Leeya

Name: Leeya
Titles: The Mother, The Guiding Star, The Truthbringer, Justice
Nature: Leeya is a warm and kind, although accepting all the things that life brings. She acts as a mother figure, at once kind and nurturing but also stern in her quest to improve the behavior of mortals. She seeks to reveal all truths.
Gender: Female
Time of Power: Morning
Portfolio: Light, Life, Heavenly Bodies, Revelation, Truth, Safety, Birth, Justice
Favored Alignments: Lawful Good
Restricted Alignments: Any Evil
Allows Druids?: No
Allows Spirit Shamans? Yes
Allows Paladins?: Yes
Favored Weapon: Longsword
Symbol: A four pointed star contained within a circle
Domains: Healing, Protection, Sun, Good, Law

Birth is the force in which all life is brought into the world. From the smallest saplings, to the largest animals, to the most saintly of saints and the most vile of evils, the force of life is given to them all. Life is the condition of all mortal beings, and all experience it differently. It is said that Leeya chooses the souls of mortals from the realms of the Overseers to breath life into yet again, with no memory or realization of any past experience. With Life, comes light that can illuminate all truths, but just as easily can blind them when too great. The sun is the source of all life energy, and Leeya chose the moon and stars to be given as well so that mortals need not exist in a world of perfect darkness for any amount of time. Her light is almost always visible in some form while above ground. Some Lakoi stories say that the moon is one of her eyes, turned upon all those hiding from justice when it becomes full. Thus many unsavory human characters will avoid acting on nights of the full moon.

Leeya is a deity whose depictions are extremely varied, although always female. The age, countenance and clothing all vary widely, however the most accepted forms hold features which can only be described as motherly. Leeya is said to be seen most often unarmed. When she does decide to use a weapon, she summons Revelation, a length of pure white light in her hand, which is now more recently depicted as a longsword. Revelation's brilliance is so intense that it is painful to anyone dishonest or hostile, or with vile intentions. Its point is said to be able to pierce through darkness and deception as easily as it passes through enemies of Life. Speaking falsehoods in the presence of Revelation is impossible. Revelation is immaterial and thus unusable by mortals unless Leeya deems them worthy to touch it.

Holy Symbols of Leeya's are single four-pronged stylized stars within a circle. They are most commonly made from silver, gold, platinum, mithral or any other highly reflective surface, occasionally mirrored (especially silver and mithral). They never tarnish as long as the bearer is devout, but the clerics still polish them diligently.

The church of Leeya is not well organized, but very popular with the lower classes, especially farmers. Clerics of Leeya often act as midwives and local healers, particularly those further gifted with her touch. Other followers are adventurers, often seeking out some truth. Many still are astronomers who map the heaven's in Leeya's name. Shamans also endeavor to aid in Leeya's work in ushering new souls into the world, and finding any that might escape the cycle of life. In recent years as the call for justice has increased amongst all of her followers, there has been an increased presence of paladins seeking to rout out all evil and lies wherever they might be found.

The Lady of Birth is a popular choice for healers, shamans, politicians, commoners, adventurers and seekers of truth of all kinds.