Bephine, Goddess of Love

(Beh-feen) Divine God, born of the Titan of Earth. Bephine is referred to as the mother of gods, despite not being biologically related to any. She is the patron deity of all things concerning love and is often invoked for finding a soulmate, during almost all marriage ceremonies, love potions and fertility.

Depicted as the most beautiful of the gods and a woman, it is believed she has had trysts with almost all the gods and yet settled with none.

Her spouses come from mortal beings she can mate with, mostly males, creating her own vast harem of mates of all races with so many offspring that some say 1 in every 10 creatures can trace their ancestry far back to Bephine.

It is even said that she is the mother of all wolves with Oris, as well as Squids with the Kraken and can even be linked to The Vindicta. But these tales are muddled, Scholars debate them passionately but most believe them to be true.

However, despite being one of the quickest gods to succumb to corruption she stayed a Divine, her heart still laying with good intentions and as do most of her actions, but her mind is riddled with lust and jealousy. It is believed she dances a fine line between Divine and Blighted, with her jealousy being the deciding factor.

Bephine can and does change between the two groups of gods being both Divine as the Goddess of Love and Blighted as the Goddess of Lust. Some believe the two are twins that share roles, as no other god can swap between the Divine and Blighted like Bephine.

Bephine has her own holiday, Valentines Day, that is held once a year during spring and has many versions and traditions throughout Aetherian cultures, the only commonality being love and romance taking centre stage.

Cupids also play a large role with Bephine, created from her skin and morphed into the shape of a feathery-winged children dressed in white garments, they wield bows and their arrows force adults to fall in love with the nearest individual adult to them.

Cupids can fly, turn invisible, speak all languages but their arrows are finite as they are made from the Goddesses hair, they are mischievous and child-like in all mannerisms with their shared goal.

Bephine will spend most of her time in Silia, visiting Aether for her harem and making new additions to it. She refuses to travel to Vesix despite being able to due to her blighted traits, detesting Avanna.

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## Evoking Bephine

Evoking Method:

~ Must bring 3 roses, Rose quartz, a lock of the characters hair and an item of jewellery to a shrine as an offering, chanting and/or bringing a lock of the target's hair for targeted evocation is optional.

~ Ooc dice roll, 1-10 success, 11-20 failure.

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Evoking Result (1 of):

~ The character will appear much more attractive, charismatic and somewhat irresistible to all others for 24 hours. The evoker will have an ominously pleasant smell that matches others favourite smells and the appearance of the evoker will bring a feeling of nostalgia and potential joy towards the evoker, their name when spoken or thought off will roll like honey and cause a sweet sensation on the tongue and goosebumps, skin to skin contact will leave a spark of butterflies in the stomach and electricity across the skin, automatically being drawn to lean to the touch. However this does not affect those whose attraction does not apply to the character, for example, a gay man will not be any more attracted the character if they are female, but will still fall susceptible to the sensations the evoker is generating.

If the evoker uses a lock of someone elses hair as well, this evocation will become targetted to that individual only.

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Evoking Failure (1 of):

~ The character will instead generate an aura of repulsion and disgust around them to all others for 24 hours. This can cause others to feel intense nausea when touched by the evoker and a strong desire to flee from them, they will also emit a pungent odour off sour eggs constantly that cannot be masked. The character will even have these negative reactions upon seeing themselves in any way.

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## Bephine's Shrine in the Aramoor Cathedral

The following altar can be found in the Aramoor Cathedral. It is public access 24/7 and upkeep is regular.