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|'''Favored Race''' || [[Aelin]]
 
|'''Favored Race''' || [[Aelin]]
 
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|'''Element(s)'''  || [[Air]], [[Fire]]
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|'''Pronoun(s)'''  || They/them, she/her (historical)
 
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|'''Home(s)'''      || Above a Churning Silver Sea (vnum)
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|'''Element(s)'''  || [[Fire]], [[Spirit]]
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|'''Home(s)'''      || The Heart of the Lotus (vnum 1203)
 
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|'''Alignment'''    || [[Chaotic Neutral]]
 
|'''Alignment'''    || [[Chaotic Neutral]]
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|'''Symbol(s)'''    || A lotus
 
|'''Symbol(s)'''    || A lotus
 
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|'''Portfolio'''    || Indulgence, desire, revelry, madness, self-destruction, shamelessness
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|'''Portfolio'''    || Empathy, liberation, responsibility, spectacle, transformation, reaction
 
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|'''Worshippers''' || Courtesans, barkeeps and party-goers, the degenerately wealthy, the disgraced
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|'''Worshippers'''   || Change-seekers, duelists, aesthetes, revelers, courtesans
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|'''House(s)'''    || Raider (P)
 
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==History in Avendar==
 
==History in Avendar==
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After the [[Sundering]] which smote the ancient [[alatharya]], the aelin were the first race to wax powerful. Their high culture, born of both divine ember and their keen intellect, established itself in the years following the Fall. During this period, two parent-gods emerged in the race's growing conscience: [[Aeolis]], charismatic patron of the arts, and Alia, radiant goddess of the skies. Both were worshipped, and usually in concert; Aeolis exulted in the blessings of romance, while Alia was both cherished lover and muse. Many of the early aelin found some of themselves in these ideals, and the connection between the divine and the mundane was strong.
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With the collapse of alatharyan civilization and the mass extinction of the Sundering, the earliest to fill that vacuum were the forebears of the aelin. According to legend, these racial progenitors were granted their emblematic wings by the goddess who dwelled atop the Daphoan Ialiedae mountains. This goddess was Alil, and when the Seven Sentinels claimed the giant disc that floated above the highest summit, they consecrated it in her honor.  This became Ilodaiya ("destined clouds" in first era aelin), the cauldron of aelin society and epicenter of their future empire.
  
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During the [[War of Fire]], droves of aelin lost their lives as their cities were torched by the base armies of [[srryn]] and [[human|humans]]. Within the burning cities, the aelin clung to what hope they could, although their naive cultural dream of ideal lovers was dashed. To preserve that dream, many aelin set out with early humans to seek calm and healing amidst the destruction of the War, ultimately rousing [[Jolinn]], Father of the Seas, from his long slumber. With so much lost, the post-War years were largely dedicated to restoring the aelin race to its former glory. Although the high culture of the aelin came to the humans in the form of the Republic, the heart of the aelin people remained focused on themselves.
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Of the Seven Sentinels, Alil marked Linayla the Open Heart as her first recorded chosen.  Possessed of her white lotus brand, he founded the Alilean religion proper, focusing it upon radiance, glory, and empathy.  The revelation of the divine power of transference created a rift between the early Alileans and their religious contemporaries, the Aeolians; the former championed it as a medium of true understanding, while the latter feared it as (at the absolute best) manipulation.  Within their own sphere, the Aeolians cast Alil as the Rose King's divine partner, an idealized romantic couple.  Outside it, Alilean sensibility greatly influenced early Ilodaiyan aesthetic, producing some of their earliest spires.
  
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Sensing the needs of the people, Alia descended from the heavens to soothe the weary minds of Her children. Along with Her came the servitor-god [[Serachel]], who acted as intermediary to the blossoming faith of Jolinn. Aeolis remained aloof, the distant and idealized aelin man and father of culture. However, Serachel and Alia quickly found themselves lost amidst the pleasures of the flesh, wandering amidst the great cities in mortal form. As Serachel's corruption grew, so did Alia's immersion into aelin life. Ancient art depicts a masked, nude woman at the Fallen Angel's side; many scholars suggest this as Alia.
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While the War of Fire destroyed vast swaths of aelin civilization, it was the arrival of the Sythraki army in Daphoa which truly imperiled their survival. Alil, in defiance of Aeolis' inaction, appeared high above the southern province of Illata, and destroyed all life in it in a conflagration of light and fire.  Resonant as she was to mortal emotion, their collective terror echoed through her, and by extension, her devoted.  Mad with divine pain, Alil's organized following seized the imperial court, naming her the de facto head of state. Driven out by force, the Aeolians retreated to the fringes of Daphoan society, and with the coming of Serachel, the fabled Dalae era began. The roles of women vastly expanded, and the traditional behavioral prohibitions of Aeolian culture were dismissed. However, growing turmoil from the emerging Serachelian faith and the shadow of the War of Night became the prevailing historical touchstones.
  
