Apheria

Apheria is the burning goddess. Once long ago she worked together with her brother Artemidus and sister Althena to control the weather and regulate the seasons. She was tempted away from her duties by the rotting thief disguised as a celestial being. She fell madly in love him before realizing his true nature and intentions. When his deception was revealed she became consumed by wrath. Thus was born the goddess of burning love. Today Apheria is as much an embodiment of the wrath of a scorned lover and violent flame as she is the gentle warmth and sun-like succor she was long ago. To this day she scorns and hunts Tarkin as a hated foe, though she still harbors her love for him, like a searing ember in her heart.

To followers of Apheria today there is no doctrine. If any of the deities worshiped in the known lands represents unbridled capriciousness it’s Apheria. The one unifying feature of her priests and worshipers is that they have a lust for life. They are known for both promiscuity and faithfulness (though never celibacy), vengefulness and forgiveness, choler and passivity. Apheria herself is known to take many mortal and immortal lovers. Though she was once closely aligned with the light she has even been known to take lovers from the darker realms of Sol. Many of the halfblooded outsiders roaming Sol are her progeny.