Udsakar (pronounced ood-SAH-kar) is the Answer and the Hidden Moon, the draconic god of discovery, resurrection, change, possibility, and strife. He and the Call, Ushum, also overlap in many concerns, fundamentally inseparable as they are.
Even prior to his disappearance, Udsakar was rarely present in the lives of mortal dragonkind. His way was always to allow for one to learn through experience rather than to instruct himself, and so what dragons took from him in truth they formed themselves. Yet ever-wary as he was that they would errantly discard lessons too important to be forgotten, he granted them their genetic memory so that their discoveries would always be preserved.
In letting them find their own way, their own answers, their own Answer, Udsakar taught dragonkind the joy and purpose of life. This is the truth as Udsakar presents it. Whatever may come - for good, or for ill - it comes from actions one takes of their own volition.
All followers of the Draconic pantheon know - not believe, know with certainty - that Udsakar will return one day, shedding his Hidden form and rejoining Ushum. This is not an event that can be rushed, however, as while his absence was not begun of his own intention, the god long ago realized he is more valuable to dragons in his missing state than he ever was when hanging in their sky.
Worship of Udsakar and that of Ushum 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.
Out of respect for his Hidden nature, Udsakar is very rarely depicted in visual art.
Edicts and anathema
- Edicts
- Investigate questions others believe to already be answered, alter and reshape things that are no longer useful, seek answers to questions as to the nature of the world, provide answers to those lost
- Anathema
- None