Ash

Alignment: Good

Domain: Protection

Holy Symbol: Mace

Pantheon: Northern

Portfolio: Shield, Wall, Constables, Protection

In life, a gnomish warlock of a forgotten entity. In a spectacular death during the 38th Ending, she rose to serve as bulwark against physical, mental, and emotional harm. Law enforcers who pray to hear find their neighbors more friendly, and their beats safer to walk. A favorite of paladins.

Ash has a somewhat unwelcome relationship with all gods. They consider her little more than an annoyance, but her daily assurances that she will die to protect them have created a small bit of favors for those who care for such words.

Ash appears as a white haired gnome whose face is covered in scars. Her hair flows freely back down her cape, and her garb is used as an inspiration for most modern warlock gear: Lots of leather, buckles, tiny pockets for reagents and items necessary for whatever geas they have been placed on by their patron.

Ash worship involves the burning of a fire made of at least one branch of an ash tree. It tends to be communal, almost warlockian, involving exchanging of secrets to encourage a sense of protectiveness. "One cannot betray the others without betraying themselves" is a phrase used to commonly kick off meetings.