Alarin, also known as the Freesinger or the Wind God, is a goddess of freedom, kindness, song, and wind. She is a protector of travelers and musicians, and is a champion of redemption. Her symbol is often depicted as a circle with three lines, like wind, across it. She is known to be an occasional lover of the goddess Elevarani.
Description
Appearance
When taking a physical form, Alarin generally appears as an empty space that the wind parts to avoid in the shape of a young woman.
Depictions from the Age of Gods show Alarin as a thin, spritely woman with powerful, gusting winds in place of hair. In battle, she wore no armor.
Personality
Alarin is a pure-hearted goddess that extols the virtues of kindness and generosity. She is energetic but soft-spoken, possessing great patience for mortals, a quality many gods do not entertain. Alarin enjoys guiding others through song, inspiring lyrics and verse that provide others her wisdom.
Religion
Alarin is a chaotic good goddess. Above all, she values freedom, urging her champions to wander the world without destination, helping those who have been crushed under the rule of law. She advocates kindness, and implores that even the evil be offered a chance at redemption. She is averse to killing and death.
Pacts
Alarin will generally approach those she deems as being deserving of her boons either through their dreams, a song on the wind, or one of her champions. She doesn't seem to have any specific qualities she looks for beyond a good and lawless nature. Alarin can grant powerful wind-based magic. Those who have been granted power by her must often use song in order to invoke it.
Devotees
Alarin's followers are those who seek freedom in their lives, such as bards and traveling adventurers. She is also worshiped heavily by musicians. Many nomadic tribes of Wolkaea worship Alarin as well.
Alarin herself implores her followers to eschew formal and organized religion, instead wishing each worshiper to form an individual, personalized system of worship.
Commandments
- Be the leaf in the wind. Do not seek purpose, let it find you instead.
- Free those in chains, and guide those who oppress.
- Lift the spirits of the downtrodden, and become the song in their heels.
History
Alarin grew to power during the Age of the Gods, making battle against the Primeval Dragons at the dawn of the era. Alarin herself abhorred the violence inflicted in the bloody war, but despised the controlling nature of the dragons. Alarin assisted the god Durzick in his historical artifice that sent the dragons into a deep slumber and raised him to godhood.
Unlike many of the gods, Alarin's presence was not diminished in the Broken Age, though her devout followers noted that her voice often shook during this time, as if in fear.
Legends
Alarin has been known to sing to young children if they are crying.
Freewind Aria
While the worship of Alarin is often not a binding affair, those loyal to her often sing the Freewind Aria, a short song that proclaims the virtues of the goddess and her way of life. While the song varies from performer to performer, the jovial tune is generally left untouched. A common variation is as follows:
Oft the chains of kings and lords
And sacks of wheat, and heavy swords
Can weigh upon a happy grin
But not the goddess Alarin!
Worry not 'bout whims of moons
The winds will sing a wondrous tune
And so, rejoice! And lift your chin!
And praise the goddess Alarin!
Hey hey! Feel the breeze!
Hear the music through the trees!
Dance and sing and laugh and spin,
Oh graceful goddess Alarin!