Grendafel
Keywords:
GRENDAFEL
Names:
No other names for her are known
Deity of:
Desire in all of its forms, whether for money, power, sex, a new house...
Form:
She normally appears as a beautiful young human woman in her mid-twenties,
though she often changes form to appeal more to those she interacts with,
always attempting to invoke some measure of desire in those around her,
even onoccasion appearing as other races and genders.
Abilities:
Aside from her obvious powers as the goddess of desire, as well
as the near omnipotence that divinity allows, she knows many forms
of older and newer magics, though she rarely chooses to use them, favoring
her own divinity in all situations. She is also a well practiced fighter,
having had ages to practice the art. She prefers daggers, often wielding
one in each hand with quite deadly skill. She is also adept, though not
equally as well, with swords and staffs.
Followers:
Grendafel's followers tend to fall into two groups of people, those that
surrender easily to their desires, and those that wish to take advantage
of people that give into their desires.
History:
(ooc disclaimer, none of this is known icly except by the immortals who know)
Grendafel is a naturally Tirradyn born woman, and though she is a goddess now, was not always within the pantheon. She was born in the years before the Gods war, and grew in time to become a high priestess of the goddess Zranic. As the inevitability of the war became more apparent, Zranic herself approached Grendafel, and gave to her a large soulstone in case of her demise in the coming battles. Grendafel was tasked with finding a suitable host in such a case and restoring Zranic to life. Unbeknownst to Zranic, Grendafel was in her own right deceptive, and had enormous ambitions for herself. As Zranic fell on the battlefield, struck down by Drugaal, Grendafel, safely within a temple far from the fighting, felt the soulstone grow warm beneath her robes and smiled. She left the temple behind, taking Zranic's soul with her, and for the next few years drew upon Zranic's power using soul magics now long lost to all but a few. She preyed upon weaker dieties, taking what power from them that she could, and in time, gained enough to pull Zranic's power entirely from the stone and draw it into herself thinking to harness the powers her goddess once wielded, however she did not take into account that divine power shapes itself to the personality of those that hold it. In that moment Grendafel became a goddess, but without the power of Zranic, instead, her desires and ambitions became the shape her divinity took. Thus was the goddess of desire raised to power. Soon after, seemingly too soon after, Kedanna returned to the realm, with others in tow, including a new god, Trellan. When it became apparent to them that Grendafel was stealing power from other gods and deities where she could, they saw a threat that could not be allowed. Kedanna wished to destroy this upstart goddess, but Trellan and his compassion stayed her hand, though why Kedanna listened to him few comprehend. Instead he decided on imprisoning her for eternity, and so that none would be tempted to set her free to gain the favor of a goddess, they erased all record of her that could be found in books or paintings or any other form.
Pantheon:
Grendafel's feelings towards other gods and goddesses borders on derision in most cases, having overcome so many previous to her incarceration, and having been imprisoned by them out of what she chooses to call 'fear'. In some cases though, this derision extends to near hatred.