Fāngxiàng, God of Prophecy and Clarity

(Fang-shang) Divine God, born of the Titan of Fire.

Otherwise known as the Five Guardians, it is believed that Fāngxiàng appears to those gifted in prophecy or to lost souls, their messages being displayed in various and all prophetic forms such as deja vu, tarot card reading, dreams, imagery etc and most commonly: 5 symbols.

Should a wandering individual, lost either mentally or physically, seek direction then Fāngxiàng will appear as five symbols and/or sigils. This can come in the form of patterns on pottery, reflections in the water, anything in the day to day can take one of their forms and is said to be a message from the Five Guardians, aiding the individual on where to go.

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Is it said to take these forms based on the 5 constellations:

   **The Crimson Lindworm**

Representing Inir (although his association is waning), Solaris, Phosphephos, the Fire Titan, summer, the Centre, calm, intellect, metaphysical, knowledge, order, home, hearth, war, combat, heat, draconem, roses, holidays and fire.

   **The Beryl Griffon**

Representing Hrana, Angra, the Air Titan, Autumn, the West, chaos, debauchery, physical, bright colours, life, ugliness, society, brazenness, fighting, limbo, decay and metal.

   **The Ebony Chimera**

Representing Bephine, Tubiae, the Earth Titan, Spring, the East, intrigue, magic, death, the Gods, elderly, knights, sorcery, witchcraft, life, rebirth, fertility, marriage, love, romance, and earth.

    **The Verdant Wolf**

Representing Oris, Kheldir, Lunar, the Water Titan, Winter, the South, lesser, subtlety, underground, muted colours, harshness, lack of, distance, getting rid, destruction, ice, frost, cold, the night, frigidness, hibernation and water.

    **The Silver Peryton**

Representing the Primordials, year round, creation, complexity, cosmos, the gods, power, leadership, time, patience, the North, cold, mountains, the sky, oaths, justice, more, excess, excelling, stealing, song, adventure and woods.

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Another common form of interacting with the God Fāngxiàng is tarot reading and palm reading, seers and users invoke the spirit of this god to guide their hands and their prophecies.

To those that do invoke them, it is said their prophecies will be the total opposite and misleading.

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## Evoking Fāngxiàng

Evoking Method:

~ Besides the commonplace of chanting their name before any prophetic reading, either by palm reading, tarot cards etc for steady reading and accuracy the evoker can head to an altar of this god and chant their name when desperate for a sign of direction, they must be truly lost. The greater the need the more likely they will show themselves.

~ Ooc dice roll, 1-14 success, 15-20 failure.

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Evoking Result (1 of):

~ The evoker will be presented with at least 1 of the 5 symbols somewhere around them for them to interpret the meanings from, they will appear in their near vicinity and the character will feel a natural and faint pull towards them.

~ The character will be presented, by mysterious means, with a compass that will point them in the direction of something that the character wants or likes. (This requires telling staff a list of 3 things the character wants and staff will randomly choose one).

This compass will also disappear mysteriously when the destination has been reached.

This can be used to find many things, but its limitations are things that the god cannot see, such as most missing items if they are blocked off by some means, magical all-powerful items, anything within caves etc.

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Evoking Failure (1 of):

~ The evoker will never find anything that they want or search for for 2 days. Everyday items will go completely missing and this can even impact on their job and people around them, this does not stretch to meeting others however, in the way that people won’t go missing but the character will find themselves lost a lot when travelling even small distances.

This loss of items and loss of direction can become very distressing and cause anguish and even cripple work, fun and hobby performance.

Items will return to their normal place after these days and are not stolen but misplaced, during these days they can be found within other rooms but only after 10 posts of searching for that one thing.

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## Fāngxiàng'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.