Brightwell

Brightwell (Deity)

A goddess first introduced in the Lilliend Gazetteer (see Quoth the Raven 25), Brightwell is a patron of arcane magic (she specializes in witchcraft but also sponsors other mages), dreams and other matters. While Brightwell appears to be unknown in the Core, she is well-known in the Wartorn Cluster.

Alignment

Chaotic Neutral

Cleric Alignments

Chaotic Evil, Chaotic Good, Chaotic Neutral, True Neutral

Symbol

In the domain of Lilliend: a sleeping vixen with rainbow-coloured fur.

Spell Domains

In the domain of Lilliend: Chaos, Darkness, Knowledge, Madness, Magic, Rune

Spell subdomains

In the domain of Lilliend: Arcane, Insanity, Language, Loss, Memory, Moon, Night, Nightmare, Thought

Favoured Weapon

Sword cane

Dogma

Unlike fellow witch- goddess Hala, Brightwell provides very few moral or ethical guidelines for behaviour. What she gives to her worshippers is power to act as they wish, with little in the ways of guidance or restriction. She does not actively call upon her faithful to conquer or seek revenge, but also does not urge them to make peace and live quiet lives.

Mythos

In Lilliend, Brightwell is feared as the Dreaming Vixen, who elected to sleep away eternity in the Mists while her sister Haurau chose to live in the blue dome of sky as the consort of Thunder-Father and mother of all life. Brightwell's dreams manifested as arcane magic and her nightmares as monsters, but neither was a threat until Thunder-Father, motivated by lust, cracked the blue orb of sky so he could get at her. Brightwell gave birth to, and was consequently assaulted by, the evil god known as il Demonio, which lead to her giving birth to the good goddess Ashar. Driving all from her company, Brightwell warned Thunder-Father of the dire consequences that could come of his behaviour as he fled home. When the sky-god nevertheless ended up letting il Demonio and Ashar into the world and destroying Haurau in an attempt to keep her for himself, Brightwell's voice resounded from the Mists, reminding him of her prophecy. Magic and monsters now flow into the world through the cracks Thunder-Father made in the blue orb of sky as Brightwell sleeps, and Good and Evil are at war within the world.

Worship

Brightwell is feared as the source of all magic, all monsters and the conflict between good and evil in Lilliend, and her worshipers are few. The ones she does have focus on group dream interpretations and secretive spellcasting.

An apocalyptic cult known as the Dark Dreamers conspires to sow chaos and destruction throughout the Wartorn Cluster, based on dream omens they believe are divine messages from Brightwell meant to lead to the end of Thunder-Father and all his works.

Another cult, the Daughters of Doom, worship Thunder-Father in a similar way, in the belief that Brightwell is their patron's destined future bride, and that she will be the Mother of All Life in a new and perfect world.

Other

There is currently no proof that Brightwell has any connection to the Brightwell Coven of Gothic Earth.