Luthiri

Luthiri [loo-THEER-ree]
Patron of the Arts, The Grand Musician, 'The Master of Art
==General Information==
Symbol: A Lute
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Strength:  Lesser Deity
Portfolio: Art, Music, Literature, Writing, Imagination, Creativity
Worshipers: Artists, Bards, Musicians, Writers, Storytellers, Actors
Cleric Alignments: CN, N, NG, NE
Domains: Rune, Luck, Glory, Charm
Favored Weapon: Dagger
Places of Strong Influence:  Tepliri
Places of Moderate Influence:  Portiri
Places of Minor Influence: Vartia, Yargald, Urdur, Gibling, Burglig
==Description==
Music, song, literature, and the arts are the key points to those who follow Luthiri.  Luthiri herself is depicted as being a free spirited female Elf with short-cut shoulder length hair of a rich, pale, blonde.  She also has mirthful, fetching, blue eyes. Luthiri is rarely depicted with her dagger but always with her lute at least near to hand.  She also carries a satchel with her containing writing and sketching utensils and has a shimmering cloak that attracts the eye.
==Basic Beliefs & Dogma==
Luthiri is very free-spirited and strong-willed.  A goddess of the arts, Luthiri is, herself a very avid musician and other arts.  She maintains that there is nothing wrong with one persistently indulging oneself in their desires for happy people are more likely to be creative and imaginative than unhappy ones.  This, at times, attracts less scrupulous followers who would use their ‘creativity’ for more personal ends.  Luthiri, however, refuses to discriminate on her followers so long as the continue to avidly pursue the arts.  Creativity, she says, is the basis of mortal existence as there would be no society if had not been those with a creative spirit.  The arts, she says, spark the imaginative mind and are the key to expressing not only yourself and your views but potentially those of others as well.