Lao Shu Po

Lao Shu Po
(Deity)
Titles	Old Rat Woman
Adjective	Laoite
Realm	Awaiting-Consumption, Abaddon
Alignment	Neutral evil
Areas of Concern	Night; Rats; Thieves
Edicts	Work quietly toward your goals in the shadows, steal what you need, keep an ear among the ignored and downtrodden
Anathema	Work honestly for something you could steal instead, risk too much for another creature
Domains (1E)	Animal, Darkness, Evil, Luck, Trickery
Subdomains (1E)	Curse, Daemon, Fur, Loss, Night, Thievery
Domains (2E)	Darkness, luck, swarm, trickery
Favored Weapon	Dagger
Symbol	Emaciated rat
Sacred Animal	Rat
	Images of Lao Shu Po
	Source: Dragon Empires Gazetteer, pg(s). 61 (1E); Lost Omens Gods & Magic, pg(s). 132f. (2E)

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The Tian Xia goddess Lao Shu Po began her life as an ordinary rat, and stole her divinity by feasting off the corpse of the slain god Tsukiyo.^[1]

Appearance

Lao Shu Po commonly takes one of two forms, either that of an aged old hag or an enormous six-legged black rat.^[1]

Holy symbol and animal

Her unholy symbol is an emaciated rat curled into a circle, and unsurprisingly, she considers the rat her sacred animal.^[1]

History

Originally, according to legends, Lao Shu Po was merely a normal rat. This changed after the traitorous Fumeiyoshi slew his brother, the moon god Tsukiyo. The rat Lao Shu Po somehow found her way to the moon god's grave and feasted upon his divine flesh as he lay buried, absorbing some of his divine power. Tsukiyo was resurrected by the goddess Shizuru and, when they took vengeance on the vile Fumeiyoshi, Lao Shu Po was able to ascend to full blown godhood, usurping Fumeiyoshi's previous role as god of the night: she became goddess of the night, rats, and thieves.^[1]

Home

Lao Shu Po has long dwelt in Abaddon. She is content with the alleys and sewers of the Slave City of Awaiting-Consumption and has never felt the need to claim her own domain.^[2]

Church of Lao Shu Po

Lao Shu Po's worship is common throughout the Darklands of Tian Xia and her cults frequently fester beneath the city of Goka. Surprisingly, she is worshipped in the tengu nation of Kwanlai. Her other centres of worship are less surprising: dark, monster-haunted lands like Shenmen, Wanshou, and the lawless Wandering Isles of Minata.^[1]

References

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 James Jacobs, Dave Gross, Rob McCreary. (2011). Dragon Empires Gazetteer, p. 61. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-379-8
↑ Robert Brookes et al. (2018). Planar Adventures, p. 198. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-044-6

[DEG-61-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 James Jacobs, Dave Gross, Rob McCreary. (2011). Dragon Empires Gazetteer, p. 61. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-379-8

[2] Robert Brookes et al. (2018). Planar Adventures, p. 198. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-044-6

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