Keilen

## Description

Keilen is the goddess of cycles, presiding over natural and magical phenomena with meticulous attention. She is associated with repetitive motions and signs, music as well as the passage of time. Her role also extends to that of the timekeeper, she makes sure that time flows at the right rhythm.

## History

Keilen was not born alongside the other first gods that Amaranthinos created to preside over the world, in fact at first there wasn’t anyone to keep track of time. Ashira started cycles, Asphodel finished them and Jormungandr helped the continuation towards the next cycle, but no one kept track of how many cycles had gone by nor how they changed, or at least none of the gods did. While the gods toiled away at their respective duties, a mortal by the name of Keilen took note of the changes in temperature, rainfall, growth of crops, difference in population level, the amount of perfect circles she could draw between sunrise and sunfall as a passion. She was rigorous and would exclaim to her fellow inhabitants of the early world her excitement for the change in the amount of leaves on a maple tree between this year and the last. This caught the attention of Amaranthinos as the members of his patheon lacked her ability to notice minute changes in cycles. Amaranthinos approached her in her cave of scribblings as a rock with a peculiar circle upon it and asked her if she wished to take note of all changes in all cycles. Keilen for her part replied that there wasn’t anything else in the world she would love to do more then that, without fully realizing the importance of her answer nor the importance of her interlocutor, Amaranthinos opted to induct her into the pantheon as a record keeper of sorts, she overviewed the cycles started, ended and restarted by Ashira, Asphodel and Jormungandr. The jury is still out as to whether or not Keilen truly understands the importance of the role she currently holds, to her she is simply continuing to do what she’s always done, not out of perceived duty, but out of veritable passion.

Keilen now presides as a part of the trinomial provenance, joining alongside Ashira, Asphodel and Jormungandr. She oversees cycles as a whole but does not induce them herself.

She’s come to be good friends with Jormungandr, which she still believes to be just a figment of her imagination, which they are more than happy to have her believing. They compare notes on cycles often, while Jormungandr focuses on the future in their prophecies, Keilen focuses on the past in her records, as such they make an amazing team when it comes to divining details in all time periods.

## Worship and rituals

Keilen’s worship is a little peculiar, as it’s a little unclear on whether or not she fully understands the concept that she is a god, she tends to answer her followers in very personal and down to earth ways, or at least as down to earth as a maniac about cycles can be. As such, she is known to be on a first name basis with all of her followers, remembering intricate details of each as is expected from a record keeper.

She has a large following of scholars and field workers, the latter of which is shared with Ashira often under the name of Ashkari. Her worship usually involves scribbling down similar symbols over and over and over again, anecdotally, the schoolroom punishment where an unruly student must write lines on the chalkboard for a certain period of time or certain amount of lines has caused more than a few accidental communications to Keilen. Additionally, music plays a large part in her worship, especially music from music boxes. The precise timing of notes and reflection upon the minute differences between each performance is viewed as having religious importance to her followers, somewhat like prayers would be to other gods.

July 2nd is as an important day for Keilen worshippers as New Years is usually attributed to Jormungandr and the start of seasons are usually attributed to Asphodel and Ashira, Keilen worshippers were given the last draw and chose the day in the exact middle of the year. Celebrants of Keilen Day carry around rocks with a circle etched into them to bring good luck and continuation of cycles.
Not much is considered bad or wrong by followers of Keilen, but knowingly stopping someone when they are working on something repetitive or playing music is strictly forbidden.