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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erik Mona" data-source="post: 307457" data-attributes="member: 2174">Dum dee doo dee dum dee doo.The "official" viewpoint is that Stern Alia (a throw-away goddess whose church was mentioned as a political force in Medegia WAY back in the pregenerated characters for Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan) is the mother of Hextor and Heironeous. She's an Oeridian demigod of Oeridian Culture, Law, and Motherhood, roughly analogous to the way the Virgin Mary was worshipped in the Medieval period by certain European sects and cults. She's LN, with many of her Flanaess priests favoring the Lawful Evil alignment (which helped them out a lot in Medegia).Her worship as a divine being was largely limited to the See of Medegia, which was all but destroyed during the Greyhawk Wars. It's unlikely that much of her political apparatus exists to this day. Her domains, per Living Greyhawk Journal #3, are Knowledge, Law, and Protection. Her favored weapon is a Heavy Mace.Thusfar, Hextor and Heironeous's fathers (who would be different people) have not been identified. I sort of favor them not pegging them to specific Oerth deities. Perhaps they were mortals? Perhaps no mortals know who these mysterious figures were?When Chris Pramas was developing the backstory of Chainmail, he essentially incorporated these ideas into that setting, naming Alia the "Shield Mother," and making her a patron of the human kingdom of Thalos, which is infused with a great deal of Oeridian blood from ancient trans-oceanic voyages. The Alia worshipped in Chainmail is LN with most clerics tending toward lawful good (I believe), which sets up an interesting dichotomy with the old Medegian branch of her worship.There is an assertion in a footnote of "The Adventure Begins" that claims Stern Alia and Allitur are the same person. It's worthy of note that the authors of the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer chose to completely ignore this assertion on the grounds that, frankly, the above scenario seemed more interesting to us and seemed more workable in a place like Medegia. So, as far as "official" canon goes, Allitur and Alia are not the same entity.Hope that's helpful.--Erik MonaEditor, Living Greyhawk Journal</blockquote>

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