True Name: The True Mother.  

Persona Name: Marian 

Other Personas: Tazara, Dreian, Sienna, and Wa’Naal.  

Creator Goddess of Creation, Birth, and Motherhood.  

Excerpt: ‘Mother, Oh Mother, blessed be thy will. You who bore the world, stars, and petty vicious gods. Mother, our Mother, we are your will manifest. The Sword, The Shield, The Plow, and the Hoe. We spread your name and glory across land and sea with word and steel as your eternal servants. Mother, sweet Mother, send against our foes your scourge and light.’ War hymn from the Buch der Kronen. 

Known across the plane as Marian, The True Mother, The First, The All-Mother, The Eternal Light, Mother of the Gods, The Creator, The Life Bringer, and Goddess of Tears.  

Holy Book: The Buch der Kronen, The Book of Crowns, The Tosk og Hal, Gambri nuk Kunn, The Immortal Scriptures, The Book of First Flame, and The Book of Scales.    

The Leader of the Ladies of Life.  

Marian is creation, purity, power, wonder made divine flesh. She is the strength of humanity. She is the Strength of the Marok, the selfless sacrifice of the Wrightmark, and she is the eternal loving mother of all that is man. She weeps at the corruption and impurity in the world from the false children that are the Elves, the hedonistic Dwar, the lesser humans who flee her will; all are sworn foes to Marian. 

Marian’s holy symbol is the Purging Eye, an open eye the pupil a sword, lashes of purging flame, at its base are the skulls of delving dwar, cowering elves, and false men all skewered upon the blessed blade.  

When active on Ithia, A rare or even fantastical event, she is represented by the planet Merribell, a great white marble in the sky larger than either of the remaining moons. When active, it sits in the center of whichever piece of the greater plane one is on. While Merribell is in the sky, fertility rates are greatly magnified for plants, animals, and people. It seems to diminish pain and leave one with strange, warm comfort.  

The True Mother’s divine plane is a small, humble manor house where she runs a boarding home and orphanage for lost souls. The mortal children, planar travelers, and anyone in desperate need might find themselves within her home.   

The True Mother commands several divine artifacts, including the Decanter of Tears, the Veil of the Mother, and the Bonding Pins.  

-The Decanter of Tears is a crystalline decanter filled with white wine. It can mend any wound, cure any disease, resurrect the dead whose souls have not yet been collected, and create life. It is believed this is one of the most powerful of the divine artifacts and is guarded by many Coelestis.  

-The Veil of the Mother is a silk headdress soaked with the tears of the True Mother that seems to radiate positive energy to the wearer. One cannot be affected by adverse magical effects, slowly recover from wounds and fatigue, and protect from foreign influence.  

-The Bonding Pins are a set of gold, silver, and bronze hairpins with various animals. There are ten of each metal, and those who wear one can feel, hear, and deeply understand anyone else where one. These have been lost to the mortal coil.  

Marian has many artifacts, including the Veil of Orion, the Nails of Kain, the Stone Spear, the Shackles of Sturm, the Stake of Rhine, the Shroud of Kraus, the Book of Ludwig, Ludwig’s Amulet of Meribell, the Headdress of the Great Mother, and the Rod of Inquisition. 

Marian views the Swan and Lily as sacred.  

Marian is a matronly beauty. She has thick golden curls, the skin of eggshells, and eyes of silver and gold. Her face radiates love, care, and sorrow with tracks like molten wax where tears have run. She is tall, powerfully built, one who radiates authority, bound in armor of gold and silver; she is a crusader, a warrior of eternal faith. She wears vestments of pure white beneath her armor, and she does not mourn for what is lost but what can still be saved. 

Marian is tragic, but powerful with a presence as weighty as a collapsed star. The first God, the mother of man, the one true divine, she is righteous fury, maternal love, and the hopes and fears of her mortal flock. 

Marian grants her divine servants potent protective magic, healing spells, curse-breaking, the ability to stop internal bleeding, and magic to ease the pain, discomfort, and difficulty of pregnancy and childbirth. They can channel divine light and holy fire, which burns only inhuman flesh.  Her Clerics and Priests are specialized in creating potent remedies for ailments of pregnancy, maintaining healthy fetuses, ensuring the nutrition of mother and child, and greatly decreasing the mortality rates of childbirth.   

Marian has several holidays such as The Mother’s Day a day of worship to the True Mother, Mother Days before and after Winter these two days uplift mothers current and potentially future. Fasting is performed before winter, and with spring, a great feast is held. Father’s Day is held when spring cedes to fall. It worships fathers and those who sacrifice this chance to fight for faith. Father’s Day has more physical events, such as archery, wrestling, and mock battles; it is a day of physical activity. 

