Jau

Jau the Trickster is barely tolerated by her fellow deities. For though she is of the Outsiders and aided them in raising the Needle of Heaven and weaving the Skein, Jau much prefers to play tricks on her celestial colleagues, driving them to distraction. She would have been banished from Cynosure if she was not also wise, though her wisdom is often tinged with a delighted madness. She wanders her realm of Labyrinth, cackling as she plots some new scheme to embarrass her fellow Outsiders, all to teach some arcane truth. Jau's spirits are the sphinxes, who convey truth and madness in equal measure. Cats are said to carry Jau's messengers, and perhaps even to be fragments of Jau, agents of chaos and bafflement. She is greatly revered by shamans, who believe she is both a foe to be overcome, and the source of ultimate knowledge. Th Trickster's true nature is unknown, and she takes on many guises, and appears under many names in different tales. Many-Masked Jau is mother to wisdom, sister to insanity and midwife to revelation. Some claim she is also Jadak and Gaumad, who are all just facets of the Trickster. Due to her associations with wisdom, Jau is one of the three patrons of the College of Keepers. 
Category:Gods
Category:Outsiders