times.</p><p></p><p>Issek's Avatar most often appears as a tall man with twisted wrists and ankles. He is sometimes accompanied by Tok but not always. Issek carries a great jug with him when he appears, which can pour out any liquid that he needs at the time. It is not intended as a weapon and is used to help any suffering souls in the area.</p><p></p><p>In some rare cases, Issek's Avatar will possess a person who is being tortured, break out of the torture device, that confines his host body, and then hunt down the person who ordered the mortal's confinement and torture. The Avatar will pick up weapons (favored any sort of mace) and recruit help as needed. After the victim is eliminated, Issek will disappear returning the body he possessed back to the person it belongs too. The body will be in perfect form and show no signs of the torture it underwent.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Dogma</strong></span></p><p>Issek teaches a desire to help all those who are being oppressed or tortured. A stepdaughter being overworked by a cruel parent is as important as a paladin is fighting off hordes of undead. Healing is Issek’s gift to the followers of the Pantheon of the North. As a result, he teaches his followers that healing others is an important responsibility, which comes before everything else. Issek teaches his faithful that to protect another, even at the cost of one’s own life is paramount.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Clerics and Temples</strong></span></p><p>The clergy of Issek are expected to care for others and to travel from community to community, never staying more than a month in any one place. Clergy members who have been tortured are considered blessed by the Lord of Tortured Souls. They are allowed roll 10-sided Hit Dice and receive twice the normal number of 1st and 2nd-level bonus spells. The hit dice bonus isn't retroactive to previous levels, but would be recalculated if the cleric lost levels from some sort of attack (i.e. energy drain).</p><p></p><p>As Issek’s clergy tend to wander, there aren’t any temples dedicated to the Lord of Tortured Souls. More often, his clergy shelter themselves at a temple dedicated to another North God. Temples dedicated to Hades, Hela, and Jalivier often setup space for the followers of Issek to find refuge. However, the clergy of Issek are welcome at any temple dedicated to a North God and a few Interloper Gods as well (i.e. Apollo).</p><p></p><p>Most holy places of Issek are small roadside shrines scattered across the continent. Issek is a popular god everywhere, even in the Far South. A well-known shrine of Issek stands on the southwestern shore of Lake Thallin between the town of Bourne and Eastgate Keep. Another stands near the southern shore of Lake Anoria along the Fire Road, which winds along Fire River towards Izmer. Another stands at the base of City of Greol in the center of the Paian Hills, while another lies on the edge of the Cadra Forest near the Walled Settlement of Relinar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 1514137, member: 2012"] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]ISSEK[/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I]God of Healing and Protection, Lord of Tortured Souls, Issek of the Jug, The Suffering Healer[/I][/SIZE] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Intermediate Deity[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Symbol:[/B][/COLOR] Amphora [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Home Plane:[/B][/COLOR] Alternate Material Plane (Nehwon) [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Godly Realm:[/B][/COLOR] Tear of Sorrow [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Alignment:[/B][/COLOR] Lawful good [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Portfolio:[/B][/COLOR] Healing, protection, tortured souls [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Worshipers:[/B][/COLOR] Healers, monks, paladins, anyone who is suffering torture [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Cleric Alignments:[/B][/COLOR] LG, LN, NG [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Domains:[/B][/COLOR] Good, Healing, Law, Protection, Travel [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Favored Weapon:[/B][/COLOR] Light mace Issek, or Issek of the Jug as he’s known throughout the Outer Planes, is the North God of Healing and Protection. Issek is a strange deity from an alternate Material Plane known as Nehwon. He was the first god to come from beyond the World of Kulan to join the North Gods. He has a strange alien-like control over the God Hound, Tok. At least one of his Avatars must remain in Tok’s presence at all times. Issek's Avatar most often appears as a tall man with twisted wrists and ankles. He is sometimes accompanied by Tok but not always. Issek carries a great jug with him when he appears, which can pour out any liquid that he needs at the time. It is not intended as a weapon and is used to help any suffering souls in the area. In some rare cases, Issek's Avatar will possess a person who is being tortured, break out of the torture device, that confines his host body, and then hunt down the person who ordered the mortal's confinement and torture. The Avatar will pick up weapons (favored any sort of mace) and recruit help as needed. After the victim is eliminated, Issek will disappear returning the body he possessed back to the person it belongs too. The body will be in perfect form and show no signs of the torture it underwent. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Dogma[/B][/COLOR] Issek teaches a desire to help all those who are being oppressed or tortured. A stepdaughter being overworked by a cruel parent is as important as a paladin is fighting off hordes of undead. Healing is Issek’s gift to the followers of the Pantheon of the North. As a result, he teaches his followers that healing others is an important responsibility, which comes before everything else. Issek teaches his faithful that to protect another, even at the cost of one’s own life is paramount. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Clerics and Temples[/B][/COLOR] The clergy of Issek are expected to care for others and to travel from community to community, never staying more than a month in any one place. Clergy members who have been tortured are considered blessed by the Lord of Tortured Souls. They are allowed roll 10-sided Hit Dice and receive twice the normal number of 1st and 2nd-level bonus spells. The hit dice bonus isn't retroactive to previous levels, but would be recalculated if the cleric lost levels from some sort of attack (i.e. energy drain). As Issek’s clergy tend to wander, there aren’t any temples dedicated to the Lord of Tortured Souls. More often, his clergy shelter themselves at a temple dedicated to another North God. Temples dedicated to Hades, Hela, and Jalivier often setup space for the followers of Issek to find refuge. However, the clergy of Issek are welcome at any temple dedicated to a North God and a few Interloper Gods as well (i.e. Apollo). Most holy places of Issek are small roadside shrines scattered across the continent. Issek is a popular god everywhere, even in the Far South. A well-known shrine of Issek stands on the southwestern shore of Lake Thallin between the town of Bourne and Eastgate Keep. Another stands near the southern shore of Lake Anoria along the Fire Road, which winds along Fire River towards Izmer. Another stands at the base of City of Greol in the center of the Paian Hills, while another lies on the edge of the Cadra Forest near the Walled Settlement of Relinar. [/QUOTE]
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