Elara
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Elara is the Goddess of wisdom and knowledge.
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[edit] 1 Prayed to for
- gaining knowledge and learning
- justice
[edit] 2 Personality
Elara is is a wise, calm and docile Goddess. In all, she actually seems to prefer the life of a hermit.
[edit] 3 Figure
Elara appears as a tall, ageless female carrying many books and scrolls along with her.
[edit] 4 Likes/Dislikes
Elara rejects wealth or any other kind of transitory values. It is said that she has appeared in disguise to give insight to those in need or dedicated to a task. She does not favor large crowds and spontaneous or crude events.
[edit] 5 Followers
Her followers believe in the power of wisdom. They believe that everything matches a great plan, no matter what people do. The Goddess helps them with ideas and granting a better understanding. Some of these people are praying to be told great secrets or even the sense of life.
As legend tells, one holy man has been told it after long prayers and discussions with the Goddess, and then went mad, unable to bear the truth. He was pleading for the Goddess to take the knowledge from him and when she did, he died with a peaceful smile on his face.
Most followers of Elara are scholars, healers, druids or mages or hermits. They believe that when they die, their gained knowledge will be written on scrolls and they will have to answer the three great questions: The reason for greed, the reason for violence and the reason for suffering. Most followers who claim to have come close to a suiting answer have become very peaceful, righteous, pensive persons.
