Aiko

**Alignment:** NG

**Pantheon:** Major Deities

**Areas of Concern:** Architecture, Art, Beauty, Love, Music, Dance, Joy

**Domains:** Air, Artifice, Charm, Community, Good

**Subdomains:** Agathion, Captivation\*, Cloud, Construct, Friendship, Home, Industry\*, Love

*\*Requires the Acolyte of Apocrypha trait.*

**Favored Weapons:** Glaive, Urumi, War Flute

**Symbol:** Golden tower with heart-shaped windows and a rainbow behind.

**Sacred Animal(s):** Songbird, Falcon

**Sacred Color(s):** All

**Obedience:** Paint a small picture, compose a short poem or song, dance a scene from a ballet, or create another work of art, whispering praise to Aiko’s beauty and grace as you do so. The art piece need be neither large nor complex, but heartfelt and made to the best of your ability. Gift the piece of art to a stranger and pay her a sincere compliment as you do so. If there are no suitable individuals around to receive the gift, leave it in an obvious place with a note praising Shelyn and asking whoever finds it to take it with your warmest wishes. Gain a +4 sacred bonus on Craft and Perform checks.

**Lore:** When Mowarch arose to godhood, many deities feared that there would be a lack of balance in the universe as many deities shared portfolios of war and violence, and not many existed to really counterbalance this imbalance in the divine pantheon.

That was until a certain woman was born, initially born Yagira Aiko, she initially was born as a typical human woman, nothing spectacular or noteworthy about her. She grew up as a normal child, in a rather peaceful and comfortable yet humble eastern country. There, she showed a passion for the arts, be it through painting, dance or music, and dedicated herself to these arts, slowly but surely becoming a master in these arts. Once done with her studies, she started teaching these arts to people of all ages in her community, while continuing her works of art.

That is, until a neighboring country decided that it was time to expand and started conquering nations around. They eventually conquered her own country and started oppressing people, changing the justice system and bringing inequalities in her community, favoring those that preferred the art of war, and diminishing those who valued more peaceful arts.

While not one for conflict, Aiko eventually had enough and started resisting the new rule by creating shocking pieces of art, creating paintings, pushing people to express themselves through dance, and even creating music that everyone ended up singing, teaching compassion, friendship, but also a love for one’s home through her arts, and pushing people to stop working for their oppressors and go on strikes, instead singing, dancing and expressing themselves in nonviolent ways that still hurt their oppressors indirectly, mainly by hurting their supply lines. Of course, their oppressors fought back, but Aiko’s ways reached further and influenced neighboring countries and eventually even the home country of their oppressors, slowly but surely changing everyone’s mindset to a calm, peaceful and nonaggressive way, which eventually brought back equality and took down the oppressing regime, and all that through love and art.

When deities heard of her deeds and power, it didn’t take long for her to rise to godhood, bringing her love and arts with her, and spreading further her ways along the surface of the world.

**Divine Fighting Technique:** See Iomedae’s Inspiring Sword *(Except it’s usable with the Glaive, Sai and Urumi instead of the Longsword. A neutral good bard of at least 2nd level who worships Aiko can replace a versatile performance for the initial benefit. A neutral good bard of at least 10th level who worships Aiko can replace a versatile performance with the advanced benefits without meeting its prerequisites)*