Hersped, Shepard of the dead

the enigmatic goddess of the underworld who guides the souls of the dead to the depths of low-world. She is cold and stoic, a goddess that values silence and serenity. She is a beautiful women clad is a billowing cloak, holding a shepherd's crook with the horns of a ram adorning her head.

## Personality

she is a calm and serene presence who rarely shows much of any emotion, her stare is said to stop the hearts of men and gods alike. She is a deeply mysterious goddess whose intentions are nearly impossible to discern, an example being her marriage to the ruler of the high-world, Septmet. Their marriage one moment appears to be one of genuine love and affection but then the next she has abandoned him. Even stranger is the fact that she returns to her husband in irregular, almost nonsensical intervals, never staying for the same amount of time.
Like her husband she is fair but sever. Those who break her rules are torn apart by the king of wolves and his devouted subjects. Unlike her husband she favours no one, all are equal in the eyes of death, no matter how hard they try to gain her favour. She does how ever hold an appreciation towards those with a more patient view upon life being the patron of shepherds, grave-diggers and morticians.

As with all other things she is seemingly impassive towards her children, greeting them as if you would an acquaintance, the only entities she shows any emotion towards being Septmet and her son Sprigmetin and even then it is barely a sliver. Despite this some of her children still favour her over their father, such as Ionshemon.

## Divine realm

Hersped is the lady ruler of the low-world, the land of the dead that lies under the shadow of the earth. Its roads span all of creation and they are her domain and kingdom. She has no kingdom and no court, only wolf servants who guide her to the souls of the dead.

## Activities

Hersped is a being of duty and hers is to shepherd the souls of the deceased down to the depths of low-world so that they may find their final resting place. With the aid of the king of wolves and his subjects she finds and collects every single soul, their noise sniffing out the smell of death.

However there are times when she is torn from her tasks, whether it be her own choice or otherwise. Sometimes she leaves the roads to visit her husband in the sky, they speak and she enjoys it but eventually the rancorous parties of the avian kings becomes far too bothersome and she ultimately leaves. Other times she must police the actions of her two sisters, Twillferna and Kulls Donbane, whose cruelties regularly lead to far too many deaths to tolerate.

## Relationships

* Septmet: the two's relationship is beyond nebulous, few understand it completely. However their love is genuinely true, should he ever depart from his more indulgent ways she would most likely remain with him forever
* Ionshemon: Hersped has never given him any reason to favour her but he does so none the less. Although she has never shown it she is thankful for that. The fact he continues to favour her despite not knowing that makes her even more thankful.
* Sprigmentin: he is the closest of her children to the earth and is the most similar to his father, because of this she shows the same affection to him as she does Septmet
* Twillferna: she loves her sister as a sister does and tolerates her bringing of winter and the increase of death it brings because it means that Sprigmentin must remain in Low-world with her for a part of the year. However whenever they meet one another it is usualy because Hersped is there to chastise her
* Kulls Donbane: the two have a less than amicable relationship. They love one another as family does but Hersped is always just on the edge of ordering her wolves to tear her sister apart for her mischief.