Deucalion
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| Deucalion, the Righteous Fire | |
| Realm | Righteousness |
| Symbols | the pyre |
| Relatives | None |
| Allies | Aurora |
| Enemies | Babel, Twilight, Sartan |
| Order Name | Caefir Conlaodh |
| Temples | Cloisters of Righteousness |
Deucalion, the Righteous Fire is the God of Righteousness. Together with Aurora, He watches over the devout servants of Good.
History
Originally, His name was Dunamis, which means "The Justice that Was" in the language of the Aldar. Dunamis was contacted, through extensive prayer and meditation, by Tassad Baraslan, a newly appointed secretary of the modern Holy Church of Achaea. Tassad learned that the spirit was unable to leave the plane upon which he was imprisoned without releasing vast quantities of chaos throughout Creation, something Dunamis did not wish to happen. After months of thought and prayer, Tassad discovered a means to take Dunamis' place on this plane of Order by way of ritual. He sacrificed himself in the process. Upon Dunamis's arrival on the Prime Material Plane, Sarapis raised him to godhood, renaming Him Deucalion, which translates as "The Justice that Is."
Deucalion went on to patron the Holy Church with Aurora, bestowing the Holy Codex upon the fledgling congregation to serve as enduring guidance for life, spirit, and daily conduct. A scant half century later His essence was dispersed when He sacrificed Himself to contain the life-destroying explosion from the Death's Heart. In 261 AF, Maran La'Saen, the Sultan of Shallam and earstwhile guildmaster of the Priests Guild, sacrificed himself in an attempt to resurrect Him. Although unsuccessful, the Gods honoured Maran's selfless act and his soul was joined with the remaining essence of Deucalion to become Pentharian, God of Righteousness.
In 612 AF, Shallam fell to the forces of Bal'met the Worldreaver. Through the prayers of the faithful, and the newly recovered Sword of Dunamis, Deucalion was summoned back from the void. He and Aurora now watch over Good and battle the forces of Chaos, Darkness, and Evil, Their power commingled by Their bloodswearing.
Caefir Conlaodh
Little is known of the followers of Deucalion.
Divine Symbols
The Lord of the Righteous Fire takes the pyre as His divine symbol.
The Axioms of Righteousness
- The First Axiom
- Above all else, Creation must be safeguarded.
- The Second Axiom
- The purity of the Caefir is maintained through unity and vigilance. Any infection will be purged in the fire of sacrifice.
- The Third Axiom
- Just as the burning fire consumes itself even as it destroys its fuel, so are the Caefir willing to be consumed in the course of their task.
- The Fourth Axiom
- Only when all impurities are purged from Creation will paradise be made manifest and the Caefir's work complete. No price is too high to pay to bring this to fruition.
- The Fifth Axiom
- If a law prevents you from your task, rewrite it. If a moral gives you pause, expunge it. If a man stands in your way, cut him down. Any obstacle that impedes you is your foe, and the foe of all Creation.