Oira

## **Oira, Goddess of Knowledge**

*Alignment.* Neutral

*Domains.* Arcana, Knowledge

*Divine Rank.* Greater Deity

*Pantheon.* Morian

*Parents.* **Mother :** Moreya

Oira came into being, one hundred thousand years after the rise of Moreya; absolutely in awe of what her mother was capable of and creating, she weaved a dimensional realm where she built her Eternal Library. Here, she began recording and organizing every little piece of information in the universe. Life began to expand and fill the physical plane of existence her mother created at hyperspeed and Oira was captivated at all the unique forms of life. She took a particular notice of a planet called Secone and began dedicating her personal attention to this little marble in the cosmos.

To allow her more time to focus on this one place she created the Titans to archive all the known knowledge of the universe. Her Eternal Library soon became the Eternal Metropolis of Knowledge and at the center was her Eternal Library; it flourished and thrived with the absolute massive city that sprung around it.

Eventually, Oira decided to visit the mortal plane; specifically, Secone. She had watched nations rise, and fall. She watched demi-gods rise and threaten the world at large. She even saw the worlds races band together to strike down threats that spelt almost certain doom, and they had managed to do this with mere mortal limitations; however, sometimes this was at great costs to themselves. The land she decided to visit upon Secone was a land forged by such sacrifice. The ice walled domains of, Aschezievo.

She arrived in the Kingdom of Smotia, a Dwarven nation. She arrived in the guise of a Dwarven woman, with a satchel of tomes hanging from her shoulder; adorning an elegant robe with rare jewels that were cut to perfection with an almost eerie glittering glow to them. She entered the massive archway etched into the side of the mountain. All that saw her enter the gates had an overwhelming urge to take a knee and bow their heads to her. The current king approached her and held out his crown with both hands in a grand offering to her, but she declined this offer. The mortals did not quite understand these desires that were pushing them to do these things for her.

There was one man though that seemed immune to the effects Oira’s divinity had on them, and this intrigued Oira immensely. She began spending much of her time with him; he had a heart truly of gold even with what she thought a birth defect, Oira felt had been a cruelty at first. Oira, with the use of DSL (Dwarven Sign Language), offered to fix this for him. He was grateful of her caring intent but told her that there was nothing to fix, as he saw this as a gift and not a curse at all. She would eventually learn that this actually helped him empathize that much more with all those around him. His name was, Kinmaer Runeblade and he was born deaf.

The Goddess over time found she had developed feelings for this mortal, and as their relationship deepened over time, they eventually had a child. Their child, Madon was born; the child was neither male nor female and wielded strength beyond measure. Neither a deity nor a mortal, xhe had been born a demi-goddex. Madon would eventually become a lesser deity by xhas own rights, but that is a story for another day.

Moreya descended upon the land to speak to Oira about the new child. At first there was discussion of how the pantheon was concerned about Madon’s existence. They worried exposure to Oira’s divinity would fuel xhas divine sides powers; creating a crisis the world should never have to witness a second time. She reluctantly agreed that it would be best if she returned to her realm and watch over them.

She approached Kinmaer, where she filled him in on the purpose of her mothers’ visit. He begun pleading with her to not leave; grabbing her hand while signing to her that her family was wrong, Madon could never possibly go down such a dark path with them to guide har. Oira pulled her hand away from his and started to dematerialize from the mortal plane as tears fell from her face.

Oira to this day watches her child, Madon, as xhe uses xhas divinity to help the Dwarves she once lived among for a short time.