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Hey guys, looking for Ezrite Prayers for different situations to enrich Ezrite Roleplay. This will serve the many players/DM's who have Ezrite PC's/NPC's in our persistent world for Neverwinter Nights. We've done this with Morninglordians and will share those prayers with you below here; they were taken from various sources on the net.


What I'd be looking for would be other prayers than the known (and already over-used) Supplication. Prayers for when Ezrites engage in mist travel for example; perhaps you've used sayings in your campaigns, I'd love to hear them.

Thank you. :)

















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Below is a contribution: Morninglordian Prayers

Dawn Prayers

Morning Praise

Beloved Dawnbringer, I thank you for this new day,
filled as ever with Your light and love.
Guide me to use it wisely in Your service,
keeping my steps on the sacred path,
which You illuminate so clearly for those who will but open their eyes.

Guide me to those who need my help,
whether in word or deed.
Grant us the courage and patience to give aid,
to end misery and pain and to seek and stamp out the evil of this world.
Let each act be undertaken in Your Name and be the herald of a new beginning.


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Greeting of Dawn

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.


Sunset Prayers

Sunset Prayer

Oh Morninglord, hear my thanks at the setting of the sun,
for you have bathed me in Your Glorious Light
since the day began,
and given me the will and strength to do Your bidding.

Forgive me for my shortcomings as I humbly ask
that You remain with me through the coming night,
watching over me in the hours of darkness
that I may wake refreshed with hope and courage
to begin Your work anew in the dawn to come.


Healing Prayers


Healing

Glorious Lord of the Morn, Bringer of the Dawn, you shine brightly for your gifts of warmth and sunlight. Please give of your warmth to aid this body and renew its health. I humbly ask for you to cure the ills that afflict this body.

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Ritual Of Smearing

In the name of the Lord of Dawn, the Fountain of Hope, the Giver of Joy, the Master of Mercy.....
And by the power of the aqua vitae donated by all those present, faithful servants of thy Glory....
O glorious Morninglord, Giver of Dawn and Hope....
We humbly ask you, release your healing energies on this young woman, so that her Hope may not be lost....
For even after the darkest of Nights, the Dawn shall come....
Thy Lips be Cleansed!
[touches the blood smeared statuette on __Pc's name___ wound]
[calls out mightily] Blessed be the DAWN!

For such is is thy Glory, to allow our meager sacrifice to infuse Hope anew!
Let the blood of the Corrupt, the Taint of Lycanthropy, the Scourge of Humanity begone!


Death Prayers


Morninglordian Death Prayer.

O Dawnmaster, support this soul in her last hour by the strong arms of Thy Brightness and the fragrance of Thy consolations. Let Thy Shining Mercy pour over her and let Thy own body be her food, and Thy blood her sprinkling; and let Thy glorious Chanticleers and our own dear patrons smile on me, that in and through them all she may die as we desire to live, in Thy Arms, in Thy faith and in Thy love.


Birth Prayers

Prayer for Birth

Bringer of the Dawn and of Life itself, bless this new Life as it enters this World. Guard this new Life as it begins its journey under your bright Sun. Guide this Life as it walks in your Warmth and Light from this day forth.

Marriage Prayers


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Slaying prayers

Slaying Prayer

Lord of the Morning,
Savior of the Light,
Hear me, I beg.
I kneel before thee,
here in Your Home,
Light on my Face, and Fire in my heart,
I do not Squint looking straight at the the Sun,
I am not blinded by fear,

Oh Morninglord, show Me Your Light,
Guide My Stake!
Shine my Path!
Help me Cleanse the Darkness in their Hearts,
So They May See a New Dawn,
For in the Dawn there is Life again,
For in the Dawn beauty reigns
And the Way is clearer,
for it dispels uncertainty,
fostering the hope of renewal.
It quells fear and its darkness recoils;
For the Morninglord's radiance has come home once more.

Amen

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Prayer against Undead

Morninglord, Watcher of the Dawn, Lord of Life, grant me your beacon of holy Sun and turn these wretched abominations from your Light!

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Praise of High Sun

Oh Morninglord,
I offer thanks for keeping me safe throughout the morning hours, and as the sun rises high at this midday hour I thank You for Your unfaltering light and unwavering love.

Grant me the strength to see the rest of this day to a safe conclusion, giving power to my voice that I may sing Your Praises, and potency to my weapon that I may vanquish Our enemies in Your Name.

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Prayer of Slaying

Loving Father. Wise Uncle. Protective Guardian. Font of Wisdom. Morning Dawn.

Morninglord.

A prayer for the unrighteous.
A prayer for the sinners.
A prayer for men with dark hearts.
A prayer for men with dark souls.
A prayer for the unrepentant.
A prayer for every soul which laments it's fate in the Shadows of Death.
A prayer for the damned.

