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Gods of Ithia Expanded: Tristia the Thousand Cuts.

Tristia: Goddess of Submission, Masochism, Vampirism, Sacrifices, Bliss, and Domination.  

Known across the plane as Tristia, The Lady of Pain, The Tormented Bliss, The Blood-Drinker, The Thousand Cuts, The Lady in Black, The Screaming Dark, The Mistress of Blood, and The Leeching Dark. 

Tristia is a member of the Dark Gods, The Mad Gods, The Bliss, and the Gods of Long Knives.  

Holy Books: The Book of Crowns. 

Tristia rules over those that live off all creatures that survive by hematophagy. She is the patron of the Vampires though not their creator. She is the daughter of Zatolen and Mealis. 

Her Symbol is the Blood and Bliss – A iron cross with a heart bound to it by needles.  

Tristia when active on Ithia, is represented by the Celestial Body of the Blood Moon. A new moon blood red and looking as if it drips with blood. While active vampires are empowered.  

Tristia’s divine plane is a bright marble palace cast in shadow, darkness, the floor blood and viscera, leading to the raised platform of her throne room. A shoe scrubber stands at the stairs up as to keep the platform somewhat blood free. Tristia’s throne is composed bone and weapons topped with pillows. Brasiers of black fire are the only light source. 

Tristia maintains the Leeching Blade a great sword of black steel with countless grooves in its side that lead to a large heart shaped gemstone at the guard. All the blood that it sows feeds its power. It will not drink blood it did not shed.  

Tristia is all pale skin, short, petite body in a tight bodysuit. Wild hair of blood and shadow run down her back and spill forth onto the floor. Pearly white fangs contrast with her coal black lips. Despite her size she carries a presence that makes her feel like she looms above those around her.  

Tristia is all pride, self-assurance, and confidence that she moves like she doesn’t just own the mortal world but all the divine planes as well. She is swift, sudden, and prone to feeding on the blood of her fellow gods like the shadow dwelling predator she is. She is highly aggressive but kept mostly at heel by her father. She grants her divine servants the power to heal themselves with foreign blood, enslave the weak willed, alter their appearance, inflict pain and pleasure, and control, shape, and weaponize their own blood or that which is out of a body.  

Tristia is worshipped by the deviant, the pleasure and thrill seekers, and vampires. She is flirty and playful with her followers and treats them like her beloved pets. They build to her secret shrines and gather in private places to partake in pain, pleasure, or bloodletting. She accepts sacrifices of blood and bliss. 

Tristia’s Values.   

Pillars (Virtues)- Blood, Bliss, Predator, Power, and Dominance. 

Columns (Vices)- Peace, Celibacy, Prey, Weakness, and Indifference.  

Tristia does not maintain any divine orders. 

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