Shea

Shea is the god of Order. They tend to be depicted as a woman on the continent of Sunscar, but as with all gods, their true form is genderless.

## Iconography and Depictions

Shea is often associated with doves, balancing scales, and plate mail. As the god of order, they are often worshipped through acts of methodical organization, such as putting on a suit of armor, balancing scales in increasingly absurd and unpredictable ways, and the creation of formulaic art.

## History

Shea is one of the two Primordial Gods, along with their sibling Shreev, the god of chaos. Shea's first creation was the yellow sun, Amberli, one of the two suns that gave Sansmadhya its name. After the suns were created, Shea turned their attention to a new project: mortals. They made a world and began placing life on it. The creatures on the world evolved in drastically different ways depending on which side of the world they inhabited, that of the red sun or the yellow.

### Creation of the Nascent Gods

When Shreev saw the mortals and attempted to make some of their own, they created the first Nascent God, Haelian. Shea saw this and thought it was good, so they went about populating the space beyond the world with more gods, starting with the god Pelor, and continuing from there, working with Shreev to fill the pantheon.

### The Abyssal Bridge

When Shreev opened the portal that unleashed monsters on the world, Shea's attention was only drawn when the first mortal died, an elf woman. Shea was said to fly on dove wings to catch the aimless, untethered mortal soul. Shea gave a portion of their power to the soul and commanded it to collect the numerous untethered souls of thousands being cut down by demons and monsters. This promotion gave birth to the last god, the Raven Queen. After this, Shea killed any monster along their path as they hurtled to the Abyssal Bridge, closing it and ending the onslaught.

Stories vary as to how Shea was able to lock away Shreev, as the two were said to have equal power. Some sources claim another primordial being was birthed from the magical presence making up all things, temporarily assisting Shea to correct the imbalance before returning to aether; some claim that Shea forged a blade from the primordial presence and used it to stab Shreev in the heart, weakening them enough to give Shea the upper hand (many still search for this blade to this day); however, most believe that enlisting the aid of all the Nascent Gods was enough to overpower Shreev. All versions of this tale, however, have one consistent detail: as golden chains of light wrapped around Shreev's body and they were exiled into darkness, their laughter never ceased.

### The Supernova

Their faith in divinity lost, Shea decided the only course of action left to take was leaving the mortal realm outside the reach of gods. They spoke to each of the Nascent Gods one final time, tailoring a plane of existence to each of their unique needs, then banished them from the mortal realm forever. Some gods were allowed to cohabit the same plane, but none were allowed to stay on the prime plane. The Raven Queen was allowed to keep her divinity, and was appointed to the roll of ferrying mortal souls back into the magical presence making all things. Finally, Shea spoke to their first son, Pelor. They appointed him to tend the sun in their wake, placing him inside its warmth for the rest of eternity.

Finally, as Shea turned to admire their creation one last time before leaving it forever, their view was tarnished by the crimson stain of Shreev's sun, Vermilon. Enraged, Shea detonated the sun. It erupted in nine magical flares which tore across the mortal world below. Shea turned their back to the explosion before its death throes finished, created one last plane, and stepped into it.