Arthryn, Goddess of the Arthwyd
Arthryn has two forms that she primary uses. Both of these have a muscular, lean build with brown hair and blues alongside the traditional curves of an Arthwyd woman. The first is the body that she had as Vryn back when she was mortal. While attractive and fit, it is quite mundane and toned down compared to standard appearance of an Arthrynite goddess. Arthryn primarily assumes this form in private or when she wishes to go incognito as Vryn amongst her mortal followers.
The second form is what Arthryn uses whenever she is on business and it is this form that almost everyone thinks of when they form a mental picture of Arthryn. It looks like her preferred Vryn form except whereas that form looks mundane and average, Arthryn's divine form is full of divine beauty as it is tall, muscular and a figure with curves only someone with divinity could hope to achieve. While Bronwyn still holds the claim of being the most beautiful, Arthryn is a clear second place to that in her divine form.
Regardless of which form is using Arthryn goes for comfortable, modest and practical clothing as she feels no need or desire to show off her body. The only difference between the two forms is that Arthryn wears jewellery in her divine form whilst she rarely has any as Vryn.
Arthryn has the biggest influence on the Arthwyd as her word is final and her divine teachings are the foundations of Arthwyd society. No matter what her daughters or worshippers do, they never truly cross Arthryn and the boundaries that she has placed. The communal nature of the Arthwyd and their willingness to treat others fairly are two steadfast constants of Arthwyd civilisations that were instituted by Arthryn and shall remain for as long as she can enforce them.
Despite having immense power and authority at her disposal, Arthryn rarely uses them. She could rule the Arthwyd as a tyrant, but she doesn't dare do this out of her beliefs regarding freedom and choice. So long as her teachings are followed and no boundaries are crossed into the realm of unacceptability, Arthryn gives free reign to her followers as she doesn't seek to impose her own beliefs on anyone else even when they do thinks that she views as wrong and undesirable.
Arthryn primarily interacts with her mortal followers in two ways, one for each form. Whenever she is on business and doing something as a goddess whether it be appearing at a ceremony or giving official advise or guidance, Arthryn uses her divine form. The rest of the time, she uses her mundane Vryn appearance. While she sometimes just wanders about the Arthwyd to get a feel for what her people are currently like, Arthryn will more often than not seek someone out in particular. Why she seeks out the person can vary from them being interesting to her to them earning her favour and reward to being someone she feels would benefit from her personal guidance or friendship.
Wyrn, Goddess of Stories, Trickery and Art
The oldest of Arthryn's daughters, Wyrn is the closest to her mother as they knew each other while they were still mortal. While the others have first knew their mother as the goddess Arthryn, Wyrn first knew her mother as her grandmother Vryn. As a result, Arthryn and Wyrn have always had a close relationship with each other and as a result of this close relationship, Wyrn is comfortable doing things and pushing boundaries that none of her sisters would dare touch.
Looking like a younger version of Arthryn, Wyrn has full-heartedly embraced being a goddess and loves every moment of it with her appearance reflecting this. Where as Arthryn prefers a form like what she had in life, Wyrn looks like a divine beauty all the time. Unlike her mother who reserves her stereotypical appearance for when she is on business, Wyrn looks like the epitome of Arthwydish beauty all the time and loves to show it off. While she is rarely immodest in what she wears, Wyrn almost always wears something to go along with her good looks and emphasis them to the world.
Once again contrasting her to Arthryn, just as Arthryn is responsible for fundamental Arthwyd beliefs and is generally hands off, Wyrn shapes the details of the Arthwyd perspectives on things and is actively involved in doing so. Limited to small changes over time, Wyrn uses her influence over stories and art to manipulate how things are viewed. Rather than make big changes that once which will get her in trouble with her mother, Wyrn will set up a multitude of effects over the course of generations which will ultimately culminate.
When it comes to interacting with her followers beyond influencing the views of society, Wyrn is either a party girl or a storyteller. An energetic socialiser who has good looks they want to show off, Wyrn will covertly attend almost every major social event in the Arthwyd to have fun and interact with her mortal followers. Beyond relaxing and having fun, Wyrn will also intervene in a serious manner. As the Goddess of Stories, Wyrn likes to spend time turning tragedies into happy endings. She only does this on a personal scale to avoid overtly influencing the Arthwyd, Wyrn is constantly looking for people with miserable lives or futures and doing what she can to end or avert their suffering and ensure that they will be happy in the future.
While she isn't shallow by any means, Wyrn is a big believer in beauty and sex helping people out. She values good looks and being attractive and likes to help others be the same, considering a good deed to help someone to look more beautiful. Wyrn also feels that having a good sex life can solve a lot of problems due to her own personal enjoyable of the activity through she understands it isn't an miracle cure on its own. As a result, she will try to help other people have these two things with one example of this being how Wyrn is constantly trying to get her mother to embrace her divine form more often and make her more relaxed by getting her laid.
Ymarn, Goddess of Life, War and Wisdom
One of the older Arthrynite goddesses, Ymarn looks young and beautiful when it comes to her appearance despite being famous for her old age. While this is partially because of the Arthwyd culture image of a deity being a youthful attractive woman, it is also because Ymarn prefers to be young and beautiful and chooses form that is like that. With a figure and build like her mother, Ymarn has green eyes instead of blue and rather than have brown hair, she has long silver hair like she had during her old age.
Rather than push her own beliefs, Ymarn likes to be a steadfast figure in the background that helps out where needed. While makes her less prominent and more forgettable compared to some of her other goddesses, it does leave Ymarn as a reliable go to goddess for help. Ymarn is also the goddess that is primarily prayed to for advice and guidance as a result of her being the Goddess of Wisdom as the Arthrynites seek out her wisdom.
