Jurbellium

## Juribellum

An open book to symbolize the chronicling of history, and flames to represent ruin and destruction

## Alignment:

Chaotic Neutral - Jurbellium represents the unpredictable nature of history and doesn’t seek to steer it in any specific direction, but isn’t adverse to aiding in chaos to make that history more interesting.

## Likes and dislikes:

Likes - Mysteries, Change, Resilience, Interesting Stories

Dislikes - Hubris, Shortsightedness, Disrespect for History and the Written Word

## Tenets:

Respect the Past

Adapt and Evolve

Seek the Truth

Embrace Change

## Depictions/concepts:

- Tapestries and Tomes

- Burning Flames

- A book of endless knowledge set ablaze

- A flaming quill

- No physical form, but rather manifests as a blazing, multicolored, inferno

-Libraries

## Personality:

Jurbellium has been described as a mostly detached being, one who isn’t known to intervene nearly as much as the other deities. Due in part to being the patron of history, Jurbellium aims to not influence the direction that history takes. There is, however, an internal conflict within Jurbellium. As the patron of ruin as well, there is a desire for the history of the world to not be simplistic and boring. These near conflicting ideologies leads to Jurbellium’s selective intervention, subtly guiding individuals to choices that will both bring ruin and make history all the more interesting to read.

## Stories:

For centuries, Jurbellium had maintained a detached stance, watching the ebb and flow of history; civilizations rising and falling, powerful rulers blazing a path of glory only to be cut down and their kingdoms falling to ruin. Accustomed to this rise and fall, Jurbellium found this era exceptionally unremarkable. Stories too dull to want to read, lacking a spark of ruin. The Infinite Scroll, the work in which Jurbellium recorded all of history in, was rolled up again, and the blazing quill set to the side. Something had to change.

One night, in a nearby library, Jurbellium saw a simple librarian, an elven woman with long reddish hair, reading through old tomes. Within this woman, the ever disdainful epitome of boredom lived, influenced by the stories of old, and yet trapped in this uneventful life. With a surge of divine light, a nearby fireplace exploded into colorful flames, ablaze with a spectrum some thought impossible to comprehend. The girl, at first frightened by the sudden burst of flames, gazed into them and saw something within: a vision. This vision showed  an observatory of old crumbling stone, one nestled in the peaks of a frozen mountain range. Though the exterior seemed dilapidated, the telescope within stood tall and proud, an obelisk of discovery. As the vision of the building began to fade, a burning meteor began to consume the rest of the image, crashing into the planet in an explosion of fire and brimstone.

In a fit of fear fueled panic, the woman threw the books she was holding aside and bolted from the library screaming at the top of her lungs of ruin and damnation, no doubt on her way to tell her sovereign of their impending doom. Regardless if the vision showing the  destruction of the planet was true, or just some fashion of ruse, the simple idea of ruin should be enough to add some flair to this page of history. With what could almost be called a smile, Jurbellium once again unrolled the Infinite Scroll, dipped the flaming quill into the inky space-like substance, and began to write once again.