Lady Nanbyo
| Lady Nanbyo | |
|---|---|
| |
| (Deity) | |
| Titles | The Widow of Suffering |
| Adjective | Nanbyoan |
| Realm | Abyss |
| Alignment | Chaotic evil |
| Areas of Concern | Earthquakes Fire Plague Suffering |
| Edicts | Revel in destruction, make natural disasters worse, allow natural disasters to take their due |
| Anathema | Allow a natural disaster to completely destroy a community or leave a group with no survivors |
| Cleric Alignments (1E) | |
| Domains (1E) | Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Fire, Plant |
| Subdomains (1E) | Ash, Catastrophe, Decay, Demon, Rage, Smoke |
| Cleric Alignments (2E) | |
| Domains (2E) | Destruction, fire, plague, water |
| Favored Weapon | Warhammer |
| Symbol | Flaming rift in the earth |
| Sacred Animal | Crow |
| Images of Lady Nanbyo | |
Source: Dragon Empires Gazetteer, pg(s). 60f. (1E) Lost Omens Gods & Magic, pg(s). 132f. (2E) | |
Lady Nanbyo is the Tian Xia goddess of ill fate and calamity. She is often blamed for plagues, flash floods, tsunamis, and any other natural disaster that occurs.[1]
Appearance
History
It is said that Lady Nanbyo has previously been married many times but each of these unions led to a sometimes tragic, sometimes terrible demise for each of her former husbands.[1]
Holy symbol and animal
Her unholy symbol is a crack in the earth with flames erupting from it. Her sacred animal is the carrion-eating crow.[1]
Church of Lady Nanbyo
Despite her role as a deity of calamity, many people still pray to Lady Nanbyo, normally for deliverance from the horrible events she unleashes upon the world. In addition to plagues, flash floods, and earthquakes, Lady Nanbyo is also often blamed for particularly devastating tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, even though these are normally more associated with Hei Feng and Yamatsumi, respectively. This is because Lady Nanbyo relishes adding her own special miseries to such events, revelling in the suffering that they cause.[1]
Cults dedicated to Lady Nanbyo are a particular problem in metropolitan Goka where they make the already free-wheeling city even more dangerous.[2] She is also commonly worshipped amongst the flooded reaches of Wanshou, the desolate deserts of Shaguang, monster-haunted Shenmen, and the lawless isles of Minata.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 James Jacobs, Dave Gross, Rob McCreary. (2011). Dragon Empires Gazetteer, p. 60–61. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-379-8
- ↑ James Jacobs, Dave Gross, Rob McCreary. (2011). Dragon Empires Gazetteer, p. 24. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-379-8