Aerielara

Pronunciation

air-EE-uh-LAH-rah

Other names

The Jeweled Lady, Lady of Beauty

Usual depiction

A gwerin woman of unsurpassed beauty, wearing little except strategically placed gemstones. Her hair color is iridescent and her pose is scandalous. Usually white marble or alabaster skin.

Companions/Demigods

Lyre-plucker T’a, Mad Martigan, The Dancer in the Dark

Worship in Western Noefra

Commonly worshiped by artists, musicians, bards, and prostitutes. Her clergy, both men and women, are always beautiful and charismatic. Her temples (which are many, especially among the gwerin and the rich) are beautifully decorated in rich materials. Youths are often tutored in sexual arts at these temples before they marry. For humans and gwerin there is very little stigma to patronizing one of her acolytes. The second-most worshiped deity in the Jungle of Fangs, especially among the Isal classes. There the primary focus is dance and rhythmic music. In beauty hides thorns—her clergy often are also trained in poisons and unarmed self-defense.

Religious Precepts

Truth is found in beauty; ugliness is evil. Give in to passion—do what makes you happy without regard for the judgement of others. Spread beauty and pleasure, destroy ugliness and misery.

Worship in Other Areas

• Ikela: A minor part of the CCU. Mainly worshiped in her role as patron of the arts rather than her more sensual aspects.
• Phoenix Empire: Worship of Aerielara is forbidden (yet very common in secret); other supposed ascendants such as the Eternal Emperor are worshiped in her place (openly anyway).

Domain

Lust. Sexuality. Beauty. Art/Music. Life, Trickery

Personality

Vain. The musician of the Gods. Beautiful and sensual. Deceptively intelligent.

Home

Estate on Mara. Part museum, exhibition area, theater, and brothel all in one.

Divine Rank

Congregant.

Political affiliation

Peace Faction

Pre-Divine Status

A gwerin noble from the Phoenix Empire. A bard of no uncommon skill as well as a dancer, she was notorious for breaking every taboo of that hidebound empire. It wasn't until the last days before the Cataclysm, when she refused the wrong noble and fell from grace, leading to her assassination. As her soul departed, the Cataclysm took hold and the Great Mechanism chose her as one of the new Divine Congregation.