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[Kulan] The Lands of Harqual (Updated: Feb 3/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 1489747" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>BAST</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>The Cat Mother</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> Cat</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Home Plane:</strong></span> Ysgard</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Godly Realm:</strong></span> The Solar Barge (Mount Bakhau)</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Alignment:</strong></span> Chaotic good</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Portfolio:</strong></span> Cats, beauty, pleasure, protection, punishment</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Worshipers:</strong></span> Mothers, judges, nobles, defenders, fighters, barbarians, rakasta, kitts, rangers, silver elves</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Cleric Alignments:</strong></span> NG, CG, CN</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Domains:</strong></span> Chaos, Feline, Pleasure, Protection, Trickery, Wrath</p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Favored Weapon:</strong></span> Kukri or war claws</p><p></p><p>Bast is best known as a member of the Pharaonic Pantheon, or the Khemitian Pantheon as they are known on Kulan. However, the Cat Mother is solidly aligned with the North Gods on Harqual. Her Avatar looks very different when she sends it to Harqual. She often appears as a tall, strong warrior woman with the head of a cat, draping her body in furs or heavy garments. To her rakasta and kit followers she appears as a female rakasta wearing minimal clothing and armor, but she wields war claws on both hands or a light shield in one hand and a kukri in the other. She also can appear in the form of any feline creature or cat-like humanoid.</p><p></p><p>As a member of the North Gods, Bast was married to Santé before his death during the early part of the Divinity War. She is also the mother of the three of the fallen Divine Children – Truce, Sialic, and Tulle. The loss of her husband and children has made Bast sorrowful, yet determined to help the North Gods wipe the Sword Gods and their worshippers out of existence. Only in the last several hundred years has she found love again, this time with Cull, the God of Strategy. They are an odd pairing but truly love each other. They have two children – Casiia and Brenna. Bast is very protective of her children, as she isn’t willing to lose them in some new conflict with the Sword Gods.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Dogma</strong></span></p><p>Bast isn’t known for passing down steadfast tenets to her followers. She is too chaotic for that. Mainly her faith is about the beauty in life, finding love and pleasure, anything to do with cats, protecting the faithful and the followers of her children, and punishing those that threaten the pantheon. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Cleric and Temples</strong></span></p><p>The clergy of Bast must always look out for the faithful of Casiia and Brenna and punish wrongdoers. Beyond that, they are free to interpret dogma how they see fit. Most in the north are more into protecting others and making sure judgements are fair. Those in the southern lands are more into spreading love and the need for finding beauty in everyday life. All followers of Bast are fond of cats and they keep at least one pet cat in their homes. These pets are pampered as favored children of the Cat Mother. The clergy of Bast also greatly respect the rakasta, as well as their patron deity, the North God known as Rel.</p><p></p><p>Being highly chaotic, Bast has few true temples. Most of her places of worship are isolated locales near old, ruined temples of Santé, Some of Bast’s less chaotic worshippers sometimes work towards rebuilding ruined temples dedicated to the God of the Quill. This has brought them into contact with the Interloper God known as Calphas. The Wallbuilder is a great ally in the rebuilding of these crumbling temples.</p><p></p><p>Those true temples to Bast are usually located near temples of Cull. The two faiths have become strong allies. A new temple dedicated to both gods was built in Relaini City five years ago and stands as a testament to the union of the two North Gods. Up until then it was rare for Cull to have a temple so far south. It has worked out for both deities.</p><p></p><p>The most well known temple to Bast is Cat’s Paradise in the Capital City of Sumdall in the Kingdom of Izmer. It is a grand four-story building with a domed roof and minarets along the corners of the building. It stands roughly half the distance between the School of Magic and the Royal Palace. Many of Sumdall’s citizens are wizards or sorcerers, and a number of the arcane spellcasters have cat familiars. Thus, the worship of Bast caught on in the city over 500 years ago. Now, only Immotion and Boccob have more worshippers in Sumdall than Bast.