Eldra

Eldra is one of The Founders whose domains include **freedom, equality, and justice.** Under her, a follower supports freedom for all and justice to those who suffer by the abuse of freedom. She is called The Goddess of Order, Lawbringer, and Oathkeeper.

### **Dogma**

#### **Commandments of Eldra**

* Your effort carries weight. Believe in hard work and good will and the Oathkeeper will be sure to watch over you.
* Be wary of your actions. The just and righteous will always be rewarded.
* Rise against those that terrorize order. Rise against those that prey on the weak.

The freedom that Eldra speaks of is a freedom where her followers have agency to affect the world around them. Freedom is not just about having options. It is about your actions having meaning and effect on anything around you. That means doing something already has meaning, it has weight. Even in the darkest of times, Eldra’s freedom is a hope that many of her followers believe in. That means rewards and benefits come after the right action. With the creation of new lands under her, she calls for her followers to be free and explore.

While everyone has freedom, Eldra advocates that you are not only responsible for your own freedom but as well as the freedom of others. In this manner, not a single person will suffer under the consequences of another. This is equality. Her followers must be considerate of their actions as it may impede the freedom of another and impeding on freedom will only lead to more people being chained by the circumstances around them. A follower may be considered just and righteous if they understand what true equality means.

That is the natural order of life and those who break that order no longer possess the privilege that it comes with. They concede the privilege  of freedom and equality as they themselves violated that right. Some would think that causing disorder is still being free and it is. However, disorder comes with a cost as all things should. This is Eldra’s ideal of justice. Abusing your privilege of freedom will lead to a swift punishment of justice.

#### **Calendar**

Eldra’s holy day, called New Day, takes place on the first day of the first month as the new year comes. Lands that have Eldra’s influence celebrate this day by holding feasts within their homes and making offers of excess items outside their homes for those not as privileged.

### **Deity**

Eldra can be seen as more personable and intimate than the rest of the founders. She focuses on the individual, knowing that true societal influence comes from the actions of many individuals. Because of this focus, she can understand the emotions of her followers. She knows the despair that one feels if their freedom is taken away from them.  This feeling is something she decided to fight against and knew that it went against the natural ways of the world. Harmony is possible akin to an ecosystem where every beast and plant has a significance. As long as mortals maintained that harmony, then everyone could be free.

This goal of a harmonic world is hard to attain. Eldra knows of the various injustices found over the world and she is sickened by it. While other deities may be detached from their followers, Eldra is the complete opposite. She is willing to lower herself to understand and uses her power to benefit her followers. No follower is more important than the other. They are all different but that is exactly why they are equal. Everyone has their own worries, and triumphs. This is what Eldra loves about mortals. In a way, she is enamoured by the story of each individual and what they do to be happy. If they were all equal then they would be able to achieve their joy.

Her empathy is one of the reasons why many follow her however, her empathy can lead to inconsistencies. Particularly with the idea of justice, and how it is enacted. Justice is different from person to person but for Eldra, every manifestation of justice is legitimate. This combined with her fervor to eliminate disorder can cause rift among her followers. This is out of love however, not out of malice. This is why those who disrupt the harmony will no longer be part of it.  That is why she punishes those who prey on the weak.

### **History**

Eldra champions equality and order across the lands. Her will heralds open frontiers, and her call beckons her followers to discover that which awaits them beyond the known. There are few urban temples dedicated to the Oathkeeper, but her shrines are often found along well-traveled roads and off the beaten path. Her worship is common among merchants, free spirits, and adventurers, and tavern cheers celebrate her as a bringer of good fortune and justice for those who prove themselves.

Eldra is known to be the creator of the new world. It is the battle between her and her brother that created the lands that people inhabit now. She carries the oath given to her by her father to seek order in the lands she has created.

Eldra’s grace has recently been given thanks for the discovery of the northern regions of A’lenor, and for her guidance for the proper explorers and adventurers that have made a home in The Lone Shores.

#### **Realm**

Eldra calls no realm in the planes her residence, instead eternally wandering through making sure that order is made and no injustice is created.

### **Appearance**

The Lawbringer  is often depicted as a young woman holding a scale in her hand and a sword in the other.