Morrígan

* Depiction
* Symbol

## Technical Information

### Depiction

A young woman, with long, flowing dark hair. Wearing a black dress and cloak of feathers.

### Domains

War
Death
Grave

### Worshippers

Warriors
Healers
Druids
Revenants
Hunters

**Morrígan** is an Intermediate Deity of prophecy, fate and death. She serves in allegiance to the Father, Dagda, in the Pagan pantheon, to whom she is married.

## Description

Appearing before great battles as the goddess of war, death, and fate, the Morrígan offered prophecy and favor to heroes and gods alike. She was often depicted circling the battlefield in the form of a raven to carry away and eat carrion, though she could also appear as a beautiful woman to seduce powerful men. She was a cunning shapeshifter and a terrifying omen of death to the people of ancient Elysia.

In addition to being a prophetess, the Morrígan was also a shapeshifter and would often appear in multiple forms throughout a single story. Her most common forms were a shapely maiden, a fierce warrior-queen, an old crone, and a raven.

## Representation

Morrigan is represented similarly in almost every artistic representation of her. She is young, with long, flowing dark hair. Her clothing is black and sometimes very revealing. Other times, she is cloaked so as not to show her face. Because she was a shape-shifter, she is often shown with one of the more common forms she would take on-the crow or raven. She is strikingly beautiful yet intimidating.

Morrigan is known for her strengths, which include her ability to instill fear in those who crossed her. She is also known for her weaknesses and was described as vindictive. She wasn’t afraid to kill if she felt disrespected. She is forever linked to the festival of death and is usually symbolically represented by a crow or raven. She is also sometimes associated with horse symbolism and has been linked to Epona, the equine Goddess.

She is also called the "washer at the ford," because if a warrior saw her washing his armor in the stream, it meant he was to die that day. She is the goddess who determines whether or not you walk off the field of battle, or are carried off upon your shield.

## Earning & Losing Piety

You increase your piety score to Morrígan when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

* Acting in aid of one's destiny.
* Allowing the circle of life and death to be fuliflled.
* Defeating enemies of destiny in combat,
* Discovering and fulfilling of prophecies.

Your piety score to Morrígan decreases if you diminish his influence in the world, contradict his ideals, or threaten the integrity of destiny through acts such as these:

* Casting spells that restore life to the dead, unless their destiny is unfulfilled.
* Stepping between creatures and their destiny, unless it brings destruction and death to innocents.
* Preaching false prophecies.
* Manipulating creatures with stories of false sight.

### Morrígan's Devotee

***Piety 3+ Morrígan trait***

As a devotee of the Phantom Queen, you can manipulate the bonds of destiny that invisibly entangle every living thing. You can cast fortune's favor without the need for material components. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

### Morrígan's Votary

***Piety 10+ Morrígan trait***

You can cast revivify with this trait, requiring no material components. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell. When cast in this way, you must succeed on a DC14 religion check or the spell fails and you lose 1 piety.

In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.