Kotune

**Kotune** is an Heir known as the Bond Weaver.  Her portfolio extended over the breadth of topics covered by love and sexuality, as well as marriage and, as a concession from Sonos, flowers as well.  Like many of the Areuic pantheon, Kotune is worshipped by all in some small ways: every expression of true love, marriage, cultivated bed of flowers, and sexual act were all demonstrations of worship to her in some form or another.  She was especially worshipped by gardeners and lovers of all ages.  Her worshippers are known as Gardeners.

## Description

Kotune is often depicted as a shapely woman with dark skin and bright gold hair.  Her hair is often depicted either as an afro or cornrows.  She is often depicted with a meticulous wreath of every sort of flower either in her hands or around her head as a sort of crown.

## History

Kotune is the product of Enerin and a human follower of his, Blumen, after the construction of the Firmament.

## Symbol

Kotune has two symbols, each of them calling upon a different portion of her essence.  For those calling upon her role as a goddess of love, sexuality, and marriage, she has the simple symbol of two interlocking rings.  For those calling upon her role as a goddess of flowers however, they tend to bear a symbol of the Eternal Wreath: a wreath made by Kotune said to have every single breed of flower woven in.

## Realm

Kotune governs Lover’s Respite.  Encompassed in a seemingly infinite field of flowers, where lovers wait patiently for their partners to join them.  While the option to leave for another Realm exists, many elect to stay here as their final destination.

## Relationships

Kotune maintained a positive relationship with many of the other gods: due to the fact she permits reunited lovers to travel onto the next step together, this behooves her.  She is especially close with her uncle, Gennan, as they maintain similar portfolios and her cousin Letum, without whom she would not be able to reunite the lovers under her eye.  She is deferential to her siblings and is very respectful to her aunt, Sonos, who gifted her dominion over flowers.

## Worshippers

Those newly in love, newly wed, and gardeners were likely to be followers of Kotune.

The structure of Kotune’s worship base was fairly informal: churches were built under her religious guidance in a variety of places, usually surrounded by great fields of flowers.  Each church was led primarily by one individual, who was elected through the church goers communing with Kotune.  This individual was known as a Fyarch.

## Personality

Kotune is a goddess of great passions and great love; it is said that her presence can be felt the most when love truly enters your heart for the first time; in the heat of passion with someone you care for, and on calm breezy days if one is surrounded by flowers.  It is also said that her presence can be felt on marriage days, and that the rings of the beloved carry a fragment of her power.  Of the gods, Kotune has an unbridled love for mortals that is tough to challenge.  After all, she devised her Realm in such a way that, once lovers are reunited, they are permitted to leave her Realm for another; a true oddity amongst her kin.