(Created page with "{{DeityInfobox |name = Nine Rivers of the Night |image = |type = Pantheonic deities |pantheon = Bohaar pantheon |alignment = Neutral |areas_of_concern = Water, rivers, stars, vigils, loyalty |worshipers = Sailors, fishers, soldiers, servants, others in Bohaar |domains = Family, Protection, Star, Water, Vigil |divine_font = Heal |divine_skill = Arcana |divine_ability = Wisdom |favored_weapon = None |symbol = Stars reflected in water |sacred_animal = None |sacred...") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
|alignment = Neutral | |alignment = Neutral | ||
|areas_of_concern = Water, rivers, stars, vigils, loyalty | |areas_of_concern = Water, rivers, stars, vigils, loyalty | ||
|worshipers = | |worshipers = Most inhabitants of [[Bohaar]] | ||
|domains = Family, Protection, Star, Water, Vigil | |domains = Family, Protection, Star, Water, Vigil | ||
|divine_font = Heal | |divine_font = Heal | ||
Latest revision as of 23:57, 11 February 2025
The Nine Rivers of the Night are, collectively, the servants of Eraamn tasked to assist in her endless struggles against the influence of Ob. Each is responsible for a section of the night sky and the stars that dwell there, which they split themselves between each dusk as darkness falls upon the world and Ob's strength returns. As Eraamn rests and Seriil rises into the sky, the Nine Rivers join him, vigilantly watching over the world so as to direct the attentions of the Lunar Mirror at the first sign of Ob stirring.
During the day, meanwhile, the Nine Rivers of the Night inhabit the many waterways of Bohaar. They were the gods who first brought water to the world, after all, filling the previously empty seas and channels and bringing prosperity to the earliest inhabitants of the empire.
Followers of the Bohaar pantheon believe water to be not truly physical but rather another reflection of light, and so the Nine Rivers are servants of Eraamn and not Ob. The Void-Mouth has certainly tempted them at times, however, as water does exist in close proximity to the material world. The Nine Rivers have without fail rejected Ob's offers of power as his attendants, remaining ceaselessly loyal to Eraamn.
Unusually for deities within the Bohaar pantheon, there remains much theological disagreement as to the origins of the Nine Rivers of the Night. This is a settled question with regards to Eraamn, Seriil, and Ob, but not so with the servants of the Solar Eye. One school of thought, traditionally favored by the emperors of Bohaar, believes that they were formed by Eraamn from the remnants of the earliest flames she lit to illuminate the world, while another holds that they split from her after she rose as the sun.
Each of the Nine Rivers of the Night possesses their own name, yet this is knowledge closely guarded by the diviners of the pantheon and not granted to all followers of the faith, primarily as a matter of respect for the gods. They are instead worshiped collectively, as after all they are of equal importance in aiding Eraamn. The Nine Rivers are depicted as humanoid women clothed in water with crowns of stars and are often pictured as straddling the mortal and divine worlds, their bodies rising out of the water and their hair disappearing into the night sky.