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"And the end came thus."
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{{GodPage
|name = Omei
|caption = The Goddess of Dreams and Beauty, now missing.
|realms = Dreams, Nightmares, Fear, Art, Inspiration
|territory = [[Tecpatl's Cradle]]; [[Morgun Forest]] (contested by [[Chakrasul]])
|symbols = Moths, spears, the moon
|tenets = Self-honesty, lust, passion
|temples = [[Tecpatl's Cradle]]; the Artist's Godhouse ([[Enorian]])
|priests = [[Sir Hesher]], [[Zoyla]]
|desc = A [[Rajamalan]] Goddess of mercurial temperament; a huntress with a spear and Another's stolen eyes.
}}


From the starlit void beyond the clouds, Omei watches the world.
Omei is the Goddess who governs the realm of dreams. She is said to have given the mortal races their emotions, effectively making them more than mere animals. She was catastrophically wounded in the battle with [[Odravh]], and Her whereabouts are currently unknown.


Inscrutable and ominous, the Goddess is known in many guises. The indigenous
== Origin ==
peoples of the [[Itzatl]] know Her as Tecpatl, the Cat; the old High [[Dwarves]] called
Her Mother Black; in [[Djeir]], She is called Tenebre; while most of Eastern
Sapience thinks of Her as the Artist, the Nightmare, or the Moon.


Omei governs the realms of art, emotion, and dreams. The world is Her canvas, on
{{source|Events|70|"Awakening the Dreamer"}}
which She illustrates beauty in bone and blood. Mortalkind owes to Her its
ability to feel. Whether whimsy and inspiration, whispered words to a lover, or
great passion which drives men of lust to love and kill, all are acts of purest
devotion to the Goddess Omei.


The followers of Omei are strangeling and uncomfortable in the world, driven to
Omei was awakened during a violent ritual in the [[Itzatl]], brought upon by [[Klaana]] and the adventurers who had come to her call.
madness. Her love marks them in deformities and uncontrollable visions of
prophecy. She favors the doomsayer and the fortune teller, the madman and the
desperate drunk. The [[undead]], known to Her fold as the Dreamless, feel Omei's
uncontrollable hatred. They reject Her dreams, and in return, She robs them of
all but hollow echoes of their emotion.


Omei claims the Moth as Her symbol, first and foremost. Followers of Omei
''Note: This section is unfinished.''
recognize the Spear as a holy sign, as well, and the Moon above all things.


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== Significant Events ==
 
=== Conflict with Iosyne comes to a head ===
 
{{source|Events|154|"Roll of the Dice"}}
 
=== Finding a new vessel ===
 
{{source|Events|162|"On Oneiromancy, and a Boy's Godhood"}}
 
In 419 MA, Omei attempted to take the mortal Cannan as a new vessel. Holding the possession as a ceremony in [[Tecpatl's Cradle]], She filled his body and urged him to slay his companions and other onlookers as a blood sacrifice. Though he was able to expend Her power as if it were his own, his body and will were unable to accommodate the Goddess, and he was killed, expelling Omei in the process.

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Omei
Mythology
RealmsDreams, Nightmares, Fear, Art, Inspiration
TerritoriesTecpatl's Cradle; Morgun Forest (contested by Chakrasul)
SymbolsMoths, spears, the moon
TenetsSelf-honesty, lust, passion
Order Structure
HoldingsTecpatl's Cradle; the Artist's Godhouse (Enorian)
PriesthoodSir Hesher, Zoyla
A Rajamalan Goddess of mercurial temperament; a huntress with a spear and Another's stolen eyes.
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Omei is the Goddess who governs the realm of dreams. She is said to have given the mortal races their emotions, effectively making them more than mere animals. She was catastrophically wounded in the battle with Odravh, and Her whereabouts are currently unknown.

Origin

For more information on this section read "Awakening the Dreamer".

Omei was awakened during a violent ritual in the Itzatl, brought upon by Klaana and the adventurers who had come to her call.

Note: This section is unfinished.

Significant Events

Conflict with Iosyne comes to a head

For more information on this section read "Roll of the Dice".

Finding a new vessel

For more information on this section read "On Oneiromancy, and a Boy's Godhood".

In 419 MA, Omei attempted to take the mortal Cannan as a new vessel. Holding the possession as a ceremony in Tecpatl's Cradle, She filled his body and urged him to slay his companions and other onlookers as a blood sacrifice. Though he was able to expend Her power as if it were his own, his body and will were unable to accommodate the Goddess, and he was killed, expelling Omei in the process.

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