Gewae The Bloody

Gewae The Bloody is the Moon of deals, deception, unconventional warfare and patroness of fiends. As a Moon with a vested interest in remaining within The Otherworld, she is allied with Blitzschlag in The Schism of The Moons.

## Gewae

### Relatives

Metallica and Quignis (parents)
Andeáw, Ierre, Othres, Séo, Unmihtig (siblings)
Blodcwén, Grimhelm, Gosryxpalagh, and Sidféðe (half-siblings)
 Regin (third-sibling).

### Occupation

Killing her siblings, holding back the demons of The Hollow, politics, war crimes.

## Lore

### Origin

Gewae was one of 6 sibling-Moons, 3 brothers and 3 sisters, resulting from a large shard of Quignis crashing into Metallica, and as such they were assigned a piece of The Otherworld to share among them by Sucellus, the then-Overgod due to them all resulting from the same birth event.

### Gewae The Bloody

Due to their situation, the fiend-siblings fought tooth and nail among themselves to have the entire region for themselves, creating fiendish soldiers to fight on the fiery shores of their land and establish dominance over the region. Gewae, seeing the stalemate that her siblings had created for themselves, thought creatively.

She convinced the first brother; Andeáw, the haughtiest of the siblings, to demand of Blitzschlag, the most powerful god of the Otherworld, to use their power to get Sucellus to assign more land to the siblings account for their unique situation. Blitzschlag obliterated him for his arrogance. The most covetous of the siblings, sister Séo, noticed brother Andeáw absent from his realm, and invaded while his soldiers lacked leadership. "Quick, you must act now, for sister Séo has killed our brother and we shall be next!" cried Gewae to the others, who were unaware of Andeáw's fate at the sword of Blitzschlag, unifying the remaining sister and two brothers against Séo, whom they invaded and stuck the head of on three pikes, one for each eye and another stuck straight through the skull, where it remains watching to this day. While they were absent, Gewae seeded their realms with traps; a banishment spell to a realm beyond, learned from Ísgebind, for Othres, the mystic brother's bedchambers; a device commissioned from Volund to emit heat rivalling that of Sol for Ierre, the furious sister's gateway; and finally a simple dagger for Unmihtig, the weakest sibling who lost himself in impossible ideals, whom Gewae intended to kill last after the crescendo of Ierre's death.

After Séo's impalement, the vanishing of Othres, and finally Ierre's explosion; Gewae travelled to Unmihtig's realm and cut his heart out, however when this was done, the doors were thrown open; and the charred and steaming sister Ierre stepped through, striding with murderous intent towards Gewae, fresh from the act of murdering their final brother. Their fight and the manifestation of Ierre's wrath levelled the majority of the siblings' realm, however Ierre was weakened from the blast Volund's work subjected her to; and Gewae cast her down into a great abyss in their realm (today known as The Hollow), now solely Gewae's, where she resides to this day. From then on the name Gewae has been known alongside her title as The Bloody.

The crippled Ierre, despite being trapped in The Hollow, continually sends her soldiers, the demons, fourth to kill her sister; and to combat this Gewae used her winnings to commission Volund to create The Hold over Ierre's prison, a massive tower reaching to the sky of the Moons' realm, at the top of which Gewae directs the movements, politics, and tactics of her devil soldiers in their eternal crusade.

### Worship

The majority of Gewae's worship is among races of fiendish descent such as tieflings, however certain cults have been established for those who count themselves as oath-breakers and charlatans.

### The Hold

The Hold is a tower rising into the endless sky of The Otherworld, and Gewae The Bloody resides at its very peak, with her generals constantly vying for the places below her through deals, deception, and treachery. Gewae does not care for their squabbles, believing that the constant intrigue and betrayal means that whoever holds the position they have at that moment deserves it, whether the lowly foot-soldier or esteemed commander. The atmosphere of the Hold changes depending on level; with the upper levels being quieter, the high generals dishing out occasional orders on a macro scale in the continuing sisterly war. However, the deeper you go, the more demonic incursions attempt to shatter the structure the upper levels suggest, but that is not to say that harsh discipline is not enacted on all levels, indeed, the strictness of the devils is something to be admired and feared; for the devils are so commanding that passers-by might be convinced to fall in line to replenish the fallen.

### Involvement in the Schism of The Moons

Gewae is allied with Blitzschlag, and as such she sends a tithe of her devil soldiers to account for the reduced amount of celestials the Moons' army was left with after Eallsmyth's insurrection against all deities. However, she rarely involves herself personally due to the ongoing conflict with her sister.

### Involvement with The Party

None as of yet, however she is venerated by Americk, a bard.

## Piety

### Earning and Losing Piety

You increase your piety score to Gewae when you expand the god's influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

* Securing a significant deal
* Successfully pulling off a daring deception
* Disregarding honour to achieve a goal
* Assisting the agents of Gewae in a significant fashion

Your piety score to Gewae decreases if you diminish Gewae's influence in the world, contradict her ideals, or make her look ridiculous or ineffectual through acts such as these:

* Acting with honour when it doesn't suit you
* Giving up on your own ambitions
* Assisting the agents of Gewae's birth-siblings

### Gewae's Devotee

*Piety 3+ Gewae Trait*

As a devotee of Gewae, you have proven yourself accomplished at dishonour and deception. You can call on Gewae's blessing and cast charm person with this trait. You can cast the spell in this way a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.