Maar

Maar is the trickster God but his domains also include the Sun. Maar has very few direct followers and projects very little beyond his cataclysm's border - not to say he cannot, he just chooses not to. Maar is difficult to pin down as 'his' gender seems to change constantly. In much of the literature about him, scholars default to male pronouns. Maar's cataclysm sits on the northern most shore of Sorrial in the western portion of the Anitric Plains, squarely inside the Kingdom of Wilfor.

Maar's cataclysm is something not to be trifled with. Some who enter never return, others return with odd physical changes - odd hair colors, permanently taller or shorter, constantly giving off a dim light, with their gender (or species!) changed, the list goes on. The edge is marked by a seemingly ordinary low wall - maybe 10 feet in height, built of stone blocks. While common knowledge has it the wall is a relic of Maar's pre-ascension, scholars state the wall was built in the years following his ascension to prevent accidental entry. There is no gate to this wall.

Maar ascended about 600 years ago. His Empire stretched through much of western and eastern Sorrial, connected through the glorious Maarn capital. In the immediate aftermath of the ascension, Maar's cataclysm briefly included the entirety of the pass north of the Diurn Mountains. As the dwarves were in a period of isolation, this completely split the continent west/east. Ten years later, when his cataclysm retreated, the Maarn Empire had crumbled into warring factions. Documents from the era of his ascension are reknown for being utterly unreliable. It seems they picked up on some of his divine energies and will change the text between readings.

To say Maar teaches anything would be a stretch of the word. Maar encourages a clever joke and a light-hearted laugh - even if it as it is at another's expense. His prayers are often answered with suggestions to visit a comedy club or spend a day laying in the grass watching clouds. People who follow his advice do report their problems working themselves out after following his advice. Divine forces at work or simply the power of laughter?