Navos

Intermediate Deity

Colors: Blue and Copper

Symbol: A spinning hour glass

Alignment: True Neutral

Celestial Symbol: The Planet 'Navos'

Home Plane: The Equilibrium

Portfolio: Monks, Meditation, Historians, Wisdom

Domains: Healing, Knowledge, Rune, Strength

Cleric Alignment: Any Neutral

Favored Weapon: Thought's Repose (Unarmed Strike)

Other Names: The Historian, Master of Civilization, The Oldest One, Father of Time (Myrddion), The Wise One, The Spinner of Fate, He of Wisdom, The Raven (Dran)

Navos the Raven is said to be older in ‘concept’ then Daeus and Maugrim even if he did not take physical form until after they. The Master of Time, Civilization and Fate, Navos is the god of wisdom and is said to most deeply understand The Vision of Elhim by which the gods ordained the creative order of the world. The great god of time, meditation, civilization and self perfection, Navos alone is said to have a clear prophetic vision of the winding course of the world and the strength of purpose and self discipline to guide the world when necessary and to allow it to follow its natural course while documenting its storied history for others to glean knowledge and wisdom from. The great counseler of the gods, it is Navos wisdom that encourages the soul to grow and the mind to expand beyond its limited horizons. His is the estate of awareness, insight and introspection and mental fortitude as well as the physical discipline that can come from such dedicated mindsets. Though once counted among the gods of light, Navos descended to the Equilibrium in the chaos of the aftermath of Animus' disappearance and calmed the turmoil of the plane with his clarity and insight and today he continues to stand vigil over the weavings of the Tapestry of Time and he does so uninhibited by the tethers of compassion or corruption.

Dogma

Navos teaches his followers to better understand the world they live in, to remember the past that led to today, and to look to the future that might be. While there are some who see him as a dispassionate deity who is content to merely watch the world, his clergy are relatively active and can be found in nearly every orderly society. He calls them to strict lives of discipline, meditation, scholarly pursuits and self-denial in order to achieve greater enlightenment and awareness of one's place in the grand tapestry of the world.

Clergy and Temples

Those who follow Navos are taught to recognize the enlightenment of wisdom and learning. His clerics tend to pray for their spells in the evening, after meditating and reflecting upon the events of the day. Among the most beloved and sought after scholars on Arcania, many serve as counselors, mediators, philosophers and diplomats in the various communities that they are based within. Navos prefers a more segmented temple and church structure that enables his clergy to better meet the needs of different societies and cultures. As such, there is no truly established and strong hierarchy as opposed to a number of different orders that focus on different aspects of his teachings. The taking of certain vows, such as chastity or poverty or obedience and charity is smiled upon but not necessarily enforced by different areas of Navos. clergy. However they stress self-contemplation and enlightenment as well as the pursuit and contemplation of goodness. To this end, many monkly orders ascribe their teachings to Navos and they seek to learn spiritual control through physical expansion.

Avatars

Navos does not come often to the material plane but is traditionally depicted and viewed as being a great philosopher and a wise man caught between youth and adulthood. No weapons are obvious upon him and he often is shown holding the scales of history and a great golden and copper representation of the world of Gaea. As the master of commerce and trade, it is not unheard of to hear of him being depicted with money counting devices and machines or in the midst of scrolls of learning and knowledge. Monks prefer to think of him as a meditative god, contemplating the flow of the history and the weaving of the Tapestry of Time