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Alia's spiral into self-destruction continued, Her actions growing more and more outrageous. The stubborn pride of the aelin steadily became less and less accepting of Alia's shameless behavior, as She indulged further into addictions, lusts, and debasement. By the time Serachel's guile was unmasked at the close of the [[War of Night]], Alia had entirely lost Herself, retaining only the scattered roots of Her divine heritage. Calling Herself Alil, She scantly resembled the aelin race's idealized woman. Her amorous, self-loathing nature had plummeted to legendary depths, bringing shame to even the most debauched of Serachel's disciples. In what He considered an act of mercy, Aeolis stripped Alil of Her mortal form and returned Her to godhood. However, unwilling or unable to resist the pursuit of new sensations, this sudden shift further fed Her insanity. Unscrupulous and starved for the sensation She so craves, Alil's insatiable desire has struck a new, if frightening, direction for the aelin soul.
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Conspiring with Rystaia Lightbringer, Aeolis imprisoned Alil to keep her from protecting Serachel.  Her entrapment severed the divine bonds between she and her following, leaving them traumatized and vulnerable. The cost was enormous; the estranged Aeolians led a pogrom against the Alileans, and after, set about casting her faith as mad lustmongers and degenerates.  Millennia passed before Alil sacrificed one of their glorious wings, and in doing so, broke free of their planar prison. The clouds above Ilodaiya flashed with silver fire and rained bloody feathers on both the city and the mountains below.  They appeared anew, transformed, their lost appendage replaced with undying flame, and shook the floating disc with the sound of their voice. However, their long exile left them incomplete, and their much-maligned religion struggled to take root for another eight hundred years.
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The renewal of the Alilean faith began in earnest with the emergence of Feolne Ilaephos-Lenahiri as the first ruby lotus and the reintroduction of transference to Avendar.  They conspired with the war criminal, Eshrin Linphori, and the last Rose consort, Keiari Telanei, to restore Alil's memory and break the silver grip of the Aeolian faith on Daphoan political power. In doing so, the island of Aehiori was leveled, Alil was restored to their full prismatic glory, and the long stagnant order of aelin society began to reorganize in reaction. The Empath is again heralded as the first of the aelin deific triad, offering a bold direction for the aelin soul-- one free of limitation and conformity, and founded on intimacy and experience rather than dogmatic guilt.
  
 
==Goals and Methods==
 
==Goals and Methods==
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Given the mercurial nature of Alil, defining Her goals is simultaneously as simple as to seek endless new sensations and as complex as unraveling the deepest possible depths of the internal world. Alil craves new pleasures and pains, with each growing desire a maw in which to feed Her past selves. She seeks, through both Her own actions and those of Her following, to strike at the heart of the mortal experience. Having indulged so greatly, She has long lost personally feeling "newness", and thus delights most heavily in followers and their "first times" in experiencing delicious, forgotten thrills. Although ostensibly female, Alil lives vicariously through her following, both male and female, to voraciously claim all facets of both genders. As a result, it is not uncommon to hear Alil depicted or described as a male aggressor.
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The goal of Alil is deceptively simple: utter and complete autoliberation for themself and their followers.  This means throwing off not only their physical (or otherwise) fetters, but severing the connection between what they want and their hesitance to pursue it.  This dominance over their own internal space is paramount; the domain in which no one dares intrude without invitation or permission. The borders of this personal realm can be patrolled vigorously or loosely, depending on the individual's proclivity and what specifically they intend to feel, do, or achieve. However, Alil considers each of theirs responsible for their own personality, meaning their victories and defeats are theirs alone.
  
