Lianda

**Lianda** (lie-AHN-duh) is a Deity, part of the Circle of Twelve.

*Alternate names:
**Sleeping Sister, Death Goddess***

## The Goddess of Death, Rest, and Dreams

One of the five Sisters of Creation, Lianda is the last and final sleep. She oversees dreams, endings, and the passing on from the mortal realm. Her sigil, two different hands cupped with fingertips touching, calls to how she sacrificed herself after Embrel was created and now guides the souls of those who leave the material plane. In addition, Lianda oversees the plane of dreams, which overlaps with the Ether or the Plane of Souls, where she resides. To worship Lianda is to seek **blessings of goals and ambitions, as well as connection those who have passed on**. Whenever her followers lay their heads to rest, Lianda is near. She tends to those who have died and gives them peace in their death. Lianda also reaches out to her worshippers who search for answers by providing vivid dreams of guidance. The Sleeping Sister is worshiped by priests, seers, and folks seeking out answers for their questions.

Lianda **communes with her followers in dreams and as they pass on from the mortal realm**. Her altars are found on tombs, in cemeteries, and within the bedrooms of seekers. The Sleeping Sister's order, the Reposed, worship and practice the teachings of Lianda by specializing in last rites ceremonies, consecrating land, and guarding over those who slumber in search of answers. Lianda's temples are found where the dead are kept, within halls of rest, and in places where folks travel for answers to life-changing questions. Temples for the Sleeping Sister are known for their detailed archives made to keep track of and watch over the dead. In addition, there are books dedicated to those who slumber under Lianda's name. Each book holds a page for a worshipper and their greatest questions are recorded, left for her to answer through dreams.

### Nothing Can Last Forever

All living things eventually die and Lianda is there to guide souls from the mortal plane to that of the Ether. For her and her worshippers, death is an inevitable part of the life cycle and those who avoid it or disturb the already dead are not looked upon fondly. Because so much is temporary, many followers and the Reposed do not keep many material items around them knowing that they cannot take anything with them when they cross over.

### Depiction

The Sleeping Sister is depicted as a blue, ghostly woman in a luxurious ball gown with a color darker than the night sky. Sometimes she appears as a lost loved one who has passed on, particularly in dreams. When she appears as herself, Lianda wears a crown of freesia and conjures a blade made of a ghostly blue flame.

### Holy Day

The Sleeping Sister's holy day is the last day of the new year. As Embrel gets ready to finish another rotation around its sun, worshippers of Lianda celebrate her by honoring those who have passed away over the year and asking meaningful questions to guide the year ahead. Towns and cities celebrate Lianda's holiday with memorials where the names of the dead are read aloud, donating material items that cannot be taken to the Ether, and writing questions as offerings left at her temples.

### Commandments of Lianda

* Protect the balance of life and death.
* Dreams open doorways and answer questions.
* Life is always borrowed and nothing from the material plane goes with you when you pass over.
* Death is a passage from which few return and only those who are prepared attempt to make the journey.