Caelum

Painting of Caelum in by a powerful bard. Supposedly "One of his favorites"

## Basic Information

### Title(s)

Maker of Heroes, The Muse, Windmaker, Bestower of Glory, The Serpent of Skies, Muse of the Free, The Liberator, The Warrior

### Portfolio

God of skies, wind, air, music, storytelling, art, glory, revolution, and dance

## Statistics

### Domains

Air, Chaos, Good, Healing, Luck, Sun, Travel, Trickery

### Worshipers

Bards, Storytellers, Travelers

**Caelum** *(pronounced: kae-lum)* is the Akna god of the sun and skies. He is known to be the first poet and is often worshiped by bards and artisans.

## Description

Caelum, like most deities of his rank, has many forms. His true form is often a giant feathered serpent with large wings. Wind often blows around him. More often than not, he disguises himself as different humanoid races, usually a high elf, and lives among the masses.

## Realm

The plane of Caelum is similar to the elemental plane of air, filled with clouds and skies. His plane has many floating islands and temples of all different shapes and sizes. like the other gods of Akna, he also has domain over the Ethereal Plane. Despite this, Caelum spends most of his time on the material plane.

## Personality

The god of winds is very talkative and always eager to entertain an audience. Always a prankster, even the most powerful of gods have been victims of his tricks. Many places throughout the world are littered with traps and pranks set by the wind gods.

## Powers

Caelum harnesses the power of the wind, and is the source of the magic bards harness in their music. He's often also associated with illusion magic, and even sometimes associated with the fey.

## History

The history of Caelum varies from culture to culture. He is the second child of Akna, and is said to have invented language mere minutes after being born. He spends the most time around mortals, this has never changed. The earliest documents of him come from Mixcoatl, and describe him as a "God of War and Glory" which is a major diversion of any eastern interpretations. Nocturn has many documented instances of Nocturn blessing heroic soldiers and adventurers who lead the nation to victory.

At some point in history, he went from a more militaristic deity to a benevolent one focused more on justice and poetry. Around this time, he had to banish his brother Xibal to the Underworld.

## Relationships

Caelum has a rocky relationship with most divine beings. Chronos has a negative opinion of him, viewing his activities as frivolous. Laka and he are not known to be in contact, and their relationship is unknown. He never speaks of his youngest brother.

## Worshipers

There is no organized clergy, other than a few towns in the east. They tend to be groups of healers and bards, who go to the woods looking to heal weary travelers.

### Temples

**The Temple of Winds-** in the Middle nocturn, there lies a temple dedicated to him, often used as a place for weary travelers to rest.

**Order of the Bards-** An international order of bards dedicated to spreading joy and freedom everywhere they go based in vinfort.

## Dogma

Caelum's dogma is relatively simple. If you have the resources to, give. Defend those who cannot defend themselves, and spread fun as far as you can, even in the darkest of times.