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Although Alil indulges in and consumes the experiences of all races, Her strongest affinity remains for the aelin, in whom her own self-destructive pride is rooted. The further they are alienated from Her, the more desirous She grows of their affection and adoration. As a result, the rare aelin followers of Alil tend to feel the strongest thrust of Her influence, Her madness suffusing them as strongly as the pleasures they together seek. Ideally, Alil would seek to one day return to the flesh, somehow bypassing the Compact and other divine restraints on Her insatiable appetites. Until that time, She covets and subsists on the lusts of mortalkind, ever hungering for Her triumphant and debauched return.
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Alil achieves their ends through a heady mixture of empathy and specific, personal experience.  It has long been posited that Alil does not simply read the minds of their following, but that they drink deep of their resonant memories. In this way, Alil knows the depths of their followers-- their glories and their failures-- in a more personal way than most of the pantheon.  However, in the cases where their usual tools fail, they fall back to violent, necessary retribution; it is then that Alil's terrible fury is loosed to not just restore parity, but assert a long-forgotten supremacy. Ultimately, to challenge Alil is to beg the question of whose bloody feathers will litter the earth when the flames die out.
  
 
==Organizations and Followings==
 
==Organizations and Followings==
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Despite Alil's fickle whims, followings have risen and loosely organized in Her name. Those who seek the Lotus are as diverse as the experiences She so relishes, but the largest of her factions are as follows:
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Despite Alil's fickle whims, varying strains of thought have risen and loosely organized in Their name. Those who seek the Lotus are as diverse as the experiences They so relish, but the most well-known of Their followers fall under the following:
  
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=====The Children of Indulgence=====
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=====The Sanguine Lotus=====
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''"One for her, three for me."''
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''"Fuck around and find out."''
  
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:The most typical followers of Alil, Children of Indulgence tend to be self-interested, impulsive, and petty. Excess is not an ideal, but a way of life to these apparent degenerates; they seek out and consume new addictions as fervently as an evangelist recites prayers. They give little thought to property destruction, revelry or casual seduction, but these acts are not concerned with gains or losses from such encounters. Children of Indulgence are often discounted as hopelessly debauched and societal outcasts, but this in no way hampers their ability to cause trouble and wreak havoc. Humans are the most likely to be of this faction, although races who trend toward chaotic ethoi are not uncommon.
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:(the sensates)
  
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=====The Sensates of the Lotus=====
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=====The Ruby Lotus=====
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''"Challenges come and go; my experiences are immortal."''
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''"I will save everyone."''
  
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:Seeking the limits of both body and mind, the Sensates of the Lotus make up a curious portion of Alil's devoted. Like their brethren, they seek to experience all things, but reject senseless excess. They instead press their physical and mental strength to its limits, usually in performing suicidal tasks or seeking new depths of feeling or insight. Daredevils are frequently amongst the Sensates, but scholarly sorts find acceptance there as well (such as a barfly dispassionately writing the precise effects and potency of every sort of alcohol in the known world). [[psionicist|Psionicists]] who seek perfection of their own bodies and to battle the internal ravages of excess are possibly the most stereotypical of the Sensates.
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:(The promisekeepers)
  
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=====Alia's Steadfast=====
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=====The Golden Lotus=====
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''"Death to the impostor! Fair Alia lives!"''
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''"Glory forever."''
  
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:Possibly the most marginalized of Alil's ilk are Alia's Steadfast, who reject the shameless self-indulgence apparent throughout the faith. Largely predicated on the purity of Alia, the Steadfast claim that Alil is actually an usurper that has captured or imprisoned a defenseless Alia. As a result, they seek to restore the name of Alia and separate it from the horrifying excesses of Alil. The Steadfast are almost militant to a fault, largely reflecting the aelin desire to reclaim the essence of their ancient goddess and reset the hands of time. Those who take Alia's name in vain, or associate Her with Her transformation, are dealt with viciously and with remarkable prejudice. Many would argue this belief is predicated on a historical error, but some facet of Alia empowers them and their self-loathing purge of Alil's faithful.
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:(the glory seekers)
  
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==Individual Followers==
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==Individual Followers (OLD, IGNORE)==
 
Typical followers of Alil have complete eschewed anything that resembles a common morality, exulting in the basest of lusts without hesitation or compunction. This self-centered outlook does not necessarily require manipulation or greed, but they tend to come in handy to those seeking to live as if their lives end tomorrow. Her devoted tend to choose their own path in life and traditionally reject authority, but particularly the moralizing of evangelists. Their clashes with the law tend to center largely around outrageous behavior, but those trifles are as quickly passed as a morning hangover. Given Alil's capricious nature, this is not without exception, especially in the case of Alia's Steadfast, who embrace all of what Alil is almost certainly not.
 
