Elara - Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge

Prayed to for:
Gaining knowledge, learning, justice

Personality:
Wise, calm. Prefers the life of a hermit.

Figure:
Appears as tall, ageless female, sometimes wears books or scrolls.

Likes/Dislikes:
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. Dislikes big crouds and spontaneous and crude actions.

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 pieceful 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 pieceful, righteous, pensive persons.