Bistrovia, Goddess of Death

Bistrovia, the Solarian Goddess of Death and ruler of The Umbral Plane. The Willowed Reaper watches over the souls brought to The Umbral Plane who are awaiting judgement and their final resting place. Her Symbol of Power is a Scythe made of Soul Damascus, the same material she uses to make the scythes and weapons her Reapers and Ithos use.
==Description==
She wears a long cloak, tattered and worn at the bottom and is loose on her, a hood covers her face with her long iridescent black hair falling down her chest. She has a pair of curled ram horns despite being human before her ascension. Her eyes pools of black oily liquid with smeared tears stains down her face. Pale skin, almost porcelain and gentle touch, she has a single pocket on her cloak, inside is a silver pocket watch.
==Mortal Life==
Bistrovia’s past is unknown but many attest she was a healer, traveling and curing what she could, always sparing a moment to relax with her friends. Some think she was a priest, able to cure any sick or ill person she met. The only thing that is known as the truth is she was in an adventuring party with her husband, Fastalbien, as well as Adia, Abris, and Abbadon.
==Ascension==
Bistrovia was once a mortal queen married to Fastalbien who ruled over a prosperous kingdom. However, tragedy struck when a deadly plague swept through the land, claiming the lives of many subjects. Overwhelmed by grief and despair, Bistrovia made a pact with Death to bring back her loved ones in exchange for her own soul and servitude.
Death was seemingly impressed by Bistrovia's sacrifice and offered her a choice: to become an instrument of death and preside over the souls who are waiting to pass onto the afterlife. Bistrovia accepted, and in a burst of divine energy, she was transformed into the Goddess of Death, Bistrovia, The Willowed Reaper.
Bistrovia now rules over The Umbral Plane, ensuring that the cycle of life and death continues unhindered. She is a neutral figure, neither good nor evil, but a necessary force in the balance of the universe, a symbol of both mortality and rebirth.
==Godhood==
Bistorvia, The Willowed Reaper, and her sister Omara, the Goddess of Dusk, were once inseparable. However, jealousy festered in Omara's heart, as she yearned for the adoration and reverence that mortals bestowed upon Bistrovia. Consumed by her envy, Omara conspired to betray her sister, seeking to undermine her role as the Goddess of Death and claim her power for herself. In a moment of treachery, Omara attempted to trap her sister. A magic circle that would drain her of her magic and give Omara control over the dead and The Umbral Plane. However she underestimated Bistrovia, she broke the circle and banished and entrapped Omara in Eidolon. Bistrovia erased her memories of her mortal life and their history as sisters and revoked her right to an afterlife, leaving a broken and lost Omara to wander and regret for the rest of time.
==Realm==
The Umbral Plane is a mysterious and eerie landscape where souls linger between the realms of the living and the afterlife. Bistrovia presides over this realm with a solemn grace, her presence commanding both fear and respect among the souls that wander here. The realm is shrouded in an eternal twilight, where shadows dance and whispers echo through the misty air. Jagged cliffs and valleys stretch out into the horizon. Eerie forests of dark, gnarled trees stand, their twisted branches reaching towards the dim sky. A river of ethereal mist and viscous inky liquid from the Sea of Dreams winds its way through the land, separating the realms of the living and the dead.
At the heart of the realm lies a grand citadel named Darkmist Keep, the dwelling place of Bistrovia. The keep is a towering structure of obsidian and marble, its spires piercing the sky like jagged teeth. Within its walls, the halls are adorned with tapestries depicting the history of death and the passage of souls onto their next afterlife. In the inner sanctum, Bistrovia sits upon a throne of bones, her dark gaze piercing through the veil of mortality.
In this purgatory realm, the souls of the departed await judgment and guidance from the Goddess of Death, their fate hanging in the balance as they navigate the treacherous landscape that bridges the worlds of the living and the dead.
==Relationships==
The Reapers are a spectral entity born of the mist that dwell within The Umbral Plane. They were created by Bistrovia herself to serve as her emissary and enforcer, the Reapers embodies the fearsome aspect of mortality and the inevitability of the end.
Clad in tattered robes of darkness that seem to shift and writhe, fading into the night like mist. The Reapers are figures of dread and mystery. Their skeletal visage is obscured by a hooded cowl, from which two piercing points of light gleam like stars. In Theirs bony hands, wield a scythe made of Soul Damascus that glows with an otherworldly energy, ready to harvest souls at its mistress's command.
The Reapers would roams the mortal world and the realms beyond, seeking out those whose time has come to depart the realm of the living. They are a relentless and silent hunter, appearing when least expected to claim its quarry without mercy or hesitation. When the Reapers arrive to claim a soul, they do so with a swift and precise motion of their scythe. The souls of the departed are guided by Ithos and ferried on his skiff to The Umbral Plane, where Bistrovia awaits to usher them to their final rest. Despite its fearsome appearance, the Reapers are said to carry out their duties with a sense of grim purpose, respecting the natural order of life and death.
==Worshipers==
Followers of Bistrovia are those who understand the inevitability of death and seek her guidance in times of loss and transition. They believe that she offers solace to the departed and peace to the living. Priests of Bistrovia preside over funerary rites, helping souls find their way to the afterlife. Clerics, Paladins, and other worshipers who actively adventure and spread the influence of Bistrovia, and ensure that they protect and preserve those who's time has not come, can hunt down those who try in vain to extend their lives and cheat death.
==Domains==
Bistrovia's domains include death, fate, transition, and renewal. Her followers believe that death is not an end but a new beginning, a passage to another plane of existence. They honor her through rituals that celebrate the cycle of life and the mysteries of the afterlife.
==Symbols==
The symbols associated with Bistrovia include a black rose, a raven, and a silver pocket watch. Her temples are often built in secluded locations, where the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest, allowing her presence to be felt by those who seek her counsel. Although nearly every town has some form of an altar to pray and bring offerings to.
category:Solarian Pantheon
Category:Death Domain
Category:Grave Domain
Category:Deities
Category:Greater Deities
Category:Inhabitants of the Umbral Plane
Category:Neutral Deities