Typical followers of Alil have complete eschewed anything that resembles a common morality, exulting in the basest of lusts without hesitation or compunction. This self-centered outlook does not necessarily require manipulation or greed, but they tend to come in handy to those seeking to live as if their lives end tomorrow. Her devoted tend to choose their own path in life and traditionally reject authority, but particularly the moralizing of evangelists. Their clashes with the law tend to center largely around outrageous behavior, but those trifles are as quickly passed as a morning hangover. Given Alil's capricious nature, this is not without exception, especially in the case of Alia's Steadfast, who embrace all of what Alil is almost certainly not.
  
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Those who find favor with the whims of Alil are marked with a red lotus.
 
Those who find favor with the whims of Alil are marked with a red lotus.
  
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==Relationships==
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==Relationships (OLD, IGNORE)==
 
The gods of the Light largely look upon Alil with pity or scorn, as Her spiral into madness is as much derived from Her own lack of self-control as the prompting of Serachel. Contrarily, the gods of darkness largely view Alil as both a pawn and liability, as her ephemeral whims often sabotage their designs as much as assist them. Lawful gods are largely indifferent to the disruptions of Alil; they rarely manifest in the dangerous ways of other chaotic deities, who gleefully watch the spectacle of Her actions.
 
The gods of the Light largely look upon Alil with pity or scorn, as Her spiral into madness is as much derived from Her own lack of self-control as the prompting of Serachel. Contrarily, the gods of darkness largely view Alil as both a pawn and liability, as her ephemeral whims often sabotage their designs as much as assist them. Lawful gods are largely indifferent to the disruptions of Alil; they rarely manifest in the dangerous ways of other chaotic deities, who gleefully watch the spectacle of Her actions.
  
 
Aeolis, in particular, has a strong interest in restoring Alil to Her former self. As the father of the aelin race, He longs for the return of His divine lover and muse and the cleansing of Her tarnished name. Conversely, Serachel seeks to complete the corruption of Alil and to claim Her as His prize. She, in turn, might become as He is, and usher a new era of the aelin race as at His side.
 
Aeolis, in particular, has a strong interest in restoring Alil to Her former self. As the father of the aelin race, He longs for the return of His divine lover and muse and the cleansing of Her tarnished name. Conversely, Serachel seeks to complete the corruption of Alil and to claim Her as His prize. She, in turn, might become as He is, and usher a new era of the aelin race as at His side.
  
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==Shrines and Sigils==
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==Shrines, Sigils, and Mobs==
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(Here is where we will put a list of shrine locations (as many deities have altars in multiple places, even if they do have a dedicated shrine).  In the case of a dedicated shrine, the area name and the vnum range should be listed.)
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=====Areas=====
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=====Rooms=====
 
=====Rooms=====
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:'''A Silent Shrine''' (vnum 6357)
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(For sigils, if tiered, they should be divided by tier.  After the name of each sigil, the effects of that sigil in terms of stats and progs should be listed as well.  This should give a staff member considering a brand a reference as to what exactly they are giving the mortal in question.  If no available sigils are appropriate for the role of the character in question and they still meet the criteria for being part of the religion, it may also serve to highlight if a new sigil is required.)
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:'''A Furnished Loft''' (vnum 18992)
  