May they Find Forgiveness in Your Light,

Oh Morninglord, hear my prayer.
I condemn this abomination!
This creature of the Undeath,

Oh Morninglord, in your Name,
A New Dawn comes,
From Ashes to Dust,
From death, to life,
My stake, it will Lay the Drinker to Eternal rest.

Praise the New Dawn!


Nevermore Night prayers


Salutation to the Dawn

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And Tomorrow is only a Vision; But Today well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!

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Reflection Prayer

The tide of the Night and darkness sway and corrupts; false impressions spread; appearing as reality for those that do not Walk the Light.
The fog is thick; it easily sticks and becomes comparable to Lake Zarovich's murky waters,
Confusion misleads from the truth, a deterrent from reality causing unnecessary stumbling blocks in the road.
The darkness tries to put out the light but your Light oh Morninglord, shines bright in the darkest night.
Thank You Morninglord.
You are victorious!
You will not fail us as your plan will be accomplished no matter what the circumstance.
Though darkness travels, it will fail.
Your Light oh Bringer of Dawn, it will sail.
The immediate is seen, the future unseen, differences in between; all is in your hands, Oh Morninglord.
Thank You for Your Love and Grace,
Thank You for Your Hope and Succor,
Nothing compares to You.
Your will shall be done.
In Your Name,

Amen.

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-Morninglord Prayer to the Dawn

Mighty Morninglord, your light is born for us and the dawn is given to us.
Your eternal Word leaped down from heaven in the silent watches of the night,
and now your Church is filled with wonder at the nearness of the light.
Open our hearts to receive your light and increase our vision with the rising of the dawn,
that our lives may be filled with your glory and peace.


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A Shining Path

Shine Your light where my foot will tread,
to wake me when my eyes take rest,
light the way for sword and heart
to follow where You think is best --

Lend me Your strength in times of need;
in darkness, with my heart in chains --
Your light still shines across the sea
and I forget my earthly pains.


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-A Dawn Prayer

The sun washes over the Land
And the remainder of the Night is gone
As if in greeting It caresses us with his Warm Hand,
And the song of Hopes blends with the Morning breeze with the refrain of the New Dawn


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-Morning Sun awake from Night

Morning Sun awake from night
Blessing from Your Power’s might
The corner of my bed holds tight
Wishing to keep out the light
But where glory’s providence be
Let me be held by rays of Thee.
Fly away stars, wishing is gone
Prayer is might, ever so strong
The break of dawn brings the day
When the clouds are cascaded away
Let not one tremble of fear be shown
The warmth of Your light prevails: chill, “BE GONE!”
Happiness shall reign with thee
All sovereign above the trees.

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Morning Has Broken

Morning has broken
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing
Fresh from the Word!

Sweet the rains new fall
Sunlit from heaven,
Like the first dew fall
On the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness
Of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness
Where His feet Pass.

Mine is the sunlight!
Mine is the morning,
Born of the one light
Martyn saw play!
Praise with elation,
Praise every morning,
Morninglords re - creation
Of the new day!

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Song of Dawn

Dawn approaches, lift your eyes,
look above to light-streaked skies.
Raise your hands in thanks and praise,
to greet the new day's first sunrays.

Praise The Dawnbringer, show your love,
give your thanks that up above
He banishes darkness for our sake,
that we in love His hand will take.

Warming, cheering, cleansing light,
spreading slowly, spreading bright,
we take heart from each new morn,
Thank the Morninglord for for this dawn.

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Prayer for Sun

Oh Morninglord,
Shine Your light where my foot will tread,
to wake me when my eyes take rest,
light the way for sword and heart
to follow where You think is best --

Lend me Your strength in times of need;
in darkness, with my heart in chains --
Your light still shines across the lake
and I forget my earthly pains

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Nevermore Night Supplication

Grant me, O Morninglord, a mind to know you,
A heart to seek you,
Wisdom to find you,
Conduct pleasing to you,
Faithful perseverance in toiling for you,
And a hope of finally embracing you.


Other sayings

:arrow: From death, life. There is always another morning. In the dawn, beauty reigns, and the way is clearer.
:arrow: Dawn rises to burn away the Darkness.
:arrow: Every Sunrise is new, every birth is different, every beginning is precious.
:arrow: Walk in the light.
:arrow: May the Morninglords glory light your path in the darkest of hours.
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This will be fun :-D
If I have the time to contribute. What you've got so far is impressive.

Just one question, though

'Aqua Vitae' = Whisky? :D
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Given the context, I think it's blood ...
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Post by Griselda »

Noting the reference to Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken", I offer this. The chorus would work for either Ezra or the Morninglord.


The wheels of life keep turning,
Spinning without control.
The wheels of the heart keep yearning
For the sand of the singing soul.
And nights are full with weeping
For sins of the past we've sown,
But tomorrow is ours for the keeping
Tomorrow the future shows.

Chorus: Lift your eyes and see the glory
Where the circle of life is drawn.
See the neverending story,
Come with me to the gates of dawn.

