#and she gets no respect from the timebound lol

[balshumetsbaragouin]

Lore Post: The Goddess of Life and Fates

As chapters for Passion draw to a close, I'll be posting for Bittersweet Future over the course of the year. There will be a couple chapters posted in March, and then the third arc will be posted all throughout summer.

This particular Goddess, and her themes, are the driving force behind the entire series, and I think it's time I introduced her.

The Goddess of Life and Fates, Snímaid is the least regarded of the Major Divine among ghosts. Though the weaver of Fates controls the lives of all those within the Timestream, most ghosts believe her powers extend only to the still Living World.

As a consequence, she's most often besought by the recently deceased looking to safeguard their loved ones or enact revenge against their foes (prayers of vengeance are split between her and Aodh). She's also subject to the occasional prayer by those wishing to change their fortunes, and the most likely to regard and worship her in the Zone are gamblers. This leaves her with few areas of worship, with offerings often given at the temples dedicated to the entire Major Divine and the area altar in casinos and gambling dens. She also has no major festivals or holy days on the calendar in the Local Zone, with her largest celebration taking place during a festival celebrating the craft of weaving itself in Kingdom Drazi.

In truth, the Goddess' powers supersede almost every other in the Pantheon, and relatedly she possesses an army of Servants, acolytes, and temple workers to see her will completed. The most important of these are The Observants and Clockwork, the latter of whom is her major physical Incarnation in the Ghost Zone.

While another of the divine, her sister Brinnglóid, rules Portents, Prophecy, and Messages, all visions of the future ultimately come from reading her Tapestry Of Life.

Snímaid is not her true name, but instead a version hinting at her nature as known by some of the timebound beings on this world.

Her fellow Divine, and some of the Aspects of Creation themselves, don't fall under her purview, though these creatures are far and few between.

Her main servants, beings tasked with seeing her Divine Will completed in the material plane, are blessed with the ability to see life, in all its many varied paths and forms, or even "bend" fate.