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Avani, the lady of logic and clear thought, resides in a palace of clear crystal flame called the  Gleaming Spire. It occupies an entire gear on Mechanus, with palaces and tunnels decorating the cog on both sides. As befits a realm of the clockwork plane, the light of the Gleaming Spire cycles on a precise schedule, bringing darkness and daylight in a completely predictable pattern.


In all, Avani's realm is one of quiet study and contemplation, though heated arguments can erupt. Still, it's a a place where logic rules, and that's the highest virtue to which a petitioner can strive.
Avani is goddess of the sun, reason, and magic. Prior to her ascension, she was Basaïa's highest priestess and has replaced her as patroness of the Khinasi people. Avani can be a harsh and relentless goddess, as unforgiving as the sun that beats down on the Khinasi lands, or she can be warm and nurturing, enfolding her people in the glow of her divine radiance. The Khinasi believe that Avani appears to them every day with the rising of the sun. The Lightbringer shines forth her divine radiance, chasing away shadow and that which skulks in darkness. The Lifegiver brings the world alive each day. She is a great and beneficent goddess, and so gives this blessing to the entire world. As a result, for part of each day, she disappears from the lands of the Khinasi so she may bring her gift to the rest of the world. The ignorant among the Khinasi know that Avani will return in the morning to chase away the shadows that lie upon them. The educated realize that she comes back each morning because she set the world spinning so that her divine radiance could shine down upon the entire world. Her regular visits also protect her believers from incursions of the Shadow, for she denies the Shadow a place to build on Aebrynis. Instead, the darkness must hide in the dank places below the surface of the world.
 
 
No action taken without thought is successful in the realm. Only those who act in the warm light of logic and order can enact their wills in the Gleaming Spire, and any berk who thinks himself above such things can't even enter the realm in the first place.

Revision as of 02:03, 28 February 2020

"Goddess of the Sun, Lady of Reason"
Pantheon: Cerilian
AoC: Sun, reason, magic
Symbol: Setting sun
Home P/L/R: Mechanus/The
Gleaming Spire

Avani is goddess of the sun, reason, and magic. Prior to her ascension, she was Basaïa's highest priestess and has replaced her as patroness of the Khinasi people. Avani can be a harsh and relentless goddess, as unforgiving as the sun that beats down on the Khinasi lands, or she can be warm and nurturing, enfolding her people in the glow of her divine radiance. The Khinasi believe that Avani appears to them every day with the rising of the sun. The Lightbringer shines forth her divine radiance, chasing away shadow and that which skulks in darkness. The Lifegiver brings the world alive each day. She is a great and beneficent goddess, and so gives this blessing to the entire world. As a result, for part of each day, she disappears from the lands of the Khinasi so she may bring her gift to the rest of the world. The ignorant among the Khinasi know that Avani will return in the morning to chase away the shadows that lie upon them. The educated realize that she comes back each morning because she set the world spinning so that her divine radiance could shine down upon the entire world. Her regular visits also protect her believers from incursions of the Shadow, for she denies the Shadow a place to build on Aebrynis. Instead, the darkness must hide in the dank places below the surface of the world.

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