Aspects

## Overview

The Aspects are lesser deities created by Munya to oversee the planet while she rests. They typically are more active on Meia than Munya or Chaos, but less active than the Undying. Taking a variety of forms, the Aspects have roles they assume, as well as physical manifestations they take on the world at large. Sometimes they grant powers to worthy mortals, or strike up a deal. Either way, the effects of the Aspects can be seen throughout the world, even if they are more subtle in their influences with their powers nearly exhausted after creation and the Iconoclasm.

## The Untamed

Manifesting as simply a strong emotion or impulse, or sometimes a blur of colors in a roughly humanoid shape, The Untamed exists solely around Midi and its unclaimed lands. Intertwined closely with the history of Midi, the Untamed is often a subject of worship within the Collective.

### Suggested Domains and Patrons

The Untamed's nature is often mysterious and contradictory, and their favor can grant a variety of powers. As a result, any choice of Domain or Patron is valid if one wishes to serve the Untamed.

## The Flow

Reservoir, The Flow, is the Aspect of patience and fresh water. It manifests physically as the Everspring, a circular river that flows eternally into itself. It is located in Lachier. Lachierian priests of Reservoir are more focused on the patience element of the Aspect's domain, but followers from other parts of the world may be more focused on the water element.

Reservoir is also considered the ruler of Lachier. Lachier's monarchs are chosen directly by Reservoir.

### Suggested Domains and Patrons

Suggested domains for servants of Reservoir include Peace, Order, Nature, or Tempest for clerics and the Fathomless for warlocks.

## The Balances

The Balances or Scales are the Aspect of of divine justice and equilibrium. To most, they manifest as a set of divine balances, ever measuring the proportions of good and evil, or law and chaos in the world. To the people and faithful of Krépuskultè, they manifest as the blind goddess Mewadye, who watches over the land through her host of lesser celestials called Rèv. Mewadye herself is hailed as stern but fair in her judgement, oft ascribing her a Lawful Neutral alignment, and Her Night Court is the model for all legal proceedings within Krépuskultè.

### Suggested Domains

Those who follow the Balances or the faithful of Mewadye are wont to devote themselves to the pursuits of justice and cosmic balance in the world. Vengeance is never an acceptable substitute for righteous trial and punishment. The following are suggested subclasses for those faithful:

Cleric Domains: Light, Order, Peace, Twilight, War

Paladin Oaths: Ancients, Devotion, Redemption, Watchers

Warlock Patrons: Celestial, Hexblade

## The Grove

Located in the foothills of The Cobalt Peaks in  Olso a large tree can be seen from miles away. A thick luscious evergreen tree stands high above the clouds. Treskin is the aspect of fertility, nature, the harvest, and the wilderness and has chosen to manifest themselves as a tree. It chooses the leaders of Jörundia through giving them visions. This process is aided by clerics of Treskin receiving visions. Treskin is their colloquial name, though some people outside of Jörundia still call them that, it is generally referred to as The Grove by non-native Jörundians. Treskin is a popular aspect so temples to them can be found almost anywhere.

### Suggested Domains

Suggested domains for followers of Treskin include Life, Peace, Nature, and Twilight.

## The Obelisk

Among the lesser known Aspects, The Obelisk exists within the deserts of Kazzak, though it appears and disappears with some enigmatic will. Oftentimes travelers will report seeing a metal obelisk appear on the edge of their vision, only to disappear when focused on. Whether it leads them to riches hidden in the desert, or to their unfortunate doom often seems up to chance, though some believe The Obelisk possesses an unknown vetting system to determine who to help and who to harm. Those that do believe so often try to manipulate fate in their favor using The Obelisk's mysterious influence.

### Suggested Domains and Patrons

Those that follow The Obelisk often try to make sense of the unknown force guiding it, trying to bend its will into their favor and against their enemies. The following Domains and Otherworldly Patrons are particularly appropriate for a character worshiping The Obelisk.

Domains: Arcana, Death, Knowledge, Trickery

Patrons: Genie, The Great Old One, Undead

## The Triad

The Triad are three Aspects that preside over the arts. They are usually represented as siblings in religious contexts, but they each have their own individual manifestations.
Suggested domains include Arcana, Knowledge, and Order.

### Parust

Parust is the Aspect of visual art, and manifests as a painting.

### Ousike

Ousike is the Aspect of performance art, and manifests as a cavern that plays haunting music.

### Diahnia

Diahnia is the Aspect of literature, and manifests and a large stone tablet written in an unknown script.

## The Tide

The Tide is the Aspect of the ocean, storms, calm waters, hidden knowledge, and secrets. Commonly worshiped in coastal port towns for good luck on sea voyages, the Tides are often seen as a neutral, yet unforgiving Aspect. What you put in is what you get out, and like traversing a stormy sea, putting in hard work will lead you to success.

The Tide is enigmatic, and has never been put down to one location, as it seems to be a single, randomly-moving island surrounded by a giant coral reef. They are the Aspect that created Yeadar.

Suggested domains: Tempest, Peace, Life, Death, Grave, Knowledge, Nature

SUggested patrons: Fathomless, Great Old One

## The Bellows

The Bellows is the Aspect of innovation, craft, and improvement, but also war, destruction, and death. The followers of The Bellows believe in the divine cycle of breaking down and rebuilding. They believe that only through war, death, and destruction can a person rebuild themselves to be their ideal form. They symbolize this motif through the use of their most revered trade, Smithys. The breaking down of metal to be forged into new and stronger tools, is the perfect representation of their core beliefs.

The Bellows is believed to manifest on Meia, as an unreal and often supernatural urge to destroy then rebuild. A controversial god amongst more peaceful civilizations, the most fervent followers of the Bellows are found in The Six Duchies. The Duchies, with their near constant conflict and rebuilding, allow many people to justify this often counterintuitive aspect. Although many might misconstrue the Aspect as a chaotic being, The followers of The Bellows claim the opposite. They claim that through the Aspects' divine cycle of destruction and reconstruction, The Bellows brings a natural order to the world and its chaotic conflicts.

It is not uncommon for a usual person of any craft to follow The Bellows. Followers of the Bellows include Smiths, Carpenters, and other Craftsmen. However, the Aspect also draws Soldiers, Tacticians, and Warmongers.

### Suggested Domains and Patrons

Domains: Forge, Death, Life, and War.

Patrons: Hexblade, Fiend

## The Den

The Den, also known as the Den Mother, is a deity native to the western mountains of Tiebang. The Den was the primary god of the Àijīng people, and from what few sources remain, it is believed to have been a physical location which connected the Àijīng to their spiritual afterlife. Supposedly, it granted its worshipers crystals which generated light and power, and allowed them to commune with their deceased friends and family. Most written records regarding the Den were lost, first when the Gnoss Lords conquered northern Kazzak, and again when Tiebang suppressed many of the local faiths, and to date most scholars are uncertain if the Den was truly an Aspect or some other kind of arcane phenomenon.

### Suggested Domains and Patrons

Domains: Death, Grave, Life, Peace

Patrons: Celestial, Undead, Undying

## Vetro Runa

Not much is known about this Aspect. Believed to be an auspicious Aspect, she disappeared near the end of the Iconoclasm. Given the destruction left in the wake of the war, not many records remain on them.