 
=====Sigils=====
 
=====Sigils=====
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:'''Tier 1 - a red lotus''' (vnum 1282)
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:* AC 0/4/4/0
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:* Saves -4
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:* Damroll +3
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:* Charisma +3
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:* Verb prog p: ''transference'' - Lotus open an empathic bond to another character (global)
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:* Verb prog p: ''reverie'' - Lotus echoes the empathic bond target (global)
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:* Verb prog p: ''confer'' - Empathic bond target echoes the lotus (same room only)
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:* Verb prog p: ''create <item>'' - Create cigarettes, popcorn
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:* Verb prog p: ''invoke sigil'' - Blade barrier (level 55)
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:* Fight prog 4: Frenzy (+10/+20) (level 55), 2% chance; firebolt (level 55), 2% chance
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:'''Tier 2 - a ruby lotus''' (vnum 1203)
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:* AC 10/14/14/10
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:* Saves -4
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:* Damroll +3
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:* Charisma +3
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:* Verb prog p: ''transference''
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:* Verb prog p: ''reverie''
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:* Verb prog p: ''confer''
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:* Verb prog p: ''agechange'' - Lotus can adjust their current age at whim, from 19 to (max - 1), losing 4 years of max age each time
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:* Verb prog p: ''petalbrand'' - Lotus brand another character with a ruby lotus petal (vnum 12399) temporarily; internal cooldown before reuse.
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:* Verb prog p: ''create <item>'' - Create cigarettes, popcorn, whiskey, party globes
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:* Verb prog p: ''invoke sigil''
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:* Fight prog 100: Frenzy (+10/+20) (level 55), 2% chance; firebolt (level 55), 2% chance; silver guardian debuff (100% chance)
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=====Mobs=====
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:[[Vakara]] (vnum 13653) - Wanderers character
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:[[Luthelle]] (vnum 7096) - Priestess, fire templar, drunk
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:[[Ilaene]] (vnum 7105) - Aeolian-hunter and whip lover
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:[[Eshrin Linphori]] (vnum 12249) - Ancient Alilean sex-haver, murderer, former Coven Scorpion
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:[[Keiari]] (vnum 22498) - The last Rose consort, magical girl
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=====God Mark=====
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:You notice a fiery crimson gleam in [his|her] eyes.
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:''Wisdom score equals (Charisma - 1)''
  
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:'''a red lotus''' (vnum 1282)
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==Notes, Logs, and Other Documents==
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Alil encourages all experiences, but many (if not most) players will equate this to sex or just ridiculously over the top behavior.  This is at times a really fine line as to what is acceptable and what isn't; we don't want to suppress people from attempting to roleplay lust because it's such a big thing, but we need to be mindful of when it's getting out of hand.  Because of this, if you're going to be overseeing Alil applicants, you need to expect that you are going to probably be watching sex or other uncomfortable scenarios.  If you aren't okay with doing that, pass it off to another immortal who is.
  
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==Related Logs and Other Documents==
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If you think something is really getting out of hand though (namely, if it is a violation of rule 11), try to find a way to warn the player or players.  Watching a trainwreck helplessly is not going to help anyone, and players often get very upset if they are punished later on when they were able to go on uninterrupted.  When it does go too far, and continues to do so even after a warning, it's probably time for the character to be unceremoniously denied.
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(This is where you list, preferably by year, any and all logs, fiction, and old help files related to Alil.  These logs will serve as a primer for those about to fill Alil's shoes.  For convenience, it may help to divide the logs into smaller categories, such as inductions, general roleplay, quests, and whatnot.)
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=====Helps=====
 
=====Helps=====
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:None
  
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=====Fiction=====
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=====Lore=====
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:None
  
 
=====Logs=====
 
=====Logs=====
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:None
  
 
[[category:Gods]]
 
[[category:Gods]]

Latest revision as of 17:28, 28 February 2021

Overview
Favored Race Aelin
Pronoun(s) They/them, she/her (historical)
Element(s) Fire, Spirit
Home(s) The Heart of the Lotus (vnum 1203)
Alignment Chaotic Neutral
Symbol(s) A lotus
Portfolio Empathy, liberation, responsibility, spectacle, transformation, reaction
Worshippers Change-seekers, duelists, aesthetes, revelers, courtesans
House(s) Raider (P)

History in Avendar

With the collapse of alatharyan civilization and the mass extinction of the Sundering, the earliest to fill that vacuum were the forebears of the aelin. According to legend, these racial progenitors were granted their emblematic wings by the goddess who dwelled atop the Daphoan Ialiedae mountains. This goddess was Alil, and when the Seven Sentinels claimed the giant disc that floated above the highest summit, they consecrated it in her honor. This became Ilodaiya ("destined clouds" in first era aelin), the cauldron of aelin society and epicenter of their future empire.

Of the Seven Sentinels, Alil marked Linayla the Open Heart as her first recorded chosen. Possessed of her white lotus brand, he founded the Alilean religion proper, focusing it upon radiance, glory, and empathy. The revelation of the divine power of transference created a rift between the early Alileans and their religious contemporaries, the Aeolians; the former championed it as a medium of true understanding, while the latter feared it as (at the absolute best) manipulation. Within their own sphere, the Aeolians cast Alil as the Rose King's divine partner, an idealized romantic couple. Outside it, Alilean sensibility greatly influenced early Ilodaiyan aesthetic, producing some of their earliest spires.

