Gaea

History

The irrepressible and strong-willed Gaea is called the Earth Mother, Paraterra, and is a member of the Bright Host. She was relentless hounded by Belial, who held a grudge against her that she never fully understood beyond the thought a woman who was uninterested in sex was broken. During the War, she was known to lead vast regiments of all women warriors whose fury and skill challenged even Timur’s legions for supremacy. Since then, she has been focused on warding the wild areas of the world, not wanting it to fall to the hand of Men.

Relations

Gaea is on friendly terms with most of the Bright Host. She is the occasional Consort of Paria, the confidant of Mansa, and the best friend of Qetza. She has sworn an oath to end Timur, and that has echoed throughout the ages as her will continues to be thwarted. She will disagree with Mansa openly, sometimes harshly. She gets along well with Gallae and Lamia. Gaea is the Mother of Gob, Paralda, Neksa, and Djin, making her the mother of Elementals.

Centers of Worship

Gaea’s cities are Aztlan, Lyonese, and Antilia. She is known to favor them and to support their efforts as they strive for greatness.

Followers

She is called The Great Mother, the Dancer, Ayesha and Paraterra, Lady of the Hearth. She is the loving maternal embrace, the encouraging word, the fiery defender, the protectress.

Her baptism involves being fully submerged in running water, face to the sky, while the Priest intones the rite of baptism. She abhors inhospitality, even to enemies, considers mistrust and rudeness to be sins, and she will accept any offering of value to the worshipper, often returning it the following year.

Personality

Gaea is generally laid back and informal, fond of comfort and the pleasures of home. She is believed to have a home in all her cities, and every temple complex has a small set aside building, usually fairly humble, that is said to be her Home, her hearth, and is sacrosanct.

Gaea has a fiery temper one aroused, however, and will fashion herself a from a dozen feet tall, clad in metal ribbons that ripple like silk streamers, and carries an immense double headed battle axe into battle, which she enjoins with a wild, snarling leer of anticipation.

Gaea

Alignment

Chaos, Benefice, Balance, Agency, Unity, Dependence, Life

Alternyms

Paraterra, Hearthmother, The Dancer Ayesha

Patron of

Antilia

Lyonese

Colors

Brown

Orange

Gray

Fauna

Squirrels

Beast

Elementals

Flora

Daffodils

Omen

A rotten nut

Ordeals

Walking Fire

Burning Hand

Ingestion

Followers

Virtues

Hospitality

Familial Love

Courtesy

Sins

Mistrust

Rudeness

Secrecy

Worship

Kneel, offering, prayer, request, gratitude.

Baptism

Being fully submerged in running water, face to sky, while the rite is intoned.

Prayer

She of the hearth and home, hear my plea.

Offerings

Any of object of importance and value to the worshipper.

Clerics

People of any gender can be her Clerics, must remain celibate once ordained.

Clerics have her symbol tattooed on the backs of their hands in orange ink.