While she gives out advice and wisdom to anyone who asks, Ymarn primarily focuses on the medical scene as she helps healers deal with the injuries and illness of others and she likes to help raise children up, especially parents who have chosen to get actively involved in lives of their children.
When it comes to interacting with her mortal followers, Ymarn will either attend social events with Wyrn or she will help look after children for a community. While the former is for fun and relaxing as she enjoys spending time with her family, the latter is done because it is something Ymarn enjoyed doing in life and considers it to be an important job that should be done. As a result, she will covertly watch over the children of a community when no members of the community are around to do so.
All-Seeress, Goddess of Truth, Knowledge and Pathfinding
The only member of the Arthrynite Pantheon to originate outside it, the All-Seeress was once the All-Seer of the Merntir. When the Merntir converted to Arthryn and the Arthrynite religion gained a pantheon, the Merntir adopted the All-Seer into it with Arthwyd influence making her become the All-Seeress. While the All-Seer was unable to resist, Arthryn didn't resist getting her former enemy as a one of her daughters.
Another thing that sets the All-Seeress apart from her fellow Arthrynite goddesses is that she was never originally human. The rest of the pantheons are ascended human souls and lived out at least one mortal life while All-Seeress was formed from the prayers and beliefs of her worshippers. This left without an identity as a person and not a person at all as she lacks sapience or even sentience, effectively a set of magic that was worshipped as a goddess and operating in a mechanical manner. This lack of her own identity also left the All-Seeress exceedingly vulnerable to being influenced as can be seen by how she went from being the All-Seer to being the All-Seeress.
Originally without a physical form or mind, the Arthwyd applied their own cultural biases to the All-Seer when it joined the Arthrynite pantheon. Without anything to resist them with or a way to resist, the All-Seer became the All-Seeress in full. Gaining the form of a youthful, attractive female, the All-Seeress name didn't change outright with the All-Seer referring to her name in Merntirish while All-Seeress refers to what she is called in Arthwydish.
All-Seeress influences things in a mechanical matter, primarily just providing her fellows with information or pathing when they call upon her divine magic and she does this without any socialising or personal interaction with her worshippers. Despite her divine magic playing a significant role in everyday life for the Arthwyd, her lack of personal interactions and general lack of a personality leaves the All-Seeress out of mind and in the background when one thinks of the Arthrynite pantheon.
Evalyn, Goddess of Death, Battle and Leadership
The first Cadlon of Arthwyd, Evalyn is a warrior and looks the part. While she is a figure and built like her fellow goddesses, it is more athletic and muscular as she distinctly looks like someone who has devoted their life to war. With green eyes and short red hair, Evalyn likes to wear the attire of a Catclaw. Evalyn has also has something of a unique appearance as she has the tail of a cat and pair of cat ears on the top of head. While she originally got them as part of a prank from Wyrn, Evalyn has chosen to keep them as a sign of sisterly affection for her fellow goddess.
Evalyn is an assertive and a woman of action and a result, she is one of the more active deities as she does what she thinks is right. Just like Wyrn has, Evalyn has butted heads with her mother over the best path for the Arthwyd to follow. Unlike Wyrn, Evalyn lacks the subtly and her methods results in her overtly clashing with her mother. While she still does go up against her mother sometimes, Evalyn has generally settled down politically as she recognises who the victor will be if she does up against her mother and she doesn't truly object to her mother's ways as Evalyn simply thinks her ways are better.
When it comes to interacting with her mortal followers, Evalyn does it in three main ways. The first is going off to relax and socialise with Wyrn at a social event. The second is that Evalyn will taken interest in the military. She will test herself in spars with promising warriors and will give advice to those in need of it such as how to fight better or how to properly lead their troops. The third way is by helping out members of the royal family as she will help her bloodline do their best to the lead the People and Evalyn tries to ensure that they will provide the leadership that they are suppose to.
Bronwyn, Goddess of Beauty, Love and Repentance
The youngest of the Arthrynite goddesses, Bronwyn is also the most beautiful as it is accepted fact amongst the Arthwyd that Bronwyn is the most beautiful woman in the world. Always proud of her good looks, Bronwyn has embraced this reputation and used her power as the Goddess of Beauty to always look her best. With blue eyes and blonde hair, Bronwyn is always able to get the right combination of proportions to look like the epitome of Arthwyd beauty. Bronwyn also has a cat tail and a pair of cat ears like Evalyn out of a desire to emulate her ancestor turned sister.
Despite her work in politics in life, Bronwyn has refused to continue engaging in politics as a goddess, leaving that to Arthryn, Wyrn and Evalyn. Instead Bronwyn focuses on personal matters and interfering on an individual level. While she embraces being the Goddess of Beauty to the fullest, Bronwyn focuses on her positions as the Goddess of Love and the Goddess of Repentance.
Often working alongside Wyrn, Bronwyn will attempt to see up romantic relationships between couples of make both parties happy and fall in love. She doesn't overtly make them fall in love or even set them up to fall in love, but instead arranges background details to allow the involved parties to make their own choices and figure out their romantic relationship on their own.
Bronwyn also attempts to help members of the Arthwyd redeem themselves and atone for their past mistakes and sins. Working with Wyrn for this on many occasions, Bronwyn does her best to give advice and encouragement to those seeking repentance and to help nudge them towards opportunities to redeem themselves and away from situations that would push them away from atonement.
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