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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2204954" data-attributes="member: 13966">I'm working on an index/list/compilation of names and definitions in Aleasana, BTW.  Should be done within half a day or so of this post, I hope.  It'll list the names of nations, NPCs, races, locations, organizations, religions, items, titles, and so on.  Along with brief descriptions of relevant details.  I'll keep each entry short and concise, leaving the entirety of details to be posted later in a true compilation.  I figure the full compilation should be posted once every 2 pages or so for reference.And now, a contribution:In Aleasani myth, one of the brothers of the god Callach is Braigh, god of storm and quake, volcano and hurricane, as well as autumn, athletes, drums, chants, dirges, funerals, vengeance, and remembrance.  He is known by many names across Aleasana and the old homeland, titles such as the Merry Scourge, Storm-Chanter, Thunder-Drummer, the Wicked Wind, the Rager Below, Underwarden, Prince of Torture, Harvest Lord, Foe-Breaker, Earth-Splitter, and Watcher-of-Heroes.  Though a rival of Callach, constantly battling with his stubborn and stodgy brother, Braigh is not just lord of disasters and chaos, but also the freer of souls and warden of the underworld, recorder of great deeds and watcher of funerals.  He is the patron of avengers and the spiteful, the envious and the downtrodden, and even patron of some bards.Farmers invoke Braigh to protect their crops and spare their homes and families from disasters, while asking him to bless their lands with just enough rain to keep their crops healthy.  His ambition, pride, strength, and speed are invoked by athletes, for he loves sport and competition.  All kinds of Aleasani pray that Braigh will spare them from earthquakes, thunderstorms, wildfires, volcanoes, tornadoes, and hurricanes.  Braigh renders solace and guidance to those who have lost friends and loved ones, and assures them that they will be remembered and live on in memory.  He guides the dead through the underworld until their final judgement is determined by Dar, and yet is also the gatekeeper that prevents souls from escaping before their judgement is rendered and carried out.  Undead are criminals to Braigh and his followers, and are to be hunted and destroyed so the gods can sentence their souls.  (Clerics of Braigh turn and destroy undead, thus having the capacity to cast spontaneous Cure spells, regardless of their alignment, because Braigh would destroy any fool who dared to try using his power to control undead; likewise, clerics of Braigh cannot animate or create undead)Braigh is a passionate and fierce deity, encouraging people to get angry when they are wronged, and thus be motivated to correct the situation or seek vengeance, in which Braigh will guide and support them.  Braighn priests teach that one should be sorrowful and enraged when they lose someone, and work through it in time, because it is good for the soul and respectful to the dead, and part of being alive.  Braigh and his clergy teach that no matter the situation, one should keep living and fighting for one's rights and liberties, for one's love and happiness, one's pride and glory.  Be strong, get vengeance, spit on those who would keep you down, and honor your ancestors and those you have lost, this is Braigh's creed.Braigh is a patron of the Revolutionist Concordat, for those Aleasani in the Revolution who are faithful, though the majority of his clergy do not condone nor support the Concordat, regardless of how much they may inwardly respect the Revolutionists.  Braigh has only a loose and scattered clergy, no true church or temples, instead only small shrines and personal altars.  Many of his priests are travelers and offer their services wherever they go, though just as many take after Braigh's spiteful side and instead wander simply to spread chaos and destruction.Braigh's titles of Underwarden, the Rager Below, and Prince of Torture are related to his role of guardian and gatekeeper to the underworld, furious with his lot in life and spiteful towards those in his family who imprisoned him down there, forcing the duty upon Braigh and reigning in his freedom.  He has always been an underdog amongst the deities in Aleasani myth, downtrodden and spurned, by his brothers and his parents and the goddess he pined after, before he was chained down to the underworld by Dar, Tarsinus, and Callach.  Bound though he is, Braigh's power bursts free from the earth in volcanic eruptions and monstrous gales, blasting through to the surface and arcing out over the world to carry his voice, his fury, and his spawn, the mephits, elementals, invisible stalkers, and demons he looses upon the world in rage and vengeance upon the enemies of his faithful.</blockquote>

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