Llyrrh

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Llyrrh is the Goddess of Cosmic Order, and appears to hold total authority over all other gods. Her domains include justice, balance, guilt, the laws of nature, and the fate of the world. Llyrrh is a little-known deity in A'therys; she holds no territory and commands no mortal followers. Her sole responsibility is the administration of the other gods, and ensuring that they do not pose a threat to the continued existence of A'therys. She has only directly intervened three times within the history of the plane, and only physically manifested once.

## History

When compared with the rest of the gods, very little is known about Llyrrh. She seems to be an enigma even among the gods themselves; none know from whence she came, as she did not descend to the mortal plane physically until her Second Calling. She is an entity of perfect neutrality, enforcing Cosmic Order and otherwise residing beyond the understanding of mortals and deities both. Only three times in recorded history has she interacted with A'therys directly: during her First and Second Callings, and when she shattered Von the Timekeeper into Limnas Von. In the First, she admonished the gods for their wayward destruction and tasked them with the stewardship of A'therys. In the Second, she turned her gaze to humankind, punishing their destruction of Golgorai-Asthas by leaving them to fend for themselves.

Llyrrh is a mysterious figure, and none know her true motives, if she even has any. Whether she is truly a god who never descended, or merely a spirit of Cosmic Order, none can be sure. Her decrees seem targeted at enforcing the perpetuity of the Cosmic Mesh and all within, but how she manifests a power beyond all other gods to enforce these decrees is unknown. What is known is a simple fact about her character: when the laws of order are broken, the otherwise neutral Llyrrh responds immediately and without mercy.

## Appearance

Llyrrh has only taken a physical form in the mortal plane once in recorded history. This occurred at the time of the Second Calling, when she descended to personally level her punishment upon mortal-kind for the killing of a god. It is speculated that she chose this method, as opposed to merely projecting her announcement without manifestation as during the First Calling, because she wanted the message to be clear to humanity. The gods need no physical form to understand each other's being, but humans are better equipped to understand physical entities than metaphysical ones. This concept is enforced by the masks the gods wore on their physical forms: a facade through which they could more easily interface with their subjects.

The Goddess of Order appeared as a fair youth, indistinguishable in gender but clear in purpose. She had shock-white hair, framing an equally pale visage. For a mask, she wore only a blindfold, leaving the rest of her perfectly human face clear so her mouth could be seen as she spoke. She was clad in white garb, draped over her frame without adornment, and she did not touch the ground when she moved. As regally as she held herself, however, her form was severely maimed. A vicious scar could be seen to run beneath the blindfold, jagged in appearance. Her right arm was amputated at the elbow, the injury wrapped in yet more ivory cloth. Her left leg appeared as though it was once broken and had healed without correction. And yet all who looked upon her, male or female, described her as incredibly beautiful, ignoring her deformities. Whether she chose this form out of necessity, the reason hidden in some part of her history, or out of choice, no mortal knows. The observation merely adds to the enigma of the enforcer of Cosmic Order.

*Originally written by OccidentalAnvil for the more official A'therys wiki*