Lore
Deities of Imarel - by T.A. Saunders ©2013 v1.0
| Classification | Ethos | Sphere of Influence | Home Plane |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risen God, Unaligned | Neutral (Chaotic tendencies) | Those who like wine or song, drink wine, sing and possibly those who do both! | Drifts between all planes, all realities but calls the Astral Plane ‘home' when she's actually there. |
| Symbol | Animal | Servant | |
| A vine of grapes wrapped around a lute. | Tashrani Blackmane Horse | Hypnotic Lights (Sentient, strobing flickers of light that communicate through song and flashing). | |
Wijennah is a Goddess that found her place amongst the other deities of Imarel in a most obscure fashion. She was never powerful or had done anything particularly heroic. Wijennah's great deed was singing a song for the god, Vanidyr while he was roaming the world with an Avatar. It had been a sad song the Asyn-Shei bard had sang at a nameless dive in Tashran; a ballad about the fall of D`Mir and the separation and eventual murder of a husband, wife and their daughter. So moved by the performance, 
Vanidyr wept and proclaimed Wijennah the Songstress of the Gods. Without realizing it (or more likely, simply not caring) he ascended her as a goddess. Stranger things have happened in Vanidyr's presence after all.
The Songstress of the Gods appears as an Asyn-Shei woman with straw blonde hair and cornflower blue eyes. She dresses in clothes fit for traveling along with her trusty backpack (that almost always has a wine bottle in it). Wijennah carries a dagger crafted from a single, frozen high-pitched note, called Allesa. When struck by the weapon, the vibrations of this powerful note resonate with the body that it's plunged into, literally vibrating the victim to death. Wijennah's true power is her song however, where she can win any number of emotional states from her captive audience.
Mainly bards, minstrels, performers and of course those who make and sell wine seek her blessing. Her priests all have a talent for singing and performing with one kind of musical instrument or another and may even be bards themselves. There are no temples dedicated to Wijennah, since worship is conducted through slightly wine-inebriated singing and performing!