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Menran

Primary Domains

Menran is the god of Wind, Autumn, Chaos, and Luck.

Appearance

Menran is often depicted wearing a ragged, patchwork cloak and a resplendent scarf that shines with many colors. He is almost always depicted as being in motion.

Traditional Interpretations

Menran is a god of sudden change, and many of the scriptures about him involve sudden twists or downfalls. But his priests will always be the first to tell you that every change is followed by another, and strings of luck both good and ill will always end at some point. With Menran’s constantly moving depictions and haggard apparel, he is often associated with travelers and those far from home. His clergy preach against boredom and idleness, saying that Menran will give you something to move you (usually some mischief) if you don’t find something for yourself. In addition to all his other portfolios, Menran is also a reaper. As the autumn brings the harvest of grain and crops, Menran brings the harvest of mortals in their time. Scripture says that he guides the souls he gently reaps to their eternal, peaceful slumber in the halls of Unre.

Lay Practice

With his aspects of death and ill luck, Menran has a poorer reputation amongst common folk than the other 3 deities. The number of gamblers, thieves, and vagabonds that invoke his name do little to help this. Many people make the swirling hand gesture called the Scarf Sign whenever they encounter an ill omen or other sign of evil at work.

Temples

Temples to Menran are more pavilions than buildings, and shrines are often little more than altars. Flags and streamers decorate almost anything dedicated to Menran. Bells, wind chimes, and aeolian harps are also common features, and music features heavily in many services and rites.

Rituals

With the changing colors and harvest time, Fall is the holy season for Menran. Followers of the god of wind often take trips they all call pilgrimages, but these are often just directionless wanderings. Welcoming travelers is considered a service to Menran any time of the year, but is an even more important duty during the fall. The equinox is celebrated with a festival known as Reaper's Day. It celebrates the harvest, but is also a time for pranks and friendly revenge. Additionally, any clergy of Menran dress in dark garb and carry a small sickle during this time and steal trinkets and sweets from the community. If anyone manages to catch these burgling reapers, they can collect all of the bounty that the reaper has stolen.

Sects

The Jester’s Court - Holy Order Devoted to Menran

Creed: “Freedom of choice is a right that should be afforded to all people.

Description: A so-called guild of spies, informants, rabble-rousers, and freedom fighters held together by a common but loose ideology. The Courtiers (as they call themselves. Their detractors call them Jesters) oppose tyranny and oppression. If people are to be ruled, they need a say in it, and the Court will work in the shadows to bring that about. The Court prefers to put power in the hands of the just or oppressed as opposed to taking action themselves.

The Fortunate Ones

Creed: “Life demands excitement, and excitement demands risk. The reaper comes for all eventually, so why not have stories worth telling him as he takes you to Unre?”

Description: The Fortunate Ones lack any official structure, and most members know only a handful of Fortunate Ones. While many gamblers pray to Menran for luck, the members of this sect know their god grants both good and bad, and you have to accept what he gives. Fortunate Ones are adrenaline fanatics, and do everything from highest stakes gambling, to duels, to blindfolded cliff diving to test the luck and favor of Menran. Since the adherents of this philosophy often take their risks to the extremes, the other Fortunate Ones will be there for them when the fickle god frowns.

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