While the War of Fire destroyed vast swaths of aelin civilization, it was the arrival of the Sythraki army in Daphoa which truly imperiled their survival. Alil, in defiance of Aeolis' inaction, appeared high above the southern province of Illata, and destroyed all life in it in a conflagration of light and fire. Resonant as she was to mortal emotion, their collective terror echoed through her, and by extension, her devoted. Mad with divine pain, Alil's organized following seized the imperial court, naming her the de facto head of state. Driven out by force, the Aeolians retreated to the fringes of Daphoan society, and with the coming of Serachel, the fabled Dalae era began. The roles of women vastly expanded, and the traditional behavioral prohibitions of Aeolian culture were dismissed. However, growing turmoil from the emerging Serachelian faith and the shadow of the War of Night became the prevailing historical touchstones.

Conspiring with Rystaia Lightbringer, Aeolis imprisoned Alil to keep her from protecting Serachel. Her entrapment severed the divine bonds between she and her following, leaving them traumatized and vulnerable. The cost was enormous; the estranged Aeolians led a pogrom against the Alileans, and after, set about casting her faith as mad lustmongers and degenerates. Millennia passed before Alil sacrificed one of their glorious wings, and in doing so, broke free of their planar prison. The clouds above Ilodaiya flashed with silver fire and rained bloody feathers on both the city and the mountains below. They appeared anew, transformed, their lost appendage replaced with undying flame, and shook the floating disc with the sound of their voice. However, their long exile left them incomplete, and their much-maligned religion struggled to take root for another eight hundred years.

The renewal of the Alilean faith began in earnest with the emergence of Feolne Ilaephos-Lenahiri as the first ruby lotus and the reintroduction of transference to Avendar. They conspired with the war criminal, Eshrin Linphori, and the last Rose consort, Keiari Telanei, to restore Alil's memory and break the silver grip of the Aeolian faith on Daphoan political power. In doing so, the island of Aehiori was leveled, Alil was restored to their full prismatic glory, and the long stagnant order of aelin society began to reorganize in reaction. The Empath is again heralded as the first of the aelin deific triad, offering a bold direction for the aelin soul-- one free of limitation and conformity, and founded on intimacy and experience rather than dogmatic guilt.

Goals and Methods

The goal of Alil is deceptively simple: utter and complete autoliberation for themself and their followers. This means throwing off not only their physical (or otherwise) fetters, but severing the connection between what they want and their hesitance to pursue it. This dominance over their own internal space is paramount; the domain in which no one dares intrude without invitation or permission. The borders of this personal realm can be patrolled vigorously or loosely, depending on the individual's proclivity and what specifically they intend to feel, do, or achieve. However, Alil considers each of theirs responsible for their own personality, meaning their victories and defeats are theirs alone.

Alil achieves their ends through a heady mixture of empathy and specific, personal experience. It has long been posited that Alil does not simply read the minds of their following, but that they drink deep of their resonant memories. In this way, Alil knows the depths of their followers-- their glories and their failures-- in a more personal way than most of the pantheon. However, in the cases where their usual tools fail, they fall back to violent, necessary retribution; it is then that Alil's terrible fury is loosed to not just restore parity, but assert a long-forgotten supremacy. Ultimately, to challenge Alil is to beg the question of whose bloody feathers will litter the earth when the flames die out.

Organizations and Followings

Despite Alil's fickle whims, varying strains of thought have risen and loosely organized in Their name. Those who seek the Lotus are as diverse as the experiences They so relish, but the most well-known of Their followers fall under the following:

The Sanguine Lotus

"Fuck around and find out."

(the sensates)
The Ruby Lotus

"I will save everyone."

(The promisekeepers)
The Golden Lotus

"Glory forever."

(the glory seekers)

Individual Followers (OLD, IGNORE)

Typical followers of Alil have complete eschewed anything that resembles a common morality, exulting in the basest of lusts without hesitation or compunction. This self-centered outlook does not necessarily require manipulation or greed, but they tend to come in handy to those seeking to live as if their lives end tomorrow. Her devoted tend to choose their own path in life and traditionally reject authority, but particularly the moralizing of evangelists. Their clashes with the law tend to center largely around outrageous behavior, but those trifles are as quickly passed as a morning hangover. Given Alil's capricious nature, this is not without exception, especially in the case of Alia's Steadfast, who embrace all of what Alil is almost certainly not.