And whose is the hand who raises
The sun from the heaving sea,
The power that ever amazes
We look but never will see.
Who scattered the seeds so life could be,
Who colored the fields of corn?
Who formed the mold that made me
Before the world was born?

(repeat chorus)



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Might as well share with you what we've got so far; perhaps it will inspire others and get the topic going. :)


The Prayer of Arming:
"My Lady Ezra, my guardian in the Mists, Hear My Prayer
Let Not My Weapon Fail Me, But Strengthen It Against the Foe
Give My Blade Your Wisdom, to Cleave the Guilty From The Innocent
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|- Let Your Holy Fire Infuse the Powder to Burn in the Eyes of the Heretic -|
|- Let Your Holy Fire Infuse my Blade to Burn in the Eyes of the Heretic -|
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Keep Your Hand on Mine, Ezra, So That My Grip And My Faith Will Not Slip
My Arm Shall Strike in Thy Name, Against the Heretic, the Witch, the Unclean,
Amen."


((This one is Meant to be From Rare Inquisitive Branches that know powder (Dementlieu, Mordent), can be used for Barovia if the line is switched.))

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Prayer of Exorcism:
"Repel, O Ezra, this Servant of The Legions!
Dispel such fallacies from this unholy form.
I invoke Your Name to repel this abomination.
Not by my strength, but by Yours,
Guardian Of The Mists, let this Heresy be ended!"


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A Scripture of Redemption:
"For he who dwells in dark shall be damned
Forever beyond the reach of Her guidance
And those with light shall never be harmed
And the Mists shall facilitate their work, with sword and burning shield,
purging the unworthy from this good Plain."


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Inquisitive Purging Verses:
"For those who turn to the Legions,
And shun rejecting the light,
Take heed! listen! hark!
You shall be damned in endless Night!

At once a man, yet not a man,
Beast hidden away within
The shape-shifter is forever damned,
Carrying their eternal sin."
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Heretic wrote: Inquisitive Purging Verses:
"For those who turn to the Legions,
And shun rejecting the light,
Take heed! listen! hark!
You shall be damned in endless Night!
That second line needs work: presumably someone who turns to the Legions is either shunning the light or rejecting the light, but that makes it sound like they're shunning the act of "rejecting the light", which would be a pious thing to do...
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Isabella's comic in the Fan Fiction section has a few prayers to Ezra in it, IIRC, that take the form of scriptural quotations recited during clerics' spellcasting.
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A bit late, but thanks for the replies. :)
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modified From LOTR original song by Enya

May it be that the Morning Star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You may walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home

darkness has come
Believe and you will find your way
darkness has fallen
A promise lives within you now

May it be the shadows call
Will fly away
May it be you’ll journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

darkness has come
Believe and you will find your way
darkness has fallen
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now


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Some contributions by players from our persistent world:


Mist Walking Prayer

The Mists of Death gave shape to this world,
But our souls are fortified by Our Guardian in the Mists, (response)
The Mists of Death will tempt us with lust and riches,
But our souls are fortified by Our Guardian in the Mists, (response..)
The mist will dangle the fruits of knowledge and power before us,
But our souls are fortified by Our Guardian in the Mists,
The Mists of Death will send its Legions upon the faithful,
But our souls are fortified by Our Guardian in the Mists,
And while our flesh may be rend by the Beast,
Our breath stolen by the fiend,
Our blood drained by the Drinker,
Our souls are fortified by Our Guardian in the Mists,
For Ezra did sacrifice herself on our behalf,
And Ezra’s faithful will endure,
For we shall fear no death of body,
For our soul’s faith in Ezra is eternal,
In Her name,
And Grace,
We give,
Amen.

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Mist Walking Prayer

Blessed be Ezra, Our Guardian in the Mists
To you we pray
Show us the path to your Light
Open the door of mists
So that we may walk them
Lead us to our place in the Grand Scheme
Deliver us to the place of Our bidding
With you Our Guardian as Guide
Amen.

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Erudite Prayer

Ezra, Our Guardian in the Mist. Be our Light, when in times of Dark all other lights are spent.
Be our Shield, as we protect those in your Name
Be our Guide, as we guide those who have found You
Through your most holy Revelations, continue to show us your divine Wisdom
May we be Your Will in every Thought and Word and Deed
Until we meet your Final Embrace
Amen


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Just a note: If you have a Darkonian cleric, I totally suggest some good ol' [modified] Catholic prayers. For the Latin, I mean. Darkonian is totally Latin. The one that immediately comes to mind is Ave Maria/Hail Mary. It would need some significant tweaking, though.
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Call me superstitious but it feels kind of weird to replace the Hail Mary with 'Hail Ezra'.
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I think one could get inspiration from the prayers, but even I think doing a simple word swap would be a wee bit disrespectful.

Let's see... this will be rough

Ezra Night Prayer

Our Guardian In The Mist,
Please Protect This Faithful Servant,
When I sleep in this darkest night,
May your shield rise against lurking evil,
So I could see the Morning Mist
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