Lucerna

## Alignment:

Lawful Neutral, though on rare occasions can be found leaning towards true neutrality.

## Likes and dislikes:

Likes - Obedience, Loyalty, Incense and Scented Smoke

Dislikes - Material Offerings, Cowardice, Chaos

## Tenets:

Follow Lucerna’s Light, let it guide you through the shadow of doubt.

Bring comfort to those who welcome the Light.

Let bravery guide you in the battle for Lucerna’s cause.

## Depictions/Concepts:

* A golden dragon coiled around the sun. In more violent depictions, the dragon actually holds the sun in its jaws. In some circumstances, the dragon may not be golden either if the followers try to appeal to a more violent nature of the goddess.
* A golden dragonborn, often used to depict a gentler side of Lucerna. She is usually adorned in flowing dresses and robes, but some depict her in shining armor that is fit to blind any who look at it for too long.
* A brilliant light, most often shaped like a ball that can be found in the most unlikely places. In some cases, the light may be accompanied by crystals or golden rings.

## Personality:

Lucerna is often called proud, perhaps even a little too much at times. This wasn’t always the case and Lucerna still displays limited empathy towards those mortals who raise their praises to her. She offers them compassion and listens to their prayers, even seeking to fulfill some of them when she is able and willing. However, those who have followed her for a while may come to see that she has certainly grown more distant. Her requests have become commands, her demeanor becoming much colder when she appeared in visions and dreams. Her fears and worry over others have transformed into what is near an obsession of playing the hero, acting as the grand savior… especially to those who don’t necessarily think they may need saving. Lucerna has created a perfect view of the world, one where she rules, where people do not move unless she wishes them too, a perfect Utopia where her word is law. For now, it is an ideal that is threatening to become an obsession.

## Stories:

One of the most prolific tales associated with Lucerna are stories of lights in the darkness, little wisps which lead lost travelers and wanderers into safety. There are tales of adventurers who saw a light through their dying breaths, becoming inspired a moment later to press on and survive. The story of a divine, guiding light is a tale as old as time. These stories are often assigned to Lucerna, whether it was actually her or not.

Amongst the more ancient tales is a story passed around Oracle. Not too long after the barrier came to be, an order of paladins dedicated to Lucerna’s light created a small fort in one of the continent’s many mountain ranges. There, they devoted themselves to educating themselves and training as means of fulfilling the role of the guides of Oracle, to be just like Lucerna’s guiding light. Her followers would set out from the fort and make their way to various leaders and various settlements, as means of sharing their enlightened knowledge. Some welcomed it, some would find it a tad presumptuous. The actions of the paladins change depending on who tells the tale, but the conclusion is always the same. Whether they were virtuous, peaceful guides or zealous maniacs, some of the leaders who ruled over areas of Oracle didn’t appreciate their presence. Despite this, Lucerna’s followers persevered. They felt invulnerable while bathed in the light of their gods.

Back home, in their mountain fort, the order was thriving. That was, until, one of them fell ill. Immediately, the suffering paladin was isolated from the others, prayers were sent up to Lucerna, but the danger was underestimated. It was thought that they would endure. They thought wrong.

Within days, the illness spread rapidly and the fort succumbed to it before long. The few who were outside of the fort came back to a fort of the dead. They were struck with grief and burnt down the fort to avoid any more of the plague spreading down beyond. It is said that as the flames grew and consumed their home, they saw the sky light up with a plethora of stars never seen before, said to be the shining tears of Lucerna shed over every single soul lost to something beyond their control.