Ushum (pronounced oo-SHOOM) is the Call and the Reigning Moon, the draconic goddess of instruction, history, stability, certainty, and peace. She and the Answer, Udsakar, also overlap in many concerns, fundamentally inseparable as they are.
With her eternal presence in the sky, Ushum is a constant that binds together all dragonkind and all followers of the Draconic pantheon. Long ago she taught them to expect and appreciate this predictability, a steadiness under which they can prosper without fear.
Through her light the Call presents questions to be answered by her followers, inquiries as to their purpose and the nature and ways of things. All such questions have answers that she knows yet never divulges directly - the impetus to learn is on the student, not the teacher. Those who stray or falter are not punished but rather are allowed to realize their mistakes on their own, as they are sure to do with time. The need to search, to understand, to have a Call, eventually brings all back to Ushum.
The presence of Ushum above gives comfort and confidence, and thus the nights in which she is brightest are seen as auspicious occasions, as times to begin or end great efforts, or perhaps to ponder questions of particular significance.
Worship of Ushum and that of Udsakar are inextricably linked, and thus the faithful of one are the faithful of the other. Neither encourage their followers to pay deference to holy figures amongst mortals, though particularly wise and educated dragons are often consulted for their religious and mystical knowledge.
Befitting her Reigning status, artistic depictions of Ushum tend to be grandiose, depicting her most commonly as a regal dragon coiled, yet not constrained, within a moon.
Edicts and anathema
- Edicts
- Meditate in moonlight, seek answers to questions as to the nature of the world, follow long-established laws and norms, study history
- Anathema
- None