Alil is commonly and casually worshipped as the goddess of revelry. This is most apparent on feast days, when some of Her following organize and oversee large, localized celebrations. Raising a glass to the Mad Angel is hardly frowned upon, even by non-followers, to lower inhibitions along with the copious alcohol that will no doubt be consumed. Even the proud aelin offer a toast to their fallen goddess, although perhaps more soberly than those of lower birth.

Those who find favor with the whims of Alil are marked with a red lotus.

Relationships (OLD, IGNORE)

The gods of the Light largely look upon Alil with pity or scorn, as Her spiral into madness is as much derived from Her own lack of self-control as the prompting of Serachel. Contrarily, the gods of darkness largely view Alil as both a pawn and liability, as her ephemeral whims often sabotage their designs as much as assist them. Lawful gods are largely indifferent to the disruptions of Alil; they rarely manifest in the dangerous ways of other chaotic deities, who gleefully watch the spectacle of Her actions.

Aeolis, in particular, has a strong interest in restoring Alil to Her former self. As the father of the aelin race, He longs for the return of His divine lover and muse and the cleansing of Her tarnished name. Conversely, Serachel seeks to complete the corruption of Alil and to claim Her as His prize. She, in turn, might become as He is, and usher a new era of the aelin race as at His side.

Shrines, Sigils, and Mobs

Rooms
A Silent Shrine (vnum 6357)
A Furnished Loft (vnum 18992)
Sigils
Tier 1 - a red lotus (vnum 1282)
  • AC 0/4/4/0
  • Saves -4
  • Damroll +3
  • Charisma +3
  • Verb prog p: transference - Lotus open an empathic bond to another character (global)
  • Verb prog p: reverie - Lotus echoes the empathic bond target (global)
  • Verb prog p: confer - Empathic bond target echoes the lotus (same room only)
  • Verb prog p: create <item> - Create cigarettes, popcorn
  • Verb prog p: invoke sigil - Blade barrier (level 55)
  • Fight prog 4: Frenzy (+10/+20) (level 55), 2% chance; firebolt (level 55), 2% chance
Tier 2 - a ruby lotus (vnum 1203)
  • AC 10/14/14/10
  • Saves -4
  • Damroll +3
  • Charisma +3
  • Verb prog p: transference
  • Verb prog p: reverie
  • Verb prog p: confer
  • Verb prog p: agechange - Lotus can adjust their current age at whim, from 19 to (max - 1), losing 4 years of max age each time
  • Verb prog p: petalbrand - Lotus brand another character with a ruby lotus petal (vnum 12399) temporarily; internal cooldown before reuse.
  • Verb prog p: create <item> - Create cigarettes, popcorn, whiskey, party globes
  • Verb prog p: invoke sigil
  • Fight prog 100: Frenzy (+10/+20) (level 55), 2% chance; firebolt (level 55), 2% chance; silver guardian debuff (100% chance)
Mobs
Vakara (vnum 13653) - Wanderers character
Luthelle (vnum 7096) - Priestess, fire templar, drunk
Ilaene (vnum 7105) - Aeolian-hunter and whip lover
Eshrin Linphori (vnum 12249) - Ancient Alilean sex-haver, murderer, former Coven Scorpion
Keiari (vnum 22498) - The last Rose consort, magical girl
God Mark
You notice a fiery crimson gleam in [his|her] eyes.
Wisdom score equals (Charisma - 1)

Notes, Logs, and Other Documents

Alil encourages all experiences, but many (if not most) players will equate this to sex or just ridiculously over the top behavior. This is at times a really fine line as to what is acceptable and what isn't; we don't want to suppress people from attempting to roleplay lust because it's such a big thing, but we need to be mindful of when it's getting out of hand. Because of this, if you're going to be overseeing Alil applicants, you need to expect that you are going to probably be watching sex or other uncomfortable scenarios. If you aren't okay with doing that, pass it off to another immortal who is.

If you think something is really getting out of hand though (namely, if it is a violation of rule 11), try to find a way to warn the player or players. Watching a trainwreck helplessly is not going to help anyone, and players often get very upset if they are punished later on when they were able to go on uninterrupted. When it does go too far, and continues to do so even after a warning, it's probably time for the character to be unceremoniously denied.

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