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Gods of Ithia Full: Dreia the True Mother.

True Name: The True Mother.  

Persona Name: Dreia 

Other Personas: TazaraMarian, Sienna, and Wa’Naal.  

Creator Goddess of Creation, Birth, and Motherhood.  

Excerpt: ‘Great is the tide, greater the mother, and above all, greatest is the father. The Mother Dreia is the end of foes, the coming of peace, the unification of the world.’ The Green Tide Prophecy. 

Known across the plane as Dreia, The True Mother, The First, The All-Mother, The World Bearer, The One in Gold, The Titan Mother, The Bringer of Ends, and The Unifier. 

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.  

Dreia is life, from her the Green Tides and endless Hordes flow. She is the Goblin, The Ork, The Troll, The Ogre, and The Cyclops. She who holds the greatest horde in her womb until the end times arrive and they sweep forth and across the world, cleansing the world of all that defies the great Haltheris.  

Dreia’s holy symbol is the Cradle of Ends: a wooden baby’s cradle, with many grasping hands reaching forth as if an army were to spill forth from it. 

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.  

Dreia has several artifacts, including the Mask of the Mother Shaman, the Tusks of Og, the Rings of the Slayer, and the Speaking Axe. 

Dreia views the Boar and Nettle as sacred. 

Dreia is a titanic goddess; her skin is like stone, and her shoulders are above any mountain except Zatolos. She is eternally pregnant and growing ever more so until the time of Tosk og Hal, when she will bear the cataclysmic horde that will end all, but Haltheris’ chosen. She wears bangles made of stone and metal. The sails of broken warships have been lashed into rudimentary clothing, and she wears a crown made from the ruins of some Mealite cathedral. 

Dreia is patient, fierce, and one of the dominant, unyielding powers. While she is subordinate to the great Haltheris, she alone can command the end of this world. At least according to theologians of the Horde.  

Dreia grants her divine servants basic healing magic, the means to summon creatures from the Fury planes, and the means to shape earth. Her clerics and priests excel at remedies for increasing fertility, curing ailments that cause infertility, and increasing the chance of twins and triplets. They know potent potions for rendering mothers in painless bliss during labor. 

Dreia a holiday at the end of each year, marking the death of one year and the birth of another. It is known as Tosk og Kin. Celebrated by sacrificing enemies on the eve of a new year and a great orgy to fill the new year with more life.  

Dreia is worshipped once a month when all three of Ithia’s moons would have aligned. She is worshiped by fertility rites, feasts, orgies, and the burning of sacrifices. 

Dreia holds rites that mark greenskin girls as women. It is a rite of fertility, strength, and dedication. These require the drinking of special potions, events to show strength and endurance, and vows of service to the eternal Haltheris. 

Dreia accepts sacrifices of incense, precious metals, and items of the purest white, such as bleached fleeces, fresh cotton, and things that are otherwise difficult to keep clean or show dirt easily. 

Dreia’s Values  

Arches (Goals) – Dreia bides her time until she ordains to herald the Tosk og Hal and the end of all non-green skins. 

Pillars (Virtues) – Control, Unity, War, and Service.  

Columns (Vices) – Freedom, Individuals, Peace, and Rest. 

Dreia has no formal structures dedicated to her. Sometimes her idols are placed in the temples of Haltheris, but are mainly worshipped in the open air, under the stars, and in nature. 

Dreia has no avatar. 

Dreia does not have Coelestis. 

Dreia has no demi-god species. 

Dreia is said to have helped create the spell that brought forth the first of the Greenskins and Greyskins.  

Dreia holds two saints being Omak og Dago and Tuma og Uma Aeti. 

Dreia holds one dogmatic and enforced sect, mainly enforced by Haltheris.  

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

-First Mother: The Highest Priestess of Dreia. 

-Brood Mother: High Priestesses of Dreia. 

-Mother: Priestess of Dreia. 

-Sister: Acolyte of Dreia. 

-Daughter: Magicless support staff of the Priestesshood.  

Dreia’s vestments are off-white, tight, with looser black overcoats like robes open up front and laced closed. Their over robes have hoods and long, loose sleeves that allow them to conceal their hands and run to their ankles.  

Dreia Holy Orders consist of the Scarred Lions, The Brood Bearers, The Scale Bearers, and The Scale Bearers, and the Order of the Greentide. 

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.   

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