Agriculture

## Domains

Growth, life, bounty, harvest, the earth, poison, death, and generosity.

## Tenets

**Life.** The capacity for continuous change. Activity, without the action. Vitality, without the aggression. Stimulation manifest.

**Bounty.** Not the act of giving, but reward itself. Evidence of all humanity's toil. The destruction of famine. The breadth of our gardens.

**Fertility.** Virility, lushness, and the richness of Her being. Every idea ever spoken. Humanity's legacy. Prolificacy.

**Harvest.** The sun on our back. The field underfoot. The labor in hand. The scythe that we wield. The process.

**Poison.** The degradation of the reaction. The destruction of the body. *Something that reduces the activity of a Catalyst.*

**The earth.** The substance. The soil. The bed in which new roots take hold. The final shroud on every body.

**Death.** Permanence. A return to Her bosom. Stillness, without reprieve. Longing, without return. The cessation of mortality.

**Generosity**. Benevolence. Selflessness. Altruism. Enthusiasm. Kindness.

**Growth**. The emergence of something new. The unfolding of events. Maturation. Improvement. Progress, recovery— and the change that defines us all.

## Invocation

''Typical Use:'' Locate, identify, and purify poison; create new growth; manipulation of preexisting earth.

''Personal Affinity:'' Manipulate the cycle of life, death, and everything in-between (sprouts to venerable trees have been tested thus far). Identify, contain, and remove any toxin (you now possess an inhuman tolerance to toxins even while not invoking). Diagnose organics through ingestion (this also applies to a great extent while not invoking). Sense *all* life. Organic transmutation (an in-depth knowledge of each substance involved required).

''Indications of Abuse:'' Catastrophic weight loss.

''Vestiges:'' Weight gain (proportionate to the duration and intensity of the invocation).

## Summoning

> *"Your Goddess has stressed that this is a sacred bond. One which tests your soul itself."*
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Partaking of Agriculture's gifts eases the process of summoning, in the following order of significance: Eating; drinking; or keeping Her (significant) bounty in, on, or near the summoner in any other capacity.

Agriculture has mentioned that devotion such as demonstrating Richards generosity (She likes flowers, chrysanthemums are Her favorite), gardening, or praising Her other domains can also reduce the strain and/or harm of these appearances on him— though not as notably.

## Atonement

> "You are not the Father of Temperance, Richard. You're the Father of Love. Compassion. Hope.
> *Give* yourself to the ones you care for. Find your lost children. Show them that there is an answer. Help me save our world.
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> If anyone can bridge the distance between us all, it's you."
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*Death made him a promise, and sealed it with a kiss.*

~~+10 TO CHANGE IS TO GROW~~

**+20 ATONEMENT**

Any action taken befitting of the Goddess of Growth, Generosity, Fertility, Life, Nature, Death, Harvest, Bounty, and Agriculture will receive this bonus.

It can also be used to offset a portion of the maluses Richard currently have as a priest of Her church.

Actions taken that deprive Richard or his fellow man of Her blessing may permanently remove this bonus. (e.g. encouraging stagnation, ignoring an opportunity to give, neglecting your own growth, distorting the cycle of life and death via murder, etc.) Be advised that serious consequences will result from abusing this gift.

The Goddess of Generosity has been eager to answer his demands for more of Her works, in the name of finding a cure for the Catalyst, and in devotion to Her. Maintaining the blessings Richard has already been given slowed the decay of the modifier.

Excessive use of Agriculture's ability, upholding his oaths, and showing Her unrivaled devotion has made it permanent.