Aleros

Aleros is the Goddess of the Nomad and Hospitality. Her cataclysm is on the northeastern side of the Diurn Mountains. The city of Aleros itself is built into the sheer cliff wall of the Protronic Mountain and, when viewed from afar, shines brightly in the Sun. There is growing evidence that time spent inside Aleros' cataclysm does not properly reflect the passage of time outside the cataclysm. Spending only a day inside can result in the 'loss' of weeks or months.

Historians suggest that the city of Aleros was built around 800 years ago and was literally plated in gold. Aleros, thus, was known as the 'City of Gold' and Aleros herself was known as the 'Golden King' (prior to her ascension, it is commonly believed Aleros was male).

Aleros' teachings focus on her namesakes, travel and hospitality. Art and culture that civilizations produce are the amongst the most precious creations of that civilization, Aleros says. While painting and sculpture are important, the material plane will, to some extent, preserve these. The food, songs, and stories of these cultures, however, die with the last breath of the last member of the civilization. The greatest pursuit a man can undertake, thus, is to travel and seek to learn and preserve all of these things, visiting all corners of the world in their quest. For this reason, the teachings of Aleros include a great number of practical teachings on travel - including how to find food the wild, how to predict the weather, and how to build make-shift shelters. On the other side of the coin, Aleros also teaches that one should always keep an extra place at the table and an extra bed available for these travelers. By taking these people into your home, letting them eat your food, and trading stories, you are not only enriching yourselves but are allowing for your culture to be preserved for the eons.

For obvious reasons, these teachings attract a great number of bards to Aleros' banner. Churches of Aleros tend to be small and plentiful, consisting of only a few beds and a kitchen. Many of the Churches do not have permanent clerics, whomever is there serves as the cleric. Travellers will leave donations - money, food, or other necessities - at the church in trade for blessings from these clerics.