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 1489747, member: 2012"] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]BAST[/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I]The Cat Mother[/I][/SIZE] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Intermediate Deity[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Symbol:[/B][/COLOR] Cat [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Home Plane:[/B][/COLOR] Ysgard [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Godly Realm:[/B][/COLOR] The Solar Barge (Mount Bakhau) [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Alignment:[/B][/COLOR] Chaotic good [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Portfolio:[/B][/COLOR] Cats, beauty, pleasure, protection, punishment [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Worshipers:[/B][/COLOR] Mothers, judges, nobles, defenders, fighters, barbarians, rakasta, kitts, rangers, silver elves [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Cleric Alignments:[/B][/COLOR] NG, CG, CN [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Domains:[/B][/COLOR] Chaos, Feline, Pleasure, Protection, Trickery, Wrath [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Favored Weapon:[/B][/COLOR] Kukri or war claws Bast is best known as a member of the Pharaonic Pantheon, or the Khemitian Pantheon as they are known on Kulan. However, the Cat Mother is solidly aligned with the North Gods on Harqual. Her Avatar looks very different when she sends it to Harqual. She often appears as a tall, strong warrior woman with the head of a cat, draping her body in furs or heavy garments. To her rakasta and kit followers she appears as a female rakasta wearing minimal clothing and armor, but she wields war claws on both hands or a light shield in one hand and a kukri in the other. She also can appear in the form of any feline creature or cat-like humanoid. As a member of the North Gods, Bast was married to Santé before his death during the early part of the Divinity War. She is also the mother of the three of the fallen Divine Children – Truce, Sialic, and Tulle. The loss of her husband and children has made Bast sorrowful, yet determined to help the North Gods wipe the Sword Gods and their worshippers out of existence. Only in the last several hundred years has she found love again, this time with Cull, the God of Strategy. They are an odd pairing but truly love each other. They have two children – Casiia and Brenna. Bast is very protective of her children, as she isn’t willing to lose them in some new conflict with the Sword Gods. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Dogma[/B][/COLOR] Bast isn’t known for passing down steadfast tenets to her followers. She is too chaotic for that. Mainly her faith is about the beauty in life, finding love and pleasure, anything to do with cats, protecting the faithful and the followers of her children, and punishing those that threaten the pantheon. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Cleric and Temples[/B][/COLOR] The clergy of Bast must always look out for the faithful of Casiia and Brenna and punish wrongdoers. Beyond that, they are free to interpret dogma how they see fit. Most in the north are more into protecting others and making sure judgements are fair. Those in the southern lands are more into spreading love and the need for finding beauty in everyday life. All followers of Bast are fond of cats and they keep at least one pet cat in their homes. These pets are pampered as favored children of the Cat Mother. The clergy of Bast also greatly respect the rakasta, as well as their patron deity, the North God known as Rel. Being highly chaotic, Bast has few true temples. Most of her places of worship are isolated locales near old, ruined temples of Santé, Some of Bast’s less chaotic worshippers sometimes work towards rebuilding ruined temples dedicated to the God of the Quill. This has brought them into contact with the Interloper God known as Calphas. The Wallbuilder is a great ally in the rebuilding of these crumbling temples. Those true temples to Bast are usually located near temples of Cull. The two faiths have become strong allies. A new temple dedicated to both gods was built in Relaini City five years ago and stands as a testament to the union of the two North Gods. Up until then it was rare for Cull to have a temple so far south. It has worked out for both deities. The most well known temple to Bast is Cat’s Paradise in the Capital City of Sumdall in the Kingdom of Izmer. It is a grand four-story building with a domed roof and minarets along the corners of the building. It stands roughly half the distance between the School of Magic and the Royal Palace. Many of Sumdall’s citizens are wizards or sorcerers, and a number of the arcane spellcasters have cat familiars. Thus, the worship of Bast caught on in the city over 500 years ago. Now, only Immotion and Boccob have more worshippers in Sumdall than Bast. [/QUOTE]
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