Marian is worshipped at the start of each day; a longer mass is held on Revensday. Gatherings are strict, full of speeches, sermons, and enforcement of scripture and dogma. 

Marian has rites, including intricate ceremonies, for ensuring the safety and health of a child’s body and soul. There is the burning of incense over a newborn, placing holy water upon the brow, breast, and stomach to save the mind, soul, and body from damnation.  

Marian accepts sacrifices of honey, mercury, wood from fairy trees, and precious metals. 

Marian Values  

Arches (Goals) – Marian’s goals are the subjection and purging of all non-human sapient species, bringing humans who have turned against Marian back into the fold, and the cementing of Marok’s dominance across Ithia. 

Pillars (Virtues) – Control, Purity, Humanity, and Light. 

Columns (Vices) – Freedom, Corruption, Inhumanity, and Darkness. 

The Marianite temples range from small temples in cities to great, towering cathedrals in major cities, some of which are visible for miles outside the city. Made of polished marble, cut quartz, and stained-glass windows with murals of the saints. Mirrors reflect light through intricate mechanisms, illuminating the windows from the inside out at Dusk. Smaller convents are used for training new clergy, while monasteries are used for study, dedicated worship, and the recording of holy works. Household shrines dedicated to Marian are mandated to be in each house, with lesser gods discouraged but allowed. Tulsi’s idol purifies the blood of minor toxins. 

Marian has her Avatar Tulsi, a feminine figure carved from andesite, with holy basil growing across small cracks along her form. Tulsi embodies purity. 

Marian maintains a small group of Coelestis referred to as the Handmaids.  

Marian is credited with creating the Titans, the first humans, such as Orion; their bloodline has burned away, leaving only remnants in the Marok. 

Marian is attributed to the creation of man. 

Marian has several saints, including Brunhilda Ludwig, Abigail Kraus, Beatrix Sturm, Gerda Albrecht, Heilwig Kuhn, Kathe Rhine, and Ingrid Schafer. 

Marian worshippers maintain one highly dogmatic, controlled, and enforced sect of worship for this persona. 

The Divine Fellowship of Marian. Marian Priests and Clerics are exclusively female.  

-Grand Mother: The Leader of the Marian church and the highest-ranked priest or cleric. She holds authority and rules over the Marok empire. 

-The Grand Inquisitor: The Leader of the Inquisition Branch of the Marian church. 

-The Lord of Arms: The Leader of the Paladin orders of the Marian Church. 

-High Proctor: High Inquisitors of Marian. 

-Mother Priest: High Clerics and Priests of Marian.  

-High Guardian: High Paladin of Marian. 

-Order of the Absolute: General membership of the Church of Marian; dedicated Inquisitors. 

-Order of the Zealous: General membership of the Church of Marian; dedicated Zealots. 

-Order of the Seekers: General membership of the Church of Marian; dedicated external staff, explorers, preachers, and archeologists. 

-Order of the Black: General membership of the Church of Marian; dedicated teachers. 

-Order of the Gray: General membership of the Church of Marian; dedicated Paladins. 

-Order of the Quill: General membership of the Church of Marian; dedicated scribes. 

-Order of the White: General membership of the Church of Marian. 

-Daughters: Hopefuls, training clergy, and Paladin squires.  

Marian vestments include white robes, a grey hooded cloak, and a white veil. A sash of your order’s colors. Paladins wear blackened armor with golden or silver trim. Inquisitors wear masks of sanded birch wood, rank denoted by the painted colors and brands applied to it. The Grand Mother wears the relic headdress of her office.  

Marian maintains many holy orders, including the Choir of the Watchful Goddess, The Riders of the First Sun, The White Crown Crusaders, The Titans of the Spark, The Holy Mothers of War, The Order of Eternal Light, The Riders of the Breaking Dawn, The Shadow Breachers, and the Order of the Swan.  

The True Mother has no parents and is the mate of Seir’Alst and Talcor. She has many children, including Zatolen(Adopted), Haltheris, Mealis, Paladar, Na’Tally, Talisman, Vutha, Malisara, Dwar’Vic, Zale, Garon, Mire, Kaum, Daltmot, Solus, Ondra Seir(Adopted), Tasmar Oriondus, Zerairel, Nil’Brek, Mara’Dia, Aveirnoot, Vexia Katar, Eldrag, Tal Zakra, Tal Seir, Agis Katar, Ja Zoi, and Nul’Maar.