Help Index :: Religion :: Rhiqua Rhiqua, Mistress of Wyrms, is the lady to whom most dragons hold allegiance. Though she can be vengeful and capricious, Rhiqua cares little for the Ebon Triumverate and prefers to remain neutral in the struggles of the Gods. Instead, she concerns herself primarily with the welfare of her children and those few among the mortals who are priveleged to enter her service. It is rumored that the disciples of the Queen of Wyrms must all pay homage to one of the Great Wyrms to begin their journey down the path of her service. This may, perhaps, account for the reason so few among the mortals survive to worship the Wyrm Queen. Rhiqua once was known as the child of hate. Born to a mother embittered by her sister's betrayal and a father of darkness and evil who refused to share his domain with Shantara, the younger sibling of Morkith hated most of creation and sought to cleanse the world in a torrent of fire. The Child- Goddess Anor, still hoping for a reunion of her older twin sisters, removed Rhiqua and left her in the company of the Great Wyrms. There she learned to love and care for these grand creatures and now devotes herself almost exclusively to them and those who choose to honor and protect them. She rarely troubles herself with appearing personally to those who follow her, but has been known to send an avatar in the form of a small, prismatic-hued dragon. Most of her children, both draconic and those among the 'lesser races' that choose to serve her, seek at some point in their lifetimes to find the path to the lair of the Wyrm Queen, desiring only to lay eyes upon her stunning form. Those who return from such an audience with their goddess are oft consumed with the rapture, and tell only of a beauty so awesome that it cannot be fully comprehended by mortal mind. Her symbol in its full, formal expression is a soaring dragon backlighted by the setting sun, though a much more simplified version is merely a single teardrop shaped prismatic scale. Rhiqua will condescend to allow any who dare to enter into her service. Though the way of the dragonkynd is difficult for the comprehension of mere flesh-clad mortals, the Wyrm Queen's service is not without rewards. The goddess is as capricious as she is vain, and deals out favor and fury with equal nonchalance. Those who wish to worship her would do well to appease her vanity and greed. Allowed worshipper alignments: Any non-lawful (NG, CG, PN, CN, NE, CE) |