Osara

Osara in *Lights Going Out*.

### Temples

Osara, the Flame Sister, is the Hyaloring goddess of female warriors. She is Elmal's daughter and, as a warrior and a leader, she is the one who most resemble him out of his children. Osara is continually rescuing her foolish brother Verlaro from the trouble he gets into, but their other brother Samnal is her hated rival. She was initially distant from her half-brother, Zarlen, but eventually accepted him. Her uncle Relandar respects her and Hyalor is her mentor. Nyalda is not Osara's mother but does not seem to resent her the way she did Zarlen, as Osara was born before Nyalda's marriage to Elmal. Her Ram counterpart is the goddess Vinga.

In Nivorah, she was the obedient goddess of daughters. When the Hyalorings and their gods left the city, Osara took on a new role as a warrior and leader, continuing to support her father but now also winning glory for herself. According to the myth Relandar's Ranking, Osara persuaded her uncle to allow women to hold leadership roles among the Hyalorings, which they could not do in the Golden City. Osara never married and she does not have blood descendants among the Riders, although she did adopt daughters.

In general, Osara represents the new roles women have been able to take on since leaving Nivorah, whether as warriors or leaders. She is also more directly related to fire than even Elmal himself and, by the time of the Chaos Age, has acquired a new role as a protector against bandits.

## Worship

You can only build a shrine to Osara.

Osara has only one blessing:

* Firearrow: Helps our skirmishers.

The treasure the Singing String allows you to maintain a shrine to Osara with fewer worshippers.

## On the Circle

    Having a worshipper of Osara on the clan circle allows you to put one more point of magic into war during Sacred Time. Osara worshippers are well-suited to become warleaders or chiefs, as they tend to have high Combat and Leadership skills.

They are also capable of doing more different rituals than worshippers of any other god, since they can perform Elmal's ritual with the same bonuses as Elmal worshippers and are also able to perform all the rituals restricted to women. This means you have many options to increase an Osaran leader's skills.

In noble selection screens and on the clan circle, her worshippers' portraits are marked with the her own personal rune.

## Lore

### Ride Like the Wind

Here are some of the things your circle members may say about Osara:

* "During the exodus Osara said, 'People are not property.' Her brother said, 'What was good in the Golden City is still good now.'"
* "Elmal showed his love for his daughter Osara by showing her how to cleave off the heads of bandits."
* "Osara proved her worth by challenging and defeating the Four Corners Outlanders."
* "When Elmal gave Osara and Zarlen their belts, he said, ‘Do not let the Storm Gang take them from you.’"
* "Zarlen nearly died in the land of frost. Osara warmed his bones on the sunpath, restoring him to life."
* "Verlaro’s sister Osara found her daughters on the plains and in a bramble, and so did not continue her bloodline."
* "Verlaro said to his sister, 'Why couldn't you be a brother?' She said, 'Why can't you duck this punch?'"
* "Verlaro’s horses kept following Osara’s light. He complained to his father, Elmal, who said, ‘You should shine brighter.’"
* "When Osara raided Verlaro’s herds, he complained to their father. Elmal said, “She caught you napping.”"
* "Osara asked her brother Verlaro for help. He said, ‘Certainly, for a grass-covered anvil and that fleet horse of yours.’ That is how he got his scar."
* "Verlaro asked his sister Osara to aid him. She said, ‘Certainly, for a mirrored shield and a herd of goats.’"
* "When Verlaro had more cows than swords, his sister Osara came to defend him."
* "Verlaro’s enemies chose his wedding day as the time to attack him. Osara gifted him with chadash balls made from their skulls."
* "When Zenangar Eastclan had a warning for Stelfor Westclan, he sent Osara to give it."
* "To bring Stelfor and Zenangar back together, Osara invented archery contests."
* "Vingkot flew a kite up to the Sunpath. Osara set it ablaze before it reached her father."
* "Osara once fought [the Yeleni's] big spirit, King Vulture, scaring him away with flaming arrows."
* "Osara has a special arrow she uses against Chaos creatures."
* "Hyalor told Osara, 'When you are right, argue. When you are wrong, throw a feast.'"

### Lights Going Out

By the time of *Lights Going Out*, your Rider clan has become a Ram one, yet they continue to worship Osara. They have the following to say about her:

* "Osara ties more directly to fire than her father, Elmal."
* "Osara was a great captain and warrior, but she also saw things more deeply than her brother Verlaro."
* "When Valind Chill-Wind came for the Rider gods, Osara lit arrows, their flames the color of her hair."

## Myths and Rituals

### Ride Like the Wind

Although Osara does not appear in the myth Elmal Guards the Sunpath, and also lacks her own playable ritual, her followers can perform the ritual Elmal Path Guardian with the same bonuses as Elmal worshippers.

Her main myth is Osara and Verlaro.

She also appears in Relandar's Ranking, Zarlen's First Wander, and Ekarna's Four Trades.

### Lights Going Out

In *Lights Going Out*, she is the protagonist of the myth Osara the Warrior and she now has her own ritual of the same name. Hers is one of the few that your clan can still relatively safely enact, albeit in the mundane world and not by traveling into the Gods War.

## Images

Osara rescuing her brother, Verlaro.Osara on Berenstead's wall, furthest to the right of the gate to the hillfort.
## Concept Art

    Osara's unique rune was designed by Jan Pospíšil, and is a combination of a variant sun rune (used for her father Elmal in some other Glorantha materials) and a bow and arrow.